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This is the place to show off your customized desktop.

Please remember to use thumbnails.

i3 window manager.
Start the year with some Kate Beckinsale wallpaper:

(https://iili.io/HVqYIp.md.png) (https://freeimage.host/i/2020-01-01-12-18-22.HVqYIp)

dwm with a lot of patches to make the dwm bar function like a typical taskbar:

(https://scrot.cloud/images/2020/01/16/dwm_patched.md.png) (https://scrot.cloud/image/uA4F)

awesomebar, statusbutton, systemtray, focusonclick, gaplessgrid, uselessgaps, cyclelayouts, bottomstack, centeredmaster patches.

No use my showing my sid sway.  Ancient Atom 1 gb netbook on a fair 6 y.o SDHC, loose power connection on computer - final days - no customization. But for doing a couple of things via vpn (say getting CBC.ca music streams into the usOFa)  wow.  Sway Does not feel experimental at all.     

Quote from: paxmark1 on January 17, 2020, 06:55:49 PM
No use my showing my sid sway.  Ancient Atom 1 gb netbook on a fair 6 y.o SDHC, loose power connection on computer - final days - no customization. But for doing a couple of things via vpn (say getting CBC.ca music streams into the usOFa)  wow.  Sway Does not feel experimental at all.   

Sway is coming along nicely; it's my understanding the developer will also be coding a floating/stacking window manager as well in the near future.

back on topic -

(https://scrot.cloud/images/2020/01/20/2020-01-20-06-16-52.md.png) (https://scrot.cloud/image/5HiG)

Testing a new window manager - dwm ported to xcb with some patches built in:

(https://i.postimg.cc/gnNY9BGz/sshot-21-43-33-2020-01-21.png) (https://postimg.cc/gnNY9BGz)

Direct Link to Image (https://i.postimg.cc/P5kNwBcw/sshot-21-43-33-2020-01-21.png)

(https://i.postimg.cc/w1M99cBh/sshot-21-27-57-2020-01-21.png) (https://postimg.cc/w1M99cBh)

Direct Link to Image (https://i.postimg.cc/jSQ2QM0k/sshot-21-27-57-2020-01-21.png)

(https://scrot.cloud/images/2020/01/27/2020-01-27-06-59-27.md.png) (https://scrot.cloud/image/9yWQ)

direct image link (https://scrot.cloud/images/2020/01/27/2020-01-27-06-59-27.png)

Hello Vger and everyone! Doing a drive-by and decided to post a screenie of Crowz Fluxbox with Vsido configs! Well almost not quite for my daily driver! Running Devuan Ceres (unstable), been on my machine a long while, from ascii to beowulf and ceres over the last 6 months and not even a hiccup! :)

(http://scrot.cloud/images/2020/01/31/2020-01-30--1580438875_3440x1440_scrot.th.png) (http://scrot.cloud/image/9Afo)
No wallpaper, just my old zephyr alchemy symbol for "air"!

cheers

zephyr

Terminal using Urxvt
crowz-welcome
neofetch

Quote from: zephyr on January 31, 2020, 02:56:27 AM
Hello Vger and everyone! Doing a drive-by and decided to post a screenie of Crowz Fluxbox with Vsido configs! Well almost not quite for my daily driver! Running Devuan Ceres (unstable), been on my machine a long while, from ascii to beowulf and ceres over the last 6 months and not even a hiccup! :)

(http://scrot.cloud/images/2020/01/31/2020-01-30--1580438875_3440x1440_scrot.th.png) (http://scrot.cloud/image/9Afo)
No wallpaper, just my old zephyr alchemy symbol for "air"!

cheers

zephyr

Terminal using Urxvt
crowz-welcome
neofetch

That desktop looks cool and I've downloaded the CROWZ OB ISO to try out. Never ran a Devuan based distro before so will try this out using a spare HD.

Hello VastOne 
I hope, when the upgrade removes wicd, that you are not using it at the time. 
When upgrade removes medit, with what will you replace medit? 
.In with the new.  Readied for peril of mass removal. 

Looks; 
custom

(https://i77.servimg.com/u/f77/19/54/79/38/th/captur10.png) (https://servimg.com/view/19547938/13)

It has been far too long since I have posted but with a GTK3 version of GMB (https://gmusicbrowser.org/devel.html) working I had to showcase it

Still VSIDO and Fluxbox ... Holler if you have questions

https://imgur.com/SThWJUOl.png

Full

https://i.imgur.com/SThWJUO.png

Looks nice. GMB get forked, or did the development team just give it some love?

(https://i.postimg.cc/sMDpdbbr/2020-09-24-09-11-07.png) (https://postimg.cc/sMDpdbbr)

direct link (https://i.postimg.cc/kgWw8mcB/2020-09-24-09-11-07.png)

I'm really not sure yet RatMan... That link is about all there is and I happened across it only by chance on the GMB IRC channel today... It for sure is not being advertised yet

Everything works in it.. It loads all the original layouts and all of the plugins work, I think I the only thing I had to make sure of was that libgtk3-perl was installed

For anyone who does load it and if you have a large library, it will take approximately 18-20 minutes (or more) as it is hardwriting your database after the first scan.. Just an FYI, it only happens after the initial scan

Quote from: VastOne on September 24, 2020, 11:27:40 PM
It has been far too long since I have posted...

No doubt, same here.  Not even sure if I've posted a scot this year.  Shame on me.  I am still involved everyone believe it or not and stay in touch with VastOne.  May your golfing career be as long as since the day you began to play till now!!!  ??? (inside joke?  nahhhh it's pathetic...)

So, haven't been in the computer game much this year.  Took the year off you might say.  At the beginning of the year a new laptop was purchased for the first time since 2014 or '15, not sure.  As you'll quickly be able to tell it is a MacBook Pro and my first one ever.  I'm totally blown away by it and love it and mostly blame Linux for that!  8). Course now that GMB might be back, we'll have to see about getting that running cross environment and going on the Mac!  Yup still type too much...

(http://i.imgur.com/Z2wVTU2t.jpg) (https://imgur.com/Z2wVTU2)

jedi

A cold January night, contemplating the end of the American Republic and marveling at how much I still admire what VSIDO is whilst listening to Pink Floyd and Welcome to the Machine on GMB

Happy new year, I guess

(https://imgur.com/jYGb32Ll.png)

The usual suspects. Been using tilix terminal lately. Decent terminal.
psuinfo for the tint2 system info plugins. (https://github.com/nwg-piotr/psuinfo)

(https://scrot.cloud/images/2021/01/12/2021-01-12-10-40-18.md.png) (https://scrot.cloud/image/BubnU)

Link to full image (https://scrot.cloud/images/2021/01/12/2021-01-12-10-40-18.png)

@vastone - how old is that install?

stat / | grep Birth

Birth: 2020-08-29 21:44:56.000000000 -0400


Nice RatMan    8)

That is an interesting question and I am curious where the data is retrieved from because though mine shows the following it is much much older than that.. On that date shown I took an fsarchive from another machine I was shutting down due to a power supply failure

My guess is that this is from an install from 4 years ago at least.. as a matter of fact there is a thread somewhere on here where I had my last critical failure (Perl Jam II I will find it) which would have been my actual last install .. I intend to keep it alive as long as as I am

WOW longer than that actually... time is getting away from me ... PackRat and I discuss Perl Jam I and II woes (https://vsido.org/index.php?topic=756.msg8522#msg8522)

The other side of that is where, most of us keep a separate /home, a 'new' install is really just a refresh of the OS so we can get back to our settings...  8)

stat / | grep Birth

Birth: 2020-12-29 15:21:12.000000000 -0600

Hello VastOne and PackRat and everyone
Birth: -
"Unknown"
You get a date when here get a -.  (?)
In the 2014 post, VastOne stated count on two fingers [twice] in six years.  I will add here a since, once in seven years, to that.
The long story is, I got started with vsido around 2013live-2014install. one hdd failure i switched to Lite vsido and machine change.  Machine made it through two python/ perl escapades that, i did read, shut down a lot of machines. I was proud to make it through those ; But,, a xorg upgrade killed it later.  (RE)Installation brought machine to the xorg updates,,, and machine quit every time after the xorg upgrades. I switched install attempts between Lite and stock regular several times, finally got one to succeed with xorg and beyond.  here is the date of that re-install with stock vsido. now another python change in its history. An excuse for blather, thanks for the pointer to stat birth:date fun.   2019-10-31 11:26:51 
mail, apt, and dpkg logs begin that date 10-31., so i think that is it. (?) 
   

Thank you for vsido. 

herev@a1410y:~$ stat /var/log/installation.log
  File: /var/log/installation.log
  Size: 9559          Blocks: 24         IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 802h/2050d    Inode: 1317578     Links: 1
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: 2021-01-19 17:35:22.035929581 -0700
Modify: 2019-10-31 11:26:51.839270806 -0700
Change: 2019-10-31 11:26:51.839270806 -0700
Birth: -


Hello PackRat and Everyone 
about desktop appearance. In /icons/nuoveXT2/extra  is drive device with logo choice. cute. also cute is the file cabinet icon looks just like vsido's.
in /nuoveXT2 
system-file-manager.png
aka
file-manager.png
redhat-filemanager.png
xfce-filemanager.png

(https://scrot.cloud/images/2021/02/02/2021-02-02-08-58-48.th.png) (https://scrot.cloud/image/B6iUr)

link to full image (https://scrot.cloud/images/2021/02/02/2021-02-02-08-58-48.png)

^ That looks like the view I had driving north to Wyoming or south down to Colorado Springs on I-25 when I lived in Denver

Stunning vistas

That is Mount Ararat; I think the view is from Armenia.

As Bob Seger likes to say

Baby Baby, you're still the same

(https://i.imgur.com/Vl68qJ1l.png)

@vastone - Looks good; still running smooth? And how is the golf game these days?

(https://scrot.cloud/images/2021/05/08/2021-05-08-09-28-45.md.png) (https://scrot.cloud/image/BmE0G)

Link to image (https://scrot.cloud/images/2021/05/08/2021-05-08-09-28-45.png)

Runs as smooth as anything ever has IMO ... everything I want to work does

Golf game has never been better... I am striping the ball and making putts, beating anyone who is up to the challenge

I also walked 27 holes yesterday and got better as the day went on.. That may not sound like much but at 61, it is a task and I am feeling great walking 12 miles while doing something I love

What's up in your world RatMan?

Not too much. Still manage to get out and go fishing every now and then. Been going to spots in Georgia for spring break trips. Oldest daughter hauled in a 40+ pound black drum last time we were near the coast. Hauled it in on 8 pound line.

Summer vacation right around the corner now. But the big news is that DOE will be bringing people back on site for work so the wife will not have to work from home any more.

PackRat and eVeryone
Hello
(https://i.servimg.com/u/f77/19/54/79/38/th/vsidob10.png) (https://servimg.com/view/19547938/33)
OS: VSIDO 11 bullseye
           dm: lightdm Distro: VSIDO_x64 V-Ger V-Ger
           Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.5 WM
              Style: Twice
           Icon Theme: LinuxLex-8
Machine:   System: HP Pavilion 061 product: RB042AV-ABA a1410y version: 0n31211CT101ALHEN00
           Mobo: Hewleet-Packard model: Alhena version: 1.0 Bios: American Megatrends version: 3.18 date: 08/17/2006
CPU:       Single core Intel Celeron D CPU (-UP-) clocked at 3332.236 MHz
Memory: 665.9/932.0MB
Packages: 1958
Disk: 9.8G / 28G (38%)

Nice setup.

I'm still here...

Quote from: jedi on September 21, 2021, 02:55:43 AM
I'm still here...

Good to know.  Nice to see you still lurking about.

(https://i.postimg.cc/Vd8P0swN/2021-09-21-08-42-15.png) (https://postimg.cc/Vd8P0swN)

link to image (https://i.postimg.cc/DyWvDmY1/2021-09-21-08-42-15.png)

Playing around with some new GMB layout designs.. If anyone is interested in the code, let me know

(https://imgur.com/OMOMkwXl.png)

Looks pretty good.

Thanks... I tweaked it a bit more and like this better.. The GMB layout code is attatched

(https://imgur.com/YshD4mol.png)

Tweaking fluxbox, tint2, jgmenu -

(https://i.postimg.cc/HcNWWgZP/2021-12-05-10-30-23.png) (https://postimg.cc/HcNWWgZP)

(https://i.postimg.cc/jnJxLFBq/2021-12-05-10-30-53.png) (https://postimg.cc/jnJxLFBq)

Very Cool RatMan..  Your desktops always are top level..  8)

Is that one single tint2 panel-taskbar config/setup? I like it! Mind posting  the config? 

Also jgmenu is sharp, I am going to give it a good look too

Cheers

One panel, with a button launcher for jgmenu and some psuinfo  (https://github.com/nwg-piotr/psuinfo) executors for cpu and temp replacing conky.

config in the tint2 thread (https://vsido.org/index.php?topic=58.msg16437#msg16437)

Xmonad with polybar:

(https://iili.io/7OlC1S.th.png) (https://freeimage.host/i/7OlC1S)

link to full image (https://iili.io/7OlC1S.png)

Been tinkering with Fvwm3 configurations -

Fvwm3 configured for dual monitor. Each desktop has it's own set of desktops with 3x3 grid of pages. An instance of FvwmPager to keep track of everything:

(https://i.postimg.cc/kDLFCCFw/2022-02-09-10-09-20.png) (https://postimg.cc/kDLFCCFw)

Compiled fluxbox from source t get this feature/patch - https://github.com/fluxbox/fluxbox/commit/393ba45f91480bb10f510248837c6051b7ff6a03 (https://github.com/fluxbox/fluxbox/commit/393ba45f91480bb10f510248837c6051b7ff6a03)

Fluxbox with a toolbar button for jgmenu -

(https://i.ibb.co/bznNkTD/2022-02-27-11-26-10.png) (https://ibb.co/Pw81dK0)

Fluxbox team teasing a 1.4.0 version release - http://git.fluxbox.org/fluxbox.git/log/?h=prep/release-1.4.0 (http://git.fluxbox.org/fluxbox.git/log/?h=prep/release-1.4.0).

Guess I'll never change

(https://imgur.com/r1o43xKl.png)

The classics never go out of style.

A little VSIDO Fluxbox and Dark Side of the Moon can never be wrong

(https://imgur.com/3abVJFNl.png)

Too funny; we're listening to the same album:

(https://i.ibb.co/wSqRLHD/2022-07-24-02-48-44.png) (https://ibb.co/5r369Dq)

(https://imgur.com/lE4qmizl.png)

Happily sporting VSIDO w/Fluxbox!  That new .fsa way of doing things is just  8)  Same ole same ole...

(https://i.postimg.cc/Z0LS9Z6J/Screenshot-2022-09-01-19-45-45.png) (https://postimg.cc/Z0LS9Z6J)

Hope everyone is well and prospering with VSIDO!!!

Time to see how this goes  8)

(https://i.ibb.co/JkQWCHN/vsido-download.png) (https://ibb.co/7y4xbKH)

did some repartitioning.

sweet.. looking forward to this

Pretty much painless. Dual booting with ArchLabs. Did not have spacefm installed in ArchLabs so installed from the command line.

(https://i.ibb.co/c6cRywP/vsido-001.png) (https://ibb.co/X7Z6WD9)

(https://i.ibb.co/sQwFFRY/vsido-003.png) (https://ibb.co/tcsbbKr)

In the process of configuring. Added jgmenu, revamped conky and tint2. Re-configuring for Debian commands (what is this thing called apt?  :D)

Did not have spacefm installed?  That does not make sense. Let me see what is up with that

The install had spacefm. No issues there. I used nmtui and connected to wireless no issue.

I did not have spacefm installed with ArchLabs (I think it's in the AUR). So I couldn't follow the installation HowTo. It's a straight forward command in the terminal to restore the archive so i just installed from the command line while logged into ArchLabs.

Currently dual-booting with ArchLabs.

Aye, I realized that after I already posted.. thanks for clarifying

I use mostly mate tools now - caja, atril, and a few others. So .....

VSIDO with mate desktop:

(https://i.ibb.co/QPsSTZ2/Screenshot-at-2022-09-06-08-52-03.png) (https://ibb.co/Lx4jcML)

I was 0 years old today when I found out about neofetch


  (https://imgur.com/f8tFT2Il.png)
(https://imgur.com/f8tFT2I.png)

Install w3m and w3m-img and you can replace that penguin with your VSIDO logo icon  :D

Everything works out of the box installing from the fsarchive file. Had to manually reset my time zone to US Eastern instead of Central. Easy fix.

Good to hear PackRat

I like the penguin  8)

Way to go PackRat! Really like the looks of the jgmenu and thinking I'll try that out next...

(https://i.postimg.cc/JycZCqBj/VSIDO-GOTO-2022-09-06-12-27-48.png) (https://postimg.cc/JycZCqBj)

Dual booting VSIDO and ArchLabs

(https://i.ibb.co/0QSTr4c/2022-09-07-05-14-32.png) (https://ibb.co/DLyhQct)

(https://i.ibb.co/rMnv4nY/2022-09-07-05-25-23.png) (https://ibb.co/82FX6Fq)

(https://iili.io/LiWYtp.md.png) (https://freeimage.host/i/LiWYtp)

Fluxbox on dual monitors. Since fluxbox, like openbox, just expands the desktop across the two monitors, there is some empty space at the bottom the second monitor.  I tried the:

Configure --> Toolbar --> On Head... --> All Heads

from the Fluxbox Menu, but didn't really like it set up that way. So added a simple, one line conky to the bottom of the second monitor for a bit of symmetry.

Aesthetically, it would probably look better with a tint2 panel and slightly rounded corners.

Edit - With some effort, this could look really good. Matching up the colors-transparency-widths will take some time and patience. Every piece of software calculates it differently. Or just go opaque.

(https://iili.io/LiXfgn.md.png) (https://freeimage.host/i/LiXfgn)

Wow PackRat love the dual monitor setup!  Still experimenting away.  This time it's an Lenovo Thinkpad 'Yoga' Ultrabook with fully functioning touchscreen and tablet capabilities!  Boots in around 4 seconds flat.  Using the latest .fsa download, "installed" with nary an issue...

(https://i.postimg.cc/3d3mcgH6/vsido-2022-10-06.png) (https://postimg.cc/3d3mcgH6)

edit: very small and thin ultrabook, screen folds all the way around to become a tablet when needed.  I believe a 12.9 inch screen, around the same size as my 2019 iPad Pro 12.9"...

This ultrabook is small but what a powerful little computer when loaded with VSIDO Linux.  Touchscreen as well!  I just had to figure out the new screen as far as font sizes since you needed a microscope to read or see anything.

(https://i.postimg.cc/WDMS6Trk/vsido-goto-2022-10-09.png) (https://postimg.cc/WDMS6Trk)

Very happy and pleased with this iteration!!!  8)

^ Nice

Settled on fluxbox native taskbar and polybar -

(https://i.ibb.co/bBjXhRy/2022-10-09-05-26-12.png) (https://ibb.co/Z8Rxs1w)

ok so not much new to see, oh wait that is the new 6.0 linux kernel there!!!

(https://i.postimg.cc/JGzKLdNN/vsido-also-current.png) (https://postimg.cc/JGzKLdNN)

No drop-down terminal hiding the conky displaying the current kernel as well...

(https://i.postimg.cc/Js6dBCq4/vsido-alsostill-current.png) (https://postimg.cc/Js6dBCq4)

Turned out less difficult than I had imagined.  Hours in the compiling though along with a significant amount of disc space needed for the operation as well.  Anyway, it's official the Linux Kernel is now in the 6's...

Jedi do you sense the disturbance in the force?   ;)
Don't worry it's me.

Can you try this clock, actually two clocks, I made this summer.
They are very similar one is with Gtk3 the other Xlib.
https://github.com/Misko-2083/sclock
They have command line options like yad.

Sorry it took so long.  Had to wait for 'time' to pass by so I could tell how the new kernel is working here.  Been up almost 2 days no issues, so far...  (the laptop's been up almost 2 days not me!)

(https://i.postimg.cc/r08PTtnC/vsido6-0-1-jedi.png) (https://postimg.cc/r08PTtnC)

Hey misko_2083!  Nice to see your still around!

Quote from: misko_2083 on October 14, 2022, 06:50:07 PM
Jedi do you sense the disturbance in the force?   ;)
Don't worry it's me.

I sense a deep disturbance in this entire spiral of our galaxy!  ???  Are these clock conkies you speak of? As I infer at the start of this post, 'time' is observed here poorly as it interferes with specificity in precision observation.  ::)  :D  :D omg so much smoke...

I actually only have a conky on my screen because it comes by default with VSIDO and does show some good info easily.  Other than that one liner up there that's been around a decade or more, I've lost my conky vision.  Life happened and I'm living the dream baby!

I am going to look but no promises!   

Quote from: misko_2083 on October 14, 2022, 06:50:07 PM

Can you try this clock, actually two clocks, I made this summer.
They are very similar one is with Gtk3 the other Xlib.
https://github.com/Misko-2083/sclock
They have command line options like yad.

Hey misko! As jedi said, glad to see you here again.. I will check out the clocks..

I am also curious if you or anyone has found any gmail notify scripts that work.. GMail made some changes that has stopped any atom attempts to capture data, you simply can no longer get it even though credentials still work

Just curious

Another .fsa install on metal.

(https://i.postimg.cc/VdfttpqL/Shot-211022-173045.png) (https://postimg.cc/VdfttpqL)

Yes it is a lot of metal...

(https://i.postimg.cc/rzDmtW6W/Screenshot-20221020-153150.png) (https://postimg.cc/rzDmtW6W)

(https://i.postimg.cc/w3nB5vHr/Screenshot-20221020-153709.png) (https://postimg.cc/w3nB5vHr)

Every now and again I need to check out the latest version of KDE/plasma.
plasma-X11 runs pretty smooth; plasma-wayland not so much.

Lasted about half a day, then back to fluxbox or i3.

Quote from: PackRat on October 22, 2022, 02:59:14 PM
Every now and again I need to check out the latest version of KDE/plasma.
plasma-X11 runs pretty smooth; plasma-wayland not so much.

Lasted about half a day, then back to fluxbox or i3.

I've done the same thing myself over the years in hopes of better KDE understanding.  Alas, I've never achieved enlightenment status with it and always end up right back at Fluxbox myself!

So the 'old' MSI lappy is back and a little worn with age.  Having to use 2 different keyboards currently as the beautiful steel series multicolor keyboard on the laptop decided to stop letting me use the 'x' 'z' and 'Ctrl' keys.  Not sure if something is up or just old age...
Otherwise, this is going to be the new media machine for the house and my new VSIDO goto piece of metal...
Got it up and running using the latest .fsa file available.  Quite the round-about install this time.  UEFI still sucks imo.  Anyway, I was able to successfully get here in the end and thats what matters!!!

(https://i.postimg.cc/fVmknjyR/vsido-current-1.png) (https://postimg.cc/fVmknjyR)

  (https://imgur.com/SzuwLqPl.png)
(https://imgur.com/SzuwLqP.png)

Nice cool evening after a rain, a glass of wine and GMB rocking some Cars

Dare say it doesn't get much better than this

In use:

(https://i.postimg.cc/vcSQrv02/2022-10-30-200409-1360x768-scrot.png) (https://postimg.cc/vcSQrv02)

Clean:

(https://i.postimg.cc/V5Z5Ytxw/2022-10-30-200421-1360x768-scrot.png) (https://postimg.cc/V5Z5Ytxw)

Playing around with compton to get some depth for my FB!

(https://i.postimg.cc/56jwWbY5/vsido-compton-fu.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/56jwWbY5)

Compton is always fun!


Heres my one-liner I use in i3 :D


compton -c -r 20 -l -30 -t -30 -f -z --blur-background-frame--blur-kern '5,5,0.676634,0.783377,0.822578,0.783377,0.676634,0.783377,0.906961,0.952345,0.906961,0.783377,0.822578,0.952345,0.52345,0.822578,0.783377,0.906961,0.952345,0.906961,0.783377,0.676634,0.783377,0.822578,0.783377,0.676634,' --vsync opengl --dbe --glx-no-stencil -D 3 -b


Yes, that IS one line :P

Finally got my laptop running vsido (was a bit of a tango, VastOne knows!)
Wasn't straight forward, so will do a writeup/howto on the forum, but for now... Screenshot!

(https://i.postimg.cc/ZvcmNNmX/2022-11-03-182546-1366x768-scrot.png) (https://postimg.cc/ZvcmNNmX)

Looking good dizzie.. Really good

Playing with tint2...

(https://i.postimg.cc/14X33Ptd/vsidogoto1192022.png) (https://postimg.cc/14X33Ptd)

Very nice Jedi!

@jedi - nice

Work in progress:

(https://i.ibb.co/2NCtcSk/screen-2022-11-14-1668475240.png) (https://ibb.co/gVfTtdR)

Almost done.  An old conky, and more than a couple old tint2 configs...

(https://i.postimg.cc/R32VRgvZ/vsido-2022-11-17-20-12-16.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/R32VRgvZ)

old is new, new is old?  This is probably what my desktop looked similar to a decade ago using VSIDO!  8)

(https://i.postimg.cc/hJrDMRJW/vsido-2022-11-21-19-41-02.png) (https://postimg.cc/hJrDMRJW)

Though it might have been a debian sid install from a businesscard.iso based on a great tutorial somewhere by VastOne!!!  A decade later and we're still here.  Have been the whole time!

(https://i.servimg.com/u/f77/19/54/79/38/th/23541010.png) (https://servimg.com/view/19547938/71)
hello everyone

moon is full
Hello Everyone
The previous screenshot is method one practice onto a mini mini spinning usb drive 8G. familiarize with the method one using a live system to install vsido img, in that case the entire 8G[7.3.] 
Second trial method one onto a hdd, as suggested, using small partition for the compressed vsido archived file. started with an hdd having a vsido installation on the entire drive. made small partition. wiped vsido 2017. let remain the swap partition. unpack from small partition to vsido partition. The two trials were aimed for clean ext4 partiton,, though, to make double sure,, was added to the fsarchiver string -o overwrite and ,mkfs=ext4.  no hitches. Both times. Did that do double work? or double sure(?) sure is quiet without the -v.
Get it booted up once and update, lucky enough, upgrades grub and kernel. all set. wireless too, but it is wired.

connman gtk shows an icon top-right,but it does not need to run; the tray icon can be off.
using style garnet with the active/inactive colors reversed.
(https://i.servimg.com/u/f77/19/54/79/38/th/bherev10.png) (https://servimg.com/view/19547938/72)vsido@vsido:~$ stat / | grep Birth
Birth: 2022-12-07 03:13:57.000000000 -0600
System:
  Host: vsido Kernel: 6.0.0-5-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 12.2.0 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.0.0-5-amd64
    root=UUID=20163eef-578e-41b6-a1cc-ebf397a6b419 ro net.ifnames=0 quiet
  Desktop: Fluxbox v: 1.3.8 info: tint2 vt: 7 dm: LXDM
    Distro: VSIDO Linux V-Ger
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: HP Pavilion 061 product: RB042AV-ABA a1410y
    v: 0n31211CT101ALHEN00 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Hewleet-Packard model: Alhena v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    BIOS: American Megatrends v: 3.18 date: 08/17/2006
CPU:
  Info: single core Intel Celeron D [N/A] arch: Netburst Presler
    speed (MHz): 3332
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200/1100] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: radeon v: kernel alternate: amdgpu arch: Rage-8 code: R300
    process: TSMC 130nm built: 2002-07 ports: active: VGA-1 empty: SVIDEO-1
    bus-ID: 01:05.0 chip-ID: 1002:5a61 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 compositor: Compton v: 1 driver: X:
    loaded: radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: r300 gpu: radeon
    resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 2.1 Mesa 22.3.0 renderer: ATI RC410 direct render: Yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: 8139too v: 0.9.28 modules: 8139cp port: b800
    bus-ID: 02:05.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8139 class-ID: 0200
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 28.64 GiB used: 5.44 GiB (19.0%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Maxtor model: 6E030L0 size: 28.64 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown> type: N/A
    serial: E1BKFGTE rev: 1590 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 23.44 GiB size: 22.9 GiB (97.71%) used: 5.38 GiB (23.5%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-2: swap-1 size: 1.77 GiB used: 62.4 MiB (3.4%) fs: swap
    swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1729 libs: 1125 tools: apt,apt-get,synaptic
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
    1: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free contrib
Weather:
  Report: temperature: 12 C (54 F) conditions: Heavy rain wind: from SSE at
    0.5 m/s (2 km/h, 1 mph) cloud cover: 100% rain: 6.545 mm (0.26 in)
    humidity: 94% dew point: 11.2 C (52 F) pressure: 1014.6 mb (34 in)
  Locale: Washington, D.C., DC, US, 20500 current time: Wed 07 Dec 2022
    04:22:42 PM EST observation time: 2022-12-07 14:51:38 (America/New_York
    -0500) Source: WeatherBit.io
Info:
  Processes: 113 Uptime: 6h 6m wakeups: 0 Memory: 910.1 MiB
  used: 432.4 MiB (47.5%) Init: systemd v: 252 target: graphical (5)
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 10/11/12/6
  Shell: Bash v: 5.2.2 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.23

Hello
xfdashboard running on vsido fluxbox shows two workspaces, #one is clean. Version: xfdashboard-1.1.0git.UNKNOWN
(https://i.servimg.com/u/f77/19/54/79/38/th/xdashv10.png) (https://servimg.com/view/19547938/75)

It all looks great riV... Hope you are enjoying it!

New year, new install on a newish laptop:

(https://i.ibb.co/vv147Nc/screen-2023-01-01-1672625347.png) (https://ibb.co/Dg4fxB1)

happy and prosperous new year for anyone dropping by.

(https://iili.io/HRn9rT7.md.png) (https://freeimage.host/i/HRn9rT7)

(https://iili.io/HRn9UpS.md.png) (https://freeimage.host/i/HRn9UpS)

Looking good RatMan, really good

Me, comfort in my own domain


  (https://imgur.com/NIIlyg5l.png)
(https://imgur.com/NIIlyg5.png)

  (https://imgur.com/ggBpnfYl.png)
(https://imgur.com/ggBpnfY.png)

^ that theme never really goes out of style, does it?

Blast from the past. Fallback window manager for Void is twm, so I created a ~/.twmrc the other day when it was cold and raining:

(https://i.ibb.co/HXNcxVR/2023-03-19-01-53-26.png) (https://ibb.co/t3Z0x4n)

and a recent fluxbox style effort:

(https://i.ibb.co/0BzPTKD/2023-03-19-01-55-04.png) (https://ibb.co/FsdG2Xx)

(https://i.ibb.co/y5ZQrP0/2023-05-01-07-46-17.png) (https://ibb.co/BjQC93L)

Been using Vivaldi browser version 6 a lot lately. Really smooth and you can see in the screenshot pretty good on memory use:

(https://i.ibb.co/gdz7xmD/i3-screen-import-2023-05-02-1683068925.png) (https://ibb.co/NrZ3MtL)

Still alive and kicking. Mostly...

(https://i.postimg.cc/LJXfsrff/jedi-20230625a.png) (https://postimg.cc/LJXfsrff)

(  ??? totally unauthorized screengrab of a wallpaper of packrat's...  :o )

^ Nice. One of my favorite wallpapers. (https://wallpaperswide.com/godafoss_waterfalls_iceland-wallpapers.html)

(https://i.ibb.co/yQLst5C/i3-screen-import-2023-06-26-1687805224.png) (https://ibb.co/5Rqcmv3)

(https://i.ibb.co/frxx6YV/screen-2023-07-06-1688688245.png) (https://ibb.co/h2mmQRx)

(https://i.ibb.co/0ckC5wW/screen-2023-07-06-1688688264.png) (https://ibb.co/NsX9R4k)

That is an incredible look RatMan!

@vastone - thanks

Dual monitor setup. Moved conky to the bottom of the second monitor to balance out the fluxbox taskbar. Using the ~/.fluxbox/apps file to have gimp open maximized on the second monitor:

(https://i.ibb.co/ZKkrG2g/2023-07-08-01-13-57.png) (https://ibb.co/DkSFzrM)

(https://i.ibb.co/Mg3cDDK/2023-07-08-01-16-10.png) (https://ibb.co/10wrffB)

Work in progress -

(https://i.ibb.co/zrpCWfq/screen-2023-08-06-1691371444.png) (https://ibb.co/KXdBcyT)

I like to annoy distros and change them a bit.
I added JGmenu, MX Linux repos, magic corners(bl-hotcorners-python3 -d
), xfdashboard, ulauncher, lightpad.

https://postimg.cc/JsSTx9q6
https://postimg.cc/w7xzhsff
(https://i.postimg.cc/7LZpH4Tk/vsido-with-mx-repo.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/JsSTx9q6)
(https://i.postimg.cc/15wz1GpQ/vsido-hot-corner-and-xfdashboard.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/w7xzhsff)

Nice.

How did the installation go?

(https://i.postimg.cc/1VsLSY3M/Screenshot-at-2023-08-08-18-53-46.png) (https://postimg.cc/1VsLSY3M)

(https://i.postimg.cc/XGwTT04p/Screenshot-at-2023-08-08-18-57-46.png) (https://postimg.cc/XGwTT04p)

Quote from: PackRat on August 08, 2023, 11:05:37 PMNice.

How did the installation go?

EHM!

Step One JGmenu... ala Vit

sudo apt uppdate && sudo apt install jgmenu && jgmenu_run init --theme=archlabs_1803 && jgmenu_run init --apply-gtktheme && sed -i 's/position_mode        = fixed/position_mode        = pointer/g' ~/.config/jgmenu/jgmenurc &&  sed -i 's/font                 = Ubuntu 12px/font                 = Ubuntu 16px/g' ~/.config/jgmenu/jgmenurc

then add to tint2conf

Step Two Add MX 23 repo... need for xfdashboard

wget https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/pool/main/m/mx23-archive-keyring/mx23-archive-keyring_2023.6.6_all.deb && sudo apt install ./mx23-archive-keyring_2023.6.6_all.deb && echo "deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mxlinux.list && echo -e "Package: *\nPin: release a=mx\nPin-Priority: 100" | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/mxlinux && sudo apt update && sudo apt install mx-packageinstaller
Step Tree Hot corners with xfdashboard

mkdir ~/.config/bl-hotcorners/

echo "[Hot Corners]" > ~/.config/bl-hotcorners/bl-hotcornersrc
echo "top_left_corner_command = xfdashboard" >>  ~/.config/bl-hotcorners/bl-hotcornersrc
echo "top_right_corner_command = " >>  ~/.config/bl-hotcorners/bl-hotcornersrc
echo "bottom_left_corner_command = " >>  ~/.config/bl-hotcorners/bl-hotcornersrc
echo "bottom_right_corner_command = " >>  ~/.config/bl-hotcorners/bl-hotcornersrc
echo "polling_interval = 0.4" >>  ~/.config/bl-hotcorners/bl-hotcornersrc
echo "corner_delay = 0.2" >>  ~/.config/bl-hotcorners/bl-hotcornersrc
echo "bounce_distance = 40" >>  ~/.config/bl-hotcorners/bl-hotcornersrc

sudo apt install python3-xlib wmctrl xdotool xfdashboard && wget https://github.com/capn-damo/scripts/raw/master/bl-hotcorners-python3 -P /tmp && chmod +x /tmp/bl-hotcorners-python3 && sudo mv /tmp/bl-hotcorners-python3 /usr/local/bin/ && echo -e "\n\n\t now add bl-hotcorners-python3 -d to autostart\n\n"
Step Four Ulauncher (for Ubuntu)

wget https://launchpad.net/~agornostal/+archive/ubuntu/ulauncher/+files/ulauncher_5.15.3-0ubuntu1ppa1~lunar_all.deb && sudo apt install ./ulauncher*.deb
Then add ulauncher & to ~/.fluxbox/startup

Step Five lightpad (another program search)

wget https://github.com/libredeb/lightpad/releases/download/v0.0.8/lightpad_0.0.8.rev1_amd64.deb && sudo apt install ./lightpad*.deb
My ~/.config/bl-hotcorners/bl-hotcornersrc (xdotool key super+d is for iconize window... not default)

[Hot Corners]
top_left_corner_command = xfdashboard -t
top_right_corner_command = com.github.libredeb.lightpad
bottom_left_corner_command = ulauncher-toggle   
bottom_right_corner_command = xdotool key super+d
polling_interval = 0.2
corner_delay = 0.2
bounce_distance = 40

Good luck!

That's impressive, but I was just referring to the installation of VSIDO itself. Did the installation from the fsarchive go well?

Hello VastOne
greetings everyone
install Method 3, Method 1. vsido Welcome a pleasure. 
vsido@vsido:~$ stat / |grep Birth
 Birth: 2023-08-09 00:11:17.000000000 -0500
vsido@vsido:~$ inxi -S
System:    Host: vsido Kernel: 6.4.0-2-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.8 Distro: VSIDO V-Ger V-Ger
vsido@vsido:~$ /usr/bin/inxi -pl -xx -S -xxx -W 20510 -aI
System:
  Host: vsido Kernel: 6.4.0-2-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 13.2.0 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.4.0-2-amd64
    root=UUID=07036f91-0272-4942-8405-4a4a5e0cea87 ro net.ifnames=0 quiet
  Desktop: Fluxbox v: 1.3.8 info: tint2 vt: 7 dm: LXDM Distro: Debian
    GNU/Linux trixie/sid
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 23.44 GiB size: 22.9 GiB (97.71%) used: 5.15 GiB (22.5%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: vsido
  ID-2: swap-1 size: 1.77 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap
    swappiness: 70 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
Weather:
  Report: temperature: 25.82 C (78 F) conditions: scattered clouds wind: from
    SW at 3.1 m/s (11 km/h, 7 mph) cloud cover: 40% humidity: 69%
    pressure: 1009 mb (34 in)
  Locale: Washington, US, 20510 current time: Wed 09 Aug 2023 08:34:17 PM
    CDT observation time: N/A Source: OpenWeatherMap.org
Info:
  Processes: 123 Uptime: 1h 16m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 1024 MiB
  available: 895.8 MiB used: 405.8 MiB (45.3%) Init: systemd v: 254
  target: graphical (5) default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers:
  gcc: 13.2.0 alt: 10/11/12/13/6 Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1444 libs: 886
  tools: apt,apt-get,synaptic Shell: Bash v: 5.2.15 running-in: xfce4-terminal
  inxi: 3.3.28
OS: Debian GNU/Linux trixie/sid x86_64
Resolution: 1920x1080
WM Theme: twice
Theme: Vertex-Dark [GTK2/3]
Icons: LinuxLex-8 [GTK2/3]

Quote from: PackRat on August 10, 2023, 12:47:52 AMThat's impressive, but I was just referring to the installation of VSIDO itself. Did the installation from the fsarchive go well?

Yes, no problems, I used MX Linux 21.3, then RhinoLinux Grub (Ubuntu 23.10)... best grub: start Artix and Void.

I've refrained from writing a mini guide on my blog, maybe Vsido isn't for everyone. Many would find that Linux runs badly without realizing that a Sid-based distro has some problems from time to time.

Hello PackRat and Everyone
(https://i.servimg.com/u/f77/19/54/79/38/th/11conk10.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/19547938/82)
HOME/.conkyrcb
New syntax for active lines.
Please give to it your vsido icon image path, in the conky.text,
an example /usr/share/icons/yad.png does work in place of
This sample has an invented path to image /home/vsido/images/vis60; will be displayed 60x60.
conky.config = {
    -- VSIDO Default b conky b
    --#  Begin Window Settings 
    --################################################
    -- Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
    own_window = true,
    own_window_type = 'normal',
    own_window_transparent = true,
    own_window_hints = 'undecorated,below,skip_taskbar,skip_pager',
    own_window_colour = 'gray',
    own_window_class = 'conky',
    own_window_title = 'VSIDO Conky b',

    -- Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker)
    -- It is highly recommended to use own window with this one
    -- so double buffer won't be so big.
    double_buffer = true,

    --# ARGB can be used for real transparency
    --# NOTE that a composite manager is required for real transparency.
    --# This option will not work as desired (in most cases) in conjunction with
    --# own_window_type normal
    own_window_argb_visual = true,

    --# When ARGB visuals are enabled, this use this to modify the alpha value
    --# Use: own_window_type normal
    --# Use: own_window_transparent no
    --# Valid range is 0-255, where 0 is 0% opacity, and 255 is 100% opacity.
    -- own_window_argb_value 255

    minimum_width = 160, minimum_height = 220,
    maximum_width = 160,

    gap_x = 40,
    gap_y = 0,

    alignment = 'middle_right',
    --#########################################  End Window Settings  ###
    --#  Font Settings  #################################################
    -- Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)
    use_xft = true,
    font = 'Monofont:bold:size=9',

    -- Alpha of Xft font. Must be a value at or between 1 and 0 ###
    xftalpha = 1,
    -- Force UTF8? requires XFT ###
    override_utf8_locale = true,

    draw_shades = false,
    default_shade_color = 'black',

    draw_outline = false,
    default_outline_color = 'black',

    uppercase = false,
    --###########################################  End Font Settings  ###
    --#  Color Settings #################################################
    default_shade_color = 'gray',
    default_outline_color = 'black',

    default_color = 'DCDCDC', -- 220 220 220   Gainsboro
    color0 = '8FBC8F', -- 143 188 143   DarkSeaGreen
    color1 = '778899', -- 119 136 153   LightSlateGray
    color2 = 'FF8C00', -- 255 140   0   DarkOrange
    color3 = '7FFF00', -- 127 255   0   Chartreuse
    color4 = 'FFA07A', -- 255 160 122   LightSalmon
    color5 = 'FFDEAD', -- 255 222 173   NavajoWhite
    color6 = '00BFFF', --   0 191 255   DeepSkyBlue
    color7 = '00FFFF', --   0 255 255   Cyan
    color8 = 'FFFF00', -- 255 255   0   Yellow
    color9 = 'B22222', -- 178  34  34   FireBrick
    --#########################################  End Color Settings  ###
    --#  Borders Section ###############################################
    draw_borders = false,
    -- Stippled borders?
    stippled_borders = 0,
    -- border margins
    border_inner_margin = 5,
    border_outer_margin = 0,
    -- border width
    border_width = 1,
    -- graph borders
    draw_graph_borders = true,
    --default_graph_size 15 40
    --########################################  End Borders Secton  ###
    --#  Miscellaneous Section   #######################################
    --Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to background when started.
    background = true,

    -- Adds spaces around certain objects to stop them from moving other things
    -- around, this only helps if you are using a mono font
    -- Options: right, left or none
    use_spacer = 'none',
    -- Default and Minimum size is 256 - needs more for single commands that
    -- "call" a lot of text IE: bash scripts
    text_buffer_size = 1028,

    -- Subtract (file system) buffers from used memory?
    no_buffers = true,

    -- change GiB to G and MiB to M
    short_units = true,

    -- Like it says, ot pads the decimals on % values
    -- doesn't seem to work since v1.7.1
    pad_percents = 2,

    --   Maximum size of user text buffer, i.e. layout below TEXT line in config file
    --  (default is 16384 bytes)
    -- max_user_text 16384

    -- Desired output unit of all objects displaying a temperature. Parameters are
    -- either "fahrenheit" or "celsius". The default unit is degree Celsius.
    -- temperature_unit Fahrenheit

    --#######################################  End Miscellaneous Section  ###
    --#  LUA Settings #######################################################
    -- Above and After TEXT - requires a composite manager or blinks.
    --
    -- lua_load ~/Conky/LUA/draw-bg.lua
    --TEXT
    --${lua conky_draw_bg 10 0 0 0 0 0x000000 0.6}
    --
    -- ${lua conky_draw_bg corner_radius x_position y_position width height color alpha}
    --
    -- OR Both above TEXT (No composite manager required - no blinking!)
    --
    --lua_load = '/home/vsido/images/vis60',

    --lua_draw_hook_pre draw_bg 15 0 0 0 0 0x000000 0.5
    -- lua_draw_hook_post draw-bg 125 0 0 0 0 0x000000 0.01
    --
    -- TEXT
    --
    --###############################################  End LUA Settings  ###
    update_interval = 1
}

conky.text = [[
    ${image /home/vsido/images/vis60 -s 60x60 -p 0,0}\
    ${color OldLace}
    ${alignr 5}${time %X}
    ${alignr 5}${time %x}
    ${alignr 5}${uptime_short}
    ${hr}
    ${alignc}${kernel}
    ${hr}
    Host  ${alignr 5}${nodename}
    RAM   ${alignr 5}${color5}${mem}${color OldLace} / ${memmax}
    Swap  ${alignr 5}${color5}${swap}${color OldLace} / ${swapmax}
    # CPU 1  ${alignr 5}${cpu cpu1}%
    # CPU 2  ${alignr 5}${cpu cpu2}%
    # CPU 3  ${alignr 5}${cpu cpu3}%
    # CPU 4  ${alignr 5}${cpu cpu4}%
    # CPU Avg  ${alignr 5}${cpu cpu0}%
cpu  ${alignr 5}${color5}${cpu cpu0}${color OldLace}%
   
    Disk  ${alignr 5}${fs_used /} / ${fs_size /}
    /Root ${fs_size /}${alignr 5}${fs_used_perc /}%
    /Home ${fs_size /home}${alignr 5}${fs_used_perc /home}%
    DISK  ${hr}
    Read   ${alignr 5}${diskio_read /dev/sda}
    Write  ${alignr 5}${diskio_write /dev/sda}
   
   
    ${alignc}${upspeedgraph eth0 14,140 000000 00ff00}
    Up  ${alignr 5}${upspeedf eth0}
    NETWORK  ${hr}
    Down  ${alignr 5}${downspeedf eth0}
    ${alignc}${downspeedgraph eth0 14,140 000000 ff0000}
    $conky_version
    conky
]]
   

Quote from: vitforlinux on August 10, 2023, 12:59:05 PMYes, no problems, I used MX Linux 21.3, then RhinoLinux Grub (Ubuntu 23.10)... best grub: start Artix and Void.

I've refrained from writing a mini guide on my blog, maybe Vsido isn't for everyone. Many would find that Linux runs badly without realizing that a Sid-based distro has some problems from time to time.

Meh, it is all in the end users hands and I believe our target audience is those that have been around the block a few times .. At the same time we are also aware that any user wanting to use this one (or any distro) can have a forum and several decades of expertise to help with anything. Me personally, I have always believed SID to be maligned as the problem child when in reality it is as good as anything that a good backup can restore

Quote from: riV on August 10, 2023, 02:08:05 AMHello VastOne
greetings everyone
install Method 3, Method 1. vsido Welcome a pleasure.

Hey riV.. good to see you old friend. Your setup and conky looks fantastic, thanks for letting us know about the install and your work!

Quote from: VastOne on August 11, 2023, 10:34:00 PM

Quote from: vitforlinux on August 10, 2023, 12:59:05 PMYes, no problems, I used MX Linux 21.3, then RhinoLinux Grub (Ubuntu 23.10)... best grub: start Artix and Void.

I've refrained from writing a mini guide on my blog, maybe Vsido isn't for everyone. Many would find that Linux runs badly without realizing that a Sid-based distro has some problems from time to time.

Meh, it is all in the end users hands and I believe our target audience is those that have been around the block a few times .. At the same time we are also aware that any user wanting to use this one (or any distro) can have a forum and several decades of expertise to help with anything. Me personally, I have always believed SID to be maligned as the problem child when in reality it is as good as anything that a good backup can restore

Clearly you don't know the laziness of users accustomed to "either everything works perfectly or it's crap" as I do. When I think of who gave me a headache because the desktop background and the color of the icons had changed, I still feel bad today.

And if it comes to using the terminal it takes Einstein or Iron Man of your choice, and that all this is within the reach of normal people seems impossible to him.

Think I know people who call the technician to push the antivirus button. And I said it all.

The installation of VSIDO is the simplest ever seen, a command in the terminal is enough, provided you indicate the right image and the right partition in which to write it and then a grub, which can be from another distribution already installed, or chroot-rescue-scan from MX Linux, to enter the partition and manage it.

I was thinking about "How to use MX Linux to install VSIDO in 4 steps" It seems to me much easier than it takes to install Debian... yet it succeeds to many.

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theme Fluent, Style Twice

Hello PackRat and VastOne and hakerdefo and everyone
Anyone do wofi?
I have worked my options to wofi command, wofi -n -i -O alphabetical -S drun,run

The scrot select hole Option is interesting.
Having put it on a Launcher, use got me accustomed to the dual selections.

scrot 1.10-1
has a new default for .png screencapture.
The pmss screenshooter tool uses scrot png default;
so no change is necessary for the pmss script to work, but
the v.1.10 default png is a smaller file than previous default.
Not necessary but optional values, the scrot commands are the Options,
for my options,
for every line that is a scrot command is made the following changes for using pmss scrot options .
/usr/local/bin/pmss

where-ever is scrot found in pmss:
Added the --compression value for png as -Z 1
Any -c where there is no -d i took out the -c
i don't believe in -b; took out the -b
In the scrot Entire screen shot
is substituted imlib2_grab just because it can;
i do like the cursor in full desktop shots, so
that imlib will likely become scrot with pointer and delay options.
Looking into the pmss script is really a treat. Thanks.

In /pmss function upload_check, did an option (?)
on line 138
to the end of the line added a "&" character, key ampersand
xdg-open "${NAME}" &

@riV - I've used wofi with wayland compositors. I didn't know it worked with Xorg.

some more fluxbox -

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Hello
vsido@vsido:~$ uname -rv
6.4.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.4.13-1 (2023-08-31)
vsido@vsido:~$ inxi -xx -S -I
System:    Host: vsido Kernel: 6.4.0-4-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.8 dm: lxdm Distro: VSIDO V-Ger V-Ger
Info:      Processes: 126 Uptime: 2:17 Memory: 231.8/895.8MB Runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 13.2.0 alt: 10/11/12/6
           Client: Shell (bash 5.2.15 running in xfce4-terminal) inxi: 1.9.14
vsido@vsido:~$ /usr/bin/inxi -xx -S -I
System:
  Host: vsido Kernel: 6.4.0-4-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 13.2.0 Desktop: Fluxbox v: 1.3.8 dm: LXDM Distro: Debian GNU/Linux
    trixie/sid
Info:
  Processes: 126 Uptime: 2h 18m Memory: total: 1024 MiB available: 895.8 MiB
  used: 371.1 MiB (41.4%) Init: systemd v: 254 target: graphical (5)
  default: graphical Compilers: gcc: 13.2.0 alt: 10/11/12/13/6 Packages:
  pm: dpkg pkgs: 1480 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.15 running-in: xfce4-terminal
  inxi: 3.3.29

That looks like a fresh install riV, if so how did it go for you?

Hello VastOne
install August 9 reporting a kernel upgrade.

If you were to have a baking contest,
will you have first prize be equivalent for the Youth and Adult categories?

If You were to have a fishing contest,
will first prize for Youth be the same first prize for Adult?

VSIDO and The Grateful Dead, is there anything finer?

That is GMusicBrowser with the Clem Desktop Widget I created


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^ Nice music.  8)

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(https://i.ibb.co/LhSg9vZ/fluxbox-with-xdgmenumaker.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Tqc0Prg)
pl ntnet gratis (https://imgbb.com/)

I created the xdgmenumaker 2.1 deb package which allows you to have the dynamic menu, and with some tricks in your own language.

https://github.com/vitforlinux-gimp/xdgmenumaker-deb (https://github.com/vitforlinux-gimp/xdgmenumaker-deb)

This is my ~/.fluxbox/menu now

# This is an automatically generated file.
# Please see <file:/usr/share/doc/menu/README> for information.
# to use your own menu, copy this to ~/.fluxbox/menu, then edit
# ~/.fluxbox/init and change the session.menuFile path to ~/.fluxbox/menu
[begin] (VSIDO Fluxbox)
    [separator] (--------)
    [exec] (Run Program) {xfce4-appfinder --collapsed} </usr/share/icons/LinuxLex-8/apps/gnome-run.png>
    [exec] (Terminal) {launch xfce4-terminal} </usr/share/icons/LinuxLex-8/apps/xfce-terminal.png>
    [exec] (Firefox) {launch firefox} </usr/share/icons/LinuxLex-8/apps/firefox.png>
    [exec] (SpaceFM) {launch spacefm} </usr/share/icons/LinuxLex-8/apps/file-manager.png>
    [separator] (--------)
    [submenu] (Fluxbox) {Settings} </usr/share/icons/LinuxLex-8/apps/fluxbox.png>
        [config] (Fluxbox Menu) </usr/share/icons/LinuxLex-8/apps/fluxbox.png>
        [workspaces] (Workspaces) </usr/share/icons/LinuxLex-8/apps/fluxbox.png>
        [submenu] (Fluxbox Styles) </usr/share/icons/LinuxLex-8/apps/fluxbox.png>
            [stylesdir] (/usr/share/fluxbox/styles)
            [stylesdir] (~/.fluxbox/styles)
        [end]
        [reconfig] (Reload Fluxbox Config) </usr/share/icons/LinuxLex-8/apps/fluxbox.png>
        [restart] (Restart Fluxbox) </usr/share/icons/LinuxLex-8/apps/fluxbox.png>
        [exec] (About Fluxbox) {(fluxbox -v; fluxbox -info | sed 1d) | xmessage -file - -center} </usr/share/icons/LinuxLex-8/apps/fluxbox.png>
        [separator]
        [exit] (Exit Desktop) </usr/share/icons/LinuxLex-8/apps/fluxbox.png>
    [end]
    [separator] (--------)
    [include] (~/.fluxbox/xdg_menu)
    [exec] (Update Fluxbox Menu) {xdgmenumaker -nif fluxbox > ~/.fluxbox/xdg_menu}</usr/share/icons/LinuxLex-8/apps/gparted.png>
    [separator] (--------)
    [exec] (Exit) {/usr/bin/vsido-exit} </usr/share/icons/LinuxLex-8/apps/shutdown.png>
[end]


Subtle changes to conky and the GMusicBrowser Desktop Widget Plugin

Been without wheels for a couple of weeks so I am in tweak mode. Attached is the latest widget for GMB, just save it in your ~/.config/gmuscibrowser/layouts directory and then load it from the Plugins/Desktop Widgets in the settings of GMB


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Hello PackRat and Everyone
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lxdm login and background.
The Trixie character with the debian logo in front of it resembles a game of Quoits.
Trixie colors and texture, trixietactile.
(https://iili.io/Jx6case.th.jpg) (https://freeimage.host/i/Jx6case)
https://freeimage.host/i/Jx6case

That's really cool riV  8)

My current mood


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Been using Wayland compositors the last couple of weeks.

Sway - i3 clone for Wayland. I mostly use i3 these days so sway would be the natural switch should Void (or I) make a full time switch to Wayland.

(https://i.ibb.co/Tt2q0JV/2023-12-12-T19-04-50-834451114-05-00.png) (https://ibb.co/kXB6DzR)

labwc - for those that prefer the openbox/fluxbox style of window management, labwc is an openbox clone (developed by jgmenu developer malm). Waybar for the system inforamtion panel:

(https://i.ibb.co/CKk1bjz/2023-12-12-T19-09-26-783319890-05-00.png) (https://ibb.co/Xxh27nb)

Both are stable and fairly easy to configure. Most i3 and openbox configuration settings are supported. I don't think Xorg is going away any time soon, but it's nice to have some familiar Wayland compositors to use.

Still ticking...  (just been taking a licking!) :P

(https://i.postimg.cc/YScFTQjy/2023-12-13a.png) (https://postimg.cc/gxDrZXVv)

The mighty VSIDO is a true beast. 

After updating I lost the graphical login. (lxdm-greeter-gtk?) My dubious and not very diligent work-around was to hit a tty and grabbed lightdm  ???
Anyway it worked and voila VSIDO is STILL 'the One'!

(https://i.postimg.cc/bYHswKrg/2023-12-14a.png) (https://postimg.cc/Th1RkNr5)

All that uptime...  Oh well up to date VSIDO and all that goes with it is so awesome to me!  Thanks everyone and you know who you are!!!

Now I suppose a new wallpaper is going to have be found...

(https://i.postimg.cc/cJctbHjp/2023-12-14b.png) (https://postimg.cc/CZzKZFw7)

Kind of my current mood and nice new addition to the GMB layouts collection extraordinaire!!!  Nice one VastOne!

Back to mostly black!

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Quote from: jedi on December 14, 2023, 10:28:59 PMAfter updating I lost the graphical login. (lxdm-greeter-gtk?) My dubious and not very diligent work-around was to hit a tty and grabbed lightdm  ???
Anyway it worked and voila VSIDO is STILL 'the One'!


All that uptime...  Oh well up to date VSIDO and all that goes with it is so awesome to me!  Thanks everyone and you know who you are!!!

Welcome back Jedi!

There was an issue with lxdm that riV and I worked on and fixed here. (https://vsido.org/index.php/topic,1512.0.html) On that thread is the fix and files to get lxdm working again. Please PM me or post there if you need anything more to get lxdm working, I happen to like it a lot better than lightdm.

95 days of uptime! Your update must have been a beast too.. I am glad to see you are here and active old friend

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Where is that background, do you know? Damn cool and familiar some how

Lake Manasarovar, Tibet

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Trying out kitra (kde app like gimp)

KDE6 just released; should hit the Void repos at the end of March. Might already be in Sid. Runs really smooth in Wayland and X11.

KDE5 on Wayland -

(https://i.ibb.co/vmbqyT9/Screenshot-20240229-115755.png) (https://ibb.co/k0pBbwZ)

I hear you like wayland/hyprland?

What I use here, heh big list. In short: Hyprland with waybar + "stuff"
Terminal is kitty, shell is zsh with "Oh My Zsh" script installed :)

Anything else, just ask :)

No Xorg or Pulseaudio was hurt in the progress :P


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So... Gentoo with i3, cause why not!

This was fun to play with again. 
Gentoo I mean, this time no conky was hurt in the progress :P

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dual booting on the laptop

Relaxed. A little Carly and a little Ripley


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 8)  Haven't been around much due to some ongoing family tragedies but this is still home...

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Xfce 4.20 desktop running in Wayland with labwc as the compositor:

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Quote from: PackRat on December 24, 2024, 09:46:51 PMXfce 4.20 desktop running in Wayland with labwc as the compositor:

Very nice, I would consider Wayland but it still apparently has issues with nVidia drivers and is not recommended

Quote from: VastOne on December 24, 2024, 10:51:32 PMVery nice, I would consider Wayland but it still apparently has issues with nVidia drivers and is not recommended

Yes, Wayland can be a real pain to get running if you have nVidia.

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Quote from: PackRat on December 25, 2024, 01:27:36 PMYes, Wayland can be a real pain to get running if you have nVidia.

All right RatMan, I have installed VSIDO on a device without nVidia, pure nouveau.. Is the smallest and easiest way to get Wayland buy installing XFCE4?

Quote from: VastOne on December 28, 2024, 03:53:08 AM

Quote from: PackRat on December 25, 2024, 01:27:36 PMYes, Wayland can be a real pain to get running if you have nVidia.

All right RatMan, I have installed VSIDO on a device without nVidia, pure nouveau.. Is the smallest and easiest way to get Wayland buy installing XFCE4?

Yes. That will give you xfce4 for X11 and wayland. As long as it's Xfce 4.20 which I believe is all current in Sid.

The trick is that the xfce4 window manager does not work with wayland, so you will need an additional compositor. Xfce 4.20 has been coded to work with labwc or wayfire.

The default is labwc which I believe is in Sid repos; labwc is developed by the same people that develop jgmenu. Labwc is configured like openbox - rc.xml, menu.xml etc ...

from the Xfce4 site ( https://wiki.xfce.org/releng/wayland_roadmap#testing )

QuoteTo start an Xfce session on Wayland, you can run startxfce4 --wayland from a tty, which will launch xfce4-session from labwc. If you want to use wayfire instead, you'll need to run startxfce4 --wayland wayfire and add this configuration first, as wayfire doesn't have a --startup option like labwc (see startxfce4 --help for details):

I use labwc (wayfire is like the old compviz) so from a tty, I just use "startxfce4 --wayland" (actually set up a bash alias for the command) and it worked out of the box. I did go into xfce4 on X11 first to set up the desktop session first - theme, icons etc ... I know there are a couple of bugs trying to set the wallpaper from Wayland.

Other than the xfce window manager, the pager and system tray do not work. Other than that, all the xfce4 apps (thunar, xfce4-terminal etc ...) and plugins work.

Xfce will control everything. Window decor, keybindings, notifications, desktop icons .... So no need to configure labwc.

That was wrong. Xfce 4.20 will control the desktop - wallpaper panel, desktop icons, notifications etc ... So no need for a labwc autostart file.
Labwc (or Wayfire) will control the window decor and keybindings so those get configured in the rc.xml.

Quote from: VastOne on December 24, 2024, 10:51:32 PM

Quote from: PackRat on December 24, 2024, 09:46:51 PMXfce 4.20 desktop running in Wayland with labwc as the compositor:

Very nice, I would consider Wayland but it still apparently has issues with nVidia drivers and is not recommended

I am reading in some other forums that newer/newest drivers (>560) for nVidia are working with Wayland. How old is your hardware?

Quote from: PackRat on December 31, 2024, 03:20:08 PMI am reading in some other forums that newer/newest drivers (>560) for nVidia are working with Wayland. How old is your hardware?

I have a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and am using NVIDIA Driver Version: 565.77  CUDA Version: 12.7 that I install from the .run files and not from any debian sources.

IMHO it is a huge chunk to give up fluxbox and try something going backwards (meaning XFCE-4) that may or may not work. I'll try to test it as it gets colder and I have more time but honestly I don't see a big push for it and as ancient as X11 is it still works quite well

Quote from: VastOne on December 31, 2024, 05:51:52 PMIMHO it is a huge chunk to give up fluxbox and try something going backwards (meaning XFCE-4) that may or may not work. I'll try to test it as it gets colder and I have more time but honestly I don't see a big push for it and as ancient as X11 is it still works quite well

I hear you there. I've been using Wayland off/on for a few months now. Mostly sway since it's a Wayland clone of i3 (what I mostly use on X11 these days).

Don't really have a reason to make a full-time switch to Wayland since I don't see a performance improvement. It would be a switch just to use the new thing.

Someone with new[ish] hardware, particularly graphics, probably has a more compelling argument to make the switch.

Having said that; KDE Plasma 6 on Wayland. The battery widget is actually the wireless keyboard for the desktop computer. Other than that, runs nice and smooth:

(https://i.ibb.co/2qQshR5/Screenshot-20241231-171750.png) (https://ibb.co/CBZM84W)

Wallpaper is the ruins of Mayapan.