MXM AV Linux Moksha Edition

AV Linux Moksha Linux

My Linux base is always Debian Gnome and MXM Moksha will be one of the other 9 distributions,   I already have in my Intel NUC box.

Thank you Bodhi Linux for Moksha Desktop, but I moved to MXM due to my multimedia requirements. I a

Gnome is neither ugly nor beautiful and that is the standard I use as a neutral distribution. There are other beautiful Desktops like, Elive and Enlightenment.

Like Zorin and I would never support Linux Lite which calls itself light but it is not light. Besides,    it comes with ugly XFCE.  Well KDE Neon, Ubuntu base is much nicer, looking.

MXM is based on AntiX.

Its Kernel 7.0.10-1

It takes less than 10GB of the /root partition of 15GB and I have 5.7GB left for other applications including GNOME Desktop.

I am installing GNOME it took only 300MB.

Blender takes 1.1GB.

GIMP takes 100MB.

VLC takes 200MB.

Audacity takes 100MB

Audacious takes 100MB

Asunder takes 200MB

All audio utilities may be under one folder sharing common GTK utilities.

Handbrake takes 100MB

Deluge takes less than 100MB.

AbiWord took may be 300MB.

LibreOffice takes 1GB.

PDF takes about 100MB.

DeaDBeeF may be 100B.

Palemoon 100MB.

Opera 600MB

Vivaldi 600MB

LibreWolf 500MB

Brave may be 500MB.

Remaining Space is under 1GB and no more software would be added.  GNOME is running smoothly on top of Moksha. Moksha Desktop is Beautiful. It is developed by Bodhi Linux which is a Ubuntu Linux Derivative.  I do not trust Ubuntu and its future direction.

I used AV Linux in the past because of its Audio and Video media support but gave up because of its slow response to change to the new Debian Kernel.

It looks like it is coming out of slumber.

I really liked Enlightenment Desktop.

ELive is Beautiful but it is stuck with the old kernel and also wants me to pay for its new desktop.      I promote Linux but I do not promote monetary ventures that are against Linux Fundamentals.

Linux Lite is also on a monetary course.

Developers also eat rice and curry or hot potatoes. I do not mind donations for maintenance. FOSS has a target but they are always below the targeted estimate. Having a maintenance target is mandatory in this capitalist world. I do not expect innovations from China and Russia. Certainly not from India and Ceylon.

Ten (10) or more reasons why I do not use a cellphone

 

Ten (10) or more reasons why I do not use a cellphone

Posted on June 3, 2011

Now that WHO has released the warning for radiation and cancer PHOBIA, I should state why I hate using cellphone.

Some of what I say below are scientific in nature and nobody has done adequate studies.
This is based on the premise animals have more evolved senses for their protection and navigation especially at night.

 
For example some snakes (who do not have ears) infrared sensors to to detect their prey namely rats.

 
Hearing is not essential for some animals and mosquitoes probably have thermal as well as olfactory (smell) sensors to feed us at night.
 

What it means is that whole energy spectrum is used to various degrees by various beings including insects.

 
They all originate from sun rays and most of them even do not reach us and reflected in the stratosphere.
Any artificial high intensity laser included have adverse effect on life on earth especially the animal species.

1. There is scientific evidence emerging telecommunication signals effect navigation of bees. Apart from the suspected virus infection, I believe the microwave and Telecom signals are the one that effecting the bees. 

Whole chain of events and food cycle will be effected by this impact. 

Instead of wasting time on cancers WHO and WFO should investigate this context seriously.
We know the bees are diminishing.
Why?

2. These energy waves and other waves generated also effect birds. 

Birds who carry seeds around the world also will impact food scenario of other wild animals. Bird population is diminishing and we do not know how these energy sources affect eggs when they are hatching. 

We know that most of the agricultural pesticides concentrate on eggs and their shell and diminish fertility of birds.

3. When birds are diminished, alarming rise of parasite on domesticated animals will rise. For example ticks which infect cattle and dogs.

4. We do not know what other animals wild and domesticated affected by these artificial energy and bizarre propagation. We do not know even how it affects dogs who have powerful hearing senses.

5. It takes generally 20 years to discover facts and by that time (brain tumours) one generation is affected by the ill effect.

Those are scientific speculations but what about day to day effects.

6. I am one who believes in that talking reduces the working capacity of mankind. Cellphone invariably does that in our life.

I prefer the land phone which everybody in the neighborhood hears loud enough and knows that the house is not abandoned.

Even current Dhamma Desanas pollute the Mind. 

I hate when the telephone ring when I am engaged in some intellectual activity. Even the mosquito is enough to disturb my activity. Imagine I am or a meditator deeply engaged in Ana Pana Sati insight meditation and one mosquito is enough to distract the attention.

7. I prefer both my hands free when on holiday and hate somebody send a SMS on the road crossing highway.

8. Cellphone contributes to road traffic accidents.

9. Imaging I am engaged in a group activity or suturing a coronary artery bypass and the cellphone rings.

10. Many use this as a ploy to get out of a important meeting to make decisions. Politicians are good at this and they slip away leaving a mediocre guy to listen to trade union guys.

Cellphone takes the thinking capacity and concentration away and few years from now research will indicate it was the most bizarre invention of ours.

Enjoy it now and very soon there will be legislature controlling use of cellphones.
Remember I said it.

Final Note on My Emails

This is my Final  Note on Emails

Emails make a permanent record on a remote Farm of perhaps in the Cloud of Commuters.

I can never say, I never write or read a particular piece of information.

It was meant to be rapid exchange of  ideas, opinions and information but it ended up being a Junk Yard.

So, I exited Yahoo Mail but it did a yeoman service when I was on active duty.

I moved to Gmail and used that to promote Linux Penetration.

 

My goal was 10% penetration.

 

If I exclude Valve and Steam penetration of 4% it is under 1%.

It was only 32 guys when I started.

 

1% is not enough to make any impact.

There is a sinister attempt to betray Buddhism spearheaded by RAW of India who are promoting certain YouTube guys.

 

One is this Moda Tharindu guy.

 

Do not confuse with the film.

I keep AOL as private and for publication of my books currently coming close to the tape (athletics) or touch line (rugger).

I never had an email for long with Peradeniya University. 

The Server was hacked by an Intern.

 

I tried to register new one and FAILED.

Finally to Outlook Mail of Microsoft.

I had a mail briefly with Microsoft and since I stopped using Microsoft for over 25 years it was dismantled by Microsoft.

 

I registered a new one to say I am alive and well.

Then coming to Zoho Mail.

I had an account there but when they went commercial, I stopped using it.

 

Now this company has being bought up by a rich Indian guy who ERASED my email there.

I registered there again to say I am alive and well. 

I don't trust Indians by default and I won't use it for productive work.

It has integrated many utilities under one hood.

I trust only Gmail and AOL until my death.

I have a problem.

What happens to these Emails when I kick the bucket.

As Archibald Buchwald said, are they going to send me a note of condolences?

Linux Lite vs Bodhi Linux

Linux Lite version 8 is out.

It is no longer UBUNTU based.

That is a good decidion dinvr UBUNTU is going rogue.

Instaler is not Ubuntu but Calamara.

It has expanded im size and cannot claim the medal for lightest which Bodhi Linux holds.

Bodhi Linux

Image size is almost half 1.5 to 2.3 depending on the Image.

1  to 2GB RAM is adequate

Linux Light start from 2.3 and may go upto 3.0. It needs 4GB RAM.

I did not try to Install it. 

It uses XFCE which I hate and uses more resources than Mokha Dedktop. However, I Iinstalled Gnome using Synaptic Package Manager.

Linux Lite has proprietary software but may be still supporting Synaptic Package Manager.

Bodhi Linux ruined my GRUB but I believe Linux Lite with Calamara Installer would have a better GRUB. If you are like me having several distributions my recommendation is Linux Lite. I keep Bodhi since it gives me the old UBUNTU feel.

By the way, AntiX and Puppy Linux even though functional use Window Managers instead of a standard desktop.