No Go...by Anonymous on Mar 02, 2002Don't know what the rest on you guys have been smoking, but Peanut Linux is the most frustrating and pointlessly obscure version of Linux I've ever tried... no graphical interface on the install (text looks like an 80's BBS), forces you to format and make partitions without help... trying to install version 9.1 for the last two hours... the partition tool... the one that sizes stuff... doesn't work for me, just the main partition tool... sends me over and over in circles, offers no suggestions for sizes until you already size the partitions... then it just tells you you screwed up, still no help... all the other Linux distributions I've used have built in partitioning... I assume they're just trying to be anti-windows, but face it, a graphical install program is a GOOD thing, even if M$ uses it.
OK, I just switched off the computer... WAY too frustrating... I'll put Corel 1.2 back on the laptop.
Others reading, BEWARE... this is not a beginners, or even intermediate users Linux... I've used Linux for years... pass this one by... if you want a small Linux, install Corel... better yet, install Mandrake without some of the extras. Peanut may indeed be a nice Linux... if it can be installed without ripping the cd out and whirling it across the room... and that's highly unlikely. I assume most of the comments here were written by the developers... only way I can understand the glowing reviews.
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| aLinuxOS | sheath | Nov 02, 2005 | | RE: No Go | Anonymous | Jan 19, 2005 | | still going strong | Anonymous | Aug 17, 2003 | | What happened to Peanut Linux?? | Anonymous | Jun 08, 2003 | | Peanut - Small size, fast, good pre-installed applications | Anonymous | Apr 24, 2003 | | switched FROM Mandrake | Anonymous | Apr 23, 2003 | | Re: No go | Anonymous | Jan 20, 2003 | | Peanut linux 9.0 | Anonymous | Jan 19, 2003 | | Re: No Go ... | Anonymous | Mar 19, 2002 | | No Go... | Anonymous | Mar 02, 2002 | | Peanut 9.1 (and 9.2) a very good distro! | Anonymous | Feb 06, 2002 | | Peanut Linux stable 9.0 | Anonymous | Nov 12, 2001 | | Very nearly a perfect little Linux | Anonymous | Oct 09, 2001 | | Peanut linux version 9 beta | Anonymous | Oct 09, 2001 | | Install on Laptop Without CD? | Anonymous | Aug 16, 2001 | | Peanut Linux 8.4 | Anonymous | Jul 10, 2001 | | Arturo M | Anonymous | Jun 14, 2001 | | Peanut Linux | Anonymous | Feb 10, 2001 | | Peanuts The BEST!! | Anonymous | Dec 22, 2000 | | Love this Linux | Anonymous | Dec 05, 2000 | | Peanut LINUX | Anonymous | Sep 30, 2000 | | Simply Excellence | Anonymous | Sep 12, 2000 | | Install to blank hard drive from non cd bootable system | Anonymous | Sep 04, 2000 | | Peanut-linux | Anonymous | Jun 07, 2000 | | Peanut Linux | Anonymous | Jun 01, 2000 |
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