Ged, if you have a local repository that's complete enough to contain all you need, I assume that it would work. I think you just need to edit the debootstrap command to point to your own repo. Look in zlibs/bootstrap.

There are several possible locations of isohdpfx.bin. Maybe we should be finding it instead of hard-coding the location. Look at zlibs/iso.

In the isolinux directory, edit menu.cfg to add a line that says "include live.cfg'
and add a file named live.cfg to the same directory with contents

label live
    menu label Live(or some other name)
    kernel /live/vmlinuz
    append initrd=/live/initrd.img boot=live

If you want something other than Graphical Install to be the highlighted choice at the boot menu, remove 'menu default' from gtk.txt and add it to the entry you want to be the default choice.

You won't need a virus scanner for linux until enough people are using linux to make it worthwhile for someone to start writing linux viruses. Clamav is a linux virus scanner, but it is used for finding windows viruses. You would do better to spend your time securing your web browser.

I don't think that process has been formalized yet, but take a look at https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=549

The reason hardinfo is in devuan is because it is in debian, and the entire debian repo is available, except for a few systemd packages. You can tell which ones we have changed by looking at the version. The devuanized packages say 'devuan' in the version. devuan1 for jessie, devuan2 for ascii.

The webmaster can see the unique ID number found in /etc/popularity-contest.conf. I don't know if that is associated with your IP address or if they are logged separately. Either way, those numbers don't get published. Whether that's a security risk or not might depend on how paranoid you are. And right now, that's not even working correctly in the desktop-live isos - everyone who uses the same iso gets the same number (there are three in total).

If you install from one of the desktop-live isos, you should delete /etc/popularity-contest.conf before running the installer. That way, you will get a unique number and we get more meaningful statistics. To correct it after installing, delete the file and then run 'dpkg-reconfigure popularity-contest'.

Yes. To do it once, press the e key at the boot menu and add it to the linux line.
To make it permanent, add it to the KERNEL_DEFAULT line in /etc/default/grub (where it has "quiet") and then run update-grub.

Error message says "possibly" but there's no doubt about it. You need to exclude rsyslog and include either syslog-ng or busybox-syslogd. When rsyslog for ascii is ready, you can switch back to it. It's also possible to add rsyslog from jessie-backports after the install. I know that works, but I don't know if there are any problems with it. (Tested minimally by me, once.)

You might need to exclude alsa-base, too. There is no such package in ascii.

What's not systemd-free about trinity? It's been a long time since I've installed it on jessie, but I don't recall needing any systemd pieces,

The no-x refracta is cli only. I make a nox version of Refracta first with each major release. A few people use it to add their preferred packages. I'm a retro kind of guy. I'll play with wayland after it's been around long enough to get the bugs out.

Make sure eject is installed. (That is the package name)

Well, as I see it, the biggest issue is that you used the CD, which gives you a system that most people would consider incomplete (like inactive shutdown buttons). Please don't file a bug report on that fact. We know the CD sucks, but it's useful if you must install without a network and you want a smaller download than the dvd or the desktop-live.

Crunched text and no button outlines: That sounds like a couple of the new gtk3 features. (gtk3 sucks worse than the CD).

I had a better upgrade experience using a refracta iso. The audio works (alsa only, no pulseaudio). There's no automounting usb drives or even popup icons when you plug one in, but that's because refracta doesn't have gvfs installed. (You might want to check for that). I use pmount for external drives, and that still works. Video (camera) works. I haven't tried watching a video file yet. I'll have to install vlc and check it. That's what I normally use, and it's known to be a little flaky.

Here's something that might work for rsyslog if you're ok with experimenting and possibly hosing your system. Install the version in jessie-backports. I did it this morning on a minimal installation and it seems to work. It should upgrade properly when rsyslog in ascii is ready.

For the power buttons, make sure you have installed policykit-1 consolekit libpam-ck-connector and upower. (Hope I didn't forget any). If that doesn't work, search the forum for any of those package names and you'll find some discussion.

There's a 'stay logged in' option? Guess I need to check my settings again. I'm in the habit of highlighting my whole post and copying it to the clipboard. Been burned on timeout plenty of times and places.

I predict that this thread will go for some time as more people try it and as packages get fixed. OK, time for me to go back to making new refracta isos. (sorry, golinux, but the first ones will be no-X).

Yes, I saw that you did apt-get upgrade, but you made it sound like you did not let it run. If the dist-upgrade says there's nothing to upgrade, then I guess you are running ascii. But I don't know what the autoremove did. Why did you run that? Did it remove any of the packages that were retained?