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DeepDayze · 2021-04-11 01:19:18

eight.bit.al wrote:

^ Not new, For a coupla years that I know of.
https://scrot.cloud/images/2021/04/10/sid-plasma1.th.png
8bit

Hmm didn't see that...didn't delve deep enough so this feature alone may make me want to try KDE again.

unklar · 2021-04-11 15:54:18

eight.bit.al wrote:

Sid / Plasma (Norbert Preining repo):
https://scrot.cloud/images/2021/04/10/sid-plasma.th.png
If there's no right-click menu, not interested. Openbox, Xfce and Plasma, that I know of. (and possibly some tillers I don't know about).
8bit

The wonderful right-click menu was meant...

deleted0 · 2021-04-11 16:08:19

^ I don't understand. Please elaborate. TIA

8bit

edit:
After thinking about this while making lunch, it seems to me there is some language misunderstanding here.

unklar wrote:

The wonderful right-click menu was meant...

Would it be correct to rewrite this as: The wonderful right-lick menu was "meant to be", (intentional) where the "to be" is inferred?

Similarly, there is an inferred "I am" in:

eight.bit.al wrote:

If there's no right-click menu, not interested.

To read: If there's no right-click menu, (I am) not interested (in that disrto).

I think we are in agreement, we like the right-click menu.

HTH,
8bit

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MALsPa · 2021-04-11 21:00:00

Yep, I've been setting up a right-click app menu in KDE Plasma for a number of years. I don't remember when I started doing it.

deleted0 · 2021-04-12 01:46:25

I was interviewing Mageia Linux the other day, and by coincidence Jessie of DW did a review of it.

https://www.mageia.org/en/

Stock desktop:

I don't understand the 4.4 wallpaper. o.O

I could not find a 'testing' or backport repo with Firefox 87.X (anything newer than 78.x)
so I lost interest in the disrto. I assume (yeah I know) there aren't other fresher packages either.

8bit

Last edited by deleted0 (2021-04-12 01:59:54)

hhh · 2021-04-12 02:28:53

^ I think this is the review you're talking about...

https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issu … 405#mageia

And, yes... I prefer Debian Bullseye. Easier to install and easier to maintain.

"Mageia ships with a graphical package manager which is referred to by many names. Depending on which screen or bit of documentation I was looking at the software centre was alternatively referred to as the Mageia Package Manager, Install & Remove Software, RPMdrake, Rpmdrake, and Software Management. Whichever name we choose to use, the package manager shows a list of categories in a pane to the left of the window. On the right we see a list of packages in the selected category."

I'll use apt, thanks very much. If you want names, call it apt-get or aptitude or dpkg or Synaptic. I call it the best package management system available, but your mileage may vary...

https://wiki.debian.org/DebianPackageManagement

unklar · 2021-04-12 08:08:29

eight.bit.al wrote:

^ I don't understand. Please elaborate. TIA
[snip]

Thought Transfer

unklar 2021-04-10 16:33:33 wrote:

[snip]
maybe you find that after the date here (thanks to the wonderful right-click action, "Upload Image", this is no problem today)
https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic … 63#p113263

eight.bit.al 2021-04-10 21:12:04 wrote:

[snip]
If there's no right-click menu, not interested. Openbox, Xfce and Plasma, that I know of. (and possibly some tillers I don't know about).
https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic … 67#p113267

unklar · 2021-04-12 08:10:55

hhh wrote:

I'll use apt, thanks very much. If you want names, call it apt-get or aptitude or dpkg or Synaptic. I call it the best package management system available, but your mileage may vary...

+1

el_koraco · 2021-04-12 10:42:48

hhh wrote:

I'll use apt, thanks very much. If you want names, call it apt-get or aptitude or dpkg or Synaptic. I call it the best package management system available, but your mileage may vary...

pacman is right up there. faster on the one hand, not as feature rich on the other. the rest is a joke in comparison, especially all the rpm package managers.

Colonel Panic · 2021-04-12 19:26:09

I've been trying to fix a broken installation of SolydX 11EE (Experimental Edition), which took a 1,109 MB download, and there are still one or two problems with it. Still it will be good when it's all working properly.

SolydX is based on Debian and, as the "11" suggests, 11 EE on Debian Bullseye. If my experience is anything to go by though, the non-experimental version of SolydX, which is based on Debian Stable, is a safer bet.

[Edit: I was getting the "orange screen of death" (orange is SolydX's default colour) whenever I launched Pale Moon from the menu. I've solved that, for the time being anyway, by installing and running dwm and launching Pale Moon from there instead of from XFce.]

Last edited by Colonel Panic (2021-04-13 13:11:38)

deleted0 · 2021-04-13 11:14:12

Honorable Mention:

BusterDog

https://debiandog.github.io/doglinux/zz03busterdog.html

BusterDog, based on the Debian ‘Buster’ branch but without systemd.
It’s using special method (taken from AntiX) to avoid systemd by replacing systemd with ‘elogind’.
(and more, e.g. libsystemd replaced by libelogind)

Tint2 panels
PcmanFM providing the Desktop and lxpanel
Tint2 bottom panel and rox-pinboard providing the Desktop

Option to switch to JWM window-manager
Default File Manager - PcmanFM with option to use rox.
Default Internet Browser - Palemoon.

Booted on my test machine in 720Xwhatever; no firmware for my generic AMD card, no drivers for my USB mouse, 'nuff said.

8bit

Sector11 · 2021-04-13 15:10:48

BusterDog - not bad, not bad at all.

no systemd but elogind what's the difference?

unklar · 2021-04-13 17:31:31

Sector11 wrote:

BusterDog - not bad, not bad at all.
no systemd but elogind what's the difference?

is too colorful for me
the difference should look something like this

$ ps -p 1
    PID TTY          TIME CMD
      1 ?        00:00:01 sysvinit

$ ps -p 1
    PID TTY          TIME CMD
      1 ?        00:00:01 systemd

elogind should keep the System systemd-free

deleted0 · 2021-04-14 00:25:35

Been hearing about Garuda Linux.
Arch with the Calamares installer.
BTRFS as the default filesytem.
GUI package manament, kernel installer,
and more tools; some look like MX Linux copies.

Way too busy for me. Look at the system tray area.

Address books, calenders, and a lot more installed and running.

Just a drive-by look-see. Not getting space on the hard drive.

8bit

DeepDayze · 2021-04-14 02:18:40

eight.bit.al wrote:

Been hearing about Garuda Linux.
Arch with the Calamares installer.
BTRFS as the default filesytem.
GUI package manament, kernel installer,
and more tools; some look like MX Linux copies.
Way too busy for me. Look at the system tray area.
https://scrot.cloud/images/2021/04/13/Garuda.th.png
Address books, calenders, and a lot more installed and running.
https://scrot.cloud/images/2021/04/13/Garuda2.th.png
Just a drive-by look-see. Not getting space on the hard drive.
8bit

That looks promising but they should offer a lite version with minimal apps so then you can install only what you want. if I am going to play with Arch I'd go with Archlabs

deleted0 · 2021-04-17 13:25:28

While away some hours: (the only surviving use of the verb while, meaning “to spend time.”)

Welcome to DistroTest.net

On our website you will find many operating systems,
which you can test directly online without a installation.

https://distrotest.net/index.php

8bit

hhh · 2021-04-17 23:05:59

Huh? Oh, I see... the only instance of 'while' as a transitive verb. Nice trivia, and a killer link!

Requires VNC to be installed to actually boot anything, right?

Colonel Panic · 2021-04-17 23:49:26

eight.bit.al wrote:

Honorable Mention:
BusterDog
https://debiandog.github.io/doglinux/zz03busterdog.html
BusterDog, based on the Debian ‘Buster’ branch but without systemd.
It’s using special method (taken from AntiX) to avoid systemd by replacing systemd with ‘elogind’.
(and more, e.g. libsystemd replaced by libelogind)

Tint2 panels
PcmanFM providing the Desktop and lxpanel
Tint2 bottom panel and rox-pinboard providing the Desktop
Option to switch to JWM window-manager
Default File Manager - PcmanFM with option to use rox.
Default Internet Browser - Palemoon.
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Debia … erdog1.jpg
Booted on my test machine in 720Xwhatever; no firmware for my generic AMD card, no drivers for my USB mouse, 'nuff said.
8bit

I think this is one of the Puppy Linux family of distros. I tried it out briefly this evening and it seems to work well except that Pale Moon has a tendency to "freeze up" and become unresponsive when playing Youtube videos (on my system anyway).

jeffreyC · 2021-04-18 00:00:27

Colonel Panic wrote:

I think this is one of the Puppy Linux family of distros. I tried it out briefly this evening and it seems to work well except that Pale Moon has a tendency to "freeze up" and become unresponsive when playing Youtube videos (on my system anyway).

Not directly a Puppy Linux, but made with some ideas from it by some of the Puppy forum members.

deleted0 · 2021-04-18 01:31:22

hhh wrote:

Requires VNC to be installed to actually boot anything, right?

No, distros will run on your browser. (with lots of lag)

8bit

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