Wolvix Hunter 1.0.5 Review
Submitted by srlinuxx on Mon, 11/06/2006 - 18:29.
I was drawn to Wolvix by a review of an earlier version on [some other site], where the reviewer raved about its multimedia capabilities. As installing codecs and plugins has always been one of my least favourite admin tasks, I thought I'd try Wolvix Hunter 1.0.5, which claimed to come with all the usual suspects pre-installed.
Wolvix Hunter is a live CD running on a 2.6.16 kernel and is a remarkable piece of work.
It uses the Xfce desktop environment, like its close cousin Zenwalk (both are Slackware based, although Wolvix draws mostly from the SLAX live CD).
Unlike Zenwalk, Wolvix includes the stable, but less well endowed Xfce 4.2, which lacks some configuration options (there's Fluxbox available too, but I'm not a fan).
Even so, in a live CD environment Wolvix married to Xfce provides a lightning fast working environment.
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run wolvix hunter
i want to try linux. i think i'm gonna stick with and live windows[if possible]. i'm learning about computer know some... what i woul like to know please: i downloaded wolvix hunter 1.0.5 iso but dont know realy how to use it from now on....waiting in my desktop.i'm running win xp H.E. can someone help me thnkx...ps: sorry if this is not the place for this basic questions. hope soon to be understanding stuff better.
re: wolvix
You need to burn it onto cdrom disk. You have a burner?
Sorry I can't be much more help, but I didn't even own a cd burner last time I had a windows.
But once you get it burnt, you just really need to have it in the drive (configured in bios to boot that cdrom drive) and reboot the computer. Once it finishes booting, you should be a screen with further instructions for starting the graphical interface.
If you have any other questions, feel free.
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run wolvix hunter
ok thanks i have a burnner so i use nero express and burn data then boot cd first well i might buy a new pc soon.so it'll be a good fresh start. i'll buy a little compact guide too. do i need firwall anti virus etc like in windows ? thanks
re: wolvix (2)
Well, for now, with the livecd, naw. But if you do a hard drive install and have a always-on internet connection, you may want a firewall. A lot of the livecds come with one (some are on by default), I don't recall if Wolvix does or not, but I wouldn't worry too much about it at this point anyway.
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boot wolvix
thanks man for your advices. the thing is i burnt wolvix as bootble data. now i got there(just to see if it works this is not yet my pc)i got to A:\ then wrote D:\ and enter
but i dont know the command... if of course the burning was done propely...linux has probaly a command diferent than windows. by the way in windows i cannot explore or open the wolvix iso file should it be that way? thanks
ps: anyway i'm trying to find the most possible information in the web
thnkx
re: boot wolvix
the thing is i burnt wolvix as bootble data. now i got there(just to see if it works this is not yet my pc)i got to A:\ then wrote D:\ and enter but i dont know the command...
Well, I'm afraid I'm just not understanding what you mean.
if of course the burning was done propely...linux has probaly a command diferent than windows. by the way in windows i cannot explore or open the wolvix iso file should it be that way? thanks
ps: anyway i'm trying to find the most possible information in the web
thnkx
I'm not sure if you should be able to browse the burnt cd or not. I almost think so. I just don't know enough about windows. I wish someone else with more windows experience would chime in. But, have you tried to boot the cd?
If the bios is set to boot the cdrom device and yet the cd won't boot, then first I'd check the md5sum. I think there's a small freeware apps for that (I've seen folks mention it in other posts). Google for that. You can find the md5sum file from the same location where you found the iso. If the md5sum checks out, then perhaps google for how to burn on windows using nero. It might be a bad burn.
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Burn ISO
but i dont know the command...
Firemusic - sounds like you burned the iso as a data file rather than an iso image. Check by opening cd in windows - if you see a bunch of directories like 'boot' and 'base' you did it right - if you see a single file: wolvix-hunter-1.0.5.iso you did it wrong. Don't have Nero, but think from the menu you need to use 'File->Burn image' as I recall.
PS First post here - Hi Susan & congratulations on a great site!
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PS First post here - Hi Susan & congratulations on a great site!
Hey! Do I know you? You do look a bit familiar. Was it that New Years' Eve party 2 years ago?
Oh, btw, Welcome!
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Re: Booting Wolvix
Hi Firemusic.
If you've sucessfully burned the ISO to the CD, you need to boot from the CD. Place the CD in the drive and restart your computer. You can't start Wolvix from Windows, it's an independent OS. (Your PC needs to be set to boot from a CD-ROM for this to work. Check your BIOS setting.)
In Wolvix Hunter there is a Firewall program called Firestarter. You'll find it in the menu under 'System'.
Come join us in the Wolvix forums if you have problems and/or questions and we'll help you out.
Cheers! =)
Wolven
re: Booting Wolvix
Yaaaa! Wolven to the rescue!
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