08-02-2022, 01:02 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-02-2022, 01:12 AM by mnrvovrfc.
Edit Reason: more clarifications and typos
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https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=alt
Currently checking out ALT Linux. Avoided the "standard" ISO because I abhor KDE Plasma, and also stayed away from the "simply" version. Instead picked the "nightly build" option which gives me MATE desktop environment, the one I could tolerate best. With the "standard" package while booting must be quick about pressing [F2] I guess during GRUB; otherwise it fires up in Russian. The live-ISO "nightly build" I have clearly gives a menu option to change the system language and keyboard config out of Russian. This setting is remembered when the system is installed to hard disk or to external USB disk.
QB64 setup script incorrectly detects this distro as "Fedora" at the end because this distro is RPM-based. ALT Linux is an independent distro that might have been based on one of the original Red Hat's descendants way back in the late 1990's and is run by a Russian company. There is no "yum" and I have yet to discover what is the terminal-line installer/remover. Although there are utilities to resolve Fedora RPM's for this described OS, it's not recommended to use them especially if the package is available and recent only for ALT. This could be a pain building QB64 or anything else because the root password is separated from the user's, and sometimes the user isn't recognized for very important "sudo" command.
The "nightly build" is called "Sisyphus unstable" which might be unsettling, but this is for people who want cutting edge, as well as for those like me who don't like the "standard" long-term service (LTS) offering.
One more thing: do not attempt to copy from one "ext4" partition to the user's partition for this distro! The user permissions are going to be messed up for the copied files. Copying from Windows partitions should be OK but tested it only from external USB FAT32 partition.
In "Synaptics Package Manager" must select the following:
"gcc", "Dependency package for GNU C compiler"
"gcc-c++","Dependency package for GNU C++ compiler"
"libGLU","mesa libGLU runtime library"
"libGLU-devel","mesa libGLU development package"
"libX11","X11 Library"
"libX11-devel","X11 libraries and header files"
"libfreetype","A free and portable font rendering engine"
"libfreetype-devel","Header files and library for development with Freetype2"
"libalsa-devel","Development environment for Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)"
That last one I had to install after C++ compilation failed to find "alsa.o" for B+'s "oh" interpreter. :/
Note "X11" it's a capital "X"!
might also have to select this:
"gcc-common"
"gcc-c++-common"
Might want to change the repository servers to a location away from Russia and near you...
EDIT: I was on ALT Linux but when I first tried to edit this Firefox hung which sucked and it's the first thing that happened to me! Sadly the choices of web browser are poor. This was v103 the latest of that program I'd rather not use.
Currently checking out ALT Linux. Avoided the "standard" ISO because I abhor KDE Plasma, and also stayed away from the "simply" version. Instead picked the "nightly build" option which gives me MATE desktop environment, the one I could tolerate best. With the "standard" package while booting must be quick about pressing [F2] I guess during GRUB; otherwise it fires up in Russian. The live-ISO "nightly build" I have clearly gives a menu option to change the system language and keyboard config out of Russian. This setting is remembered when the system is installed to hard disk or to external USB disk.
QB64 setup script incorrectly detects this distro as "Fedora" at the end because this distro is RPM-based. ALT Linux is an independent distro that might have been based on one of the original Red Hat's descendants way back in the late 1990's and is run by a Russian company. There is no "yum" and I have yet to discover what is the terminal-line installer/remover. Although there are utilities to resolve Fedora RPM's for this described OS, it's not recommended to use them especially if the package is available and recent only for ALT. This could be a pain building QB64 or anything else because the root password is separated from the user's, and sometimes the user isn't recognized for very important "sudo" command.
The "nightly build" is called "Sisyphus unstable" which might be unsettling, but this is for people who want cutting edge, as well as for those like me who don't like the "standard" long-term service (LTS) offering.
One more thing: do not attempt to copy from one "ext4" partition to the user's partition for this distro! The user permissions are going to be messed up for the copied files. Copying from Windows partitions should be OK but tested it only from external USB FAT32 partition.
In "Synaptics Package Manager" must select the following:
"gcc", "Dependency package for GNU C compiler"
"gcc-c++","Dependency package for GNU C++ compiler"
"libGLU","mesa libGLU runtime library"
"libGLU-devel","mesa libGLU development package"
"libX11","X11 Library"
"libX11-devel","X11 libraries and header files"
"libfreetype","A free and portable font rendering engine"
"libfreetype-devel","Header files and library for development with Freetype2"
"libalsa-devel","Development environment for Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)"
That last one I had to install after C++ compilation failed to find "alsa.o" for B+'s "oh" interpreter. :/
Note "X11" it's a capital "X"!
might also have to select this:
"gcc-common"
"gcc-c++-common"
Might want to change the repository servers to a location away from Russia and near you...
EDIT: I was on ALT Linux but when I first tried to edit this Firefox hung which sucked and it's the first thing that happened to me! Sadly the choices of web browser are poor. This was v103 the latest of that program I'd rather not use.