Comments on: Bodhi Linux 1.4.0 Review

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By: Ruu

Ruu — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 05:24:29 +0000

I think the fact that Bodhi has so little software is actually a strong point. It is actually part of the concept that one has the ability to customize it to the point of choosing which software should be installed. I don’t think it was made for linux newbies, but people who have already ventured a bit and want to make the os ‘their own’…without making it completely new from scratch. That’s the point!
Also, one can’t ignore that amazing speed!!!

By: Mike L

Mike L — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:40:10 +0000

Hi Big Ben,

You stand correct. I didn’t notice Bloathi mentioned on their website. Being 1.5 GB though, it’s a bit too much software to be included by default.

Maybe 2 more programs included in Bodhi would be nice like an email client and a word processor.

By: IAN

IAN — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:46:38 +0000

e17 is dead

By: BigBen

BigBen — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:44:06 +0000

Hi Mike, yes you are right that Bodhi’s ISO is (intentionally) light in the menu department – helps to keep the download smaller. Not everyone has a big cheap pipe!
When getting started we found that adding one of the ‘bundles’ from the Bodhi Appcenter did the trick for us after we’d done playing with the Profiles and Themes that come on the ISO.
There’s so much to play with in there that I’m still having fun with them nearly a year later – and there are a lot more to download now.
It’s a matter of preference, and the Bodhi team does try to offer us options in most things.
The ‘Bloathi’ option is a serious effort to provide you with a fuller menu on one download – have you had a chance to try it yet, and is it more what you prefer?
I find Bloathi very useful as a lighter but full-featured Live distro on a USB stick, for example. Runs so well on older machines and rocks out on fast ones.
Ben

By: Yaseen Noorani

Yaseen Noorani — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:10:36 +0000

The profiles to be chosen at the beginning is actually an E17 feature. Nice review, btw.
I’m using Bodhi full time and I’m loving it!

By: Rudi_Bodhi

Rudi_Bodhi — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:00:58 +0000

@ Al;

Hi Al, you’d probably want to take a look at a section in our forum discussing tips for the left-handed mouse-user.

http://tinyurl.com/LeftHandedmouseuser

By: Al

Al — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:29:18 +0000

To Borg Bucolic (and everyone), I am a lefthanded mouse user but I can’t figure out how to switch the mouse buttons and have cursors slant the opposite way. Any ideas? Thanks.

By: Mike L

Mike L — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:45:43 +0000

Hi BigBen,

I think it was a slight misunderstanding by what I meant by no software installed. I meant to say pre-installed. I understand that there’s a few thousand programs through synaptic that can be installed but looking at it as a new Linux user, a few more programs pre-installed would’ve been nicer.

By: linux-quebec.org

linux-quebec.org — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:28:25 +0000

Linux is exactly what i like. Thank you for that article. I enjoyed reading it. Thanks, Rebekka!