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rokytnji
I have a itch to try epiphany browser lately. Like you. I prefer seamonkey as backup on my older gear. Like that recent acer aspire T180 install I fought all day.
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Brian Masinick
Yeah, SeaMonkey has quite a history behind it, tracing all the way back to the original Netscape, which came out after “Mosaic”, one of the earliest browsers.
Both SeaMonkey and Mozilla were complete rewrites of the original Netscape and Mozilla, but even the rewrite goes back quite a way, in fact, probably back around the same time that Firefox and Thunderbird emerged. I took a look at the total “footprint” of running both Firefox and Thunderbird for browsing and Email services, versus running just SeaMonkey, and SeaMonkey, with less “fancy” visuals and more compiled code (Firefox and Thunderbird have a compiled code core, but much of their functionality is written in an interpretive script language, the name of which I forget – it *might* be Rust or something similar.
Anyway, though SeaMonkey may not be as “configurable” as the other two, there are plenty of features that CAN be configured, and in fact, for stuff like Webmail, such as Yahoo Mail, both SeaMonkey and Palemoon can be configured with a config variable or two that give them webmail similar to Firefox; I like both SeaMonkey and Palemoon better when I’m using systems with limited resources.
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Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
My recollection was nearly, but not quite 100% accurate; this article provides dates and specifics:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaMonkey
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Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
The SeaMonkey Council has now trademarked the name with help from the Mozilla Foundation. So the correct official way to refer to it is “SeaMonkey”!
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Brian Masinickrokytnji
Out at the shop now
harry@shop:~ $ inxi -zv7 System: Kernel: 5.10.57-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.0.1 vt: 7 dm: slimski v: 1.5.0 Distro: antiX-21_x64-full Grup Yorum 31 October 2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) Machine: Type: Desktop System: LENOVO product: 6075BHU v: ThinkCentre M57 serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 3 serial: <superuser required> Mobo: LENOVO model: LENOVO serial: <superuser required> BIOS: LENOVO v: 2RKT41AUS date: 03/20/2008 Battery: Message: No system battery data found. Is one present? Memory: RAM: total: 3.58 GiB used: 467.6 MiB (12.7%) RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. CPU: Info: dual core model: Intel Pentium Dual E2160 bits: 64 type: MCP smt: <unsupported> arch: Core2 Merom level: v2 rev: D cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 1024 KiB Speed (MHz): avg: 1489 high: 1758 min/max: 1200/1800 cores: 1: 1758 2: 1221 bogomips: 7181 Flags: acpi aperfmperf apic arch_perfmon bts clflush cmov constant_tsc cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts est fpu fxsr ht lahf_lm lm mca mce mmx monitor msr mtrr nopl nx pae pat pbe pdcm pebs pge pni pse pse36 pti rep_good sep sse sse2 ssse3 syscall tm tm2 tsc vme xtpr Graphics: Device-1: Intel 82Q35 Express Integrated Graphics vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-4 ports: active: VGA-1 empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:29b2 class-ID: 0300 Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: intel unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x1024 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 338x270mm (13.31x10.63") s-diag: 433mm (17.03") Monitor-1: VGA-1 mapped: VGA1 model: ViewSonic VA912-3SERIES serial: <filter> res: 1280x1024 hz: 60 dpi: 86 size: 380x300mm (14.96x11.81") diag: 482mm (19") modes: max: 1280x1024 min: 720x400 OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Q35 v: 1.4 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:293e class-ID: 0403 Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.57-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes Network: Device-1: Intel 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: kernel port: 1820 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:10bd class-ID: 0200 IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> Device-2: Realtek RTL8191SU 802.11n WLAN Adapter type: USB driver: r8712u bus-ID: 2-6.4:5 chip-ID: 0bda:8172 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter> IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter> IP v6: <filter> scope: link WAN IP: <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: 298.09 GiB used: 29.49 GiB (9.9%) ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD3200AAKS-00B3A0 size: 298.09 GiB speed: <unknown> type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 3A01 scheme: MBR Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: HL-DT-ST model: RW/DVD GCC-H30N rev: 1.02 dev-links: cdrom,cdrw,dvd Features: speed: 48 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw state: running Partition: ID-1: / size: 252.52 GiB used: 29.49 GiB (11.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4 label: rootantiX21 uuid: f1b7ea1f-dd9f-479b-8bf1-56d1ac2e1a8b Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 3.91 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda2 label: N/A uuid: 83f3c3a7-56c1-4666-b6ba-87069c6ee9cf Unmounted: ID-1: /dev/sda1 size: 36.56 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A uuid: 5091df41-e1b4-4c73-a7bf-a05357b81d9a ID-2: /dev/sda3 size: 1024 KiB fs: ext4 label: /data uuid: cfc7c48a-7166-4682-bb9a-8da7af996851 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: 1-2:2 info: Super Top USB Mass Storage Device type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 400mA chip-ID: 14cd:8168 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter> Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Hub-3: 2-6:4 info: Super Top 4-Port hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 14cd:8601 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 2-6.4:5 info: Realtek RTL8191SU 802.11n WLAN Adapter type: Network driver: r8712u interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:8172 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter> Hub-4: 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-5: 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 Hub-6: 5-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 Hub-7: 6-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 Hub-8: 7-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 7-1:2 info: Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical type: Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 045e:0040 class-ID: 0301 Hub-9: 8-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 8-1:2 info: IBM NetVista Full Width Keyboard type: Keyboard driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 04b3:3025 class-ID: 0301 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A Info: Processes: 142 Uptime: 4m wakeups: 1 Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1606 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running-in: roxterm inxi: 3.3.21Sometimes I drive a crooked road to get my mind straight.
Not all who Wander are Lost.
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How to Search for AntiX solutions to your problemsBrian Masinick
Yeah, those models are similar in time and capability to the HP laptop I have with the “broken hinge”. Maybe I’ll get that one out and compare it to your two systems.
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Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
Here is the OLD HP laptop with the loose hinge:
inxi -zv7 System: Kernel: 4.9.0-279-antix.1-amd64-smp arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.0.1 dm: slimski v: 1.5.0 Distro: antiX-21-runit_x64-base Grup Yorum 30 October 2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) Machine: Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Compaq 2510p Notebook PC v: F.0E serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 30C9 v: KBC Version 75.28 serial: N/A BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: 68MSP Ver. F.0E date: 11/04/2008 Battery: ID-1: C23D charge: 2.6 Wh (3.5%) condition: 74.6/74.6 Wh (100.0%) volts: 10.7 min: 10.8 model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: discharging Memory: RAM: total: 1.93 GiB used: 379.1 MiB (19.2%) Array-1: capacity: 2 GiB slots: 1 EC: None max-module-size: 2 GiB note: est. Device-1: DIMM #1 type: DDR2 detail: synchronous size: 2 GiB speed: 667 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Hyundai Electronics part-no: HYMP325S64AMP8-Y5 serial: <filter> CPU: Info: dual core model: Intel Core2 Duo U7600 bits: 64 type: MCP smt: <unsupported> arch: Core2 Merom rev: D cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 2 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 866 high: 933 min/max: 800/1200 volts: 1.1 V ext-clock: 133 MHz cores: 1: 800 2: 933 bogomips: 4788 Flags: acpi aperfmperf apic arch_perfmon bts clflush cmov constant_tsc cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts est flexpriority fpu fxsr ht kaiser lahf_lm lm mca mce mmx monitor msr mtrr nopl nx pae pat pbe pdcm pebs pge pni pse pse36 rep_good sep ss sse sse2 ssse3 syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc vme vmx vnmi xtpr Graphics: Device-1: Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-4 ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: SVIDEO-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:2a02 class-ID: 0300 Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: intel dri: i965 gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x800 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 338x211mm (13.31x8.31") s-diag: 398mm (15.69") Monitor-1: LVDS-1 mapped: LVDS1 model: Toshiba Matsushita 0x58ef serial: <filter> res: 1280x800 hz: 60 dpi: 125 size: 261x163mm (10.28x6.42") diag: 308mm (12.1") modes: 1280x800 OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 965GM (CL) v: 2.1 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel 82801H HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:284b class-ID: 0403 Sound API: ALSA v: k4.9.0-279-antix.1-amd64-smp running: yes Network: Device-1: Intel 82566MM Gigabit Network vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: 2060 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1049 class-ID: 0200 IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> Device-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network driver: iwl4965 v: in-tree: bus-ID: 10:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:4229 class-ID: 0280 IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter> IP v6: <filter> scope: link WAN IP: <filter> Bluetooth: Device-1: HP Bluetooth 2.0 Interface [Broadcom BCM2045] type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 03f0:171d class-ID: fe01 Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 4 state: down bt-service: not found rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends Logical: Message: No logical block device data found. RAID: Message: No RAID data found. Drives: Local Storage: total: 74.53 GiB used: 3.82 GiB (5.1%) ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MK8009GAH size: 74.53 GiB speed: <unknown> type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1C scheme: MBR Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: MATSHITA model: DVD-RAM UJ-842S rev: 1.10 dev-links: cdrom,cdrw,dvd,dvdrw Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running Partition: ID-1: / size: 69.85 GiB used: 3.82 GiB (5.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 label: rootantiX21 uuid: 92a68c46-48e4-43bc-a4c7-43beb3fd7150 Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 3 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -1 dev: /dev/sda2 label: swapantiX uuid: a4cf748a-afbd-4522-8549-229f316e765d Unmounted: Message: No unmounted partitions found. USB: Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 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 Device-1: 3-1:2 info: HP Bluetooth 2.0 Interface [Broadcom BCM2045] type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 03f0:171d class-ID: fe01 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 Device-1: 4-1:2 info: HP HP hs2300 HSDPA Broadband Wireless Module type: <vendor specific> driver: sierra interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 03f0:1e1d class-ID: 0000 Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 5-1:2 info: KYE Systems (Mouse Systems) Trackbar Emotion type: Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0458:0007 class-ID: 0301 Device-2: 5-2:3 info: AuthenTec AES2501 Fingerprint Sensor type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 08ff:2580 class-ID: ff00 Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 Hub-7: 7-0:1 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: 60.0 C mobo: 25.0 C Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A Info: Processes: 175 Uptime: 14m wakeups: 3 Init: runit v: N/A runlevel: 2 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1216 Shell: Bash (su) v: 5.1.4 running-in: roxterm inxi: 3.3.22--
Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
Yup; figured right: this one is similar to the models from 2007-2008. This one was a solid model in it’s day; my brother in law certainly was able to use this one; interestingly this model was around BEFORE his now 12 year old son! I think the Lenovo X201 is from right around my nephew’s surprise birth to parents 50 and 45 years of age at the time! [big, happy surprise]!
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Brian Masinickrokytnji
I used to fix broken hinge laptops.
.blogspot.com/2009/07/fixing-old-gear.htmlYeah. Your HP has more grunt than this ibm. Hmm. But my speed is better?
CPU: Info: dual core model: Intel Core2 Duo U7600 bits: 64 type: MCP smt: <unsupported> arch: Core2 Merom rev: D cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 2 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 866 high: 933 min/max: 800/1200 volts: 1.1 V ext-clock: 133 MHz cores: 1: 800 2: 933 bogomips: 4788 Flags: acpi aperfmperf apic arch_perfmon bts clflush cmov constant_tsc cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts est flexpriority fpu fxsr ht kaiser lahf_lm lm mca mce mmx monitor msr mtrr nopl nx pae pat pbe pdcm pebs pge pni pse pse36 rep_good sep ss sse sse2 ssse3 syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc vme vmx vnmi xtprCPU: Info: dual core model: Intel Pentium Dual E2160 bits: 64 type: MCP smt: <unsupported> arch: Core2 Merom level: v2 rev: D cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 1024 KiB Speed (MHz): avg: 1489 high: 1758 min/max: 1200/1800 cores: 1: 1758 2: 1221 bogomips: 7181 Flags: acpi aperfmperf apic arch_perfmon bts clflush cmov constant_tsc cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts est fpu fxsr ht lahf_lm lm mca mce mmx monitor msr mtrr nopl nx pae pat pbe pdcm pebs pge pni pse pse36 pti rep_good sep sse sse2 ssse3 syscall tm tm2 tsc vme xtprEdit: but I have more ram. This box handles watching Tubi movie site with no effort in AntiX with Firefox-Est.
- This reply was modified 7 months ago by rokytnji.
- This reply was modified 7 months ago by rokytnji.
Sometimes I drive a crooked road to get my mind straight.
Not all who Wander are Lost.
I'm not outa place. I'm from outer space.Linux Registered User # 475019
How to Search for AntiX solutions to your problemsBrian Masinick
Yeah, medical personnel tend to have the resources to get good stuff.
My best systems were often work machines, many of which I could use at home. I never installed Linux on any of them but I ran many live systems on them, including MEPIS and antiX in the 2000-2010 timeframe.
Some of the newer laptops had protection that wouldn’t allow any other media attached without explicit admin rights so over the past decade I had to do all Linux runs, live or otherwise on equipment I personally owned.
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Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
Looks like your unit was “clocked” in a more aggressive fashion; a stock HP laptop is going to be clocked in a conservative manner unless someone gets a hold of it and overclocks the processor and/or the motherboard, including the CPU and peripherals.
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Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
Back on a “modern laptop” with a LOT more oomph! this is still an economy laptop, purchased in it’s entirety for under $500; (I think it was $438 and change).
This is a fine system, nice real metal construction; even the keys “feel” metal, whether they are or not; no backlit keyboard like a few of my other recent vintage systems, but overall this one is nice:pinxi -b System: Host: brian-antix-hp-14fq1025nr Kernel: 5.19.0-14.2-liquorix-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: IceWM v: 3.0.1 Distro: antiX-21-runit_x64-full Grup Yorum 30 October 2021 Machine: Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 14-fq1xxx v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Mobo: HP model: 887C v: 59.11 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI v: F.18 date: 11/26/2021 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 40.6 Wh (99.8%) condition: 40.7/40.7 Wh (100.0%) CPU: Info: 6-core AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics [MT MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 1865 min/max: 1400/4056 Graphics: Device-1: AMD Lucienne driver: amdgpu v: kernel Device-2: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: AMD RENOIR (DRM 3.47.0 5.19.0-14.2-liquorix-amd64 LLVM 11.0.1) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 Network: Device-1: Realtek driver: rtw89_8852ae Drives: Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 18.35 GiB (7.7%) Info: Processes: 257 Uptime: 0m Memory: 7.1 GiB used: 585.2 MiB (8.0%) Shell: Bash pinxi: 3.3.22-2--
Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
The system above is the one that needs a recent vintage kernel in order to successfully handle the rtw89_8852ae network driver.
Works GREAT now that I have all of the pieces in place, but I DID have to play the “sneakernet” game to get it going.1) Installed antiX 21 runit full and it installed fine, but networking did not find the rtw89 graphics card.
2) found a few other distros; some worked, others also had a similar issue.Surprisingly, siduction, which has VERY up to date kernels, didn’t work, and through plenty of research, I figured out WHY once I was successful comparing it and antiX to at least one distribution that did have a working network: siduction and antiX both were missing a second driver file.
3) the solution was straightforward, but it took some time. First I put the modules in place. Rebooting siduction, I can’t remember if I got it working with just that or not; I seem to remember it was NOT.
4) next step was to also bring over a working kernel, and the /lib module directory supporting the rtw89_8852ae network driver.
5) after copying a known network driver file, the working kernel AND the /lib/modules for the working kernel and rebooting, THEN it WORKED!These are useful notes for anyone wanting to run a newer system that requires a newer system kernel than any of the kernels provided by default in the current antiX release, capable of managing the network modules. Of course if the network module is a “Classic” that has complete (and accurate, up-to-date driver files), then you won’t run into the problems I experienced.
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Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
The stuff above requires EITHER a multi-boot computer or a means of copying files (using USB or a physical connection between two computers). I have 4-5 distributions on TWO of my working systems, including this one. (Those OLD computers, like the HP Compaq 2510p Notebook PC and the Lenovo X201 ONLY use antiX).
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Brian MasinickBrian Masinick
For anyone like me, who enjoys experimenting with the very latest stuff, including Linux kernels, this one *could* be for you too:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/xanmod-linux-kernel-600-released/
Some details, in case you want to grab one yourself:
“XanMod is a general-purpose Linux kernel distribution with custom settings and new features. Built to provide a stable, responsive and smooth desktop experience.”
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This stuff sounds remarkably similar to the Liquorix kernels that I also like:
Main Features
– Preemptive Full Tickless Kernel at 500Hz w/ Tuned CPU Core Scheduler.
– RCU Boost for better responsiveness and lower overall system latency.
– Block Layer w/ multi-threaded runqueue for high I/O throughput.
– Caching, Virtual Memory Manager and CPUFreq Governor improvements.
– BBR TCP Congestion Control + FQ-PIE Packet Scheduling and AQM Algorithm [5.8].
– ORC Unwinder for Kernel Stack Traces (debuginfo) implementation.
– Third-party patchset available: ZSTD kernel, initrd and modules support [5.8][5.6-rt], Full x86_64 FSGSBASE instructions [5.8], Clear Linux [partial],
– CK’s Hrtimer Patchset [5.8][5.4], Wine / Proton Fsync, PCIe ACS Override, BMQ Process Scheduler [5.4 stock disabled], Aufs [5.4] and GCC graysky’s.
– Real-time Linux kernel (PREEMPT_RT) build available [5.6-rt][5.4-rt].
– Generic kernel package for compatibility with most Debian & Ubuntu based distributions. Built on the latest GCC 10.2 and Binutils 2.35.
– GPLv2 license. Can be built for any distribution or purpose.Install via Terminal:
echo 'deb http://deb.xanmod.org releases main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xanmod-kernel.list && wget -qO - https://dl.xanmod.org/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -Then update and install:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install linux-xanmodReboot.
The website also shows a way to get the kernel without adding the repo; (you do have to install a few packages).
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