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What would our lives be without Skynet, I say Internet? More and more our life revolves around the great network of networks. However, there are still many people who does not have internet access. What would be the ideal GNU / Linux distribution in these kinds of situations? Are there distributions capable of covering (almost) all the needs of a desktop user without an Internet connection? Well yes there is. |
Linux Mint 12 LXDE
Linux Mint is great for offline systems. It offers a very complete combination of "out of the box" applications and includes multimedia codecs, support for DVD playback, Java and in general everything that an offline user will need for their daily tasks. The truth is that we could have chosen any variant of Mint, but I prefer the lighter version (based on LXDE) as it is even simpler, cleaner and faster, so it fits more the limitations of a computer with low specifications, which is usually the case in such situations of no internet connection. One more reason to choose Linux Mint is the good hardware support, being an Ubuntu-based distribution.
Sabayon 8
Sabayon is a great GNU / Linux distribution, which also follows the philosophy "works direct from the factory without installing anything else". It comes with all the necessary codecs and includes the drivers for the graphics card as well. Since this distribution is based on Gentoo it is very fast and assuming you never update it, it will remain fairly stable.
Zenwalk Linux 7.0
Zenwalk Linux is a very light, fast and stable distribution based on Slackware. The reason I consider Zenwalk a great choice for computers without an internet connection is the inclusion of the development libraries that make it possible to compile everything you need from sources other than the internet, such as a CD-ROM or a flash drive. USB. Of course Zenwalk includes all the necessary multimedia codecs to meet the multimedia playback needs of a desktop user.
VectorLinux 7
Vector Linux is perhaps the best option to use on computers without an Internet connection. As with Zenwalk, Vector Linux offers all the necessary development libraries to compile whatever is necessary and covers even more dependencies. Apart from this and that it comes with all the available multimedia codecs, Vector Linux also provides the possibility of being used as a server without installing anything else, offering a complete set of tools for this purpose. What makes everything perfect is the fact that Vector Linux is perhaps one of the fastest distributions you have ever tried, making it a suitable choice for older systems; it is also one of the most stable distributions.
Did we forget any? What do you think?
Source: unixmen
http://www.linuxmint.com/release.php?id=17
is the last link
It's me? Or does the Mint page offer a download link for this version? I've been around for a long time and I only see other variants but no sign of the Lxde.
The big ones from slackware.
I'm still waiting for the KDE version of mint 13
Ultimate Edition
Vector Linux !!!!!! i love that distro !!!! I'm going to reinstall it in this latest version.
By the way, since we are talking about off-line distros, with everything loaded, etc, etc, AND IN SPANISH, you should see the latest from Kademar (version 5.0 alpha), no longer based on Debian but on Arch. Bring KDE 4.8 and a bag of programs (it's a DVD). It's like a Sabayon or a PCLinuxOS FullMonty, but in Spanish. Cheer up, you'll see!
Yes, they forget about Puppy Linux. It has all the multimedia codecs, it has programs for almost everything the common user does, and it is among the fastest distros with the best support for older hardware. It is not necessary to install it on a hard disk, you can use the live CD, alone (if you have 512 MB or more) or with a session file on a pendrive (if you want to save your settings, installed programs, etc.), which also useful if you use multiple machines, or if your machine doesn't have a hard drive. He's not addicted to sudo, yum, pacman, supermario, etc., so if you don't have internet and you want something that doesn't come from the factory, you look for it where there is internet and you bring it to your house, or you take your live CD and your pendrive ( your pendrive only if you install it directly there) to where the internet source is. In the Linux world a lightweight distro is roughly 500MB, Puppy is only 120MB (150MB maximum, with broadband it takes up to half an hour to download).
For those who say that it is an ugly distro: first the most important function of an operating system is to be useful, and secondly Puppy is a minimalist distro, the more things are added, the larger its size, and no longer it can be called "puppy" (in fact there is a derivative of Puppy called FatDog, "fat dog" :-D, for those who have more powerful computers and do not mind downloading an ISO of 700 MB or more), nor it will also not be compatible with old hardware that surely will not even have support for the graphics you want to give it. Still, there are many options to customize its appearance, if you really think it is an ugly distro it is because you did not use it.
Lastly, if you think Puppy is only in English, Google "Spanish Language Pack for Puppy Linux" (without quotes).
I would add Open Xange
You're right ... although personally and in virtual machines, the installation of Grub with Puppy has always failed; this is vital therefore I would not recommend it to any user who wants to begin to familiarize himself with Linux!
OpenSuse is another distro that tends to give a lot of trouble to install ...
-Nothing like Debian: clean and fast
-After Debian, the closest thing to the extinct Mandriva: PClinuxOS for modern / fast; installs in less than 10 min., and Mageia is stable, somewhat less light. altlinux, is very good too.
It's true… excellent appreciation.
Hug! Paul.
I used Gentoo for years, in fact it was my second approach to linux (after the fabulous Opensuse) but the compilations were long and my machine (back then) was not very powerful.
Then I tried Sabayon and I can only say that it is fabulous, all the Gentoo power in a simpler and just lovely starter format. Offline is a marvel only surpassed by Linux mint, which we admit is a distro to install and use without any worries (Sabayon needs a few taps on drivers and minor things). But online he takes it on the street 😉
A distro that I have a little abandoned, something that I will solve shortly 😉
Ok Thanks friend the truth has been looking for this for a long time .. keep it up
Thanks Chelo, I was about to give the same opinion as comrade Diego, but I already downloaded the 12 now .. Although I would like the 13 with LXDE «from Factory» so to speak, since an iso already built for it is better (for me) work with the default environment, than install another one and then remove the main one, as I would also like LMDE with LXDE so much but I had to settle for LMDE XFCE ..
regards
Version 12 is available. Maybe you entered at 13 and the lxde is not there.
Thanks for the info, Sabayon seems like a very good option, besides being a rolling release. For my taste, a distribution is missing that they do little attention around here por PCLinuxOS.
Greetings.
What do they call Distributions without an Internet connection?
If it is a distribution that brings everything you need (programs, codecs) and can be installed completely without an Internet connection, any one based on Ubuntu can be generated, using UCK (Ubuntu Customization Kit).
With this tool I built [K] ubuntu and [L] ubuntu DiGra, which is nothing other than the same official Kubuntu and Lubuntu, only Spanishized, with codecs, Java and programs for Graphic Design and others from the daily computational task.
I carry it on the USB Pendrive to use anywhere, without having to install or add anything, with or without an internet connection.
http://cofreedb.blogspot.com/2013/10/k-l-ubuntu-digra.html
Excellent article, important to have one of these distros on hand for any situation. Thank you.
Very good distros. Thanks for the input