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Posted: Fri 03 Jan 2014, 10:59
by serdal22
I have been switching between Ubuntu, Mint, Suse (COuldn't install), Mandriva 13, I think (Couldn't install) till I tried Puppy Linux. I couldn't install Lupu yet, either. Now I am using older Navigatrix, a very Linux distro prepared for sailors and navigators like myself.
I finished d/l'ing Lupuplus 5.2.8.6.4.1.4 and Lupu 5.2.8.6 and latest Navigatrix 0.5 few hours ago.
I will let you know how it goes with Lupuplus.
I even tried to install my first Linux OS distro Mandrake 10.1, but the DVD didn't install. That DVD is very sentimental for me for being my first serious Linux try; and since then (12 years ago?) I have been switching between various Linux distros and other OSs.
BUT I have decided to continue using Linux only from 2014 and forth.
Happy new year everybody, and thanks for your great helps and infos and supports . . .
Serdal
Posted: Tue 07 Jan 2014, 19:58
by musher0
alphadog wrote:Just tried out the latest offering from these Latvian linuxers and boy it is good !
Only one slight problem, I couldn't get a uk keyboard which is a shame 'cos I really like this distro.
Comes with Enlightment and Fvwm .
ftp://austrumi.ru.lv/austrumi-2.8.5.iso
Hello, alphadog.
I couldn't agree more: austrumi is one of the best distros around, big or small. And my
problem is similar to yours : I cannot find a French-Canadian keyboard / locale for it.
It's a shame, really; maybe they have limited personnel and need to focus on only a
few languages.
BFN.
musher0
Posted: Thu 09 Jan 2014, 20:08
by alphadog
Hi Musher , came across this
http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2009/01/ma ... vativ.html.
Any help to you ?
May give this a go myself this w/end.
Hey! Who knows I might even end up being classed as a Slacker !! lol
Posted: Fri 10 Jan 2014, 01:14
by musher0
Thanks, alphadog. Interesting reading. But where to find the proper keyboard map in the slackware repos and then add it to the distro? BFN.
Posted: Fri 10 Jan 2014, 22:03
by GustavoYz
In Slackware, I do:
from my startup script to set keyboard layout.
I can check the list of available layouts in /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base and /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst, not sure in that distro...
Posted: Fri 17 Jan 2014, 20:37
by musher0
GustavoYz wrote:In Slackware, I do:
from my startup script to set keyboard layout.
I can check the list of available layouts in /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base and /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst, not sure in that distro...
Hi, GustavoYz.
Yes, that is what I mean:
I believe none of the character maps I need is in the folders you mention.
(cf [French-Canada] and qc [Quebec]).
Do you think it would break anything if I copied the ones from a Puppy?
Thanks in advance.
musher0
Posted: Sat 18 Jan 2014, 13:10
by PANZERKOPF
musher0 wrote: But where to find the proper keyboard map in the slackware repos and then add it to the distro? BFN.
A package with Xkeyboard data files usually named as
xkeyboard-config-$version-noarch.tgz. (or *.txz in newer versions of Slackware).
Posted: Sun 19 Jan 2014, 06:00
by mcewanw
Been trying out the latest Slitaz-rolling download. Absolutely amazing distribution. Openbox WM and lots of LXDE components, well-behaved Midori browser. So much in such a small download and very pleasant to use. Of course, you are limited to its package manager, but that works well and has thousands of well-prepared packages in its repo - so when I don't need a distribution with apt-get or similar, Slitaz is a nice. (Still not moving from Puppy Guydog on the main household computer, however - for its overall speed/usability nothing beats Guydog yet - well done Iguleder).
Posted: Mon 27 Jan 2014, 05:31
by James C
Still playing with Debian........ Jessie with MATE.
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james@testing-mate:~$ uname -a
Linux testing-mate 3.12-1-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.12.6-2 (2013-12-29) i686 GNU/Linux
james@testing-mate:~$
Posted: Mon 27 Jan 2014, 17:05
by Colonel Panic
I'm now using MeX - Exton's take on Mint - and I have to say I'm impressed. It's based on Mint 16 (Petra) but with a 64-bit kernel and using the Cinnamon desktop.
It's a bit "cut down" from standard Mint and the ISO is less than 1 GB in size(for example, you have to install your own office suite) but it has the unusual property for a Ubuntu / Debian based distro that you can log in as root and with no password if you want. Nice wallpaper too (though I've changed it to something suitably wintry instead)
Worth a look;
http://mex.exton.net/
Posted: Tue 28 Jan 2014, 14:02
by peebee
mcewanw wrote:Been trying out the latest Slitaz-rolling download. Absolutely amazing distribution. Openbox WM and lots of LXDE components, well-behaved Midori browser. So much in such a small download and very pleasant to use. Of course, you are limited to its package manager, but that works well and has thousands of well-prepared packages in its repo - so when I don't need a distribution with apt-get or similar, Slitaz is a nice. (Still not moving from Puppy Guydog on the main household computer, however - for its overall speed/usability nothing beats Guydog yet - well done Iguleder).
Hi
Also tried to try Slitaz - only able to get what looks like a row of small desktops across the top of the screen - green squares on pink background....
What vga / slitaz screen bootcodes did you use??
Thanks
peebee
Posted: Sun 02 Feb 2014, 23:45
by Colonel Panic
Further to my testing out of MeX; I was unable to log into it today so I've installed something else (SalineOS 1.7, an old but decent distro) for the time being.
Posted: Mon 03 Feb 2014, 04:01
by mcewanw
peebee wrote:mcewanw wrote:Been trying out the latest Slitaz-rolling download. Absolutely amazing distribution. Openbox WM and lots of LXDE components, well-behaved Midori browser. So much in such a small download and very pleasant to use. Of course, you are limited to its package manager, but that works well and has thousands of well-prepared packages in its repo - so when I don't need a distribution with apt-get or similar, Slitaz is a nice. (Still not moving from Puppy Guydog on the main household computer, however - for its overall speed/usability nothing beats Guydog yet - well done Iguleder).
Hi
Also tried to try Slitaz - only able to get what looks like a row of small desktops across the top of the screen - green squares on pink background....
What vga / slitaz screen bootcodes did you use??
Nothing fancy, just boots using grub4dos from my usb stick with:
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title SliTaz rolling
root (hd1,0)
kernel /slitaz_rolling/bzImage rw root=/dev/null
initrd /slitaz_rolling/rootfs.gz
Posted: Mon 03 Feb 2014, 04:52
by James C
A collaboration between the Mepis and antiX communities has resulted in MX-14.Still in Beta but pretty solid.Debian based naturally.
http://mepiscommunity.org/mx
MX-14 is a special version of antiX developed in full collaboration with the Mepis Community. It is a midweight OS designed to combine an elegant and efficient desktop with simple configuration, high stability, solid performance and medium-sized footprint.
It relies on the excellent upstream work by Linux, Debian, and Xfce. It also incorporates the independent and innovative development products Whisker Menu, simsu and gottet, QupZilla Browser, smxi and inxi.
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james@mx1:~
$ uname -a
Linux mx1 3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.12.6-2~bpo70+1 (2014-01-07) i686 GNU/Linux
james@mx1:~
Posted: Mon 03 Feb 2014, 08:42
by peebee
mcewanw wrote:Nothing fancy, just boots using grub4dos from my usb stick with:
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title SliTaz rolling
root (hd1,0)
kernel /slitaz_rolling/bzImage rw root=/dev/null
initrd /slitaz_rolling/rootfs.gz
That's strange - I have different files from the iso I downloaded - slitaz-rolling.iso......no rootfs.gz.....
Posted: Mon 03 Feb 2014, 11:23
by nooby
I did not want to have several Home/slitas_rolling
If I still have the iso then I test this one too.
title SliTaz rolling
root (hd3,0)
kernel /slitaz_rolling/bzImage rw root=/dev/null
initrd /slitaz_rolling/rootfs.gz
title SliTaz rolling
root (hd0,2)
kernel /slitaz_rolling/bzImage rw root=/dev/null
initrd /slitaz_rolling/rootfs.gz
The hd1.0 how do that relate to that
all the other have like hd0.1
should I change to hd3.0?
Does not the code suggest this is new partition or an external one?
Posted: Mon 03 Feb 2014, 11:45
by mcewanw
peebee wrote:
That's strange - I have different files from the iso I downloaded - slitaz-rolling.iso......no rootfs.gz.....
Ah, no... it was the same but I joined all the rootfs parts into one (and sorry that anyone would be annoyed by my forgetting that step, as I explain in my next post). I'm just off to bed but if I'll post the joining code sometime tomorrow.
EDIT:
As documented here by slitaz forum moderator Ceel:
http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/how-to-do ... windows-os
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If you use the 4-in-1 release concatenate the 4 rootfs#.gz in 1:
cat $(ls -r rootfs*.gz) > rootfs.gz
Note that you can also add the option vga=normal to the kernel line. I didn't need that.
nooby: hd1,0 is my usb flash drive on /dev/sdb1
Posted: Mon 03 Feb 2014, 12:07
by nooby
mcewanw wrote:peebee wrote:
That's strange - I have different files from the iso I downloaded - slitaz-rolling.iso......no rootfs.gz.....
Ah, no... it was the same but I joined all the rootfs parts into one. Note that you can also add the option vga=normal to the kernel line. I didn't need that.
nooby: hd1,0 is my usb flash drive on /dev/sdb1
Thanks, how could you fail to realize that only
the bright guys among us would come
to the conclusion that the set up was
tampered with in that way. I did not spent hour on
to boot it but a good 30 to 45 minutes.
So I felt still feel being let down by you.
Posted: Mon 03 Feb 2014, 12:17
by mcewanw
Actually, I had just forgotten that I had joined them in that way until peebee mentioned the difference with the iso files. It was afterall Jan 19, which is quite a while ago, when I tried slitaz.
Posted: Mon 03 Feb 2014, 17:23
by Colonel Panic
James C wrote:A collaboration between the Mepis and antiX communities has resulted in MX-14.Still in Beta but pretty solid.Debian based naturally.
http://mepiscommunity.org/mx
MX-14 is a special version of antiX developed in full collaboration with the Mepis Community. It is a midweight OS designed to combine an elegant and efficient desktop with simple configuration, high stability, solid performance and medium-sized footprint.
It relies on the excellent upstream work by Linux, Debian, and Xfce. It also incorporates the independent and innovative development products Whisker Menu, simsu and gottet, QupZilla Browser, smxi and inxi.
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james@mx1:~
$ uname -a
Linux mx1 3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.12.6-2~bpo70+1 (2014-01-07) i686 GNU/Linux
james@mx1:~
Thanks for this one James. I've downloaded it and am using it now
With the panel, its desktop is almost a more lightweight alternative to KDE; the clock can be set to several different modes including "fuzzy" mode ("twenty to six", etc.), and QupZilla is a more stable alternative to Konqueror for browsing.
Best,
CP .