Stage 2 of The Linux Experience: Bodhi

“Canonical is attracting hordes of new Linux users with a
ready-to-go, good-looking distro. But where does a noob go when
they are no longer a noob? What is there for an IT pro with little
Linux experience? How about the brand-new Bodhi Linux?

“A while ago I noted that I have been exploring Lilliput, trying
out a few of the lightweight distros that have been proliferating
lately. A brand new one named Bodhi is currently being developed,
and Susan Linton gave an alpha version of it a brief review on her
OStatic blog under the title Just Another Ubuntu-based Distro or
Something More. I gave Bodhi a try (just from the LiveCD so far),
and I must say I definitely see it as Something More, a
significantly new approach to providing a kit for making The Distro
You Always Wanted.

“Let’s look at what’s available now. There have been kit distros
before: the most recent examples are the Peppermint/Peppermint Ice
twins, which are designed to be routes to Cloud software. Though it
is possible to fill out the local installation with as much
software as you choose, these distros are optimized for Cloud
operation: they are immediately useful in Cloud form, and any local
software you add is in some sense redundant to the original
purpose.”

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