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PackRat · 2017-04-17 14:22:49

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

It then took a day and a half to update the system to the point at which the drivers could be installed.
Nice.

I feel your pain. I just had to go through all that.

BLizgreat! · 2017-04-18 05:47:04

You should send M$ Corp a bill Hoas. Really has crossed my mind wondering how much money they cost people per year in man hrs having to fiddle with their poorly designed crapware. Which mentioned more than a tad of it is intentional on m$'s part imo.

Probably in the billions, if we're billed at a reasonable amount per hour.

Vll!

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Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-04-19 07:11:37

Installed Windows 10 in a dual boot with BunsenLabs :cry:

Despite my fears to the contrary, the installer behaved nicely and didn't touch my Linux partition or swap and even left my files in the EFI system partition alone.

All it did was add two Windows UEFI boot entries to my motherboard and add two partitions to the drive.

The only real problem was that the partition numbering was re-ordered so I had to change the systemd-boot configuration and /etc/fstab to match this.

Apart from that, all that was needed was to instruct Windows to always load up BunsenLabs from the UEFI bootmanager:

bcdedit /set "{bootmgr}" path "\EFI\Boot\bootx64.efi"

It does actually do what you tell it to, surprisingly.

BLizgreat! · 2017-04-21 04:59:08

^hey good deal but any way you go about it, ends in the same result = window$ 10 = BAD.

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brontosaurusrex · 2017-04-21 05:12:47

ido wrote:

re: wacom
Over in this (topic), damo mentioned that extensive configuration was required
https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=1443
so I'm wondering: Which model Wacom are you using? (morbid curiousity, I probably can't afford one)

Basic functionality (enough for me) is plug and play.

John · 2017-05-22 16:26:27

not many folks hopping these days well i trying out nutyx 9 on main pc works very well stable think i goig to stick with this and learn LFS as this based on it

mrneilypops · 2017-05-22 19:35:07

A trio for the community;

MakuluLinux Flash

SharkLinux

Vuu-doo Linux
Mate version soon??

More toys to play with...

BLizgreat! · 2017-05-24 06:05:22

The resource miser in me insisted I do it. Messed around and out of curiousity slapped a minimal 32bit Stretch RC3 install into a kvm-vm. The stats it was pulling made me drool all over myself so I had to bare-metal an install. After a few hours of setting things up, not a bit disappointed.

Yep ... stand by what I'd already long known/said. Gnu/Linux could still fly along quite nicely even on a system with all of 512mbs-mem. Even here in circa 2017.

Vll!

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johnraff · 2017-05-24 06:47:41

^Sure it can, as long as you're not trying to do too much all at once. I've got a standard BL hydrogen install running X with 500MB of RAM - use it as a music player, no problems.

BLizgreat! · 2017-05-24 07:24:05

Am sure BL(esp 32bit)would blaze along just fine on whichever specs. This install has me seriously considering abandoning my 64bit Stretch install. It's ultralight gnu/nix compared to ootb stuff but doesn't compare to this Os and not thinking of any way in which I use this lappy where it'd be a loss.

Boot idle = 86mbs, latest Firefox running with 7 tabs open = 350. Just when I was thinking it was safe to go into the 64bit water, errrrr dammit !

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BLizgreat! · 2017-05-24 08:09:33

More babblings about this, (FORGET THIS POST. )

Yep it's official, am packing up my toys and going back to 32bit fella's. Up till it flatout no longer becomes viable. Which I don't see happening for quite some time. For me and most general computing purposes I think 32bit is just as well suited.

I mean think about it ... ie: Laptop, less system load = Longer battery life, less heat, thus less wear/tear. Etc etc. I'll have to install grub2 to this sucker, I opted out of installing a bootloader to it during install. Thinking that perhaps a 32bit bootloader wouldn't be capable of booting the 64bit install and/or poss future 64bit installs.

Think rather than getting rid of 64bit Stretch will just shrink it's partition down to 5gbs or so and use it as my new 64bit bootloader and insurance policy.

So what say you fellow nixers ? Any compelling reasons for 64bit over 32 ? Have looked into it and discussed it other places and to date really haven't encountered a definitive answer one way or other.

Pointless babble update:
I canna do it, am keeping both installed , though will be using the 32bit install majority of time. Stripped the 64bit down some ... tis a tad lighter now but still for stuff like web-browsing, it's noticeably heavier. Even if it's just a couple 100mbs up to double or more ram use, why in hades would I want to do such for the same workload and user experience ?

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Steve · 2017-05-24 13:16:43

https://arch-anywhere.org/

Especially the openbox install when it comes to choosing a desktop. Very impressive.

CrunchRunner · 2017-06-03 19:46:10

I am triple booting windows 10, elementaryos and opensuse 42.2.

Steve · 2017-06-05 10:21:53

I just had a look at another devuan spin called GNUinos, very bunsenlabs crunchbang in likeness. Some various differences in layout and packaging but a pretty cool experience. No amd64 desktop option apart from the server edition.

https://gnuinos.org/index.php/en/

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-06-10 18:06:18

OpenBSD 6.1: why and how

mrneilypops · 2017-06-24 18:59:55

neju

working on a new debian sid 'distrolette' called neju...

client-list-combined-menu left mouse click in rc.xml

Debian Sid + kernel 4.11.0-1

Openbox

polybar

Firefox 54.0

calamares installer

refracta installer

pre-alpha ISO

https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic … 250#p54250

polybar

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DeepDayze · 2017-06-24 22:17:01

Got to play with VSIDO...and it's not too shabby despite a few bugs.

@mrneilypops, that looks cool I have to say.

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Steve · 2017-07-01 11:46:48

Uses openrc as init. Openbox/Debian Jessie.
http://www.techtimejourney.net/postx-0- … nd-64-bit/

mrneilypops · 2017-07-15 16:49:35

neju beta 15-07-17 ISO available!

https://sourceforge.net/projects/neju/

arc theming
console-TDM
neju walls + added
custom htop (htoprc)

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Steve · 2017-07-30 09:30:26

artix linux - this is filling the manjaro openrc void as it will be no more.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/artix-linux/

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