Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Ahlstrom Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: BunsenLabs Linux Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 09:03:29 -0400 Organization: None Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: OFeem1987@teleworm.us MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:03:30 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="515e89c2114ee48e2f58d5bdfe396ae7"; logging-data="1707721"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+uco1U8ecQHUzWqMEAn9DC" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:DDPUHaeQasmiTF2RlrOUIQ2cnkM= X-Slrn: Why use anything else? X-Mutt: The most widely-used MUA X-User-Agent: Microsoft Outl00k, Usenet K00k Editions Bytes: 2319 RonB wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: > I've got a Wyse 5070 thin client coming, that (when I get it) will only have > 16 GBs of storage. (It does take an M.2. 2280 SSD, so it won't stay that way > for long, but I was curious what distribution I could install on the 16 GB > limit and still have some room to do things.) > > Ran into BunsenLabs Linux. Very small, based on Debian 12, and a nice, > clean, well configured OpenBox desktop. So I tried it (there is a live > trial) and liked it — then decided to replace my Ubuntu server SSD, formerly > a Windows 10 SSD (since BunsenLabs Linux gives you the option to install the > LAMP stack as part of the installation process). A light desktop and Debian > server together, pretty nice. > > One thing that I did run into (for the first time) was screen tearing. Now I > know what they're talking about. I guess it is a common issue in OpenBox, > but there was a fix — I ran its compositor (Picom) with the option > "--experimental backend" and that fixed it. > > https://www.bunsenlabs.org/ > > This was originally based on CrunchBang Linux, but CrunchBang was never this > slick. +1 Thanks for that information! -- You like to form new friendships and make new acquaintances.