tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post6352950954649095505..comments2024-03-18T10:43:28.122+00:00Comments on Linux notes from DarkDuck: What would be my own ideal Linux distribution?DarkDuck (m)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06273784224243667602noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-59141797829790169262013-07-08T06:19:01.353+01:002013-07-08T06:19:01.353+01:00Icedove stores profiles.ini in
~/.mozilla-thunderb...Icedove stores profiles.ini in<br />~/.mozilla-thunderbird<br /><br />while Thunderbird stores profiles.ini in<br />~/.thunderbird<br /><br />So you just have to change back and forth the name to have the configuration files handled ...Ethical hackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971973697352744970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-80168234167058389252013-06-28T09:21:17.073+01:002013-06-28T09:21:17.073+01:00That's what I mean. PCLOS is now too far from ...That's what I mean. PCLOS is now too far from its predecessor, which anyway almost deceased. :)<br />The probability of PCLOS moving to Fedora base is only slightly more than Debian merging with RedHat base.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-43908973260479041582013-06-28T03:39:31.334+01:002013-06-28T03:39:31.334+01:00It almost did. Before the 2007 release, Texstar sa...It almost did. Before the 2007 release, Texstar said he was looking into basing PCLinuxOS on Fedora. However, the community voiced their opinion, and it was kept on the Mandriva base, at the time. Now, it's totally forked, and on its own legs.ruel24https://www.blogger.com/profile/01269725400581356824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-62075080506396256252013-06-27T17:06:06.162+01:002013-06-27T17:06:06.162+01:00@Ethical Hacker
I have high respects on Debian, b...@Ethical Hacker<br /><br />I have high respects on Debian, but I still prefer the "Out of the Box" functionality. I have tried debian once in a while, but it is not my distro of choice.<br /><br />Perosnally, I am not a fan of 100% free software. For me, firefox and thunderbird are free where as iceweasel and icedove (the corresponding debian equivalents) are 100% free. As an average end user, I don't want or need to know the licensing differences between firefox and iceweasel. One of the reason I ditched debian is icedove. Not all thunderbird addons are compatible with icedove (Lightning was one of them). These days, I take a backup of ~/.thunderbird folder before I try a new distro. When the new distro is installed, I copy the ~/.thunderbird folder from the backup and when I launch thunderbird, it is preconfigured with everything as it was before. I don't think I can copy the ~/.thunderbird folder into a distro which has icedove in place of thunderbird.<br />Balaji Neelakantanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17540703470334657960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-7481445762984861932013-06-27T03:57:38.295+01:002013-06-27T03:57:38.295+01:00@Everyone
I actually sent a mail to check if the ...@Everyone<br /><br />I actually sent a mail to check if the fork I prepare was done right, from what read between the lines in the subject and comments, it seem to fit well even if someone may don't like some choices at first sight but I'm confident that when you will see why, it could easily liked ...<br /><br />We're are stuck to create an installer but after that, the work will be easy to finish.<br /><br />@DarkDuck<br /><br />Debian ideology don't fit with the out-of-the-box thinking but they have a 100% free software iso and unofficials ones with non-free content and firmwares :<br /><br />http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/<br /><br />After the net install that isn't so hard, add network-manager and configure it ...<br /><br />At the end, knowing some light Linux stuff may help troubleshooting so it's important to keep it, Ubuntu users hardly know Linux even after years using it, any Debian/Arch/Slackware/Gentoo user will beat them with maybe just 3 months of experience ...<br /><br />@Glenn Thigpen/@Balaji Neelakantan<br /><br />Debian with apt-pinning may interest both of you ...Ethical hackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971973697352744970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-51868335686818589162013-06-26T22:20:03.369+01:002013-06-26T22:20:03.369+01:00Honestly, I can't imagine this to happen :)Honestly, I can't imagine this to happen :)DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-44205669545838939722013-06-26T17:05:10.924+01:002013-06-26T17:05:10.924+01:00Personally, if PCLinuxOS did its own Fedora spin, ...Personally, if PCLinuxOS did its own Fedora spin, I think it would be just about perfect...ruel24https://www.blogger.com/profile/01269725400581356824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-60259234592301356242013-06-26T14:28:12.117+01:002013-06-26T14:28:12.117+01:00I would refer you to Lesson 3 of the linked articl...I would refer you to Lesson 3 of the linked article. Please tell me if things changed since I reviewed <a href="http://linuxblog.darkduck.com/2011/04/4-lessons-which-bodhi-linux-taught-me.html" rel="nofollow">Bodhi</a> and <a href="http://linuxblog.darkduck.com/2011/01/when-old-is-better-than-new-or.html" rel="nofollow">Nimblex</a> myself.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-64226582513029133792013-06-26T14:14:33.585+01:002013-06-26T14:14:33.585+01:00You point out some "fundamental flaws" w...You point out some "fundamental flaws" with Enlightenment and pointed to another long blog of yours. Would you care to summarize what those flaws are? <br />I use Bodhi and have yet to find a better DE than Enlightenment but that doesn't mean I am closed minded. I have used IceWM too and find Enlightenment far more usable and customizable.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189852172093196505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-25510739227196896892013-06-26T13:45:22.658+01:002013-06-26T13:45:22.658+01:00Brilliantly said: I want my operating system to be...Brilliantly said: <i>I want my operating system to be so good that I hardly notice it is there at all.</i>DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-34641159902341074072013-06-26T13:41:04.688+01:002013-06-26T13:41:04.688+01:00I think you raise a brilliant point with the local...I think you raise a brilliant point with the localisation issues. It is something as a native English speaker that I would probably never speak about.<br /><br />For me the distro has to make it as easy as possible to do the things I want to do. For instance if I want to watch a video then I want to get to that video with the minimum of keystrokes/mouse movements. I want to be able to watch the video on native hardware and via a connection to a HD TV. <br /><br />I want my hardware to work and I want it to work without fiddling around in the command line. I want my internet connection to work.<br /><br />I want my operating system to be so good that I hardly notice it is there at all.<br /><br />Gary Newellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778497593187208906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-86020970767311181552013-06-26T12:07:53.786+01:002013-06-26T12:07:53.786+01:00If you're so much concerned about your privacy...If you're so much concerned about your privacy, you should not have commented here. This blog is posted on Blogger, which is a part of Google empire. :)DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-55147153492678224152013-06-26T10:54:44.517+01:002013-06-26T10:54:44.517+01:00Skype ..really? NSA data collecting tool, backdoor...Skype ..really? NSA data collecting tool, backdoor intrusion in to your privacy. If that's not enough you want Chrome browser... [shaking head]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-12287351074120997402013-06-26T09:38:22.957+01:002013-06-26T09:38:22.957+01:00Glenn, thanks for sharing your views on the ideal ...Glenn, thanks for sharing your views on the ideal Linux distribution! :)DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-89597205920736424182013-06-26T09:36:51.637+01:002013-06-26T09:36:51.637+01:00Nice to see you here, Texstar! If you bother, do y...Nice to see you here, Texstar! If you bother, do you mind an interview with DarkDuck? ;)DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-13496232586268950922013-06-26T09:35:46.700+01:002013-06-26T09:35:46.700+01:00There are some ideology restrictions in Debian, wh...There are some ideology restrictions in Debian, which mean some hardware will never work "out of the box" in Debian. I mean closed-source drivers.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-87883463178928643892013-06-26T08:23:20.580+01:002013-06-26T08:23:20.580+01:00Just stopping by to give you a virtual bite! lol
Just stopping by to give you a virtual bite! lol<br />Texstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860934160272275701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-10668163660608174272013-06-26T05:44:52.681+01:002013-06-26T05:44:52.681+01:00It's sort of funny. I started out with Slackwa... It's sort of funny. I started out with Slackware and tried Redhat and a couple of other distributions when I was first getting my feet wet in Linux.<br /><br />I went to Debian eventually because of its package management system and because it forced me to learn more about how things worked.<br /><br />I eventually started looking for Debian based systems which were more polished than the stock Debian distros. Mepis (I really liked it but it gets updated too infrequently and is almost a one man show.) Knoppix, Kanotix, Aptosid, Siduction, Ubuntu, and Linux Mint.<br /><br />I shied away from Ubuntu based distros because their software is not compatible with the Debian repositories. I really like the Linux Mint Debian based distribution, but for some odd reason, I decided to go back and try pure Debian. Well, not really pure because I enable the non-free stuff.<br /><br />And I use the unstable branch because I have a techno-lust and as stodgy and old as I am, I like to live on the bleeding edge, distribution wise, anyway.<br /><br />Debian has all of the software packages I want and is pretty easy to install. I still use the text based installation tools. And, believe it or not, I went from KDE (when the 4.0 not ready for primetime fiasco hit the fan), to XFCE4, to Icewm.<br /><br />Debian and Icewm does everything (almost) that I want and need. But I am just a crazy old codger anyway.<br /><br />GlennGlenn Thigpenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16289698106336334148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-39112503322278815642013-06-26T05:44:31.012+01:002013-06-26T05:44:31.012+01:00" But there are some aspects that will never ..." But there are some aspects that will never make Debian my personal ideal Linux Distribution. "<br /><br />It would be fun to see you define them so someone could maybe make you say the reverse one day ...Ethical hackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971973697352744970noreply@blogger.com