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#151 Re: Off-topic » make desktop looks like windows 11 » 2023-08-17 08:36:42
I have to ask - why do you want it to look like MS Windows?
Lots of people seem to think that if they make it look the same, it will act the same.......wrong! 
#152 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] Deleted top window bar » 2023-08-16 08:21:25
Was this on XFCE, the default desktop environment?
(If not, you should have said which environment you were using!) 
#153 Re: Freedom Hacks » [SOLVED] HOWTO make pysolfc work in Daedalus » 2023-08-16 08:16:55
Thanks; noted. 
#154 Re: Installation » Devuan 5.0 netinstall failed [loading boot loader] » 2023-08-16 08:11:12
Connected to the internet, or not, if not it may not install grub, I found this on one Devuan based distro that I was using - (might be worth trying).
(Probably not related but, if using GPT partitioning, I found out that you need a small (4MB) partition for the bios/boot.)
Just a couple of my thoughts.
#155 Re: News & Announcements » Daedalus is stable » 2023-08-15 17:18:11
Downloaded this afternoon - many thanks to the team for all your hard work.....
#156 Re: Installation » Newer hardware, don't install Chimaera, install Daedalus. » 2023-08-10 09:11:07
Always best to use slightly older tech than the latest with Linux/BSD as drivers have to be reverse engineered, & this can take some months.
#157 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Browser for netbook running Devuan » 2023-07-30 09:41:04
I sometimes run Dillo, but it doesn't work on all websites.
When I had a netbook, I'd give it a 2GB swap partition in addition to its 2GB ram, because it let me use FF at a reasonable speed, not so slow as to drive me nuts waiting.
#158 Re: Off-topic » Is systemd still bad in 2023? » 2023-07-30 09:35:53
Waste of time asking that here!!!
We are here because we want nothing to do with systemd - Debian's biggest mistake was to try & force it onto its users, that's why Devuan exists.
#159 Re: Installation » Strange netinstall.iso behaviour » 2023-07-29 09:43:56
As I said earlier, if he selects manual partitioning he should be able to do that; or change the whole layout completely.
#160 Re: Installation » Strange netinstall.iso behaviour » 2023-07-28 14:00:34
Partition your disk manually, seems to be an option, so I'd take a look at that.
#161 Re: Installation » Strange netinstall.iso behaviour » 2023-07-28 08:32:05
I've not used a net install, so can't say, but, I usually use one pendrive for the install media, & a separate pendrive to install it to, just like I do when installing to internal disks.
Could it be the fact that you are trying to install it to the same pendrive as you are booting from(?), I've never tried to do that.
#162 Re: Devuan » How can I run another OS from a Devuan running from a live USB stick? » 2023-07-26 09:25:47
If I remember, qemu needs an image file to use - https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/images.html
(You can create an empty image file & install a distro to it, & then run it in qemu.)
#163 Re: Installation » How to get a deployable full install media set » 2023-07-23 08:41:12
Sounds like a 'snapshot' is what you want - set up the machine how you want it, take a 'snapshot' of your system, put it onto an external disk, & use it to (re)install from.
Check out refractasnapshot.
#164 Re: Devuan » How can I run another OS from a Devuan running from a live USB stick? » 2023-07-21 08:15:21
Image write the .iso to your pendrive, make sure your computer will boot from USB first, insert pendrive, reboot - computer should load from pendrive.
#165 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Crowz 4.0 Test build Chimaera » 2023-07-20 18:23:49
Hi oui, yes, I am very much a believer in using old computers, with lightweight distros.
I used to use #! (Crunchbang Linux) until its demise, when I turned to AntiX Base, but they started to add too many things to their menus, at which time I moved over to Devuan Live, it was easy to install, but I still prefer the smaller distros, & Crowz fits the bill very nicely.
#166 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Crowz 4.0 Test build Chimaera » 2023-07-20 14:09:47
Crowz JWM now installed to my 2x Igel D220 thin clients, (now fitted with 4GB ram), 1.46GHz Atom processors, one has a 16GB DoM, the other has a 60GB SSD squeezed inside attached by an extension cable, both working very nicely.
Also, now one of my HP T520 thin clients, 1.2GHz dual core AMD processor, 2GB ram, 16GB M2 SSD, running well too.
I'm really liking Crowz for use on old computers.
#167 Re: Devuan » We need to big up Devuan Live » 2023-07-17 17:31:23
Er, exactly what are you asking?
#168 Re: Installation » Updating from ASCII » 2023-07-14 16:59:04
I'd try running a 'live' version of chimaera, & if it boots OK, install it.
I nearly always have a separate /home partition, this makes replacing an O/S easy - the main times that I don't is when I'm using a really small drive, such as my 16GB M2 SSD, or a pendrive.
#169 Re: Devuan Derivatives » Crowz 4.0 Test build Chimaera » 2023-07-04 09:37:53
Re visited Crowz/chimaera/JWM on my HP T520 thin clients, using a DP (display port) cable, & a HD (1920x1080) monitor, it loaded & worked, so then I decided to install it.
First problem I encountered was that it wouldn't install to my internal 8GB M2 SSD, I've got to have at least 10GB(!?).
So, I tried it with a 16GB M2 SSD, this was OK, however, it took 4GB for a swap partition!
That's a bit extreme, I'm thinking, especially as this machine only has 2GB ram, which is plenty, even for Devuan Live installs, without any swap.
(P.S. I got a seg fault when I tried a manual install, but could be because I hadn't checked the download; just thought I'd mention it. )
Overall, I still like this version of Devuan.
#170 Re: Devuan Derivatives » refracta Daedalus 32 bit: installations problem :-( » 2023-06-23 09:40:58
Re installing using refracta can be tricky, even with just a separate /home partition, so I suggest you do a new install using the 'desktop' version of Daedalus.
As for, dual booting, I haven't since W95, & I think you will also have to alter the EFI/BIOS settings on a W10 machine, (secure boot, etc).
Unless you need to keep W10, I'd wipe it, & just install Daedalus on there, it will be the easiest.
P.S. Use the 64bit version on that W10 machine.
#171 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Installing with a separate /home partition » 2023-06-23 09:30:28
I switched to using 'live' distros a while back, they are so convenient to get a box up & running; but I still like to have things 'my way', so occasionally I'll install afresh from the 'Desktop' version, like with Daedalus, using LXDE instead of XFCE; it's an easy process, so don't be shy, (& I'm way past 65 ).
#172 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Installing with a separate /home partition » 2023-06-22 08:40:50
Alternatively, using the 'live', you could install everything to the root partition, then alter /etc/fstab to use your old home partition.....
(You may want to copy all '.' files from the new home to your old home partition first, especially if using a different DE/WM.)
#173 Re: Documentation » HOWTO : use bash instead of dash as the default shell in daedalus » 2023-06-20 09:05:13
Maybe using chsh in a script, run at start up of your session, would be a better alternative(?).
#174 Re: Devuan » Devuan 5 Daedalus Release (Debian 12 - Bookworm) | Looking for info » 2023-06-11 17:27:25
Camtaf wrote:Usually seems to be a few weeks after Debian, things have to be checked carefully before Devuan will put up the new release.
Where do you get "Usually" and "few weeks" from?
With Bullseye/Chimaera it took two months.....
Well there you go then........it took a few weeks......
Usually = from past experience....
But basically, I was merely giving a rough time frame.......as in, not for a little while.
#175 Re: Devuan » Devuan 5 Daedalus Release (Debian 12 - Bookworm) | Looking for info » 2023-06-11 17:21:33
@ eyeV
N.B. It wasn't me who you quoted, but boughtonp.....
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