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Post by linuc on Jul 6, 2021 1:59:49 GMT
Since June 1st, 2021 I've been working on LinuC, a website that gives inexperienced users good instructions on how to install a small Linux on their old computer. LinuC is now at version 0.5 and it is time to introduce it, especially in the forums of the distributions that are available in LinuC. You can find Bodhi among the LinuC favorites! Please take a look at the description and check out the rest of the page if you have the time and let me know if you are happy with it. Either by email, or in the LinuC forum, or here. I will stop by every now and then :-) linuc.mipropia.comgreetings Patrick PS: I first installed Bodhi on my test hardware, as a single installation. It worked fine. Something went wrong with the installation on my presentation notebook. When I boot from the USB stick, I get the message at the beginning that a defect has been found in the memory. But I have tested my memory and there is no defect. The installation will then also be carried out successfully. But then, unfortunately, Bodhi does not boot from the hard disk. I get the same error message as with the USB stick, a black screen is displayed with strange red characters at the top, then the Bodhi logo appears briefly, then the black screen again and nothing more happens. Installation is on a logical partition with multi-boot Grubmenu. |
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Post by kiezel on Jul 6, 2021 11:00:11 GMT
Nice website! Some comments that are meant to be constructive, because I appreciate your work: First off, I think you might underestimate Bodhi a bit on this page: linuc.mipropia.com/docs/linuc-favorites/I think you should take into account the massive amount of usability improvements and user-friendliness improvements that come with the Ubuntu package base of Bodhi. As you may know, Ubuntu can be seen as an "improved Debian", because it uses Debian as upstream package base. As Bodhi is, so to speak, standing on the shoulders of Ubuntu, it automatically inherits many of those improvements. Bodhi is not just the desktop environment; it's also the package base. Personally, I wouldn't ever recommend pure Debian for Linux beginners, because in my opinion its level of user-friendliness is far too low for that. I don't know about Q4OS; looks like it's certainly worth giving it a spin one of these days. Apparently it's a German distro, and Germans are generally known for thoroughness (Gründlichkeit) and high-quality work.  Finally, instead of using Software & Updates in Bodhi for update management, I highly recommend installing Bodhi's very own mintupdate, which is a forked and improved version of the excellent Update Manager from Linux Mint: easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.com/p/bodhi.html#ID6.7(item 6.7) Good luck and keep up the good work. |
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Post by linuc on Jul 7, 2021 0:05:28 GMT
kiezelThank you for your friendly and constructive contribution! My "rating" is of course only my own opinion. And I haven't spent days productively with Bodhi either. For me, a good beginner's distribution is one that is easy to install, works straight away, and doesn't require a lot of configuration. I have to think in a "Windows-User" way, because LinuC is made for these people. I rated Bodhi pretty good. Everything + or *, ie "good" or "normal", see Guidance. Personally, I have a bit of trouble with the design, it tires me, the colors and the some low contrast. Many configuration windows are also a bit small and crowded. But I'm already 53, since yesterday, it could also be because of that. Bodhi is one of the 3 favorites and there will hardly ever be more than 5!
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Post by Hippytaff on Jul 7, 2021 6:17:41 GMT
Just one thing. You can change the theme and therefore colour scheme if green is not your thing, but I guess you know that. But an easy fix for one of the “criticisms” personal preferences you mention 🙂
Edit - Happy Birthday btw. I’m only a few years behind you 🙂
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Post by wimc on Jul 7, 2021 10:07:29 GMT
Happy Birthday linuc , also good luck on your endeavour. |
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Post by linuc on Jul 7, 2021 18:24:19 GMT
LinuC is temporarily down! It was attacked by the Devuan community using noscript and other methods! dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=4400 I hope I can fix it ... I have tested some other colour scheme Thank you for your good wishes! |
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Post by wimc on Jul 8, 2021 10:35:09 GMT
linuc, noscript is an browser extension, and available for any browser capable of using the extension.
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Post by linuc on Jul 8, 2021 17:23:41 GMT
LinuC is back! I had to set up the website again with the backup of duplicater from Wordpress. Fortunately, the backup was only 3 days old  There are still problems with the performance, but that is probably due to the hoster ifastnet  The hacking attack was carried out by Devuan and antiX and I reported the two groups to the investigating authorities. Hacking is a crime!LinuC must make all experiences that new Linux users can put at risk. I have therefore introduced further security steps: 1. In News there is information about the attack including the link to the Devuanforum, where you can see the hackers' hatred. 2. I made an extension in Guidance and now use three colors for the links to the distributions. Bodhi is of course blue. 3. In the description of Devuan I have integrated the same warning as in News, under Special information. 4. I have informed the Devuan developers about the incident by email. They now have the opportunity to show that Devuan is not a hacker distribution  Now I have to solve the boot problem with Bodhi, otherwise I won't be able to boot Bodhi on my presentation notebook. I'll make a post about that, with more details, soon. |
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Post by kiezel on Jul 9, 2021 8:13:22 GMT
This is definitely getting a bit weird....
As wimc already explained, NoScript is merely a web browser extension. Which blocks scripts in your web browser. No attack tool at all. Impossible.
If you have installed NoScript in your web browser, it apparently blocks your website (at least according to what that Devuan guy said). Maybe because your site contains dangerous scripts?
That's it and that's all.
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Post by Hippytaff on Jul 9, 2021 10:17:39 GMT
I’m not sure what a hacker distribution is. Devian certainly don’t sell themselves as a pen testing kind of distro with relevant “hacking” tutorials and tools. “The project's primary goal is to provide a variant of Debian without the complexities and dependencies of systemd”
A distro that intentionally promotes and actively encourages illicit activities such as “hacking” wouldn’t last very long in the FOSS community. Without appearing accusatory or rude or insensitive, I sense a certain amount of paranoid fantasy around these fears. I hope somebody will be able to put your mind at ease. Devuan isn’t “hacking” anyone. They’re hacking away at forking Debian without systemd.
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Post by linuc on Jul 9, 2021 18:05:52 GMT
You can always find it on my website. Due to the damage that was done in the WP installation, there were probably several methods, including DDoS. htaccess was also destroyed and a lot more. But it is now being investigated. The Devuan forum post with the noscript comment is more about the 3 points at the end ... And the last post then makes it perfectly clear. You don't have to be a psychologist to interpret such statements correctly |
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Post by wimc on Jul 9, 2021 19:17:27 GMT
linuc the devuan forum members are only attacking your believes, nothing more. From rereading many times. Wordpress has been known to have holes and exploited, keep it up to date.
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Post by linuc on Jul 9, 2021 20:17:26 GMT
It's great of you to "protect" the Devuan people. However, the Devuan people are not doing the same for you! And the question is not whether a product has "holes", because hacking is always a crime, with or without holes. Or do you think one can go into a house and steal everything and then set the house on fire if the door is not locked? Talk to a police officer on the subject |
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Post by wimc on Jul 9, 2021 20:46:12 GMT
What makes you think I care if they do or not, no idea who the people are and never will.
Yeah, holes found by people or groups all over the world.
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Post by Hippytaff on Jul 9, 2021 20:54:57 GMT
Cool. I think everyone has had their say and would suggest this thread has come to its natural end. I feel continuing the conversation here will be cyclical and attempting to involve this community in real or fictional distro wars, frankly odd accusations and bad feeling is not cool. I’m not usually the kind of Admin but in this case I feel justified in locking this thread. If anyone wants to discuss this with me feel free to DM or pop into discord. Peace.
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