Arching Vivaldifarians.
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@npro said in Arching Vivaldians.:
Is that an Optimus laptop (dual Nvidia/Intel GPUs)?
Sorry, no! I've got a tower PC with an Nvidia GT 1030 installed.
Currently, my "plan" is to try Manjaro and Endeavour over the weekend and see how they "feel".
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@tbgbe said in Arching Vivaldians.:
Endeavour
Spoiler
Fsck NO !!
You're good to go with the GT 1030 though if you want proprietary (best performance)
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@guigirl said in Arching Vivaldians.:
kernel updates causing issues with their NV [all the fault of NV, btw],
I had some of those with Mint too! (To be fair, Mint 18.3 is using "old" 4.xxx kernels - another reason to nuke it).
Fwiw, it was mainly an oversight on my part earlier to have omitted MJ -- my list that kicked it off was focused on Archies with installers that deliver either a pure or near-pure Arch result [based only on active repos].
That is how I read your very useful list - I hadn't encountered Endeavour before then.
exceedingly generous blood-promise by @npro to provide you continuous tech support whenever needed, so that's lovely, innit?
It's definitely a plus
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@guigirl said in Arching Vivaldians.:
maybe i've done you a disservice by omission?
No, never!
Well, hardly ever!
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@guigirl said in Arching Vivaldians.:
I gave it one more chance
Perhaps OT
Well at least you tried.
PCLinux is a rather different distro and has changed somewhat.- the developers do not believe in sudo. If you need Switch User then su - then exit to the Terminal when done.
- if you need Root permissions use the Root Terminal or the GUI options to Open as Root.
- new kernels are now downloaded. It is up to the user to decide to use them. Old Kernels are not deleted so you can reboot and revert back to a working Kernel if necessary
I don't mind its quirkiness as my first Linux experience was Mandrake.
The Control Centre (Canadian spelling) is the place to configure computer and peripherals. Yes the GUI comes right from Mandrake but it works.
The lack of the software you need is problematic , I agree but I believe you can use GitHub if you cannot get it into the official Repo and its Hybrid build can be problematic if you don't know the quirks of the system. There is a spot on the PCLinuxOS forum to request packages.
There is also a wee article here that may interest you.
As for me I must be retiring that machine. It is a laptop with mechanical issues I cannot repair. Until I have the $$$ to buy a new one the macbook will have to do. I may try some tricks I learned long ago, they may not work though.
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@guigirl said in Arching Vivaldians.:
Fedora KDE.
reported as OT (and heretic) !!!
@TbGbe https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_compared_to_other_distributions#Fedora
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@guigirl said in Arching Vivaldians.:
Plus, of course, you have the exceedingly generous blood-promise by @npro to provide you continuous tech support whenever needed, so that's lovely, innit?
Surely, in the highly unrealistic scenario of you not being able to help @TbGbe , which again has an extremely low probability considering the vast knowledge you have gained from so many years of using, digging and researching pretty much all Arch-based distros, I can post a
, 'cause I'm returning to Arch soon
and will follow its principles loyally and ecstatically
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@guigirl said in Arching Vivaldians.:
Semi-agreed, but i did list a subset that do have a Calamares Installer. I emphatically omitted recommending any of them that use only a text or ncurses installer.
Oh I see, I wasn't clear enough, I meant installing software via a software manager, the way a typical Mint user is used to, which Endeavour does not offer as it places itself as "a terminal-centric distro" in the GNU/Linux universe.
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@npro said in Arching Vivaldians.:
I meant installing software via a software manager, the way a typical Mint user is used to, which Endeavour does not offer as it places itself as "a terminal-centric distro" in the GNU/Linux universe.
Yep. I did notice that "difference".
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@guigirl said in Arching Vivaldians.:
I know you mentioned once before of a possible return to Arch from MJ, but iirc that was months ago, so i presumed you dropped the idea. How exciting if you are really gonna do it,
yay trizenparu!yeah I miss a clean Arch install from scratch, the only thing that holds me from it is the dosh needed for a new laptop I have in mind
my abilities, which remain shallow & narrow. I'd never hold a candle against those Archers with Actual Proper knowledge & skill, of which you're one.
That's not true, your knowledge is already great and more importantly on a wide spectrum, a thing most Nixers would dream of. For example you know why you can appreciate Arch's package management more because you 've used all the others managers first hand, other Nixers just read about it, which is not the same
. Besides, you know as an engineer that it is more important to know where to search for something than knowing it
. I may know a thing or two more because I have used Linux a little more in the past (S.u.S.E, Red Hat before trying Arch) but I'm a lazy
, for example i haven't experimented much with Wayland, btrfs, encryption, dual boots, in those domains (and others I assume) you are clearly better as a power (+adventurous) user and clearly of better service to newcomers
(phew with that said I think I'll be definitely safer from @TbGbe bugging me)
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@npro Oh no! Nobody is going to be safe!
However, my plans have been delayed (workmen in my place). So, for now, you may both relax
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@guigirl said in Arching Vivaldians.:
Timeshift has been fabulous in all my ext4 systems post-TW
I tried that once... then I realized I don't really need it
. If something (ever) happens I can
chroot
from another environment and continue from there. But ok, I guess I would recommend it to newbies too.@guigirl said in Arching Vivaldians.:
Have any of you gurus used this? https://itsfoss.com/shrine-os/.
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Good news for those that use newer kernels, Linux 5.15 Adds New Syscall To More Quickly Free Memory Of Dying Processes
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@guigirl said in Arching Vivaldians.:
my pkg count is a bit anorexic
Ever thought installing gnome? You get plenty & instantly, in my case:
[npro@vu ~]$ pacman -Sp gnome gnome-extra | wc -l 276
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@guigirl When in doubt - keep 'em guessing
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@guigirl said in Vivaldi is the default browser on Manjaro Linux Cinnamon:
@npro If i were you, i'd simply go right ahead & delete that troublemaker
nobody
from your system. I mean, why not, what could possibly go wrong?nobody
knows. Oh, wait...ooooohhh... you don't mess with
nobody
, you don't pokenobody
!nobody
is primordial...> Last Passw.: Sat 2020-06-06 03:00:00 EEST
while:
[npro@vu ~]$ stat / | grep -i birth Birth: 2020-06-21 02:19:06.000000000 +0300
I remember like it was yesterday... "peasants", like dunkyb, thinking they could "remove"
nobody
ahahaha
I once (on a different forum) read about someone who had deleted his 'nobody' user. When he logged in the next time, he was greeted with a message: "You don't exist. Go away!"
nobody
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@guigirl My god... they are trying so hard to reach the bottom of the barrel, but there is no bottom for them
Migrating the single most critical pieces of software on an Ubuntu install to a package format regularly criticised as slow and buggy is a brave move.
So hey: kudos for that.