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[Billtoo]

Installed ubuntuMATE 64bit to an usb 3.0 SSD, pc is an HP Stream (200-009).

Computer
Processor 2x Intel(R) Celeron(R) 2957U @ 1.40GHz
Memory 1896MB (360MB used)
Operating System Ubuntu 15.04
User Name bill (Bill)
Date/Time Sun 02 Aug 2015 04:40:48 PM EDT
Display
Resolution 1920x1080 pixels
OpenGL Renderer Mesa DRI Intel(R) Haswell Mobile
X11 Vendor The X.Org Foundation

It's working well so far.

[Colonel Panic]

I've just discovered what the problem is with networking inScientific 7 - the ethernet card isnlt enabled by default. So far so good, unfortunately here's the solution (Scientific 7 is based on CentOS 7);

http://www.krizna.com/centos/setup-network-centos-7/

All I can say is, give thanks to Barry that thanks to the great distro you use and are probably using to read this with, dong this is an option not a necessity.

[otropogo]

Installed ubuntuMATE 64bit to an usb 3.0 SSD, pc is an HP Stream (200-009).

...It's working well so far.

Does your ubuntumate offer an option to install to USBflash?

I've just installed Mint 17.2 cinnamon to a flash card using Rufus 2.2 installer, as suggested by Muggins**

It booted fine, but I found it very difficult to navigate the menus.

Most troublesome for me was the inability to determine whether a firewall was installed by default and active, or if not, how to install and active it. I looked at the repository offerings, but saw nothing that I easily configurable, like the Puppy Linux firewall or Knoppix's linux firewall.

But the greatest disappointment came when I couldn't find any options to save my configurations and installations. I used a 2GB CF card, expecting to be given a save to hdd option, but nothing appeared. So the whole exercise seems to have been for nothing.

So I'm back to waiting for Knoppix to become reliable (or even available - it's August and the 2015 download version has yet to appear).

##correction. Muggins has given me some good advice and other help over the years, but this tip came from Prehistoric. My apologies for the error.

[nitehawk]

So I'm back to waiting for Knoppix to become reliable (or even available - it's August and the 2015 download version has yet to appear).

Sounds like me when I was waiting for Vector 7.1. I'm actually not using it right now (maybe because I got tired of waiting, or something I guess).

Anyhow,...I really liked Knoppix. But was disappointed that I could never get a hard drive install (of version 7) without it reverting to German every time! I have it on a flash drive,...but want it on my hard drive. (Alas).
Do you think the next version will perhaps stay in English after hard drive install? It's a really nice little Debian distro.

[otropogo]

So I'm back to waiting for Knoppix to become reliable (or even available - it's August and the 2015 download version has yet to appear).

Sounds like me when I was waiting for Vector 7.1. I'm actually not using it right now (maybe because I got tired of waiting, or something I guess).

Anyhow,...I really liked Knoppix. But was disappointed that I could never get a hard drive install (of version 7) without it reverting to German every time! I have it on a flash drive,...but want it on my hard drive. (Alas).
Do you think the next version will perhaps stay in English after hard drive install? It's a really nice little Debian distro.

I've always used Knoppix booted from removable media, first floppy, then CD, the DVD, and now USBflash.

But my understanding is that versions 7.xxx (current one is 7.4.2) have been designed for installation to hdd.

Maybe that's why Klaus has effectively crippled the removable version, as one can no longer create a hdd-based persistent image for LiveCD/DVD, and if you use the USBflash installation, you can only save back to that same medium, which means:

1. you need a fast and large USB flash card (ie. expensive), and

2. your installation must be mounted writable for the entire session, making it extremely vulnerable to corruption (at least I've never previously had so many Knoppix installs the stopped working, and

3. it means your USB port is tied up, this is especially serious because, in my experience, Knoppix (but also Mint and Lighthouse 64) will not boot from a USB3.0 HUB, even though it's independently powered. It requires the sole use of a USB3.0 port, which are a precious commodity on a laptop.

Strangely, I never had any problem booting Lupu528 and running it from a only lightly powered USB2.0 hub (850mA adapter) together with other devices, like a tethered mouse.

I'd suggest you try installing Knoppix 7.4.2 to hdd, but surely 7.5, which came out in German in March, should be appearing soon.

The biggest problem with Knoppix is poor support and shabby documentation. I remember when Knopper still answered e-mail from users. Unfortunately, even then he rejected or ignored reasonable suggestions- such as removing the claim you could boot K. from a floppy several years after it became impossible.

Now there's only a pitbull named Werner, who moderates the Knoppix forums and savages you for reporting serious problems.

A few months ago he dismissed me as "unreliable" (no details offered) and then banned me from the forums for a week without warning. I've never gone back to see whether the ban was lifted.

And you have to wonder what will happen to Knoppix when Klaus can't maintain it anymore. He seems to be having enough trouble keeping up already.

Still, one last solid effort might be worth keeping. If you have a copy that runs, back it up well. It can be a good reference tool, although many of the apps don't work. The last straw for me this year was the failure of synaptic.

[James C]

Decided to pull out a multi-session dvd tonight.....

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sh-4.3# inxi -F
System:    Host: puppex Kernel: 3.18.2-PAE-puppex i686 (32 bit) Desktop: JWM git-976 Distro: tahrpup 6.0
Machine:   Mobo: ASUSTeK model: M5A97 LE R2.0 version: Rev 1.xx serial: 140323665200131
           Bios: American Megatrends version: 2202 date: 12/12/2013
CPU:       Octa core AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core (-MCP-) cache: 16384 KB flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1700.00 MHz 2: 1400.00 MHz 3: 2900.00 MHz 4: 1400.00 MHz 5: 1400.00 MHz 6: 1700.00 MHz 7: 1400.00 MHz 8: 1400.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GM107 [GeForce GTX 750] 
           X.org: 1.15.1 drivers: nvidia (unloaded: vesa,nouveau) tty size: 80x24 Advanced Data: N/A for root 
Audio:     Card-1: NVIDIA Device 0fbc driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: k3.18.2-PAE-puppex
           Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver: snd_hda_intel 
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 40:16:7e:b2:b8:be
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1120.2GB (-) 1: id: /dev/sda model: KINGSTON_SV300S3 size: 120.0GB 
           2: id: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD10EZEX size: 1000.2GB 
Partition: 
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info:      Processes: 148 Uptime: 28 min Memory: 442.4/8017.2MB Client: Shell (sh) inxi: 1.9.17 

[Colonel Panic]

I downloaded a copy of Zorin 10, which is based on Ubuntu 15, yesterday and am using it now from a live session. So far so good (and it comes with Wine already installed).

[Billtoo]

Installed ubuntuMATE 64bit to an usb 3.0 SSD, pc is an HP Stream (200-009).
...It's working well so far.

Does your ubuntumate offer an option to install to USBflash?

No, it's working well on the usb 3.0 SSD and I've installed other distros to an usb 3.0 hard drive, but not a flash drive.

[Billtoo]

I upgraded to Windows 10 on my HP Stream 200-009 mini which has 2gb ram.
It's working well with the new web browser, youtube videos play great at full screen.

EDIT: I've added the Windows version of some of my favorite Linux applications, all are working well.

[darry1966]

New version of Astrumni 3.2.0 - released: ftp://austrumi.ru.lv/

Anyone tried it?

Trying this out as a hard drive install here is a scrot
http://www.linux.org/threads/post-your- ... 927/page-6

Latest Firefox, Libreoffice, SpaceFM, etc seems very stable Mplayer replaced with MPV. requires PAE.

Kernel 4.0.4 smp i686 on a Dell D620.

[Colonel Panic]

As an experiment I'm trying to see how lean a desktop environment I can put together in Slackware (14.1) and still have a functional and convenient system. So far, I've been impressed with the twm window manager in conjunction with the dmenu utility I downloaded from suckless.org (and which accompanies the dwm tiling window manager).

They work well together, and all I had to do was add an entry in the twm config file to load dmenu whenever I want to open an application. With Seamonkey (from which I'm posting this), dmenu, Thunderbird, gkrellm and Textmaker 2012 all open, I'm using just 330 MB of memory.

[Billtoo]

Installed Linux Mint 17.2 XFCE4 64bit to a usb 3.0 SSD,pc is an HP desktop.

Operating System
Version
Kernel Linux 3.16.0-38-generic (x86_64)
Compiled #52~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 8 09:43:57 UTC 2015
C Library Unknown
Default C Compiler GNU C Compiler version 4.8.4 (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04)
Distribution Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela
Current Session
Computer Name bill-700-019
User Name bill (Bill)
Home Directory /home/bill
Desktop Environment XFCE 4
OpenGL
Vendor Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Renderer AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Version 4.4.13374 Compatibility Profile Context 15.20.1013
Direct Rendering Yes

It's working well.

[otropogo]

I decided to look at my uninstalled windows updates yesterday to see if any of them were worth installing.

I found one whose information told me that no further Windows security updates could be installed unless KB2919355 were installed first.

I then went back and forth from my list of installed and uninstalled updates looking for it, wihtout success.

This would not be difficult if I had access to the list in a browser or even a word processor, but Win8.1 provides no search option.

At some point, when trying to go from one list to the other, I hit install, thinking I would get a further option to view, before anything happened. Instead, a whole slew of updates, none of which I had selected, started to install, by the time I hit cancel the display read 30% completed, and at least a dozen updates, which do I know not what, because for most, their "more information" link (less would be impossible) leads nowhere or in circles, were installed, despite the cancel command.

I'm not even sure how many are installed, because the long list of failed and suceeded items is interspersed, and I don't see any option to save the list for viewing, searching and editing.

I guess Windows 10 would save me all this trouble. But I think I'd rather start looking at BSD or even a Mac for all connected use, and run Windows, for those apps in which I can't dispense with it (scanning, printing, OCR...) strictly offline.

The big problem with that plan is my Pegasus mail client, which runs only in Windows, and activation and upgrade requirements for other software.

So Windows 10 is never going to touch this PC with my permission. But who knows, maybe another Windows8 update will sneak it in without asking me.

[James C]

Just built a new AMD hexa-core box, Ubuntu MATE 14.04 x86-64.Seems to be working well here.

https://ubuntu-mate.org/

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james@james-ubuntumate:~$ inxi -F
System:    Host: james-ubuntumate Kernel: 3.13.0-61-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: MATE 1.8.2  Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty
Machine:   Mobo: ASUSTeK model: M5A97 LE R2.0 version: Rev 1.xx Bios: American Megatrends version: 2601 date: 03/24/2015
CPU:       Hexa core AMD FX-6300 Six-Core (-MCP-) cache: 12288 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 3500.00 MHz 2: 3500.00 MHz 3: 3500.00 MHz 4: 3500.00 MHz 5: 3500.00 MHz 6: 3500.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210] 
           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1440x900@59.9hz 
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NVA8 GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3
Audio:     Card-1: NVIDIA High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: k3.13.0-61-generic
           Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver: snd_hda_intel 
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 1c:87:2c:5a:bb:e2
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1120.2GB (0.4% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: KINGSTON_SV300S3 size: 120.0GB 
           2: id: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD10EZEX size: 1000.2GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 96G used: 4.6G (6%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 8.60GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 22.2C mobo: N/A gpu: 37.0 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 180 Uptime: 24 min Memory: 761.2/7887.5MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.17 

[darry1966]

The Crunchbang legacy continues with BunsenLabs. Can't wait to try it.


http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=39994

[darry1966]

Another GNU/Linux Libre Crunchbang like Distro GNUios

http://www.gnuinos.org/index.php/en/

[James C]

PCLOS 64 Mate on the new hexa-core.
http://www.pclinuxos.com/

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[james@localhost ~]$ inxi -F
System:    Host: localhost.localdomain Kernel: 3.18.1-pclos1 x86_64 (64 bit)
           Desktop: MATE 1.10.1  Distro: PCLinuxOS
Machine:   Mobo: ASUSTeK model: M5A97 LE R2.0 v: Rev 1.xx
           Bios: American Megatrends v: 2601 date: 03/24/2015
CPU:       Hexa core AMD FX-6300 Six-Core (-MCP-) cache: 12288 KB 
           clock speeds: max: 3500 MHz 1: 3500 MHz 2: 3500 MHz 3: 3500 MHz
           4: 3500 MHz 5: 3500 MHz 6: 3500 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210]
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: nvidia,v4l
           Resolution: 1440x900@59.89hz
           GLX Renderer: GeForce 210/PCIe/SSE2
           GLX Version: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 340.76
Audio:     Card-1 NVIDIA High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel
           Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
           driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.18.1-pclos1
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full
           mac: 1c:87:2c:5a:bb:e2
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1120.2GB (1.1% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: KINGSTON_SV300S3 size: 120.0GB
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD10EZEX size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 290G used: 3.6G (2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb6
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 8.60GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sdb5
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info:      Processes: 161 Uptime: 16 min Memory: 485.3/7893.4MB
           Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.21 

[oui]

new SliTaz version at http://mirror.slitaz.org

the driver for i915 (continue to) bug but you can over go that if, as the graphic cursor appears, you give 6..8 times fast Ctrl+Alt-Bspc . The console mode cursor will given to you and after login, you can actualize tazx and let select automatic the driver again. the good driver will be installed and the distro react really good. pls install manually, if you install. I find the new graphic installer is no success...

[Billtoo]

OpenELEC is a distribution for embedded home entertainment computers.

I downloaded the generic img of OpenELEC 5.95.4 and installed it to a
32gb SDHC card to use on an Acer Laptop.
Also downloaded the Legacy Nvidia img of OpenELEC 5.95.4 and installed
it to the hard drive of my Acer Revo nettop pc. (connected to a 27"
computer monitor)
It has kernel 4.1.6 and kodi version 15.1.

Both are working great.

Installation instructions are at the OpenELEC wiki.

[rokytnji]

Linux Lite 2.6 with 4.2 Kernel on a Dell XT2 Touchscreen.

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$ cat /etc/issue
Linux Lite 2.6 LTS \n \l

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$ uname -r
4.2.0-linuxlite

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$ demesg | grep usb
<snip>
[   21.173950] input: N-Trig Pen as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb7/7-2/7-2:1.0/0003:1B96:0001.0001/input/input8
[   21.175259] input: N-Trig Touchscreen as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb7/7-2/7-2:1.0/0003:1B96:0001.0001/input/input9
[   21.175928] ntrig 0003:1B96:0001.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Device [HID 1b96:0001] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2/input0
$ lsusb
<snip>
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 1b96:0001 N-Trig Duosense Transparent Electromagnetic Digitizer
$ dmesg | grep 1b96:0001
[   21.175928] ntrig 0003:1B96:0001.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Device [HID 1b96:0001] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2/input0
[   26.228693] ntrig 0003:1B96:0001.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Device [HID 1b96:0001] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2/input1

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