Comments on: Debian and Arch http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/debian-and-arch/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: tidux http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/debian-and-arch/#comment-49243 Thu, 05 May 2011 23:13:08 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/debian-and-arch/#comment-49243 Part of what makes Debian special is the WM-agnostic menu and the list of alternatives. Instead of doing a bunch of if-else checks every time something that’s not a browser passes an http:// URI to “the browser,” or risk having inconsistent behavior, just point it to x-www-browser. Use a lightweight window manager but hate hand-hacking menus in various obtuse configuration formats? That’s where the Debian menu comes in handy. It’s a little extra complexity if you know up front what programs you’ll use, but it’s a godsend for people who like trying out different environments like me.

tl;dr
# update-alternatives –config x-terminal-emulator
select the relevant number

and presto changeo, your default terminal has changed in GNOME, Openbox, Fluxbox, Window Maker, wmii, and any other wacky environment you use. All at the same time.

]]> By: Links 1/4/2011: Linux 2.6.39 Previews, GNOME 3 Live Images | Techrights http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/debian-and-arch/#comment-48735 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:34:37 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/debian-and-arch/#comment-48735 [...] Debian and Arch I’ve mentioned two or three times now that I have been spending a lot of time in Arch and Debian these days. I hold both distros in equally high regard for being fast, light and good starting points for outdated machines. [...]

]]> By: anticapitalista http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/debian-and-arch/#comment-48709 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:08:00 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/debian-and-arch/#comment-48709 You could use grub-legacy instead of grub2 on Debian to solve the first issue you have.

]]> By: roland http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/debian-and-arch/#comment-48707 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:18:38 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/debian-and-arch/#comment-48707 What are ur thoughts on slackware? I use it on my p4 box and works great whereas arch was a little buggy with some x driver.

]]> By: Peter http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/debian-and-arch/#comment-48705 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:10:14 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/debian-and-arch/#comment-48705 This is no good for cli only machines but for those that get as far as installing X – Galternatives http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=galternatives

]]> By: tom http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/debian-and-arch/#comment-48704 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:45:29 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/debian-and-arch/#comment-48704 Apt installs recommended packages by default, which can lead to having a bunch of unnecessary packages. Adding the following to /etc/apt/apt.conf (you may need to create it) will turn it off.

APT::Install-Recommends “0″;
APT::Install-Suggests “0″;

]]> By: iasdbu http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/debian-and-arch/#comment-48703 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:13:36 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/debian-and-arch/#comment-48703 I too dislike debian’s behaviour: “Hey, if you want X, you need Iceweasel | Chromium | Galeon | … “.

What if I want to download and install Chrome 10 from their website? “Well, you could, but you should also install Iceweasel | Chromium | Epiphany | Konqueror …” wtf?

Even Ubuntu doesn’t force you to do that… Is there a way to turn the damn thing off?

]]> By: jraz http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/debian-and-arch/#comment-48701 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:10:20 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/debian-and-arch/#comment-48701 IMHO i think the Debian developers finally bowed to the pressure to be like other distributions in regards to X. Often I read in forums about video issues and the usual solution is to create an xorg.conf. That should say something.

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