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    Release: PCLinux White

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Thomas, May 12, 2008.

  1. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    OK guys, I have my very own, PCLinux OS Gnome(2008) based distro :).
    This came about when I saw how cluttered PCLinuxOS, it had many apps doing the same job. So, I decided to give it a new theme, remove some programs, etc. to "clean" it up.
    I hope to make this into something bigger, with better software, and easy to use, first step now is the logon screen and the splash screen. If you want to help, give me a few tips via this thread or the official forums
    Here's the info., forums, blog, gallery, and downloads.
     
    Thomas, May 12, 2008
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  2. fabarati

    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    Looks cool mate!
     
    fabarati, May 12, 2008
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  3. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Thanks Fara ;)
     
    Thomas, May 12, 2008
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  4. timtravel42

    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

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    That's pretty nice
    Looks Solid
    I'll download and check it out
     
    timtravel42, May 12, 2008
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  5. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Cool, if you can, continue seeding it.
    Wiping my Ubuntu partition right now ;)
     
    Thomas, May 12, 2008
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  6. Ayle

    Ayle Trailblazer

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    Nice, I wonder if we could create a nbr distro?
     
    Ayle, May 12, 2008
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  7. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    That would be cool, someone needs to make an NBR theme lol.
     
    Thomas, May 12, 2008
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  8. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    CAUTION:
    I have experianced problems booting this version after it is installed.
    This is fault of my noob-ness or some other problem. Working on a fix now.
     
    Thomas, May 12, 2008
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  9. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Found a fix, it seems to be on my end, so it might not affect everyone.
    See page 13 for the fix. Do not use KDE commands! They will not work.
     
    Thomas, May 12, 2008
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  10. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Well, this distro is spreading, there's already a few torrent sites(besides mininova) that have it, and I thank them all.
     
    Thomas, May 12, 2008
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  11. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Everyone, the official website is up.
    linky It has a forum, Wiki and a blog.
     
    Thomas, May 13, 2008
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  12. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    You work fast, Thomas !
     
    theZoid, May 13, 2008
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  13. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Thomas, May 13, 2008
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  14. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    Hmm, Now Im going to find an exploit in your distro! I like challenges!
     
    Patrick, May 13, 2008
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  15. Baserk

    Baserk Notebook user

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    Hmm, that's mean. :D ;)
     
    Baserk, May 13, 2008
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  16. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Feel free! stop by the forums and post about it!
    Everyone, I would like to announce PCLinux White 2008 Beta!
    linky
    EDIT: I'd like to note that the site now has a gallery. :)
     
    Thomas, May 13, 2008
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  17. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    So is taping a magnet under a crt, but I still did it!


    Thomas, now make a distro from LSF! THAT is complicated!
     
    Patrick, May 13, 2008
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  18. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Very, I'm lost just looking at it....lol
     
    Thomas, May 13, 2008
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  19. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    Took me 3 friggen days to make a LSF distro.
     
    Patrick, May 13, 2008
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  20. atbnet

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    Just a heads up in case you didn't catch it on the blog, there is now an HTTP download up. I know the torrent doesn't have many seeds at the moment so hopefully this can help speed things up for those who want to test it out.

    http://www.a60.us/downloads/PCLinuxWhiteBeta.iso
     
    atbnet, May 14, 2008
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    One question: What is the minimal system requirement?
    Since it is based off gnome, i think it is same as regular ubuntu requiremennt, right? :p
     
    someone777, May 14, 2008
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  22. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    anything that can run ubuntu should be able to run this. Im downloading it right now. the http download is just a tad slow (IE 70 kbps) Once I finish downloading Im going to put it up on my site as a mirror.
     
    Patrick, May 14, 2008
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  23. someone777

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    dang. :p
    I guess i have stick with dsl on my old desktop.
     
    someone777, May 14, 2008
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  24. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    70kbp/s? One of the super mods there ot it at 300Kbp/s.
    Must be a lot of people dowoading it :)
    But yep, this has been tested in Virtualbox with 8MB video RAM and 384MBs RAM, it runs fine.
    EDIT: halfhalo, you'll mirror it? Thanks so much!
     
    Thomas, May 14, 2008
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    You're right it is slow for some reason. Perhaps because it's prime time, but if it keeps it up I'll complain to the host.
     
    atbnet, May 14, 2008
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  26. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    The download restarted and is now almost using up all my bandwith.
     
    Patrick, May 14, 2008
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  27. Gintoki

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    I might test this out to see how it is.
     
    Gintoki, May 14, 2008
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  28. Thomas

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    Cool Calvin, but remember, it is still a beta.
    Hmmm, one guy downloaded it at 300kbp/s, I wonder whats up?
    EDIT: You can try the torrent download, but no comment on it's speed either.
     
    Thomas, May 15, 2008
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  29. LostDestiny

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    Torrent speeds arnt very universal usually depends on your internet providor and how many seeds are out there
    and generally the more seeds the more leechers =P
     
    LostDestiny, May 16, 2008
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  30. zephyrus17

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    By the way, what's "LSF"?
     
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  31. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Linux from Scratch, its a way to make your own distro.
     
    Thomas, May 16, 2008
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  32. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    No, Its a way to go insane making your own distro.
     
    Patrick, May 16, 2008
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  33. LostDestiny

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    How long would it honestly take one person to make their own distro?
     
    LostDestiny, May 16, 2008
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  34. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    Using what? I can make a basic distro using fedora as a base in under 2 hours. A debian based distro is about 6 hours. A LSF based one is a weekend project.
     
    Patrick, May 16, 2008
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  35. Gintoki

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    Depends, if one person hand codes it, it should usually take maybe a year or more. If you are using another distro as a base and code some things in there could take a few months, and if you have more people the faster it gets built and so on.
     
    Gintoki, May 16, 2008
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