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andyprough
Happy 4th of July Brian, I hope you get to see some fireworks or do something nice with your family today. It will be hot here in Texas, about 100 degrees.
Regarding ‘what are you here with today‘, it’s the same thing every day – antiX. All other distros simply fall short and end up disappointing me. I tried to give Void a good try, but it’s missing so much important software for my work flow, and it has zero tools for USB sticks and for creating ISO snapshots. I liked the fact that it was minimal and fast and used runit, but antiX has those features and so much more.
Brian Masinick
Happy 4th of July Brian, I hope you get to see some fireworks or do something nice with your family today. It will be hot here in Texas, about 100 degrees.
Regarding ‘what are you here with today‘, it’s the same thing every day – antiX. All other distros simply fall short and end up disappointing me. I tried to give Void a good try, but it’s missing so much important software for my work flow, and it has zero tools for USB sticks and for creating ISO snapshots. I liked the fact that it was minimal and fast and used runit, but antiX has those features and so much more.
… and a happy day of Independence and fun for you and your family too!
My son, who turns 22 in October, moved from Hendersonville, NC, about 35-40 minutes from us in Greenville, SC back to the state of New Hampshire where he was born.
He found a place of employment about an hour from where he grew up, but he keeps coming back to all of the places around our previous home, and also along the seacoast; I think the only reason he didn’t move there was that it’s now way too expensive to live there. He went and watched the fireworks in New Hampshire’s largest city, Manchester, though he had been considering going to Boston, right on the Esplanade, to watch the Boston version of the 4th; I did that only once when he was just shy of his sixth birthday; then we got there in early to mid-afternoon and secured a spot directly across the Charles River from the Esplanade and the fireworks; so we had front-row seats. I don’t do that very often; I saw the Detroit/Windsor Freedom Festival Fireworks once, and the Boston Pops once; other than that, small, local events.As far as today, if we watch any fireworks, it’ll be on TV; we did our stuff out and about on Saturday and Sunday, so we’re “laying low” today.
Regarding “what an I here with”, yes, I’ve been an antiX fan and supporter since the beginning, but long before the arrival of antiX, I was using Slackware (1995). In 2001 I was given a Dell Dimension 4100 desktop and a freelance contract to write an article about Linux distributions, so I compared Mandrake, Red Hat, SUSE and Debian Sid in the “sidux” variation. In those days, I felt that Mandrake was a distribution well suited to first time users, (though to be honest, there really were very few really good “beginner” distributions until a few years later).
What led me to antiX and several other distributions was an interest in “Live CDs”, later Live DVDs, which have since moved to very small form factor removable USB devices, which I use when I’m not running my already installed software. I have concluded a long time ago that antiX is the “ideal balance” for me when it comes to lean systems. A few others may be “leaner”, but they lack functionality. A few others are more “functional” but they lack the overall balance and efficiency of antiX.
When it does come to “performance”, I’ve been finding that two distributions fit that niche well for me: siduction and EndeavourOS. The siduction distribution is the current day successor to the sidux distribution I referred to earlier. EndeavourOS is appealing, not only for it’s efficiency; for me, it’s the only Arch-based distribution that has remained both efficient and stable long enough for me to keep it; maybe that has changed; but I’m not hunting for distributions any more.
My other category of interest is general purpose distributions. I find MX Linux to be a reliable distribution on the light mid range of general distributions, and it has a common lineage with antiX and a similar attention to reliability and excellent builds; I can run Alpha and Beta builds with antiX and MX Linux; with very rare exceptions, they work and are usable. PCLinuxOS is another distribution in this category. Back when I found it, MEPIS and PCLinuxOS were in their early days; both worked as Live CDs, I have enjoyed them, so both are on my keeper list.
So that’s why I have antiX, MX Linux, siduction, EndeavourOS, and PCLinuxOS in my list of distributions that I actually install; all of them are able to boot and run in “Live” mode. I do have antiX on every system; I run it from USB on the Acer, I use HDD, SDD, or USB on all others.
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inxi -b System: Host: antix21 Kernel: 4.9.0-294-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: IceWM v: 2.9.7 Distro: antiX-21-runit_x64-base Grup Yorum 30 October 2021 Machine: Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 5558 v: 01 serial: <superuser required> Mobo: Dell model: 086DKN v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: A04 date: 08/06/2015 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 30.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 30.1/41.4 Wh (72.6%) CPU: Info: dual core Intel Core i7-5500U [MT MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 700 min/max: 500/2401 Graphics: Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 driver: i915 v: kernel Device-2: NVIDIA GK208BM [GeForce 920M] driver: N/A Device-3: Suyin Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo Display: server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 resolution: 1366x768~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 11.0.1 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 20.3.5 Network: Device-1: Intel Wireless 3160 driver: iwlwifi Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet driver: r8169 Device-3: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb Drives: Local Storage: total: 447.13 GiB used: 22.92 GiB (5.1%) Info: Processes: 197 Uptime: 4m Memory: 7.77 GiB used: 501.5 MiB (6.3%) Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.19--
Brian Masinickandyprough
That’s interesting, I was just talking to an old friend yesterday who said that seeing the Boston Pops on the 4th was a magical experience.
While you were using Sidux and PCLinuxOS, I was using SuSE and openSUSE for about 20 years. Very similar to Mandrake in a lot of ways.
Brian Masinick
Yes, seeing the Pops is a great experience; you have to truly make it a DAY; we got those good spots by spending nearly 12 hours on the banks of the Charles River!
On other days, when no events are running at the Esplanade, you can actually walk right up to the “shell” where the orchestra plays. There are also days where you can get close to Fenway Park, Fanuel Hall, North Station, etc. When they are “busy” though, forget it!
BTW, we got to see Aerosmith performing with the Pops on July 4, 2006. Keith Lockhart had been trying to arrange the date since he joined the Pops around 1995; Aerosmith, (a local band, was actually from Sunapee, New Hampshire) I’ve been on the road where Tyler and Perry have gated properties with a beautiful view high above the shore of Lake Sunapee. Nice area; great for hiking up the mountain, swimming or fishing at the lake; only ~40 minutes from the capital city!
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Brian Masinickandyprough
Sounds like a lot of fun. I don’t envy your winters though – I spent a cold and rainy and windy November/December in Boston when I was in my 20s. That’s some weather that tries to beat you down.
blur13
You need some crummy weather in order to get stuff done. Studying or working is a lot more bearable when its dark, cold, and raining. Or at least so I tell myself.
h2
Couldn’t resist:
System: Kernel: 4.9.0-279-antix.1-486-smp arch: i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 parameters: quiet splasht disable=lxF Desktop: IceWM v: 2.8.0 dm: slimski v: 1.5.0 Distro: antiX-21_386-full Grup Yorum 31 October 2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) Machine: Type: Laptop System: IBM product: 23732QK v: ThinkPad T41 serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: N/A Mobo: IBM model: 23732QK serial: <filter> BIOS: IBM v: 1RETDKWW (3.16 ) date: 04/19/2005 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 6.6 Wh (97.1%) condition: 6.8/47.5 Wh (14.3%) volts: 12.5 min: 10.8 model: SONY IBM-92P1011 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: charging Memory: RAM: total: 1.97 GiB used: 214.6 MiB (10.7%) Array-1: capacity: 2 GiB note: est. slots: 2 EC: None max-module-size: 1024 MiB Device-1: DIMM 1 info: double-bank type: DDR detail: synchronous size: 1024 MiB speed: N/A volts: N/A width (bits): data 64 total: 64 manufacturer: N/A part-no: N/A serial: N/A Device-2: DIMM 2 info: double-bank type: DDR detail: synchronous size: 1024 MiB speed: N/A volts: N/A width (bits): data 64 total: 64 manufacturer: N/A part-no: N/A serial: N/A PCI Slots: Slot: Adapter 0, Socket 0 type: PCMCIA bits: 32 status: available info: CardBus length: other volts: 3.3 bus-ID: N/A Slot: Adapter 1, Socket 0 type: PCMCIA bits: 32 status: available info: CardBus length: other volts: 3.3 bus-ID: N/A Slot: 1 type: MiniPCI bits: 32 status: available length: other volts: 3.3 bus-ID: N/A CPU: Info: model: Intel Pentium M bits: 32 arch: M Dothan built: 2003-05 process: Intel 90nm family: 6 model-id: 0xD (13) stepping: 6 microcode: 0x18 Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 1 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 32 KiB L2: 2 MiB note: check Speed (MHz): 1000 min/max: 600/2000 base/boost: 2000/2000 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand volts: 1.3 V ext-clock: 400 MHz core: 1: 1000 bogomips: 1993 Flags: acpi bts clflush cmov cx8 de dts est fpu fxsr mca mce mmx msr mtrr pbe pge pse sep ss sse sse2 tm tm2 tsc vme Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Vulnerable Type: l1tf status: Vulnerable Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled Type: meltdown status: Vulnerable Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling Type: srbds status: Not affected Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected Graphics: Device-1: AMD RV200/M7 [Mobility Radeon 7500] vendor: IBM ThinkPad T4x Series driver: radeon v: kernel alternate: radeonfb arch: Rage 7 code: R200 process: TSMC 150nm built: 2001-06 ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: DVI-D-1,SVIDEO-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:4c57 class-ID: 0300 Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa gpu: radeon display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1024x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 270x203mm (10.63x7.99") s-diag: 338mm (13.3") Monitor-1: LVDS-1 mapped: LVDS res: 1024x768 hz: 60 size: N/A modes: 1024x768, 800x600, 848x480, 720x480, 640x480 OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI R100 (RV200 4C57) x86/MMX/SSE2 DRI2 v: 1.3 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM AC97 Audio vendor: IBM ThinkPad T4x Series driver: snd_intel8x0 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.5 chip-ID: 8086:24c5 class-ID: 0401 Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.9.0-279-antix.1-486-smp running: yes Network: Device-1: Intel 82540EP Gigabit Ethernet vendor: IBM Thinkpad driver: e1000 v: 7.3.21-k8-NAPI port: 8000 bus-ID: 02:01.0 chip-ID: 8086:101e class-ID: 0200 IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> Device-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network driver: ipw2200 v: 1.2.2kmprq modules: wl bus-ID: 02:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:4220 class-ID: 0280 IF: eth1 state: dormant mac: <filter> IF-ID-1: irda0 state: down mac: <filter> Bluetooth: Message: No bluetooth data found. Logical: Message: No logical block device data found. RAID: Message: No RAID data found. Drives: Local Storage: total: 78.16 GiB used: 4 MiB (0.0%) ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST980815A family: Momentus 5400.3 size: 74.53 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown> type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: C temp: 32 C SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 140d 11h cycles: 1937 ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Verbatim model: STORE N GO size: 3.63 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 5.00 scheme: MBR SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure? Floppy-1: /dev/fd0 Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: MATSHITA model: UJDA755zDVD/CDRW rev: 1.20 dev-links: cdrom,cdrw,dvd Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw state: running Partition: ID-1: /media/EFI-LIVE raw-size: 4.1 MiB size: 4 MiB (99.38%) used: 4 MiB (99.6%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 label: EFI-LIVE uuid: 7249-CF0E Swap: Alert: No swap data was found. Unmounted: ID-1: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 1.24 GiB fs: iso9660 USB: Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 1-4:2 info: Verbatim STORE N GO type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 18a5:3623 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter> Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: 43.0 C Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2986 Repos: Packages: apt: 1566 lib: 743 Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list 1: deb http://la.mxrepo.com/antix/bullseye bullseye main nosystemd nonfree Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bullseye-backports.list 1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main contrib non-free Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 1: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 1: deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free 2: deb http://security.debian.org/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list Info: Processes: 128 Uptime: 17m wakeups: 3 Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: service Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Shell: sh (sudo) default: Bash v: 5.1.4 running-in: roxterm pinxi: 3.3.19-8The more eagle-eyed among you may note that the subtle wrapping issues prior to current pinxi are now fully resolved! Long values wrap, but now the logical line continues without breaking after that wrap happens. That was one of 4 wrapping issues that were all recently resolved.
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Brian Masinick
Thank you Harold!
I did notice that my recent 3.3.19 inxi listings wrap. I appreciate the fix. Especially when I do a full listing!
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I found that the linux libre gnu kernel also works well with the RTL8188CE wifi adapter (rtl8192ce driver) in addition to the alteros network adapter.
$ inxi -b System: Host: jakersfan Kernel: 5.15.40-gnu arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: IceWM v: 2.6.0 Distro: antiX-concept-21-b1.1_x64-full Kaze no denwa 20 July 2021 Machine: Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP ProBook 6570b v: A1029D1102 serial: <superuser required> Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 17AB v: KBC Version 42.32 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Hewlett-Packard v: 68ICE Ver. F.31 date: 09/24/2012 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 7.7 Wh (14.9%) condition: 51.8/51.8 Wh (100.0%) CPU: Info: dual core Intel Core i5-3210M [MT MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 1711 min/max: 1200/3100 Graphics: Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 resolution: 1366x768~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2) v: 4.2 Mesa 20.3.4 Network: Device-1: Intel 82579V Gigabit Network driver: e1000e Device-2: Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter driver: rtl8192ce Drives: Local Storage: total: 111.79 GiB used: 3.44 GiB (3.1%) Info: Processes: 143 Uptime: 3m Memory: 7.65 GiB used: 478.1 MiB (6.1%) Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.19andyprough
I found that the linux libre gnu kernel also works well with the RTL8188CE wifi adapter (rtl8192ce driver) in addition to the alteros network adapter.
Yes, I believe that back around the 4.16 or 4.18 kernel that some basic reverse-engineered functions of some realtek wifi cards were added to the kernel. It’s not perfect and doesn’t work with all realtek cards, but I recall being surprised in the past when I found that some of them work just fine without any additional firmware. My understanding of this is spotty, feel free to correct me if I’ve mis-characterized the kernel’s support in some way.
Hi @andyprough,
I saw that your original antiX21 libre respin with the 4.9 kernel also works with the rtl8192ce driver with the RTL8188CE wifi adapter. It works excellent on a very old Toshiba laptop. But when I took that card out and put it in a stronger HP laptop, the libre kernel is not as receptive to this change. So, in addition to the wifi adapter, performance is also hardware specific. At least from my experience.Brian Masinick
I have been out and about this morning, so the closest thing to Linux is a Linux kernel operating an Android phone on my Pixel 4A 5G phone.
I’ll be updating my Acer Aspire 5 this afternoon.
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Brian MasinickBrian, these fixes are in pinxi, and will be in inxi 3.3.20. You can see one of them working in my output sample:
System: Kernel: 4.9.0-279-antix.1-486-smp arch: i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 parameters: quiet splasht disable=lxF Desktop: IceWM v: 2.8.0 dm: slimski v: 1.5.0 Distro: antiX-21_386-full Grup Yorum 31 October 2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)As you can see, the ‘Distro:’ key’s value wraps, but unlike all previous inxi versions, rather than ‘base:’, the next key in the logical ‘line’, wrapping to a new line, it follows the end of the wrapped long Distro: value.
Other places you can see this is with –edid, if there are many modes:, that was a different but related fix to wrapping, previously that line would wrap both the key: and value to a new line in almost all cases, instead of wrapping the value ‘words’ as intended.
There were several other corner case wrapping issues also handled in this fix, which also simplified slightly the output handler logic, which tends to act like a black box which can be adjusted only with great care.
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