Hello, The xmission.com mirror (U.S. -- Salt Lake City, Utah) is currently down due to hardware maintenance. They expect the server to be down for "the next few days." One of xmission's customer service representatives confirmed this via a live chat session. I've been having trouble connec...

Hi, gapan and mimosa, Thank you both for the guidance offered in this thread. I hadn't yet installed the patched kernel, but I did it this afternoon. Here's a link to the Wiki instructions mentioned by mimosa: https://docs.salixos.org/wiki/How_to_install_a_different_kernel " How to install a di...

I recently saw a link to this vulnerability checker in another Linux forum, and am posting it here in case it is useful for Salix OS users. :) http://news.softpedia.com/news/how-to-check-if-your-linux-pc-is-vulnerable-to-meltdown-spectre-security-flaws-519364.shtml Nestor, Marius. "How to Check...

I recently installed Salix 14.2 (Xfce version, 32-bit, with kernel 4.4.19) on an older HP Mini 210-2100 netbook (purchased ca. June 2011). It's performing great -- many thanks to gapan and the other team members for their hard work on this release. :) HP Mini 210-2100 Netbook This Mini has a Broadco...

gapan, Thanks for posting the interview link. I listened to it and enjoyed learning something about Dimitris' personal life, in addition to his work on Slackel. I especially liked two comments Dimitris made: first, that he chose to use Slackware as a base because of its stability, simplicity and spe...

I recently became aware that Distrowatch has a feature that allows users to contribute a review of their Linux distro(s). The page for Salix OS is below; it currently has 8 user reviews, with an average rating of 8.8 points: http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=ratings&distro=salix The guid...

Hi, gapan, Thank you for the heads-up about the hostingxtreme mirror. I'm sorry to hear that, as it had been performing reliably for me up until recently. As ChuangTzu noted, I've have some issues also, but I assumed it was our connection's fault rather than hostingxtreme's. I just switched over to ...

Thanks Gaucho! I am aware of enabling root and barely understand http://preview.tinyurl.com/hcsxvjs. You're welcome, Atip. Although gapan's blog post is well written, it went completely over my head also. It's similar to when I first tried to learn some vim: http://i.imgur.com/8HvzDEOt.png I rememb...

For example among other things I don't like to be told that there is not more root. Hi, Atip, I might be misunderstanding your comment, but it is possible to enable the root user in Salix 14.1 and 14.2. The Wiki has instructions: https://docs.salixos.org/wiki/How_to_enable_the_root_user [Salix Wiki...

Thanks for the good wishes, ChuangTzu! I also wish Happy Holidays to everyone here in the Salix Forum, and hope you'll have a chance to relax with your family and friends. Merry Christmas, Happy Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Merry Grav-mas (I think that covers most of them). Yes, I think you mentioned ...