09-11-2022, 12:24 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-11-2022, 12:35 AM by mnrvovrfc.
Edit Reason: More clarification
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https://www.devuan.org/
Devuan - this is like Debian but a bit lame. They make a big deal about not carrying "systemd". If you're not sure, especially if your wireless connection could work on a 10-year-old PC then don't try it!
I created a 64GB partition on the slow-as-heck HDD of my ageing computer for it. I chose the "desktop" ISO which is almost 4GB in size. It might not be different in "net-install" or "live-desktop" mode. I do not recommend "server" mode unless you hate XFCE desktop environment. If you want the Windows-like KDE Plasma then the big ISO is the only way to go.
Like the rest of the Debian/Ubuntu family, Devuan lags far behind fierce competitors like Fedora and Manjaro (but with "systemd") with "cutting edge" Linux kernel. I updated Fedora XFCE a short time ago and got v5.19 of the kernel, while Devuan is still on v5.10. The latest Debian release was supposed to up the ante to a release which stopped being the latest this month. :/
One thing that sucks is that if you choose to give a "root" password, this OS could refuse to allow a "regular" user to use "sudo". Must add a text file (become superuser and use "nano" terminal app) into "/etc/sudoers.d" to fix it. Moreover, this distro might keep trying to get files from a "cdrom" or "dvd" which doesn't exist. To fix this, as superuser edit "/etc/apt/sources.list" and delete whatever line has "cdrom" or "dvd" on it.
For this OS, to install QB64 must first put in "g++" and "make", then make a change to "setup_lnx.sh" file to force "DISTRO=debian" after it checked incorrectly for which distro, and before the "if" statements controlling the installation of packages. EDIT: noticed inside "setup_lnx.sh" that "make" is accounted for.
Definitely it's much easier to install on Ubuntu than on this other garbage.
Devuan - this is like Debian but a bit lame. They make a big deal about not carrying "systemd". If you're not sure, especially if your wireless connection could work on a 10-year-old PC then don't try it!
I created a 64GB partition on the slow-as-heck HDD of my ageing computer for it. I chose the "desktop" ISO which is almost 4GB in size. It might not be different in "net-install" or "live-desktop" mode. I do not recommend "server" mode unless you hate XFCE desktop environment. If you want the Windows-like KDE Plasma then the big ISO is the only way to go.
Like the rest of the Debian/Ubuntu family, Devuan lags far behind fierce competitors like Fedora and Manjaro (but with "systemd") with "cutting edge" Linux kernel. I updated Fedora XFCE a short time ago and got v5.19 of the kernel, while Devuan is still on v5.10. The latest Debian release was supposed to up the ante to a release which stopped being the latest this month. :/
One thing that sucks is that if you choose to give a "root" password, this OS could refuse to allow a "regular" user to use "sudo". Must add a text file (become superuser and use "nano" terminal app) into "/etc/sudoers.d" to fix it. Moreover, this distro might keep trying to get files from a "cdrom" or "dvd" which doesn't exist. To fix this, as superuser edit "/etc/apt/sources.list" and delete whatever line has "cdrom" or "dvd" on it.
For this OS, to install QB64 must first put in "g++" and "make", then make a change to "setup_lnx.sh" file to force "DISTRO=debian" after it checked incorrectly for which distro, and before the "if" statements controlling the installation of packages. EDIT: noticed inside "setup_lnx.sh" that "make" is accounted for.
Definitely it's much easier to install on Ubuntu than on this other garbage.