Okay folks...here's the fix.

This only applies to Miyo users who are using MiyoLinux PRIOR TO the 2017 releases. If you have upgraded a 2017 release, refer to post #25 in this thread. The only difference is that you will already have the .deb package available in your Templates folder.

Sorry it took longer than I expected.

Now...since we have no menu to work with, and since we are going to need access to the browser, file manager, and the terminal...we have a couple of options.

1. If they are still on your panel, no problem.
2. If they are no longer on your panel, we can use keyboard shortcuts to access them.

Here are the keyboard shortcuts for each one that came stock in MiyoLinux. If you have changed them, use your own.

The "W" is the Windows key...

Browser = W + b
File Manager = W + f
Terminal = Ctrl + Alt + t

As a last resort, if you can at least open your file manager, you can go to Applications (in the side bar) and open the browser and terminal.

We need to reinstall obmenu-generator, but there's a few things we need to do first...

STEP 1: Open your browser, and go to the following website to download the obmenu-generator.deb file

https://software.opensuse.org/download. … -generator

When the page opens,

a) Click the Debian icon
b) At the bottom of the page, click "Grab binary packages directly"
c) At the bottom of the page, click obmenu-generator_0.66-1_all.deb

That will download the .deb package.

STEP 2: THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP!

a) Open your file manager, and make it show hidden files.
b) Open another window (or tab) of your file manager.
c) In one window/tab, navigate to /.config/obmenu-generator

When you've opened that folder, copy and paste (or move) both of the following files into the folder of your choice in the other window/tab...we will need them in a minute! The files are...

1. config.pl
2. schema.pl

STEP 3: With the file manager(s) still open (with hidden files showing)

a) Navigate to the downloaded obmenu-generator.deb file (from STEP 1).
b) Right-click on it, and open with Gdebi Package Installer.
c) Click the REINSTALL option.

You may see the screen blink when obmenu-generator takes effect. At this point, you have a working menu again! HOWEVER...it's a basic menu, and we want our old menu back again!!!

STEP 4: ...still in the file manager(s)

a) In one window/tab, navigate to where you saved the config.pl and schema.pl files.
b) In the other window/tab, navigate to /.config/obmenu-generator
c) Copy and paste (or move) the saved files back into the obmenu-generator folder.

(You will see that there's already a schema.pl file...just overwrite it)

STEP 5: Open the terminal, and enter the following command (no need for su or sudo here)...

obmenu-generator -p -i

(That will give you back your old menu...with icons)

...and now you're back in town...I mean...business!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwJ_baeflUw

...and just to show that it's working...

Click to enlarge the image...and check out the wicd icon!

Now I also need to see why it's still showing the old kernel. LOLOLOL!!!!!!!

I appreciate your willingness to change the review, but I don't want you to. Let it stay as is.

All that I would like is for people to hopefully understand what a particular spin/derivative/distro is geared toward. Once that is determined, then one can hopefully ascertain if a particular spin/derivative/distro will suit what they are looking for.

If I failed to describe the purpose of MiyoLinux in a clear manner, then I apologize.

Take care.

To be honest, I had never heard of mupen64plus until today. It sounds interesting.

I'm a MarioKart8 player myself, but I use the WiiU. Not sure how it works (or if it works) with mupen64plus, but if you're ever racing someone from the US with the name MiyoLinux...that's me.

I don't know what to tell you mckaygerhard.

I guess you can tell people through your wiki that with Devuan, you can make it your own.

I'm sorry mckaygerhard, but I don't understand? Are you saying that projects like these divert people away from pure Devuan? If so, Devuan doesn't think so; in fact, Devuan WANTS people to build distros based on their work.

From the Devuan website's main page...

If I've misunderstood what you were trying to say, I apologize.

Though this was a response to what greenjeans wrote, I will answer it. The only thing incorporated into MiyoLinux from another Devuan-based project was the Refracta Tools. The only documents that you will find regarding MiyoLinux are what's on the Sourceforge site. When I made MiyoLinux, I never expected it to be discovered. I thought that if 50 people eventually found it and used it, that would be amazing to me. It went way beyond that.

Friend, I wasn't offended by your review, nor do I wish you would change it. I know MiyoLinux wasn't/isn't perfect, but it suits the purpose that I envisioned for it. If it doesn't suit your purpose (or other's), that's very understandable, and I'm sorry that it doesn't.

I only responded to your post for two reasons...

1. Because I thought you possibly misunderstood the purpose of MiyoLinux.
2. The other projects. You seemed unreasonably critical for no reason, and I felt bad for them and all of the hard work and hours and hours and hours that they put into their projects.

I'm still using MiyoLinux and haven't had a problem. Not because it's MiyoLinux, but because it's Devuan.

Again, I don't want you to change your review of MiyoLinux. I have always appreciated any input, and I appreciate yours. Have a good day/evening/night wherever you may be friend.

Here's one I haven't seen mentioned before...

Alien-OS https://sourceforge.net/projects/alien-os-mnml/

Alien-OS MNML (MiNiMaL) is a lean Devuan based Linux distribution with Openbox.

ATTENTION:
German keyboard layout is used. :-)

Features:
Minimal
Devuan and Openbox
64Bit
Small File Size
Refracta Tools
Base for your own distribution

Have you tried uBlock Origin? It does a fantastic job.

I heard that Microsoft Edge is a great browser!

Probably been over a year since I tried Vivaldi. I liked it, but there were hardly any plugins available for it at the time. Perhaps I should revisit it?

One of my favorite alternative browsers is Slimjet. Built off Chromium, but it uses less RAM than Chromium and Firefox. One downside is that it has to be reinstalled when new versions are released. It's easily done with .deb packages though.

Indeed!

Just today, I did a fresh and full install of MiyoLinux onto a USB to use as a portable OS. MiyoLinux was released last year while Devuan was still in Beta. It updated flawlessly with just an update and upgrade, but I had to do a dist-upgrade to get the latest desktop-base installed.

As a side-note, that's one of the great benefits of fsmithred's Refracta Installer...it makes it very easy to install the OS onto a USB for use as a portable system.

Ah...now I understand...sorry, I'm a bit slow these days.