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[ray@ray-20377 ~]$ free total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 7023376 1441536 4676552 52104 1204536 5581840 Swap: 0 0 0 [ray@ray-20377 ~]$
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I think the reason Falkon won't render text is that the latest update requires Vulkan support which the netbook's GPU doesn't have. The reason Palemoon crashes is that it needs AVX support which the netbook's CPU doesn't have. Most mainstream laptops have had both of these features since Sandy Bridge or Bulldozer hardware. The netbook is an outlier. I'm posting this from a 2014 AMD machine that I just updated EndeavourOS on. Running the latest Google Chrome here without issue but I got 8 GB of RAM. My major interest is in running Linux on obsolete hardware but sometimes you just have to know when to fold up.
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Agree that the netbook was a bad machine even when Arch was originally installed. The CPU was slow and the memory inadequate even then. I couldn't upgrade anything but the storage - which I did with a cheap SSD. It was the only machine I had available to install Arch on at that time. It was a 64 bit CPU at least. I've kept it going out of interest to see how good Arch is as a rolling release. Now the GPU is hopelessly out of date and the CPU doesn't have AVX extensions so a lot of modern software won't work. I can still browse with GNOME Web (Epiphany) and Midori so I'll keep it going until no browser works with it. I do have another 11 year old junker which is chugging along quite well with EndeavourOS (an Arch derivative pretty close to the real thing.)
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8 years is a good run. If you factor in the age of the hardware at the time of Arch INSTALLATION, I'll bet that number is downright impressive?! As a user of fixed-release distros (first the 'Buntu families, now Debian), I insist on at least a 5-year support window. I think 10 years is probably a "sweet spot" because after 10 years, I'm almost certainly looking to upgrade the hardware, especially the CPU. I recently installed Lubuntu on my Studio Desktop (music software) and was reminded that I have an Ubuntu Pro membership, which provides extended support and security updates for 10 years. I think I might have to reconsider my distro choice again? I also think I remember reading that CentOS provided a 10-year support window before Red Hat/IBM acquired them? Or maybe it was RHEL? Not sure about Alma or Rocky? But I digress. 8 years on outdated hardware is pretty impressive, IMO. Good on you Ray!
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My oldest Linux setup is Arch Linux on a Toshiba NB305 netbook from 2010 - Intel Atom, 2 GB of RAM. While the basic system still runs well, I have had increasingly annoying problems with the aging hardware technology. First, the display managers for LXQt stopped launching the desktop. now, after recent updates the Falkon and Palemoon browsers crash and won't display text. I planned to keep Arch running as long as I can but I think I'm nearing the end of this machine as a useful instrument. For now I can still use Midori and GNOME Web browsers (and Firefox if I don't mind losing my sanity.) But after 8 years it's probably time to install Arch somewhere else.
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Wishing our SNF friends a Happy Canada Day! Enjoy the celebration of the anniversary of Canadian Confederation which occurred on July 1, 1867!
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Pale Moon has been updated to version 33.8.0. This is a major development, bugfix and security release. The update includes DiD fixes. This means that a fix is "Defense-in-Depth": It is a fix that does not apply to a (potentially) actively exploitable vulnerability in Pale Moon, but prevents future vulnerabilities caused by the same code, e.g. when surrounding code changes, exposing the problem, or when new attack vectors are discovered. See the Release Notes for numerous changes/fixes included in the update as well as Implementation Notes. Pale Moon includes both 32- and 64-bit versions for Windows: Pale Moon for Windows downloads. Update: To get the update now, select "Help" from the Pale Moon menu at the upper left of the browser window. Select About Pale Moon > Check for Updates. Release Notes Release Cycle
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Yer right with AUR packages it is always wise to do some research. That bash script is the one I posted about before and is super neat and safe and simple. Easy to check the script out and very much KISS.
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The first three links are good though.
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I definitely would advise against adding pacman hooks from AUR packages, especially ones that are not popular (very low votes). The highest one only has 9 votes and most have 1 vote. It doesnt happen much but there have been some malicious packages in the AUR before. Remember these are user packages and are not from archlinux.
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ARCH NEWS - It is very useful to read the latest Arch News before you do an update. This is only useful for folk that like to have a trouble free Arch install with minimum effort. News on Arch Home page Arch News via email https://archlinux.org/feeds/news/ https://github.com/bradford-smith94/informant https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/informant https://github.com/xuanruiqi/newscheck https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/newscheck https://github.com/Antiz96/arch-update?tab=readme-ov-file https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/arch-update https://github.com/mjiricka/archnews?tab=readme-ov-file https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/archnews2 https://github.com/bulletmark/arch-upgrade https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/arch-upgrade https://github.com/dottorblaster/pacnews https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pacnews My favorite is a bash script I found here at reddit. My post at Scots includes the reddit link too. https://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.php?/topic/95506-arch-useful-user-tips/page/3/#findComment-489497 Thought I would post to help out all those Arch users that seem to have trouble with updating their Arch install. ;-)
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No problem. I gave wmpdart a post over at reddit. Part of my plan to convert all the world to WM use.
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I'm +1 with Cantata as a front-end for MPD. Didn't have to do much to set it up....just install I think? I'm also similar in that I often play music with a 2nd player....Audacious. If I'm listening to background music while I work, or a random shuffle playlist, or an album, or any other type of extended listening....it's Cantata. If I'm just listening to a single track (or a few), it's Audacious.
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Nice, I was using ncmpcpp
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I use mpd with Cantata frontend. It has a systemd service to start mpd: Hmmm, now I don't have code tag available in reply box. And while Cantata works, I usually play music with DeadBeef or MPV.
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BTW sorry I didn't answer earlier.. been a bit busy with work this week.
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