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Re: my first try making a distro
« Reply #28 on: February 11, 2018, 08:57:03 AM »
 

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@bitsnpcs  you're welcome. By the way, if you haven't already done so, open a terminal in your VM and type the following
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$ sudo cp /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist  /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.bak this will create a backup of pacman's mirrorlist file, then do
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$ sudo rankmirrors -n 6 /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.bak > /etc/pacman.d/mirrorist this will update pacman's mirrorlist servers ranking them by speed - the 6 is the number of servers to be ranked and put on top of the file, so pacman uses them when installing or updating packages,  you can use another one i.e 10  - give it a while till it's finished, once it is type
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$ sudo nano /ect/pacman.conf and comment this lines out.
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#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist    *delete the "#" symbol in front of it. If you don't use nano and/or haven't installed it yet, change "nano" for your preferred editor, or if you'd like to install it type
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$ sudo pacman -S nano to do so.

This will enable multilib repository. Now type
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sudo pacman -Syy to sychronize pacmans repositories and finally run
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sudo pacman -Su to update your Arch Linux VM. :) Arch is a rolling release system so you'll have to update it every now and then, once a week is ok. If you have already done this...well..just ingnore me please :P  ;D
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Re: my first try making a distro
« Reply #27 on: February 10, 2018, 09:46:17 PM »
 

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@Moltke Thank You  :)
I have done it now, it doesn't seem to make any difference in speed of the load time of the DE from the login. The desktop once loaded works fine speed wise.
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Re: my first try making a distro
« Reply #26 on: February 10, 2018, 09:25:03 PM »
 

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12MB Graphics

This is too litlle. You can increase graphics memory in Virtualbox up to 256mb; Select the VM and then click on settings, in the settings window go to display > screen > video memory and move the slider up to 128



then move the slider for monitor count up to 8



You'll notice that video memory slider now can go up to 256, move it up and click on "ok" to close that window



Click on settings again > display > screen and move back monitor count slider to 1 and click on "ok" to close that window



Now your VM has 256mb of video memory RAM which will make it run smoother and faster :)

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Re: my first try making a distro
« Reply #25 on: February 10, 2018, 08:21:07 PM »
 

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Desktop Environment switcher/chooser now working in the login screen.
Just log out, select from the menu, log in to the other DE.
Of the 4 so far I only tried changing between Mate and Gnome3, and back.

It is not very quick to load up the DE when changing, but not really slow. It is set to run 2 cores, 4GB Ram, 12MB Graphics, as in the videos.

Also smaller still but it bugged me, sound is now stereo

Update -
now tried the 4 DE, Mate, Gnome3, Gnome on Xorg, Gnome Classic
Increased the ram used to 64MB.
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Re: my first try making a distro
« Reply #24 on: February 10, 2018, 06:07:13 PM »
 

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Yes there is more than one way to do that it seems.















 

Re: my first try making a distro
« Reply #23 on: February 10, 2018, 04:42:14 PM »
 

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@Moltke Thank You for the this link too :)

You're very welcome @bitsnpcs

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I have Aspergers, it is a HFA (High Functioning Autism) when I get focused I focus too much

I do know what Asperger is, I am a teacher and some of my students have it.

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Yes I was editing the correct file, maybe it can be done from the other file too

Yes, you did indeed. Like I said I might be wrong and you just proved I was, but it can be done by editing the one I used too just like the image I shared shows.

Cheers Girl!  ;D


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Re: my first try making a distro
« Reply #22 on: February 10, 2018, 02:00:29 PM »
 

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@Moltke Thank You for the this link too :)
I have a kinda headache I done too much last night up all night until 10am today and didnt put my spectacles on, as I was having the cans on (headphone type) for music, so I have a sore eyes/head lol.
Some music will relax it.
I will read through all the links though and try to learn things to try from them.
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Re: my first try making a distro
« Reply #21 on: February 10, 2018, 01:19:13 PM »
 

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So all I done was login as root and edit the

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/boot/grub/grub.cfg

Simply changing the text and saving

Well done! :) However, I noticed that the line for "Advanced options for..." still says "Arch Linux", that's because you edited "/boot/grub/grub.cfg" instead of "/etc/default/grub". grub-customizer is in the AUR repositories so an AUR helper should do the job of installing it https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_helpers I use pacaur in my Arch VM.

You are wrong yet again.
Correction coming
.......editing

I might well be. I guess you mean the part of editing /boot/grub instead of /etc/default I admit I don't know much about grub and/or customizing it. However, I grabbed that that tip from here https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB/Tips_and_tricks  and it does says to edit /etc/default/grub for any changes/customizations one decides/wishes to make..but then I might be wrong and if I'm wrong I'm wrong and that's it.  ;)
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Re: my first try making a distro
« Reply #20 on: February 10, 2018, 12:57:30 PM »
 

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So all I done was login as root and edit the

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/boot/grub/grub.cfg

Simply changing the text and saving

Well done! :) However, I noticed that the line for "Advanced options for..." still says "Arch Linux", that's because you edited "/boot/grub/grub.cfg" instead of "/etc/default/grub". grub-customizer is in the AUR repositories so an AUR helper should do the job of installing it https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_helpers I use pacaur in my Arch VM.

Yes I was editing the correct file, maybe it can be done from the other file too, I am not sure myself about this, if you have tried it that way then sure it can be done that way too. :)
I didn't even look at it (second line of Grub)  I have this idea - "he wants me to change the name of the build in the grub" no other lines come to my mind at all, only to do that line.
I have Aspergers, it is a HFA (High Functioning Autism) when I get focused I focus too much, and above it is a good example of that.

Thank You @Moltke for the help about the AUR helpers I will have to read the link about it.
I want to do some other things first. :)

Where I edited, and its result



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Re: my first try making a distro
« Reply #19 on: February 10, 2018, 12:49:12 PM »
 

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Pretty cool! 
The only "homemade" OS I ever tried, besides a Debian net-install where you add all your own stuff, was a Xubuntu-Core minimal iso with selected personal favorite stuff added and edited.  Bare bones on my ancient 32-bit desktop.  I suppose I might have made it a micro distrolet and named it "RandomLinux" or something, lol.  You have gone to a lot more trouble and built it from a totally different base!  Good luck with it!

@RandomBoy Thank You :)  it has been a lot of fun trying it out.
 

Re: my first try making a distro
« Reply #18 on: February 10, 2018, 12:39:05 PM »
 

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So all I done was login as root and edit the

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/boot/grub/grub.cfg

Simply changing the text and saving

Well done! :) However, I noticed that the line for "Advanced options for..." still says "Arch Linux", that's because you edited "/boot/grub/grub.cfg" instead of "/etc/default/grub". grub-customizer is in the AUR repositories so an AUR helper should do the job of installing it https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_helpers I use pacaur in my Arch VM.
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Re: my first try making a distro
« Reply #17 on: February 10, 2018, 11:52:16 AM »
 

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Hope this helps! :)

It may have, unsure as I've already done it.
As you wrote I don't need a tool for it, I was looking at the tool, and it says to build it and I was not sure how to build from the package as I have not done this and there are too many new commands in Arch, I need to learn a lot more.
Also at each grub update it needs to be rerun.

So all I done was login as root and using the preinstalled basic text editor, I edited the

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/boot/grub/grub.cfg
Simply changing the text of 'Arch Linux' to my own text, and then saving the file. it takes about 5 seconds exactly to do it.

Also renamed the machines in VirtualBox to save any confusion.
Also installed Virtualbox guest additions and utils inside it, so as to be able to use it full screen and also use the keyboard  shortcuts.
I then show a short demo that it works now with video and sound.

Named grub screenshot -






Also started a, first try test machine v2, currently a clone, as I want to try some other things out.
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Re: my first try making a distro
« Reply #16 on: February 10, 2018, 11:44:30 AM »
 

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:)
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Excellent, keep up the good work!
@Scott  :)  Thank You
 

Re: my first try making a distro
« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2018, 10:16:37 AM »
 

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Excellent, keep up the good work!
 

Re: my first try making a distro
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2018, 07:55:01 AM »
 

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Hi @bitsnpcs

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Built on an "Arch Linux Base", as I have already wrote

Antergos and Manjaro are both Arch based distros and grub says "Antergos" for Antergos and "Manjaro" for Manjaro. Not Arch Linux.

I will add a name for you. It will be my username for now. I'll probably start it on Tuesday.
Basically they download a tool and it is used to edit the grub name and other parameters.
For a throw away project it didn't seem a priority to look that up.

You don't need a tool like grub-customizer for that, all you need to do is to edit: /etc/default/grub

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$ sudo nano /etc/default/grubYou'll see this at the top of the file

# GRUB boot loader configuration

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Arch"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

Change waht this line GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR says and add the name you want to appear say "bitsnpcs"

Then run
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$ sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg reboot and you'll see your own customized grub welcome screen.
Like this:









Hope this helps! :)
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