On 07/11/15 15:23, Go Linux wrote: > > -------------------------------------------- > On Fri, 11/6/15, Sam <d...@peppe.neomailbox.net> wrote: > > Subject: Re: [DNG] Quick start guide to uprading to Devuan and configuring > minimalism > To: dng@lists.dyne.org > Date: Friday, November 6, 2015, 11:17 PM > > [snip] > >> But reinstating those was in principle easy owing to the brilliant SGFXI >> script, > > [snip] > > Congrats! > > Yes, SGFXI is amazing! I used it frequently before I moved to on-board > graphics on this newer board. > > golinux > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng >
Thank you! > Yes, SGFXI is amazing! I used it frequently before I moved to > on-board graphics on this newer board. Indeed. I've used it a handful of times over the years (since about 2006, when it was provided simply as smxi) for both NVidia and ATI/AMD graphics subsystems, and compared to the alternative manual approach which involved all kinds of jiggery-pokery as well as the sacrifice of small animals and other votive offerings to the gods for the miracle of transubstantiation, SGFXI is a peach. But we digress, by just a little perhaps. I'd like to reiterate how clear and concise dev1fanboy's instructions are, and that so far it appears it is indeed possible to convert from Debian Stretch/Sid to Devuan. What has been conspicuous by its absence I suppose is the detail about my original system. For instance, I've made no mention of the fact that the original (and present) system does not make use of any of the GNOME, KDE, XFCE, nor LXDE classes of desktop environment. I've always only used either OpenBox or FluxBox with XDM as the display manager, or no desktop environment and display manager at all. Besides these, I've never been able to endure anything else for very long at all before reverting back to the venerable terminal. If more information, or if the detailed step-by-step log of my approach is needed (it would be somewhat redundant however as I followed dev1fanboys's recipe fairly closely and simply peppered the directives with my own diagnostic probings here or there), I mention this as a caveat for anyone else considering a reckless approach such as mine. So, as it was from the outset, YMMV. Sam _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng