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- 7. Sep 2017, 21:46
- Forum: Other distributions
- Topic: How can one trust a Linux distribution?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 16844
Re: How can one trust a Linux distribution?
Me personally, I recommend one of the distros at the top of Distrowatch list, to people who are new and/or non technical. I use one of those for the longevity and community support it offer. I usually have 3 distros installed on my desktop hdd, Mageia is my main os, Salix and currently Voidlinux. At...
- 12. Sep 2016, 00:19
- Forum: Problems
- Topic: Add Printer Error
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2021
Re: Add Printer Error
Never mind. I have it working from the IRC channel.
- 11. Sep 2016, 18:32
- Forum: Misc
- Topic: How much space is needed?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3181
Re: How much space is needed?
The more the better, with that said, I have a 250gb HDD and Salix (xfce4) installed on a 30gb partition & a 2gb swap partition. I have other distros installed on their own partition, plus I have a 500gb external HDD to store large files and media files. Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on...
- 11. Sep 2016, 18:19
- Forum: Misc
- Topic: How Do You Pronounce Salix?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6486
Re: How Do You Pronounce Salix?
Same with Linux...there are different ways different people pronounce it! Doesn't stop most people from using it!happydog500 wrote:Unbelievable!
people are guessing even how to pronounce the OS.
- 10. Sep 2016, 15:57
- Forum: Problems
- Topic: Install Conky Error
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2510
Re: Install Conky Error
I was able to finish the install after installing linuxdoc-tools. Thanks again.
- 10. Sep 2016, 14:08
- Forum: Problems
- Topic: Install Conky Error
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2510
Re: Install Conky Error
After posting, I googled and saw I needed to install scons, which needed cmake installed also. Now I have a different error: CMake Error at cmake/ConkyPlatformChecks.cmake:417 (message): Unable to find program 'db2x_xsltproc' Call Stack (most recent call first): CMakeLists.txt:37 (include) -- Config...
- 10. Sep 2016, 13:46
- Forum: Problems
- Topic: Install Conky Error
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2510
Install Conky Error
I upgraded 14.1 to 14.2 about a week ago. After trying to install conky from sources (slapt-src -i conky), it gives an error message about one of the dependencies, tolua++. It gives this error message after trying to compile it. tolua++.SlackBuild: line 64: scons: command not found fakeroot -- sh to...
- 10. Sep 2016, 13:29
- Forum: Misc
- Topic: How Do You Pronounce Salix?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6486
Re: How Do You Pronounce Salix?
That is how I pronounce it also.mimosa wrote:I say Say-lix
- 7. Sep 2016, 13:58
- Forum: Problems
- Topic: (Solved) How to install multilib
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6013
Re: How to install multilib
Thanks guys. djemos, I tried your way and it worked. I believe the other way would have worked also. Maybe someone can update the How to install multilib wiki. Now I need to figure out getting the printer going.
- 7. Sep 2016, 03:23
- Forum: Problems
- Topic: (Solved) How to install multilib
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6013
Re: How to install multilib
I'll give it a try when I get home in the late AM hours. Thanks.