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I made a base and clones the other night, it is the arch base files downloaded into the archlinux iso, partition, format, configure, install grub, remove arch iso , how I done the above.
It is quick to make the build when beginning from the already configured base.
Then it take extra time for the editing and changes.
I decided on this method as I needed practice to make the base up, as it took me about 70% or more of the time first time around.
This time around the v0.3 lol, when I get to about version 4million (randomish number guess) it will be good.
I can use this now to bypass the issues with Linux Bible 9th Edition tutorial commands and Fedora 27, so I can at least move on from where I was stuck .
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(02-13-2018, 02:21 AM)bitsnpcs link Wrote: I read an article yesterday about VirtualBox speeds on Ubuntu, he writes about the Power Management settings/profile on the Host computer, and that altering this is what speeds up VB guests, what do you think of his idea, has anyone tried it ? -
http://www.rawinfopages.com/tips/2015/05...ple-tweak/
Unsure if it would help with desktop computers, he seems to use laptop, as he writes also of battery.
I always used Virtual Machines while plugged in if I'm on a laptop. Running VM is quite CPU intensive and will drain a battery in no time. With CPU clock speed throttling in new CPUs it's was evident he was going to have trouble from the start. It's like if you try gaming/rendering 3D on battery, not recommended. I don't get why he wrote a whole article about it. I could be wrong be it almost seems like a "click-bait" article.
Since it was brought up in this thread, I gave VirtualBox another whirl and was pleasently surprised. I usually use VMWare Player. I did some benchmarks/speed testing a few years back and VirtualBox was quite slower. Glad to see I'm switching to another Open-Sourced program in my tool box. ;)
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It took me awhile but now I'm sold to XFCE only distros. We'll see how Ubuntu's Gnome3 (I think) implementation goes in the next Final release (I only try Linux Lite's beta's the rest can wait ;) ).
Also, I see from your sig that you are in 64bits... I just learned today that some stuff is really different configuration wise from 32bits.
I have other things to learn too, maybe I'll get that Linux Bible. I got a Linux for Dummies at a garage sale last year but is was like 10 years old. At least I got a terminal-commands reference card for my 50 cents. ;)
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XFCE was the only Linux desktop I had used, and the only distro daily use was Linux Lite.
I deliberately didn't choose XFCE for the build, as I don't want anyone to think I am trying to be cheeky to Linux Lite.
Also by choosing another desktop environment it means I have no advance knowledge of how it should/could look, how other distros that use that do look, as I have not looked at these, and so on.
It means I can just play around with it freely.
As I built it up from the base files on the command line it meant I used the command line a lot for things new to me, and also that I used the command line for far longer time periods.
It was my first time to use the root tty line without using the terminal console, too.
Also have used the terminal and also pluma and gedit for editing of many files I had never looked at before on Linux, and didn't understand, I had to try and work it out by trial and error, sometimes I was able to find wiki info, but often I didn't even know what search terms to use in Google.
Even the tiny edits were very big things to learn, or do, due to this way of trying to learn it.
It is a good way to learn and not ruin my everyday used Linux Lite distro.
I hope it is fun/interesting for others to see, or gives them some ideas in their projects, and for what they like to do in their Linux Lite desktop or installed software. :)
I have never used any betas of Linux Lite, or any distro, Linux Lite is the only distro installed on the hard drive, I tried Ubuntu for I think couple of days and it auto updated and needed to reinstall each day as it messed up the graphics drivers, so gave up on it, and people in the LL community helped me to solve it. :)
The Linux Bible is a good book.
I also use the book "the Linux Command Line", I like it.
After the "Linux Bible" and "The Linux Command Line", when I feel ready I also have
"Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible"
Also I learn Python at home too, I have a 8 books for this, a sort of route I made up by choosing the books at a sequence I thought might work for me.
Eventually when Ive worked through all the books I might feel confident enough to experiment and try to make some stuff, or tweak them a bit.
