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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Subject: Re: BunsenLabs Linux
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 09:03:29 -0400
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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!

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