Thursday, November 12, 2026

Labelling Partitions in Linux is important

I have 41 partitions in my Hard Disk.
Remembering where each distribution is placed by memory alone is difficult. When my memory started failing I used to write the Partition Table on a notebook.
But with frequent habit of Testing new distributions by installing them have made changing the Table clumsy work routine.

AI suggested me to write them somewhere.
 
Now I have gone bit further.
I name the partition and add a lebel.
I am adding now linux-home flag and see how it behaves.

All this done on GParted and it takes lot of a time. 

ESP and SWAP partitions are automatically flagged.

Ultimate Linux is Best Linux Distribution This Christmas

Yes, it is TRUE.

Ultimate Linux Gamer with Ultimate Player is the best Christmas present I would recommend.

I just installed it.
Installation is pretty fast.
It took a little time reading my new GRUB File but rest was smooth.

All are Free and does not cost a dine except some time for probing.

I installed 
AbiWord 
LibreOffice 
Blender 
Audacity
Audacious 
LMMS
VLC
Impression 
GIMP
All Sandboxed with Flatpac.

Breezy Installation.

Well I am going to make it a daily driver.

I am going to say Bye Bye to Debian Forky.
It does not support AbiWord.

All the experiments I did during the last 3 days and Updating my NUC was all related to lack of AbiWord to work with.

I tried all from Modicia to Commodore Linux 3.1. to OpenMandrivaLX to Debian Trixie.

They are either based on old Linux Kernels or not updated quick enough.

They bring only nostalgia to a regular User of Linux for over, 30 years.

Of course updating my entries on Linux Essentials was the core reason. 
Unlike YouTube guys who play 24 hours with a particular Linux Distribution and brag about and try to teach gullible newbies my work is scientific and academic.
There is no intention to convert even a family member.

Putting all those efforts into a book means that the conversation would remain after my demise.

Thanks all the Developer Girls and Boys who toil behind a Dark Terminal.

With eyesight going down I do not think I can do any Coding but with pleasant animations of Ultimate Linux on the KDE desktop, I can live another day without grumbling.
Well I am ready for Christmas well in advance.
I should finish editing my 5 books before then.

Pallegama Hemaratana and Ranil Wickramasinghe Combo

Ranil Wickramasinghe has given money through a rich woman from abroad to (bribed) this monk (Pallegama Hemaratana) to remove the original Gem and replace it with a fake. 
This tragedy is continuing with Anura using police to remove Kassapa Himi who has started a sit in program at Anuradhapura. 
This monk is supposed to dig the Temple premises for archaeological artifacts which is illegal and prohibited by law.
This monk is supposed to sponser rich woman to his bedroom.

Ranil's MCC program is to excavate and remove all artifacts to be sold privately.
This he has done when he was the PM under Maithripala. 
This is why I say he should never hold public office until 2050. He thinks archaeological artifacts are his private property. He is a crook and he has allegiance with Modi of India. Indians of course want to distort Ceylon history which is older than Baratha going back to RAVANA by removing important artifacts from Anuradhapura.

Traditionally descendants from Vehera Palu Gama clan looked after the Bo Tree. The keys were kept with them and monk before Pallegama Hemaratana illegally took possession of this key. 
Traditionaly monks were not involved in looking after the Bo Tree or Pipal Tree.

I Subcribe to the view Buddha was born here in Ceylon and he attained Buddhahood in Hiriwaduna in Ceylon. 
The Pipal or Bo tree was at Hiriwaduna. A sapling was taken from there to India and subsequently another dapling from India was brought to Anuradhapura. It is not the original Bo Tree. Hiriwaduna still has the original Pipal tree.

Voyager Gnome Trixie Version

Voyager comes from France.
I just described Valix OS from Germany.
Now it is time to turn to France.
It is a very beautiful GNOME version.
Unlike GNOME it has a psnel at the bottom and when one click the 9 dot icon on the bottom right one gets to all the other applications.
Using Software I installed Synaptic Package Manager and subsequently AbiWord. That is the very reason I like it.
It is much easier and quicker than Valix.
I am up all night and it is easy to work at night with a good cup of Ceylon Tea to keep me warm in Australia. 
It is bit raining in Queensland and now not Kingsland.
Started installation at 4.45AM.
It is installing GRUB at 5.5AM
Boot Loader finished at 5.10AM.
It is installing pacjages now.

Finish instsllation at 5.19 AM and Total Time is 34 minutes.
It took 10GB of Hard disk space and I have 12GB left for Software out of 22GB /root partition. I would install Blender later.

It is time for my early morning cup of Tea.

Mind you my NUC has no fan and not even a hiss during installation. Temperature went upto 45 degrees Centigrade.
Next it is BlueStar Linux.

VailuxOS

It took more than one (1) hour to install. 
I took the liberty to format my Partition Table to install Voyager Linux and Ultimate Linux.
I am currently installing Vailux Linux.
It is a KDE desktop and elagant.
It comes from Germany and no problem with English.
It comes with ton of applications along with GParted for partitioning.
It takes a long time to install.
Installer is Calamara.
I installed AbiWord in "Live Session" and that is the very reason for using it, since Debian Forky is depreciating AbiWord.
It is a wrong decision as far as I am concerned with only 310MB needed.

Last time it ruined my GRUB File but not this time. It completetly rewrote it without automatically copying privious GRUB entry. GRUB file is similar to Gnoppix.
Thank YOU.
This is what I am going to write in my book Linux Essential.
It took 1 hour 12 minutes but job well done. I have no hesitation in recommending it to a newbie.