Distro-hoppers Anonymous

Digit · 2012-08-18 12:18:36

challenged myself to make a distro in 2 hours.
the result:

name: quickie
'splanation: http://di.fuge.it/quickiereadme
download: http://di.fuge.it/quickie.iso

any resembelence to other distros, in style or package selection, is purely "coincidental". wink

sqlpython · 2012-08-18 16:58:56

@Digit
Fun Stuff!
Well Done.

sqlpython · 2012-08-18 17:02:38

@hinto wrote:

It's even supposed to be less resource intensive than Gnome 3 Shell.

Personally, Gnome 3 is more then I can bear. JMO

@hhh
Nice and light!

chameleon · 2012-08-18 22:11:14

Manjaro 0.8.0 beta ready for testing.
Head on over to Manjaro Linux and sign up to test the new beta.

http://blog.manjaro.org/

Some nice work here cool

merelyjim · 2012-08-19 00:45:28

hinto wrote:

I was just thinking of:
Desktop Environments for Linux
-H

....and... bookmarked. Thanks.

sqlpython · 2012-08-19 02:51:34

@chameleon wrote

Manjaro 0.8.0 beta ready for testing.

Went to the site and read up....
Kool project..! cool
I really think this can catch on..

p120d16y · 2012-08-19 03:19:41

Manjaro looks pretty neat. I might just sign up for beta testing.

gurtid · 2012-08-19 08:12:41

^-- am downloading the xfce version now wink

p120d16y · 2012-08-19 16:46:32

^ I'm about to do the same.

machinebacon · 2012-08-20 11:04:33

Hopped to StartOS 5.0 (formerly "known as" YLMF)

Some screenshots: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/1052 … 7902965729

Independent distro, so no Ubuntu-base or crap like that. Uses yget and ypkg for package management, and they are fairly up-to-date. Nice!

tao te · 2012-08-20 12:10:53

machinebacon wrote:

Hopped to StartOS 5.0 (formerly "known as" YLMF)
Some screenshots: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/1052 … 7902965729
Independent distro, so no Ubuntu-base or crap like that. Uses yget and ypkg for package management, and they are fairly up-to-date. Nice!

... do you have an english documentation and download link for me?

elvaqueroloco · 2012-08-20 13:43:00

^^ Look quite stunning, actually. Beautiful wallpaper and I like the transparency for the menu. Thanks for posting, MB smile

chameleon · 2012-08-20 15:10:55

Manjaro xfce 0.8.0 released!

http://blog.manjaro.org/2012/08/20/fina … d/#respond

pidsley · 2012-08-20 16:41:00

Source Mage running on the test box. It's a strange little source-based distro, forked from Sorcerer. Instead of building a port, you "cast" a "spell" and a repo is called a grimoire (means "textbook of magic"). The package manager is called Sorcery.

I was in dependency hell for a little while (appropriate for this distro), but I finally got it all working. I thought evilwm fit the theme, so here it is:

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machinebacon · 2012-08-20 16:49:13

@elvaqueroloco
Thanks for your comment. I like the transparency, too.

@tao te

The link to the ISO directory on the server is

http://release.startos.org/release/

The ISO comes with Chinese by default. The installer has an English option (see screenshot link below), that's the left pull-down menu. The installed system is fully English.

http://i.imgur.com/ZgJIE.png

I had no luck preparing a USB drive with dd (which i suppose is a problem of this precious flash drive), so I used linuxliveusb ("LiLiUSB")

English documentation? This one is a bit tricky smile It does have a full English localization, and the package management mocks Debian: dpkg is ypkg, apt-get is yget:

yget --update
yget --upgrade
yget --search pidgin # This you need if you don't know the package name, equivalent to apt-cache search
yget --install pidgin

...like this. There's a software center, too.

The packages are on the server, alphabetically filed under http://pkg.startos.org/packages/, if you need older package versions or run into conflicts (until now it was fine).

If there are any question, feel free to ask.

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p120d16y · 2012-08-20 16:49:18

^ Source Mage looks pretty neat. I've never heard of that one.
Damn, I've been reading into the SourceMage site and am finding it very cool.
Reminds me of slack a few years ago.

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pidsley · 2012-08-20 17:03:26

^ if you're looking for a source-based distro to play with, I really like CRUX -- it was easier to install and has a more rational package manager (in my opinion).

(or maybe if you like Slackware you don't want a rational package manager? smile )

I'm also not sure why I have this thing for source-based distros, but I do. I'm hoping a new version of Lunar comes out soon.

(edited and removed comment about not knowing how to keep Source Mage up to date -- I found it in the wiki)

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p120d16y · 2012-08-20 17:17:05

^ Yeah, I'm still reading through their wiki and finding out what I can about it. I also like source distros, although I must admit I've been on #! for nearly two years and haven't played around with much else. I really love FreeBSD and Debian, and I haven't found much else to make me want to switch my main system.

pidsley · 2012-08-20 17:22:08

^ That's why I have three test boxes smile I have Debian on my main machine (it used to be #!, but now I think it's more like just Wheezy), a machine with Gentoo and Crux on it, another with Arch, both statlers and waldorf (for answering questions), and the last one is for hopping; that's where SourceMage is running now.

p120d16y · 2012-08-20 17:43:41

^ I don't have multiple machines right now or I would do the same. I've moved FAR too much in the past 2-3 years and have literally gotten rid of a few machines. I have one box here that is way too old to do anything with at all even. Has 32mb of RAM, CD drive does not work, and obviously cannot USB boot. Has not ethernet, as ethernet was not even out yet.
The other two computers are off limits for experimentation because they aren't mine.

Digit · 2012-08-20 21:11:28

p12od16y, does your old machine have floppy drive?

there's some interesting floppy sized distros out there that rarely get a mention. or maybe you could give it a loan of a cd drive to get it up n running... and then hook up some kind of serial connection or something to get it on the web. maybe you could get something like slitaz lo-ram, connochaetos, puppy or dsl on it. ... it sounds like an interesting challenge, a fun lil project in the waiting.

manjaro, tempting, but nah. i'm still on a grump about arch. ^_^

startos, dling. XD i thought i was saving myself from distroholistic excesses by not visiting distrowatch this week. ... but i still keep coming here. ^_^

p120d16y · 2012-08-20 22:40:34

^ Yeah, I believe it does have a floppy, but I don't have floppies! Could be worth a try, you're right. I gave it a try, and couldnt believe the CDROM was fried or somehow broken and temporarily gave up.

also, @Digit, I PM'd you, I'm sure you just haven't noticed. I know I never get PMs anyway.

sqlpython · 2012-08-21 01:51:06

@pidsley wrote

or maybe if you like Slackware you don't want a rational package manager?

What ? .... Click here.. http://db.tt/sieY0yfP

pidsley · 2012-08-21 01:55:47

^ I wondered when you'd notice that comment... wink

p120d16y · 2012-08-21 01:56:41

I chuckled at it myself.

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