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1 • KDE (by erinis on 2016-08-08 08:17:51 GMT from Europe)
Nooooooo please keep the blue KDE gear logo blue Clem. Times change but this is not a ripe time considering the converts from windows 10 who may have dabbled a bit in the past. Thanks
2 • Great tips (by Andrew on 2016-08-08 09:06:59 GMT from North America)
Really liked the tips on nice and renice this week.
3 • ~ (by a on 2016-08-08 09:10:05 GMT from Europe)
You can type ~ by pressing ALT and k.
4 • Weekly updates (by Andy Mender on 2016-08-08 09:19:43 GMT from Europe)
It's nice to see things coming along. I'm already testing FreeBSD 11.0-BETA4 since it was released. Cannot wait to get my hands on RC and -RELEASE. Obviously, things will not change majorly, but I'm already happy that Haswell graphics support is there.
5 • How to get ~ (by SuperOscar on 2016-08-08 09:23:40 GMT from Europe)
You shouldn’t assume too much on how to get different characters on the keyboard since the keystrokes are of course layout-dependent. On the Finnish keyboard, ~ is quite tricky to get: first you press AltGr and the [~ " ^] key (those three characters on top of each other), then the spacebar because the [~ " ^] is a dead key.
6 • noop seems to be an accurate description (by curious on 2016-08-08 10:07:08 GMT from Europe)
So this distro fails to install and - after the installation was corrected manually - fails to boot: No operation.
But what is the idea or misssion behind this distro? Someone apparently wrote a shell script that works(?) as yet another package manager (there are more than 20 - that definitely do work - described on the "Package Management" page alone). Why is that needed and what are its claimed advantages (besides the inherent slowness of such a script)?
7 • noop (by Joe P on 2016-08-08 11:12:43 GMT from North America)
My first thought was that noop might be the default ioscheduler on that distro.
8 • Mint KDE (by Grzegorz W on 2016-08-08 13:03:52 GMT from North America)
@1 - New KDE semem to be abandoning Blue in charge of more colorfull theme or in some cases to more violet-like, so maybe color KDE Mint logo in violet ;).
More serious - Plasma shipped with ubuntu 16.04 is too buggy and feature-less. I tried newer version shipped by KDE Neon project (5.7) and it is MUCH BETTER. E.g. session management (restoring apps to thier state after re-start) finally start more-less working, there is Weather plasmoid added, and many more other fixes and improvements important for desktop and present in old-good KDE4.
I dream KDE Mint would ship with this newer Plasma or at least consider upgrading to Plasma 5.7 or newer with 18.1. Of course I know this may be diffucult as Mint shares repositories with Ubuntu with I doubt will upgrade KDE in its LTS branch.
9 • noop (by Jordan on 2016-08-08 13:10:20 GMT from North America)
So we have a prank distro in the archives. Cool.
No poll this week. Durn it.
10 • Opinion Poll (by Jesse on 2016-08-08 13:25:47 GMT from North America)
Hi all. The reason there is no poll and no torrents this week is I was really sick the past couple of days. Didn't have the time/energy to add those features. They will be back next week assuming all goes well. In the mean time, feel free to send me poll ideas. They often come from reader suggestions.
11 • 'man init' alternative or additional command (by Pearson on 2016-08-08 13:45:20 GMT from North America)
In case the "man init" command isn't obvious about which init system, most package mangers provide a "whatprovides" type command. So, on my RHEL6 computer, I can use the following commands:
$ cat /proc/1/comm
init
$ type init
init is /sbin/init
$ rpmquery --whatprovides /sbin/init
upstart-0.6.5-16.el6.x86_64
This show that RHEL6 uses the upstart package to supply init. Of course, "man init' also shows
init(8) init(8)
NAME
init - Upstart process management daemon
12 • @11 (by simple on 2016-08-08 14:32:33 GMT from Europe)
Rhel6 is not a very interesting distro for us normal users, correct?
13 • @ 10 Get well! (by Alex on 2016-08-08 14:36:16 GMT from Europe)
Get well, Jessie!
Regarding opinion polls and reviews, how about doing a poll of Devuan based distros and a review of the few Devuan based live installable distros, available at the moment in the internet? True, Devuan is still beta, but it would be interesting.
14 • ionice is nice too; Get will soon (by A guy has no name on 2016-08-08 15:09:53 GMT from North America)
For processes more limited by disk I/O than processor, ionice and iotop can be useful tools.
15 • @12 re: RHEL6 (by Pearson on 2016-08-08 15:42:48 GMT from North America)
I suspect there are at least a few who find REHL6 relevant, sine it's still well supported by Red Hat (ergo its derivatives like CentOS) and still used in corporate environments.
However, the relevance of RHEL6 wasn't my point. I was just giving an example of how to use the package manager to find which package provides the init executable, and RHEL6 happens to be what I'm using at work. I'm sure that apt, zypper(?), pacman, and others have a similar capability.
16 • noop (by OhioJoe on 2016-08-08 21:51:08 GMT from North America)
I decided to try the Noop Xfce edition, hoping for better results. The GParted partition manager did not work there either. I was also unable to use fdisc. Following the directions on the wiki, I made and formatted a partition, but when attempting to mount the partition was told there was no partition found. I was also unable to get the distribution working.
Wishing them luck.
17 • @3 @5 Tilde and Backquote on Italian Keyboard (by Alessandro di Roma on 2016-08-09 07:12:10 GMT from Europe)
For instance on my Italian Keyboard I can get "`" (Backquote) by hitting AltGr + "'" (Single Quote), and "~" (Tilde) by hitting AltGr + "ì" (Stressed "i"). By the way, this works on Linux but not on Windows.
If somebody cares (Danish/German/Icelandic/Polish/Spanish people with Italian Keyboard?!) by AltGr (with or without Shift) I can get all the following characters:
¦ ¡ ˝ ~ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ™ ± ˛ ¿ ^
¬ ¹ ² ³ ¼ ½ ¬ { [ ] } ` ~
Ω Ł ¢ ® Ŧ ¥ ↑ ı Ø Þ { }
@ ł € ¶ ŧ ← ↓ → ø þ [ ]
Æ § Ð ª Ŋ Ħ Ł ¸ ° ˘
æ ß ð đ ŋ ħ ł @ # `
© ‘ ’ Ñ º × ¨ ÷ »
« » ¢ “ ” ñ µ ´ · ¯ «
18 • Well? Well what? (by Europe)
How much would I have to donate in order for OpenBSD to release an official LiveCD?
19 • @18 OpenBSD (by imnotrich on 2016-08-09 07:25:28 GMT from North America)
Um, does OpenBSD even support CD-ROMs? I thought BSD was still using floppies.
20 • @19 OpenBSD (by curious on 2016-08-09 08:04:11 GMT from Europe)
Oh, they support CD-ROMs allright. But only root may use them, since CDs are a security risk.
21 • @18 @19 OpenBSD (by Andy Mender on 2016-08-09 08:10:47 GMT from Europe)
OpenBSD has live images for both CD/DVD-ROMs (*.iso images) and USB or SD flash drives (*.fs images).
There was a tool for mounting media by the user, but I think it was removed due to potential security risks in version 5.9.
22 • German keyboard used in English (by Alexi on 2016-08-09 09:55:40 GMT from North America)
There are 2 ways to use the German keyboard in English, to paste signs on the keyboard, or remember the place. After a while, I remember the places and typing becomes automatic
23 • @3 (by Scrumtime on 2016-08-09 11:26:39 GMT from North America)
I have a Swedish keyboard using a spanish OS, in English GB language
i can get ~ in 2 places none where you said ALT +K gives me nothing at all
NOOP i can confirm all of the above failures to get it running......do people even check whether the distro works before releasing it.....
24 • @11 (by ashnazg on 2016-08-09 20:18:48 GMT from North America)
I tested the following command on CentOS 7.2.1511:
$ rpm -qf "/sbin/init"
systemd-219-19.el7.x86_64
Presumably it should work on all RPM-based distributions. Likewise, the following command (tested on Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela) should work on all Debian-based distributions:
$ dpkg -S /sbin/init
upstart: /sbin/init
This command works for Void Linux 4.5.2:
$ xbps-query -o "*/init"
runit-void-20160419_1: /usr/bin/init -> /usr/bin/runit-init (link)
Slackware doesn't have a comparable command that I am aware of, but you can find the same information using the following command (tested on Slackware 14.2):
$ grep "sbin/init" /var/log/scripts/*
/var/log/scripts/sysvinit-2.88dsf-x86_64-4:if [ -r sbin/init ]; then
/var/log/scripts/sysvinit-2.88dsf-x86_64-4: mv sbin/init sbin/init.old
/var/log/scripts/sysvinit-2.88dsf-x86_64-4:mv sbin/init.new sbin/init
/var/log/scripts/sysvinit-2.88dsf-x86_64-4: /sbin/init u
/var/log/scripts/sysvinit-2.88dsf-x86_64-4:rm -f sbin/init.old
I don't currently have an Arch-based or Gentoo-based distribution, but Arch provides a table comparing package management commands at the following URL:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman/Rosetta
Lastly, OpenBSD provides a command with similar functionality, yet when I tried it out on OpenBSD 5.9, I got no output:
$ pkg_info -qE /sbin/init
$
Why that is so is left as an exercise for the reader.
(Note: most of these commands assume that "init" or a link thereto is located at /sbin/init. This is usually the case on Unix & clones, but not always, as can be seen from the Void Linux example above. Also, on CentOS /sbin/init and /usr/sbin/init are symbolic links to systemd.)
25 • Great review of the ubuntu phone last week... too good??? (by Larry De Coste on 2016-08-09 23:46:07 GMT from South America)
The Meizu Pro 5 ubuntu edition is out of stock everywhere I looked today!!
I especially liked the depth of the review and how it stood up as a phone,
26 • noop linux (by Ronald Buckman on 2016-08-10 02:32:25 GMT from North America)
I tryed noop linux KDE back in 2013. It, did run well for me at the time, except the sleep button didn't work for suspend to RAM. noop linux is a small independent distro. It's tough to maintain an independent distro without a large staff of several contributors.
27 • @26 noop linux (by Andy Mender on 2016-08-10 08:19:47 GMT from Europe)
While I understand it's tough running an independent GNU/Linux distribution, I don't understand why yet another distribution is necessary. We already have hundreds of projects and some of them are in dire need of help to keep the quality constant. I'm sorry to come across as a prick, but excessive forking and spawning distributions merely dilutes human effort and nothing else.
28 • Excessive forking? (by Poet Nohit on 2016-08-10 13:13:06 GMT from North America)
How much forking is too much? If anything, I think there aren't enough distributions.
The only "benefit" of monoculture is that it makes life more convenient for those prone to groupthink and tribalism. If you want a disaster to happen for certain, then you are headed the right direction.
29 • @28 You may be right, but... (by curious on 2016-08-10 13:35:36 GMT from Europe)
... noop seems to be a particularly useless distro. Yet another package manager (when there already is a large choice of working ones available) IS questionable - I really would like to know what its supposed advantages are, especially since it must be rather slow (shell script). And considering the other "qualities" of this distro, there is considerable doubt as to whether would work at all.
30 • @27 (by Alex on 2016-08-10 14:52:36 GMT from North America)
Well, you are!
Why don't you eat the same food given as a baby today?
The guy tried, and maybe trying again to create a distro or an operating system, but he didn't ask anyone to make a review. Let him keep on trying. Maybe, you would create one too?
31 • @27, 28 (by Justin on 2016-08-10 15:08:49 GMT from North America)
In a sense, you're both right. Let's use the human body as an analogy. My body is made up of millions of cells. I need enough of those cells working together in order to make up my organs, muscles, blood, and other innards. At the same time, I need a diversity of organs to survive, and even with that diversity, they all still need to work together to keep me alive.
Too many cells dividing up to become a hoard of little kidneys (for example) will lead to none of them working well at all. However, having one giant kidney at the expense of other organs (e.g., my lungs) will lead to dysfunction in a different way. Not to mention, all of these organs have to work together to have a healthy body. My heart can't revolt against my brain; the "civil war" would literally kill me. The same is true for many other combinations.
I see the Linux community much the same way. We need enough people working on major projects to have what is necessary for Linux, etc., survive, grow, and be healthy. Too many "mutations" become a distraction, although evolution requires the experimenting at times. At the same time, having one monolithic project that covers everything that everyone belongs too is just like a giant single-cell organism--there's a reason why multi-cell ones are dominant.
So, I'm happy that we have so many distributions to choose from and the ability to do so. Yet, we should check to see if there is more value in collaborating to build something bigger with others rather than always going our separate ways. At the end of the day, I'm happy to have that choice, and I respect the choice of those to chose differently from me.
32 • @28 @31 Linux ecosystems as... (by Andy Mender on 2016-08-10 16:01:09 GMT from Europe)
I think an analogy to organism populations is a bit more fitting than the human body. In the latter we assume the organism (GNU/Linux) requires all of the individual parts (distributions), which it doesn't. Ubuntu (kidney? heart?) does not require Fedora or openSUSE to work properly, since it anyhow uses a large subset of its own, home-brewed tools. Individual open-source projects are of course a different matter - the blood of the whole ecosystem.
When we think of the GNU/Linux ecosystem as a real, biological ecosystem, this makes more sense to me. Each distribution is a population, which gives rise to new populations (distributions, spins) or individuals (open-source projects). New individuals with potentially beneficial traits (interesting tools, programs, etc.) appear and per their fitness advantage stay (or not) in the population and in the ecosystem.
'How much forking is too much?' When it becomes subjectively, painfully obvious that the new distributions don't offer anything that would let them remain in the ecosystem.
33 • @32 (by Yand on 2016-08-10 20:01:52 GMT from Europe)
Interchange some same-name libraries (/usr/lib) from Fedora to Ubuntu and vice versa and see, if the Fedora and Ubuntu would boot up and the given application would boot up. Only, it should be of the same architecture 32 bit or 64 bit. It might surprise you!
Its just a case of different package managers, rather than the files and folders themselves.
34 • Forks, distros & Distrowatch: MIDDLEWARE. (by Greg Zeng on 2016-08-11 08:04:21 GMT from Oceania)
MIDDLEWARE:
"Anything between the kernel and user applications is considered middleware." [detailed diagram shown]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middleware
The "kernel" used could be Linux or Windows, 32 or 64 bit, but not Mac for the (application) mentioned below. The Linux version of (application) allows use of many CPU's not available to Windows.
In use, (application) is something to read, write and view the Internet, regardless of CPU, operating system, or time. Every operating system, other than "kernel" and (application), is Middleware.
My (application) of choice is Slimjet web browser (http://www.slimjet.com/en/dlpage.php). Slimjet auto-synchronizes my add-ons (64 enabled add-ons, of 159 total) and Chrome-based settings each time I boot into it, no matter what CPU, which operating system and which version of (application) I had last used the (application).
Eventually this (application) will fit into Canonical's Snappy, or Red Hats or other package managers, and allow the truly transportable: WORM that application writers want: "Write-Once, Run-Many".
35 • @34 Middleware (by OstroL on 2016-08-14 04:59:43 GMT from Europe)
How true!
Like i wrote few weeks ago, it is time for stand-alone and/or self-contained apps, rather than distros. Practically all web browsers are stand-alone applications. LibreOffice is too, and many other applications straight from the developer's web site. No need of a dedicated package manager to "install" these apps.
Most probably, if not already there'd be a AppWatch, alongside Distrowatch regarding Linux kernel based distros/operating systems. In Windows, it was always app watch in all kinds of web pages.
36 • @23 - noop not alone! (by Basil Fernie on 2016-08-14 07:41:51 GMT from Africa)
I have been trying now all sorts of gyrations to get Robolinux to boot on a variety of machines, with or without live internet connection, and am becoming obsessive about this! I've probably tried the last half dozen releases...
Is there a live soul out there who has accomplished this Herculean task? If so, please share the secret, I want to try it out!
Robolinux seem to pride themselves on the level of security of their distro. Well, I suppose if no one can boot it, there's no way of ever producing or accessing content that could be hacked.
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| • Issue 1115 (2025-03-31): GrapheneOS 2025, the rise of portable package formats, MidnightBSD and openSUSE experiment with new package management features, Plank dock reborn, key infrastructure projects lose funding, postmarketOS to focus on reliability |
| • Issue 1114 (2025-03-24): Bazzite 41, checking which processes are writing to disk, Rocky unveils new Hardened branch, GNOME 48 released, generating images for the Raspberry Pi |
| • Issue 1113 (2025-03-17): MocaccinoOS 1.8.1, how to contribute to open source, Murena extends on-line installer, Garuda tests COSMIC edition, Ubuntu to replace coreutils with Rust alternatives, Chimera Linux drops RISC-V builds |
| • Issue 1112 (2025-03-10): Solus 4.7, distros which work with Secure Boot, UBports publishes bug fix, postmarketOS considers a new name, Debian running on Android |
| • Issue 1111 (2025-03-03): Orbitiny 0.01, the effect of Ubuntu Core Desktop, Gentoo offers disk images, elementary OS invites feature ideas, FreeBSD starts PinePhone Pro port, Mint warns of upcoming Firefox issue |
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Nova
Nova is a user-friendly, desktop-oriented Linux distribution developed by the University of Computer Sciences in Havana, Cuba. In the product's early days the operating system was based on Gentoo Linux and Sabayon Linux, but starting from version 2.1 the developers have chosen Ubuntu as the base system. The project releases three separate editions - "Escritorio" (with GNOME Shell), "Ligero" (with a Nova-developed lightweight desktop called "Guano") and "Servidor" (a variant for servers).
Status: Dormant
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