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[bark_bark_bark]

I am going to install Linux Mint 17 Mate 64-bit soon. It is very hard to kill this windows addiction.

[James C]

One some may want to check out....... MX-14.2.
http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=08510

A bug-fix release of antiX 14 "MX" edition, a variant of antiX developed in collaboration with the MEPIS Community and featuring the Xfce desktop, has been released: "MX-14.2 'Symbiosis' bug-fix upgrade release available. Upgraded bug-fix versions (PAE and non-PAE) of MX-14 are now available. This version has fixed some bugs found in MX-14.1.1 and Debian upstream. LibreOffice updated to the 4.2.5 version; Google search engine bug fixed; toned down faulty hard drive error when installing; image files open with mirage; wl modules for Broadcom wireless now on the CD image; updated documentation."

[James C]

More LMDE.....

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james@lmde ~ $ inxi -F
System:    Host: lmde Kernel: 3.11-2-686-pae i686 (32 bit) Desktop: MATE 1.6.1  Distro: LinuxMint 1 debian
Machine:   Mobo: MICRO-STAR INTL model: MS-7037 version: Ver 0A Bios: Phoenix version: 6.00 PG date: 06/08/2004
CPU:       Single core Intel Pentium 4 CPU (-HT-) cache: 512 KB flags: (pae sse sse2) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 3000.472 MHz 2: 3000.472 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller 
           X.Org: 1.14.3 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1024x768@85.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 865G x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 1.3 Mesa 9.2.2
Audio:     Card: Intel 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller driver: snd_intel8x0 Sound: ALSA ver: k3.11-2-686-pae
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ driver: 8139too 
           IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:11:09:27:3b:5a
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 200.0GB (2.2% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD2000JB size: 200.0GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 29G used: 4.2G (16%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 2.20GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 136 Uptime: 7 min Memory: 488.6/2016.5MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.14 
james@lmde ~ $ 

[bark_bark_bark]

I got Linux Mint 17 installed. Runs pretty well.

[James C]

My Debian Testing Openbox install........

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james@testing-ob:~$ uname -a
Linux testing-ob 3.14-1-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.14.9-1 (2014-06-30) i686 GNU/Linux

[James C]

Another new spin from LinuxBBQ.Roasted Roach. Less than 400 mb download.

http://www.linuxbbq.org/

Debian Sid with XFCE, Iceweasel and a bunch of command line tools.

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user@grill:~$ uname -a
Linux grill 3.14-1-486 #1 Debian 3.14.9-1 (2014-06-30) i686 GNU/Linux

[James C]

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user@grill:~$ uname -a
Linux grill 3.14-1-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.14.9-1 (2014-06-30) i686 GNU/Linux

[James C]

Decided to do a fresh install on a different box......Debian Sid with Mate .

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james@mate:~$ uname -a
Linux mate 3.15-4.towo-siduction-686 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 7 06:14:18 UTC 2014 i686 GNU/Linux
james@mate:~$ 

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james@mate:~$ free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       3113772     450912    2662860          0      17972     194900
-/+ buffers/cache:     238040    2875732
Swap:      6246396          0    6246396
james@mate:~$ 

[Billtoo]

I updated my slackware install to current.

[jakfish]

I subscribe to this thread and now, whenever it calls me here, I feel a pain, looking for nooby's posts that always asked if the latest distro would do a usb install...

Sigh,
Jake

[James C]

Back to a smaller distro for a change, Slitaz 5.0 RC2....... a big 42 mb download. LXDE, Midori browser,PCMan.....quite a few apps for such a small download.

http://www.slitaz.org/en/get/

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tux@slitaz:~$ uname -a
Linux slitaz 3.2.53-slitaz #4 SMP Wed Apr 30 19:08:02 CEST 2014 i686 GNU/Linux

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tux@slitaz:~$ free
             total         used         free       shared      buffers
Mem:       2065040       245472      1819568            0           20
-/+ buffers:             245452      1819588
Swap:      2150396            0      2150396

[James C]

Fresh install of MX-14.2.

http://mepiscommunity.org/mx

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james@mx1:~
$ inxi -F
System:    Host: mx1 Kernel: 3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae i686 (32 bit) 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.10.2 Distro: MX-14.2 Symbiosis 30 June 2014 
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: 1: 2712 MHz 2: 2712 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA C61 [GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a]
           Display Server: X.Org 1.12.4 driver: nvidia
           Resolution: 1440x900@59.9hz
           GLX Renderer: GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a/integrated/SSE2/3DNOW!
           GLX Version: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 304.121
Audio:     Card NVIDIA MCP61 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae
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: 1000.2GB (1.1% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD10EZEX size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 49G used: 2.9G (7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda8 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 8.49GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 129 Uptime: 15 min Memory: 355.2/3795.6MB 
           Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.1.28 
james@mx1:~

[Billtoo]

I installed Mint 17 XFCE4.
I've just started using it but it looks nice so far, the package
manager is impressive.

[bark_bark_bark]

I'm going to take the 64-bit version of Sparky Linux 3.4 "Game Over" Edition a try.

[Moat]

I installed Mint 17 XFCE4.
I've just started using it but it looks nice so far, the package
manager is impressive.

I'm a month into daily (general home) use of both Mint 17 Xfce and Mate, dual-booting on this old 1.6 Ghz core duo, 1 Gb RAM laptop - still can't decide which one I prefer. Both are excellent! They just work, day in and out - solid, stable and trouble-free. Very efficient, too - idling @ 1-2% CPU with composting enabled and Screenlets, Wbar and Conky running on the desktop (eye candy ). Between the many choices available via both package manager and synaptic, can be easily built into about whatever one needs. Great release!

[Billtoo]

I'm a month into daily (general home) use of both Mint 17 Xfce and Mate, dual-booting on this old 1.6 Ghz core duo, 1 Gb RAM laptop - still can't decide which one I prefer. Both are excellent! They just work, day in and out - solid, stable and trouble-free. Very efficient, too - idling @ 1-2% CPU with composting enabled and Screenlets, Wbar and Conky running on the desktop (eye candy ). Between the many choices available via both package manager and synaptic, can be easily built into about whatever one needs. Great release!

I like your desktop , I have both installed as well but I think xfce gets my vote.
This is a great release for sure.

[James C]

Did a fresh install of Debian Jessie on an old P4.

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james@jessie-ob:~$ uname -a
Linux jessie-ob 3.14-1-486 #1 Debian 3.14.12-1 (2014-07-11) i686 GNU/Linux
james@jessie-ob:~$ 

[Billtoo]

I was curious to see how well Mint 17 xfce would run on an older pc so
I installed it on my hp pavilion a810n.

Computer
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3300+
Memory 1534MB (643MB used)
Operating System Linux Mint 17 Qiana
Display
Resolution 1920x1080 pixels
OpenGL Renderer Gallium 0.4 on ATI RV530
X11 Vendor The X.Org Foundation
OpenGL
Vendor X.Org R300 Project
Renderer Gallium 0.4 on ATI RV530
Version 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3
Direct Rendering Yes
Version
Kernel Linux 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64)
Compiled #47-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 2 23:30:00 UTC 2014

It's working pretty well, not exactly speedy but useable.

[01micko]

I was curious to see how well Mint 17 xfce would run on an older pc so
I installed it on my hp pavilion a810n.

Computer
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3300+
Memory 1534MB (643MB used) [snip]

My main development box is an athlon X2 @ 3GHz.. but 4 GB RAM helps out a fair bit with RAM hungry distros. What is the actual clockspeed of "3300+"?

[Billtoo]

My main development box is an athlon X2 @ 3GHz.. but 4 GB RAM helps out a fair bit with RAM hungry distros. What is the actual clockspeed of "3300+"?

It's 2.4GHz, it's only a single core so it's working pretty hard, room for another 512mb ram which might help a bit.

EDIT:

Using Qupzilla instead of Chromium, Clementine instead of XBMC, especially if you have more than one app running makes a big difference.