Slackware
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I recently installed Slackware to my 2nd drive. On my PC grub2 doesn't seem to work if installed to the 2nd drive. Slackware gave the option to install a boot loader or not. I chose not to and then ran update-grub in Aramo (had to enable os-prober with a line in /etc/default/grub) and it worked fine.
I did not realize it is the oldest continuing GNULinux distro.
Systemd is missing which would make some people happy. I like the XFCE desktop fine. I seem to have a skimpy ffmpeg installation - simplescreenreader and avidemux aren't compatible with each other but vlc works with both. I miss Abrowser.
Anyway, license is a bit of a mystery. They say "Each piece of Slackware (this is true of all Linux distributions) is developed by different people (or teams of people), and each group has their own ideas about what it means to be “free”. Because of this, there are literally dozens and dozens of different licenses granting you different permissions regarding their use or distribution. Fortunately dealing with free software licenses isn't as difficult as it may first appear. Most things are licensed with either the Gnu General Public License or the BSD license. Sometimes you'll encounter a piece of software with a different license, but in almost all cases they are remarkably similar to either the GPL or the BSD license."
For some reason, I had difficulties with maybe as many as 5 distros trying to get one working from my 2nd drive. It was a few days into the project before I thought of 'slax' and ended up finding Slackware. It seems to be a fine desktop choice because it's not trying to do to much by default.
Anyway, license is a bit of a mystery. They say "Each piece of Slackware (this is true of all Linux distributions) is developed by different people (or teams of people), and each group has their own ideas about what it means to be “free”.
Any distribution, Trisquel included, combines many pieces with different licenses. Distributions have different policies about acceptable licenses. As Alice wrote, Slackware includes nonfree software, unlike Trisquel.
Systemd is missing which would make some people happy
I was getting 'happy' already!
What a pity Slackware includes nonfree software.
Geshmy, Alice and Magic Banana --- thank you all for sharing the knowledge!
Thanks for the links Alice, I might look into freenix.
Re: systemd - I accepted it (have used Trisquel for a long time now and think it's awesome) but I think systemd's targeted audience is server, maybe network admins. All the distros that went with it are being commercial because that's where the money is to be made. An old guy trying to stay relevant and up to date on his simple desktop maybe doesn't need what systemd offers. It seems like arch and slackware share an approach that starts out minimal and makes the user responsible to fill in what they need. I read that Slackware kind of expects users to know how to work with configuration files. (Sound of music) So all you need is nano, all you need is nano, all you need is nano...nano's all you need.
What does it take to make another distro work with jxself and company's deblobbed kernel? I tried that kernel on some distro based on Mageia but it wouldn't boot without the blobs.
You explained it well, I think some of us have needs that exclude networking, servers and all the other goodies on offer... personally, I want my computer to be an extension of my studio - by appointment only! I think I am a little bit closer to that now... I can almost hear the silence of the masked daemons.
>"What does it take to make another distro work with jxself and company's deblobbed kernel? I tried that kernel on some distro based on Mageia but it wouldn't boot without the blobs."
I've never tried Mageia, but I used to use Linux-libre with a free'd version of opensuse, and each year I make a Libre Respin of antiX which runs with Linux-libre.
>"(Sound of music) So all you need is nano, all you need is nano, all you need is nano...nano's all you need."
No config file that can't be made,
No config changes that can't be saved,
It's easy!
Thank you for the treat!
The sound of Geshmy and andyprough makes things flow :)
>"(Sound of music) So all you need is nano, all you need is nano, all you need is nano...nano's all you need."
No config file that can't be made,
No config changes that can't be saved,
It's easy!
Andyprough forgot a line
should be
All you need is nano (Rupp,rupp, rupruprup)
All you need is nano (Rupp,rupp, rupruprup)
All you need is nano ...nano's all you need
No config file that can't be made,
No config changes that can't be saved,
you can do it all if you know how to play the game
It's easy!
Yes!! Good you spotted it, we can "hear" it better now, more rhythmic!
Would feel better if freenix was actually certified by fsf.
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