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bark_bark_bark
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#1291 Post by bark_bark_bark »

PANZERKOPF wrote:USB interface has backward compatibility. You can attach USB2 device to USB1 host.
I know it does, but in my case it causes some problems.
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rokytnji
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#1292 Post by rokytnji »

In case anyone is interested. I am downloadng it from sourceforge for later.
This version is very small, (c 157MB), very basic and very ugly.


Includes:

* 3.12.1 kernel
* JWM
* xfe
* iceape suite.

That's about it!

It is installable to hard disk using the cli-installer. If you do install you MUST edit as root user this line in etc/inittab line before installation. Simply change demo to your new user name.

1:2345:respawn:/bin/login -f demo tty1 </dev/tty1 >/dev/tty1 2>&1

Repo is set to Debian Testing.
To reboot or halt, use sudo reboot or sudo halt.

Have fun!
Md5sum is at sourceforge.

The forum leaves my post blank on preview with a clickable link so

http://sourceforge.net/projects/antix-l ... 3.5/alpha/

Original thread

http://antix.freeforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4727




Happy Trails, Rok

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James C
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#1293 Post by James C »

rokytnji wrote:In case anyone is interested. I am downloadng it from sourceforge for later.
This version is very small, (c 157MB), very basic and very ugly.


Includes:

* 3.12.1 kernel
* JWM
* xfe
* iceape suite.

That's about it!

It is installable to hard disk using the cli-installer. If you do install you MUST edit as root user this line in etc/inittab line before installation. Simply change demo to your new user name.

1:2345:respawn:/bin/login -f demo tty1 </dev/tty1 >/dev/tty1 2>&1

Repo is set to Debian Testing.
To reboot or halt, use sudo reboot or sudo halt.

Have fun!
Md5sum is at sourceforge.

The forum leaves my post blank on preview with a clickable link so

http://sourceforge.net/projects/antix-l ... 3.5/alpha/

Original thread

http://antix.freeforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4727




Happy Trails, Rok
http://sourceforge.net/projects/antix-l ... 3.5/alpha/
and

http://antix.freeforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4727


Downloading now to check it out.

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#1294 Post by nooby »

Saintless here in our forum created something similar to that one
but using another browser and use apt-get to download the browser
you want.

I know too little though http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=90586
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though

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#1295 Post by rokytnji »

nooby wrote:Saintless here in our forum created something similar to that one
but using another browser and use apt-get to download the browser
you want.

I know too little though http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=90586
It's based on Debian Squeeze nooby. The one I posted is newer. I run Guydog which is
based on Squeeze and it can be a pain in the butt with the debian package sources list
it has for downloading packages. Kinda hit or miss for a lot of stuff.

Since I got the .devx for it finally. It does not hurt so bad anymore.

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#1296 Post by nooby »

Oops that explained it then. To squeeze the Wheezy
seems to be hard and the one you mention succeeded?
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though

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#1297 Post by Colonel Panic »

Stella 6.5 (a CentOS respin) is out now and I've installed it this past week. It is working well as Stella always does - unflashy, plain-looking and almost boring, but thoroughly competent with no unpleasant surprises.

I see the Red Hat / CentOS family of distros as being like the Windows NT of Linux; somewhat retro and "behind the times" (Stella uses Firefox 17 ESR, for example), but they're stable and reliable and get the job done, and Stella is the most user-friendly Red Hat-based distro I've seen - even Flash works right out of the box.

The only downsides it has are that its repertoire of applications isn't as extensive as Debian's, and it probably runs more slowly on older machines than some other distros.
Gigabyte M68MT-52P motherboard, AMD Athlon II X4 630, 5.8 GB of DDR3 RAM and a 250 GB Hitachi hard drive running Ubuntu 16.04.6, MX-19.2, Peppermint 10, PCLinuxOS 20.02, LXLE 18.04.3, Pardus 19.2, exGENT 200119, Bionic Pup 8.0 and Xenial CE 7.5 XL.

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#1298 Post by bark_bark_bark »

Installed Debian 7.2 using the a Debian live image with xfce and non-free hardware support. Maybe I'll build a little debian live modification using the saintless's method but with Wheezy instead of Squeeze.
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nooby
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#1299 Post by nooby »

bark_bark_bark that would be a cool thing
looking forward to that no hurry though because
computing should be fun so do what you feel for.
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though

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#1300 Post by Billtoo »

I installed pclinuxos64-kde-minime-2013.12.iso to a gateway desktop.

Summary
Computer
Processor 4x AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 810 Processor
Memory 8184MB (568MB used)
Operating System PCLinuxOS
User Name bill (Bill)
Date/Time Mon 09 Dec 2013 09:22:05 AM EST
Display
Resolution 1920x1080 pixels
OpenGL Renderer GeForce GT 430/PCIe/SSE2
X11 Vendor The X.Org Foundation
OpenGL
Vendor NVIDIA Corporation
Renderer GeForce GT 430/PCIe/SSE2
Version 4.3.0 NVIDIA 319.49
Direct Rendering Yes

It uses synaptic for installing packages, has the latest vlc available,
Chromium web browser too.
It installed the proprietary driver for the graphics card.

No problems so far.
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SUSE Studio kame your own version?

#1301 Post by nooby »

I am too confused to read all that text
and to get the implications. But seems
they promise you can tailor make your
own Suse using the SUSE Studio tools.

Sounds interesting to me. It is easy they say?
Has any of you tested to do it ?

http://susestudio.com/
Download from links on Distrowatch?
http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=08167
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though

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#1302 Post by Dean »

Manjaro 0.8.8
http://manjaro.org/

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System:    Kernel: 3.10.22-1-MANJARO i686 (32 bit) Desktop: Xfce 4.10.2 Distro: ManjaroLinux 0.8.8 Ascella
Machine:   System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP 510 Notebook PC (RU962AA#ABU) version: F.05
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 30C4 version: KBC Version 77.16
           Bios: Hewlett-Packard version: 68DTV Ver. F.05 date: 10/31/2006
CPU:       Single core Intel Celeron M (-UP-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (nx pae sse sse2) clocked at 1596.112 MHz 
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller 
           X.Org: 1.14.4 driver: intel Resolution: 1280x800@60.1hz 
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 915GM x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.4
Audio:     Card: Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller driver: snd_intel8x0 
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.10.22-1-MANJARO
Network:   Card-1: Intel PRO/100 VE Network Connection driver: e100 
           Card-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection driver: ipw2200
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[b]HP 510 Notebook[/b] CPU 1.4 GHz Pentium M / RAM 2GB / 15.4" WXGA BrightView 1280 x 800 / 40GB HD / OS Manjaro 0.8.8

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#1303 Post by stu91 »

Switched from Bodhi to Crunchbag for my full HDD install - going to try and leave it be and just use it as my main OS over the Christmas period.

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James C
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#1304 Post by James C »

Latest Vsido.Debian Sid w/Fluxbox.
http://vsido.org/

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vsido@vsido:~$ uname -a
Linux vsido 3.11-2-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.11.10-1 (2013-12-04) i686 GNU/Linux
vsido@vsido:~$
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#1305 Post by nooby »

James C thanks for the link to Vsido
New to me so that was interesting.

Being Debian based did you test
if it allow you to boot as root?

If you did that could you share the code needed
on the menu.lst ?

I failed getting it to boot using a grub4dos menu.lst
on NTFS it lacked something that it exoected be there

It had a directory I had no idea how to relate to in the code
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#1306 Post by nubc »

Manjaro 0.8.8 would not boot on my Dell Dimension 3100. First it failed to install the sound card (driver), then couldn't do Network, then the Logon daemon failed, and things went downhill from there. I guess I'll wait until Manjaro gets out of beta.

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#1307 Post by James C »

Moved away from Debian Testing for a while to Stable...Wheezy. No eyecandy yet..... :)

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james@wheezy ~ $ uname -a
Linux wheezy 3.11-0.bpo.2-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.11.8-1~bpo70+1 (2013-11-21) i686 GNU/Linux
james@wheezy ~ $ 
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#1308 Post by rokytnji »

Bike Tuner Laptop running Mint Mate 64bit. Runs Windows 7 also.

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#1309 Post by stu91 »

stu91 wrote:Switched from Bodhi to Crunchbang for my full HDD install - going to try and leave it be and just use it as my main OS over the Christmas period.
Well the no tinkering rule didn't last so long :D had to swap pulseaudio for alsa - the only thing i seem to read of pulseaudio is people having issues with it, makes you wonder how it is a default in many distros

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#1310 Post by Colonel Panic »

stu91 wrote:
stu91 wrote:Switched from Bodhi to Crunchbang for my full HDD install - going to try and leave it be and just use it as my main OS over the Christmas period.
Well the no tinkering rule didn't last so long :D had to swap pulseaudio for alsa - the only thing i seem to read of pulseaudio is people having issues with it, makes you wonder how it is a default in many distros
I agree totally. If I install a new distro and the sound is rubbish, there's a good chance PulseAudio is installed by default.
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