Instant Linux

If any of you wanted to give linux a try but were to scared of its complexity this is for you.

Its called mandrakemove and its a somewhat watered down version of mandrake 9.2 however it still retains plenty of good apps.

It does not require any install it just boots off the cdrom and runs. It supports a lot of hardware too.

It will not touch windows so your "normal" OS will be safe while you have a bit of fun in linux.


Of course you cannot install any new apps or retain the settings after you reboot unless you buy the boxed version with an USB key.

Bottom line if you want a taste of linux without the hassle of install or even use it to debug some systems give mandrakemove a try.

Here is more info on it:
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/mandrakemove/

and you can download the free iso image at one of these mirrors:
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ftp.php3
(links for move version are around the middle of the page)


PS. This whole post was made using Konqueror the standard browser KDE which is the default GUI for Mandrakemove

Yah - tried that out some time ago. It works as a intro :)

I'll suggest that if someone wants to try a full install of Linux that they can do with as they please but not turn their machine into a multi boot box. Use VMWare and run linux (actually - as many operating systems and varieties as you like) as a virtual machines. I've got a 2000 box but have SuSe, RedHat and Mandrake as their own installs through VMWare. Now it does run a bit slower then if it were native, but its barely perceptable.













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Yah - tried that out some time ago. It works as a intro :)

I'll suggest that if someone wants to try a full install of Linux that they can do with as they please but not turn their machine into a multi boot box. Use VMWare and run linux (actually - as many operating systems and varieties as you like) as a virtual machines. I've got a 2000 box but have SuSe, RedHat and Mandrake as their own installs through VMWare. Now it does run a bit slower then if it were native, but its barely perceptable.

Yeah as an intro is awesome, true doesn't have the functionality of a full blown properly installed linux but its still fun to play around in, especially for beginers.

I never tried WMWare, i though it was just another fancy bootloader, but from what you say its different. Me personally I like to place linux on another physical drive(why not since i have a bunch of HD's laying around) and use bios to set up boot sequence. i know its a bit weird but IMO its cleaner and I happen to hate bootoaders(i had a bad episode with Grub).

BTW i never tried SUSe, and redhat i used only very rarely. I use Mandrake mainly, and i was wondering do you think its worth it to give the others a try since it sounds like you use all 3.


PS today the iso's for the Mandrake 10.0 shoud be downloaded so I'll upgrate asap. Im very curious to see how the new version looks and feels. I'll post my impresions later.

or you could use knopix i hope i spelled that right. it boots right off the cd rom also thats what i use a lot of the time.

or you could use knopix i hope i spelled that right. it boots right off the cd rom also thats what i use a lot of the time.


Yeah i belive knopix was the original linux-on-a-cd and madrake just recently compied the ideea.

I'm just more familiar with Mandrake but maybe i'll gine knopix a try. How's their harware support btw?

havent had a problem with it at all

knoppix is great and they update their ISO like every 5 minutes for new support for something.... and they have one version of it that is specific for laptops and wardriving :-)

You can get it to run REALLY fast if you use VMware and have the ISO mounted. It boots in about 10 seconds and after that well..... you never have to restart it.

Another option, that Ive got on my laptop right now, is a dual boot with windows 2000 and Xandros, and that works quite well