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Title: Just a quick Hello
Post by: BC on 2012/12/30, 15:43:52
Finally I found something I can live with based on Sid.

It Doesn't hurt that there is a biker on the wallpaper. Will remind me that I can put this laptop up in a couple of months and go ride one of mine that are in the shop.

Nice distro!!
Title: RE: Just a quick Hello
Post by: timc on 2012/12/30, 16:15:13
Welcome, BC.

Tim
Title: RE: Just a quick Hello
Post by: devil on 2012/12/30, 16:52:03
I used to ride BSA and Norton in the 70s, then got distracted by life. Gonna pick it up again soonish. So feel welcome, with or without a bike :)

greetz
devil
Title: RE: Just a quick Hello
Post by: BC on 2012/12/30, 19:44:59
I've been riding for 35 years. I've got 2 Harley RoadKings.

I've been disgruntled lately with the direction of the major distros. Been looking for something easy enough for my wife to use and save me a headache. I finally set her up on Mint 14 running cinnamon. I figured it was newbie freindly enough for her that she shouldn't have any issues.

I've reloaded my system over 5 times a week or more for the last few months looking for something I wanted. I was about to download the netinstall for testing and upgrade it to Sid. I've been looking at Siduction for awhile and downloaded paintitblack last night. I liked what I saw but not a big fan of Gnome 3. So I downloaded ridersonthestorm xfce this morning while I was drinking coffee and installed it. Did a little apt-getting to upgrade, dist-upgrade to get it current and new kernel. Installed the stuff I wanted and removed the stuff I didn't want and now I can relax, and stop this constant distro jumping.

Back to what I like, debian on the edge. Crisp and clean.

Now I think I will have a beer and a shot of JD and play for awhile. :lol:

BC
Title: RE: Just a quick Hello
Post by: vilde on 2012/12/30, 19:59:54
Welcome BC, this made me enable my little two-wheel avatar, I am also enjoying the bike on the wallpaper and are waiting for the snow, ice and salt to go away from the roads  :)
Title: Re: RE: Just a quick Hello
Post by: DeepDayze on 2012/12/31, 00:13:57
Quote from: "vilde"
Welcome BC, this made me enable my little two-wheel avatar, I am also enjoying the bike on the wallpaper and are waiting for the snow, ice and salt to go away from the roads  :)


Well vilde bet you Swedes are also fond of big motorbikes
Title: Just a quick Hello
Post by: dibl on 2012/12/31, 15:38:00
Welcome, BC.

Your home state is lovely -- I toured through the northern parts of it on my '77 Kaw KZ-1000, back in the day.  Slept surreptitiously in a state park somewhere around Berryville or Eureka Springs before we headed on around Table Rock Lake in Missouri.

Lots of very skilled Linux users are here -- ask away if you have any issues with your siduction system(s).
Title: Just a quick Hello
Post by: BC on 2013/01/01, 16:25:23
Quote from: "dibl"
Welcome, BC.

Your home state is lovely -- I toured through the northern parts of it on my '77 Kaw KZ-1000, back in the day.  Slept surreptitiously in a state park somewhere around Berryville or Eureka Springs before we headed on around Table Rock Lake in Missouri.

Lots of very skilled Linux users are here -- ask away if you have any issues with your siduction system(s).


I ride to Eureka a couple of times a year. We have lots of nice winding roads with rolling hills. It makes for good therapy to clear the mind. Theres alot of nice places to camp and things to see. The MC I ride with can set the dirrection for the day, or I can just follow the front tire and see where it takes me.

Having no issues so far. One of the things I love about Debian. a little reading and a trip to a search engine solves alot of problems.
Title: Just a quick Hello
Post by: sqlpython on 2013/01/05, 19:31:08
Welcome!
 A bit late and Hello back at you.
 
Great Devs/Users here.
 I'm sure you will be using Siduction for a long time.

 BTW, Im a 35 yr Two Wheeler also. My ride is a Colnago.. ;^)
Title: Just a quick Hello
Post by: HunkirDowne on 2013/02/21, 00:16:55
Quote from: "sqlpython"
Welcome!
 A bit late and Hello back at you.
 
Great Devs/Users here.
 I'm sure you will be using Siduction for a long time.

Agree on both counts.

Quote from: "sqlpython"
BTW, Im a 35 yr Two Wheeler also. My ride is a Colnago.. ;^)

Had to google that one.  Can't seem to find the engine on it though.  :-D

It's been a few years of life since then for me, but was fond of the little Suzuki 450 cafe-style bike.  Had enough juice to survive the US interstates for short rides and great around town.  But really excelled on the winding mountain roads out in Northern California.

I first saw the bike back in the late '70's at the Austin (Texas) Aquafestival.  Some 'oldish' guy (I was a teenager back then) would routinely smoke the competition in his class on one.

I could take corners pretty fast on wet pavement and drag the pegs with confidence (counter steering) as long as there was no pine straw or, heaven help me, that Texas kaleechi.

(For the uninitiated, kaleechi is lime rock dust that, when dry is about as slick as owl guano on a brass door knob.  When wet, it really gets slippery.  The only thing in the universe that I know of that could possibly have a negative friction coefficient.)
Title: Just a quick Hello
Post by: Ironwalker on 2013/03/15, 05:15:43
Welcome, another harley rider....born into the life here as well! :)
Title: Just a quick Hello
Post by: Lanzi on 2013/03/15, 17:28:27
welcome from me too :-)
Title: Just a quick Hello
Post by: HunkirDowne on 2013/03/17, 15:23:17
You Harley riders!  ;-)

The one that I *did* have my eye on was a (custom, of course) stripped down 80 inch Evolution that was stroked to 96 ci.  The guy had a fat slick on the rear for drag racing but for "normal" street he kept a (still fat) regular road tire, although I cannot remember the brand.  It wasn't for sale and I doubt I could have afforded his price if he were to even think about it, which I doubt he would.

While I don't want one for myself, I do respect most of what Harley's done in the past few decades and certainly like the custom jobs I've seen.  If I thought the forum was conducive to it, I'd ask you to post pics, but maybe you have elsewhere and could provide the links.
Title: Just a quick Hello
Post by: devil on 2013/03/17, 21:11:25
This is my girlfriends Harley, I am just visiting. We are doing a lot of riding in around Charleston SC right now.
Title: Just a quick Hello
Post by: piper on 2013/03/17, 21:25:29
Quote from: "devil"
This is my girlfriends Harley, I am just visiting. We are doing a lot of riding in around Charleston SC right now.


You are 14 hours, 2 minutes and 863 miles / 1 389 km away, and you didn't say anything ;) lol

Nice bike :)
Title: Just a quick Hello
Post by: dibl on 2013/03/17, 22:31:26
Quote from: "devil"
This is my girlfriends Harley, I am just visiting. We are doing a lot of riding in around Charleston SC right now.


Wow -- nice ride!

Yep, you're just over the hills from me -- I'm glad you made it across the water, devil.
Title: Just a quick Hello
Post by: aaditya on 2013/09/06, 16:50:38
Hi! I am new here, and thinking of joining. I wanted to ask 2 things- I saw the name of the IRC somewhere, but not able to find it now. Could anyone post it here?
Also I would like to know the difference between siduction and sid, that is, do you guys have seperate repositories from sid where you pull in packages from sid, check for breakages/ apply patches, etc and them upload then to your repos?
In simple words, is it a simpler/user friendly version of Debian Unstable?
Sorry if I have posted it in the wrong place but I couldnt find a "New Users Introduce Yourself Here" thread.
Thanks!
-Aaditya :D
Title: Just a quick Hello
Post by: dibl on 2013/09/06, 19:30:04
Greetings, and Welcome!

IRC is at irc.oftc.net #siduction

siduction is Debian Sid.  We use the official sid repos for all Debian packages.  The siduction repo provides the distro-unique packages, artwork, and in some cases specially-adapted (ie. fixed) packages -- driver packages, etc.

Of course other repos can be used if needed (debian-multimedia.org, debian experimental, kdenext, etc.), but the new user is advised to start with the default repos, and learn about the others as needed, and with suitable guidance.

I would say it is a "user-friendlier" Debian Unstable, but there is a reason why the first forum on the list is "Upgrade Warnings" -- the user does need to check that before upgrading, because of the occasional packaging issues in sid.

Feel free to ask questions here or on IRC -- and look through the prior forum posts to see the types of issues that users can run into.

Also, take a quick look through the excellent manual -- link on left.  Especially review the section on upgrading and package management -- this is where you will need to learn a couple of new rules if you haven't been a sid user before.
Title: Just a quick Hello
Post by: aaditya on 2013/09/06, 20:30:26
Quote from: "dibl"
Greetings, and Welcome!

IRC is at irc.oftc.net #siduction

siduction is Debian Sid.  We use the official sid repos for all Debian packages.  The siduction repo provides the distro-unique packages, artwork, and in some cases specially-adapted (ie. fixed) packages -- driver packages, etc.

Of course other repos can be used if needed (debian-multimedia.org, debian experimental, kdenext, etc.), but the new user is advised to start with the default repos, and learn about the others as needed, and with suitable guidance.

I would say it is a "user-friendlier" Debian Unstable, but there is a reason why the first forum on the list is "Upgrade Warnings" -- the user does need to check that before upgrading, because of the occasional packaging issues in sid.

Feel free to ask questions here or on IRC -- and look through the prior forum posts to see the types of issues that users can run into.

Also, take a quick look through the excellent manual -- link on left.  Especially review the section on upgrading and package management -- this is where you will need to learn a couple of new rules if you haven't been a sid user before.

Thank You for your help! :D
Will look into the manual and spend some time on the irc. :)
Title: Re: Just a quick Hello
Post by: pam on 2013/11/13, 11:05:41
Hello Ladies and Gentlemen.
I am pam. Admin at Ultimate Edition forum and mod at UE oz forum.
I have been using siduction for a year and linux for 11 years. Its the best linux OS along with Arch. Very very stable and reliable. Installed proprietary nvidia drivers without a glitch.
I never thought linux could be this strong. You guys proved me wrong. I know debian is very stable but is primarily targeted towards multi processor systems. I mean you cant really get all the bling and bleeding edge goodies for new hardware and upgrades too.
Congrats on this wonderful OS. Using with xfce, kde 4.11 and gnome shell ::) , xmonad and awesome. I cant wait to see what AMD comes up with for GCC and drivers for A10-7850k and see how it runs on it.

Oktoberfest sind fertig aber prost!!
Ich spreche ein bischen deutsche aber nicht so gut.
Aufwiedersehen.

From India.
Tschuss.
Title: Re: Just a quick Hello
Post by: devil on 2013/11/13, 23:03:47
Hi Pam,


thanks for your appraisal, we basicaly just ship what we want to use for ourselves. I guess that is always a good vantage point and that makes free software usualy better than proprietary stuff.  Have fun with siduction, and welcome.




greetz
devil