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#2491 Post by Billtoo »

I installed GeckoLinux_Gnome.x86_64-422.161213.0.iso (981MB) to the
hard drive of my hp desktop.

Computer
Processor 6x AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1045T Processor
Memory 8174MB (935MB used)
Operating System openSUSE 42.2 (x86_64)
User Name bill (Bill)
Date/Time Sun 18 Dec 2016 03:16:02 PM EST
Display
Resolution 3840x1080 pixels
OpenGL Renderer Gallium 0.4 on AMD REDWOOD (DRM 2.43.0, LLVM 3.8.0)
X11 Vendor The X.Org Foundation
Version
Kernel Linux 4.4.36-8-default (x86_64)
Compiled #1 SMP Fri Dec 9 16:18:38 UTC 2016 (3ec5648)
C Library GNU C Library version 2.22 (git bbab82c25da9) (stable)
Default C Compiler Unknown
Distribution openSUSE 42.2 (x86_64)

I added my favorite applications with the package manager, it comes
with plenty by default.

It works well so far.
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#2492 Post by Colonel Panic »

Moat wrote:Oh, wait, d'oh - I see your old favorite wallpaper includes the release number in the artwork.
Yes it does.
Moat wrote:Bummer, then. Unless you make/modify one yourself! :wink:

Bob
I don't think the numbers etc. in that image file can be edited directly (using GIMP or something similar), otherwise I'd have a go myself. I may ask on the Mint forums if anyone's managed to do it. Thanks for replying anyway Bob.

[EDIT: for the time being anyway I'm using this image as wallpaper. It's a picture of what I think is one of the world's most beautiful places, Patagonia in Argentina;

http://cdn.zoxexivo.com/blogphotos/pata ... nia-24.jpg
Gigabyte M68MT-52P motherboard, AMD Athlon II X4 630, 5.8 GB of DDR3 RAM and a 250 GB Hitachi hard drive running Ubuntu 16.04.6, MX-19.2, Peppermint 10, PCLinuxOS 20.02, LXLE 18.04.3, Pardus 19.2, exGENT 200119, Bionic Pup 8.0 and Xenial CE 7.5 XL.

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Porteus 3.2.1 CINNAMON x86_64 29 Nov '16 ISO

#2493 Post by belham2 »

Hi all,

Below is a pic of the Porteus' gang latest 3.2.1 CINNAMON desktop, x86_64, 29 Nov 2016 ISO. Everything is based on Slackware 14.2 (USM Package Manager), and I gotta say, they really put together something nice here. Theme looks great, it still boots the lightening fast Porteus is known for, and it is smooth whether running off the SD card I installed it to, or running it fully in ram. The ISO comes 270MB. I installed (via the USM) the latest Firefox, Chrome, Mtpaint, Redshift & GTKHash modules, and it brought it all up ~390MB. With Gnome Player (and a lot of other stuff) already included by default, this Cinnamon edition is really nice. Congrats/Kudos to the Porteus team! Happy Holidays all!! (in the pic, the System Settings menu is on the left, the top right is Nemo file manager, below it is gnome-terminal, and then a shot of the taskbar menu with it resting on "Internet'.....it's a dual monitor setup, going right to left)
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#2494 Post by James C »

Fresh install of MX-16.
https://mxlinux.org/

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james@mx1:~
$ inxi -Fxx
System:    Host: mx1 Kernel: 4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 4.9.2)
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.2 (Gtk 2.24.25) dm: lightdm
           Distro: MX-16_x64 Metamorphosis 12 December 2016
Machine:   Device: desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: M5A97 LE R2.0 v: Rev 1.xx
           BIOS: American Megatrends v: 2601 date: 03/24/2015
CPU:       Triple core AMD FX-6300 Six-Core (-HT-MCP-) cache: 6144 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 21072
           clock speeds: min/max: 1400/3500 MHz 1: 2000 MHz 2: 1400 MHz 3: 2500 MHz 4: 2000 MHz
           5: 3000 MHz 6: 1400 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210] bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0a65
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: nvidia (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa,nouveau)
           Resolution: 1440x900@59.89hz
           GLX Renderer: GeForce 210/PCIe/SSE2
           GLX Version: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 340.96 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1 NVIDIA High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0be3
           Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1002:4383
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: d000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 1c:87:2c:5a:bb:e2
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1120.2GB (1.2% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: KINGSTON_SV300S3 size: 120.0GB serial: 50026B7256076A16
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD10EZEX size: 1000.2GB serial: WD-WCC3F6XAKRLY
Partition: ID-1: / size: 96G used: 4.9G (6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb3
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 8.60GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sdb5
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 10.6C mobo: N/A gpu: 0.0:32C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 0
Info:      Processes: 211 Uptime: 3 min Memory: 486.3/15953.8MB
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.88 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Gcc sys: 4.9.2
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.301 running in xfce4-terminal) inxi: 2.3.5 

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$ free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:      16336700    1106604   15230096      27048      25328     590732
-/+ buffers/cache:     490544   15846156
Swap:      8396796          0    8396796
$ 
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#2495 Post by rokytnji »

Just migrated from mx-15 TO mx-16 ON THE SHOP computer.

Used.
https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php ... 97#p402469

No need for a re-install. Went as smooth as silk.

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#2496 Post by belham2 »

James C wrote:Fresh install of MX-16.
https://mxlinux.org/
Everytime I see that background, I cannot help but think it is a Peppermint-based team, and not the antix/mx, distro. :D Maybe the two should merge, the Peppermint's team expertise in making a cloud-based distro with MX's team making a solid, middleweight nice linux distro. Well ,maybe not, then it would become a fat beast like a few of the alternative (outside the big dogs of Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, Debian and OpenSUSE) distros are becoming. :wink:

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#2497 Post by nitehawk »

I pretty much use MX all the time now. Installed MX 15 some time ago,...and just keep upgrading it. Don't see the need for anything else, since this is working so well.

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#2498 Post by Colonel Panic »

nitehawk wrote:I pretty much use MX all the time now. Installed MX 15 some time ago,...and just keep upgrading it. Don't see the need for anything else, since this is working so well.
Good for you nitie! I could never get MX-15 to install on my machine (the installer always got stuck on 3%), but MX-16 may be different and it's on my list of distros to try very soon, along with the latest version of Salix..

I've just installed the latest version of Siduction (LXDE version), and it's working well so far except that when you're installing it, it obliges you to choose a partition for your home directory which is different from the one you use for your root directory. Whilst this may be a good idea, I'd still prefer to have the choice.

I also recently installed the latest version of Absolute (which is based on Slackware) and it took quite a lot of fiddling about to get it to work. PulseAudio was broken on my system so I had to remove it and then reinstall it, and I also installed some software (such as Midnight Commander) which is included with Vector but not with Absolute.

Thundetbird kept segfaulting as well, so I installed a much earlier one (version 10). It's all working now though.

@belham2: that idea (of the MX and Peppermint teams merging) sounds like a good one to me.
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#2499 Post by mtzlplex »

Kinda partial to MX-15, and 16 myself also. Have them running on 2 older emachines desktops, and one Dell Laptop, no problems.

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Porteus-v3.2.2 Cinnamon

#2500 Post by peebee »

Porteus-v3.2.2 final is released.

More: https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=6520

Cinnamon version tried - XFCE, KDE and Mate versions also available.

Quite big (272.5MB) given that it doesn't include a web browser.....

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#2501 Post by Colonel Panic »

I've just installed the latest beta of Vector Standard (1.1) and so far it's working well except that there's a slightly smaller pool of available software in the repository to install; I had no luck installing Osmo, for example, or Concentration (a memory game I play). I miss the old 'Quick Picks' utility Vector used to have which made installing extra software very easy and intuitive.

It also (still) won't set up access to pendrives or other partitions on the hard drive as and when you install it, so you have to edit the fstab file manually to allow that to happen.

From what I've seen on the Vector forum though, they're trying to move away from their original Slackware roots and become a more independent Linux distro.
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Raspian Pixel

#2502 Post by peebee »

Raspian Pixel....for x86

https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/pixel ... 016-12-13/

Pixel = a modified version of LXDE

Usual frustrations of running as an unprivileged user - Puppy spoils you by removing such petty restrictions

Big iso - both Chromium and LibreOffice included though

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Re: Raspian Pixel

#2503 Post by dancytron »

peebee wrote:Raspian Pixel....for x86

https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/pixel ... 016-12-13/

Pixel = a modified version of LXDE

Usual frustrations of running as an unprivileged user - Puppy spoils you by removing such petty restrictions

Big iso - both Chromium and LibreOffice included though

Image
I downloaded this and played around.

They had the unprivileged user thing set at almost maximum annoyance. "raspberry" is long enough for a lot of annoyance, but to really seal the deal they should have made it a strong password. "Raspberry123*" or similar.

I liked it other than that. It was very bright and simple, obviously a lot of time had been spent on simplifying it with kids in mind.

I tried a few ways to debian dogify it, I got it to boot to desktop, but I don't understand enough to make it work correctly.

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#2504 Post by Colonel Panic »

I've recently installed Salix 14.2 (only available with XFce now). I had a similar problem with PulseAudio in Salix as I had with Absolute; it broke and I wasn't able to adjust the sound levels when playiong videos, so I had to reinstall it (and also installed alsamixer as I like using that).

This PulseAudio fragility seems to be a problem with Slack-based distros and I'd guess it comes from Slackware 14.2 itself.

I've also downloaded Antergos 17.1 (another Arch-based distro) and tried to install it but the installer crashed; the devs did say though that it was beta quality software.
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Solus 2017

#2505 Post by belham2 »

Hi all,

Solus (been, on & off, using it ~6 mths now) still proving to be a fun and interesting Linux OS with its Budgie DE environment. Hard to think of something more clear, simple yet beautiful. Hope all is well with everyone.

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#2506 Post by Billtoo »

I installed Slackware64-14.2 to my Compaq desktop:

System: Host: Compaq.Myoffice Kernel: 4.4.38 x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 Distro: Slackware 14.2
Machine: Device: desktop System: Compaq-Presario product: AU194AA-A2L CQ5123F
Mobo: MSI model: Boston v: 1.0 BIOS: Phoenix v: 5.24 date: 06/19/2009
CPU: Dual core Pentium E5200 (-MCP-) speed/max: 1600/2500 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.3 drivers: intel (unloaded: modesetting,vesa) Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel G33 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 11.2.2
Network: Card: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller driver: r8169
Drives: HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (0.4% used)
Weather: Conditions: 34 F (1 C) - Scattered Clouds Time: January 22, 9:23 PM EST
Info: Processes: 183 Uptime: 1:31 Memory: 409.2/3930.5MB Client: Shell (sh) inxi: 2.3.8

It's working well.

EDIT: I did a second install to my Acer desktop:

System: Host: Acer-i3.Myoffice.org Kernel: 4.4.38 x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 Distro: Slackware 14.2
Machine: Device: desktop Mobo: Acer model: Aspire X3950 BIOS: American Megatrends v: P01-A3 date: 05/05/2010
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i3 540 (-HT-MCP-) speed/max: 1200/3067 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.3 drivers: intel (unloaded: modesetting,vesa)
Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz, 1920x1080@60.00hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ironlake Desktop GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 11.2.2
Network: Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169
Drives: HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (1.2% used)
Weather: Conditions: 28 F (-2 C) - light snow Time: January 24, 3:44 PM EST
Info: Processes: 224 Uptime: 7:45 Memory: 1157.0/5815.9MB Client: Shell (sh) inxi: 2.3.8

It's working well too.
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#2507 Post by Colonel Panic »

I'm back on Slackware 14.1 for the moment as I still can't get networking set up and running properly on 14.2. Since Slackware still includes Blackbox by default, I've installed a bunch of themes from 2005 so that it looks like the setup I had in 2005 on my *old machine; the setup is very economical on resources, as it had to be back then.

Would still like to find out what's going wrong in 14.2, but for the moment I can't really spare the time or trouble; maybe I'll try again later.

* I had a Pentium 100 with 32 MB of RAM, and was still able to run Opera. Those were the days! BasicLinux was a great distro for older computers; I don't know if it's still going, but I don't think it's been updated for a while.
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#2508 Post by bark_bark_bark »

Colonel Panic wrote:I'm back on Slackware 14.1 for the moment as I still can't get networking set up and running properly on 14.2. Since Slackware still includes Blackbox by default, I've installed a bunch of themes from 2005 so that it looks like the setup I had in 2005 on my *old machine; the setup is very economical on resources, as it had to be back then.

Would still like to find out what's going wrong in 14.2, but for the moment I can't really spare the time or trouble; maybe I'll try again later.

* I had a Pentium 100 with 32 MB of RAM, and was still able to run Opera. Those were the days! BasicLinux was a great distro for older computers; I don't know if it's still going, but I don't think it's been updated for a while.
Weird, I had a major problem getting networking to work in Arch. Networking works fine for me in Slackware 14.2, but then again it is running in virtualbox.
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#2509 Post by Billtoo »

I installed Salix Live 14.2 to the hard drive of my Compaq desktop.

System: Host: darkstar.example.net Kernel: 4.4.29 x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 Distro: Slackware 14.2
Machine: Device: desktop System: Compaq-Presario product: AU194AA-A2L CQ5123F
Mobo: MSI model: Boston v: 1.0 BIOS: Phoenix v: 5.24 date: 06/19/2009
CPU: Dual core Pentium E5200 (-MCP-) speed/max: 1600/2500 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.3 drivers: intel (unloaded: modesetting,vesa) Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel G33 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 11.2.2
Network: Card: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller driver: r8169
Drives: HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (0.8% used)
Weather: Conditions: 34 F (1 C) - light showers snow Time: January 28, 1:44 PM EST
Info: Processes: 180 Uptime: 2:12 Memory: 677.7/3930.5MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.8

The full install has a lot of applications included +
Vlc-2.2.4,Kodi-16.1,Qupzilla-2.0.1 and more can be added with gslapt
package manager.

The installer will also do a basic install and another install (forget
what it's called) with fewer packages built in.

Edit: I did another "full" install to an HP desktop.
The 2 other install options are "core" and "basic".
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Cent OS 7 with Ubuntu Mate desktop

#2510 Post by belham2 »

Hi all,

Here's another sort of unique mix: CentOS 7 with Ubuntu Mate desktop. I set it up, on dual monitors & an old AMD cpu & motherboard for a long-term stable place (the definition of CentOS) to do all our video encoding for our Ipads/Itouch/Iphones using HandBrake. Still kind of weird getting my brain/eyes to remember that I am in a 'rpm-yum' OS and not an 'apt-get' OS. I mean, Mate is traditionally for Ubuntu/Deb-related distros. Mate comes here with the Yum Extender software program (basically a synaptic rpm model), and Caja, not exactly my favorite file mgr but it will suffice. All the other stuff is pretty normal for a MATE DE install. Anyhow, all is good, stable, and surprisingly customizable with this ole' trusty CentOS. Enjoy the pic!
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