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[James C]

AntiX with JWM and Roxfiler....

[James C]

Jeff Hoogland, lead dev of Bodhi is back.
http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.com/2015/0 ... oaded.html

Just did an install of Bodhi 64 bit 3.0.0 rc 2 reloaded ....looks pretty solid for a release candidate.Based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

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james@james-desktop:~$ uname -a
Linux james-desktop 3.16.0-29-generic #39-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 16 20:54:13 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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james@james-desktop:~$ free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       4047688    1410268    2637420      14668      58272     946688
-/+ buffers/cache:     405308    3642380
Swap:     14540792          0   14540792
james@james-desktop:~$ 

[sonny]

Ive been using alot of those linuxbbq debian unstable spins. ..My old P4 lovem......

[Billtoo]

I installed PclinuxOS 64 bit 2014.12 Mate to a 128gb usb 3.0 external
SSD, pc is a hp desktop.

It comes with lots of applications including VLC and Clementine, I
added Smplayer,Kodi Media Center,and Google Chrome from the repo.

EDIT: I have it installed on my Acer Aspire V5 laptop as well, it supports the touch screen.

[James C]

Fresh install of OpenMandriva 2014.

http://www.openmandriva.org/

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[james@localhost ~]$ uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 3.13.11-nrjQL-desktop-1omv #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Apr 26 00:23:26 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

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[james@localhost ~]$ free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       3622668    1597912    2024756          0      68044     850896
-/+ buffers/cache:     678972    2943696
Swap:     14540792          0   14540792

[rokytnji]

Errrrrrrr.

http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=38916

Maybe systemd makes another bites the dust? I can't say. Just a bikers gut feeling on this. Which could be wrong.

My gut feeling comes from knowing how systemd breaks distro custom scripts in /usr/local/bin. Which can be a distro maintainers nightmare.

Sorry to see them leave the scene.

Downloading a 32 bit Semplice_current-dev_iso for my touchscreen netbook instead.
I can be such a tool.

Ive been using alot of those linuxbbq debian unstable spins. ..My old P4 lovem...... Evil or Very Mad

Me too. I love those wild and crazy guys at the BBQ forum.

[anikin]

That's really sad news.
I'm not sure, he's leaving because of systemd.
He mentioned his day job. The obligation to put food on the table ... a prosaic, but powerful factor.

[nitehawk]

Errrrrrrr.

http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=38916

Sorry to see them leave the scene.

Ohhhhhh noooooo,...nooooooo!!! Say it isn't so! Not CrunchBang!
I cringe everytime I hear that another great little distro is getting discontinued. Especially CrunchBang. Really was a neat little linux that is true to its Debian roots. <sniff>

[Colonel Panic]

Yeah, that is a shame. CrunchBang was one of the better distros out there, especially for those of us with older computers.

I see that the lead developer (corenominal) is saying that he thinks vanilla Debian is a perfectly satisfactory substitute for CrunchBang, but I believe he's wrong; Debian takes a lot more fiddling with and setting up than CrunchBang does.

[nitehawk]

Yeah, that is a shame. CrunchBang was one of the better distros out there, especially for those of us with older computers.

I see that the lead developer (corenominal) is saying that he thinks vanilla Debian is a perfectly satisfactory substitute for CrunchBang, but I believe he's wrong; Debian takes a lot more fiddling with and setting up than CrunchBang does.

"Vanilla" Debian sure does take a lot of fiddlin' when you're on dialup. Doing a net-install is pretty much out of the question. I always had to buy all those umpteen DVDs. And every time a new Debian version comes out,....there's more and MORE DVDs!! So I just quit getting 'em.

CrunchBang was a complete little basic Debian setup. And I found that I could have the CrunchBang synaptic recognize older Debian DVDs (Lenny, for example). And I could add a few apps here and there off of the Lenny DVDs to "flesh out" my little CrunchBang install. But no more. Alas.

Got my eye on trying Emmabuntus. Saw that it is basically Xubuntu,...with oodles and oodles of apps pre-installed. Sounds very interesting. I must try it.

[Colonel Panic]

Good post nitehawk. I've seen mixed reviews for Emmabuntus online, but here's a favourable one;

http://mylinuxexplore.blogspot.co.uk/20 ... u-lts.html

BTW, I have the opposite problem from you. I have a fast internet connection now but an ancient computer which doesn't handle DVDs very well (most of the time, in fact, distros on DVD won't load on it at all). It's one of the reasons I mostly stick with Puppy nowadays - just about all Puppies still fit on CD-Rs instead of DVDs as is increasingly the norm with Linux distros.

[James C]

This Arch install hasn't crashed and burned yet...... still motoring right along.....

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[james@evo ~]$ uname -a
Linux evo 3.18.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Feb 7 08:44:05 CET 2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[James C]

The latest Manjaro XFCE 0.8.12 .....

https://manjaro.github.io/

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manjaro@manjaro ~]$ uname -a
Linux manjaro 3.16.7.1-1-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Nov 16 02:45:00 UTC 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[James C]

Crunchbang fork sighting....

http://crunchbangplusplus.org/

When CrunchBang was started, it filled a gap where efficiency met beauty. Our plan is to keep it exactly there with a tastefully reskinned UI, updated dependencies, and more current packages.

[darry1966]

Ah James you bet me to it. Anyway an article about it.
http://jimlynch.com/linux-articles/crun ... -the-dead/

[nitehawk]

Really great to hear about the CrunchBang fork! As much as I like Antix...it won't accept the actual Debian DVDs into synaptic (and CrunchBang does). However,...I probably should go over on the Antix forum to find out if using Debian DVDs is possible, and I'm just not doing it right.

Anyhow,..Have been using Emmabuntus on my main computer. Great loads and loads of apps for kids! Unfortunately, the distro is pretty "heavy" and loads really slow (hangs on my computer while trying to boot). I really like it,..but don't think I can use it.

My older Dell Optiplex GX270 couldn't even install it. (P4--2.8Ghz--1G ram--200G hard drive). It's basically Xubuntu,...but is loaded with "tons" of apps.

My HPCompaq (P4--3Ghz--4G ram--500G hard drive) installed Emmabuntus,...but "groans" trying to boot it up. I was pleased, though, to see that I could get my old slow dial-up working in it. Wish I could use it, as I like it for the grand kiddies.

[James C]

Still running a couple of Stella 6 installs...Still Gnome 2 and still based on Centos.

http://li.nux.ro/stella/

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[james@localhost ~]$ uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 3.19.0-1.el6.elrepo.i686 #1 SMP Mon Feb 9 09:12:41 EST 2015 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Solid as a rock.

[Colonel Panic]

Good for you James! Stella's one of the most underrated distros out there. I used to run Stella 6.4 on my old Dell computer and it was as solid as a rock.

I think of Centos (and its derivatives) as the Windows NT of Linux; unflashy, a bit retro and perhaps boring but very stable and they get the job done.

[bark_bark_bark]

I think of Centos (and its derivatives) as the Windows NT of Linux; unflashy, a bit retro....

Windows Vista/7 is an exception to Windows NT being unflashy and retro.

BTW, Windows 7 is still my main OS.

[RetroTechGuy]

I think of Centos (and its derivatives) as the Windows NT of Linux; unflashy, a bit retro....

Windows Vista/7 is an exception to Windows NT being unflashy and retro.

BTW, Windows 7 is still my main OS.

I bought a Win7 laptop (just to have something "newer"), but run Puppy 5.28 on it almost exclusively (there are a few programs that I don't have Linux equivalents, so I keep it around).

Most of my other machines have XP and dual Puppy... I've been migrating (most) all of my machines to LupuSuper1, but not done yet...

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=90461