LinuxBBQ XFCE4 “Proof” (i686)

[machinebacon]

Let’s imagine a world in which XFCE4 uses less RAM than Openbox. Let’s distill XFCE4 as what it is meant to be: low in resource usage, forgiving in disk space, and only spiced up with a handful of decorations and themes. This remix is called “Proof”, and it proves that 1) XFCE4.10 is a great DE, 2) an installed X system with desktop can be distributed as 300MB ISO without “bloat”, 3) an installed desktop can be smaller than 1GB in disk space, 4) XFCE4 native compositing is flawless and looks stunning without weighing anything in RAM (I repeat: no difference!), 5) the BBQ will never die. We’ve taken the bait (the masturbait!), so hide your kids and your wives.

Kernel: liquorix 3.7x
DE: XFCE4.10
File manager: Thunar 1.6.1
Display manager: LightDM
Terminal: lxterminal
Music player: deadbeef-devel
Media player: mplayer2
Editor: mousepad 0.3.0
Web browser: roaster
Webapps: fog’s photostream (thanks for the awesome wallpapers GeekGirl!), google maps, wikipedia, youtube, BBQ Upgrade Warnings
CLI tools (see Virgin/Boner)
all locales provided, so internationalization shouldn't be an issue

Username: bqq Pass: bbq

Installable via bbqinstaller only (to avoid bloat from python and gtk)

Direct download: http://linuxbbq.org/releases/XFCE/linuxbbq-proof.iso
md5sum: 13a22e4be06abdbd2f0ef0a18584c449
Size: 286MB (299892736 bytes)

Screenshot at the blog: http://linuxbbq.org/wordpress/?p=173

[rhowaldt]

the BBQ will never die, it just keeps burning all day and night long, people roasting their meat on the open fires, getting crazy and dancing to strange music and drinking or not, making noises and chanting prayers for their Dogs, happy and open in the glow of the ember, united and divided, all and one.
the BBQ will never die.

[swftech]

#linuxbbq...where the proof is in the pudding :P

[pidsley]

Downloaded and running well from the live session. I will install it on the test machine later today. The live session is using 104M with thunar, roaster, and 2 x lxterminal running.

[machinebacon]

^ That's the way we like it! :)

[machinebacon]

Completely forgot to mention: SysVInit on this spin, not systemd. No masking, no cheating :D

[wuxmedia]

#linuxbbq not ##linuxbbq
it that where everyone is theses days?
ace spin as always baconator. d/ling now.

[machinebacon]

should be ##linuxbbq but whenever i go there it is empteh
Titanus Y U NO chatmod :D

[wuxmedia]

^ whenever i go in its p-diddy, maybe dura.
1st world problems, all my online chums are in different timezones 8(

[gurtid]

live session. this will be installed on laptop over the next few days. nice one.

[paolo]

Many thanks MBacon !!!
Can’t wait to try !!!

May I suggest E17 for the next dishes ? :-)

[apprentice]

even before install from the usb it hauled ass
now this thing screams installed on my lappy

is that because of the sysd - sysv thing

another great job bacon

[pidsley]

May I suggest E17 for the next dishes ? :-)

May I suggest "apt-get install e17"? :)

[mrneilypops]

Very nice release.
I am surprised by how light xfce can be!

[machinebacon]

@all you good guys: glad you enjoy it
@apprentice: shouldn't be big differences technically, maybe the kernel works better or worse on some systems. this one is the first release that is 'pure sid plus bbq' and i wanted make sure that it works.
@paolo: e17's newest version will be coming, but not on priority yet. as for now, apt-get install e17 will bring you e16.99999 :)

[dura]

Everytime I hear E17 I remember p120d16y's favourite 'rap' band:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyAGgEJb1_8

[wuxmedia]

arrgh you just sent me on a youtube tour of my yoof.
finishing with stakker humanoid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK2U5ziV_Z8

[beta]

Very nice, xfce idling at 110MB - leaving 16000 available :-)

Feedback:

the reboot command in th the live media is looking for systemctl - looks like some systemd leftover from other releases

after install, when creating users, adduser fails because of /etc/skel/***/deadbeef/socket - when deleted adding users works

No adobe source fonts :-( - is there a .deb somewhere?


Nice job.

[machinebacon]

Thanks!

1) It's not a leftover. The regular reboot doesn't need sudo (see sudoers), the systemctl call is linked in case somebody would replace sysvinit with systemd.
2) noted
3) http://sourceforge.net/projects/sourcesans.adobe/files/

[wayne]

Felt like I have to try... to ...grill

running live

first time trying Roaster!! LOL

But this is a old and low end self made computer.
it has been collecting dirt for too long.

now i am thinking of giving it some life:
a headless box, sitting at a corner, with one 1TB usb disk ,
and use it just to share files over home network with other computers

can it be done? of course with lots of help from forumers here ???:):)

help needed on how to do it..

thanks
bbq@grill:~$ inxi -F

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System:    Host: grill Kernel: 3.7.0-1.dmz.6-liquorix-686 i686 (32 bit) Desktop: Xfce 4.10.0 Distro: LinuxBBQ Proof
Machine:   Mobo: MICRO-STAR model: MS-7104 version: 20A Bios: Phoenix version: 6.00 PG date: 02/22/2006
CPU:       Single core Intel Celeron CPU (-UP-) cache: 128 KB flags: (sse sse2) clocked at 1999.913 MHz 
Graphics:  Card: VIA CN700/P4M800 Pro/P4M800 CE/VN800 Graphics [S3 UniChrome Pro] 
           X.org: 1.12.4 drivers: openchrome (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 62x25 
Audio:     Card: VIA VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller driver: snd_via82xx 
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.7.0-1.dmz.6-liquorix-686
Network:   Card: VIA VT6102 [Rhine-II] driver: via-rhine 
           IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:19:db:4a:08:3d
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 84.1GB (-) 1: id: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD400JB size: 40.0GB 
           2: id: /dev/sdb model: ST340015A size: 40.0GB 3: USB id: /dev/sdc model: Cruzer_Blade size: 4.0GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 599M used: 3.9M (1%) fs: rootfs 
Sensors:   None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info:      Processes: 87 Uptime: 30 min Memory: 155.7/1197.3MB Runlevel: 5 Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.8.26 
bbq@grill:~$