Had a quick look at NLite, looks good...slight problem that I don't have an install cd, it came pre-loaded on my laptop - sure I can get a copy though
DrNic;352514 Wrote: > Glad to hear you are mostly "there" now, I guess it is all frustrating > if things don't just work - but (I'm sure you already know!) linux > still isn't quite there yet for the "Plug'n'play" generation and often > you come up against things that you would never had thought about in > Windows. I'm still getting used to that too. > Have you tried iptables-restore? At work at the moment and don't have > access to the man pages to check for sure! > I agree that application use is very personal, thats why I still use > EAC under VM. It seems that you are already using VMWare from your last > post? > NLite is a program (windows if I remember) that can take a windows > install add in the hotfixes/updates and any commonly used programs, > take out all the sh*&te that Windows puts in that you don't need and > make a single install disk. This can even be setup to run unattended > with auto setting up of user accounts etc. Google for it. I got my > install down to 280 Meg! So I run VMWare in linux and install the > NLite'd version of my XP. This runs like a regular machine on my P4 > 3gig laptop - so you don't need oodles of power (even with a lowly 1gig > of RAM). Its only for EAC and some very specific work software to > analyse XRays that can't be found for Linux :( > > Everyones _computing_ experience is different, just see the varied > posts for setting up our very own squeezecenter on windows in this very > forum. My journey into linux probably hasn't been that different to > yours, I expected problems along the way - and boy have I had some!, > but the great thing about the linux world is the community that follows > it. To them I owe almost everything to getting me to where I currently > am - a novice!!! > > Always happy to help if I can. > > Nic -- socistep ------------------------------------------------------------------------ socistep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18860 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53814 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
