Anno domini 2020 Thu, 3 Sep 22:55:40 -0500 J Leslie Turriff scripsit: Exegnulinux -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting

On 2020-09-04 01:07:15 William Morder via trinity-users wrote: So, none of the ones in the ubuntu group? My impression is that that's the primary platform the developers work with, and ought to be most stable? Poking around on the internet, I see that focal is the latest LTS one. I don't much like the password restrictions on Q4OS, and he does have several additional drives that would need mounting from time to time, so AntiX doesn't sound so good either. Leslie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting

On Friday 04 September 2020 00:13:19 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: Stop with your siren songs about BSD land! I cannot afford to get another computer, just so I can run a test machine and learn BSD. Not yet, anyway. Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting

On Thursday 03 September 2020 23:39:16 J Leslie Turriff wrote: Once the fortune teller has spoken, it is bad manners to keep asking for another reading, then another, then another, for the same question, as if that will give a different fortune. ;-) Besides, I intended these choices to be, as it were, starter kits. The experienced user will naturally want something that offers more options. And range of options, infinite choices in configuration, modifications and self-hacking: these do not go together with easy-to-use starter kits. The easier to use from the start, the less the user will be able to modify the system; the easier to modify the system, then it will be harder to get started, like Debian or Devuan. It's sort of like an inverse proportion at work there. I did not consciously steer away from the 'buntus, just that none have impressed me enough to stick in the memory. These were the ones that impressed me as being ready to go, "right out of the box"; something that I would recommend for noobies. In any case, if I recall, the 'buntus have all gone the way of systemd, and this would cause other problems, or at least some conflicts, down the road. I know that AntiX is no-systemd, but I forget if Q4OS is systemd or init. If you don't know why some object to systemd, this would require some research, but the short version is that init is more established, simpler in terms of system run levels, etc. For me, anyway, it causes fewer problems than systemd. The key terms here are "from time to time"; he would mount them now and again, whereas mine are permanently mounted at boot. They are internal hard drives, and reside inside my chassis, or box; they are not external drives. My remark about mounting additional drives does not apply to *external* hard drives, which one can mount in the ordinary way. If your friend has external hard drives, then AntiX ought to be fine. I have 4 internal hard drives, and I tend to save to those that do not contain my home folder, so that when I made a fresh installation on a brand-new SSD, I didn't need to change anything in my setup, nor to worry about copying anything too big. But if I had to mount each of them when I needed them, I would never get anything done. They mount after my home folder is mounted, so they are always available. This would not be another person's usual setup; a machine like mine does not exist in nature otherwise, but is an abomination, so far as most geeks are concerned. As I thought I made clear, my first choice would be AntiX. It is not so different from one of the 'buntu versions. Simple, clean, fast, easy to use from first boot. One would have to be a nitpicking old crank (like myself) to object to AntiX. It's only when dug deep into it that I found things that I didn't like; also, due to my glut of internal hard drives, I have special needs. However, others may disagree. Nik seems to prefer exegnulinux, though I found that it never completely installed. You are welcome to have your own opinion, as well, as I make to claims to expertise here; I only speak from my experiences of actually trying them out. Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting

On Friday 04 September 2020 06:52:08 Michael wrote: By the way, Michael, I believe that AntiX is based on MX Linux. I forget the exact relationship, but that's how I discovered the MX repositories. Since you are so enthusiastic about MX Linux with TDE, I wondered if you knew anything about AntiX, or were more up-to-date on its status, or had an opinion about it I was quite impressed by it; it just didn't suit my needs. Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting