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Anonymous 2015-10-24 06:18:14 ID: e48a33 No.17120

Can lainchan recommend me a distro?
I tried all the buntu flavors and they just run slow on my X200s, or just slower than I'd hope.
I tried Arch with XFCE, everything was fine except for WiFi which refused to connect to open networks and sometimes to pass networks (dhcpcd didn't work well I think) and also USBs wouldn't mount for soykaf .
I want a distro that is light on the resources (DE would be either XFCE or openbox maybe?) and that would offer pretty minimal maintenance.
I want it to boot and just be ready to write code and then compile using gcc.

Anonymous 2015-10-24 06:30:02 ID: e94d93 No.17122

i use ubuntu gnome 15.04 everything just works on my thinkpad t61 and runs fine. i use some nice gnome extensions like simple dock. everythings extremely comfy.

Anonymous 2015-10-24 06:35:44 ID: e94d93 No.17123

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>>17122

Anonymous 2015-10-24 07:47:16 ID: 30b0c6 No.17125

why bother with a desktop if all you need is gcc? just kidding (kind of).

if all of the *buntus, particularly Xubuntu and Lubuntu, had trouble on your device then there really aren't too many other lightweight, low maintainence, idiot-proof options.

Anonymous 2015-10-24 08:53:57 ID: dfa442 No.17128

Maybe default Mint Cinnamon is what you want, OP. It runs fast on my old laptop, and hardly needs any maintenance. Bluetooth, wi-fi and usb media - all works out of the box.

Anonymous 2015-10-24 08:58:33 ID: 6325fc No.17129

Sounds like you'll love Slackware, OP.

Anonymous 2015-10-24 15:49:26 ID: c2a379 No.17139

>>17120
If you can work on BSD then OpenBSD is what you want. Everything works on my x201 out of the box and installing an environment is just one pkg_add away but cwm is good if you want minimal without installing anything new. It also sorts out WiFi firmware automatically on install so you won't have to worry about that.

Maintanance is low and when you do, everything is in a sane place with documentation so it won't take long at all.

>>>/art/2299
Is how my install looks with xmonad but XFCE and openbox are in ports if you want them

Anonymous 2015-10-24 17:54:59 ID: 32edbb No.17143

seriously just fuarrrking use Xubuntu, it's what everyone who can't be bothered to rice soykaf or fix broken soykaf switched to long ago

Anonymous 2015-10-24 19:47:41 ID: 6325fc No.17146

>>17143
>using a Debian-based distro
Now that's what I call harmful.(USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)

Anonymous 2015-10-25 09:28:08 ID: be7883 No.17162

>>17120
debian with lxde or xfce is pretty cool.

Anonymous 2015-10-25 09:30:33 ID: be7883 No.17163

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Anonymous 2015-10-26 00:48:21 ID: 978f80 No.17190

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>>17143
no. use the flavor of Ubuntu that suits your situation best. i used to run LXDE Ubuntu (lubuntu) because the default key shortcuts were nice and because
>>17120
>>17120
it's fast as fuarrrk! did you try it OP

if it doesnt help, get an SSD into your x200 (thinkpad or whatever, and i swear if you tell me the HD is soldered in there i'm gonna scream)

i recently learned i3 and installed it on debian which is easy and also fast af >>>/art/2325

(now for some more general conversation)

ubuntu is great for noobs who need to use a nodepad-like text editor while they learn how to get their aptitude sources working again or whatever, so next time when they are in shell only they know what to do

>>17162
debian is pretty cool in general imo. then again i'm biased because i fuarrrking suck at other distros and didn't like them much when i messed with them so far

Anonymous 2015-10-26 03:59:19 ID: 40a0dc No.17193

>>17123
If you wanna use OS X so bad why dont you just use OS X

Anonymous 2015-10-26 07:29:19 ID: 8b06aa No.17204

OP HERE
I installed C#++
It's fast as fuarrrk and so far very pretty and stable. Thanks for all the input guys. I only use this laptop for casual programming and browsing the web with the occasional email here and there.
For just that it's excellent now, I can highly recommend this machine to anyone.
If you have any questions about my laptop feel free to ask I'll be glad to answer any.

Anonymous 2015-10-26 16:56:18 ID: bc223f No.17214

>>17120
debian

puppy for fun

Been running debian since I was introduced to linux (lost all files after failing to set up a dual boot), haven't really had any issues. Everything is well documented.

Mint is a good option if you want something that just werks

Anonymous 2015-10-26 19:44:07 ID: 0912fb No.17215

>>17214
>lost all files after failing to set up a dual boot
Did you shrink working partition during the install?

Sorry for off-topic

Anonymous 2015-10-26 20:08:22 ID: 537eff No.17216

>>17204
I too, am partial to #!++, also like LXLE a lot.

Anonymous 2015-10-26 20:25:34 ID: 0ab3ab No.17217

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Op, try manjaro, its pretty low maintenance and easy to use. AUR is great and you can utilize the arch wiki which is really helpful.

Im thinking about trying slackware but am a little intimidated, Ive been using manjaro for about a year, and ubuntu for about six months before that but am not sure if Im ready for a more advanced kind of distro.

I dont really care that much about distros, I just want to get the job done but I feel as though there is a great deal more to learn about linux/unix and beginner distros obfuscates that.

Also, Im in school and work so I cannot spend hours fixing things.

>inb4 install gentoo
(I might)

Anonymous 2015-10-26 21:20:37 ID: 1b7df4 No.17218

>>17217
What is the draw of slackware other than being difficult?

Anonymous 2015-10-26 21:50:43 ID: 0ab3ab No.17221

>>17218
The assumption that I will learn more about linux and/or programming using it rather than a beginner distro. Also Im curious about other distros to a certain extent and have heard good things about slack. Also no systemd doesnt hurt.

Anonymous 2015-10-26 23:32:12 ID: 30b0c6 No.17223

>>17221
you can learn to understand the underpinnings of Linux with any distribution.

Anonymous 2015-10-27 01:21:31 ID: edfa8d No.17225

>>17120
Mint or Netrunner.

>>17217
Isn't Manjaro based on Arch?

Anonymous 2015-10-27 01:22:33 ID: edfa8d No.17226

>>17223

You can also learn everything about neurosurgery and never actually do surgery on someone.

Anonymous 2015-10-27 02:18:24 ID: 30b0c6 No.17227

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>>17226
what's your point? you can understand Linux (and operating systems in general) in the abstract but there are also zero boundaries to actually hacking internals on any given distribution, unlike surgery.

Anonymous 2015-10-27 20:05:16 ID: eb92d7 No.17245

If your already used to Ubuntu I would stick to a debian based sytstem, what better than Debian testing, and to make matters easier here is a link to the ISO's that have non free firmware, so your hardware is automatically detected and the relevant wifi driver installed.

http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/

You may need an additional nonfree firmware pack after installing the above on some hardware but not normally.

Anonymous 2015-10-28 22:02:13 ID: e6bb56 No.17277

>>17227
his logic is that hard distros force you to learn because they don't justwerk

Anonymous 2015-11-03 08:34:53 ID: cd8636 No.17467

>>17193
>railing on someone's choice of DE
he can use whatever the hell he damn well pleases.

isn't that the point of linux? or have we forgotten the original intentions of gnome/kde because they damn well sure weren't original GUI ideas unto themselves

Anonymous 2015-11-04 16:23:19 ID: d0c1d7 No.17521

>>17467
word

Anonymous 2015-11-05 23:44:14 ID: c83441 No.17548

Use pinguy os(based in ubuntu) or majaro(based in arch).

Anonymous 2015-11-06 01:01:08 ID: 924298 No.17552

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How do I configure partitions if i have hdd and ssd?
I want to have games, music and animu on hard disk and system and programs on ssd

Anonymous 2015-11-06 01:36:18 ID: c388fb No.17553

>>17120

Manjaro, based on Arch. Easy to use like Ubuntu, but you have more control. Also on my machines, it has been way faster than ubuntu or linux mint (both debian based).

>>17552

You don't need to partition anything if you have two hard drives and want to keep your OS data on one and files on the other.

The only partitioning you really need to do is on the OS drive. You should have a partition for each mount point of the OS that you want to separate. i.e.

sda1 = /boot
sda2 = / (root)
sda3 = swap
sda4 = home

You don't have to do it this way. If you want to read a detailed guide on how to partition for Arch based distros, read this. It will help you understand.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Partitioning

Anonymous 2015-11-06 05:17:31 ID: 30b0c6 No.17562

>>17552
previous comment sums it up but if you want games on your HDD you will either have to manually install to paths on that disk or modify whatever install script your package manager is working with on a per package basis. since any dependencies will still be living on your SSD I wouldn't bother personally.