To wrap up this review, i hope that the decision on whether to install Zen-

4.4.1 or not, wouldn't be as difficult as what Lana Lang of Smallville had to

make in episode 16 of season 6. In my opinion, as i didn't find anything truly

special about Zenwalk 4.4.1 over 4.2 (plus the worry of the new subsytem),

i would suggest an update of your current Zenwalk 4.2 packages but leave

the kernel alone first. Backup first !  Me, i am going for a fresh install of

Zenwalk 4.4.1 on all my machines running on Zenwalk 4.2. No special scripts

in my pcs running Zenwalk 4.2.  No mixture of storage devices in my system

 running Zenwalk 4.2.  So, no worry !  Actually, i keep my data in usb hard

disk. It's safer and convenient.

If you happen to have problem in choosing between Zenwalk and its coun-

terpart, Xubuntu, this is my rationale. Quite simple actually, if you need a

mid-sized distro tuned for low-spec pcs or old pcs ( with out-of-the-box

multimedia capability),  choose Zenwalk.

On the other hand, if you need mid-sized distro tuned for low-spec pcs or

old pcs (with good wifi support), look nowhere else, pick Xubuntu.

Lastly, a  'micro' case study of one of the pcs & notebooks  that were inv-

olved in the upgrade from Zenwalk 4.2 to 4.4.1. Evidently, it wasn't diffi-

cult for me to decide on whether to perform a fresh install of new version

or not.  The target was my 6-month old low-spec Acer notebook that was

happily running Zenwalk 4.2.  The Acer notebook came windows  & Linpus

linux when i bought it.  Life was difficult with the damn slow window xp.

Xubuntu 6.10 did help because it wasn't fast enough.

So, I opted for Zenwalk 4.2 then.  Now i want Zenwalk 4.4.1 to rejuvenate

my Acer notebook. Well,  i did try Vector linux 5.8 or even Sam linux 2007

on it and they are also good choices,  with such a low-specs,  but they are

just not my flavours.  Zenwalk 4.2 and 4.4.1 flies on my Acer notebook with

only 256mb ddr ram. Since i used my Acer notebook only for internet bank-

ing, i am not yearning for the great wifi support by Xubuntu 6.10 for the

Atheros adapter that came with my notebook.

Cross the threshold with Vector linux 5.8, Damn Small linux,

puppy linux, or even SAM linux 2007.

Thank you for reading my review.

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