I am going to ditch Trixie for Forky of Debian

Forky now owns 100GG with 10 Partitions.

Yes, I have ditched Trixie with all the redundant data except copies of 6 books.

Trixie is going to be my secondary distribution.

I have tested almost all distribution including BSD15 which I am not going to recommend.

File system is different.

It cannot be installed into a 32GB USB.

Its EFI iteration is wrong.

It cannot configure WiFi.

It does not have a reliable repository in Australia.

I  not sure which ARCH Distributions out of 6 I am goomg to use.

Reborn is one of them.

For the first time in my entire Linux migration I have used all 10 partion types and I gave 100GB for Forky.

I will give minimum for Trixie.

May be 25GB in total. 

Image is 6.12.

I am trying to Install BSD on a USB Stick

It could not configure the WiFi after 3 attempts.

Australia has 2 BSD sites.

Which part of the country unknown.

Not Queensland.

That  is the reason for failure to configure the WIFi.

I decided to install ofline.

It is stll trying to reach the repository line by line.

Says could not initialize the scan.

It is line, 77 now.

Looking for src 15.

It completed 100% and going through an endless loop.

I am going to kill it.

It does not detect its own written USB.

This may be the reason I gave up with BSD.

However, there was no root restrictions.

No user log in.

That probably follow installation going by my memory of the past which was in 2020 Coronavirus pandemic. 

Before that 2018. 

It destroyed my EFI partition.

I am going have a clean sleet. 

More room for Forky and Trixie delegated to second fiddle. It gets only 35GB out of which 12.5 for /home partition.

I am not going to use any Linux Distribution above 4GB.

MANJARO out on first count.

BlueStar the most beautiful Desktop is also out. It is KDE Desktop and adding Gnome on top is bit iof a pain without my favourite gdm.

Endeavor OS is out and it has no AbiWord.

Gentoo and Bodhi out on first count.

ROSA and Astra of Russia is out.

Guruda is out.

CachyOS has a place.

Linux is a powerhouse

 

The current Linux desktop usage is about 5% and gradually growing and my current mission here is to make it grow to 10%, the minimum penetration before my demise.

It seems that Linux has substantial contribution in server domain. Ubuntu (34%) seems to top the server domain and closely followed by Redhat (33%),Debian (16%) and the rest of 17% by other operating systems. I do not think Microsoft has any big share in the rest of the 17%, and its main interest is in the Desktop Arena where its penetration is nearly 75%.

I do not think, I can convert Apple (Apple in any case is Unix based) users to Linux but, if I can convert 10% of Window’s guys (I have no interest in converting girls by design) to dual boot Linux, my target of 10% could be achieved without much toil and effort. 

I think this will eventually happen due to enormous amount of cost saving.

The money saved can be used to buy new hardware. 

In fact, new hardware is already flooding the market in the name of small-form-factor design of Mini Computers.

By the way, Intel NUC is my base but Intel has decided to leave the market, a surprise move but ASUS is taking over the niche market, in style.

Linux is largely bug free, unlike the Windows which is an operating systems that include Closed Code proprietary software that is infested with many bugs.

Linux Mint may fall to this tragedy due to its inclusion of proprietary code.

47% of professional developers use Linux based operating systems. (Statista)

Linux powers 39.2% of websites whose operating system is known. (W3Techs)

Linux powers 85% of smartphones (Hayden James)

Linux, the third most popular desktop OS, has a market share of 2.09% (Statista)

The Linux market size worldwide will reach $15.64 billion by 2027 (Fortune Business Insights)

The world’s top 500 fastest supercomputers all run on Linux (Blackdown)

96.3% of the top one million web servers are running Linux (ZDNet)

Today, there are over 600 active Linux distributions. (Tecmint)

It is time to “Move Over” from Windows and macOS, because Linux is currently, storming the technology world.

With over 70% of web servers, 100% of the worlds top 500 supercomputers, Android dominating mobile devices and a staggering presence in cloud infrastructure, data centres, embedded systems and the stock market, its clear that Linux is not just,                  an operating system.

It is a powerhouse.

By the way, NASA is using Linux.

Embraced by developers, technological giants, and even Gamers, the Linux influence spans industries and continues to grow, proving that when it comes to innovation and adaptability, the Open Source OS reigns supreme.

Welcome to the world of Linux, where the possibilities are endless and the Code is the King of innovation.

Tussle between X11 and Wayland

 

Tussle between  X11 and Wayland 
 

Gnome and KDE are planning to drop the legacy X11 display server in favor of the Wayland to improve supposed to be security issues. 

The real issue is that new hardware, not providing source code to X11 for performance improvement based on X11 implementation which are based on strict protocols.       

NVidea and Geforce who are profit oriented companies that can handle HDR and high DPI displays want to dominate the market.  

These devices improve gaming performance and the Linux entry into gaming arena is a significant factor in market economy. 

Wayland compositor layer allows developers to focus on new features and optimization without being held back by X11 protocols which remains to this day. 

Gnome and KDE moving to Wayland is to enhance this slow killing of the master of protocols of X11.
 

Wayland cannot handle screen capturing, screen sharing, magnifications and virtual keyboards which X11, supports and is pretty good at. 

However, Wayland in not universal or global protocol but a compositor.  Wayland does not work on old machines which are functional to this day. It does not work on certain old distributions.

Ubuntu created this saga and left the scene and that is why I do not use Ubuntu. 
 

However, X11 is the standard for all Window Managers. 

It was Ubuntu upsetting the apple cart.         

It was a crime. 

There are so many compositors that do not work on old computers. 

I do not mind KDE moving only to Wayland. 

I am ambiguous about Gnome becoming only Wayland. 

It is the total abandonment of Linux Philosophy. 

GNOME and KDE distributions send (alarm bells), electric shock through my spine. I would not bat on for ever on Linux, but  only until  I am 80 and thereafter I would retire. 

It is the responsibility of the young and the enthusiasts to drive Linux Philosophy forward.
 

For users, most applications will continue to work via compatibility layers like Xwayland while many distributions are defaulting to Wayland. Most applications based on X11 will continue to function on Wayland through the Xwayland compatibility layer.
 

This is like throwing the bath water with the baby. 

Guys and who did not make any contribution to Linux code is making decisions to undermine the very nature of Linux at its core.

Yes, it is a crime which is not punishable. 

I won’t live long to see how the future hold for mankind.

Andrea Borman, Lady who uses Linux in UK

Andrea Borman is a Linux Chatter Box in English, Terminology.

There are several common things about her and me.

1. I hate Microsoft Windows and she does too, due to different reasons. I left Windows XP and never went back.

2. She despises FEDORA.

I despise Redhat and Fedora.

3. I use Debian and she uses Debian for the same reason. 

I love Synaptic Package Manager.

4. I hate Wayland and she cannot use Wayland in in her old 32 bit laptops. 

I have an old Laptop (2009) which has Endless OS. 

Microsoft has blocked its boot Menu and only BSD used to boot on it through Ethernet.  

It is a new laptop. 

Over the years I managed to find Endless OS as a replacement. 

It boots very slow.

5. I use Mini PCs. 

I have two.

They are very cheap and one can buy 10 Mini PCs for the price of one new Laptop.

I suppose she buys a Mini PC. 

No laptop battery problem for me.

6. She is old but I am 15 years older than her and I have been using Linux for over 25 years, non stop.

7. I used to work in England as a doctor in 1980s. 

I hate English weather and I live in warmer Australia.

8. I may be the only doctor using Linux and majority of doctors use macOS.

9. I promote Linux.

10. Majority of women do not know, how to use a computer and they prefer a smart phone for chattering.

11. I use ARCH Linux and Reborn OS is the easiest of all. I

 have two Instance of Reborn OS in my NUC which is a Rolling Release.

 

I have two Instances of Linux one is Trixie and the other is Forky.

 

In addition, I have BlueStar Linux and CahyOS 

හන්දියේ පෙට්ටි කඩයක් වත් කරලා නෑ

හන්දියේ පෙට්ටි කඩයක්වත් කරලා නැති නඩයකට රටක්‌ බාර දීපුවම මෙවැනි විනාසයකට මුහුණ දෙන්න බැරි බව චන්දය දීපූ මෝඩයන්ට දැන්වත් තේරුනොත් ඇති.

මේ පණ්ඩිත කෙප්ප රැල පලවා හැර, පරිපාලන යන්ත්‍රය නැවත ගොඩ නැගිය යුතුයි.

විශ්‍රාම හැරිය පල පුරුදු යුද, නාවික සහ ගුවන් හමුදා නිල දාරින්ගේ වටිනාකම දැන් තමයි තේරෙන්නේ.

දැන් ඉන්න නිලධාරීන් ආදුනිකයි වගේ.

ARCH Linux

 

ARCH Linux new Iso is out.

It is 1.3GB.

No Graphical Installer.

 

One has to work on a terminal.

Installation instruction has to be obtained from the Arch WiKipedia.

 

One line at a line of instruction at a time.

WiFi compatible.