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Bearded_Blunder · 2017-08-25 18:45:28

mariannemarlow wrote:

What do you find so good about the bunsenlabs? What's it's best feature?

Actually the community, even though I think I annoy some of them sometimes

KrunchTime · 2017-08-25 20:38:43

mariannemarlow wrote:

What do you find so good about the bunsenlabs? What's it's best feature?
(please don't say openbox.. crosses fingers)

> Openbox
> Tint2 panel
> Nice default configuration for you to customize to your liking
> Forums
> Doesn't require much in the way of hardware resources. I usually run while using under 1GB of RAM.

mrneilypops · 2017-08-28 13:52:04

dwmXS alpha ISO available

Debian 9.1
kernel 4.11.0-0.bpo.1
dwm-6.1-no patches
dmenu-4.7 [Alt+p]
dmenu-extended [Alt+d]
jgmenu [Alt+F1] or mouse right click
https://github.com/johanmalm/jgmenu
zsh+ohmyzsh
http://ohmyz.sh/
surf browser
st simple terminal
termite terminal
https://github.com/thestinger/termite
i3lock-fancy
https://github.com/meskarune/i3lock-fancy
ceni network config (sudo ceni)
htop custom htoprc
font rendering improved as per;
https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?titl … tRendering
Firefox ESR
Vivaldi
pcmanfm
rox-filer
glances system monitor
redshift ( ~/.xinitrc, add your geolocation to ~/.config/redshift.conf)
mpd soma fm 'ready to roll'

https://sourceforge.net/projects/dwmxs/files/

Temetka · 2017-08-29 00:30:57

Well....

That looks very interesting. I'm going to slap your alpha .ISO into a VM and play around.

malm · 2017-08-29 11:43:18

@mrneilypops: I've just taken dwmxs for a run. Great effort. It's got some really nice touches (font, icon, theme, zsh, mix of software, etc).

It was a long time since I used dwm, so I have to admit I felt a bit lost to start with. The ratfactor visual guide came in very handy

Just had a quick play over lunch. Will have a deeper mooch around later.

KrunchTime · 2017-08-30 01:16:23

mariannemarlow wrote:

I also had a go with it. I'll have a better go later, but it's really nice, I love the way it looks.

Did you actually like using dwm window manager? No offense, but you don't seem like the type of user who would enjoy a tiling window manager.

mariannemarlow wrote:

@mrneilypops is dwmXS 32 or 64 bit?

uname -a

from a terminal should give you your answer. Output from my BL-Hydrogen install...

~$ uname -a
Linux bl-stable 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.43-2+deb8u3 (2017-08-15) x86_64 GNU/Linux

Note the x86_64 near the end, signifying 64-bit.

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mrneilypops · 2017-08-30 09:28:23

@Temetka
@mariannemarlow
@malm

Thanks for trying dwmXS!
All feedback most welcome.
You will find more than 'one app per task' in some cases at this time until I decide the final apps list
64 bit only for the moment.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-08-30 19:18:58

mariannemarlow wrote:

64 bit worked on my old netbook!

Yay!

Do you notice a speed boost?

64-bit is also significantly more secure than a 32-bit operating system thanks to the NX bit and the vastly increased effectiveness of stretch's ASLR/PIE combination

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-08-30 19:27:44

mariannemarlow wrote:

This is an old 32 bit netbook though, how come it even worked?!

Can we please see the output of:

lscpu | sed q

That should show your CPU architecture

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-08-30 19:48:34

^ That's 32-bit, was that output from dwmx?

I'm not sure what shows in /proc/cpuinfo if a 32-bit OS is used on a 64-bit processor, tbh.

Bearded_Blunder · 2017-08-30 21:32:34

@HoaS
On a 32 bit install with a 64 bit processor

$ lscpu | sed q
Architecture:          i686

Since you asked,

beardy@debian:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor	: 0
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 23
model name	: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q8300  @ 2.50GHz
stepping	: 10

<snip>

My Core2Quad is absolutely 64 bit (no VT-x hence my VM installs being 32 this is snipped from such)
I suspect @mariannemarlow's CPU may well actually be 64 bit, many netbooks are, even if they came new with a 32 bit OS because of low memory.

Maybe the output of

cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep model

One's favourite search engine could then turn up it's bitness.

Bearded_Blunder · 2017-08-30 23:41:35

Then It's 64 bit

http://ark.intel.com/products/58916/Intel-Atom-Processor-N2600-1M-Cache-1_6-GHz wrote:

<omitted>
Intel® 64 ‡ Yes
Instruction Set 64-bit
<omitted>
Security & Reliability
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡ No
Execute Disable Bit ‡ Yes

So it is 64 bit, and as @HoaS pointed out running a 64 bit install will enhance security, though perhaps not as much as with a processor that supported Intel® Trusted Execution Technology.

KrunchTime · 2017-09-19 05:24:23

mariannemarlow wrote:

I'm not offended at all.
But what "type of user" do you think I am? just curious!

The kind of user who likes XFCE.

martix · 2017-09-19 08:49:19

^Eclectic taste? How is that working with one husband/wife?

Btw love those colorful bird-pix. Quote: "They're like flying candies!"

martix · 2017-09-19 09:14:11

^I mean the fotos from Featheredfiends.

KrunchTime · 2017-09-20 10:05:51

martix wrote:

^Eclectic taste? How is that working with one husband/wife?
Btw love those colorful bird-pix. Quote: "They're like flying candies!"

at both sentences.

martix · 2017-09-22 09:51:19

^Oh, that's from Rocky - he said something like that in the pet shop where Adrian worked.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-09-22 18:41:27

Getting settled in to my Alpine Linux box now, I'm liking it more the more I dig into it.

The init system is _much_ easier to manipulate than systemd, custom startup scripts are just that with no special syntax or format required beyond the start() function; here is one I've just made to save the backlight level on shutdown and restore it again on boot (systemd has a similar systemd-backlight@.service):

empty@alpine:~ $ cat /etc/init.d/backlight                                         
#!/sbin/openrc-run
# Copyright 2017 HoaS
# Licensed under the GNU General Public License v3

description="Restore the backlight level."

start() {
	ebegin "Restoring backlight level"
	cp /etc/backlight.save /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness
}

stop() {
	ebegin "Saving backlight level"
	cp /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness /etc/backlight.save
}
empty@alpine:~ $

It's exceptionally crude but it works perfectly 8)

KrunchTime · 2017-09-22 21:19:56

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

It's exceptionally crude but it works perfectly 8)

If it works, that's all that usually matters. You scratched an itch.

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tknomanzr · 2017-09-22 22:03:43

Sometimes I think systemd adds unnecessary layers of complication to things. When I need something to run as a service at periodic intervals, it seems much easier to add it to cron. I usually end up building systemd timers and service files anyway but realistically I could save time by just tossing the stuff into cron and scheduling it.

Openrc may be crude by systemd's standards but that also looks like something that a person could get some work done with. Is it capable of handling timed events or would you go to cron for that in openrc?

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