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05-30-2010, 02:33 PM
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Has anybody around tried Crux Linux ?
Hi ppl
I am currently downloading a 64 bits port of Crux Linux...
http://obra.se/c64/2.6/
do not use this...
http://ecarux.de/crux86_64/#
The installer is cranked IMHO...
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...nstall-789714/
At a time i tinkered a bit with it... but did not get much far...
AFAIR it is some sort of uberArch distro... one has to compile the kernel after installing it...
So... any experiences ( good/bad/ ) from ppl around...?
Tell me about it...
BRGDS
Alex
Last edited by Alexvader; 05-30-2010 at 02:37 PM.
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05-30-2010, 02:49 PM
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No, never heard of it.
Also 64 bit is unstable, especially for a distro that was not originally written for it.
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05-30-2010, 03:40 PM
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Also... strange...
Although similarity in its principles, between Arch and Crux, both are targeted to the same kind of user, both are lightweight streamlined distros, Arch is in 9 in Distrowatch ranking HPD, Crux doesn't even exist... 
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05-30-2010, 03:45 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by smeezekitty
Also 64 bit is unstable
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Unstable?? I'm running Arch x86_64 and so far it's doing just fine! Have you had problems with 64-bit in the past?
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05-30-2010, 03:49 PM
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Hi
I think Smeeze is talking about Crux....
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05-30-2010, 04:22 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MrCode
Have you had problems with 64-bit in the past?
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Yes but it does not matter as it has no advantages.
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05-30-2010, 04:46 PM
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Hi Smeezekitty
You mean to say that crux Linux has no decisive advantage over Arch Linux, or that Crux64 has no advantage over Crux_i686...?
EDIT: Just to know wether it is worth Burning the CD or starting the VM... 
Last edited by Alexvader; 05-30-2010 at 04:50 PM.
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05-30-2010, 05:36 PM
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I meant 64 bit over 32 bit (i only have 2gb of ram).
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05-30-2010, 05:50 PM
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Can't you crunch bigger numbers at a time with 64-bit? I mean, you can fit a lot more into a single register of a 64-bit CPU than you can with 32-bit...
But I do see your point of it being overkill for those with less than about 4 GiB of RAM (that's how much my laptop has).
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05-30-2010, 09:09 PM
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I just tried it in VirtualBox, and the installer failed! Got a bunch of "transaction incomplete" errors or something...
And something else: 32-bit OSes really kinda suffer under 64-bit VirtualBox. 
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05-31-2010, 07:14 AM
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I have 6GB of ram so 64-bit is important. And it's typical for higher-end computers now to have a few GiB of RAM.
Anyway, I tried installing CRUX in a virtual machine but failed. Mostly because I don't understand how to compile the Linux kernel and install GRUB.
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