tomaskovicde wrote:
> --- In linguasos@yahoogroups.com, anthony baldwin <baldwinlinguas@...> wrote:
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I've stopped using PCLinuxOS, for various reasons, and have moved back
>> to Ubuntu.
>> This will impact the LinguasOS project, of course.
>> Sometime soon (in my copious spare time), I will be creating an ALL NEW
>> LinguasOS, based on #!Crunchbang Linux (http://www.crunchbanglinux.org -
>> a minimal ubuntu with openbox as the default desktop/wm).
>
>
> Hi Tony,
>
> are there any specific reasons for taking these steps? I have just updated to
Ubuntu 9.04 and actually considered to switch to LinguasOS because it is more
lightweight and jaunty really has a couple of annoying bugs, which affect my
work.
>
> Sonja
>
>

The real problem is that PCFluxboxOS and TinyME are no longer supported
by PCLinuxOS, and running updates on those systems, using the PCLinuxOS
repos, can break stuff. (LinguasOS was based no PCFluxboxOS and came to
include elements of TinyME).
Doing a dist-upgrade completely hosed my CUPS server, USB storage
mounting, and some other stuff.
It was bad enough that it was simply easier to install Ubuntu than try
to fix it.
If you really want to stick with PCLOS, you might want to try Peter's
PCLOS-Trans, since it is a full PCLOS derivative, and not derived from a
community remaster that has been abandoned by the PCLOS community.
But if you install the currently available LinguasOS isos, you would
have to be careful doing updates, so I don't recommend it.

I think, in the long run, an Ubuntu based effort, even
Crunchbang/openbox, will utlimately be more user friendly than the
fluxbox based system that was originally released, anyway.

I've been running Jaunty on my main box for about a week, and
#!crunchbang on my laptop for a few days now.
I'm happy.

be well,
tony

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