adding to my last comment, ...

I have not managed to transfer files other than to download pictures and videos taken with the iPhone (2020) SE.

I'm using plasma (KDE5).

I have found a way to upload my tunes to the iPhone with Cloud Music using wifi.

Also the SE iPhone (iOS 14.x) plays flac (only tested in Cloud Music so far)

I hope this helps others.

Hi, I think Tasksel is the page in the install program that allows us to select what desktop we want installed, like xfce, kde, cinnamon, etc.

If it's not booting to a login gui, have you got elogind installed?

Just my 2c. All the best.

Hi, I'm glad to be of any help.

Occasionally youtube-dl has an error and I've found that a comand-line update of the program updates the certificates and all works again.

cheers

Today I Learned: that if I follow the simple instructions on the webpages that come with the distro (Beowulf 3.1.1)
I can tether my iphone to usb and have the internet working rather that wait for wicd to start asking questions
and then waiting some more. (on my laptop (Toshiba r552j))

Thank you for the well documented web pages that are included with the (unpacked) .iso

Hi, at the risk of stating the obvious, ...

Have you tried to start the program from a command line? I find it allows me to see any errors in the messages.

Based on golinux's post about the repo and banned list, this would be my next check.

hope this helps

the kernel is in the iso, extract the iso to a directory... and look up

/devuan_chimaera_4.0.alpha-20210503_amd64_netinstall/pool/DEBIAN/main/l/linux-signed-amd64/linux-image-5.10.0-6-amd64_5.10.28-1_amd64.deb

also, ... check out

alsactl -h
 

the store option/command helps save your settings.

Personally, I've had similar issues although my problem was setting my usb soundcard to be boss
and not the nVidia hdmi port (no connection, useless but for laptops).

I did this through using the modprobe setting kernel modules in order and or blacklisting unwanted modules. And,

/home/(user)/.asoundrc

defaults.ctl.card 0
defaults.pcm.card 0
defaults.timer.card 0

I have onboard sound too, so that just complicates things more.

I have failed over and over in removing pulseaudio, I haven't found a setup that allows normal use for ME. But I don't give up. :-)

So check out alsactl and the .asoundrc files to set preferences.

How fast is fast? :-)

glenn@GamesBox ~ $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null bs=1M count=32768
32768+0 records in
32768+0 records out
34359738368 bytes (34 GB, 32 GiB) copied, 1.45917 s, 23.5 GB/s

I like the idea

Hi, Your quest may take a little more time than you think right now.

But, if you stick with it you just might get it happening.

If you want to play windows games and/or use programs from windows you will need windows,
But you may set it (win7) up to run in a Virtual Machine like VirtualBox (you'll still need a win cd and reg).

you might need more hdd space, or a different ratio of space partitioned on your harddrives.

Although I haven't done so for quite a few years, I used to run winxp games (DiD F22) on vBox very well and reliably (40 hrs of non-stop mission plus, paused while at tafe, etc) quake, counterstrike... .

Play on linux and wine may be useful but I haven't used them.

I hope this gives you some idea of the amount of learning required to get your old games to work on linux, but also give you some confidence that it has worked before and you may get it to work, but there's a lot of setup and understanding to cover first.

Debian installs/tutorials probably work better than others, just be careful where you get your software packages from.

As far as I know you will still need the win7 dvd and the reg number, just like setting up windows by it's self... maybe some one knows otherwise...

all the best, and keep coming back. :-)

regards Glenn

I agree,

I have cinnamon setup on a spare 500Gb Hdd, just the defaults but out of the box operational with wifi.

Nice work.