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Bodhi Linux, the Beautiful Configurable Lightweight Linux

Posted by tuxchick on · 16 comments
Linux.com; By Carla Schroder 		Mail this story
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Bodhi Linux is fast-growing newcomer to the Linux distro scene. The first release was at the end of 2010, and it has attracted users and contributors at a fast pace. Do we need yet another Linux distro? Yes we do. KDE and GNOME both leaped off the deep end and left users in the lurch. KDE4 has matured and is all full of functionality and prettiness, but it's a heavyweight, and GNOME 3 is a radical change from GNOME 2, though considerably easier on system resources than KDE4. And there are all the other good choices for graphical environments such as Xfce, LXDE, Fluxbox (to me, KDE4 is Fluxbox with bales of special effects, as they share the same basic concepts for organizing workflow and desktop functionality), IceWM, Rox, AfterStep, Ratpoison, FVWM, and many more. So what value does Bodhi add? Four words: Enlightenment, minimalism, and user choice.

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Comments (16)

Nice to see

Bob_Robertson ·
I enjoyed the early views of Bodhi, but I didn't follow up. I'm very glad to see it's being expanded and fleshed out.

It was pretty in the alpha releases, I should really try it again now. Thanks, TC.

ComputerBob ·
Good job, Carla -- your article's useful information will undboubtedly increase the Bodhi user base.
montezuma ·
Good crowd on this website. ;-)
gus3 ·
We have good taste.
DrGeoffrey ·
Well, some of us.

But they let me post anyway. ;-)
tuxchick ·
I had a lot of fun with Bodhi. I installed it on my old AMD Sempron-- yes kids, once upon a time CPUs had only one core-- and it was like it was rocket-fueled. I got speed and eye candy. I don't think of much of the "just throw hardware at it" mentality, and I get all whiny when my quad-core gets bogged down by cruddy software. I mean seriously now.
tuxchick ·
Something I forgot to mention in the review is it runs fast from a USB stick, which is also becoming a rare event. Fedora and Ubuntu both run like crap from a USB stick, all kinds of lag almost like a live CD, which is ridiculous.
Jeff91 ·
Our latest release also as a "boot to RAM" option (so long as you have at least a half gig of RAM), selecting this option gives you a *really* fast live environment.

~Jeff
gus3 ·
Next up: steel-toed boot to RAM, for super security.
Bob_Robertson ·
Gus, that sound more like "Peace, through superior kicking power".

Boot to RAM? Ewe!

404 error trying to read "Full Story"

eracc ·
When I click the URL for "Full Story" I get a 404 page from linux.com. I really wanted to read this. :(
Jeff91 ·
Yerp. Linux.com appears to be having some issues at the moment.

~Jeff
Jeff91 ·
Tis working again now.

~Jeff
Scott_Ruecker ·
Yeah, working for me too

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