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#1696 Post by nitehawk »

I've been waiting (seems like forever) for Vector 7.1 as well. I recently broke down and got another computer (an "Ebay special"). Refurbished, but really nice:

HP Compaq 3Ghz--4G ram--500G hard drive

I have Mageia 4.1 on it right now (along with Tahrpup 6.0). Would have tried Vector 7.1 on it,.....(but got tired of waiting). Using my really OLD Pentium III right now,...with nice old Wary 5.1.1 on it (still a really nice Puppy). Posting this from it right now. :D

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#1697 Post by Colonel Panic »

nitehawk wrote:I've been waiting (seems like forever) for Vector 7.1 as well. I recently broke down and got another computer (an "Ebay special"). Refurbished, but really nice:

HP Compaq 3Ghz--4G ram--500G hard drive

I have Mageia 4.1 on it right now (along with Tahrpup 6.0). Would have tried Vector 7.1 on it,.....(but got tired of waiting). Using my really OLD Pentium III right now,...with nice old Wary 5.1.1 on it (still a really nice Puppy). Posting this from it right now. :D
Good for you! You can get some good buys on EBay, and those HP Compaq machines are very good value right now.

Good to see you posting here again btw. Are you on broadband now, or still on dialup?
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#1698 Post by nitehawk »

<sigh> still on dialup. :(

Had to get a decent computer first. Who knows,....high speed internet might be in the near future (if I can budget it in). I can still do a lot with dialup, though. (it's better than nothing).

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#1699 Post by James C »

AntiX 14 a5

http://antix.mepis.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

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james@antix1:~
$ inxi -F
System:    Host: antix1 Kernel: 3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit)
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.8
           Distro: antiX-14-a5-RV_386-full Killah_P 14 January 2015
Machine:   Mobo: ASRock model: N68-S UCC
           Bios: American Megatrends v: P1.70 date: 03/03/2011
CPU:       Dual core AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB 
           clock speeds: max: 2712 MHz 1: 2712 MHz 2: 2712 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210]
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.2.901 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1440x900@59.89hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NVA8 GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2
Audio:     Card-1 NVIDIA MCP61 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
           Card-2 NVIDIA High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound: ALSA v: k3.18.1-antix.1-486-smp
Network:   Card: NVIDIA MCP61 Ethernet driver: forcedeth
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full
           mac: 00:25:22:61:55:fc
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1250.3GB (0.9% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD10EZEX size: 1000.2GB
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: ST3250318AS size: 250.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 49G used: 2.8G (7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda9
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 8.49GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 31.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 41.0
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 114 Uptime: 42 min Memory: 372.4/3538.8MB
           Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.16 
james@antix1:~
$ 
http://antix.freeforums.org/antix-14r-a ... t5471.html
3.18.1-486-smp kernel and 99.9% systemd-free! No libsystemd0 and includes nosystemd debs for cups, gvfs etc.
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#1700 Post by Colonel Panic »

I've just downloaded and run the latest version of ArchBang, 150111 the i686 version). It's mostly fine but the version of Firefox it includes isn't 100% stable, and I was able to get it to crash on a site I use a lot.
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#1701 Post by James C »

AntiX with JWM and Roxfiler....
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Bodhi is back.....

#1702 Post by James C »

Jeff Hoogland, lead dev of Bodhi is back.
http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.com/2015/0 ... oaded.html

Just did an install of Bodhi 64 bit 3.0.0 rc 2 reloaded ....looks pretty solid for a release candidate.Based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

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james@james-desktop:~$ uname -a
Linux james-desktop 3.16.0-29-generic #39-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 16 20:54:13 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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james@james-desktop:~$ free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       4047688    1410268    2637420      14668      58272     946688
-/+ buffers/cache:     405308    3642380
Swap:     14540792          0   14540792
james@james-desktop:~$ 
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#1703 Post by sonny »

Ive been using alot of those linuxbbq debian unstable spins. ..My old P4 lovem...... :evil:

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#1704 Post by Billtoo »

I installed PclinuxOS 64 bit 2014.12 Mate to a 128gb usb 3.0 external
SSD, pc is a hp desktop.

It comes with lots of applications including VLC and Clementine, I
added Smplayer,Kodi Media Center,and Google Chrome from the repo.

EDIT: I have it installed on my Acer Aspire V5 laptop as well, it supports the touch screen.
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#1705 Post by James C »

Fresh install of OpenMandriva 2014.

http://www.openmandriva.org/

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[james@localhost ~]$ uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 3.13.11-nrjQL-desktop-1omv #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Apr 26 00:23:26 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

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[james@localhost ~]$ free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       3622668    1597912    2024756          0      68044     850896
-/+ buffers/cache:     678972    2943696
Swap:     14540792          0   14540792
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#1706 Post by rokytnji »

Errrrrrrr.

http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=38916

Maybe systemd makes another bites the dust? I can't say. Just a bikers gut feeling on this. Which could be wrong.

My gut feeling comes from knowing how systemd breaks distro custom scripts in /usr/local/bin. Which can be a distro maintainers nightmare.

Sorry to see them leave the scene.

:oops: Downloading a 32 bit Semplice_current-dev_iso for my touchscreen netbook instead.
I can be such a tool. :oops:
Ive been using alot of those linuxbbq debian unstable spins. ..My old P4 lovem...... Evil or Very Mad
Me too. I love those wild and crazy guys at the BBQ forum.

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#1707 Post by anikin »

That's really sad news.
I'm not sure, he's leaving because of systemd.
He mentioned his day job. The obligation to put food on the table ... a prosaic, but powerful factor.

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#1708 Post by nitehawk »

rokytnji wrote:Errrrrrrr.

http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=38916

Sorry to see them leave the scene.
Ohhhhhh noooooo,...nooooooo!!! Say it isn't so! Not CrunchBang!
I cringe everytime I hear that another great little distro is getting discontinued. Especially CrunchBang. Really was a neat little linux that is true to its Debian roots. <sniff> :cry:

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#1709 Post by Colonel Panic »

Yeah, that is a shame. CrunchBang was one of the better distros out there, especially for those of us with older computers.

I see that the lead developer (corenominal) is saying that he thinks vanilla Debian is a perfectly satisfactory substitute for CrunchBang, but I believe he's wrong; Debian takes a lot more fiddling with and setting up than CrunchBang does.
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#1710 Post by nitehawk »

Colonel Panic wrote:Yeah, that is a shame. CrunchBang was one of the better distros out there, especially for those of us with older computers.

I see that the lead developer (corenominal) is saying that he thinks vanilla Debian is a perfectly satisfactory substitute for CrunchBang, but I believe he's wrong; Debian takes a lot more fiddling with and setting up than CrunchBang does.
"Vanilla" Debian sure does take a lot of fiddlin' when you're on dialup. Doing a net-install is pretty much out of the question. I always had to buy all those umpteen DVDs. And every time a new Debian version comes out,....there's more and MORE DVDs!! So I just quit getting 'em.

CrunchBang was a complete little basic Debian setup. And I found that I could have the CrunchBang synaptic recognize older Debian DVDs (Lenny, for example). And I could add a few apps here and there off of the Lenny DVDs to "flesh out" my little CrunchBang install. But no more. Alas.

Got my eye on trying Emmabuntus. Saw that it is basically Xubuntu,...with oodles and oodles of apps pre-installed. Sounds very interesting. I must try it.

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#1711 Post by Colonel Panic »

Good post nitehawk. I've seen mixed reviews for Emmabuntus online, but here's a favourable one;

http://mylinuxexplore.blogspot.co.uk/20 ... u-lts.html

BTW, I have the opposite problem from you. I have a fast internet connection now but an ancient computer which doesn't handle DVDs very well (most of the time, in fact, distros on DVD won't load on it at all). It's one of the reasons I mostly stick with Puppy nowadays - just about all Puppies still fit on CD-Rs instead of DVDs as is increasingly the norm with Linux distros.
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#1712 Post by James C »

This Arch install hasn't crashed and burned yet...... still motoring right along..... :lol:

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[james@evo ~]$ uname -a
Linux evo 3.18.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Feb 7 08:44:05 CET 2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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#1713 Post by James C »

The latest Manjaro XFCE 0.8.12 .....

https://manjaro.github.io/

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manjaro@manjaro ~]$ uname -a
Linux manjaro 3.16.7.1-1-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Nov 16 02:45:00 UTC 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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Crunchbang fork

#1714 Post by James C »

Crunchbang fork sighting....

http://crunchbangplusplus.org/
When CrunchBang was started, it filled a gap where efficiency met beauty. Our plan is to keep it exactly there with a tastefully reskinned UI, updated dependencies, and more current packages.

darry1966

#1715 Post by darry1966 »

Ah James you bet me to it. Anyway an article about it.
http://jimlynch.com/linux-articles/crun ... -the-dead/

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