Porteus Reviews

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Porteus mentions (5)

• I want to have a USB specifically for linux andI dontknow what size

  There are lighter options, Porteus can is ~300MB for a desktop system. Source: over 1 year ago

• I’m bored of windows. And I know almost nothing about coding or the command line. I want to run a distro off a USB, what should I choose?

  Porteus is also designed for this purpose. Loads into RAM and is very fast. Source: almost 2 years ago

• I just bought an old USB key and found two partitions one is empty and the other contains a picture of a couple does anyone recognizes the couple or have any info that can help me find its owner.

  Or use a disposable os in a usb key like this one http://porteus.org/. Source: almost 2 years ago

• A distro to run out of an USB stick

  Porteus is what I've been playing with, as it is impressively tiny, but there are many options. Source: over 2 years ago

• Old 32-bit machines - How can we best keep them relevant?

  Porteus seems to be still supporting 32 bits. Source: almost 3 years ago

Haiku mentions (10)

• What do People here Think of QNX?

  If you go to osnews.com and do a search for QNX, you will find many articles that were written over the past 20 years that describe the features, and pros and cons of running QNX. I believe there was also an article that compared BeOS (reborn as Haiku OS, haiku-os.org) and QNX. Source: 11 months ago

• Eli5 How come LCARS never became a real operating system?

  I assume you know of https://haiku-os.org. Source: over 1 year ago

• Ask HN: What are great resources to catch up C++?

  I am in a similar position. I'm not using the very latest C++ features, but maybe this will be of use to you anyway? I decided to get started writing a native app for Haiku (http://haiku-os.org/), which you have to write in C++. So I loaded it up in a VM and started plugging away. I have always avoided CMake, but it's so popular these days that I decided to give in and get comfortable with it. Haiku is really... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Ask HN: What Linux Distro to Install?

  {Yes - I know what I'm about to post is NOT "Linux" ...but if you're wanting to learn something new and/or have some nostalgia for the late-90s/early-00s, read on} I absolutely LOVED BeOS back in the day Though I understand why Apple chose to buy NeXT instead of Be in the 90s, I wish they'd bought both - NeXT to get Steve Jobs and NeXT's way of managing apps (where they're all self-contained... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• Does parallels or vmware or UTM allow running older versions of mac OS (like Mojave) on am M1 Mac?

  I agree with this. I can also recommend trying out Haiku OS x86 version with UTM emulation (choose between 32-bit or 64-bit OS version), because it requires very little system resources. Haiku is working on an ARM port, but it’s not ready for real-world usage yet. Source: about 2 years ago