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arochester wrote:
I locked the post and I will not unlock it.

Always great to run into someone who's willing to discuss issues.

If you believe that I have been unfair please contact an Administrator and make a case to have me removed as a Moderator.
Administrator's on this forum are so involved, they'll probably hop right to it and address any concerns. Odd that this almost no moderation forum suddenly gets 'moderated'.


The topic had become terribly one sided, biased and had outlived ...

Shame-on-whoever for sure. Very sad indeed. Locking a thread to discuss alternative OS in the off-topic area - silly.

I went able to play the 720p demo, with mpv, vlc and totem, all of them played with lost sync audio but VLC, which from time to time dropped some frames to keep the the speed and not lagging, the whole time CPU at 100% .

Use MPlayer or SMPlayer to save CPU cycles. The performance difference is noticeable, VLC is now rarely used on my systems.
http://ppcluddite.blogspot.ca/2014/06/m ... layer.html

Still beta, could become special, BSD boot and Ubuntu's huge repositories:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/ubuntubsd/

Personally still enjoying dCore, BusyBox boot and Debian or Ubuntu's repositories:
http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/dcore:faq

Presently lots of options and hopefully it won't come to this, BusyBox-based distributions may be the last left standing for systemd avoidance a few years down the road:

remove systemd support
systemd people are not willing to play nice with the rest of the world.
Therefore there is no reason for the rest of the world to cooperate with them.

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko

https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/ ... ed5f3bb346

Don't like inkjet technology either or printers in general but it's what i presently have at home so keep it running. Best to print a 1/2 - 1 page of black and coloured text weekly to keep the cartridges and printheads working, trivial ink use compared to tossing a next-fo-full clogged cartridge.

Things that have worked for me:
* Stand up the cartridge in shallow hot water/ammonia mix overnight to soak the printhead, wipe clean and test.
* Isopropyl alcohol and a clean cotton cloth to clean the ...

Personally not keen on the latest Debian offerings either, another topic. Iceweasel in my Debian Wheezy installs is very stable, aside from getting more bloated with every release. [edit] It is doubtful Debian administration or any developers will read your post.

arabianights wrote:
so now that leaves gentoo the only linux distro that's both systemd and pulseaudio free, correct?

BusyBox distributions don't utilize systemd, believe they all default to ALSA.

Head_on_a_Stick wrote: Roguelikes are really stressful to play when your character gets to a high level

Long live roguelikes, most engrossing games ever created!

arienna wrote:
I have an old HP mini 110...
...now that I know that I can snap it off from the bottom, I might give it a try.
...I cannot install hardware drivers by myself.


mardybear wrote:
My HP Mini 110...
TC 6 and Xvesa run extremely well on an HP Mini 110, all hardware works.


Your prerogative, better to dismantle perfectly working hardware ;)


CorePlus
(86 MB)CorePlus is an installation image and not the distribution. It is recommended for new users who only have access to a ...

My HP Mini 110 runs Debian Wheezy LXDE okay, sluggish running Iceweasel with several tabs. Slower processor primarily then limited RAM. Believe your system is upgradeable to 2gb, personally wouldn't bother. More funner to leave hardware alone, set up leaner system. For hardware maintenance, you'll probably find a youtube disassembly video.

As mentioned, NoScript in Iceweasel is the single most effective way to reduce processor and system load. It does take configuration to stop/allow the stuff ...

Welcome starchild.

Great old hardware story. You mean anthropomorphism?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropomorphism

I only came about this information because my system, named Grumpy, looked it up on the internet and whispered the answer into my ear

Remember when upgrading FF v3.6 - v4 was a big deal:
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/3.6rc2/linux-i686/en-US/
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/44.0b4/linux-i686/en-US/

AdBlock Plus kills older systems:
https://blog.mozilla.org/nnethercote/2014/05/14/adblock-pluss-effect-on-firefoxs-memory-usage/

Bluehell Firewall is pretty good, no overhead:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bluhell-firewall/

My old systems couldn't run modern FF without NoScript, safer ...

interesting, this seems to be something like Windows' System Restore. but isn't any simpler way of just downgrading packages to their versions before the update?
The purpose of testing is to figure out breakages not avoid them. In Debian the best way to return to the exact same state is with Clonezilla, though a hassle and not all that quick. You may want to switch to stable, which rarely has any issues. Or maybe you're using the wrong distribution. Ubuntu has a ppa for timeshift and ...

Wow, old thread revived. Forum's so quiet now that most systemd haters left...no more drama.

Presently enjoying dCore-jessie, BusyBox-based Tiny Core variant that wgets debs from Debian repos and uses scripts to convert them into useable extensions. Most software converts, not all, guess why. Actually it's not just systemd. Sometimes kernel or driver, BusyBox or need for a special startup script. Regular Tiny Core and the Puppy Linux releases have the same issues. There's always a work around ...

larry77 wrote:

Right now I am using my machine with 7x4Gb of ram, and it is fine.

Something is wrong with a memory slot and it looks like there is little to do short of replacing the mother board (which I am not going to do now).

Running Debian with 7x4Gb ram, wouldn't worry about the broken slot.

System may run well for years without expending more money or effort.

If all RAM modules work in other slots then probably motherboard issue, not incompatability. One of my old motherboards has a broken slot, bummer. Use bright light to inspect slot for obvious dirt/issues. Blow or vacuum slot and remove/re-seat RAM module several times to create fresh contacts. Sometimes the work area is tight so ensure the RAM clicks/locks into place properly at both ends when re-seating.

I would run memtest through one long pass for each individual module, if error(s) return ...

Had to re-read first post, by PC the OP meant 'old style desktop' and 'keyboard + mouse combination'.

Obsolete, near future? Of course not.

IMO touchpads, touch and tiny screens will never replace the precision and productivity of a traditional computing environment.

Walk through an office where real day-to-day computing gets done. Real as in real work, not selfies and SMS. Who would want to edit a spreadsheet, review and compare code or complete any meaningful investment research on a <10 ...

Sorry for the spicy language dasein, will take it down a notch ;) Many new vehicles no longer come with spares. Removing useful features is all the trend, not just in software development: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/08/your-next-car-may-not-have-a-spare-tire/index.htm

Nice story wizard10000, good point about RAID.

Should clarify. With my Debian systems just back up some of /home, couple files from /etc and personal data. Some data is simply copied to another drive, non ...

Stumbled on this in Distrowatch, appreciate their candor.

Perform regular backups and do it right . Personally don't bother with OS backups as Linux is generally fixable and a dead drive is a good excuse for an update, just /home configs and personal data. Stuff happens...even to the pros.

Last week fans of Linux Mint had been expecting to witness the launch of Linux Mint 17.3. Instead, visitors to the project's website encountered a message saying the distribution's website was off-line and ...