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Post by Skalle on May 12, 2016 16:30:49 GMT -6
This is a tough one. Which distro is your favorite? I can't choose one. I like Arch, Debian and Funtoo. They all have their strengths and weaknesses. I like Debian for stability, I like Arch for bleeding-edge software, and I like Funtoo for learning how GNU/Linux works. Void is also kind of cool, since it's like Arch except smaller repositories and doesn't use systemd. Debian is nice because you can use sysvinit, and of course Funtoo uses OpenRC. The bad thing about Arch is that though you can install OpenRC, you are guaranteed to break a lot of things. Of course, the coolest distro is Gentoo/Funtoo, followed by Arch, then in last place Debian since just about anybody can run that. Thoughts?
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Post by Skalle on May 22, 2016 20:25:38 GMT -6
I think I like Void more than Arch, now that I've considered it more. To hell with systemd!
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Post by bowtiev8 on May 31, 2016 11:00:50 GMT -6
I will have to say Trisquel is my new favorite OS, partly because it's using the .deb package manager, and partly because of their Libre philosophy.
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Post by Skalle on Jun 2, 2016 21:43:07 GMT -6
Are you still running it in a VM or is it permanently installed? You can get just about anything in the Debian repositories.
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Post by bowtiev8 on Jun 6, 2016 12:00:15 GMT -6
I'm still running it in a VM. Thinking about if I should install it on one of my old laptops, but I'm worried about the wifi driver.
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Post by Skalle on Jun 6, 2016 21:59:28 GMT -6
Get a dongle. Not much else you can do, unfortunately.
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Post by bowtiev8 on Jun 8, 2016 12:09:58 GMT -6
Seems like that would be a good option.
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Post by Skalle on Jun 8, 2016 13:37:19 GMT -6
There are some chipsets that are supported by free software, though. I guess you'd have to check.
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Post by bowtiev8 on Jun 13, 2016 11:14:05 GMT -6
I'm working on it.
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Post by Skalle on Jun 13, 2016 14:55:31 GMT -6
You could just run Trisquel live and see if stuff is supported. If not, you have your answer.
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Post by bowtiev8 on Jun 14, 2016 12:15:34 GMT -6
That's a good way to do it. I think I need to get a Wi-Fi USB dongle first if I want to have Wi-Fi.
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Post by Skalle on Jun 14, 2016 19:52:32 GMT -6
I think it's pretty easy to find Linux-compatible dongles. (Yes, I did use Linux correctly there. )
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Post by bowtiev8 on Jun 16, 2016 15:24:38 GMT -6
Do you know about a good one, that is also small in size?
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Post by Skalle on Jun 16, 2016 16:46:16 GMT -6
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