Hallo from Germany

corey.taylor · 2020-04-14 14:14:34

Hey all,

First of all, just wanted to say I'm blown away by BL Linux so far. I've been a Linux user since kernel 2.2.x (2000-ish) and have tried just about all the major light, source-based, *buntu, Slack/Deb-based or commercial distros you can name (quite liked Vector Linux). I installed Helium and, so far, rock-solid. Has struck a nice balance between just staying out of the way and having many of the extras the bigger distros have. Exactly what I like. As with every new distro I install, I've tried breaking it a few times and failed miserably.

To properly introduce myself, I'm a research post doc in Dresden, originally from Australia. Working as a theoretical chemist so the chemistry-themed distro scratches me where I itch and seems to run all of the weird scientific software we use without too many hassles. Have already told a few of my colleagues about BL so expect a few more users soon.

Anyway, cheers and, once again, great job.

damo · 2020-04-14 14:23:15

Great to hear - sounds like we are doing something right You may also have noticed that we are trying to use the typical element flame colour to detail our themes: check out Lithium (testing now).

I guess by the time we get to the transuranics, BL will be running on quantum hardware!

corey.taylor · 2020-04-14 14:45:41

I noticed Lithium, looks like some nice upgrades to OpenBox. I'll stick with Helium for the time-being, no real need to be bleeding edge but that does provoke a question. Linux has historically been very iffy with distro upgrades, albeit smooth upgrades are a tough thing to do well, especially if you use a lot of backports (*buntu particularly bad here). Debian does a reasonable job but the best way forward is generally a full reinstall. Would you still recommend that with BL?

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damo · 2020-04-14 14:58:21

ATM the easiest way would be a reinstall, because of the changes to user configs. Many have successfully negotiated an upgrade, but it isn't a straightforward path - especially because of the new menu and keybinds utilities provided by the default bunsenlabs-session (it is still possible to use your old Openbox session at login though).
At some point we will describe a step-by-step route, but if your Helium install is doing the job for you then there is no rush

corey.taylor · 2020-04-14 15:42:10

I totally forgot to mention the hardware I'm running. I'm sure the devs and maintainers will find it useful to have another data point.

Acer Aspire V17 Nitro lappie 17"
i7-4710HQ (16 cores), 16Gb RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
250Gb SSD/1Tb SATA drives
Usual network h/w (Qualcomm stuff)

Laptop is about 5 years old. BL runs smooth as silk with the above + external monitor and mech keyboard* and the NVIDIA driver running version ~390 without needing any special configuration. Opened her up on the highway with a UT2003 clone I just found (https://xonotic.org/) and she breezed it. So, about as 'out-of-the-box' as one could hope for, really.

*yes, I'm one of them, PM me your recommendations, etc.

johnraff · 2020-04-15 02:23:40

Hi Corey, welcome to BunsenLabs!
(I play in a band too, though our gigs are also in abeyance atm.)

corey.taylor · 2020-04-15 07:36:45

I hear ya man. We had a series of album launch gigs booked for May. Not any more.

Incidentally I went to Japan in 2010 and absolutely loved it. Best trip I've ever done. Hope to go back...

randomeur · 2020-04-20 20:44:50

wehey! what a coincidence!
A research postdoc here (in aquatic ecology) based in Berlin, who collaborates with quite a few Helmholtz researchers in Magdeburg and Leipzig. Maybe we'll cross paths sooner rather than later

Döbbie03 · 2020-04-21 05:52:57

Hello from New Zealand and welcome to BL!

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