One of the things Carl and I toyed with when discussing CandyFOSS is doing dual-reviews — where we both review the distribution at the same time. Cool, right?

Today we’re taking a look at PCLinuxOS 2008 MiniMe, the latest and greatest from the PCLinuxOS guys, just minimalised so you only get what you need and you add what you want on top of it. The download consists of a pleasing  sub-300meg ISO file, with tools and tutorials around to help you put it on a 512meg USB flash drive (something that can’t be said for full 700meg CD images). Read More »

A massively important part of getting people off Windows and onto Linux is the testing stage. LiveCDs have done a lot of the work but they don’t allow you to save changes (for long-term testing) and they require a CD burner (and a spare CD!).

This excellent tutorial from Pendrivelinux will show you how to turn a cheap USB drive into a portable operating system, all from within Windows. It just takes a few minutes and shortly after, you’re running PCLOS.

Enjoy!