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James C
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#1421 Post by James C »

Still playing with Debian......

http://www.debian.org/

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james@testing-ob:~$ uname -a
Linux testing-ob 3.13-1-486 #1 Debian 3.13.5-1 (2014-03-04) i686 GNU/Linux
james@testing-ob:~$ 

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james@testing-ob:~$ free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       3113396     361264    2752132       1176      16980     206152
-/+ buffers/cache:     138132    2975264
Swap:      6246396          0    6246396
james@testing-ob:~$ 
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#1422 Post by nooby »

James I trust that you refer to a full install maybe on
an USB or partition and not frugal install on
the regular harddrive? used by Wind 8.1
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though

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#1423 Post by James C »

nooby wrote:James I trust that you refer to a full install maybe on
an USB or partition and not frugal install on
the regular harddrive? used by Wind 8.1
Yes, traditional full install on an ext4 partition.

I have Windows 7 ( a few have XP too) on a number of my computers (I hate Windows 8 and refuse to use it :) ) but i always make room for a few ext 3 or ext4 partitions. So I don't have a clue about using Linux on NTFS....

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#1424 Post by James C »

Still like Gnome 2.....

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[james@desktop1 ~]$ uname -a
Linux desktop1 3.2.18-pclos1.a64 #1 SMP Tue May 22 03:15:05 CEST 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
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#1425 Post by James C »

And Debian Sid......

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vsido@vsido:~$ uname -a
Linux vsido 3.13-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.13.6-1 (2014-03-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux
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#1426 Post by James C »

A collaboration between the Mepis and antiX communities has resulted in MX-14.Final was released today..Debian based naturally.

http://www.mepiscommunity.org/mx

Release announcement
http://antix.mepis.org/index.php?title=Main_Page#News
Core
Linux kernel 3.12 pae
Debian 7.3
Xfce 4.10.2
Details: type in terminal inxi -F
Properties
Fits on a CD
Runs in live mode in 10 languages
Live persistence and remastering
Snapshot tool
Default Browser: QupZilla 1.6.3
Video Player: VLC 2.1.4
Music Manager/Player: Clementine 1.2.2
Email client: Claws-mail 3.9.3-1
LibreOffice 4.1.4.2
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#1427 Post by James C »

For those with older hardware there is now a MX-14 non-pae i486 release....

https://sourceforge.net/projects/antix- ... nal/MX-14/

MX-14 homepage
http://www.mepiscommunity.org/mx

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#1428 Post by Billtoo »

Ubuntu 14.04 beta 2 is out.
It's working well so far.
EDIT:
I installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Beta 2 64bit to a dual core hp desktop pc, it's
working great so far.
Computer
Processor 2x Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz
Memory 4038MB (523MB used)
Operating System Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch)
User Name bill (Bill)
Date/Time Sun 30 Mar 2014 10:34:35 AM EDT
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Resolution 1920x1080 pixels
OpenGL Renderer Mesa DRI Intel(R) G33
X11 Vendor The X.Org Foundation
Linksys WUSB54GC v1 802.11g Adapter [Ralink RT73]
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#1429 Post by nooby »

I always make of use Linux Mint instead. It has a lot of needed
programs already installed while on Ubunti you need
to install and these are gone next time time you boot up
if you do Frugal iso-booting which is the fast and easy method for
some of us perennial noobs.
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I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though

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#1430 Post by d4p »

Ubuntu-Entwickler warnt vor Einsatz von Linux Mint
http://winfuture.de/news,78916.html

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#1431 Post by stu91 »

Back in puppy land :D
Been using Cruchbang for the last several months, it's a great distro but its taxing my old laptop and its failing hard drive a little to much - so back in puppy land with an old favourite, dpup exprimo! 8)

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#1432 Post by Eyes-Only »

Welcome back Stu as you've been missed! I was wondering where that prolific contributor to Puppy had gone... and now I know! :D ( Honestly! I never think to send private messages to people asking them where they are or if they're okie, etc. -sigh!- )

Again Stu, welcome back. Good to have you home from walkabout. :wink:

Cheers/Amicalement,

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Proud user of LXpup and 3-Headed Dog. 8)
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#1433 Post by Fossil »

The same can be said for you, Eyes-Only. Welcome back; you've been missed! Cheers/Amicalement!

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#1434 Post by nooby »

My English is not good expressing these things
but I agree with Eyes-Only and others both of you
are important contributors and friendly part of the forum.
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though

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#1435 Post by stu91 »

Eyes-Only wrote:Welcome back Stu as you've been missed! I was wondering where that prolific contributor to Puppy had gone... and now I know! :D ( Honestly! I never think to send private messages to people asking them where they are or if they're okie, etc. -sigh!- )

Again Stu, welcome back. Good to have you home from walkabout. :wink:

Cheers/Amicalement,

Eyes-Only
"L'Peau-Rouge"
Thanks Eyes-Only 8)

There's been quite a bit of change round these parts in the short time i have been away :shock: now looking forward to getting back in the grove of things :)

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#1436 Post by stu91 »

nooby wrote:My English is not good expressing these things
but I agree with Eyes-Only and others both of you
are important contributors and friendly part of the forum.
Hi Nooby,
Hope you are keeping strong? I have been using Crunchbang these last few months - not sure if you can frugal install it but certainly worth a try as it is a nice distro :wink:

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#1437 Post by Eyes-Only »

Thank you very much Fossil and nooby... but I haven't "gone" anywhere at all. :wink: I'm here nearly every day. I simply read in the background these days as much of this programming stuff is way far over my head, unfortunately. :cry:

C'est la vie...

But thanks again for the notice as it was very much appreciated! :)

Cheers/Amicalement!

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#1438 Post by James C »

Still running LXLE on this old dual-core.....pretty solid with no real problems.

http://lxle.net/

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james@james-GeForce7050M-M:~$ uname -r
3.2.0-60-generic
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#1439 Post by bark_bark_bark »

One of these days I am going to install some linux distro on my netbook as a place to store files from my desktop.

BTW, Does anybody know how i can protect myself from my netbook's webcam.
....

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#1440 Post by CLAM01 »

bark_bark_bark,
The quick and easy, and a sure, way to protect yourself from being on-camera on a built-in web-cam is to pull off one of the stickers on the palm-rest of the keyboard and re-stick it over the web-cam lens. This leaves the computer stock and the cam available for occasional use, and remote monitors get only no picture, not an "equipment malfunction/disabled" notice. An alternative is to pull the back off the display (on most e-books the backs snap on, no screws) and rip out the cam (and mic, if you also don't want to be sound-recorded by the NSA or any equivalent)and throw away. These methods are positive, sure ways to stop cam-snoop. Note that everything else you do with your PC can still possibly be remotely recorded. You should look inside and remove any pci devices you don't recognize and need, and disable pci slots and all remote access options, in BIOS. Manufacturers and sellers sometimes add things. Even then you can't be sure, especially with a PXE BIOS, which is factory built to facilitate remote operation of your computer. You should also avoid all woof-built puppies 571 and later, which are malware, for having remote access, not only remote monitoring, which at least some 4- and all 5-series puppies appear to have had built in. Nowadays it is best to always assume that any PC that connects to the web is insecure and probably monitorable, if notbeing monitored, especially while it is connected to the web, and if its wireless cannot be turned off by hardware switch or removal, when it starts up (when it may connect and upload stored metadata, keystrokes, browser history [even if you deleted your own] etc.).

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