Slack 13 based distro's?

linus72 · 02-02-2010, 07:34 AM

Um...

so, I was wonderin just how many distros are slack 13 based?

I know Absolute and SalixOS is

I tried installing Vector Lite (12.1) and no mouse and other big issues?
was gonna try Zenwalk, but heard its Dead?

So, are there any other 13-based distro's?
thanks

Note, I have pure 13, SalixOS, and Absolute 13.0.7 on hdd now

I want more!

Thursapr · 02-02-2010, 08:10 AM

Slax is a good distro for using on flash drive. Very easy to install (just run a script on both linux and windows), run out-of-the-box.

~sHyLoCk~ · 02-02-2010, 08:32 AM

wolvix

linus72 · 02-02-2010, 08:52 AM

Is Wolvix current though?
...maybe not

I'm trying to make a 13ish setup for my lappy
a Toshiba 7000CT 266mhz 160mbram 4gb hdd

I got Debian Lenny/Squeeze in there on a 1.46GB partition
and want to use the remaining 2+GB for 13/13ish

I want to make a setup on my big PC
set it up with JWM, Slim and some light apps

Then somehow make a slackpkg of JWM
and install to lappy...

I was tryin out Absolute, and others
Only SalixOS seems stable...but xfce4 is too much for lappy

linus72 · 02-02-2010, 09:12 AM

See hers my current PC setup with JWM I made from latest jwm source

http://multidistro.com/slack/jwmslk.png

here I added "hag-exit-fluxbox" to handle logout/reboot,etc for JWM
http://multidistro.com/slack/exitjwm.png

So, lxpanel has a system menu, and wbar is cool
I made a folder in ~/ named jwmrc, which has different files as I broke up the jwm menu into sections
jwmrc-tray(not used)
jwmrc-start(apps to start with jwm)
jwmrc-theme ( my selfmade themes are basically copied from /etc/jwm-mine/theme-name to ~/jwmrc/jwmrc-theme via jwm menu "Dragon Themes"

heres the menu I put in ~/ called .jwmrc, which overrides /etc/jwm/jwmrc

Code:

 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 
 <JWM>
 
    <!-- The root menu, if this is undefined you will not get a menu. -->
    <!-- Additional RootMenu attributes: onroot, labeled, label -->
    <RootMenu height="22" onroot="123">
          <Program icon="rxvt.png" label="Terminal">xterm</Program>
          <Program icon="rxvt.png" label="File Manager">pcmanfm</Program>
          <Program icon="firefox.png" label="WWW-Browser">firefox</Program>

           <Menu label="Appearance">
           <Program label="GTK Themes/Icons" confirm="false">/usr/bin/lxappearance</Program>
           <Program label="Wallpapers" confirm="false">/usr/bin/nitrogen /usr/share/wallpapers</Program>
         </Menu>
         <Menu label="Dragon Themes">
           <Program label="Amethyst" confirm="false">sudo cp -a /etc/jwm-mine/themes/amethyst $HOME/jwmrc/jwmrc-theme && jwm -restart</Program>
           <Program label="Black" confirm="false">sudo cp -a /etc/jwm-mine/themes/black $HOME/jwmrc/jwmrc-theme && jwm -restart</Program>
           <Program label="Blue" confirm="false">sudo cp -a /etc/jwm-mine/themes/blue $HOME/jwmrc/jwmrc-theme && jwm -restart</Program>
           <Program label="Gold" confirm="false">sudo cp -a /etc/jwm-mine/themes/gold $HOME/jwmrc/jwmrc-theme && jwm -restart</Program>
           <Program label="Green" confirm="false">sudo cp -a /etc/jwm-mine/themes/green $HOME/jwmrc/jwmrc-theme && jwm -restart</Program>
           <Program label="Red" confirm="false">sudo cp -a /etc/jwm-mine/themes/red $HOME/jwmrc/jwmrc-theme && jwm -restart</Program>
           <Program label="Silver" confirm="false">sudo cp -a /etc/jwm-mine/themes/silver $HOME/jwmrc/jwmrc-theme && jwm -restart</Program>
           <Program label="White" confirm="false">sudo cp -a /etc/jwm-mine/themes/white $HOME/jwmrc/jwmrc-theme && jwm -restart</Program>
         </Menu>

       <Separator/>
       <Separator/>
       <Restart label="Restart JWM" icon="restart.png"/>
       <Separator/>
       <Separator/>
       <Exit label="Exit/Logout" confirm="true" icon="exit.png"/>
       <Separator/>
       <Separator/>
       <Program label="Reboot/Shutdown" confirm="false">sudo /usr/bin/hag-exit-fluxbox</Program>
    </RootMenu>
 
    <Include>$HOME/jwmrc/jwmrc-start</Include>
    <Include>$HOME/jwmrc/jwmrc-theme</Include>
    <Include>$HOME/jwmrc/jwmrc-tray</Include>
    <Include>$HOME/jwmrc/jwmrc-keys</Include>
 
 </JWM>

so, you can see it copies a theme from /etc/jwm-mine to $HOME/jwmrc/jwmrc-theme and restarts jwm

Nitorgen does the wallpaper

I made scripts to start the apps vs like lxpanel &

heres jwmrc-start

Code:

 <JWM>
 
 <StartupCommand>nitrogen --restore</StartupCommand>
 <StartupCommand>wbar_start</StartupCommand>
 <StartupCommand>conky_start</StartupCommand>
<StartupCommand>lxpanel_start</StartupCommand>
 
<JWM>

Mmmm... so I wanna make a slkpkg of the whole JWM thing...

Maybe I should just go with pure slack?

gapan · 02-02-2010, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linus72

Is Wolvix current though?
...maybe not

I don't think it is.

Quote:

Originally Posted by linus72

Only SalixOS seems stable...but xfce4 is too much for lappy

LXDE might be a better choice if you have an old laptop if you want a DE. Simpler WMs like icewm or fluxbox should be faster too of course.

GrapefruiTgirl · 02-02-2010, 09:16 AM

You might Google up MOPS-Linux. It's a Slack-based distro out of Russia, but the latest release(s) which either ARE or WILL BE SOON, having a Slack-13 based release out.
It's really nice

but be forewarned, much of the site(s) like the main MOPS website, is all in Russian, but the package repo/site is in both languages, and the latest versions of MOPS have the option to install in English or Russian.

Sasha

PS - Uhh, just noticed you may be installing this on a 266MHz laptop???? Hmm.. Maybe not such a great idea

but who knows!

linus72 · 02-02-2010, 09:21 AM

Thanks GrapefruiTgirl

I actually downloaded Mops last night
gonna install it today
I hesitated as the Russian thing had me wondering if it was worth installing?
we'll see

linus72 · 02-02-2010, 09:28 AM

Hey does anyone know about Rox-Desktop, GNUstep desktop(?), ?
I tried to install rox-desktop, no dice...

Hey Gapan, does SalixOS use tagfiles to do the minimal installs with SalixOS or what?

OH:
Slackers beware!
Both Absolute and Vector Lite Final claim their for low-ram/old hardware
kinda hard to swallow when Absolute comes with OpenOffice!
and Vector couldn't setup my mouse at all, and its reg mouse

Both have install sizes of well over 2.6-3+GB
so, their claims are kinda false...

I like their icewm setups though

SalixOS is really only slack13 I know that has minimal install options...

colorpurple21859 · 02-02-2010, 09:40 AM

From experience of running old hardware salix works the best. vector requires to much ram and harddrive space, and I think you will have to get the huge.s kernel from elsewhere to install on machines that don't have i686 or newer processors.

gapan · 02-02-2010, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linus72

Hey Gapan, does SalixOS use tagfiles to do the minimal installs with SalixOS or what?

No, it doesn't work with tagfiles. Here are the package lists that are used though: http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sal...on/trunk/lists
(the KERNEL and SETTINGS lists are used in all modes)

Ivshti · 02-02-2010, 12:01 PM

Linvo 2009.1 rc6. A full release comming soon.

manwichmakesameal · 02-02-2010, 01:39 PM

@ linus72: Where did you hear Zenwalk was dead? Judging by their forums, they are very much alive.

linus72 · 02-02-2010, 04:02 PM

OH
manwichmakesameal
see here

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hlight=zenwalk

seems like they need help?

manwichmakesameal · 02-02-2010, 04:08 PM

Yeah, I saw that thread. But I figured that they just wanted packagers, not killing off the distro.