Linux - Distributions

Linux Mint

• Mint
  • LMDE 4
    • Switching over to LMDE
  • Mint 20 (First impressions)

SparkyLinux

• SparkyLinux
  • Release 5.11 is based on Debian Buster
  • Doesn't seem to like ESXi very much. (Have to fiddle in BIOS to get VMs to boot from ISO)
    • Ah Ha! Turn off secure boot...
  • Has an annoying password setup that hates my password policies.
  • ifconfig only available with sudo... WTF?
  • no vi???
    • Install vim
      • sudo apt install vim
      • (Still need to figure out why vim on SparkyLinux acts weird over SSH when you try to paste from the clipboard...)
  • No MySQL available in the repository???
    • FFS!
    • The good folks at Debian have decided to eliminate MySQL...
    • How To Install MySQL on Debian 9 (Stretch)
  • RESEARCH: How do I open a folder as root in the default file browser?
    • Looks to be Thunar 1.8.4

Debian

Debian Linux

How to create a Debian live USB with persistence?

Tiny Core

Tiny Core Linux

• Core Concepts
• Frugal Install Tiny Core Linux

Actually runs fairly well in Wyse Terminals...

Haiku

• Haiku OS

Puppy

• Puppy
  • Tahrpup

MX Linux

• MX Linux

Linux From Scratch

• Linux From Scratch

Other Stuff

• BusyBox