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#1 Re: Off-topic » [SOLVED] Devuan GNU/Linux 5 (daedalus) Released as Next Testing! » 2021-09-07 15:48:31
I just upgraded chimaera to daedalus this morning. Upgrade went smoothly.
Must agree, awesome! System does boot faster for me also.
Great job devs!
My only problem, is I can't use Thunderbird yet since it's not up to what I'm using on Slackware current, so can't use those files.
Nothing major, got other ways to do email 
#2 Re: Devuan » Stupid question about Devuan Testing and Debian Testing » 2020-07-19 03:02:27
Use ceres instead, you'll get the upstream fixes quicker with that.
I assume you are using ceres. How do you like it. Some years ago, I ran Debian Sid and enjoyed it, even with the occasional problem.
I'm on chimaera right now, but have been seriously considering moving to ceres.
#3 Re: Off-topic » What other distro are you using (besides devuan)? » 2020-07-19 02:58:07
multios wrote:Debuser2018 wrote:I've a Beowulf PC running Gnome 3 booting with Ubuntu 20.04, Windows 10. Using rEFIt bootloader. Mostly using Devuan (with openRC-0.42-1) now.
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I would like to test FreeBSD 12 on baremetal; it's a long long time since I had used it. Doubtful about installing FreeBSD on a hard drive already containing Linux & Windows OS's. AFAIK, BSD's demand full hard drives. May not be true, if the FreeBSD installer is updated.Debuser2018, no problem running FreeBSD 12 alongside Linux & Windows
Supports either mbr or uefi/gpt. I have it installed and use it fairly often on uefi/gptGreat. I've a UEFI setup. How did you install FreeBSD? Whether extracted the base OS to a partition already created and formatted OR used the FreeBSD installer? With FreeBSD installer, choosing manual partitioning I remember it creates more slices (partitions) apart from the root partition, thus probably destroying pre-existing Linux/Windows partitions. The other option isto choose shell mode, where you can manually create partitions. I'm not sure about shell mode and whether bsdinstall (installer) will complete the installation. It will be great, if you can guide.
Just use the FreeBSD installer. You can manually edit the partitions. IIRC, I just deleted a partition, then went back and created the freebsd partition with that new free space. Create the partition and install. On this particular laptop, I have everything under root partition. Normally always create various partitions under the freebsd slice. Basically was just seeing how freebsd installed and worked on this lenovo ideapad. I have to use a wireless dongle and either wireless mouse or usb mouse, but otherwise the system runs fine
#4 Re: Off-topic » What other distro are you using (besides devuan)? » 2020-07-18 00:51:12
I've a Beowulf PC running Gnome 3 booting with Ubuntu 20.04, Windows 10. Using rEFIt bootloader. Mostly using Devuan (with openRC-0.42-1) now.
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I would like to test FreeBSD 12 on baremetal; it's a long long time since I had used it. Doubtful about installing FreeBSD on a hard drive already containing Linux & Windows OS's. AFAIK, BSD's demand full hard drives. May not be true, if the FreeBSD installer is updated.
Debuser2018, no problem running FreeBSD 12 alongside Linux & Windows
Supports either mbr or uefi/gpt. I have it installed and use it fairly often on uefi/gpt
#5 Re: Installation » [Solved] Beowulf installation image » 2019-02-25 23:33:13
I was just reading this topic and decided to try devuan/beowulf on this older HP Pavilion a1777c.
~$ uname -a
Linux devuan 4.19.0-2-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 4.19.16-1 (2019-01-17) i686 GNU/Linux
~$ free
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 3546396 587544 1929248 114972 1029604 2489612
Swap: 7811068 0 7811068I am new to the forum, but wanted to post that installation went smoothly and I'm up and running. So far, devuan looks promising on this old hardware. Right now, I'm using Midori on icewm.
Thank you devs for all your work.
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