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Blue-Knight · Jan 16, 2015

I had to move out of debian because my DVB card was not working there... Moved to Linux Mint XFCE this time.

It is not looking much different after all. I do not understand why people like a desktop window manager full of 3D effects, flames, explosions, transparency and all.

A light XFCE with traditional menu is everything you will want to become more productive and work more comfortably.

It always worked flawlessly, then why to change!? :rolleyes:

[screenshot below]

digibucc · Jan 16, 2015

It's all about what is aesthetically pleasing to you. for me smooth corners, shadows, transparency, and cleaner text are a must. if for no other reason - I pay for the hardware and it can handle it, I like it - why not?

Liquid Cool · Jan 16, 2015

I'm newer to linux and I never had the experience with Gnome 2(MATE) that many have had over the years...with that said...I like MATE and have been playing with it lately. I'm considering moving from the newer version of Gnome that I've been using to the old stuff. It works A LOT better with my ancient hardware. Every bit as good as xfce.

Since I'm used to ubuntu distros, I'm currently testing out Ubuntu MATE. It's very stable.

Best,

LC

blobster21 · Jan 16, 2015

I didn't even know Ubuntu Mate is available as a LTS too : for a long time it was based on 14.10. That alone would prevent me from using it.

Until know, i would just install Ubuntu Gnome LTS + Mate-desktop on top of it and make it the default DE.

Obviously i couldn't uninstall the default Gnome DE without breaking parts of the system, eventhough i had no use of it.

Its decided : i will install this Ubuntu Mate LTS from scratch today !

Nordic · Jan 17, 2015

Ubuntu minimal with cinnamon. Set up for crunching for WCG.

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Jan 17, 2015

james888 said:
Ubuntu minimal with cinnamon. Set up for crunching for WCG.

Me likey @james888 , what app are you running in the top corner?

Nordic · Jan 17, 2015

ThE_MaD_ShOt said:
Me likey @james888 , what app are you running in the top corner?

That is Conky. I already had conky, as suggested by @Norton, to show cpu mhz but I just recently realized I could configure it to look like that. It shows system monitor info, temps, and cpu mhz all in one app. I had 3 for that before.

Liquid Cool · Jan 17, 2015

Testing out Mint MATE 17.1 this weekend, seems to be hitting my CPU a little harder than Ubuntu's version of MATE so I'll probably be sticking with Ubuntu...I've also tried PCLinuxOS and Sparky's version. Sparky's pegged my cpu at 100% consistently...but I liked the dock.

. I can add my own if I need one.

Very happy with MATE...it's scratching my old school itch. Ultra Flat Theme, with Ultra Flat Icons.

A couple of shots of the apps menu...

Best,

Liquid Cool

Blue-Knight · Jan 17, 2015

Liquid Cool said:
Very happy with MATE...it's scratching my old school itch. Ultra Flat Theme, with Ultra Flat Icons.

Why is everybody making solid color themes now!? It (re-)started with Windows 8 as far as I can remember.

Now boom, an explosion of solid color themes are starting to take place. Nothing against it, I like it. :rolleyes:

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Jan 17, 2015

james888 said:
That is Conky. I already had conky, as suggested by @Norton, to show cpu mhz but I just recently realized I could configure it to look like that. It shows system monitor info, temps, and cpu mhz all in one app. I had 3 for that before.

Damn I used conky a few years ago but never knew I could get that much info from it. I have to give it another whirl.

Liquid Cool · Jan 17, 2015

Blue-Knight...

I'm probably 'behind the times'....I just started using these solid colored flat themes. I might be crazy(and probably am...

), but these distros seem to run a little smoother(ie: faster) with them. Could be subjective...I don't know, but every bit helps. Finally have all of my software loaded up...think I'll just continue with this distro on the laptop. An E1-1200 needs all the help it can get.

Mad Shot....give the 'Conky Manager' a try. I believe 2.1 was the latest version I used.

Best,

LC

Nordic · Jan 17, 2015

Liquid Cool said:
Blue-Knight...

I'm probably 'behind the times'....I just started using these solid colored flat themes. I might be crazy(and probably am...), but these distros seem to run a little smoother(ie: faster) with them. Could be subjective...I don't know, but every bit helps. Finally have all of my software loaded up...think I'll just continue with this distro on the laptop. An E1-1200 needs all the help it can get.

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Mad Shot....give the 'Conky Manager' a try. I believe 2.1 was the latest version I used.

Best,

LC

I don't even know of this software. I did that all by hand, copying a couple different conky configs.

ThE_MaD_ShOt said:
Damn I used conky a few years ago but never knew I could get that much info from it. I have to give it another whirl.

I could give you a copy of my conky config if you want to edit it for your own use. I got inspiration from this page.

Norton · Jan 17, 2015

james888 said:
That is Conky. I already had conky, as suggested by @Norton, to show cpu mhz but I just recently realized I could configure it to look like that. It shows system monitor info, temps, and cpu mhz all in one app. I had 3 for that before.

Wasn't me, I'm just using psensor atm. May have been @thebluebumblebee... thanks for tagging me though, I may install it later today and give it a try

agent00skid · Jan 17, 2015

One of my machines with LXDE on Fedora.

Nordic · Jan 17, 2015

Norton said:
Wasn't me, I'm just using psensor atm. May have been @thebluebumblebee... thanks for tagging me though, I may install it later today and give it a try

I asked for a program that did cpu frequency and a program that did temperatures. I thought it was you. I was using psensor, conky, and gnome system monitor. Apparently conky does it all.

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Jan 17, 2015

james888 said:
I don't even know of this software. I did that all by hand, copying a couple different conky configs.

I could give you a copy of my conky config if you want to edit it for your own use. I got inspiration from this page.

Yeah that will be cool. I am using psensor right now also.

Csokis · May 4, 2015

Ubuntu Studio 14.04.2 LTS (XFCE default)

librin.so.1 · May 4, 2015

>My Little Pony

B|

Blue-Knight · Jul 27, 2015

Just installed "Linux Mint Debian 2" on a USB 2.0 flash drive:

It worked with acceptable performance on my very poor usb flash drive: 15MB/s read, 3MB/s write...

I could install drivers, programs and watch TV just by installing the system on my usb flash drive.

Trying doing that with Windows... LOL!

Nordic · Jul 28, 2015

Sorry to burst your bubble, but I have tried that before for crunching. It killed my usb 2.0 flashdrive. The usb 3.0 flashdrive I tried survived but overtime the system became corrupt. For short term use it is great though, just not long term.

Blue-Knight · Jul 28, 2015

james888 said:
Sorry to burst your bubble, but I have tried that before for crunching. It killed my usb 2.0 flashdrive. The usb 3.0 flashdrive I tried survived but overtime the system became corrupt. For short term use it is great though, just not long term.

Hey, @james888! Thanks for sharing your past experiences.

In this case I would try to minimize flash drive workload as much as possible by doing the following:
>Install a minimal GNU/Linux system... The smaller the better.
>Put all the program data (folding@home, boinc) to memory (ram disk) and initialize from there.

That would minimize flash drive access... And only save the modified data to flash drive at regular intervals (every 1 hour or more).

And for best results... Try to get the entire system to boot from flash drive and keep running itself from RAM that way the flash drive work will be reduced to almost nothing.

Not sure if it would work. LOL!

librin.so.1 · Jul 28, 2015

james888 said:
Sorry to burst your bubble, but I have tried that before for crunching. It killed my usb 2.0 flashdrive. The usb 3.0 flashdrive I tried survived but overtime the system became corrupt. For short term use it is great though, just not long term.

Actually, it's great for long term use. If you use it properly.
The thing is, a flash drive is essence the same technology as SSDs. But unlike an regular SSD, flash drives:
· are build with unplug-ability in-mind (read: with people who just jack them out in mind) and while an SSD withholds flushing (i.e. actually writing) the data as much as possible, a flash drive tends to write it ASAP
· have pretty much no scratch space available, along with basically no overprovisioning
· generally have NO support for things like trimming

all that along with the fact people tend to install that stuff using a filesystem highly unsuitable for flash media, rapidly accelerates wear on the drive.

For tasks like crunching, it's absolutely essential to use a ramdisk. (which is so easy to [automatically] set up on Linux, it's basically a crime to not do it in such cases).
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Other than that, having a long-term Linux installation on a flash drive is a very viable thing. I personally got a fully functional linux installation (not some "liveCD"-like crap) on a flash drive and use it for years – insta-desktop fulfilling any of my normal needs in a pocket.

Nordic · Jul 28, 2015

Having all the data in ram like puppy linux would be possible long term. That is true and you both have me there.

Peter1986C · Jul 28, 2015

And no swap partition.

m&m's · Jul 29, 2015

Blue-Knight said:
Hey, @james888! Thanks for sharing your past experiences.

In this case I would try to minimize flash drive workload as much as possible by doing the following:
>Install a minimal GNU/Linux system... The smaller the better.
>Put all the program data (folding@home, boinc) to memory (ram disk) and initialize from there.

That would minimize flash drive access... And only save the modified data to flash drive at regular intervals (every 1 hour or more).

And for best results... Try to get the entire system to boot from flash drive and keep running itself from RAM that way the flash drive work will be reduced to almost nothing.

Not sure if it would work. LOL!

It would work for Boinc, not sure for F@H. -> Getting BOINC setup without drives

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