PuppyLinux or PCBSD: September 2019

Jason Evangelho, Made me do it again! DIY, Do it Yourself working Linux software.

Jason's incessant writing of Linux using and Linux Gaming articles at https://www.Forbes.com.
His @KillYourFm twitter feed,
His Telegram group LinuxForEveryone (LFE or L4E) https://t.me/linuxforeveryone .
His Linux Distro Challenges. OpenSuse, Manjaro, Pop!_OS, ElementaryOS
His Websites http://DitchWindows.com http://linuxforeveryone.fireside.com
His Linux For Everyone Podcast Episodes.

My blogpost articles at http://puppylinux-or-pcbsd.blogspot.com
My Twitter Feed http://www.twitter.com/finster_fred @finster_fred
My support of GhostBSD.org:

https://forums.ghostbsd.org Forums My Forum Posts RTL8188CE PCI Wifi Device
https:/t.me/GhostBSD GhostBSD Telegram Group
IRC Chat for GhostBSD irc.freenode.com

Running Manjaro Linux on a San Disk 240Gbyte SSD 2.5" Sata http://Manjaro.org in my daily driver laptop, T430 ThinkPad Lenovo.
Running Fedora 29 on a 120GByte PNY SSD 2.5" Sata that was in this T430
Running Linux Mint 19.1 on a SSD Sata drive
Test installed ElementaryOS along side Windows 10 and Q4OS Scorpion version 3.7 https://q4os.org along side ZorinOS.org Core (have not integrated/update grub.conf to allow booting into ZorinOS just yet.)

What did Jason make me DIY?

He wrote a Forbes.com article about Gnome Boxes simplicity to run a Linux Virtual Box to support running other Linux OS under Ubuntu 19.xx from just a downloaded .ISO file. So I thought, I wanted to test Debian 10 Buster .ISO running on this Manjaro Linux Laptop. So I could then test the ConvergenceOS scripts https://github.com/wb7odyfred/ConvergenceOS for updating Kernel Software, Graphics Card drivers, and SteamOS itself for 4 Operating systems, Ubuntu 18.04, Linux Mint 19.1, Debian 9.1 to 9.9 (soon to test with 10 and 10.1), Q4OS Scorpion (debian 9.6). You are welcome to test this script on your Debian based Linux Distribution. Just clone the github directory or download a zip file. There are a couple other files the script uses to setup 2 icons on your desktop so you can switch from Big Picture Interface to desktop Linux.

From a terminal command line, execute this "./build_convergence_zenity.sh" script file. You can run this shell script file, many times. It has kept my kernel software, graphics card drivers software, and the SteamOS software updated with newer versions. It checks for updates, then downloads and installs the updates.

Install Gnome-Boxes on your Linux Distribution:

First Step use Manjaro Arch Software Update manager Octopi to see if there is a gnome-boxes software to click install.   Yes, there is.
Hold it there, son! Don't touch that button box just yet. Before clicking that box to install Gnome-Boxes. Either update kernel software from Octopi (with Ctrl-U key, updates) or open a terminal window and simply type "pacman -Syu" remember to capitalize the 'S'.    If you prefer pacman, type "pacman -Sy gnome-boxes" and you can install this gnome-boxes virtual machine manager from the command line. Or you can skip back over to your Software Manager Add / Remove Octopi window and left click on the "gnome-boxes" entry select "info" to read. Left click a second time and move cursor down to the +Install menu item.   Select any additional items that come up to install with gnome-boxes.   Finally (with Ctrl-Y key, answers YES to install choices).   There you go, new software is speeding down the internet super highway to that PC sitting right in front of you. Woo! Hoo! This Manjaro Linux is Fast, Hot, and Upto date right NOW!!!

Yes, the software installed. Hit the Super Key (looks like a Window Icon, between the Ctrl-key and the Alt-key) [Jason are those overlay Fedora Symbol Key stickers ready from Dell?] type "Gnome" or "Boxes" and it should come up on your menu selection as a choice. Hit "Enter" key. Now run Gnome Boxes, and the world is your oyster shell.   Your dreams of Test driving various Linux Distributions .ISO file that you downloaded to your PC, come alive in a virtual machine box.

Debian 10 Buster downloads:

https://www.linuxtechi.com/debian-10-buster-installation-guide/
HEADER, What to do with these files.

try the experimental automatic mirror selector that will automatically redirect you to a nearby mirror that is known to have the current version.

I live in Oregon, so Corvallis OSUOSL is close to me.
Download AMD64 Bit Torrent Hybrid files from Oregon State University Open Source Lab

Bit Torrent Clients:

Download qBitTorrent for Windows from qbittorrent.org
For Linux look at Transmission Bit Torrent client https://transmissionbt.com
https://linuxhint.com/transmission-bittorrent-client-linux/

Well one understood bit of knowledge leads to another question?

Would PuppyLinux.com newest version BionicPup 8.0 Run?

Well download the BionicPup64_8.0.ISO File from here to ~/Downloads directory.
Start up Gnome-Boxes VirtualBox.
Select the .ISO file you just downloaded.
Set the RAM Memory to 1 Gigabyte and the Disk size to 12.1 GigaBytes.
Hit Continue. How much simpler would you want this to be?

PuppyLinux BionicPup64 8.0 just works.   Wow I have used PuppyLinux for 11+ years, and really enjoy its speed and compactness. Works great on older computers. Allows you to recover broken Windows computer that won't boot. You can copy of the files from the Windows NTFS or FAT32 formatted disk to an external USB hard disk drive or (external SSD)

NOTE: Use the Left -Ctrl key + Alt key to grab or ungrab the mouse cursor.
I clicked the "connect" icon and the internet was connected up for me to use.
My problem was how to move the files from inside puppylinux, that I was looking for Frisbee internet connection shell scripts.   I used pack-it tool to create a frisbee.tar.gz archive file from /usr/local/frisbee directory.

I tried to setup gmail for me to email this small 22k byte tar.gz file to myself. But did not get Claws configured correctly. Ended up posting onto the Puppy Murga Linux forum posts. https://www.murga-linux.com/puppy
Wb7odyFreds Murga Linux Puppy Forum about Frisbee.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=116610&sid=81a5f96bb071f49467be98d77cdb18f0
Why Frisbee, I want to see this useful internet connection tool move over to be used on GhostBSD. It could definitely be used on other Linux Distributions.

So, in the end, I call this a successful day. Using Manjaro Linux, Gnome-Boxes, BionicPup64 8.0, Telegram Desktop, Ninja Build compiling Clang and LLVM all on the same laptop, all running at the same time, while learning how to:
Do It Yourself (DIY), instead of waiting for someone else to do the task for you.

Thanks Jason Evangelho.   I will drink a Rolling Rock beer in honor of your publicizing Linux from a place I never would have considered:   Forbes.com Magazine.   Already drank a fair amount of McDonalds coffee today, while using their public internet connection.

ps. I remember the 1983-84 years with PCDOS 1.0 where multitasking, was starting a Epson MX-80 dot matrix printing your files for several minutes and walking over to the coffee pot to freshen your cup of coffee and take a break and stretch and work on a task at your desk and not touch the computer till the print job was finished. So what an amazing journey from the first computers, having to wait for a print job. PCDOS 2.0 probably started interrupt driven printing in the background, while you could use the PC on another task.   Today in nearly the year 2020s, 36 years later you can use the computer to run a virtual machine running another OS. But you still have to make your own coffee.

QEMU is a helpful tool. Will have to learn more about it.

My new toy and interest:
running Armbian Debian 10 Buster desktop on a
ASUS Tinker Board Quad Core A17 32 bit ARM cpu running at 1.8Ghz. Wow.
The HDMI TV or Monitor screen really makes these board look sexy at the color definition and 1080 pixels you see on screen. Wonder if 4K at 30 frame per second would be TOO MUCH fine detail for these old eyes?? Even supports Bluetooth Audio Speaker and most likely HDMI audio for playing those YouTube videos on the TV screen. You can learn so much watching Car repair and small engine repair videos. Obtain more knowledge to be useful in this world.

My first Project, Get Electron App Joplin Notes to run on Armbian Debian Linux https://joplinapp.org/. Looking forward to running PuppyLinux Fatdog64 on this ASUS Tinker board.
You can run RasPup Raspbian based PuppyLinux on Raspi Zero Raspi 2, 3,4
Read this puppy Linux Forum Post. September 2019 based. Wow again.
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=116841

https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Asus_Tinker_Board
https://www.electromaker.io/tutorial/blog/asus-tinker-board-retropie-installation-and-getting-started
https://www.armbian.com/tinkerboard/

What will you do with computers in 40 years from 2019, in the year 2059?

PuppyLinux or PCBSD

Monday, September 9, 2019

GhostBSD rising, URL links for the Good stuff

Manjaro, Gnome Boxes, BionicPup 8.0, Do It Yourself