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1 • IPV? (by DaveW on 2023-11-06 02:02:25 GMT from United States)
IPV4 and IPV6 are both set to automatic in my network manager. Does that mean they are both being used?
2 • Porteus should have been my top distro (by mnrv-ovrf-year-c on 2023-11-06 02:21:44 GMT from Puerto Rico)
I am chicken to use Slackware like the "brothers"... "Alienbob's" instructions on how to install "multilib" are too deep for me. I agree that "slapt-get" shouldn't be incorporated into the Slackware ISO for the next version, because I have had a few issues with it. But Porteu(s/X) could give me Wine with "multilib"! Otherwise, for my hobbyist sensibilities, I had to install Slackware 32-bit. It limits very much what I could use such as AppImages.
Porteus is precisely the distro I keep around to jump into a desktop to do stuff. Because all others I have are taking much longer than 30 seconds to boot, then let me log in and then even more time to show me the desktop. Porteus is a good plan for people who dislike upgrading and are satisfied with what they have on their limited equipment. It's good for me once I cannot have my own paid Internet any further. To follow Slackware "current" it is advised to go with PorteuX. That one should be updated more frequently.
I really wanted to go further checking out the mutation called Nemesis, which is based on Arch Linux instead.
3 • IP6 (by Jan on 2023-11-06 02:27:33 GMT from Netherlands)
According to an explanation at PCLinuxOS, enabled IP6 causes a slow down of the PC-system.
If you open the Network Manager Application in PCLinuxOS you can set an IP4 DNS (for instance from a DNS provider with malware protection), but setting IP6 DNS is disabled.
4 • IP6/IP4 setting @3 (by Jan on 2023-11-06 02:33:44 GMT from Netherlands)
If you change the IP4/IP6 DNS, you have to open ¨Method¨ and choose the item with ¨Adresses¨
5 • @1 (by Head_on_a_Stick on 2023-11-06 06:08:59 GMT from United Kingdom)
Check with:
ip -6 a
^ That will show any active IPv6 connections.
See https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/IPv6#Disable_IPv6 for distibtion-agnostic instructions that don't presume NetworkManager is in use.
6 • IPV4 and IPV6 (by Romane on 2023-11-06 08:26:03 GMT from Australia)
My network is all IPV4. The main reason is that I find the IPV4 syntax familiar and simple, while that for IPV6 is, to put it simply, just too complicated (for all its advantages and reason for existence).
That, and my service provider only provides me with IPV4 - my plan does not include IPV6, though my router is capable. I am happy with that situation for the same reasons given for my network in the paragraph above.
7 • Porsteus package management (by Otis on 2023-11-06 11:23:23 GMT from United States)
They want a temp file removed: /tmp/.ppmlock to address one of the package management issues.
Worked for me after a restart.
8 • Do you use IPv4 or IPv6? (by James on 2023-11-06 12:31:54 GMT from United States)
I believe I use IPv4 as it is the default.
I would have no idea how to switch that too IPv6. Though like @1 said, it is set to automatic. I recognize the IPv4 IP address, but do not recognize the IPv6 IP address. It has never showed up when I have done an online or terminal IP check.
9 • IPv4 vs IPv6 (by Some Random User on 2023-11-06 13:13:20 GMT from United States)
@6 As long as you are not the DNS server or use an app/service that requires you to type in the IP Address, just use the domain name.
10 • Distro "Proprietary" Software (by John Lamb on 2023-11-06 17:35:52 GMT from United States)
My hobby/passion is meteorology. There is one radar display app that is free (but is an electron app) for Linux.
However, the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) of the US National Weather Service is also available for use by the general public. There is a cloud data feed of all the information necessary to use it and the only feature missing is the ability to "send" warnings out for obvious reasons.
However, it was developed solely for RHEL 7.x but is set to move to RHEL 8.x with the new v20 release coming soon (tm). As it was a government contract, the developers (Raytheon Corp) had one OS to build for and support so that's all there is. I've never seen any attempts to port it to a more general Linux environment.
As an Artix user, I have two choices: a VM (performance and graphics hit) or a separate machine to dedicate to it. Both are lousy options to be honest, yet, I'm looking at the dedicated machine for it.
I've been tempted to install FreeBSD and see if the Linuxulator will run it but that's just another layer of PITA I don't want to resolve and maintain.
11 • IPv6 (by mehdi on 2023-11-06 19:22:21 GMT from Algeria)
IPv6 is not available in my country (Algeria)
We don't have a choice.
12 • IPv6 (by Vukota on 2023-11-07 07:18:26 GMT from Serbia)
It is just too much hassle to chase down issues when things gets routed wrong way, and/or something doesn't work or is not configured right for IPv6. IPv4 is easy to type and understand, IPv6, not so, and with mix it gets really complicated. I explicitly disable IPv6 on all devices I have control of, even the ones I do not fully control, I have a script to disable all IPv6 configs in order to avoid headaches that pops out after updates, unless I disable v6 end to end.
13 • IPv6 (from Brazil) (by Douglas Silva on 2023-11-07 17:46:52 GMT from Brazil)
The only complication comes from my ISP - they don't give me a static prefix. That results in unpredictable global-unicast addresses with the default address generation method (stable-privacy). To work around this I use the "eui-64" method, which generates the interface identifier based on its MAC.
And in the OpenWrt router firewall I have to use a wildcard-like (or mask) address to refer to a specific device:
::d7a6:3dff:fa9c:b7da/::ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff
I think it's about time we moved away from IPv4. It's ridiculous how long it's taking. It sure takes a lot of effort to learn how IPv6 works, but it's very interesting and powerful to know. Not many people know it, not many people care - and that's more of a reason to try it, because we need it.
14 • IPv6 (from Brazil) - complementing (by Douglas Silva on 2023-11-07 18:04:43 GMT from Brazil)
The unstable prefix given by my ISP interferes with the default interface identifier generation method, and produces ever-changing global-unicast and ULAs (Unique Local Addresses).
Them bastards charge me for a static public ipv4, and can't give me a static ipv6. I don't know if it's a technical limitation or they're just unqualified to configure it. I'm sure it wouldn't cost them anything, as ipv6 addresses are abundant.
15 • Disabling ipv6 via grub (by Bashful Banana on 2023-11-08 02:36:55 GMT from Netherlands)
Easily disable ipv6 by adding this to your grub boot line options:
ipv6.disable=1
One and done!
16 • ipv6? ugh (by Will on 2023-11-09 01:18:43 GMT from United States)
Ha, IPv6 sucks and it's pretty worthless. Unless you are the IT guy who has to implement it, it serves no purpose for general computing (IOT is a different story). First thing I do on a new device on my network is disable it completely, the speedup on resolution alone is worth it.
17 • Trying linux installers (by Jan on 2023-11-09 17:05:09 GMT from Netherlands)
I have tried to install different popular linuxes from USB-sticks.
I am using an old notebook with defect display, connected to an external monitor, the BIOS ordered to connect to this external monitor.
Generally the installers almost all did not detect the external monitor. They used the (defect) notebook display. This gave on the external monitor a background but without any essential icon.
I used safe-video or compatibily mode or safe mode (or whatever trick), in the hope that after install the booted linux would detect the second monitor, at which I could set the correct monitor to use.. Mint (if I remember well) plopped up a window at right-click which contained an option to go to Display-Settings (very convinient).
This worked at a few linuxes (Mint, PCLinuxOS). However at some installed distros I was unable to get my preferred monitor, making the installed distro unusable (a.o. Fedora 39 Mate).
I find this nuissance, unable to detect/go to an external monitor, remarkable. With GParted and Window-install media I have never had this problem.
So if GParted is able to come to my external monitor in the correct way, or at the install-screen there is a way to go to Display-Settings (Mint), why do a lot of linux -installers fail at this point?
By the way: Mint-Cinnamon was very slow, Mint-Mate was better but still slow, Mint-XFCE had weird problems, Linux-MX was also a little slow, PCLinuxOS was fairly perfect (and with everything working). And Fedora-Mate seemed to be not irritating slow and interesting to use (a.o. because of the solid backing of the disto), but was unusable because of the failed correct monitor detection.
18 • @17 • Trying linux installers (by Jan on 2023-11-09 17:11:02 GMT from Netherlands)
PCLinux in the version MATE. The PCLinuxOS-KDE installer did also not boot, it stalled.
19 • Speed (by Friar Tux on 2023-11-10 00:03:25 GMT from Canada)
@17 - @18 (Jan) And here I am with just the opposite issue. My Mint/Cinnamon is quite fast, while The Wife's Mint/Mate is slow as molasses in January. (She refuses to change as she doesn't really care about the speed at her age.) We have the same HP Pavilion model laptops.
20 • @17 Trying Linux Installers (by AdrienM on 2023-11-10 02:14:48 GMT from United States)
Can you provide some specs on your machine? I've found many 'modern' Linux distros to perform like syrup on most hardware older than 10+ years that is otherwise entirely functional. (internal monitor not withstanding) There are exceptions of course.
While a modern distro may end up being suitably snappy and recognize your external display with little difficulty, you may also be relegated to an older version/kernel.
For example, something like ClassicPup is super fast on even a 20+ year old machine as it runs in RAM. (though HDD installation is possible)
For a more modern version, I've successfully used Q4OS Trinity version on an ancient 32bit tower that made it speedy like the Road Runner. I'm sure it never ran Win95 that fast for sure.
I've tested both with external monitors, though not with the external as primary, sorry. There may be a way in your BIOS to default to the external, though you may have to step through those keys blind with lots of research to make it work. (only once though) You might get lucky as even some old laptops have a key combo to enable an external monitor and you might at least mirror the main display once in the BIOS.
As for Desktop Environments, depending on your hardware specs, you might be better with one of the super light-weight options like LxQT, LXDE, or some lesser used variants (like what Puppy uses) JimsWM, etc.
Another option is to investigate eschewing a full-bloated 'DE' for a simple window manager and login-manager pairing. Check out Openbox and Fluxbox, or if you are really adventurous and text oriented: i3. You can then add-in missing functionality one app at a time until you get too slow for your tastes, then decide on the trade-off costs for each convenient app.
And on that final note, check out Bunsen Labs which uses Openbox. It should be relatively snappy on older hardware and you might get lucky with the external display issue.
21 • IPv6 (by Adrienm on 2023-11-10 02:17:07 GMT from United States)
I disable IPv6 as a matter of course on all new installs now since I invariably have to do it at some point anyway.
Networking *always* gets mucked up at some point with it enabled and disabling magically solves the problem.
I'm not sure what the problem is across multiple machines, interfaces, or ISPs, but I'm simply not in the mood to figure it out when I can just turn it off and do work.
22 • @19 Mint/MATE vs. Mint/Cinnamon (by AdrienM on 2023-11-10 02:28:22 GMT from United States)
I've tested these a few times, both in a Vbox VM and on bare metal. (same version for each DE for several trials)
My conclusion is that MATE is simply slower than Cinnamon. (and, if I recall correctly, more memory hungry) I only started this in the last few years, so maybe that wasn't the case early on, but it has held fairly consistently.
MATE is old tech - based on Gnome 2.x. Cinnamon is modern Gnome made to remotely resemble Gnome 2.x visually. (or even exactly if you like, I think)
It seems few if any speed improvements either have made it to MATE, or else, they simply aren't possible with that old codebase.
I always viewed MATE as a transition DE until Cinnamon could be fully featured, but it seems to have stuck around past its originally conceived end-of-life. More power to it, but I see no compelling reason to ever use it. (But if you already are and are happy with it, there's not really a reason to change it either)
23 • Speed @17+@18+@19 Trying linux installers (by Jan on 2023-11-10 02:23:23 GMT from The Netherlands)
I judged the speed of the tested linux installs by looking if in the Firefox browser smooth scrolling is possible (in Chrome-based browsers at old hardware smooth scrolling seems impossible).
Of course also starting/stopping/running programs should not be slow/lagging, but at this OK, bad smooth scrolling in the browser proved possible, so the better test.
I hate jumpy scrolling/moving (also lagging of the mouse pointer).
PS: The hardware on which I tested this was a Lenovo X200 (P8400) with 8GB RAM and an 250 GB SSD, so an old processor but enough memory and fast disk drive.
This is the weakest PC I have. If I can find a good working linux (with a solid backing/continuity) on this , I can make any of my PC's good working with linux (preparing w.r.t. the demise of Win10).
24 • @23 - Trying Linux Installers (by AdrienM on 2023-11-10 02:49:40 GMT from United States)
Wow, that's an otherwise capable laptop with a seriously hobbled processor. (I'm guessing for thermal/power/price-point reasons)
You should still be able to find a reasonably modern distro to run on it with acceptable latency.
If you get tired distro hopping, consider going back to a distro you prefer, but trying a different scheduler. There are some which might considerably reduce system latency.
Also, Firefox at least has a 'smooth scrolling' feature which depending on version, may not be enabled out of the box. You'll find it in settings. Sometimes, enabling hardware acceleration improves this, sometimes it hampers it, at least that has been my experience.
Some external wireless mice introduce considerable latency compared to an internal trackpad, or wired mouse. I've experienced a few models/brands that are practically unusable. When working one someone else's machine, I always remove the dongle to pep things up and just use the trackpad.
25 • Speed + Testing installers/linux @ AdrienM (by Jan on 2023-11-10 05:09:23 GMT from The Netherlands)
AdrienM
Thanks for your interesting advises.
I was indeed getting tired of distro-installer-hopping. Of each 3 installer-start-ups I think 2 failed (for my hardware situation). It is good possible that I have had 30-40 try outs in 2 weeks.
As mentioned earlier, PCLinuxOS-Mate was the only distro which succeeded to install and behaved OK.
Puppy and Q4OS and LxQT/LXDE are on my waiting list.
And I hope the distro-suppliers try to copy in their installer the way GParted is able to start without any problem.
26 • Speed and distro installers (by Ennio on 2023-11-10 15:10:57 GMT from The Netherlands)
Frankly it's a 2/3 years that an installation goes not grinding on some kind of hardware. After leaving Realtek stuff behind cannot remember issues, including external monitors (still having nightmares about that MKLinux install on Apple's LC models...). About speeds assorted, now that KDE is surprisingly less sluggish - and leaving my preventions behind - I would also use it. If you consider Q4OS the |Trinity version is surely springier than the KDE one, but not so much, and maybe I do not care anymore since now more than 4 GB is standard. Before, it was the classic trimming out, choosing partitions and filesystems ad libitum. Memory lane about speed is a couple of years old, so doesn't count. Now I am using WMaker Debian for the lulz, and my perception is biased. Anyway, if MX XFCE is the Ford Capri then, say, Mageia is like a sedan thus I wouldn't expect snippy performances, so is Deepin etc.
Please everyone consider using the excellent Ventoy system, the guy responsible for it, longpanda, is doing a very good job and the forum is not neglected at all.
PS If not incorrect, I remember that it was OpenSuse the first to lift the rock on KDE speed and memory usage, as Jesse noted in his review .
27 • @26 USB-linux installer Ventoy (by Jan on 2023-11-10 16:52:42 GMT from The Netherlands)
Initially I used Rufus to make USB-lunux-installers. For Fedora this however failed, at USB-booting an error occured.
Then for Fedora I used their Fedora USB maker, it worked. However after a few time using this installer the USB-stick had a problem, because of which it seemed unusable anymore (I succeeded in repairing this). This was not the first distro which seemed to make a USB-stick unusable for other things.
I then went for Ventoy, this was a succes. Only do not leave the stick in the PC at rebooting, The reboot (Windows) appears to hang. Boot with a Ventoy-stick from a PC which was off.
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| • Issue 1105 (2025-01-20): CentOS 10 Stream, old Flatpak bundles in software centres, Haiku ports Iceweasel, Oracle shows off debugging tools, rsync vulnerability patched |
| • Full list of all issues |
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ToriOS
ToriOS was a Debian-based distribution which was designed to work on older computers, even 32-bit machines which do not support running PAE-enabled kernels. ToriOS strives to maintain the KISS principle and uses JWM to provide a lightweight graphical user interface.
Status: Discontinued
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| Tips, Tricks, Q&As | | Questions and answers: The number and diversity of Linux distributions |
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| Tips and tricks: What being free, stable and light-weight mean |
| Questions and answers: Clearing out dot files from the home directory |
| Tips and tricks: Using SQLite to manage ZIP files |
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| Questions and answers: Talking about how the BSDs do things |
| Tips and tricks: Shell switching, battery charge, getting the system's IP address and dealing with stubborn processes |
| Myths and misunderstandings: ZFS |
| Tips and tricks: Transitioning from PC-BSD to TrueOS |
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