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James C · #2026 Post by **James C** » Tue 04 Aug 2015, 04:38

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

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 · #2027 Post by **Colonel Panic** » Tue 04 Aug 2015, 09:57

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 · #2028 Post by **Billtoo** » Tue 04 Aug 2015, 10:50

otropogo wrote:
Billtoo wrote: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 · #2029 Post by **Billtoo** » Thu 06 Aug 2015, 02:05

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 · #2030 Post by **darry1966** » Thu 06 Aug 2015, 06:49

darry1966 wrote: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 · #2031 Post by **Colonel Panic** » Fri 07 Aug 2015, 22:41

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 · #2032 Post by **Billtoo** » Sat 08 Aug 2015, 15:15

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 · #2033 Post by **otropogo** » Sat 08 Aug 2015, 20:56

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 · #2034 Post by **James C** » Sat 08 Aug 2015, 22:46

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 · #2035 Post by **darry1966** » Sun 09 Aug 2015, 04:33

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

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

darry1966 · #2036 Post by **darry1966** » Sun 09 Aug 2015, 05:48

Another GNU/Linux Libre Crunchbang like Distro GNUios

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

James C · #2037 Post by **James C** » Tue 18 Aug 2015, 01:33

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 · #2038 Post by **oui** » Wed 19 Aug 2015, 07:34

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 · #2039 Post by **Billtoo** » Wed 02 Sep 2015, 00:03

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 · #2040 Post by **rokytnji** » Wed 02 Sep 2015, 02:41

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

http://lii-enac.fr/en/architecture/linu ... vices.html

http://i.imgur.com/V0I8l60.png

yerc1 · #2041 Post by **yerc1** » Fri 04 Sep 2015, 22:26

Semplice Linux has been mentioned elsewhere in the forum, mostly by @jakfish.

It's a 'lightweight' distro that does not sacrifice ease of use, beauty, upgradeability (a rolling-release), stability (a main edition based on Debian Sid and Workstation edition based on Debian Jessie), etc.

Differentiation factor: bloat-free Vera desktop

I'm surprised it's not getting a good press that it deserves.
http://semplice-linux.org/

cimarron · #2042 Post by **cimarron** » Sat 05 Sep 2015, 00:27

Yes, Semplice is very nice. And light; it runs fine with just 500M RAM. I use it with the testing repositories instead of sid to make it a little more stable. It was discussed here earlier this year: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=69050&start=1805

ally · #2043 Post by **ally** » Sat 05 Sep 2015, 13:57

giving semplice a run, posting from it here, struggling with a few differences but seems pretty good, advice on a grub settings that can be inserted into the grub4os?

rokytnji · #2044 Post by **rokytnji** » Sat 05 Sep 2015, 17:35

When I used to multi boot puppy and semplice linux using grub4dos. I installed semplice grub to the / partition. Not mbr.

Then chainload semplice in grub4dos and let semplice grub take over from there.

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title Semplice GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.2.0-3-486
rootnoverify (hd1,1)
chainloader +1

title Vector STD Gold 7 at /dev/sda2
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1

title Puppy Linux 529 frugal in sdb1 dir macpup529frugal
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
kernel /macpup529frugal/vmlinuz pmedia=atahd psubdir=macpup529frugal
initrd /macpup529frugal/initrd.gz

I was running bootups and operating systems on 2 different internal ide hard drives. Hence the (hd1,0) for one drive and and (hd0,1) for the other drive. No real fancy uuid needed or code lines needed with rootnoverify with semplice and Vector grub installed to root partition.

cimarron · #2045 Post by **cimarron** » Sat 05 Sep 2015, 17:47

I boot Semplice directly using Grub4dos with this entry:

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title Semplice 7 (sda3)
  uuid cb134ac7-4f78-4bc6-8050-b6605a368b00
  kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3
  initrd /initrd.img

Your uuid would be different, of course, as well as partition used in "root=/dev/sdaX". I found I needed the "root=" parameter or it would not boot. I let Grub4dos config detect Semplice and set up the menu.lst first, but changed the kernel and initrd lines to those above.

On one of my old computers, I also had to add the "nomodeset" kernel parameter or the resolution wasn't detected correctly by the new 4.1 kernel.

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