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Wed, 01/10/2008 - 00:41 — Anonymous

Check out Wolvix: You should

Check out Wolvix:
You should have a look at Wolvix
http://www.wolvix.org/
Slack based: the oldest and maybe still the greatest.
But as we know Slack can -ahem- lag a bit in user friendliness: Wolvix takes Slack and makes it accessible.
Live, HD Install, USB install.
GUI mediated
Control panel a la PCLOS. ( possibly better !!)
Never mind the Distrowatch rating

( Another great Slack based Distro btw: Vector Linux.)

Wolvix close to release of v2.0
Here is a compendium of reviews;
( never seen a bad review of Wolvix.)
Check the forum post for a list of reviews:
http://forums.wolvix.org/index.php/topic,1000.msg4425.html#msg4425

Run with the Helpless Heffalumps or be part of the Wolf pack :) :)
I've been testing Distros for 12 months to move my personal computing off MS; and in principle I agree with much of your assessment.
For me, Wolvix has been the best I've found for a fully functional desktop out of the box with access to all that Slack goodness.

Regards..

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