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Posted: Mon 17 Mar 2014, 20:17
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:~$
Posted: Tue 18 Mar 2014, 00:53
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
Posted: Tue 18 Mar 2014, 04:53
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....
Posted: Thu 20 Mar 2014, 22:55
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
Posted: Sat 22 Mar 2014, 06:31
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
Posted: Tue 25 Mar 2014, 00:49
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
Posted: Thu 27 Mar 2014, 21:09
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
Other Distros
Posted: Fri 28 Mar 2014, 16:16
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
Display
Resolution 1920x1080 pixels
OpenGL Renderer Mesa DRI Intel(R) G33
X11 Vendor The X.Org Foundation
Linksys WUSB54GC v1 802.11g Adapter [Ralink RT73]
Posted: Fri 28 Mar 2014, 16:31
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.
Posted: Fri 28 Mar 2014, 23:49
by d4p
Ubuntu-Entwickler warnt vor Einsatz von Linux Mint
http://winfuture.de/news,78916.html
Posted: Sun 30 Mar 2014, 10:13
by stu91
Back in puppy land
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!
Posted: Sun 30 Mar 2014, 11:27
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!
( 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.
Cheers/Amicalement,
Eyes-Only
"L'Peau-Rouge"
Posted: Sun 30 Mar 2014, 14:18
by Fossil
The same can be said for you, Eyes-Only. Welcome back; you've been missed! Cheers/Amicalement!
Posted: Sun 30 Mar 2014, 17:41
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.
Posted: Mon 31 Mar 2014, 11:55
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!
( 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.
Cheers/Amicalement,
Eyes-Only
"L'Peau-Rouge"
Thanks Eyes-Only
There's been quite a bit of change round these parts in the short time i have been away
now looking forward to getting back in the grove of things
Posted: Mon 31 Mar 2014, 11:58
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
Posted: Mon 31 Mar 2014, 14:29
by Eyes-Only
Thank you very much Fossil and nooby... but I haven't "gone" anywhere at all.
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.
C'est la vie...
But thanks again for the notice as it was very much appreciated!
Cheers/Amicalement!
Eyes-Only
"L'Peau-Rouge"
Posted: Wed 02 Apr 2014, 03:15
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
Posted: Tue 08 Apr 2014, 21:16
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.
Posted: Wed 09 Apr 2014, 01:27
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.).