My Old Heart Throb-PCLinux is Back in Town

Yes, My Old Heart Throb-PCLinux is Back in Town

Mind You it configured the integrated graphic card of my NUC easily and it is graphic intensive in installation which is very pleasing for an old guy like me.

I am currently installing it and it is all easy.

Thank YOU guys and girls in America for developing this Image for the global community

You were in hibernation for some time and for a good reason. You knew the Debian 13 is coming and waited for the correct opportuniy.

I hope, I would be able to Install AbiWord, if not through Synaptic Package Manager, I would use Easy Flatpack Manager.

Thank YOU, again. 

By the way, make sure YOU Click Update Option while progressing with the install option. I almost missed it, but since I have rigid protocol in installation and when I rechecked before clicking Install, I found this option available.

It only failed in installing Virtual Box, 7.2 of Oracle which I never used or hate to use. It gave me a warning during installation.

I go for Gnome Box utility, if PCLinux lets me do that. 

Most of the Gnome utilities are missing in Synaptic Package Manager including Box Utility but I am going to use that application in Easypak in a sandbox.

Unfortunately, both Easy Pack and Synaptic Package Manager did not work and I installed Sparky Linux and it is even worse than PCLinux and I installed MX Linux on too of it, expecting it's Trixie Version would come soon to Update.

It's Plymouth at start up is sleek.

I have no hesitation recommending it a novice or an old guy but there are few hiccups.

Apart from Xfce mouce Logo Maskot, the GNU or Bull Logo of PClinux brings back the old nostalgia.

The KDE plasma is elegant and I begin to like it. 

I used to hate KDE and I think the developer community had taken my adverse comments seriously.

I do not like KDE gear which clutter my Desktop in Gnome.

Thank YOU.

As usual booting is slow and the GRUB is incomplete but I know the way around.

The kernel is 39 version 2 steps behind the latest Debian 41 but I have no qualms.

 

Jayaratne Pathiraarachchi Says Even after Prabakararan, Tamils are Destroying Ancient Stone Edits in the North

Jayaratne Pathiraarachchi Says Even after Prabakararan, Tamils are Destroying Ancient Stone Edits in the North

Please visit his YouTube presentation.

This is according to Jayaratne Pathiraarachchi who says even after Prabakaran, Tamils are deliberately destroying ancient Stone Edits or Sel-Lipi dating beyond 700 to 800 years, before.

British have recorded them, often with some intended and some unintended errors.

The Archeology Department for their part does not prevent these sordid acts.

 

Raj Somadeva who is a proxy of this project does not open his mouth regarding these acts, even though Prabaakaran is no more.

 

Prabakaran of course named these places "Death to Sinhalayos" who dare to visit these places for investigative journalism.

 

Whereas, Sepala Amarasinghe who openly destroys Buddhist beliefs and culture does not speak a word about Tamil vandalism of historical stone edits. 

He is only interested in his YouTube income.

He is an ace crook just like Sudath Thilakasiri who adorns himself with vulgar vernacular.

 

Anura Dissanayake is tacitly helping the Tamil agenda.

 

The Coconut Triangular started by Ranil Wickramasinghe and Cricket Stadium promoted by Anura Dissanayake are to help the Tamil politicians to do this vandalism unabated and destroy any remains Stone Edits that potray, the history of HelaDiva.

 

Of course, Indian companies promoted by P.M. Modi would win the closed (not open, may have been already signed by Anura Dissanayake) tenders.

 

I am not at odd with Tamils who want to protect their own language and culture. 

It is too late for Tamils in the North, when Indians take their own land in the name coconut triangle and Cricket stadium. 

Most of the Tamils live on hands to mouth existence and they cannot mount any protest, if the land is grabbed by the Indians by force, in the name of development.

 

We used to call these illegal Indian  emigrants KallaThoni but now they are welcome as Godly Guests.

 

Of course some of the Tamils tacitly help the political agenda.

 

While this is happening Bokken Ariyamagga Kleppe with Norway's help has created a bogus geography with 4 religions.

 

Hela does not mean Siv or 4.

 

Siv Hela is a later development probably relating to the 4 rivers arising from the hills.

 

Hela like Kanda becoming Kandy are British creations without historical facts.

 

Hela is another name for Kanda.

 

There were only two regions.

 

1. Jumbu Deepa

2. Lanaka Deepa

Hela Deepa may mean a region with Hills.

MiniOS, Jumped the Band Wagon of Trixie (13) Debian

This is a Russian Distribution brand new but it does not boot on EFI system and BIOS does not recognize it, even to run in Live mode.

Idea is good but execution is bad.

I found Sparky Linux Game over version which is 3.2.GB.

Torrent does not work direct download does. It is long time since I used it on 32 bit time. It was pretty bad, then.

MiniOS, Jumped the Band Wagon of Trixie (13) Debian

This distribution was uploaded 2 weeks. 

The direct upload breaks and hence go for torrent which includes all three images, standard, toolbox and ultra.

It is Xfce.

It is Persistent.

It is Debian.

It is Minimal.

No cli or network images.

I have been looking for a persistent volume only at the moment Easy OS supports which is a Puppy Linux derivative with limitation in application, especially AbiWord, hence I do not use it.

A Brief Overview of Mini OS

 A Brief Overview of Mini OS

From March to August 2025, the MiniOS project underwent a fundamental modernization phase. During this period, over 600 commits were made, including more than 300 significant changes affecting all aspects of the system: from the basic architecture and build process to user applications and the visual interface.
1. Core Architecture Modernization

    Transition to live-config: Our minios-boot initialization system has been replaced by the standard Debian mechanism, live-config. This has unified the live system setup process, adding new capabilities while retaining old ones. live-config has been adapted for MiniOS needs, particularly for supporting extended configuration, settings synchronization, password setup, and options for linking/mounting user directories.

    New Codebase: The system is now based on Debian 13 "Trixie".

    Transition to the Debian Kernel: We decided to abandon our custom kernel and use the standard Debian kernel in all editions. This will simplify future updates and maintain Secure Boot support.

2. Overhaul of User Utilities and Applications

Some key applications that come with MiniOS have been significantly redesigned, enabling modern graphical interfaces and expanded functionality. At the same time, new applications have been added that further improve usability for beginners.

    MiniOS Installer: The system installer has received a new, intuitive graphical interface. The installation logic has been improved, and the console mode has been removed.
    MiniOS Configurator: The system configurator has also been rewritten, becoming more user-friendly and functional.
    Drive Utility: This utility, a fork of mintstick, has been radically redesigned. It now features a modern graphical interface and new functionality:
        Image Writing: Supports writing image files (including .iso, .img, .bin, and their compressed variants) to block devices.
        Image Creation: Added the ability to create an image from a block device to a file, with on-the-fly compression.
        Secure Erase: An integrated utility for completely wiping data from storage media.
        Improved Logic: Fixed issues with disk display in virtual machines.
    MiniOS Session Manager: A new set of utilities for managing persistent MiniOS sessions, offering graphical minios-session-manager and command-line minios-session tools for session management.
    MiniOS Kernel Manager: A new set of utilities for managing Linux kernels in MiniOS, offering graphical minios-kernel-manager and command-line minios-kernel tools that allow you to package kernels from repositories or .deb files and manage different kernels on the system.

3. User Experience (UX) and Interface Improvements

Great attention was paid to the visual component and ease of daily use.

    Appearance and Unification: Work was done to unify the visual style across different desktop environments. The Greybird theme, which is standard for XFCE, was adapted and implemented for the Fluxbox desktop. This was complemented by updated wallpapers and icon sets, as well as the addition of styles for the correct appearance of QT6 applications.
    New Icons: Over 20 new icons for applications (including Audacity, GParted, Double Commander, VSCodium) were added as part of the elementary-xfce-minios theme.
    Universal Boot Menu: GRUB is now used as the boot menu for both UEFI and BIOS. All menu items are translated into supported languages.

4. Build System and Code Quality Optimization

The process of creating the distribution has become more reliable, faster, and more transparent.

    "The Great Cleanup": A significant amount of obsolete and unused code was removed, including old scripts for Fluxbox and duplicate configurations. This has made the codebase "lighter" and easier to maintain.
    CondinAPT Implementation: A new powerful script, condinapt, was developed and implemented for conditional package installation. This allowed us to move from numerous separate package lists to a single packages.list with flexible rules depending on the edition, architecture, and other build parameters.
    Script Improvements: The main minioslib library has been enhanced with new functions and cleaned of old code.
    Configuration Expansion: The general.conf configuration file was eliminated, and the build.conf file was significantly redesigned. In addition to the existing distribution, kernel, and locale settings, new parameters were added for detailed control:
    Caching Settings: Options for flexible cache management, including the use of apt-cacher-ng and creating a local repository from the package cache.
    Interactivity and Debugging: Long operations are now accompanied by a spinner. Additionally, a VERBOSITY_LEVEL setting has been added to build.conf to flexibly control the volume of logs during the build.

5. Documentation and Localization

    Documentation: All manuals have been updated. The documentation has been significantly expanded to describe every aspect of working with the system.
    International Support: Full support for the Indonesian language has been added. Existing translations (deutsch, español, français, italiano, português, português brasileiro, русский) have been updated and improved across all system components.

Death is only a prelude to Rebirth

Death is  only a prelude to Rebirth

This is an addendum to a a previous post here in this blog spot which I have failed to express, fully.  

Not to make an opinion on a discussion form elsewhere.
 

As Patisandhi (relinking) is the initial thought moment of life so Cuti (exiting), the final thought moment.
 

It is my belief as a medical man of yesteryear that Cuti citta and and Patisandhi citta are not separate but one process since the fertilized cell does not have a brain to generate another thought process. 

It is my premise that mind can exist without brain substance and this is my real medical explanation, which I am going to include in my book "Meditation Business".

However,  the thought process that exited the previous life would have some generative effect on the fertilized cell (not on a unfertilized cell). 

It is in the state of Bhavanga stream perhaps, for about 6 weeks until the primitive brain forms. 

In other words in a suspended state and not Antharbhava as stated by some Mahayana scholars.

It is the Javana state that propels it forward without the real Thadarammana existing.

What I want to say is that the mind energy is not static for 6 weeks but a functioning entity, all the same.

 

I do not engage in forums and following is a wrong connotation in a discussion forum heading the discussion.

 Not my view but copied from elsewhere.

In the process of death, according to the Abhidhamma, a person will experience cuti citta and then patisandhi citta will arise which will be followed by sixteen moments of the bhavanga citta, seven javanas, and then the bhavanga arises again.

They are the entry point and exist point of a particular life.