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DeepDayze · 2020-12-07 01:41:29

hhh wrote:

I really want to try Regolith but the live ISO didn't work for me...
https://regolith-linux.org/

Bet you can come close to it using BL as a base :-)

eight.bit.al · 2020-12-07 02:05:19

^^ Working here.

I'd ask the usual basic questions, but I don't want to insult.

Interesting; a very KB oriented GNOME. I find i3 keybinds hard to remember.

Edit: Getting used to the keybinds. It's nice, Gnome without the ugly UI part.

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unklar · 2020-12-07 15:53:59

hhh wrote:

I really want to try Regolith but the live ISO didn't work for me...
https://regolith-linux.org/

Many thanks for this tip. wink
I have played with it in QEMU now and the result is:
I'm gonna install this thing on metal. big_smile

I like it very much.

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hhh · 2020-12-07 23:46:31

eight.bit.al wrote:

^^ Working here.
I'd ask the usual basic questions, but I don't want to insult.

ISO copied to USB, it installed but WiFi wouldn't work and it seemed buggy on the very old laptop. I decided not to spend more time on it, though I probably could have gotten it working. I added an openbsd-cwm session running lxpanel to my (newer but still old laptop) Buster Cinnamon install instead...

https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic … 97#p108797

https://i.postimg.cc/QMZcdCN6/Screensho … -28-46.png

unklar · 2021-01-01 17:53:10

@eight.bit.al, @hhh,

https://forum.siduction.org/index.php?topic=8190.0

As if he heard it.... big_smile

hhh · 2021-01-01 21:04:35

^ New KDE, I'll definitely have to check it out at some point.

eight.bit.al · 2021-01-01 21:18:29

^^ Yes! DL'ing now.

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Colonel Panic · 2021-01-03 19:53:42

unklar wrote:

@eight.bit.al, @hhh,
https://forum.siduction.org/index.php?topic=8190.0
As if he heard it....

Thanks! I'll check one of these out soon.

cog · 2021-01-05 03:21:53

My annual waste of time with Gentoo.

I like to set it up with git based portage and systemd as the init system. They do have some productive things going these days like the new binary kernels and firefox (this has been around for a while, building it with rust is the most painful thing imaginable, building rust that is, then building it). I'm considering the binaries but probably won't, after all if it's not source based all the way it's pointless.

I'm just rebuilding @world in the screenie optimized for -march=skylake, "native" is to ambiguous.

The one thing I appreciate about Gentoo is that everything takes so "long" that you consider everything you do and then you don't get in a hurry because you gotta be patient. It's kind of like computer fishing when you can't go fishing due to the weather. It was my first linux distro believe it or not and it has everything the other distros have now except for instant gratification.

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phuturism · 2021-01-05 05:55:17

Had a rush of blood and installed Arch (using anarchy installer to make it easier), bspwm as window manager. So far so good.

Using pywal to generate urxvt/polybar colours from the wallpaper, it's pretty handy!

hhh · 2021-01-09 04:47:21

hhh · 2021-01-09 05:46:13

^ Goddamit, b43 is not included and copying the drivers over from BL did not get me wireless in the live session. I really want to install it, but I'm not going to on this laptop.

sleekmason · 2021-01-09 13:00:24

hhh wrote:

^ Goddamit, b43 is not included and copying the drivers over from BL did not get me wireless in the live session. I really want to install it, but I'm not going to on this laptop.

Would it be possible to install b43 and fwcutter while in the live session connected to a hard line?

Btw, Did you ever figure out where to put(or already know), the b43 firmware in a build setup? Still can't figure that out.

PackRat · 2021-01-09 18:50:44

hhh wrote:

^ Goddamit, b43 is not included and copying the drivers over from BL did not get me wireless in the live session. I really want to install it, but I'm not going to on this laptop.

Can you get the deb packages you need and keep them on a thumb drive for post install?

hhh · 2021-01-10 01:16:32

PackRat wrote:

hhh wrote:
^ Goddamit, b43 is not included and copying the drivers over from BL did not get me wireless in the live session. I really want to install it, but I'm not going to on this laptop.
Can you get the deb packages you need and keep them on a thumb drive for post install?

Yes, I'll see if this is the updated package (latest Mint is on kernel 5.4, I think)...

https://community.linuxmint.com/softwar … 3-fwcutter

It should be the Focal package, but it's failing...

https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/firmw … -installer

I'll try using a hard line to install it via apt tomorrow.

unklar · 2021-01-13 19:12:45

^Playing with QEMU and the ISO's xorg (comes with fluxbox) and lxde (comes with openbox) from siduction, both in amd64 architecture.

Very handy I found that in the live ISO's you can deselect unneeded packages beforehand, which are then not installed with. I did that for example with the packages of the firmware-b43-xxx. wink
The part is called orphaner:

Link Link

This time I didn't choose the cli installer. Calamares was my favorite, which does the installation steps in the manual variant much more logical/simpler than the cli installer. Also it shortens the preparation of the installation a lot.
A few pictures of the lxde (slightly modified):

Link Link Link

background image by @brontosaurusrex, Thanks!
above is Plank
on the right a simple Conky
on the left the LXDE bar and
pcmanfm with access to the host

everything else is in the terminal big_smile

eight.bit.al · 2021-01-15 01:05:18

DXT2 - RC2

A very light Debian Distro.

Linux 5.9 · Debian Buster · XFCE · Tint2 · jgmenu

https://dxt2.co.za/

I needed to install intel-microcode, firmware-amd-graphics,
and create an image dir in /home/user to bring you these scrots.

The installer does not ask for user data/passwd, root passwd, or host name; and other odd features. sad

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phuturism · 2021-01-15 01:09:40

My Arch bspwm polybar combo continues... not much new to report, but i like this wallpaper. Who can guess the model of motorbike?

eight.bit.al · 2021-01-15 01:15:33

^ R NineT Racer. I want one...

hhh · 2021-01-15 01:15:55

^ That's a glitterslth question, but it says BMW right on the side of it. Is this a remake of Snatch and my bike says BMW-superRacer-Replica or 55 SE Hemi Replica or Dual Doppler Vortex Radar Replica on the side and you start to ridicule my shriveling nuts?

phuturism · 2021-01-15 01:17:09

eight.bit.al wrote:

^ R NineT Racer. I want one...

Similar headlight cowling but look again... it's custom.

hhh · 2021-01-15 01:17:38

Damn, timing is everything in comedy. My post would have been a little funnier if it came before Al's. Missed it by 20 seconds.

phuturism · 2021-01-15 01:18:38

hhh wrote:

^ That's a glitterslth question, but it says BMW right on the side of it. It this a remake of Snatch and my bike says BMW-superRacer-Replica or 55 SE Hemi Replica or Dual Doppler Vortex Radar Replica on the side and you start to ridicule my shriveling nuts?

BMW is right, but no. Clue - it's old.

eight.bit.al · 2021-01-15 01:20:55

^ Deep Creek's BMW K100 smile Absolutely gorgeous.

https://www.returnofthecaferacers.com/b … ek-k100rs/

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phuturism · 2021-01-15 01:31:09

eight.bit.al wrote:

^ Deep Creeks BMW K100 Absolutely gorgeous.
https://www.returnofthecaferacers.com/b … ek-k100rs/
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Very good! My dream cafe racer bike. Also known as the "Flying Brick" because of the engine block - four cylinder, horizontal, left to right. Typical German overengineering :-)

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