BunsenLabs Reviews

pvsage · 2016-06-21 07:46:07

^ Dude, you know that Florida is a trigger word for some of us moderators!*

This is by far the nicest little system I've seen

...and he proceeds to gush about tint2, which many of us have taken for granted since the #! days. At any rate, sounds like a fairly ringing endorsement.

* For those who don't know what I'm talking about, you're probably better off not knowing. "Those records have been sealed." Something about a cat fishing?

brontosaurusrex · 2016-06-21 08:41:45

hhh wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUM-qMqg_ng
... I don't know, just something about it.
Disclaimer: This reviewer may be a Floridian (or worse, a Texan). Caution is advised.

I liked the next one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exOek9LAwuU ( Hilarious "Windows support" scammer calls Linux user and fails big time! )

On my screen I have a lot of dust, and in front of my computer I have a cup of tea!

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pvsage · 2016-06-21 09:05:25

^ OT: https://youtu.be/tG7hYnMyxyY?t=2m44s
P45s! P45s everywhere!

hhh · 2016-06-26 23:13:41

Not a review but a press mention (slide 5, ahead of Fedora and openSuse)...

http://www.datamation.com/open-source/s … ws-xp.html

johnraff · 2016-06-27 09:33:48

hhh wrote:

Why did backports fail, I wonder?

Just tested on a new VB installation (i386), and no problems with adding the Debian backports via bl-welcome. Has anyone had that problem?

And 40 minutes for the install script?

That seems too long - maybe he installed everything with a slow processor and net connection.

I also wonder why his "About Bunsen Alternatives" menu item was broken.

That one I can confirm. The i386 iso (I haven't tested amd64) ships with bunsen-configs 8.7-1 and the helpfile path issue was fixed in 8.7.1-1 (May 9th).

Workaround: on a fresh BL install, with no user customization, after running bl-welcome, or just 'sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade', delete ~/.config/bunsen/bl-setup, log out and log in again.

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jalexander9 · 2016-06-27 13:03:07

@johnraff and @hhh - I had a similar problem yesterday, only it was my own use of the Debian Wheezy Backports, instead of the recommended backport procedure for bunsenlabs. I fixed this and right away have had no problems encountered since.

EDIT: Previously had edited the /etc/apt/sources.list with:

# Wheezy Backport alternative
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian wheezy-backports main

Then later, I commented this line out (with #'s)

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hhh · 2016-07-12 00:36:25

We've been added to the Gentoo Wiki...

https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.ph … unsen_Labs

hhh · 2016-07-12 03:14:13

^ Ah, gotcha. Oops.

hhh · 2016-07-16 09:06:46

Wow, whoever did these screencast overviews did a great job, they are gorgeous! Mute the vid sound and crank your fave toonz.

Desktop Overview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AY9fLUSLrE

Installation Walkthrough
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AY9fLUSLrE

I found this via the BL Twitter feed...
https://twitter.com/hashtag/bunsenlabs

Can we duplicate his notifications somehow, icons and all? just... wow.

Note to self and the Team, change the Iceweasel label to Firefox in the root menu! ;^)

johnraff · 2016-07-16 10:07:16

hhh wrote:

change the Iceweasel label to Firefox in the root menu!

What root menu? There are no icons at all AFAIK, except for the generic browser icon in tint2.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-07-16 10:14:13

hhh wrote:

Note to self and the Team, change the Iceweasel label to Firefox in the root menu! ;^)

I think that we should include the xul-ext-iceweasel-branding package in Helium -- we would then be the only distribution still using Iceweasel

Also, the "I want firefox instead" threads would be much simpler

damo · 2016-07-16 17:29:30

johnraff wrote:

hhh wrote:
change the Iceweasel label to Firefox in the root menu!
What root menu? There are no icons at all AFAIK, except for the generic browser icon in tint2.

The menu entry and pipemenus.rc both have "Iceweasel".

johnraff · 2016-07-17 04:19:15

Ah sorry all, I misread "label" for "icon".

Yes, we need to add "firefox" to the BROWSERS list in pipemenus.rc, and remove "iceweasel" I guess.

hhh · 2016-07-27 02:45:15

http://monksblog-malspa.blogspot.com/20 … jects.html

re: MX Linux...
http://www.mepiscommunity.org/forum/vie … hp?t=40096

We could strike up a conversation here, stevepusser is great. It wouldn't need to be "official", but we could test each other's packages and reference each other's forum posts/solutions/etc...

hhh · 2016-07-27 03:42:15

^ Done. http://www.mepiscommunity.org/forum/vie … e2#p389224

They're up to v.16 now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8Aw2zzBE-g

http://antix.mepis.org/index.php?title= … e#Torrents

johnraff · 2016-07-29 05:47:27

hhh wrote:

We could strike up a conversation here...

Sounds good. Exchange ideas/problems/solutions... There are some points of similarity, though I don't know about going as far as merging the two (as a couple of people on the Mepis forum suggested). There are a lot of differences too.

BTW this Dedoimedo review of MX 15 is good reading for BunsenFolk too; I think it gives some good insights into how reviewers - and new users - look at a distro, and suggests some areas we might want to polish a bit, along with some things we might want to avoid.

hhh · 2016-08-05 08:06:28

http://www.pcwelt.de/news/LinuxWelt-5-2 … 16907.html

Das finden Sie auf der Heft-DVD:

Bunsenlabs „Hydrogen - Die junge Debian-Variante tritt die Nachfolge der einst beliebten Distribution „Crunchbang“ an, die mit dem Erscheinen von Debian 8 eingestellt wurde. Bunsenlabs ist ein aktuelles Debian-System für Puristen mit einem extrem reduzierten, aber eleganten Openbox als Window-Manager.

Sector11 · 2016-08-05 13:26:55

Bunsen Labs "Hydrogen" - The young Debian variant succeeds the once popular distribution "CrunchBang", which was set with the release of Debian 8. Bunsen Labs is a current Debian system for purists with an extremely reduced, but elegant Openbox window manager.

I love the smell of a bunsen burner in the morning!

hhh · 2016-08-06 05:22:09

hhh wrote:

Das finden Sie auf der Heft-DVD:

You will find this on the DVD disc (DVD book or booklet). Interpreting Google and high-school German class.

ohnonot · 2016-08-06 09:18:23

hhh wrote:

hhh wrote:
Das finden Sie auf der Heft-DVD:
You will find this on the DVD disc (DVD book or booklet). Interpreting Google and high-school German class.

"Heft" in this case refers to the magazine.
"Heft-DVD" in this case means "The DVD included with the magazine".
So:
"You will find this on the DVD included with the magazine:"

btw, always interesting to hear what languages native english speakers learn in school.

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