EXT4 heads up...

[Collins Richey]

On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Ken Moffat <kmoffat at drizzle.com> wrote:
> Ah, that's right, I remember using that. Maybe I'll give it a shot. I've
> been using Ubuntu, but might consider a bit of variety.
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> Thanks,
> Ken
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> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 5:54 AM, Andrew Gould <andrewlylegould at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> They have a version that uses XFCE.
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The XFCE system is just fine. Openbox is also supported. There is
growing support for LXDE (another low-cal desktop manager - I'm
running it on my netbook.

Not to discourage you, but just be aware before you take the plunge with sidux.

With Ubuntu you have relatively few updates on a regular basis, then a
ton of them when the next release point occurs.

sidux (they never capitalize it) is a rolling release that remains in
sync with Debian sid, and thus there are LOTS of updates every week
(average 60-80 packages a week). You need to be comfortable with
upgrading at the very least monthly. I've never tried it, but the
developers claim that more than two months without upgrading may well
result in a broken system when you try to upgrade. All updates are
dist-upgrade performed with X stopped.

I've encountered only 2 significant glitches in 2+ years, but that is
always possible with unstable software.

After a little while participating in the forum, you will come to
understand that the developers are very hard-nosed Germans (you will
do it my way, mein Herr!). I still use an excellent upgrade tool
called smxi. The author was a part of the original sidux team, but the
other developers decided to shun him about a year back, and now they
raise holy hell if anyone even mentions the tool. It's like dealing
with a bunch of 6-year-olds, but they do know Debian, and the kernel
developer is top notch.

-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.