Great minds think alike! I've also just downloaded Crunchbang++ and am posting from it now. It works well and is clearly very light on resources though I'm planning to modify it a bit, for starters by making the background a bit lighter and adding DMenu which is my favourite desktop menu program.nitehawk wrote:Yeah,...I just posted a link on my previous post about one of the successors. I will look at CrunchBang ++ in just a bit, also. So many distros,..so little time....so many distros, so little time,...rokytnji wrote:A Jessie versionI really wish old CrunchBang was still around.
https://crunchbangplusplus.org/about/
http://www.linuxscreenshots.org/?releas ... Plus%201.0
CrunchBang ++ looks really nice. (downloading it right now,....)
Other Distros
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I got CrunchBang ++ but discovered (to my dismay) that I had run out of empty DVDs,..and my laptop won't boot from a USB. I will get said DVDs soon,...but meanwhile, I was able to download and install the ISO of Bodhi on an empty CD I had (CrunchBang ++ appears too big to fit on a CD). Using Bodhi right now (from the said cantankerous laptop). it's working well,...but I intend on getting CrunchBang going in very near future.
EDIT: ah,..success! I now have #!++ dual-booted with Absolute Linux. That's a small pure Debian with a small pure Slackware type distro. Very nice. I like.
EDIT: ah,..success! I now have #!++ dual-booted with Absolute Linux. That's a small pure Debian with a small pure Slackware type distro. Very nice. I like.
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do you know isobooter + usb booting without bios support
With isobooter you -sometimes- need no dvd.nitehawk wrote:I got CrunchBang ++ but discovered (to my dismay) that I had run out of empty DVDs,..and my laptop won't boot from a USB. I will get said DVDs soon,...but meanwhile, I was able to download and install the ISO of Bodhi on an empty CD I had (CrunchBang ++ appears too big to fit on a CD). Using Bodhi right now (from the said cantankerous laptop). it's working well,...but I intend on getting CrunchBang going in very near future.
EDIT: ah,..success! I now have #!++ dual-booted with Absolute Linux. That's a small pure Debian with a small pure Slackware type distro. Very nice. I like.
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/boot-from- ... a-plop-cd/
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=67235
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I was tinkering around on my old laptop computer very early this morning (very dangerous situation with first cup of coffee). Stumbled back on the website of LinuxBBQ. Wow. That's dangerous. Couldn't fight temptation. After my tedious days requirements of "must-dos",....have settled down with old laptop to explore LinuxBBQ further.
Already took this old laptop (I'm trying to revive with great success),..with MX-15,..and stuck fluxbox on it,.......with also major success BTW. But am totally compelled by forces unknown to try LinuxBBQ. Will report. Should have been wearing my tinfoil hat,..I know (too late).
Already took this old laptop (I'm trying to revive with great success),..with MX-15,..and stuck fluxbox on it,.......with also major success BTW. But am totally compelled by forces unknown to try LinuxBBQ. Will report. Should have been wearing my tinfoil hat,..I know (too late).
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BTW, if anyone does install CrunchBang++, I'd install alsa-utils as well because it's much easier to adjust the sound levels with alsamixer than it is with whatever built-in program CB++ uses. (I've already mentioned DMenu, but I think it comes already installed in CB++).
(This might also hold for other debian derivatives, as I believe Linux BBQ is one; I haven't tried it so don't know).
(This might also hold for other debian derivatives, as I believe Linux BBQ is one; I haven't tried it so don't know).
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Colonel P,...
So far I haven't had a whole lot of luck with CrunchBang ++. Could be my CD burn,....but it seems to set my CPU racing to the moon and back!!!!. So don't know as yet. LinuxBBQ was sooooooooo overwhelmingly tempting. I have it burned to CD,...but came across reviews about the problems with the incessant upgrades causing mega problems...(since it IS basically SID) I burned the "Bork!" rendition,...so may have a look at some of the others (there only seems to be two of the 64bit versions). So far,...MX-15 with Fluxbox seems to be the one of the main-stream Debian editions that is working super-well for me (on both my "Uber-Mega-Gamer-Monster-Computer" ---down to my little wimpy HP Pavilion DV2000 finiky-fussy laptop). Right now I have to give 5 gold stars to MX-15 for it's no-nonsense OOTB pure Debian stuff.
I still want to keep trying CrunchBang ++ and LinuxBBq (as I love their philosophies.).
BTW,...how is something like "DebianDog"??? Maybe I should give that a looky (with my love of pure Debian,...coupled with Puppies).
Absolute Linux is pretty terrific, as well. I love it's basic, pure Slackware approach,..but getting new packages and software is,....well,.....the same headache and problems that pure Slackware has. Guess that's why I prefer Debian (and Debian-based distros). Mucho,....mucho,..mucho apps!!!!! Anytime,..anywhere,....you need it? Yup,..there's an app for that!
Also giving Barry's Quirky Xerus 8.0 another whrill on my picky-fussy laptop again. Seemed to work well,...but I messed that install up whilst fooling around with these Debian things. Barry always had my top-notch devotion since I first fell in love with Puppy 3.01. (ahhhhh, that was lovely).
I had a couple of old Hp Vectras then (128megs of ram,...20G hard drives,..etc. etc. etc.).
So far I haven't had a whole lot of luck with CrunchBang ++. Could be my CD burn,....but it seems to set my CPU racing to the moon and back!!!!. So don't know as yet. LinuxBBQ was sooooooooo overwhelmingly tempting. I have it burned to CD,...but came across reviews about the problems with the incessant upgrades causing mega problems...(since it IS basically SID) I burned the "Bork!" rendition,...so may have a look at some of the others (there only seems to be two of the 64bit versions). So far,...MX-15 with Fluxbox seems to be the one of the main-stream Debian editions that is working super-well for me (on both my "Uber-Mega-Gamer-Monster-Computer" ---down to my little wimpy HP Pavilion DV2000 finiky-fussy laptop). Right now I have to give 5 gold stars to MX-15 for it's no-nonsense OOTB pure Debian stuff.
I still want to keep trying CrunchBang ++ and LinuxBBq (as I love their philosophies.).
BTW,...how is something like "DebianDog"??? Maybe I should give that a looky (with my love of pure Debian,...coupled with Puppies).
Absolute Linux is pretty terrific, as well. I love it's basic, pure Slackware approach,..but getting new packages and software is,....well,.....the same headache and problems that pure Slackware has. Guess that's why I prefer Debian (and Debian-based distros). Mucho,....mucho,..mucho apps!!!!! Anytime,..anywhere,....you need it? Yup,..there's an app for that!
Also giving Barry's Quirky Xerus 8.0 another whrill on my picky-fussy laptop again. Seemed to work well,...but I messed that install up whilst fooling around with these Debian things. Barry always had my top-notch devotion since I first fell in love with Puppy 3.01. (ahhhhh, that was lovely).
I had a couple of old Hp Vectras then (128megs of ram,...20G hard drives,..etc. etc. etc.).
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Hi again nitie,
I think from what you're saying there's no perfect distro for everybody. I've been trying today to install some of the games I play on Legacy OS2 and Absolute, but have found it too difficult and it's too easy to just go back to Absolute.
Why isn't Absolute the perfect distro? Too drab looking for me. You're pretty much stick with IceWM as it's very hard to switch to an other window manager - harder than it is in raw Slackware - and the colour schemes are basically grey, darker grey and lighter grey (I've tried installing other IceWM themes but they wouldn't show up in the menu).
I think from what you're saying there's no perfect distro for everybody. I've been trying today to install some of the games I play on Legacy OS2 and Absolute, but have found it too difficult and it's too easy to just go back to Absolute.
Why isn't Absolute the perfect distro? Too drab looking for me. You're pretty much stick with IceWM as it's very hard to switch to an other window manager - harder than it is in raw Slackware - and the colour schemes are basically grey, darker grey and lighter grey (I've tried installing other IceWM themes but they wouldn't show up in the menu).
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Thanks for your concern starhawk,starhawk wrote:Hey Colonel, there's something wrong with your keyboard, I think. That's a lot of typos! You alright, dude?
Not 100% at the moment to be honest (a bit of a stomach bug) but I was still being a bit lazy there. I submitted the post from Crunchbang++ and decided to go over to Absolute (where I'm posting from now) to spellcheck it. I could have done the whole thing in CB++, but since I was posting about Absolute it seemed like a good idea to switch to it for the purposes of comparison.
Apologies for your trouble anyway. I wasn't expecting anyone to respond to my post so quickly!
Best,
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Hello there, Colonel P!
So sorry about the stomach bug.
Absolute Linux has become one of my favorite distros. I had success in getting very nice backgrounds with it (can't remember now what I did, exactly).
It worked just so well with my old laptop. I think I have so much more fun with my old "crappy" hardware computers,...than my 2 very "super-mega-monster" computers. I mean,...they can run ANYTHING!!!! (but that's no fun,...now is it??)
Trying to make the really fussy older stuff work with Linux is the fun stuff.
PS: My "mega-computers" can be seen in photos on my Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/nite.breez.7
(but I love my little crappy laptop,...my 2 OLD p4s,...and my really ratty PIII)
So sorry about the stomach bug.
Absolute Linux has become one of my favorite distros. I had success in getting very nice backgrounds with it (can't remember now what I did, exactly).
It worked just so well with my old laptop. I think I have so much more fun with my old "crappy" hardware computers,...than my 2 very "super-mega-monster" computers. I mean,...they can run ANYTHING!!!! (but that's no fun,...now is it??)
Trying to make the really fussy older stuff work with Linux is the fun stuff.
PS: My "mega-computers" can be seen in photos on my Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/nite.breez.7
(but I love my little crappy laptop,...my 2 OLD p4s,...and my really ratty PIII)
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Starhawk and nitie,
Thanks for your kind wishes! This is definitely the best Linux forum out there.
It was a mild dose of diarrhoea, probably caused by a virus (felt like I'd swallowed a lump of ice). I don’t like to complain or comment about anything health related when nitie has suffered a serious health crisis, but I guess that one was a bit too obvious to ignore. I think I'm pretty much over it now anyway.
Anyway, I agree with nitie that it’s fun to get really old computers working with appropriate software that doesn't make too many demands on system resources.
Truth be known, I’m a bit disappointed that I can't get Legacy OS2 working on this machine, but it just won’t boot. I haven't found any other distro that has so much of the software i like and use as standard, and amazingly it still all fits on one CD.
Thanks for your kind wishes! This is definitely the best Linux forum out there.
It was a mild dose of diarrhoea, probably caused by a virus (felt like I'd swallowed a lump of ice). I don’t like to complain or comment about anything health related when nitie has suffered a serious health crisis, but I guess that one was a bit too obvious to ignore. I think I'm pretty much over it now anyway.
Anyway, I agree with nitie that it’s fun to get really old computers working with appropriate software that doesn't make too many demands on system resources.
Truth be known, I’m a bit disappointed that I can't get Legacy OS2 working on this machine, but it just won’t boot. I haven't found any other distro that has so much of the software i like and use as standard, and amazingly it still all fits on one CD.
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Hey,....Colonel Panic wrote:I don’t like to complain or comment about anything health related when nitie has suffered a serious health crisis
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complain away,....I'm doing pretty good for now.
Stay well,...
and yes,..I really do still like John Biles' Legacy OS! Wish he had a 64 bit version,....the 32bit was so nice! I am thinking about dragging out my old PIII and slapping Legacy on it. That is just a lovely OS,..and can do so much even now.
John Biles,..where are you? We need you,....
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Just a hint. If you install locate or mlocate or some other file locator in absolute linux.
You can find where the icewm themes are at that show in the menu.
I have been running icewm in AntiX since version 6.5 and AntiX keeps themes in
/home/<user name>/.icewm/themes.
Here is a site where I color mine up besides using your sites excellent made icewm themes.
http://icewm2.wz.cz/themes.html
I've run some tweaky Window manager setups on oldy gear in the past.
The above one is fluxbox with a tint2 panel on the side that autohides.
Here is icewm setup guide wrote by a online buddy of mine through the years.
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=282433
This is one of my Icewm desktops I posted at the Mepis forums a while back
http://forum.mepiscommunity.org/viewtop ... 95&t=39499
I am pretty confident you can get absolute linux to look just as good.
And if you miss windows 95 look
http://antix.freeforums.org/download/file.php?id=968
or XP look
http://antix.freeforums.org/download/file.php?id=969
and some flat theme too boot.
http://antix.freeforums.org/download/file.php?id=973
Bye now. I have some motorcycle runs to go too in the planning stages this summer.
Might be in South Carolina from TX solo on a 1200cc sportster in June. Planning starts now though.
You can find where the icewm themes are at that show in the menu.
I have been running icewm in AntiX since version 6.5 and AntiX keeps themes in
/home/<user name>/.icewm/themes.
Here is a site where I color mine up besides using your sites excellent made icewm themes.
http://icewm2.wz.cz/themes.html
I've run some tweaky Window manager setups on oldy gear in the past.
The above one is fluxbox with a tint2 panel on the side that autohides.
Here is icewm setup guide wrote by a online buddy of mine through the years.
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=282433
This is one of my Icewm desktops I posted at the Mepis forums a while back
http://forum.mepiscommunity.org/viewtop ... 95&t=39499
I am pretty confident you can get absolute linux to look just as good.
And if you miss windows 95 look
http://antix.freeforums.org/download/file.php?id=968
or XP look
http://antix.freeforums.org/download/file.php?id=969
and some flat theme too boot.
http://antix.freeforums.org/download/file.php?id=973
Bye now. I have some motorcycle runs to go too in the planning stages this summer.
Might be in South Carolina from TX solo on a 1200cc sportster in June. Planning starts now though.
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Thanks Roky; I'll give those suggestions a try when I'm next in Absolute.
Another good one; Neptune has just released an updated version of their 4.5 release, 4.5.1. Neptune is based on an earlier version of Debian Stable than Jessie (Wheezy) and being 64-bit, and based on KDE, you don't see much change from 7 GB for a full install; but it looks quite slick and works well.
Another good one; Neptune has just released an updated version of their 4.5 release, 4.5.1. Neptune is based on an earlier version of Debian Stable than Jessie (Wheezy) and being 64-bit, and based on KDE, you don't see much change from 7 GB for a full install; but it looks quite slick and works well.
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Yet another good one (maybe I should find a more imaginative way to start my posts in this thread?). I've just installed PCLinux Mate (forget the version number, but it's the latest one), and it's working well.
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