--- In linguasos@yahoogroups.com, anthony baldwin <baldwinlinguas@...> wrote:
>
> 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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>

I don't speak with any authority in these matters, but if you want to stick with
Fluxbox, it is available for Ubuntu (and Mint, which is just a variant of Ubuntu
that works better out of the box). One reason I didn't continue with LinguasOS
was difficulties contacting the repository. Ubuntu's repositories are large and
fast.