BunsenLabs Reviews

hhh · 2016-03-20 00:17:48

He did a review of rc1 too, didn't he?

What a remarkably concise and attentive review (great looking site, bonus!) I didn't see a comment section, I would have recommended jessie-backports as a possible fix for his kernel issues.

lowrider · 2016-03-20 02:28:29

twoion wrote:

Found A Deep Look at BunsenLabs.

What a nice find

Horizon_Brave · 2016-03-26 22:20:03

All, I was at Barnes and Noble today, looking at the latest Linux mags, and lookie what I found!
protip: Look at the middle of the cover.

It's only a two page write up, but still, very proud!!

tknomanzr · 2016-03-26 22:28:51

^ Awesome

hhh · 2016-03-26 23:12:41

@Horizon, thanks! Here's a preview of the article...
https://www.ubuntu-user.com/Magazine/Ar … -successor

Horizon_Brave · 2016-03-27 00:19:58

These magazines are so expensive...but for this occasion I dropped the cash for it.

Sector11 · 2016-03-27 00:23:49

They have it wrong, Ubuntu is an Alternative to BunsenLabs. devil devil

Nice publicity though, thanks for sharing H_B. smile

pvsage · 2016-03-27 02:28:09

hhh wrote:

@Horizon, thanks! Here's a preview of the article...
https://www.ubuntu-user.com/Magazine/Ar … -successor

One thing wrong with that article:

BunsenLabs Linux has emerged as the legitimate successor to CrunchBang, having won out over many candidates such as CrunchBang++ and CrunchBang Monara.

The community, as a whole, rallied around our search for a new name (in respect for Philip's wish for a clean break). The other two so-called candidates were created by outsiders (though we and Philip wish them nothing but well). #LoveAndTolerate

becker_11 · 2016-03-27 04:22:33

That reminds me, OSboxes.org hosts ready to run virtual os images that you can download. They are still offering #! as a choice on their site as one of the available distros. I was thinking someone should let them know it's no longer in development and maybe mention BL as a suitable replacement.

http://www.osboxes.org/

hhh · 2016-06-06 02:44:31

Top 5 Lightweight Linux distros for older PCs (Mar 31st, 2016)

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/software … -older-pcs

Eraph · 2016-06-06 02:55:29

hhh wrote:

Top 5 Lightweight Linux distros for older PCs (Mar 31st, 2016)
http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/software … -older-pcs

^^^ Tragic, they're using my screenshot lol

hhh · 2016-06-06 02:59:14

5 Live Linux Distributions You Should Know (June, 2016)

http://techdistrict.net/featured/5-live … ould-know/

hhh · 2016-06-06 03:12:44

A bitter review that has a happy ending, he likes it and is still using it (see the comments).

http://www.alwaysintao.com/linux/bunsenlabs-linux/

hhh · 2016-06-06 03:26:40

Manjaro JWM vs BunsenLabs as Lightweight OS (April, 2016)

https://linuxmender.wordpress.com/2016/ … weight-os/

Dang, I really like that Manjaro theme. I'm glad we have some similar theme options. I wish our default conky looked more like that, though.

https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=1996

https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic … 018#p29018

https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic … 020#p29020

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-06-06 06:45:33

hhh wrote:

http://www.alwaysintao.com/linux/bunsenlabs-linux/

I left another comment -- sorry, I couldn't resist hmm

earlybird · 2016-06-06 06:56:36

hhh wrote:

Manjaro JWM vs BunsenLabs as Lightweight OS (April, 2016)
https://linuxmender.wordpress.com/2016/ … weight-os/
Dang, I really like that Manjaro theme. I'm glad we have some similar theme options. I wish our default conky looked more like that, though.
https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=1996
https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic … 018#p29018
https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic … 020#p29020

The fact that their own repository doesn’t seem to work

What? There hasn't been any downtime since February on pkg.bunsenlabs.org (minus a couple of seconds when I restarted the web server). Nothing useful I can act upon here, just vague statements. Anyway, this guy's internet connection seems to suck anyways judging from all the trouble with the regular Debian repos he's been getting...

johnraff · 2016-06-07 08:39:55

hhh wrote:

http://www.alwaysintao.com/linux/bunsenlabs-linux/

I wasn't happy at all to read:

none of the installation scripts actually install the programs they are supposed to… (and the BL-Welcome which replaces CB-Welcome startup script is equally useless)...

As twoion points out, there's been nothing wrong with our repos that we know of, and no-one else has reported any problems with the pipemenu installs or bl-welcome.

pvsage · 2016-06-07 09:00:06

^ Well, if the guy is so far behind the curve that he doesn't know about the httpredir mirror service... roll I suppose even that might have problems with his crap internet service though, if twoion is right.

Brian wrote:

(We mostly only ever use Debian to remember how good we have it on working distros.)

Again, roll . Ever since Squeeze, Debian has been the working distro for me (compared to *buntu derivatives).

@johnraff: From everything I've read here on the forums (and I give just about everything here at least a cursory skim) there ain't a Bi*b*r thing wrong with the scripts or pipemenus in the release ISO.

Sector11 · 2016-06-07 12:33:53

Here another thing from that write up:

The lack of Ubuntu-esque software centers, etc costs this variant a lot but doesn’t prevent me from considering it a spiritual successor.

I know what he can do with that, and I'll help him do it! This is not Ubuntu!

My personal thought is "The lack of Ubuntu-esque software centers is a huge plus!"

pvsage · 2016-06-07 13:18:07

^ "Lack of" is too negative a term. "Freedom from" is better.

I feel I should reiterate that I'm not a *buntu-basher; my first serious steps into Linux were with a Dell-rebranded Hardy Heron. Ubuntu is a nice introductory distro and automagically takes care of the non-free stuff for you; Debian reminds you when you're drinking "free beer".

Sector11 · 2016-06-07 14:00:17

I'm not an Ubuntu basher either but I feel it is being rammed down peoples throats. Hit a search engine with "Debian {something to search for}" and the number of 'Ubuntu' stuff one gets is staggering. And like you I started my Linux journey with Ubuntu - Feisty Fawn 7.04 and I like it.

So today I use "Debian {something to search for} -ubuntu"

Rocky · 2016-06-07 19:11:54

pvsage wrote:

Brian wrote:
(We mostly only ever use Debian to remember how good we have it on working distros.)
Ever since Squeeze, Debian has been the working distro for me ......

As a relative newbie I don't understand the reference to Debian either. I have found it reasonably straightforward to install and it is not a major job to enable the contrib and non-free repos if required. I prefer to stay close to the "mother distro" rather than the derivative. I suppose I may eventually even get to Arch smile

I don't have BL installed at the minute but when I did (RC1) I had no problems with scripts - on the contrary I found them to be excellent.

hhh · 2016-06-07 20:03:08

One guy had his install go screwy and he ranted on his blog. No biggie.

oswriter · 2016-06-12 22:12:33

The Linux Action Show featured an installation of BL on today's show. I caught the livestream this afternoon, but the show should post later tonight on YouTube. Chris Fisher did a segment on installing Linux on 10-year-old hardware and decided to use BL for his test. He seemed duly impressed, although he kept referring to the distro as "BusinessLabs." :-)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-06-13 06:19:21

https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issu … 613#bunsen

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