Folks:
New to Siduction and new to the forum, but not new to the linux world . . . I've tried to read through some of the manuals and forum topics to get a feel for how an installation might go with Siduction . . . generally my impulse is to "run the install" and then clean up any messes after the storm . . . . But, some of the threads relating to Nvidia graphics seemed to suggest trying to get the "latest build" via IRC . . . ?? I've tried a number of the live iso versions via USB stick, the MATE (seems like it's no longer supported?) . . . the Cinnamon (same as in mint it seems glitchy/crashy) . . . and ending with the Plasmoid 5 version, which would probably be the supported choice for a little more eye candy than XFCE or LXQT . . . .
But, with some what of a wild card that brings in some caution . . . i.e., I'm running a multi-boot situation in 3 HD/SSD with 4 flavors of OSX, and 4 flavors of linux . . . 2 ubuntu, one LTS and one "developmental" . . . and two OpenSUSE "rolling" editions, one Gecko and one Tumbleweed . . . . So, I'm not new to running installations and setting up GRUB . . . .
What is "new" is that in the past Debian seemed to be a little more "picky" about how it gets handled and didn't seem to be able to "play with others" . . . similarly to OSX that will wipe GRUB data with each update, Debian didn't sem to have the best sense of humor about itself and how it behaves with other kids . . . so I'm wondering whether there is a track record with Siduction in multi-boot systems that would suggest it be better left on the usb flash drive for optional runs, rather than trying to mix it in with the other players . . . ??
Or, no problem, Siduction plays well with others? I usually set up a "/" partition . . . and then add the "/home" into a shared partition . . . and swap gets shared by others. I have previously only had about 3 systems on a computer, this is the first one where I have multiple drives and more systems, which does seem to have caused a problem for the OpenSUSE systems to find the "UUID" for swap . . . but otherwise, I can boot the computer, GRUB loads and I select from the four linux options . . . .
The other question revolved around a "dibl" thread from the beginning of the year asking about "UEFI" installs . . . usually in the ubuntu installer there is a place to select "bootloader" partition, but it seemed like from his question that for Siduction the installer doesn't have that option to check/mark in the GUI installer?? Haven't had time to check that yet . . . but, just asking for the advice and counsel on whether it's better to first try the "2018-5-3"
iso for installation, and then run update/upgrade . . . and see how that works? Or, this computer now has Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 graphics, and that might cause a problem, as it seemed to for another poster here on the forum?? and so it's better to try to find my way to the IRC and try to get the latest spin edition . . . before trying an install???
I'm somewhat used to the issues that show up with "rolling" distros that I have . . . mostly keeping them "box stock" . . . they do require more "attention" than LTS . . . . Since I have so many choices if one of them has "issues" I can just reboot . . . but, I would be new to the world of Sid . . . and don't know whether Sid is more of a "delinquent" child, or just "precocious"
The live usb version I have tested boots up quickly and loads the GUI fast . . . don't know if that "bodes well" for the fresh install out of the old iso, or, get the freshest latest before I waste time?? Both of the OpenSUSE rolling iso's were also from last year, and after massive updates, all was well . . . and every week or so there are more massive updates . . . so far they haven't "broken themselves into pieces" . . . does Sid "break himself into many pieces, just because it can"
or, does it more or less keep itself and the computer running it . . . in good stead?? Would not want to break the machine just to have the quickness of mr Sid . . . .
Thanks for the bandwidth,
e.e.p.