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Posted: Fri 27 Sep 2013, 15:58
by Billtoo
I installed Ubuntu 13.10 beta 2 to an hp desktop pc.
Memory 12259MB (646MB used)
Operating System Ubuntu Saucy Salamander (development branch)
OpenGL
Vendor Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Renderer AMD Radeon HD 8500 Series
Version 4.2.12337 Compatibility Profile Context 13.101
Direct Rendering Yes
Kernel Linux 3.11.0-8-generic (x86_64)
Compiled #15-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 20 04:11:26 UTC 2013
It's working okay so far, no lockups or surprises.
Posted: Sun 29 Sep 2013, 09:16
by skyblaze
I have used xubuntu booting from a flash stick ....better than puppy in terms of presentation and almost everything worked straight from the install...a few minor tweaks, downloded audio and video codecs and its good---the biggest problem is that it is not as responsive as Puppy and has some noticeable lag at times
Posted: Sun 29 Sep 2013, 20:11
by darry1966
RetroTechGuy wrote:rjbrewer wrote:nubc wrote:Tanks,
I been wondering what to do with my Asus eeePC (900mhz Celeron).
edit:
Used guvcview in Wary to test my webcam (works fine).
It worked instantly in Android.
A neighbor gave me a eeePC 8g 701 last week after fixing
his electric garage door.
I've been running 5.28 (ermmm... 5.28.004?) on my Asus 900eee, without problems...
I am very encouraged and would like to say thankyou for your work to upgrade a fine Pup like this "528" - your doing great work.
Posted: Mon 30 Sep 2013, 05:27
by nooby
Simplicity Puppy? I must have been sleeping or something.
What do we know about this version then?
http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=08073
" [Simplicity Linux] David Purse has announced the availability of the beta release of Simplicity Linux 13.10, a Puppy-based distribution designed for desktops, netbooks and media centres"
Oops I should have used the search in my signature.
Simplicity Linux - something fishy
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=87159
Posted: Wed 02 Oct 2013, 17:54
by darkcity
Do not think I will try Simplicity any time soon, good luck to them though.
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Anyone tried NixOS. Sounds like it is created in a way that has some similarities with Woof
In NixOS, the entire operating system — the kernel, applications, system packages, configuration files, and so on — is built by the Nix package manager from a description in a purely functional build language. The fact that it’s purely functional essentially means that building a new configuration cannot overwrite previous configurations. Most of the other features follow from this.
http://nixos.org/nixos/
Posted: Tue 08 Oct 2013, 16:33
by Colonel Panic
NixOS certainly looks promising, but it's clearly not for beginners. Here's an excerpt from its homepage;
You configure a NixOS system by writing a specification of the functionality that you want on your machine in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix.
For instance, here is a minimal configuration of a machine running an SSH daemon:
{
boot.loader.grub.device = "/dev/sda";
fileSystems."/".device = "/dev/sda1";
services.sshd.enable = true;
}
After changing /etc/nixos/configuration.nix, you realise the configuration by running this command:
$ nixos-rebuild switch
This command does everything necessary to make the configuration happen, including downloading and compiling OpenSSH, generating the configuration files for the SSH server, and so on.
Posted: Wed 09 Oct 2013, 02:46
by James C
Got tired of Linux Mint so replaced it with LXLE 12.04.3.(Lubuntu Extra Life Extension )
http://lxle.net/
What is it?
LXLE is simply a respun Lubuntu OS with different goals.
Sticks with LTS only releases of Ubuntu to ensure hardware & software support.
Based on Lubuntu Linux to ensure a fast capable desktop for aging computers.
No rebranding of the OS to ensure no confusion when looking for help/tutorials.
Stays with Ubuntu at the core of the system to ensure plentiful support options.
Keeps desktop and other major software updated to the latest current version.
Provides a complete drop in and go replacement for XP, Vista, 7 Starter/Basic.
Covers most users everyday needs by providing an excellent set of default apps.
Adds useful necessary mods and tweaks, to improve performance & functions.
Develops a beautiful modern looking intuitive desktop for anyone to use easily.
http://lxle.net/about/
Posted: Mon 14 Oct 2013, 04:23
by d4p
CruxEX 3.0 64bit 2013 v131008 (LXDE) with savefile dynamic size.
Posted: Mon 14 Oct 2013, 11:41
by rokytnji
Mint 14 Mate. Bike tuner laptop with Windows 7.
Posted: Mon 14 Oct 2013, 20:13
by James C
Debian Sid w/ Mate 1.6.0.
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james@sidmate:~$ uname -r
3.11-4.towo-siduction-686
james@sidmate:~$
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Posted: Mon 14 Oct 2013, 20:32
by Billtoo
I installed Lubuntu 13.10 beta 2 to an Acer desktop.
Operating System
Version
Kernel Linux 3.11.0-11-generic (x86_64)
Compiled #17-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 1 19:42:04 UTC 2013
C Library Unknown
Default C Compiler GNU C Compiler version 4.8.1
(Ubuntu/Linaro 4.8.1-10ubuntu6)
Distribution Ubuntu Saucy Salamander (development branch)
It has a Lubuntu Software Center which works well but I needed to
choose the Run option from the menu to start kshisen because clicking
on it from the Games menu didn't work.
Lubuntu is working well .
Posted: Mon 14 Oct 2013, 21:21
by Colonel Panic
Just installed PC-BSD 9.2 (the latest version). It's early days yet but it seems pretty stable and works well. The only problem I've found so far is that if you want to install any additional programs from the App Cafe (yes that's what it's called), the program sizes are almost insanely big. Geeqie, for example, is a 56 MB download, GKrellM is an 85 MB one (I kid you not) and Firefox 17 ESR is about 98 MB.
Posted: Tue 15 Oct 2013, 06:12
by James C
Installed PCLOS 2013 MATE the other day.......seems to be working very well.
http://www.pclinuxos.com/
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[james@localhost ~]$ uname -r
3.4.52-pclos1
[james@localhost ~]$
Posted: Wed 16 Oct 2013, 07:05
by Colonel Panic
I recently installed Korora 19.1 (the latest version), which is based on Fedora, and it seems to be working well. Sadly I couldn't get Flash to work consistently in PC-BSD so I've gone back to ZevenOS Neptune for the time being (there's a new version out now, 3.3), which is based on Debian and includes KDE and the Calligra office suite. Looks like a "keeper" for me at the moment as it does almost everything well.
Posted: Thu 17 Oct 2013, 04:43
by James C
One of my little side projects.......Debian Testing aka Jessie. Have it trimmed down to a bit over a 400 mb cd with a browser and Synaptic.Running Openbox and still experimenting with kernels.
EDIT:
Temporarily decided about the kernel.....
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james@testing:~$ uname -r
3.11-4.dmz.1-liquorix-686
james@testing:~$
Posted: Thu 17 Oct 2013, 05:45
by musher0
That is indeed a very nice distro. But it's only available in English or Spanish.
Posted: Thu 17 Oct 2013, 12:52
by Bert
Hi Musher0,
The language problem (and solution) is discussed in this thread:
http://lxle.net/forum/#/discussion/63/language-support.
Have not tested this myself, as I still have to download LXLE...
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Posted: Sun 20 Oct 2013, 04:29
by Billtoo
I installed kubuntu 13.10 64 bit version.
It has a lot of effects available, wobbly windows etc, and they are fun.
No problems so far.
EDIT:
I installed kubuntu 13.10 64 bit on my intel imac as well, it's working great, wobbly windows and all.
Posted: Mon 21 Oct 2013, 18:40
by linuxbear
problems, problems, problems I updated a single lib file while running Bodhi and my whole GUI was deinstalled for some reason. Bodhi, while very fast has some problems and you certainly do not want to use Ubuntu's auto updater, It does strange things to E17.
.... I went back to the one distro which never gave me problems: Ubuntu Studio 10.04
Posted: Tue 22 Oct 2013, 11:24
by nooby
If you know Spanish then maybe this OS distro is for you.
A variant of Ubuntu where they have tried to include
what most people expect to be there from scratch.
My Spanish is zero so I wait for others to tell how good it is.
And what about Keyboard layout if it is for Spanish keyboard
it will be rather different unless it allow you to specify your owncountry
during boot process?
http://bt-tech.wix.com/loc-os-linux
http://sourceforge.net/projects/locosli ... urce=files
A Remix of Ubuntu, with all you need in your internet coffe(in spanish "ciber")
Password and username is "loco"(no quotes)
password for root account is a space