Are rocket propelled chainsaws credible? by ALiteralCabbage in c/noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works
tAkE PuTiN's tHrEaT sErIoUsLY by ALiteralCabbage in c/noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works
[-] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 2 points 5 days ago

"I've seen this one before!"

Small Distro Concerns by ALiteralCabbage in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[-] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

Not really - there's plenty of use cases where running memory intensive stuff like that isn't an issue and running a small footprint distro makes more sense than, say, a maximalist, fully featured desktop distro.

I'm not trying to run a media centre or play games on my 11 year old MacBook!

Small Distro Concerns by ALiteralCabbage in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[-] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

Point taken!

I don't think the lite distros are to blame for performance drops in that case, are they? Unless it's down to a lack of system optimisation.

Small Distro Concerns by ALiteralCabbage in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[-] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

Fair enough!

I've done some blindingly stupid things with my installs in the past, and I'm not angling to try any in the near future - I guess I'll just embrace the reinstallation game!

What's the most obscure distro you can think of by ALiteralCabbage in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[-] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

That's a blast from the past! I used to run #! On my 701...

Small Distro Concerns by ALiteralCabbage in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[-] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

So if there's additional repositories does that mean that there is likely to be core functionality which would be broken if it stops being maintained?

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I have an old notebook which I've been toying with a few smaller distros on (typically easy to install, liveCD types), and while I enjoy the tinkering aspects of this, I had a thought that I've been mulling.

In the past I've run distributions based on larger, better supported, systems (Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, etc.) and if or when they have folded, like crunchbang did, or PeppermintOS (however briefly), I just changed them out.

However, if I were to go back to peppermintOS, say, would it be feasible to 'convert' the system to the parent distribution? So, could I force peppermintOS to 'become' Debian, for example? Or is this overly simplistic? It's a level of engagement with my operating systems that I just haven't had!

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