Posted on September 13, 2011
End of the line for Absolute
Sunday, 12/15/2024
Age, expense, but mostly LACK OF TIME leave me no choice but to give it up.I won't bore you with the crybaby details, but I gotta make ends meet. If someone wants to take the distribution over, I would be happy to freely pass it on.I enjoyed tinkering all those years.
Sunday, 12/15/2024
Age, expense, but mostly LACK OF TIME leave me no choice but to give it up.I won't bore you with the crybaby details, but I gotta make ends meet. If someone wants to take the distribution over, I would be happy to freely pass it on.I enjoyed tinkering all those years.
Absolute Linux Current Iso image does not boot from a USB stick. It is probably for a Live DVD. It does not have sfs file to boot in Box Utility and it freeze.
Absolute Linux-Install Only
Web site: www.absolutelinux.org (not active)
Origin: USA
Category: Desktop
Desktop environment: IceWM
Architecture: x86, x86_64
Based on: Slackware
Wikipedia: Absolute Linux
Media: Live DVD
The last version | Released: 20240602 | June 2, 2024
Zobacz po polsku Zobacz po polsku: Absolute Linux
Absolute Linux – a very light Linux distribution based on Slackware.
Web site: www.absolutelinux.org (not active)
Origin: USA
Category: Desktop
Desktop environment: IceWM
Architecture: x86, x86_64
Based on: Slackware
Wikipedia: Absolute Linux
Media: Live DVD
The last version | Released: 20240602 | June 2, 2024
Zobacz po polsku Zobacz po polsku: Absolute Linux
Absolute Linux – a very light Linux distribution based on Slackware.
The IceWM window manager was used as the default desktop.
There is a set of programs included in the system which fits for working on a home computer.
Additional scripts (also working in graphical mode) allow for easy system configuration.
Low power consumption ensures free work on old computers.
Each version of Absolute (packages) is compatible with Slackware (Absolute 14 -> Slackware 14).
There is a set of programs included in the system which fits for working on a home computer.
Additional scripts (also working in graphical mode) allow for easy system configuration.
Low power consumption ensures free work on old computers.
Each version of Absolute (packages) is compatible with Slackware (Absolute 14 -> Slackware 14).
The Absolute installer available on CD/DVD works in text mode.
The last version of Absolute Linux was released in June 2024.
The last version of Absolute Linux was released in June 2024.
Absolute Linux
I had some allergy to this distribution but not any more.
Allergy is due to——->
In the early days of my Live CD distribution testing, I downloaded Absolute Linux and by shear accident I said yes to a command and it took over my hard disk and installed it and wiped everything.
That was long time ago and I wrote Microsoft Killer on the CD and never tried it again till today.
Allergy is due to——->
In the early days of my Live CD distribution testing, I downloaded Absolute Linux and by shear accident I said yes to a command and it took over my hard disk and installed it and wiped everything.
That was long time ago and I wrote Microsoft Killer on the CD and never tried it again till today.
Almost everybody in the University on token strike (remind me of the old days when we had to strike demanding bread, milk, rice and not coconuts) I decided to try this on one of my old computers in office which I had messed up including the boot record and its mouse, the PS/2 mouse was fidgety.
I plugged in a USB mouse and started installing.
Installing was on write mode which I like very much and it was like using Debian where everything was configured step by step.
It took a little extra time fearing it will destroy my FAT partitions used for storing some archived material which I have already forgotten.
True to the statements below which I copied from its home page it does write and reported the faulty on board sound and gave me opportunity to configure USB external sound card I plugged in.
It is very light on the old computer and had everything including K3B, AbiWord and LibreOffice.
I have no hesitation of recommending it for dual booting.
It uses LiLo and could not detect Peppermint I had already installed.
True to the statements below which I copied from its home page it does write and reported the faulty on board sound and gave me opportunity to configure USB external sound card I plugged in.
It is very light on the old computer and had everything including K3B, AbiWord and LibreOffice.
I have no hesitation of recommending it for dual booting.
It uses LiLo and could not detect Peppermint I had already installed.
Apart from that glitch it is an excellent distribution for a newbie learning Linux.
Another admirable feature is that when you first time boot it tells you what ought to be done including using a user account.
I had some difficulty in finding the control center which is the first entry in the menu because it gives neither Gnome or KDE desktop appearance which is in fact is a remarkable feature what I like the most.
It gets one out of the regimented routine and frees you with new found Linux independence.
Well done guys an girls at Absolute Linux.
Mind you it took 11 days to download (the longest but Hanthana Sinhala Linux did not finish after 14 days) by torrent.
Please use the point to point download and I am currently downloading its latest version.
It cannot be listed in my Live CD/DVD list since only thing it lacks is a live sfs script an I hope in future it is included by default with UnetBootIn for USB booting.
Desktop oriented, as opposed to use as a server
All-at-once installer with the packages I wanted.
Sifting through everything on the Slackware installer was hell.
Lightweight.
Lightweight.
Had some older equipment and also wanted to incorporate use of my modified version into my PC repair business — installing it on older machines for customers.
Like to play. Want the latest, best software. Slackware was perfect for this as all the headers are left in the packages/libraries so I can compile what I like. Since I like to script/program, I made myself many little utilities and shortcuts to configure the system more easily.
I want complete control.
But I want the operating system to stay out of my way.
Is a modification of Slackware.
Fast, stay-out-of-your-way desktop.
Like to play. Want the latest, best software. Slackware was perfect for this as all the headers are left in the packages/libraries so I can compile what I like. Since I like to script/program, I made myself many little utilities and shortcuts to configure the system more easily.
I want complete control.
But I want the operating system to stay out of my way.
Is a modification of Slackware.
Fast, stay-out-of-your-way desktop.
No Gnome or KDE.
Uses well integrated collection of the best lightweight software to give you most of the things the “big desktops” give you, only at at much, much faster pace.
The software folks use on a desktop: Firefox, OpenOffice, LibreOffice, Pidgin chat, GIMP image editor, WPClipart, Thunderbird mail, K3B CD/DVD burning, Frostwire P2P, Deluge BitTorrent, 2 dictionaries, a bunch of games — basically any of the latest, most popular Open Source software.
Many script utilities (with friendly little GUIs) to make configuration and maintenance of system easier and still allows manual (text-file based) configuration, if desired.
Package compatible with Slackware minor versions. (ex. Absolute 12.2 -> Slackware-12.2), with a few exceptions: kernel packages, KDE-libs, madwifi, ndiswrapper, svga-helper, a/etc.
Root user can install software or set system configurations. That’s it. Perfect for parents and IT guys. If you want to do something root user is allowed to do, log in as root. That’s what the account is for.
The software folks use on a desktop: Firefox, OpenOffice, LibreOffice, Pidgin chat, GIMP image editor, WPClipart, Thunderbird mail, K3B CD/DVD burning, Frostwire P2P, Deluge BitTorrent, 2 dictionaries, a bunch of games — basically any of the latest, most popular Open Source software.
Many script utilities (with friendly little GUIs) to make configuration and maintenance of system easier and still allows manual (text-file based) configuration, if desired.
Package compatible with Slackware minor versions. (ex. Absolute 12.2 -> Slackware-12.2), with a few exceptions: kernel packages, KDE-libs, madwifi, ndiswrapper, svga-helper, a/etc.
Root user can install software or set system configurations. That’s it. Perfect for parents and IT guys. If you want to do something root user is allowed to do, log in as root. That’s what the account is for.
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