Another rant

[Liam Proven]

On 16 November 2017 at 15:46, Xen <list at xenhideout.nl> wrote:
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> After a power outage I think the lvm cache was in a bad state, did not
> repair itself, and caused trouble.
>
> But I'm not sure.
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> I couldn't troubleshoot it because I couldn't sudo.
>
> But because I don't have time for that I'm back in Windows.
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> I went into the rescue environment of kernel 4.8.
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> You get this nice blue menu that look really good.
>
> But rather after systemd messages start washing across the screen.
>
> They are gone for a while and you can enter a shell and think about what to
> do.
>
>
>
> Then the systemd messages return and the entire system hangs with a tty
> overflow message somewhere on the screen.
>
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> That is supposed to be the "rescue" environment,
>
> from which most of the time you need to be rescued *from*.
>
> *shakes head once more*.

That sounds nasty. My sympathies.

FWIW, a few observations:

I am old and grumpy. Computers are tools for me now, more than toys.
This means I want the minimum of playing around. (I have other,
dedicated computers for that.)

So I want the least hassle. This used to be mean Ubuntu. But Ubuntu
has dropped the one FOSS desktop that I really liked, Unity, and
replaced it with the one I dislike the most -- GNOME 3.

So I am exploring alternatives. So far, Xfce sucks the least. But if I
use Xfce, then there's no reason to stay on Ubuntu.

So I've been experimenting. It runs well on OpenSUSE and while it's
still not a small distro, with Xfce, it's relatively slim on modern
hardware. E.g. it ran well on a Core 2 Duo with 4GB of RAM, a low-end
machine these days.

I've now wiped it. That machine currently triple-boots IBM PC DOS 7,
Haiku and Devuan. I am working on adding OS/2, AROS and Oberon A2.

You might enjoy Devuan. It's Debian without systemd. I find it works
well. With LXDE it is small, light and fast.


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