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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, th...

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% :shock:. Use MPlayer or SMPlayer to save CPU cycles. The performance difference ...

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 th...

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. Th...

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,...

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 p...

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-f...

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 Clonez...

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. Actual...

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. ...

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. Somet...

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 rea...

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 wi...

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...