xbacklight is a real bottleneck, and you can't do continuous slide (at least not on my arch). The direct filewrite version allows smooth sliding, but permissions on the brightness file block non-root users. But, you can enable non-roots to use the direct file-write version by creating udev rules. I ...

If you're curious about how small arch can go, their netboot might be of interest. Iirc, you can get pretty specific about what to include- Netboot images are small (<1MB) images that can be used to download the latest Arch Linux release on the fly upon system boot. It is unnecessary to update the n...

Mike wrote: to me, the whole point of running a very small OS on a powertful machine with plenty of resources means I have virtually all those resources for my use.....not for the OS to commandeer. Which Puppy will never do anyway. We don't disagree! I'd rather run a lightweight OS, whether on a po...

bullpup wrote:

Peppermint OS which I adore

Mint is sortof in the same family, right? i used to be a fan of Mint, until i discovered arch. Much leaner and faster than Mint. The arch community seems more serious and knowledgeable than Mint community.

wiak wrote: without any major pruning effort (which could easily cut this down by 30% or more, I built a quicko version Awesome, wiak! The pure arch install will prolly give you an even leaner base than labs. I don't care about a few GB of hard disk space personally, i do care. For me, the appeal o...

Given that most Puppians run pretty old machines, which by their very nature often have in-built hardware limitations, a rolling release honestly doesn't make much sense in the Puppy context Arch is my linux of choice, particularly for older machines. It's one of the smallest "real" linux...

I used puppy cuz i wanted an ultra tiny OS with GUI and ease of use. Especially for older machines. My faves were the Lina's, NOP, x-tahr, saluki, and anything else with xfce. Gotta be xfce. Was never into the fatter puppies. However, i grew to find that puppy wasn't quite sufficient: i wanted somet...

The versions above won't work on arch or other standard linux with root/non-root users, cuz file permissions on the brightness file. The version below doesn't have permissions problem-- can run as non-root. It uses xbacklight instead of writing directly to the brightness file. #!/bin/sh BrCur=`xback...

This works: title Devuan -- HD, from=/Devuan root (hd0,5) kernel (hd0,5)/Devuan/live/vmlinuz1 noauto from=/Devuan changes=/Devuan/live/ initrd (hd0,5)/Devuan/live/initrd1.xz also works: title Devuan -- HD, from=/Devuan/live, uuid uuid 3227356b-e6d0-4a18-a344-24ab22a91843 kernel (hd0,5)/Devuan/live/v...

i installed grub from xtahr. I guess it's grub4dos. None of these work. I get as far as "sgn" file, then i get "device not ready?" script run from ext2, Devuan running from ext2 partition. any ideas? # Devuan, UUID, from=/ title Devuan uuid form uuid 3227356b-e6d0-4a18-a344-24ab2...

goodness, no need to insult

i need to get around to repartitioning...
will let you know

i'm guessing the error reported in my last reply might be due to this ntfs thing...

have a sunny day, Fred!

don't get upset :roll: :lol: trying to make use of an old machine with small drive, and don't have all the paritions i wish i had. i noticed when i run 'create save file', if i pick no dir, it says will create in my Devuan dir, but nothing is created. but if i browse to Devuan/live dir, then the pat...

fredx181 wrote:

I'm running the script on NTFS at the moment. Seems to be working. It's up to

To be honest, I never tried that, but I really think that's asking for trouble, don't do it, run the script from a Linux filesystem !

have done it several times without issue

ok, but just changes folder? or entire install, and also running the script? Yes , just changes folder and also running the script. The entire install can be also on NTFS or FAT but then for changes you need to create save file, e.g. changes.dat Good to know dat file works on NTFS. I'm running the ...

i remounted the partition without "nodev", and tried again. No longer getting the errors! is this a new requirement? will tell you shortly if i got vmlinuz, but looking good so far. changes folder is (and was) only supported on ext ok, but just changes folder? or entire install, and also r...

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thx Fred! i made this devuan as: - xfce - 32-bit option checked - removed conky. - xz compression yep, i created Devuan and put live folder (output by your script) inside it. It doesn't contain vmlinuz. Here's my dir: 12/15/2018 10:29 AM 3,796,992 01-filesystem.squashfs 12/16/2018 12:42 AM <DIR> bas...

hi y'all i'm getting back into Devuan/Stretch after being away for about 6 months. Starting at square one, kinda. seems like fred has been busy since i've been gone. The script has some updates! :) trying to to follow the examples from the isodata folder made by the script. but i noticed my grub doe...

fredx181 wrote:apulse (= alsa pulse) is not pulseaudio, it's a workaround for to avoid the need to install pulseaudio for applications that require it, e.g. latest Firefox Quantum, to make sound work using Alsa

thx for clarification, Fred. For info, what other apps require this?

newest firefox-esr requires pulseaudio (or apulse) for sound Change the line in Firefox-apulse... and install Pulse... Or, if like me, you don't want to install Pulse, in order to run the OS as slim as possible, then just install a browser that doesn't require Pulse. This 32-bit Opera deb installs ...