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 No.1636

Which distro would you recommend for libre gaming?

 No.1637

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Ubuntu MATE


 No.1638

>>1637

I was thinking something Ubuntu based because of the wide support and the playdeb repo, http://www.playdeb.net/welcome/

I thought Ubuntu base is blobbed and non free though? What about Trisquel? Can I install non-free drivers and micro code if I need them from the Ubuntu repos?


 No.1639

Fuck it, I might just make an lv distro.


 No.1656

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>>1639

OK guys, I have a little how to, in case I can't get this installation iso done. Working on it though. The idea is to have trisquel running mate (rather than gnome 3, fucking horrifying) and have access to non-free drivers if needed, as well as the playdeb games library.

First download the Trisquel netinst image and run the installation. Those looking to use a usb should use unetbootin.

http://mirror.fsf.org/trisquel-images/trisquel-netinst_7.0_amd64.iso

https://unetbootin.github.io/

Begin the install and setup as you like, don't be confused by any of the options, just going with all the defaults should be fine. When you reach the additional software package selection, select none and continue to finish the installation.

Once you are booted, install nano:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install nano apt-transport-https

Edit sources.list to add the following:

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list


# See http://trisquel.info/wiki/ for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/ belenos main
deb-src http://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/ belenos main

deb http://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/ belenos-updates main
deb-src http://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/ belenos-updates main

deb http://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/ belenos-security main
deb-src http://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/ belenos-security main

# Mate
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mate-dev/ppa/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mate-dev/ppa/ubuntu trusty main

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mate-dev/trusty-mate/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mate-dev/trusty-mate/ubuntu trusty main

# Ubuntu
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted

# Playdeb
deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu trusty-getdeb games

# Deadbeef
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/starws-box/deadbeef-player/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/starws-box/deadbeef-player/ubuntu trusty main

#Tox
deb https://pkg.tox.chat/debian nightly release

Edit apt preferences to add the following:

sudo nano /etc/apt/preferences


Package: *
Pin: release a=trusty
Pin-Priority: 500

Package: *
Pin: release c=restricted
Pin-Priority: 100

Add the keys to the repos:

sudo apt-get install wget

wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -

wget -q -O- https://pkg.tox.chat/debian/pkg.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

sudo apt-key adv –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys 162506E7

sudo apt-key adv –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys 437D05B5

sudo apt-key adv –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys C0B21F32

sudo apt-key adv –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys 2DD154A1

Then update:

sudo apt-get update

Now install the software:

sudo apt-get install xorg slim mate-desktop-environment-extras synaptic network-manager-gnome gdebi icecat driconf transmission hexchat mumble gnome-mplayer utox deadbeef mesa-utils fonts-roboto shiki-brave-theme redshift-gtk

Adjust to your liking, you only really need the first three. You can change "extras" to "core" to start really minimal. Next, install the additional drivers software:

sudo apt-get install -t trusty ubuntu-drivers-common software-properties-gtk

Edit Slim config to boot mate:

sudo nano /etc/slim.conf


login_cmd exec /bin/bash -login /etc/X11/Xsession mate-session

Change the rest to suit your self. Don't use the auto_login, it fucks up gnome keyring.

Hash out network interfaces for nm-applet:

sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

Put a hash at the beginning of every line for every interface other than the loop back.

This is mostly untested, so it's unclear if additional packages are needed, feel free to test and comment.

All feedback welcomed and appreciated.

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 No.1658

>>1656

The only problem thus far is that the icons don't show in the mate notification area.

As far as standard applications, I was thinking Transmission, Hexchat, Mumble, Deadbeef, Tox and Gnome-Mplayer. Was also thinking of Helvetica & Roboto fonts and a simple dark theme, maybe flat cancer icons.

Maybe include one small sized game, but which one?

As far as building the iso, I have had several failed test runs, so still working on it.


 No.1672

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>OP's pic


 No.1744

>>1658

ok, I am nearly done with this. I am using a preseed to insert a script that sets it all up on first boot.

I scrapped the playdeb repo idea because I think I had a better one. We use our own distributed repo using ipfs. We provide our own debs and share them amongst each other, essentially all those running the distro will share files and the debs can be installed via the usual package manager and updated the same way. Version selection is also possible with ipfs.

Good idea?


 No.1745

Parabola if you have Intel

Manjaro if NVIDIA/AMD


 No.1746

>Which distro would you recommend for libre gaming?

Devuan

Devuan.org


 No.1747

>>1746

Devaun is not completely libre I thought. It has a Debian base, meaning the main repo is libre but the kernel is not Linux-libre. Or am I wrong?


 No.1748

>Devaun is not completely libre I thought. It has a Debian base, meaning the main repo is libre but the kernel is not Linux-libre. Or am I wrong?

Neither is debian kernel, nor is the linux kernel, they all have accepted "we need this proprietary blob code IN TREE that can do anything". Which is why when you go to china the entire contents of your ram and often any fast storage you have in any powered on device can be sucked out remotely.

There is no security for us pleabs.

I think Devuan just uses what debian does, thus the kernel+kernel-blobs pkgs.


 No.1749

>>1748

I don't think debian kernel has blobs, it's a clean base system. All proprietary drivers are offered as separate modules in the non-free repo. As to what Devuan does, I don't know.


 No.1774

>>1747

It includes the non-free and contrib sections from Debian, so not as libre yet.




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