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Seeking-Christ

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After installing AV Linux to real hardware, and playing around with it. I got curious. Since AV Linux is based off of MX linux I decided to download the latest MX Linux. I want to do some xfce comparison. Also MX Linux has a fluxbox version. You might be interested in that.

It's on this download page:
https://mxlinux.org/download-links/
 
Lynx

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Seeking-Christ said:
For a linux distro, it's a large download, because it's loaded with a bunch of software. Even with as large as it is, it isn't as large as Windows 11. Or should we call it 'bloatware 11"? It comes in at 5.2 GiB and doesn't have half the usable software with it. lol
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It's big, but not as big as some. First Suse I tried, back in the day, I had to use five disks. Then I decided I didn't like it.

But that's not as big as the Extreme Super Gamer distro... I had to go out and buy a double layer DVD for that one. (Before USB boot was common.) It had a LOT of games, including demo versions of payware games like Prey and Doom 3. (Prey being the 2006 Prey, not the later one.)
 
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Lynx said:
It's big, but not as big as some. First Suse I tried, back in the day, I had to use five disks. Then I decided I didn't like it.

But that's not as big as the Extreme Super Gamer distro... I had to go out and buy a double layer DVD for that one. (Before USB boot was common.) It had a LOT of games, including demo versions of payware games like Prey and Doom 3. (Prey being the 2006 Prey, not the later one.)
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One time I was a computer shop, where they build and fix computers for people. I was showing one the clerks lxle linux, he asked me in a whisper, because the place only sold windows on computers, "why is windows so bloated?" lol
 
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Because it tries to be the Walmart of computer systems. Walmart's slogan is "Forget it, let's just do everything." Windows tries to be a one-size-fits-all.
 
Lynx

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Y'know... AV Linux DOES handle vst. If it will run Synth1 I might be in business. You can do anything with Synth1. Percussion, strings, wind instruments, birds, xylophone, even a killer GTR, Synth1 can do it all.

I might have to go download and sort through the kvr Synth1 preset packs again...
 
Lynx

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Well that was a waste. Forget AV Linux.

Reaper wouldn't use the audio card. Not Jack, not ALSA, nothing but (HIGH latency) Pulse Audio. :rolleyes:

Firefox wouldn't use the internet. The computer WAS connected.

So much for out-of-the-box functionality.
 
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AV Linux is based on MX Linux, so I assume that it probably follows some of the ways of MX Linux.

In the past, I've been helped by Dolphin Oracle of MX Linux. Here is an interesting interview with him.

 
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I guess I'm going to bump this thread.

I downloaded some more linux distros to take a look at. But I've been very busy with other things.
 
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You guys sound like you know what you’re talking about. My computer has kinda turned off and had several blue screens with the following message on screen. I rebooted it a few times, but it keeps happening. Any thoughts?

Boot Device Not Found

Please install an operating system on your hard disc.

Hard Disc - (3F0)

F2 System Diagnostics

For more information, please visit: www.hp.com/go/tech center/startup
 
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PennEd said:
You guys sound like you know what you’re talking about. My computer has kinda turned off and had several blue screens with the following message on screen. I rebooted it a few times, but it keeps happening. Any thoughts?

Boot Device Not Found

Please install an operating system on your hard disc.

Hard Disc - (3F0)

F2 System Diagnostics

For more information, please visit: www.hp.com/go/tech center/startup
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That sounds like your hard drive has died and hopefully you had a backup. But this type of error is difficult to be diagnosed remotely so you’re better off sending it to someone who knows computers. Someone in your family or your friends or anybody at work or …. if you want to pay money send it to Best Buy geek squad.

But run the F2 system diagnostics from HP and report back what it says.
 
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PennEd said:
You guys sound like you know what you’re talking about. My computer has kinda turned off and had several blue screens with the following message on screen. I rebooted it a few times, but it keeps happening. Any thoughts?

Boot Device Not Found

Please install an operating system on your hard disc.

Hard Disc - (3F0)

F2 System Diagnostics

For more information, please visit: www.hp.com/go/tech center/startup
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That could be the hard drive going bad. The OS took a dump. Or maybe the BIOS battery died.
 
PennEd

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Thanks guys. Doesn’t look like an easy fix if achievable at all.

Might have to have someone look at it.
 
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With a Linux Live CD (or, Linux on a bootable USB Drive), the problem may be looked at and possibly solved, depending on what actually happened. It sounds like the drive may have "died the death", but it is also possible that only the boot sector (or, partition table) has been corrupted - in which case, it might could be salvaged - or, at least, the data saved off of it.
 
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GaryA said:
With a Linux Live CD (or, Linux on a bootable USB Drive), the problem may be looked at and possibly solved, depending on what actually happened. It sounds like the drive may have "died the death", but it is also possible that only the boot sector (or, partition table) has been corrupted - in which case, it might could be salvaged - or, at least, the data saved off of it.
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Agreed. If he's very lucky it's just a corrupted boot flag which can be restored with most live usb linux distros.
 
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Jocund said:
Agreed. If he's very lucky it's just a corrupted boot flag which can be restored with most live usb linux distros.
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I sorta get the feeling that he might be running windows. Because He said He has several blue screens. Linux has the black screen of death and Windows has the blue screen of death.
 
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Seeking-Christ said:
I sorta get the feeling that he might be running windows. Because He said He has several blue screens. Linux has the black screen of death and Windows has the blue screen of death.
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I didn't know this until recently but interestingly, distros like Linux Mint now have a Windows bootflag repair tool included in the live usb session.

@PennEd

FYI might work with your install
 
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Jocund said:
I didn't know this until recently but interestingly, distros like Linux Mint now have a Windows bootflag repair tool included in the live usb session.

@PennEd

FYI might work with your install
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I use linux mint and I didn't know that.
 
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GaryA

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Jocund said:
Agreed. If he's very lucky it's just a corrupted boot flag which can be restored with most live usb linux distros.
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Seeking-Christ said:
I sorta get the feeling that he might be running windows. Because He said He has several blue screens. Linux has the black screen of death and Windows has the blue screen of death.
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Yes, I believe he is running Windows; however, Jocund is talking about booting the computer from a Linux "Live CD"...

Linux is often used to do repair on Windows machines. And, "crashed disks" is probably the number one most-often type of repair done with Linux on Windows machines.
 
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