Missing applications are stored in Software center.
It tookbonly 5.8GB to install GNOME.
I am trying angelfish browser, now.
Unlike Synaptic Package manager
I must go for catfish if not cutefish.
Cutefish is not there but catfish is available.
Monday, December 8, 2025
Tried Installing Linux Excalibur but Failed
I tried installing Excalibur on a dysfunctional 3 EXT4 partitions.
It failed.
Its instalation only took 5 minutes.
Preparation took one hour.
All in Text Mode in a Terminal.
It uses only 3 partitions.
Boot, Root and Home.
No Vat and Tmp or Opt.
Ruined my GRUB Boot Loader.
It is only 1.9GB Iso Image.
Desktop is Xfce which I hate.
Experience is no different from SOLUS. Saga and almost identical.
If anybody wishes to experiment with Excalibur he or she is on personal peril.
I am a doctor in retirement and was an Ace Problem solver in active life both in CEYLON, UK and New Zealand.
Australia of course I pretend not to be a doctor. Long time ago, I wished to work on Northern Territories of Australia and I did not have money for tickets and VISA fees and gave up until I moved to New Zealand for a health payment but a very heavy job.
Once I worked 172 hours on two weeks.
Their labour regulation was 40 to 44 hours for a week. I was doing twice the workload and was covering for 3 recedent doctors and the OPD Emergency care during weekends.
I threatened to sue the administration for violating their own labour regulations.
After I left, nobody joined the hospital and the local GP who was very smart guy was appointed and he saved his bills for his dispensary expenses.
It was a Win Win situation for him.
I returned home and joined the University with a very poor salary.
I became very active politically and plan was to send Rajapaksa Regime home unless they remedy our salary anomalies.
It was a 3 year long struggle and we sent him home. The plus side was he approved out saraly 3 months before my retirement and I did not get a red cent in salary increase. Not even my due promotion.
My promotion interview was held 3 months after my real retirement.
In the interview I said I would never walk into the University again.
Interview was over in 5 minutes before I let my steam out which I used to do if I am not going to be selected.
Yes, I did that at Central Bank of Ceylon 48 hours before the LTTE Bomb Blast.
I said Central Bank deserved it in a metaphorical sense not on literal sense.
I wrote this while reinstating my GRUB not on terminal but on graphic mode.
It is finishings and I am back to normal.
Last part is to say I do not go into Panic mode in Linux.
Just multitasking.
Linux Installation Simplified
With all the applications I may need installed, I have used 13.3GB leaving 12.2GB remaining in my/root file and I would not get any warning, saying there is no space in any of my /EXT files including /var and /tmp.
I prefer /tmp instead of Calamres /opt which gets filled up quickly in REBORN and Manajaro.
A. Hard Drive Space
/roor 25GB and 30GB is more than ample.
/home 15GB
For EFI, boot, var and tmp or opt 10GB.
50GB is ample.
SWAP now optional but I leave 16GB.
Twice the RAM was thevold recommendation.
40GB NFFS partition for storing Windows Files, say doc files.
100GB is enough and the rest is for the storage, say storing GAME files purchased.
In my case no games but 5 different distributions and at least 3 ARCH derivatives.
B. At least 5 USB sticks for writing Iso images.
C. Software
USB Formatter
USB Writer
D. Spare Time
E. Do not Listen to YouTube guys, 99% ot them come from previous Windows or Apple background and hatdly know how Linux operates.
F. Good Password
H. AVOID
Ubuntu
Zorin
Pop OS
Tuxedo
Elementary
Cosmic
I. SOFTWARE applications
Synaptic Package Manager
Avoid SOFTWARE that is bulky with sandbox applications.
J. Applications
Depends on your needs.
please do a web survey to begin with.
M. Visit my Blog Post
Type a query and Wait.
YOU have to find web page yourself.
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