Comments on: The ease of sidux http://myviewmytake.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/the-ease-of-sidux/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:14:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Gene Venable http://myviewmytake.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/the-ease-of-sidux/#comment-2926 Gene Venable Thu, 08 May 2008 22:19:07 +0000 http://myviewmytake.wordpress.com/?p=318#comment-2926 I am a recent convert to sidux, having tried practically everything else. I have two partitions on my desktop, the other devoted to Linux Mint, usually. But sidux is my favorite at this time. I like the fluxbox window manager, since it continues features I liked about Windowmaker when I used it. Synaptic, btw, is not completely useless in sidux; you can install it in about 30 seconds with apt-get synaptic, and I find it handy for finding and installing programs. It might be risky for using as a general updater. What I like about the combination of sidux and fluxbox is that it leaves a lot about how I use it up to me. I like kde just fine, but I like the feeling of having a lot of resources at hand but not in my face unless I choose them to be. Fluxbox gives me that. I have Windows and use Puppy Linux on my laptops; Puppy works especially well with my bcm43xx wireless and I can run it off a usb flash. I have a 2-gig flash which is unfortunately not big enough for sidux. But Puppy is fun anyway. I keep Windows because it is better at some things such as text-to-speech. I would love to reformat my Dell Latitude and get rid of Windows entirely, but I just can't give up the programs that I have found so essential over the years. I am a recent convert to sidux, having tried practically everything else. I have two partitions on my desktop, the other devoted to Linux Mint, usually. But sidux is my favorite at this time. I like the fluxbox window manager, since it continues features I liked about Windowmaker when I used it.

Synaptic, btw, is not completely useless in sidux; you can install it in about 30 seconds with apt-get synaptic, and I find it handy for finding and installing programs. It might be risky for using as a general updater.

What I like about the combination of sidux and fluxbox is that it leaves a lot about how I use it up to me. I like kde just fine, but I like the feeling of having a lot of resources at hand but not in my face unless I choose them to be. Fluxbox gives me that.

I have Windows and use Puppy Linux on my laptops; Puppy works especially well with my bcm43xx wireless and I can run it off a usb flash. I have a 2-gig flash which is unfortunately not big enough for sidux. But Puppy is fun anyway. I keep Windows because it is better at some things such as text-to-speech. I would love to reformat my Dell Latitude and get rid of Windows entirely, but I just can’t give up the programs that I have found so essential over the years.

]]> By: scott http://myviewmytake.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/the-ease-of-sidux/#comment-2635 scott Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:00:12 +0000 http://myviewmytake.wordpress.com/?p=318#comment-2635 After spending a year or so with Ubuntu, I made the oh-so-pleasant discovery that is sidux! Fast, stable--and that 'smxi' script is one of the Wonders of the Modern World! (My favorite part of the distro, actually.) As I was learnng linux, I tried many distros (Ubuntu, Sabayon, PCLinuxOS, to name a few), but I stopped sampling after giving sidux a try. Major kudos to the IRC group, too--they've helped me many, many times as I've climbed the learning curve. After spending a year or so with Ubuntu, I made the oh-so-pleasant discovery that is sidux! Fast, stable–and that ’smxi’ script is one of the Wonders of the Modern World! (My favorite part of the distro, actually.)

As I was learnng linux, I tried many distros (Ubuntu, Sabayon, PCLinuxOS, to name a few), but I stopped sampling after giving sidux a try.

Major kudos to the IRC group, too–they’ve helped me many, many times as I’ve climbed the learning curve.

]]> By: analogtek http://myviewmytake.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/the-ease-of-sidux/#comment-2552 analogtek Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:45:38 +0000 http://myviewmytake.wordpress.com/?p=318#comment-2552 sidux has evoled beyond knoppix! It is in it own realm! It closer to parent debian than any other linux..And stable/usble/current to the day. sidux has evoled beyond knoppix! It is in it own realm! It closer to parent debian than any other linux..And stable/usble/current to the day.

]]> By: maxxedout http://myviewmytake.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/the-ease-of-sidux/#comment-2501 maxxedout Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:15:12 +0000 http://myviewmytake.wordpress.com/?p=318#comment-2501 The thing that attracted me to sidux, (I just installed the xmas release last week) is that it is a rolling distro. IOW install once and just upgrade. The days of reinstalling your distro every 6 months or so are over. As Devil states, doing a dist-upgrade with X-window running is asking for trouble with any debian based distro. The thing that attracted me to sidux, (I just installed the xmas release last week) is that it is a rolling distro. IOW install once and just upgrade. The days of reinstalling your distro every 6 months or so are over.

As Devil states, doing a dist-upgrade with X-window running is asking for trouble with any debian based distro.

]]> By: devil http://myviewmytake.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/the-ease-of-sidux/#comment-2499 devil Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:16:50 +0000 http://myviewmytake.wordpress.com/?p=318#comment-2499 nixninja, you mention "the awesome utility synaptic". it might be working well in a stable distribution, but NOT in unstable. sidux, being based on unstable is too dynamic for synaptic to sort it out correctly. and mentioning commandline with sidux is a good thing. it is not mandatory for many things but it shows even new users the power and speed that CAN be achieved with a linux system, if one is interested in that. one more thing: you say: "Also, I thought that upgrading in debian was simple enough already, sudo apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade..." debian does NOT use sudo, ubuntu does. debian uses su/sux. nixninja,
you mention “the awesome utility synaptic”. it might be working well in a stable distribution, but NOT in unstable. sidux, being based on unstable is too dynamic for synaptic to sort it out correctly.
and mentioning commandline with sidux is a good thing. it is not mandatory for many things but it shows even new users the power and speed that CAN be achieved with a linux system, if one is interested in that.
one more thing: you say: “Also, I thought that upgrading in debian was simple enough already, sudo apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade…”
debian does NOT use sudo, ubuntu does. debian uses su/sux.

]]> By: Paul http://myviewmytake.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/the-ease-of-sidux/#comment-2495 Paul Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:53:50 +0000 http://myviewmytake.wordpress.com/?p=318#comment-2495 Very nice review. I've been using sidux exclusively since it first intro'd and it is the fastest, cleanest distro I have ever seen. It is totally cutting edge, being Debian Sid, but with the rough edges taken off by the grand wizard level development team. The excellent smxi utility makes keeping it fresh a snap and the ceni network setup utility makes quick work of that process. Happiness is never having to install a new distro, as the rolling release process works very smoothly. For speed, security, and overall utility, it can't be beat. Very nice review. I’ve been using sidux exclusively since it first intro’d and it is the fastest, cleanest distro I have ever seen. It is totally cutting edge, being Debian Sid, but with the rough edges taken off by the grand wizard level development team. The excellent smxi utility makes keeping it fresh a snap and the ceni network setup utility makes quick work of that process. Happiness is never having to install a new distro, as the rolling release process works very smoothly. For speed, security, and overall utility, it can’t be beat.

]]> By: foobar http://myviewmytake.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/the-ease-of-sidux/#comment-2494 foobar Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:49:47 +0000 http://myviewmytake.wordpress.com/?p=318#comment-2494 Larry, <blockquote>I am not sure how much you would like in a review, but I just tried to keep it simple.</blockquote> Well, your review isn't very technical. You describe how to configure KDE with kcontrol. Nonetheless, your review is not exhaustive enough for users who are so little tech-savvy that they need to be told how to configure their desktop ... If you target users who can't find out that on their own, how will they react when they type in the little <code>init 3</code>? Oops, <code>init: must be superuser.</code> And if they manage to do this as superuser, there is still no update script running ... so, I don't see who your audience should be. Some more detail would be nice. ;) <blockquote>There are some users that may be scared away from sidux if they get too much information all at once.</blockquote> They are also scared away if nothing worksTM. Anyway, I appreciate that you enjoy your Sidux installation and that you write something nice about this great distro. ;) Larry,

I am not sure how much you would like in a review, but I just tried to keep it simple.

Well, your review isn’t very technical. You describe how to configure KDE with kcontrol. Nonetheless, your review is not exhaustive enough for users who are so little tech-savvy that they need to be told how to configure their desktop … If you target users who can’t find out that on their own, how will they react when they type in the little init 3? Oops, init: must be superuser. And if they manage to do this as superuser, there is still no update script running … so, I don’t see who your audience should be. Some more detail would be nice. ;)

There are some users that may be scared away from sidux if they get too much information all at once.

They are also scared away if nothing worksTM. Anyway, I appreciate that you enjoy your Sidux installation and that you write something nice about this great distro. ;)

]]> By: nixninja http://myviewmytake.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/the-ease-of-sidux/#comment-2492 nixninja Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:45:38 +0000 http://myviewmytake.wordpress.com/?p=318#comment-2492 For a superficial review presumably aimed at windows converts, I was surprised to see you bring up the command line. I would think that any modern distribution, especially one that uses apt, would have a nice graphical front end for package management, such as the awesome utility synaptic. Also, I thought that upgrading in debian was simple enough already, sudo apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade, maybe install deborphan to clean up old packages, or install upgrade system (which is basically a script that updates, upgrades and then cleans the package cache in one go), but thats just my $0.02 For a superficial review presumably aimed at windows converts, I was surprised to see you bring up the command line. I would think that any modern distribution, especially one that uses apt, would have a nice graphical front end for package management, such as the awesome utility synaptic. Also, I thought that upgrading in debian was simple enough already, sudo apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade, maybe install deborphan to clean up old packages, or install upgrade system (which is basically a script that updates, upgrades and then cleans the package cache in one go), but thats just my $0.02

]]> By: craigevil http://myviewmytake.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/the-ease-of-sidux/#comment-2490 craigevil Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:55:56 +0000 http://myviewmytake.wordpress.com/?p=318#comment-2490 Very nice review. sidux rocks. sidux is NOT based on Kanotix nor Knoppix. It is based on Debian Sid. Unlike ubuntu and other distros, sidux is 100% compatible with Debian repos, which gives you access to over 25,000 packages. All the simple to run scripts like smxi, smvi, ceni make maintaining sidux simple. Want a fast easy to install linux distro? What other distro installs in 5 minutes? Want the easy of Debian's package management system? Answer to all : Use sidux. :) Very nice review. sidux rocks. sidux is NOT based on Kanotix nor Knoppix. It is based on Debian Sid. Unlike ubuntu and other distros, sidux is 100% compatible with Debian repos, which gives you access to over 25,000 packages. All the simple to run scripts like smxi, smvi, ceni make maintaining sidux simple.

Want a fast easy to install linux distro? What other distro installs in 5 minutes? Want the easy of Debian’s package management system? Answer to all : Use sidux. :)

]]> By: Larry http://myviewmytake.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/the-ease-of-sidux/#comment-2488 Larry Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:41:10 +0000 http://myviewmytake.wordpress.com/?p=318#comment-2488 Foobar, I am not sure how much you would like in a review, but I just tried to keep it simple. What you call superficial, I call simple. There are some users that may be scared away from sidux if they get too much information all at once. Foobar,

I am not sure how much you would like in a review, but I just tried to keep it simple. What you call superficial, I call simple. There are some users that may be scared away from sidux if they get too much information all at once.

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