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Posted: Mon 12 Jan 2015, 23:51
by nitehawk
I've been waiting (seems like forever) for Vector 7.1 as well. I recently broke down and got another computer (an "Ebay special"). Refurbished, but really nice:
HP Compaq 3Ghz--4G ram--500G hard drive
I have Mageia 4.1 on it right now (along with Tahrpup 6.0). Would have tried Vector 7.1 on it,.....(but got tired of waiting). Using my really OLD Pentium III right now,...with nice old Wary 5.1.1 on it (still a really nice Puppy). Posting this from it right now.
Posted: Tue 13 Jan 2015, 00:34
by Colonel Panic
nitehawk wrote:I've been waiting (seems like forever) for Vector 7.1 as well. I recently broke down and got another computer (an "Ebay special"). Refurbished, but really nice:
HP Compaq 3Ghz--4G ram--500G hard drive
I have Mageia 4.1 on it right now (along with Tahrpup 6.0). Would have tried Vector 7.1 on it,.....(but got tired of waiting). Using my really OLD Pentium III right now,...with nice old Wary 5.1.1 on it (still a really nice Puppy). Posting this from it right now.
Good for you! You can get some good buys on EBay, and those HP Compaq machines are very good value right now.
Good to see you posting here again btw. Are you on broadband now, or still on dialup?
Posted: Wed 14 Jan 2015, 00:44
by nitehawk
<sigh> still on dialup.
Had to get a decent computer first. Who knows,....high speed internet might be in the near future (if I can budget it in). I can still do a lot with dialup, though. (it's better than nothing).
Posted: Thu 15 Jan 2015, 05:48
by James C
AntiX 14 a5
http://antix.mepis.com/index.php?title=Main_Page
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james@antix1:~
$ inxi -F
System: Host: antix1 Kernel: 3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit)
Desktop: IceWM 1.3.8
Distro: antiX-14-a5-RV_386-full Killah_P 14 January 2015
Machine: Mobo: ASRock model: N68-S UCC
Bios: American Megatrends v: P1.70 date: 03/03/2011
CPU: Dual core AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB
clock speeds: max: 2712 MHz 1: 2712 MHz 2: 2712 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210]
Display Server: X.Org 1.16.2.901 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1440x900@59.89hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NVA8 GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2
Audio: Card-1 NVIDIA MCP61 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Card-2 NVIDIA High Definition Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound: ALSA v: k3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp
Network: Card: NVIDIA MCP61 Ethernet driver: forcedeth
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full
mac: 00:25:22:61:55:fc
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1250.3GB (0.9% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD10EZEX size: 1000.2GB
ID-2: /dev/sdb model: ST3250318AS size: 250.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 49G used: 2.8G (7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda9
ID-2: swap-1 size: 8.49GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 31.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 41.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 114 Uptime: 42 min Memory: 372.4/3538.8MB
Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.16
james@antix1:~
$
3.18.1-486-smp kernel and 99.9% systemd-free! No libsystemd0 and includes nosystemd debs for cups, gvfs etc.
Posted: Tue 20 Jan 2015, 23:47
by Colonel Panic
I've just downloaded and run the latest version of ArchBang, 150111 the i686 version). It's mostly fine but the version of Firefox it includes isn't 100% stable, and I was able to get it to crash on a site I use a lot.
Posted: Thu 22 Jan 2015, 04:42
by James C
AntiX with JWM and Roxfiler....
Bodhi is back.....
Posted: Mon 26 Jan 2015, 06:50
by James C
Jeff Hoogland, lead dev of Bodhi is back.
http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.com/2015/0 ... oaded.html
Just did an install of Bodhi 64 bit 3.0.0 rc 2 reloaded ....looks pretty solid for a release candidate.Based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
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james@james-desktop:~$ uname -a
Linux james-desktop 3.16.0-29-generic #39-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 16 20:54:13 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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james@james-desktop:~$ free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 4047688 1410268 2637420 14668 58272 946688
-/+ buffers/cache: 405308 3642380
Swap: 14540792 0 14540792
james@james-desktop:~$
Posted: Sat 31 Jan 2015, 00:02
by sonny
Ive been using alot of those linuxbbq debian unstable spins. ..My old P4 lovem......
Other Distros
Posted: Sat 31 Jan 2015, 16:58
by Billtoo
I installed PclinuxOS 64 bit 2014.12 Mate to a 128gb usb 3.0 external
SSD, pc is a hp desktop.
It comes with lots of applications including VLC and Clementine, I
added Smplayer,Kodi Media Center,and Google Chrome from the repo.
EDIT: I have it installed on my Acer Aspire V5 laptop as well, it supports the touch screen.
Posted: Thu 05 Feb 2015, 05:58
by James C
Fresh install of OpenMandriva 2014.
http://www.openmandriva.org/
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[james@localhost ~]$ uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 3.13.11-nrjQL-desktop-1omv #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Apr 26 00:23:26 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
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[james@localhost ~]$ free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 3622668 1597912 2024756 0 68044 850896
-/+ buffers/cache: 678972 2943696
Swap: 14540792 0 14540792
Posted: Fri 06 Feb 2015, 16:39
by rokytnji
Errrrrrrr.
http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=38916
Maybe systemd makes another bites the dust? I can't say. Just a bikers gut feeling on this. Which could be wrong.
My gut feeling comes from knowing how systemd breaks distro custom scripts in /usr/local/bin. Which can be a distro maintainers nightmare.
Sorry to see them leave the scene.
Downloading a 32 bit Semplice_current-dev_iso for my touchscreen netbook instead.
I can be such a tool.
Ive been using alot of those linuxbbq debian unstable spins. ..My old P4 lovem...... Evil or Very Mad
Me too. I love those wild and crazy guys at the BBQ forum.
Posted: Sat 07 Feb 2015, 21:37
by anikin
That's really sad news.
I'm not sure, he's leaving because of systemd.
He mentioned his day job. The obligation to put food on the table ... a prosaic, but powerful factor.
Posted: Sun 08 Feb 2015, 00:00
by nitehawk
Ohhhhhh noooooo,...nooooooo!!! Say it isn't so! Not CrunchBang!
I cringe everytime I hear that another great little distro is getting discontinued. Especially CrunchBang. Really was a neat little linux that is true to its Debian roots. <sniff>
Posted: Sun 08 Feb 2015, 11:15
by Colonel Panic
Yeah, that is a shame. CrunchBang was one of the better distros out there, especially for those of us with older computers.
I see that the lead developer (corenominal) is saying that he thinks vanilla Debian is a perfectly satisfactory substitute for CrunchBang, but I believe he's wrong; Debian takes a lot more fiddling with and setting up than CrunchBang does.
Posted: Sun 08 Feb 2015, 20:25
by nitehawk
Colonel Panic wrote:Yeah, that is a shame. CrunchBang was one of the better distros out there, especially for those of us with older computers.
I see that the lead developer (corenominal) is saying that he thinks vanilla Debian is a perfectly satisfactory substitute for CrunchBang, but I believe he's wrong; Debian takes a lot more fiddling with and setting up than CrunchBang does.
"Vanilla" Debian sure does take a lot of fiddlin' when you're on dialup. Doing a net-install is pretty much out of the question. I always had to buy all those umpteen DVDs. And every time a new Debian version comes out,....there's more and MORE DVDs!! So I just quit getting 'em.
CrunchBang was a complete little basic Debian setup. And I found that I could have the CrunchBang synaptic recognize older Debian DVDs (Lenny, for example). And I could add a few apps here and there off of the Lenny DVDs to "flesh out" my little CrunchBang install. But no more. Alas.
Got my eye on trying Emmabuntus. Saw that it is basically Xubuntu,...with oodles and oodles of apps pre-installed. Sounds very interesting. I must try it.
Posted: Sun 08 Feb 2015, 22:27
by Colonel Panic
Good post nitehawk. I've seen mixed reviews for Emmabuntus online, but here's a favourable one;
http://mylinuxexplore.blogspot.co.uk/20 ... u-lts.html
BTW, I have the opposite problem from you. I have a fast internet connection now but an ancient computer which doesn't handle DVDs very well (most of the time, in fact, distros on DVD won't load on it at all). It's one of the reasons I mostly stick with Puppy nowadays - just about all Puppies still fit on CD-Rs instead of DVDs as is increasingly the norm with Linux distros.
Posted: Thu 12 Feb 2015, 06:09
by James C
This Arch install hasn't crashed and burned yet...... still motoring right along.....
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[james@evo ~]$ uname -a
Linux evo 3.18.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Feb 7 08:44:05 CET 2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Posted: Sun 15 Feb 2015, 07:49
by James C
The latest Manjaro XFCE 0.8.12 .....
https://manjaro.github.io/
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manjaro@manjaro ~]$ uname -a
Linux manjaro 3.16.7.1-1-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Nov 16 02:45:00 UTC 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Crunchbang fork
Posted: Sun 15 Feb 2015, 21:25
by James C
Crunchbang fork sighting....
http://crunchbangplusplus.org/
When CrunchBang was started, it filled a gap where efficiency met beauty. Our plan is to keep it exactly there with a tastefully reskinned UI, updated dependencies, and more current packages.
Posted: Sun 15 Feb 2015, 22:43
by darry1966
Ah James you bet me to it. Anyway an article about it.
http://jimlynch.com/linux-articles/crun ... -the-dead/