@golinux

I received and read an email from you again. I will keep it to myself because it reflects your personal opinion. And I don't know if you want to publicly post this opinion here. I post my personal opinion publicly without fear, even if it is deleted every now and then and my topic is closed. That is not what I and others mean by freedom of expression! But maybe something in my post caused you to get scared?

I also read this open letter that you posted.

http://lkml.iu.edu//hypermail/linux/ker … 02496.html

I don't know him and I don't know if it's you either. His arguments sound a little scared. As far as I can see, systemd is not "dangerous", just an idea of how to put things in order. Of course, I also wonder how the security of Linux distributions is doing. Sure, there are apparently still no viruses against Linux. It's good! But what about malware that is Linux internal? As a former IT engineer (with little programming experience) I think that there are enough opportunities to abuse Linux by the Linux programmers themselves!

And this is where ideology comes into play! People are scared of the power of Microsoft and we all know Bill Gates' background and also his current "projects". So people’s fear is well founded. It's different with Linux, because the Linux makers are scattered all over the world, mostly they are anonymous and often quite strongly ideologized (example antiX). It is interesting that nobody seems to be afraid of Linux. Why not? Because it's free? Does that make it less dangerous?

Ideologies seduce people and often ideologies even become fascist. Just because Linux has so many distributions doesn't mean it can't be misused. But of course, the possible abuse would then be better hidden and not so easy to find. Maybe this is one of the reasons why some are so strongly against systemd? I just guess.

As I wrote before, I'm not an IT engineer with a lot of programming experience. I'm not a systems specialist either. I am (or was) involved in project management. For many this discipline seems to be unnecessary, especially for those without discipline . Well, should they think that way and keep putting their projects on the wall, what's my business? Yes, it concerns me a lot, because I am basically a simple Linux user and then I reap the problems of failed or ideological open-source projects.

For about 3 months I have been looking for the "best" Linux distribution for me. No, I haven't found it yet and I run the risk of wanting a new distribution . As well-founded as Devuan, with tools as good as antiX, as easy to update as Fedora coreOS or Silverblue (container method), as small and light as TinyCore! And of course made by good IT engineers and supported by supporters who are socially, methodically and didactically experienced. A dream? We will see.

But the MOST IMPORTANT thing is that the distribution should be IDEOLOGY FREE! Because it is ideology that creates problems for us, not systemd.

At the moment I'm working on my own project, it's called LinuC. Perhaps this project will one day also lead to a LinuC OS, which is based on the above 4 distributions and takes over the positive from all of them? If God willing, yes!

Until then, I'll just work on my project every day and hope it will be a success. My "warnings" are formulated in general terms, but I plan to include detailed warnings in the individual distributions so that other users know what they are risking.

linuc.mipropia.com/

At the moment I am still working with antiX, even if I wish it was a goodX, an antiX without anti-ideology. And I also hope that Devuan will one day be free of ideology, because it is already systemd free. Come back to the normal world and forget about the ideological world, because ideologies are just fantasies of unstable people who have let themselves be caught! By whom? You know exactly

Have a nice weekend

@golinux

It's sad that you don't want to see the truth and that you don't want to let others see it either. Why? I can only guess. And where is my answer to @zapper now? You didn't delete his post. Censorship? Freedom? Or what? You have to choose.

God bless!

@golinux

Yes, I'm a little tired too. It's almost 7 p.m. And that happens to me every day! 53 years and a small pancreas. Maybe she'll do it until 60? If not, I don't particularly like fruit juices

One shouldn't hold a grudge against Windows users. I was one too, starting out as an IT engineer at the cantonal building construction office in Zurich. 250 users, they were all networked at the exact moment I started the job. Windows 3.11 and Novel Server! Fortunately, my main task was project management in software procurement   And we had a very good network team, one level higher, that is, at the central management. After 3 years I left, I had seen enough corruption. Millions of CHF illegally passed on to friendly entrepreneurs, at management level There isn't much you can do about it, except blow the whistle at the cantonal parliament. And it worked

Then 10 years of self-employed project management and 15 years (parallel) as a lecturer at different schools. That makes you tired.

But thank God (and I mean it), at the age of 33 there was a turning point in my life More time for me, more time to read (philosophy, psychology, religion), more time to hike in nature, more time for God. But as you can see, you can't get away completely. Because why did God want me to study IT? But with my experience at work, in life and with God (and the last one is central), I've learned to solve things in a different way. And I also learned to deal with the hatred that is brought towards me

Yes, my story is long, my name is not JSM (Juan Stephanus Maria), but that's what I would be called if I had stayed with the Carthusian monks in Vermont in 2013. But as I said: Why did God want me to study IT? Why did he let me read all these many books? Why did he take me out into the wide world? Why did he put me in so many difficult situations? So that I shut up? Certainly not

I am now starting my wiki and still I have not found a solution to the above problem. Language switching for users who are not logged in at MediaWiki (Miraheze) does not work. As soon as I have the English version, I'll try again. If it doesn't work, I'll probably have to set up my own MediaWiki to test why it doesn't work. At Drupal, I was able to do it when I made a small website in 2015. Entity Translation and everything worked. MediaWiki is Drupal, isn't it?

have a nice evening, golinux

EDIT 20:16

Here the link to the supprot from Miraheze with some links. But I have removed the most of them since then. Hope they will answer, when they have time. I would like to do the Wiki there, because it is good for them and for me. So may WikiFrams are done, because now each one is setting up the same software again and again. Seems as we have to much free hosters

https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Stewards … ed_page%3F

Well ... as always, you will find very different people on Linux forums.

One really had a good idea, suggesting that new computers could give a choice of which OS to install on the first boot. Or you can simply buy the new computer together with a USB stick that has the ISO you want. You install the OS and continue to use the USB stick for other purposes.

But this post is about something completely different Just "some" do not seem to understand this, resp. not want to understand. Linux has a chance to become the number 1 OS in the world with the most users. However, it will not work if "these Linux people" continue to think that every Linux user must first become as "intelligent" as these Linux users!

But maybe "these Linux people" want trillions of dollars to continue pouring into the pockets of people like Gates, Zuckerberg, Soros or others every year so that these people can then decide when to wear a mask or an aluminum hat? Ok if you like that.

So, the Linux community should prepare to cope with a mass exodus of Windows users. It takes a little more than "intelligent" sayings in a Linux forum. How about "Linux supporters" who help Windows users to install and configure Linux? These "Linux supporters" could visit Windows users at home and help directly. Or you can organize Linux days in a public place where Windows users can come by and get help. Or you can do it online, but it is difficult to give help online when the Windows user only has one computer and wants to install it. Or not?

Such "Linux supporters" could also be trained so that Windows users are protected by "specially intelligent Linux people". Such a training would also contain social, methodic and didactic elements, because these are mostly lacking. And the training could be standardized. In this case, graduates of the course could be provided with a certificate if they have successfully completed the course. That gives more security and trust and protects against "self-proclaimed Linux experts".

There is an organization here that could organize such things worldwide:

https://www.lpi.org/

Does anyone here already have a certificate from this organization?

@macondo

Thank you, this gives me a idea

@aitor

I am using Xfce and fluxbox. But I was just clicking on that option to "turn off the device"! Maybe would be good, if there would come warning? Why I clicked there? Because I tried to speed up my touchpad in order the arrow is moving faster. But the settings have no effect, also not after boot. Also back to default is not activ, just grew. If maybe you know how to do this? I need more speed on moving the arrow, it is to slow for me.

Thank you for all the tips! Yes, there is some work to do, but I have also time, because Devuan will come with a new version and antiX has it since some days...so I can wait a little until the new versions are officialy stable. In this time I can test Fedora CoreOS. With TinyCore I am still on the way, step by step. I think that Devuan ist the best option for a normal user with just 1GB Ram. AntiX is also ok, but not so comfortable in settings, sometimes you have to edit direktly the file. That's making normal user afraid, I think. Fedora I don't know now, but if it is, was I think, then it must be a simple installation and then the conection to the Red Hat server. TinyCore I would just use for very special cases with really old hardware.

And as I am not involved in the "systemd-war" I will also make some links to other distry like Bodhi, Q4OS, Lununtu. Anyway they are running a bit slowlyer then the systemd free ones. And there are some more small ones, Void...etc.

Today I thout, that I will now set up the website first to see, what information I really need. I will also have to show, how to find out what hardware one have (64/32 bit, Ram size, disk size). Not every user will know where to find it on a windows OS. Then it needs something about download the ISO and move it on USB stick or a CD. Then about making a swapfile and set the swapiness. Change the browser and make the settings. Configurate the desktop, move away the icons that you don't need and so on. Yes, a lot of details. But I will have to make a line and just give the important information in order the installation is running stable and "fast". The rest they will find then, after a while on the forums.

I will call it : "LinuxChico" or just "LinuC". Chico is spanish and means small, but also boy.

And then I will have to find some people that would like to take it over an go on with it, because I have 53. The vision is, that LinuC will have a network of helpers in all the world, that even going to visit a user and help him to set the Distry up. There are so many people >60 that could do this!

Hi all!

I'll let you know that I've now set up my Devuan pretty well and can actively work with it. It runs very well, faster than antiX!

I came from Lubuntu looking for something smaller and first came across Q4OS. But after a month of productive work, I was still dissatisfied with the performance. So I kept searching and failed at first on the WiFi setup of Void Linux. Then I found antiX and thought I'd give it a try, even if I'm not an anti-capitalist. antiX runs quite well and after a while I got used to being a former systemd user without knowing it

When antiX was running and I also received new hardware, Toshiba 2010 with 1GB Ram, I started working with TinyCore. And I'm still working on it. Sure, it's the fastest, but you have to get used to it. I can already work on it with Vivaldi Browser. I would prefer Opera. TinyCore has a zram standard and I created a swapfile with 1GB. I also dealt a little with swapiness and understood what it is about and what is not. Some distributions recommend a swapiness of 10, which is absurd for a small Ram! 60 may be too high, I work with 30-40 and have very good results on all distros. I suspect that with a deep swapiness the swap task, if it is activated, is given a fairly high priority, since at this moment the RAM is already very full. This then automatically slows down the other task, for example the browser. If the swapiness is higher, the swap task is given a lower priority and runs more or less "on the side", but earlyer, longer and more often. But since the CPU is extremely fast compared to us users, it doesn't bother us at work. Delaying swapping is therefore not necessarily wise with little ram. It just fills up the RAM and lets the CPU work at a low level until it is swapped. But then the CPU is fully utilized because the late swap task is given a very high priority.

But now to Devuan!

Believe it or not, I surf faster with Devuan than with antiX! Wow! Here is my swap:

devuan @ devuan: ~ $ cat / proc / swaps
Filename Type Size Used Priority
/ swapfile file 2097148 372736 -2
devuan @ devuan: ~ $

Here my sysctl:

#swapiness
vm.swappiness = 40
vm.vfs_cache_pressure = 10

You see, with the right settings swapfile is actually sufficient. I couldn't activate zram yet, I wrote a post about it. But actually I don't need it at all. Everything that is compression loads the CPU selectively and leads to waiting times in other programs.

I had just opened 8 facebook tabs (!) and could switch from one to the other with a waiting time of less than 5 seconds! Opera has some very interesting settings on this subject, but everyone should know for themselves whether they want to use Opera, because of the license.

Here is an article about swapiness that helped me a lot:

https://www.howtogeek.com/449691/what-i … change-it/

Unfortunately, I had the negative experience on antiX forum that anti-capitalism has priority and that the constructive solutions come afterwards. One is bullied, posts are deleted, accounts blocked and even the update function is manipulated. I also noticed strange waiting times while surfing. Shortly after I posted about it on antiX and also here, the problem "solved" ... and my post about "jOS" disappeared on antiX forum

That brings me to the last point, which is "jOS". Apparently Fedora CoreOS is something like that. As soon as I have completed all the areas at Devuan and I'm a little further with TinyCore, I'll test it. I have 4 partitions and one is still free

Ok, I am fine! Don't know why, but I had to wait about 1 minute, until the keyboard began to work, after login with user. Then I could navigate to "Enable this service".