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Not poo-pooing the concept, by any measure; but I just bought this machine from Newegg and will be putting a Ubuntu spin (Bodhi) on it:
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Howdy There,
There are a few forks of remastersys at this point, but there wasn't one that worked exactly how I wanted it to. Because of this the Bodhi Linux team and myself have started maintaining/working on a new RemasterSYS fork we call "bodhibuilder" which you can find on GitHub here.
You can find it packaged as a .deb file here.
Basically just installed the .deb package and then run:
sudo remastersys-gtk
In your terminal of choice. Edit the settings how you please and then press the button to create a disc :)
Note this has only been tested on 14.04 based systems, but if you encounter any issues we are willing to work with you on them. This is what was used to prepare the recent Bodhi Linux 3.0.0 release.
Not everyone =). I love it to death. And it's finding it's niche as the default WM for Bhodi, an Ubuntu fork with the aim of a light-weight yet fully functional DE as an alternative to what Ubuntu is doing with GNOME.
This is a good resource for leaning about Enlightenment -> http://www.bodhilinux.com/e17guide/e17guideEN/
It still hasn't been fully updated for this latest testing release (the basics are the same still), but it will be overhauled the next couple of months
Bodhi Linux.
I've just installed it on my parents computer, It is very minimal but works right out of the box, with only a few programs installed. Installing packages is easy and can even be done through their website (Installing programs has never been more easy for your grandmother). You can chat with the community through the website (online IRC client). And They have good documentation about the enlightenment desktop
Enlightenment is very linux-like, in the sense that customizability is endless! You can invent your very own graphical interfaces you've always dreamed of...
I now recommend it to everyone interested in Linux! If you come from gnome or KDE you'll find It maybe difficult getting used to. But If you come from MAC or Windows, I recommend you get used to Enlightenment right from the start.
You'll definitely be able to impress your professor and your classmates with a splendid looking interface! Debunking all prejudges that linux looks ugly. And because it is a very minimal installation, it's up to you what you make of it...
It's a matter of taste, I suppose. I am currently running CentOs and Arch, but I have an older machine that I am seriously considering trying Bodhi on. Check out the video on their homepage.
Sure, http://www.bodhilinux.com/
Don't expect to see a lot of flashy installed programs. It kind of uses the Arch methodology. It is a basic system (based on Ubuntu) and allows you to add what you want. If you are looking for a more feature rich setup, try pinguy. It has just about everything you could ever want (within reason) installed at first boot. They are both really nice, but I think that Bodhi is made so that it doesn't have all of the added things that tend to overwhelm older machines.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PAE
If you go with lubuntu bookmark this it may save you from stabbing yourself in the face during the install.
I mean no disrespect to fortress Ubuntu but this http://www.bodhilinux.com/ plays nicely with shit hardware.
It's just the default theme. Take a look at some other themes from Bodhi's website (made for an older version, but the same basic things apply): here
I imagine some of the 'it's pretty' also come from the available effects. The main thing i *dis*like about it is the binary configuration files.
Enlightenment is not a Linux distribution it's a Window Manager (The part in charge of windows, decorations, etc) It's not a very popular one, but it has a fan base for good reasons.
You can try it without making changes to your PC by booting a Live CD of a distro that has it preinstalled like Bodhi
That said, if you are a newcomer to Linux you probably want to try some of the more common Desktop Environments too, like KDE, Gnome or XFCE, these three are available in all popular Linux distributions.
Mezzo desktop is pretty funky and lightweight
http://www.symphonyos.com/news/release-symphonyos-150
From Symphonyos
My personal fav lightweight desktop (i.e the one I used to use on netbooks) is enlightenment - E17 was lightweight, however e19 is more 'heavy'.- Bodhi Linux have forked enlightenment to be more light than e19 -> moksha desktop
I have not seen it yet but its worth checking out
http://www.bodhilinux.com/2015/04/28/introducing-the-moksha-desktop/
I was going to ask why, then I found that Bodhi is an Enlightenment distro. I've been wanting to try a modern Enlightenment desktop. Thanks.
EDIT: Here is the link to the Bodhi Linux 3.0.0 release announcement from February 17th, 2015. http://www.bodhilinux.com/2015/02/17/bodhi-linux-3-0-0-release/
Exactly. That's why I'm happy to see Enlightenment being mentioned at all these days, because most people really don't know anything about it. Even PCLinuxOS, my own distro of choice, seems to have dropped it... that is, it's still in the repo so it's easily-installable and everything, but they don't list their former E17 release flavour on their main page anymore so that makes it more difficult for me to recommend it.
So now whenever people do actually ask me about Enlightenment (instead of giving me shit about it), I usually point them towards Bodhi instead - because they do have at least some documentation, and it is just one easy recommendation that's good enough to introduce people to Enlightenment with. Unfortunately for me, it *is* Ubuntu-based so I'm not very comfortable with it, but on the other hand though that might be seen more favourably by others too, so who am I to judge? I'm just some stupid old "asshole" who happens to like Enlightenment somewhat, and therefore tries to advocate it.
Hola podes ponerle Linux server u openmediavault para convertirlo en servidor nas + emby server para transmitir pelis todo con docker . Sino el Linux más ligero que use es http://www.bodhilinux.com/ funciona con muy poca ram 256mb y 700mhz fíjate la distribución para la arquitectura del micro suerte!
- Q4OS
- Manjaro community editions have i3W, openbox and LXDE.
- Bodhi Linux, very low system spec. 512mb (half 1 GB) RAM and based on Ubuntu LTS versions. they offer a standard version, a 32 version and an AppPack version. http://www.bodhilinux.com/w/selecting-the-correct-iso-image/
good luck!
I used to get tons of those things for free at an old job and out of everything I've tried, Bodhi Linux was the easiest to install and set up. It's Ubuntu based, but it comes with a very minimal number of default programs and the DE's footprint is beyond tiny.
I'd like to try Moksha on Solus - there are already instructions for compiling it for Debian, Antergos and Arch but I haven't had the time to work it out for Solus yet.
I like Bodhi Linux (legacy version) for old hardware.
For virus scan, you are probably better off using something like BitDefender Rescue CD to get rid of windows viruses. There is ClamAV in most linux distributions and a lot of liveCDs but I read somewhere that it misses 30% of viruses or something. Take that with a pinch of salt though as I'm not so sure, I just read it somewhere.
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i tried this and my lappy was a 11 5/8ths inch and they wouldn't budge i had mine in the original box and it said on it 12"
If ya like the idea of having a lappy that will be 99% immune to virus then throw linux on it provided the bios will let ya boot from cd/usb and if so id go with bodi linux http://www.bodhilinux.com/
Why not install the latest Bohdi Linux? It still supports 32-bit non PAE via their Legacy edition. I have tinkered with Bohdi previously, and found it very lightweight and easy to use.
Not really to my taste, but many say that Bodhi Linux meets that description. You can also choose to install Enlightenment on openSUSE if you don't want to go down the Ubuntu based route.
I'd recommend Slitaz too, you could also try Bodhi, which can run with just 256Mb according to its system requirements.
You'll need a "light" browser too, something like Midori or Qupzilla will be better than FF or Chrome.
I have been using Bodhi Linux or a couple of years now and it has gotten really good.
The main problem it had before was the stability of the Enlightenment DE but that has been solved by rolling back from E19 to E17 and forking E17 to the Moksha DE which is already a stable release that works great.
E17/Moksha is a minimalist desktop with lots of advanced features that can be kept or turned off depending on personal choice/hardware. There is a live-boot so give it a try. here is the site
Also Ubuntu based, but much more than just Ubuntu with an alt DE. It's more a true fork from Ubuntu.
- Reformat the USB as FAT32 and try again
- Use win32diskimager or Rufus to burn the image to your USB stick
- If all else fails, reinstall the .iso image from the official ubuntu website http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop or for Bodhi Linux http://www.bodhilinux.com/download/
A final note is to make sure you have a decent sized flash drive at least 2gb in size.
I can't vouch for this method, although I have been considering trying it out. Let me know if you try it and how it works. I'm sure you could adapt the distro to whichever one you wanted.
http://www.bodhilinux.com/w/chromebook-dual-boot-instructions/
Bodhi Linux A Ubuntu Derivative more or less using e17/e19 instead. Since I use e17 regardless it seems to do a considerably better job than just the ubuntu+enlightenment path.
exactly, and he is right in the sense that canonical and ubuntu are bussinesses, and like any other company they are there to make a profit. if you like ubuntu without those 'features' you can either rm them yourself or use something like http://www.bodhilinux.com/ which is basically an empty box. a kernel, a shell, and a couple of applications but it's pretty bare and that's how many like it, but if you want userfriendlyness i'd suggest linuxmint or arch if you want the bleeding edge.
Yeah. Do this. It set's up a restore point and then sets up bodhi linux as a dual boot. Bodhi is just ubuntu with lighter weight apps and a different window manager.
I don't know if you have seen this but it has pretty good instructions to get it up and going. http://www.bodhilinux.com/w/chromebook-install-instructions/ I used a tool called unetbootin for making my flash drive which worked great from a Windows pc. The Bodhi forums, wiki and IRC chat at the Bodhi site are invaluable and helpful people are always available to help. If you are downloading the iso to your chromebook and trying to make a flash drive from there, it is doable but it is really clunky and if you have another pc I would build it there.
I have rarely had success with Unetbootin / LinuxLive or any other GUI software that creates a bootable USB, live or not.
My go-to 100% success method for creating bootable USB media is the 'dd' command ( Arch wiki ) but you seem to be on Windows right now? 'dd' also works on mac if you know someone who has one you can borrow for 15 mins (additionally, Disk Utility will properly format the USB stick for you with no fuss).
So, make sure you a properly formatted drive, fat32 with MBR. And if you have a CD or DVD drive you might have more success burning a disk and installing from there, I've found this to be more successful than using USB sometimes, probably because disk burner software is older and more reliable (?subjective opinion!?) than USB-'burners'.
Finally, check out Bodhi Linux as an alternative to Linux Mint, because Bodhi is awesome and I have never had a problem installing it. It uses the Enlightenment desktop (the newest e19) and is dog-gamn beautiful.
http://www.bodhilinux.com/w/chromebook-dual-boot-instructions/
It's basically because after installing Bodhi ChromeOS is corrupted, then after recovering ChromeOS Bodhi is corrupted. Somehow 2 times is a charm for both, it may be those modified scripts would help.
I ended up switching to xfce4 with crouton and so far am finding it to be a better solution.
One of the easiest ways to contribute to open source software is by filing bug reports. I use E19 for 8+ hours a day and it is just as stable as the other major desktops for me.
If you are experiencing issues you should file bug reports here -> https://phab.enlightenment.org/
If you've never used Phab before you can find detailed instructions on filing a bug report here -> http://www.bodhilinux.com/w/creating-an-enlightenment-bug-report/
> enlightenment's everything launcher provides better full keyboard access
Like described here: http://www.bodhilinux.com/e17guide/e17guideEN/everything.html?
Funny, it doesn't mention its ability to access application's menus anywhere. You'd think they'd mention a killer feature like that.
The Unity app launcher is weak, but no other Linux environment I've heard of gives what the HUD does.
I like Lubuntu, which has managed to be very fast and usable and is no longer really "barebones" like it was in the past.
I'm really liking Bodhi linux nowadays, which manages to be gorgeous and full-featured while using less memory than Lubuntu, which is pretty impressive.
Try Bodhi Linux - E17 is the fastest desktop I have used on low resource systems.
If you choose the 'desktop or 'netbook' profile the memory usage is lower than LXDE/XFCE and you still get really nice effects (software based)
Have you tried bodhi? It was one of the only minimalistic distros I could even use. It runs E17 on top of ubuntu lts core. It's pretty snappy while still being really shiny heh.
LXDE has come a long way, but there are still a lot of... well... broken things in it. It's lighter than XFCE, but for a few extra resources, XFCE is far more usable WM in my opinion.
It sounds like you might want to look at Bodhi linux. from what I remember it's Ubuntu based but with Enlightenment as the default desktop environment. In all honesty I'm not sure any desktop provides a good 'programming environment' by default, but if I had to choose one I would say XMonad. You almost literally program how it behaves, what it looks like etc.
Some others to look at are debian, openSUSE, arch. They are all top noch in my eyes.
The problem with Ubuntu is Unity. Either you are going to like it or hate. Personally I hate it. It has a touch like interface with a mouse and keyboard. Blech! It is not touch only yet.
Okay, if they provide a consistent environment like Apple, where every device running with Ubuntu interacts properly with every other device running Ubuntu, I will forgive them and embrace Ubuntu whole heartedly. As of yet there are no phones or tablets running Ubuntu. (Come on reddit, prove me wrong. I would enjoy seeing some real competition to Apple in eco-system integration).
The Ubuntu alternatives provide the stable code base of Ubuntu without the interface. Bodhi, Kubuntu, Mint. All of them benefit from the work Canocial has put into Ubuntu. My desktop preference is Bodhi on an IBM Thinkpad R40 (Dang thing is snappy for being 5 years old), when I am not running Mac OS X .
I have recommended System76 to people and have had very good results from them. You get a decent performing system and the guarantee that the Ubuntu base will work.
The reason that I am saying something is that I am Mac person who is looking at Apple without Jobs and wondering if it is going to be time to switch. The last two product launches (iCloud and iTunes Match) have been blemishes on that which is Apple and I do not like where this is going. On top of that, Siri launched and then had issues. Come on. However, due to my investment in Apple services, I am giving Apple some benefit of teething without its' traditional head. I have not begun the switch off Apple products, but I am thinking about it. This should say something. Crazy thing is that of the 4 of us in my office who are Apple people (out of 10), 3 of us are watching really closely at Apple and wondering if the time to change is here.
I haven't tried the newest wattos, but it was easy, you just added it from the add remove programs section or could be added from synaptic. In Bodhi, http://www.bodhilinux.com/forums/index.php?/topic/68-solved-how-to-get-flash-working-in-firefox-40-beta-7/
It is now using the latest beta version of Firefox now. Keep in mind that I think that Bodhi is still in beta, but it has been working flawlessly on both laptops I installed it on. The forums there are pretty active. I had an issue and one of the developers got back to me within a couple hours through the forums.
You still have to install the flash plugins with it, but it is one of the better full featured light os types I have tried. For even more of a lightweight version, bodhi http://www.bodhilinux.com/
It is really nice for a basic setup. You really have to install everything with it.