General :: Non Rolling Release Source Based Distros?
Sep 11, 2010
I've used worked with gentoo for a little while but I kind of get annoyed by the rolling release. It seems that I need to emerge something every week. So I was wondering if there was a source based distro that had a dated release of stable packages, kind of like ubuntu. The primary use of this distro will be for my latitude 2100 net-book with touchscreen and an atom processor, so it will need to have a fairly new kernel. Also, I love the way gentoo is built from scratch. It allows for a very clean system. I would be happy with either linux or bsd based system. Also, since it is this is a notebook, I would like to be able to compile through a nfs network so i can use the resources from another system.
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Jul 20, 2010
Wondering which rolling release distros are recommended for noobs to novices. Ease of installation and stability would be key features.
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Jan 16, 2011
I want to use a rolling release. I have distro hopped and know I want Debian (not a derivative like LMDE) and a rolling release. Is testing updated so you never have to do an upgrade or re-install when a new version is out? Or, do you have to add Sid Repos to never do another re-install when new version comes out?
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Dec 12, 2010
I've been an ubuntu user and fan , i love itm and i think it's a perfect OS, now i heard some bad news and It is " Canonical want to change ubuntu to a rolling release distro like Arch linux! Is this true .
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Jul 16, 2011
I have been using Sandboxing for Windows Operating System and wanted to know if there is a sandbox for debian based distros ? I have tried sanbox mentioned in Debian wiki. Are there any other sandboxes ?
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Jan 2, 2009
We all know we can install a linux system such as Fedora 10 and use it. Being linux, one should in principle get the source codes for everything that has been precompiled (except the proprietary drivers such as nvidia) in the installation DVDs/CDs. Where are the source codes ? Is there a place I can download them ?
To avoid confusion, I am not referring to the kernel source that can be compiled to give a linux kernel, but that does not include the drivers, such as intel_drv.so.
To be more specific, the intel graphic i810 driver has been built into any linux system, but where is the exact source? One answer may be that primary source intellinuxgraphics.com. However, if anyone tries to download the every changing (i.e., keep updated almost every single day) driver source codes from freedesktop.org, it is almost certain that the source codes will not be the same as the one that is finalized in Fedora 10.
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Aug 13, 2010
Debian and debian based distros issue has a issue that has come to make it self aware to me when I was trying to burn a video on my hard drive with braseo and it won't let me burn more than 4.4 gigs to a dvd with 4.7 gigs of free space even a file that is over the 4.4 gig limit by a megabyte with windows i didn't have this problem. One more thing I have 16 gig flash drive and on debian and debian based distros i can only use 13.1 gigs of it but on fedora I can use all 16 gigs.
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Jul 9, 2011
When I want to update with synaptic I get this error:Ophalen van ts/Release is mislukt Unable to find expected entry 'iceweasel-5.0/source/Sources' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
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Jun 4, 2010
Assistance in choosing a no frills rolling Linux Distro. Over the past few months have gotten my feet wet with Mepis, Linux Mint, Ubuntu and other distros. I really like these Linux distros. However, I dislike the need to frequently "reinstall" a distro as often as every 6 months just to keep it updated.
My computer:
PC with 1.4 GHz Athlon
512 RAM
320 Gig hard drive partitioned equally between Windows XP and a Linux Distro.
My computer is used primarily as a jukebox connected to my stereo system, and for email, browsing, etc. I am not a gamer.I'm tired of Windows and its problems; malware, viruses, and currently if I upgrade to Windows 7, I'll need a new computer just to meet the hardware requirements when what I have works for my needs, but the XP operating system is becoming obsolete.
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Jan 29, 2010
I have 2 NICs in one box, both connected to two different routers.Is there a way to make NIC1 handle lets say 204.x.x.x and NIC2 handle the restncoming requests though.Basically, I have apache running, and I things to go through a specific NIC based on source.
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Feb 17, 2010
I am using Ubuntu 10.04LTS and receive regular software updates. Being a silver-surfer I frequent an old fogies site called "Beyond the realms of AOL - forumotion.net" where we share memories and the like. The site (message board) has a rolling menu which up until recently worked on my computer ... now it doesn't! When I log-in, the rolling menu pops up for a second and then disappears. I get the feeling that one of the regular upgrades has removed a plugin or something from my system. I have Adobe Flash 10 (latest version) installed ... perhaps I'm missing something!It has to be my system because the rolling menu works perfectly well using Windows XP.
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May 4, 2011
I have a pair of interfaces bringing in traffic from multiple vlans each. I need to route or forward traffic to and output interface based on the physical interface and source IP address in the packet.I have multiple ip rules to send traffic to custom routing tables and each of those custom tables had a default route out the appropriate interface, but traffic isn't flowing. Afterwards I tried using iptables and put an ACCEPT any statement in every chain of every table. What am I missing, ebtables maybe??
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Sep 10, 2010
Are there any Computer Algebra Systems in the Ubuntu repositories that are GUI (and preferably GTK+) based and open source, as well as capable of graphing (and in 3D)? That being: A complete FOSS competitor to Microsoft Student.
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Feb 20, 2011
Are there any open source Virtual Machines which have web based administration. I am setting up Ubuntu 10.4 x64 and would really like to find a usable virtual machine manager. I really like Virtualbox but only the full version has web based administration. I have also tried VMware but it isn't open source.
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Apr 17, 2010
### TO DO: Determine the report file name based on the source directory name and current date### The report name and thumbnail directory must follow this pattern: source-%j-%H### for example, for pictures in /home/you/pictures, the file name will be: pictures-%j-%H### HINT: Use sed to extract the directory name from the path and combine it with date command output
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Jun 7, 2010
I notice that on DistroWatch, the descriptions include "debian based", "arch based", etc. For the newbie, is there any practical difference between the different bases, or is it a Coke vs Pepsi type question?
Is a distro based on Debian say, easier for a newbie to learn or work with than say one that is FreeBSD based?
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Apr 5, 2010
When you use an IDE and it asks you if you want frame based or dialog based, what is the difference?
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Feb 2, 2011
what distro should i use, rpm based or debian based?
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Apr 5, 2011
I have a log file with entries such as;
Where result is 0 or more.
I want to get the list of file names where result count is more than 0 (in other words filter out files names with result 0).
File name and result are in two different lines in log file.
How can i filter file name based on result?
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Nov 19, 2015
I've been using Xubuntu consistently as my main and only distro for some time now and I'm considering coming over to Debian. My question is about the screen rolling when I run the live CD. I'll scroll with the mouse wheel on my desktop and if I scroll one way with a browser window open, for example, the entire browser toolbar area scrolls away, and scrolling the other brings back the browser toolbar area but then hides the panel. I've only run the live CD, not installed, and I use one panel on the bottom. The times I've tried the latest Debian I've deleted the stock bottom launcer panel then moved the top panel to the bottom as I traditionally do in Xubuntu. Is what I'm describing a feature ? Either way can this scroll effect be disabled ? This isn't how I would like my desktop to behave, and I'd like to try out a full install.
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Feb 11, 2011
I added a PPA repository to my sources list in order to install a package. After a day, i decided i didn't like the software, so i uninstalled it & removed the PPA from my sources list. Everything is still working just fine.
However, Synaptic is telling me that there is a "local or obsolete" package left over from the software i had originally installed. I can't remove the package because it is something that my entire desktop depends on (in Synaptic Package Manager, when i mark it for "Complete Removal," or even just "Removal," it says that pretty much everything else will be removed with it).The package i would like to "roll back" is libgtk2.0-common (2.24.0-1.1). although i had originally got this from a PPA, a very close version is available on Debian experimental here, which is version (2.24.0-1).
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Mar 25, 2010
I, someday in my life, tried to add GUI to my installation of ubuntu server 8.04 LTS (don't ask me why, ). The problem is, I gave up before the instalation had finished, and some packages became broken. Now, everytime I try to install a new package, aptitude forces me to also install the dependencies of the previously "installed" packages, like abiword, xinit and so on.
The worst part: I don't remember what package I used to try this installation (x-window-system-core, gnome, gnome-core, {k,x,}ubuntu-desktop...).
Does anybody have any suggestions??? I must fix this as soon as possible, because this server is already at production...
The output from aptitude is listed below (just the list of suggested [imposed] packages):
Code:
The following NEW packages will be automatically installed:
abiword abiword-common abiword-help abiword-plugins aspell aspell-en
dictionaries-common doc-base docbook-xml dvipdfmx gnome-icon-theme
[Code].....
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Feb 9, 2011
release notes Flash Player 10.2 Release Notes
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Sep 2, 2015
I'm trying to run 'grub-install /dev/sda', it stays stuck on 'Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub' after leaving it for an hour, nothing happens. I have tried removing all Grub related packages and installing grub-legacy several times, to no avail.
The machine is quite an old one and is an offline sandbox for a friends kid who likes to tinker with older OSes. The hard disk has failed in it so I have donated an old drive to get the machine back up and running for him, as the menu.lst is a lot easier to modify than the newer grub.cfg, he would like the older grub back.
I've done a few searches particular for Debian 8, but the closest I can find is for Ubuntu here, [URL] ....
I have tried to use both the grub rescue disk and the command line listed in the link above.
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Mar 17, 2011
I am having trouble with netatalk after rolling out 11.4 on my home server. I am using the same conf files from my previous 11.3 setup. I use netatalk for my macs as it tends to work better than samba.
I can access the afp volumes if I enter the full unc in finder (afp://server/data). The problem is that if I try to browse to the server via finder (click on the server icon) I get a connection fail. With 11.3 this would simply list out all available volumes.
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Feb 9, 2010
I currently have one very big partition in my laptop that runs Ubuntu. I have to install Fedora for work and I'd also like to try out OpenSUSE, so I'll have to repartition. Since I don't want to duplicate data, I will move /home to a different partition and mount it from all three. I'd like to know, can I also do this with /var and /usr? If so, would that mean that every program I install will be available from all three?
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Dec 31, 2010
according to [URL]..age-management Slackware build packages using the original source code, making only negliable changes to it.
I was trying to find other distros which act the same way. Does anybody know some?
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Feb 22, 2011
i have linux mint 10 installed on my system and i want to install fedora 14 too .since fedora 14 comes with grub legacy and not grub 2 so,if i install fedora 14 would the grub 2 that comes with Linux mint be over-written by grub leagacy if yes,then how do i install fedora 14 withoust losing grub 2
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May 12, 2010
i am still a linux newbie. i'm trying to study the features of the different LINUX distros through installing ubuntu,debian,redhat,centos and fedora as Virtual Machines in VirtualBox.As i've figured out, they look different somehow, they have diffirent managers ,i.e. for downloading or updating their components. BUT MY QUESTION: are these distros internally compatible ?
Do any commands exist in one distro but not in the others? ARE ALL Distros compatible on the CLI-basis ?
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May 2, 2011
Before upgrading from Fedora 13 to v.14, VLC Media Player (v1.1.9) worked perfectly. But under Fedora 14, when I try to use it to play .AVI files that played perfectly under Fedora 13 (with the same hardware), VLC opens, stalls for a second, then closes. I've tried several files -- all of which play under Movie Player (and DID play on VLC under Fedora 13), so I know the files themselves are valid. I'd like either to have VLC work under Fedora 14, or revert back to Fedora 13 and permanently block any future upgrade to 14. easy way of rolling back to v.13 without losing my configurations or any of my installed software? Would using a Fedora 13 CD do it?
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