> [...] I'd consider the following
> just "basic" sets that we would want:
>
> * Ubuntu
> * Slackware
> * RHEL/Fedora
> * Debian
> * SUSE Enterprise
> * FreeBSD and OpenBSD
I'd like to add:
* DamnSmallLinux (DSL)
- It fits on a 50MB business card CD and live-boots (novel for the size)
* Ultimate Boot CD
- Not Linux, but free and highly useful for various diagnostics
* FreeDOS (with source)
- Just in case x86 hardware shows up that's not at least a 386.
* Foresight Linux
- I've been meaning to look at it for years now.
I have some experience with the first of the three I've mentioned.
DSL and the UBCD have been particularly helpful in the past.
Some of us should have bootable USB devices for our distributions of
choice (and perhaps a Netbook edition). (The Ubuntu family makes this
exceptionally easy.)
I've attempted to use the Canonical's Wubi tool
<http://wubi-installer.org/> but my only attempt to use it was with
Mythbuntu instead of a supported variant and the finished result didn't
boot when it was done. When it works, it should be better for testing
Ubuntu than Virtualbox, as while there is some additional file-system
overhead (it does not create a separate partition -- it installs in the
normal Windows partition), it does not run in a virtualized environment
and so it has full control of the other resources.
Cheers,
Steven Black
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