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1 • POLL (by Reyfer on 2023-11-27 03:51:49 GMT from Venezuela)
What is the purpose of the last option on this week's poll?
2 • @1. Poll (by Sam Crawford on 2023-11-27 04:09:18 GMT from United States)
Commadore 64 users.
3 • SWAP space (by Alexandru on 2023-11-27 07:15:36 GMT from Romania)
The last option is for something else than is listed. And in my case (I did not vote however) is "it depends on the hardware".
4 • GhostBSD 4GB RAM (by vermaden on 2023-11-27 08:09:46 GMT from Poland)
Hi.
> These requirements, especially the 4GB of RAM, may seem unusually high for a FreeBSD-based operating system.
Its because installer first unpacks files to ramdisk and then does the installation.
If you want to install GhostBSD on a computer with - for example - 2 GB RAM then do the following:
1. Install GhostBSD in VirtualBox with 4 GB RAM on some other computer.
2. Install latest FreeBSD STABLE snapshot on a computer with 2 GB (Auto ZFS).
3. Enable sshd(8) on 2 GB machine.
# vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config (PermitRootLogin yes)
# service sshd enable
# service sshd start
4. From 4 GB machine do bectl(8) export like that to 2 GB machine.
# bectl export ghostbsd | ssh root@2GB bectl import ghostbsd
5. Activate new ZFS BE on 2 GB machine.
# bectl activate ghostbsd
6. Reboot 2 GB machine into GhostBSD using 'ghostbsd' ZFS BE.
Hope that helps.
Regards,
vermaden
5 • zRAM (by NULL on 2023-11-27 08:46:06 GMT from Germany)
Switched all my devices (servers and desktops) to utilize zRAM instead of swap and could not be happier with the results.
It reduces read/write cycles on SSDs, is faster to begin with and allows even my cheap 4GB netbook to be a machine used for light development with the GNOME desktop.
Of course there might be situations where a partition/file swap is more appropriate or a mix between zRAM and partitions/files.
For regular users, IMHO zRAM should be the default on desktops nowadays, because the benefits easily outweigh potential drawbacks .
6 • swap (by fenglengshun on 2023-11-27 10:25:39 GMT from Indonesia)
Most distro I use (including the one I use currently) use zram. I usually add swapfile on top of that, juuuuust in case when it's needed. And it is needed, sometimes reaching 10GB if I've used my device for particularly long times without rebooting.
7 • GhostBSD (by Otis on 2023-11-27 12:19:30 GMT from United States)
Thanks for the GhostBSD review. It's been my little "pet hope" distro (I still call BSD projects "distros" even though that term is most commonly used for Linux projects) since I first noticed it and tried it a few years ago.
I keep running into the wifi issues, along with sound workarounds instead of "just working out of the box" no matter the hardware I try the installation on. I'm somewhat spoiled by most Linux installations which see the hardware and you're fully up and running to see if the distro is compatible with your way of doing things. BSD projects seem to need a lot more extra work to do that... still; it's been a long time of hope that they'll catch up to Linux.
I do love the no systemd aspect of BSD, along with a certain sort of snappiness of operation that is only in a few Linux distros.
8 • GjostBSD (by Borgio3 on 2023-11-27 13:05:48 GMT from Italy)
I'm using GhostBSD since May of 2023, after a year with NomadBSD, and i'm very satisfied of both. I like very much their reliability, and ligtness, and all operations run quickly and smoothly. So i had abandoned the Linux world.
9 • GhostBSD: small issue (by Nathan on 2023-11-27 13:31:19 GMT from United States)
I used GhostBSD on my "play" desktop for about 5 months.
I had no issue with WIFI using the Panda USB stick.
My only issue was the sound device.
I set the sound to the desktop speaker but after each power down, G. reverts to
no sound device. The "save" selection did not function.
Other then that, GhostBSD worked like a charm, speedy, no popups or other "noise"
That machine is now running Peppermint 12 while my daily laptop is running MX "KDE".
10 • GhostBSD (by Barnabyh on 2023-11-27 14:08:58 GMT from United Kingdom)
I like the traditional GNOME 2 set up on the FreeBSD base. Been watching this project since you Jesse reviewed it here first.
Unfortunately not being able to use Steam is still a deal breaker.
11 • Swap for Suspend (by Stan R on 2023-11-27 15:26:42 GMT from United States)
I believe swap might be necessary for a system to suspend or sleep. Maybe even needed when drives or partitions get above 80 or 85 percent full; so that the kernel can move things to keep down data fragmentation.
12 • @11 Swap (by Denethor on 2023-11-27 17:17:50 GMT from Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Dear Stan R, swap is not necessary for sleep/suspend, only for hibernation.
13 • Swap (by David on 2023-11-27 17:20:39 GMT from United Kingdom)
The reason why a computer uses swap when there's plenty of RAM available is that it does so when the the free memory falls below a certain limit. The limit depends on the type of memory, where in the memory the program is loaded (RAM is spit into two or three zones), and how enthusiastic about swapping the kernel has been set to be. The only thing you can control is the last factor, "swappiness". That is usually set to 60, but can be anything from 0 to 100 — the higher it is, the more likely the system is to use swap..
14 • Swap (by DaveT on 2023-11-27 19:06:06 GMT from United Kingdom)
I never use swap on desktops and laptops. No need for it.
If the software you are using starts running dog slow then install more RAM or buy a new laptop!
I only use a swap partition on servers.
15 • Swapping. (by Friar Tux on 2023-11-27 20:47:41 GMT from Canada)
I use what ever is default on my daily distro. I don't care to twiddle with what's under the hood, I just want to get my stuff done. Also, I figure the developers of the distro have optimized it to what works best, so if it ain't broke, I don't try messing with it.
As for anything BSD, I gave up on that a long time ago. I could never get one installed or working on any machine. I find it takes way too much extra fiddling - as Otis (@7) stated above.
16 • BSD = being self-debaring (by BSD was something in the 80s on 2023-11-28 00:06:16 GMT from France)
@7, @15
No surprise.
FreeBSD IS DESIGNED to require lots of fiddling.
It's all stated loud and clear in its very motto "the power to serve". Its a server OS, that means it's to be run by sysadmins. It's not to be used as workstations...
Except sysadmin's workstation maybe (but i know so many Unix sysdmins who prefer using Windows or more rarely Macs).
Have ever seen a FreeBSD install tutorial? They explain that managing lots of things by shell commands and editing /etc files is "better to learn how things work"...
But i'm always nagged by this impression they're just hiding by that, that they don't have the ressources, neither the know-how to make things easier.
At any rate, iIf you're no computer pro, no luck.
But if you seriously want to train as a sysadmin, well, maybe you'd be better off installing a Linux server, actually, and deploying web services on VMs or in Docker containers.
Come to think about it, BSD used to be a source of non-conformity, back in the days it was Unix 1BSD, 2BSD, ...4.3BSD, developed at University of California in Berkeley. Then 4.4BSD was released, it didn't bear the Unix name anymore, the UCB washed their hands of it, and strangely, it was adopted by guys who have since then proven to be so conservative the BSD systems have kept receding everywhere...
There may be companies just embed most of FreeBSD's kernel in commercial products,but just don't follow any of BSD folk senile principles (Sony PlayStation, Apple devices...).
17 • @15 (by Simon on 2023-11-28 00:20:41 GMT from New Zealand)
The developers of the distro have not optimized it to what works best for you: they've attempted to set it up in a way that's going to work for the largest number of people, which usually means that it can work much better for you if you take the time to understand it and improve on the default setup.
18 • gigs (by Iohannis on 2023-11-28 01:07:49 GMT from United States)
My current computer is an off the shelf "gaming" machine. It replaced my custum power hog second best of everything. It came with 32 GIG, the minimal configuration. If my OS ever touches swap, something has gone terriby wrong.
19 • Swap Space (by Simon Plaistowe on 2023-11-28 02:16:42 GMT from New Zealand)
Well that mainly depends upon the hardware. If it's on SSD then I tend to use a file, which is easy to resize or recreate if I wish to. If it's on HDD then I tend to use a partition to avoid fragmentation, and physically place that partition as close as possible to the beginning of the drive where access is faster. And I tend to keep /tmp/ in RAM, using tmpfs so it'll use RAM when possible then swap space thereafter.
20 • swap space (by Will on 2023-11-28 04:35:22 GMT from United States)
When I saw this poll, I scratched my head and thought to myself, swap, sheesh, how long has it been since I thought about swap... at least a couple of years now. So I looked and apparently, somewhere along the lines of installing mint, I wound up with a 2.0gb swapfile. Apparently, it's been enough for my needs. I do have 32gb of ram on the desktop and 16 on my laptops. I do a lot of dev work and vms, but I can't remember running out of memory or crashing for years, so I'll stick with mint's defaults and keep not worrying about it :).
21 • Why these BSD variants? (by Greg Zeng on 2023-11-28 04:42:10 GMT from Australia)
Comments made so far explain much. BSD for servers, originally, like Linux, but free of the Unix legalities. Supposedly trimmer, & better than Linux, but only in the opinion of a very small minority. Varieties of user applications?
The next puzzle in Distrowatch is the reason for living of the hundreds of different brand names. It is similar to the human population. So newborn babies, with varying degrees of ability & ambition. Some babies stagnate in their growth, with some never reaching teens or adulthood. There are dinosaur versions, stuck in traditional ways, such as the Linux (Unix) From Scratch variants, denying the existence of the common later changes & innovations. No systemd, no Wayland, no BTRFS, no zRAM, etc.
There are many rebellious forks as usual, unable or unwilling to partner with existing development communities. These forks are based usually on Debian, Red Hat, Arch, or the derivatives of these derivatives. Most forks have daring and adventurous innovations. These include early use of the inevitable. Is Wayland ready to be incorporated into the conservative parent, upstream versions of these forks?
End users like myself are watching for the fear and clumsy attempts by these coders. The "Discover" package manager was invented to try to improve the Synaptic Package Manager, designed for the Debian compiled applications. Discover is trying to better handle snap, flatpak and Debian packages. Discover cannot yet handle AppImage, nor the many incompatible versions of the RPM-compiled applications.
My preference for PC Linux OS. PCLOS is trying to match the original Synaptic for its versions of their unique RPM compilations. This variant of Synaptic includes essential applications usually neglected by other application package managers; Slimjet, Grub Customizer and Freefilesync. This isolated PCLOS community however has yet to debug Onboard and other applications into their application package manager. PCLOS is not yet able to use other package managers, including Discover, flatpak and snap.
BSD has yet to be accessible for application end users. Most of the hundreds of Linux operating systems are unavailable. Too dangerously youthful, too staid & conservative, or too geeky. PCLOS is my preferred Unix-based system, despite its small coder base, and use of an antique version of RPM.
Since my computer needs are not just Linux limited however, only Windows has the full range of user options, for applications and devices used in the real world. The many Unix variants (BSD, Linux, Apple and Android) cannot yet have the user sensitivity required by the general public. My medical impairments are better treated with Logitech products, and Windows software etc.
Hopefully the many Unix derivations will be mature enough for the general computer user. Meantime, these Unix derivatives stay the domain of professional coders and their geek dependents.
22 • Swap, Scratch or Proxy; it's a MUST have (by why-oh-why on 2023-11-28 08:06:50 GMT from The Netherlands)
There are people who will tell you things like "if you need swap, you need more RAM" or "I have 32 GB of RAM; I can't see why I would need swap." Well, that only shows their half-knowledge and how they actually really can't see. Please let me give you an example from the past.
When I started using image manipulation programs, the "supercomputer workstations" had 32 MB of RAM and were costing as much as a small house. Computers had 32 MB of RAM, but we were working with 128, or 512 MB of images. That was possible only because of "proxy images." Check out the "Alias Eclipse" history for more.
Eclipse Paint was the best professional image manipulation program until the "bargain cheapo" Adobe Photoshop came out. For a peanut (about $600) of the price ($3500), it could do almost everything ("warping") better. (I do not remember the exact price anymore, but the approximate difference in the price was as written.)
Except for one thing: Photoshop struggled with files much larger than the amount of RAM. The "scratch disk" was born. Try opening a 512 MB or 1 GB image in Photoshop (to get the idea, GIMP will do too) and try making 100 layer copies and see what happens.
Technology changed, but nothing changed in the sense of "no swap, no work."
Swap is absolutely necessary in modern times too. Swap is necessary for hybernation, swap is necessary for badly programmed websites (the infamous thumblr's "infinity scroll"), swap is necessary for HQ audio, video, and imaging applications, etc.
No swap, no fun, you could say, even today. Once, it was a 128 MB image on a 32 MB RAM computer, and today it is a 4 TB RAM computer struggling with 365 GP (gigapixels). "Post-processing and stitching the 46 terabytes afterwards took 2 months, and the resulting 365-gigapixel photo would be as large as a soccer field if printed out at 300 dpi."
Search for "365-Gigapixel Panorama of Mont Blanc Becomes the World’s Largest Photo" (PetaPixel) for more.
So yes, "if you need swap, you need more RAM" or "I have 32 GB of RAM; I can't see why I would need swap" is the truth for most people, but far from the truth in general.
23 • BSD (by DaveT on 2023-11-28 10:19:24 GMT from United Kingdom)
I use OpenBSD as my daily driver.
It works very well indeed.
You DO have to read the manual at times to get things how you want them.
Choose your hardware carfeully!
I only use Devuan Linux for those things the BSDs don't do such as music composition.
A suitable vanity project now I am retired would be to port Csound to OpenBSD - that should keep me quiet for a bit!
24 • Fiddling by design (by Otis on 2023-11-28 13:49:05 GMT from United States)
@16 I don't think so. In the first place not every BSD version/distro/project has the same vision, some, notably the BSD at hand in this week's review section, seeks to not only be "elegant," as stated on Eric's homepage for GhostBSD, but also to basically be a Linux distro replacement or at least alternative, fully functional out of the box and ready to fire up and go to work.
It, like other BSDs out there, is evolving with each release, and also has a thriving community of contributors to those ends.
I do see many BSD, and some Linux, projects that appear a lot like my old motorcycle kit years ago; basically a garage build and tinker endeavor designed just for that purpose. But, not, some BSD is about trying to be as good and finished as the best Linux distros out there.
25 • Typo correction (no editng here) (by Otis on 2023-11-28 13:52:19 GMT from United States)
@24 "But, not, some BSD is about trying to be as good and finished as the best Linux distros out there" should be:
"But, no, some BSDs out there are about trying to be as good and finished as the best Linux distros out there."
26 • ZRAM (by GT on 2023-11-28 15:44:45 GMT from United States)
ZRAM is super easy to setup on Debian 12. I use it instead of a partition and have no complaints.
27 • Swap space (by Bob McConnell on 2023-11-28 16:23:51 GMT from United States)
With 8GB of RAM, I have a 16GB swap partition active on every drive in each system. The only applications that use it on a regular basis are Firefox and the news reader pan2. Both are memory hogs and seem to forget to call free() when the allocated chunks are no longer needed. In at least one case, I have seen Firefox use 3GB for one tab after keeping the NOAA regional radar on it for several days. Terminating that process from the system monitor will free up that memory, and then restoring the tab restarts it with much less memory use. Pan2 simply keeps using more memory for each group, apparently without reusing or releasing any of it. The header download is the worst case. I sometimes have to shut the app down halfway through the list, in order to finish in a reasonable time frame. I always shut it down and restart between downloading headers and scanning through them.
28 • news reader (by jc on 2023-11-28 20:28:31 GMT from The Netherlands)
Comment 27: Why not use a better news reader than pan2?
29 • Nitrux passwords (by signior on 2023-11-28 23:24:53 GMT from Germany)
"Nitrux: Calamares will now enforce a stricter password check...to increase security... the 'system administrator,' must use a password over 8 characters long."
Dinosoar moment? Security experts were recommending passwords 12 or more characters long years ago. Win & MAC now offer built-in 2fa / mfa. The only Linux distro that offers something similar is SystemRescue via a built-in security key client - and it's just a rescue system. Login method is one area where Linux has fallen behind.
30 • Nitrux passwords, @29 (by Wally on 2023-11-29 01:56:44 GMT from Australia)
When I run into an installer that demands a password to its specifications, I quit the installer and install something else. I guess I'll skip Nitrux. Nothing against security. I just detest people and things that try to save me from myself. I'm retired and my computers reside at home. The only person with access is my wife, who knows all my passwords. Since I boot a few times a day, I don't want or need to be bothered with complex logins. In the unlikely event that someone breaks is and steal my computers, anything any of importance or value requires its own authorization for access. Burglars are welcome to my porn.:-)
Security people puzzle me sometimes. I have a phone with fingerprint sign-in, but once in a while it wants my 4 digit PIN "for security reasons". I'd think it'd be easier to steal my PIN than my fingerprint, but what do I know? Windows 11, by the way, can do with just a 6 digit PIN if signing in with an MS account.
31 • @14 Swap (by Inspector Barnaby on 2023-11-29 20:11:55 GMT from Denmark)
So, fellow-me-lad, why don't you just install more ram or buy new servers?
Toodle-pip!
32 • GhostBSD (by Todd on 2023-11-30 01:46:25 GMT from Italy)
GhostBSD proves that, with a little work, FreeBSD is also suitable for the desktop. It may lag behind Linux on hardware recognition, but it is a "real operating system" (not a kernel + GNU userland). It also evolves slowly to provide more stability, instead of frantically introducing new features and new problems.
33 • news reader @28 (by Bob McConnell on 2023-11-30 06:10:44 GMT from United States)
I would like to, but I haven't found one. I used Agent early on, then PAN for many years. pan2 is mostly a big disappointment after both of those. If I could find something else in free (libre) software that had a similar look and feel, I would switch to it very quickly. I even used Perl scripts to download everything in a few groups for several years. But that became a problem with all the noise that is being generated.
34 • BSD (by Trihexagonal on 2023-11-30 16:57:17 GMT from United States)
@16 "Have ever seen a FreeBSD install tutorial?"
Yes, I wrote one for people who had never used the command line.
https://www.lumendatabase.org/notices/27708765
"They explain that managing lots of things by shell commands and editing /etc files is "better to learn how things work"..."
Right you are.
"But i'm always nagged by this impression they're just hiding by that, that they don't have the ressources, neither the know-how to make things easier."
https://web.archive.org/web/20220411175907/https://trihexagonal.org/
Posted from my FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE-p3 box.
Ghostbsd is a fine OS and been faithfully maintained for many years.
Kudos to Jesse for reviewing it.
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| • Issue 1074 (2024-06-10): Endless OS 6.0.0, distros with init diversity, Mint to filter unverified Flatpaks, Debian adds systemd-boot options, Redox adopts COSMIC desktop, OpenSSH gains new security features |
| • Issue 1073 (2024-06-03): LXQt 2.0.0, an overview of Linux desktop environments, Canonical partners with Milk-V, openSUSE introduces new features in Aeon Desktop, Fedora mirrors see rise in traffic, Wayland adds OpenBSD support |
| • Issue 1072 (2024-05-27): Manjaro 24.0, comparing init software, OpenBSD ports Plasma 6, Arch community debates mirror requirements, ThinOS to upgrade its FreeBSD core |
| • Issue 1071 (2024-05-20): Archcraft 2024.04.06, common command line mistakes, ReactOS imports WINE improvements, Haiku makes adjusting themes easier, NetBSD takes a stand against code generated by chatbots |
| • Issue 1070 (2024-05-13): Damn Small Linux 2024, hiding kernel messages during boot, Red Hat offers AI edition, new web browser for UBports, Fedora Asahi Remix 40 released, Qubes extends support for version 4.1 |
| • Issue 1069 (2024-05-06): Ubuntu 24.04, installing packages in alternative locations, systemd creates sudo alternative, Mint encourages XApps collaboration, FreeBSD publishes quarterly update |
| • Issue 1068 (2024-04-29): Fedora 40, transforming one distro into another, Debian elects new Project Leader, Red Hat extends support cycle, Emmabuntus adds accessibility features, Canonical's new security features |
| • Issue 1067 (2024-04-22): LocalSend for transferring files, detecting supported CPU architecure levels, new visual design for APT, Fedora and openSUSE working on reproducible builds, LXQt released, AlmaLinux re-adds hardware support |
| • Issue 1066 (2024-04-15): Fun projects to do with the Raspberry Pi and PinePhone, installing new software on fixed-release distributions, improving GNOME Terminal performance, Mint testing new repository mirrors, Gentoo becomes a Software In the Public Interest project |
| • Issue 1065 (2024-04-08): Dr.Parted Live 24.03, answering questions about the xz exploit, Linux Mint to ship HWE kernel, AlmaLinux patches flaw ahead of upstream Red Hat, Calculate changes release model |
| • Issue 1064 (2024-04-01): NixOS 23.11, the status of Hurd, liblzma compromised upstream, FreeBSD Foundation focuses on improving wireless networking, Ubuntu Pro offers 12 years of support |
| • Issue 1063 (2024-03-25): Redcore Linux 2401, how slowly can a rolling release update, Debian starts new Project Leader election, Red Hat creating new NVIDIA driver, Snap store hit with more malware |
| • Issue 1062 (2024-03-18): KDE neon 20240304, changing file permissions, Canonical turns 20, Pop!_OS creates new software centre, openSUSE packages Plasma 6 |
| • Issue 1061 (2024-03-11): Using a PinePhone as a workstation, restarting background services on a schedule, NixBSD ports Nix to FreeBSD, Fedora packaging COSMIC, postmarketOS to adopt systemd, Linux Mint replacing HexChat |
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Greenie Linux is a Slovak desktop distribution based on Ubuntu and optimised for users in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Created as an operating system designed for every-day use and focusing on the needs of book readers and writers, Greenie Linux combines a set of applications for home use, out-of-the-box functionality and Ubuntu repositories. It also includes a set of tools for reading, writing and modifying books and documents. The goal of the distribution is to create a user-friendly desktop system and a useful live CD.
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