What size is the glass then?

Strictly speaking, no. MBR still works, but GPT is required for drives over 4TB in size.

As for partitioning the entire drive, that's up to you: if you want to retain your Win-OS install you keep it as is (just shrink the size of the Win-OS partition), otherwise just use the partition scheme I gave you.

Thunderbird stores mail in the home directory of each user. Suppose your user name is Lizzy, it stores mail in

/home/Lizzy/.thunderbird/<random>.default/Mail

<random> is just a random set of characters, which Thunderbird creates when you're opening the app for the first time.

So, it's on a separate partition, which also includes all of your other personal data. The setup I gave you allows to keep that data if you decide to choose a different Linux version. Of course, you still need to back it up securely!

No it doesn't. It bypasses xorg.conf completely.

Sure:  https://unix.stackexchange.com/question … acking-out

I still need to figure out which system boot script would be the best to add this command to. Or perhaps add a new boot script specifically for it. May take a while I'm afraid

HTH!

Found those on Mate already, and the power settings management thing, no dice

Mind, I re-used my /home dir from Ascii, it's on a separate HDD.

Thanks for that. It seems I've lost the work I'd done already, so I'll go the Git route. May take a while though.

You use SysVinit, but issue commands for OpenRC? Best read up on boot scripts for sysvinit then Also, it's best practice to end a script with

exit 0

HTH!

@Camtaf: Some people take issue with "binary blobs" in Linux. They feel "Open Source" isn't "open" if there's a binary blob (proprietary code) on their system. That's fine, it's their prerogative. Others have a more pragmatic stance, accepting that these blobs are necessary if certain vendors (mainly nVidia, but also the RPi/Broadcom chips) have their products work on Linux.

I've burned the dunce hat so you can't have it

Anyway, for the OP: post the contents of the file

/etc/apt/sources.list

Another wise thing to do:

su #type root password and press enter
#if your system uses sudo, use this command instead: sudo su
apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade && reboot

This updates your entire system and may take some time. It should also deal with any policy issues mentioned before. Notice the word should, I've never used this policy stuff before.

It can't. Linux doesn't have a chance to become the #1 most used OS on the planet. It already is

• Android is based on Linux. No idea how much market share Android currently has, but it's substantial

• Every time you hit a webpage on the WWW, Linux does its job serving it to you, from your router to the root server and back again. And for all other 5bn web users on this planet. Every day, every second, millions of times

• About 99% of devices in your house use Linux in one form or another

But most people don't know, because Linux doesn't show off it's flashiness and stuff, it just does its job. And that's all that matters

Many thanks. Installed elogind backend and about to reboot to see if it works.

[edit] Aaaand it does Consolekit appears functionally incomplete ATM. Well, at least in my experience.

Guess so. But that doesn't mean it's therefore inherently unsafe/dangerous/unusable after that time. I've been running the last pre-systemd Debian for years after it made the change to systemd as default init system. Only in 2015 did I make the switch to Funtoo (couldn't get Gentoo to work and the Funtoo guide was so inclusive even I could successfully complete it ) and after I found Devuan I stuck with it for a while

As long as you keep your wits about and don't do stupid things, like browsing unsafe websites and stuff, ASCII will work just fine. But in time you'll notice stuff does get outdated and no longer supported and websites may no longer work as you'd expect, or at all. But this is Linux: grab the source of your $browser, configure, compile, build and install it and you're done.   It's a pity Beowulf is such a PITA, but the underlying issues are not the fault of the Devuan dev's but lay with Debian or perhaps elsewhere upstream.