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#101 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Shifting /home » 2025-06-30 07:40:04

Use fstab & disk ID to set it up.

#102 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Shifting /home » 2025-06-29 16:57:15

If you are confident of your /home back up, I would just remove p4 & p5, then create p3 as the new /home, & copy over your data.

#103 Re: Off-topic » Caveat emptor -> Kingston DataTraveler Exodia M USB 3.2 » 2025-06-26 17:15:52

I bought 3x 32GB DataTraveller G4 USB3 pendrives, & whilst they are OK to read from, they are abysmal to write to & take hours to fill, literally!

I now just use them to play music from....

#104 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Where to view system requirements Devuan » 2025-06-24 09:37:52

It can run on less, but, 4GB ram & 2GHz processor will likely be the minimum you would want to use. smile

#105 Re: Off-topic » GNOME is taking the scum bag approach still... » 2025-06-17 17:05:02

I've got Wayland running on my RPi5, so far, the only problem I've had is with touch screens...so I'm willing to stick with it on this SBC, but tend to stick with using Xorg on most of my other machines, (& as noted, Xenocara on OpenBSD). smile

#106 Re: Off-topic » GNOME is taking the scum bag approach still... » 2025-06-16 09:28:10

I don't use Gnome, never have, & I don't like systemd either, so no worries as far as I'm concerned. wink

#107 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Which Trackball device? » 2025-06-10 09:03:04

I've used digital mouse ever since they came out, very reliable...never used a roller/track ball device - too expensive & bulky for me. wink

#108 Re: Off-topic » What is X ? » 2025-06-09 08:29:56

'X' is a graphical windowing system, a GUI (graphical user interface), allowing multiple (graphics & terminal) programs to run on your desktop.

Anything that does the same is similar to the original 'X', like Wayland...

#109 Re: Devuan » [SOLVED] Excalibur Timing » 2025-06-04 08:53:38

I think it took about 2 months last time, we only have a small dedicated team, but they are wonderful people that give us this distro... smile

#111 Re: Freedom Hacks » Debian not providing new 686 kernels in Trixie » 2025-05-25 17:08:38

To get a more up to date kernel, maybe copy your kernel config file over & try running it with the modern kernel source code..... (?)

#112 Re: Freedom Hacks » Debian not providing new 686 kernels in Trixie » 2025-05-25 14:19:45

Probably because mainline kernels include all the new drivers......or it may not have been stripped.

#114 Re: Devuan Derivatives » List of Devuan derivatives » 2025-05-09 09:42:58

I've used both in the past, & MIYO was the first choice for me for quite a while, but now, if I don't use the official media, I will use Crowz, which is another lightweight setup.

I was just pointing out that some newbies might be put off as they were outdated... wink

#115 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] MBR and efi booting issue » 2025-05-09 09:35:12

Try using grub install from the live disk...

I found that I needed to be connected to the internet for grub to install properly....

#116 Re: Devuan Derivatives » List of Devuan derivatives » 2025-05-08 08:49:10

The ones I know of are MIYO & Star, I believe.

#117 Re: Devuan Derivatives » List of Devuan derivatives » 2025-05-07 17:38:09

I notice that there are several distros listed in the first post that no longer are available, maybe we need a new listing(?).

#118 Re: Off-topic » Lightweight system without (too) bloated software » 2025-04-20 13:52:48

As you have installed Abiword, I'd install gnumeric as well, much easier than sc-im, (which I quite liked myself as a CLI program).

Also, might want to check out feh for images - https://feh.finalrewind.org/

#119 Re: DIY » An idea for 32-bit system for old machines, input requested » 2025-04-09 18:16:31

I think you want to check out some Puppy Linux distros they use compressed software.... wink

#120 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Today's upgrade update-alternatives warning » 2025-04-07 07:55:07

I think you will find it is because you upgraded the xz-utils package, which is obviously part of xz.... wink

#121 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » [SOLVED] Today's upgrade update-alternatives warning » 2025-04-06 15:13:46

The following packages will be upgraded:
  liblzma-dev liblzma5 liblzma5:i386 xz-utils

The link has been renewed....

#122 Re: Other Issues » Preliminary excalibur desktop-live isos need testing » 2025-04-05 07:38:18

I used to always add mc - screen - sc/scim as I liked to use them at the command line; they don't take up much room, but along with vi/vim, they make a nice set of tools. smile

#123 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Fluxuan-Daedalus » 2025-03-13 09:46:02

Website appears to be dead.....

#124 Re: Forum Feedback » I can't believe you closed the Joke thread. » 2025-02-28 09:20:07

No loss to the forum, which is actually for info & questions relating to Devuan. smile

I only once looked in to see what it was about when it first appeared, never been back to it.....but was just curious about this thread.... wink

#125 Re: ARM Builds » [SOLVED] menu-config utility reference » 2025-02-25 14:06:42

Can't find docs, but when you run it, it allows you to set up your keyboard & country, etc.

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