DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 305, 1 June 2009

Yes, I wrote this week's feature article. I've actually been very impressed with Debris Linux 1.7.0. It may actually be the best choice I've found for systems with itty bitty SSD storage. It will fit nicely on a 2GB SSD even with a standard (non-frugal, not compressed) installation with lots of room to spare. Nettop and netbook owners really should check this one out.

I'm glad to see Debian getting out front on the Eee PC and making it easy to install the distro on those (and hopefully other) netbooks. Debian tends to squeeze (pun possibly intended) a bit more performance without having to work at it so much, and that seems like a very good thing for a netbook.

And just knowing that I can roll Debian onto it makes the Eee look a lot more attractive of a purchase.

Debian has also been ported to MIPS and is being offered preloaded on at least one MIPS-based netbook now. I agree with you that this is a good move for Debian

Squeezing out extra performance is one of the reasons I like Vector Linux. I was also impressed with Debris Linux and think that it might be a good choice for netbooks.

Those Slackware-derived distros really are quick.

I actually did an Slackware 12.1 install recently (12.2 disc wouldn't boot on feeble Toshiba laptop), and KDE 3 still seemed a bit slow compared with Xfce. Not like that's news, but when you're in the 1 GHZ CPU range, the Xfce speed is much appreciated.