AntiX-Mepis MX-14 Symbiosis: elegant, efficient, useful, fast, Debian Wheezy, Xfce4, x32, w/backports.

How BIG?
= zenity --info title="Size of selected %N" --text="$(du -chs %N)"
| zenity progress
Create MD5sum
= zenity --info --text="$(md5sum %n > %n.md5sum)"
| zenity progress
Verify md5sum
= zenity --info --title="Verify md5 for %N" --text="$(md5sum -c %F 2>&1)" | zenity progress
Verify sha1sum
= zenity --info --title="Verify sha1 for %n" --text="$(sha1sum -c %F 2>&1)" | zenity progress
Verify sha256 = zenity --info --title="Verify sha256 for %n" --text="$(sha256sum -c %F 2>&1)" | zenity progress
Create symlink
= ln -s %f '%n (symlink)'

Q. get Double Commander, as root: add to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/doublecmd-qt.list:

deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Alexx2000/Debian_7.0/ /
apt-get update
wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:Alexx2000/Debian_7.0/Release.key
apt-key add - < Release.key
&&
apt-get install doublecmd-qt

VI. Partitions on SATA: Only 4 primaries; or 3 primaries & 1 extended with max 15 logicals
Partitions, ext4: P1=35G; P2=35G; P3=data 350G; L5 BOOTR, L6swap, Ln = ca 12 -18 G each
Leave /home on the root partition, use a separate /DATL Primary partition & automount it.
d1p1

d1p2

d1p3

d1p4

d1p5

d1p6

d1p7

d1p8

CANTV ECS mod H61H2-CM

DualCore G620, 2GB RAM;
WDC_WD5000AAKX, 500GB

sda1
/MANJ
29 G

sda2
/MX14
30 G

sda3
/DATL
368 G

Extend

III.Tweaks
A. set system lang & timezone: dpkg-reconfigure locales ; dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
B. # date MMDDhhmmCCYY.00 && date && hwclock --systohc && date && hwclock
C. EeePC + eee-acpi-scripts, add quiet silent acpi_osi=Linux ->/etc/default/grub & update-grub
D. tune2fs -m2 /dev/sdaX where / is located. (changes 5% to 2%)
E. Dual monitor: xrandr --output LVDS1 --auto --output VGA1 --auto --above LVDS1
F. Tips Belkin Router:00:22:75:4A:AD:EF Router IP:192.168.2.1
TP-Link
G. Fix Synaptic filtering: sudo apt-get install apt-xapian-index && sudo update-apt-xapian-index -vf
H. Autologin: /etc/slim.conf: autologin=yes & default_user=<user_name>
I. Alt +SysReq +R,S,E,I,S,U,B: Raising Skinny Elephants Is So Utterly Boring
J. Wifi: ifconfig iwconfig ifup ifdown; lspci -vv; eth0 = enp5s0; wlan0=wlp4s0
K. atk5k: sudo leafpad /etc/pm/config.d/config, add 1 line: SUSPEND-MODULES=ath_pci
L. users: # adduser for new, # addgroup for new groups.
M. Swapiness, 0-100: set temporarily: sudo sysctl vm.swappiness=50 (to check; default=60 )
check value with : cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
Set permanently: add vm.swappiness = 50 to end of /etc/sysctl.conf
N. Sys info: xterm -fg yellow -bg black -hold -geom 140x25 -e "bash /usr/bin/inxi -Fxz"
O. MaxiMini: wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b toggle{,maximized_verRt},maximized_horz
button = action-icons>object-flip-horizontal
P. Thunar Actions:
| zenity --progress --percentage=25 --pulsate auto-close

V. Others
A. Yogurt: 4 c. water + 2 c. [nonfat] dry milk + c. live yogurt; 8 - 12 hours at 115F.
B. For Samsung phone: APN=Access Point Name: movistar.WAP wap.movistar.ve
C. DLink KVM-2K: Scroll-lock + Scroll-lock +1 or 2 / +S (scan every 10 secs) / +ESC

sda5
/BOOT
50 M

sda6
/SWAP
2G

sda7
/MANJ
18 G

sda8
/CLDX
17 G

AA1: AOA150(ZG5), 1G RAM;

DualCore Atom N270,
1.6Ghz, Hitachi HD 160G

sda1
/WIN
35 G

sda2
/MX14
20 G

sda3
/DATL
80 G

Extend

A. fstab: /DATL ext4 defaults,noatime

B. Populate /var/cache/apt/archives
if != /data/archives-mx
then rename /var/cache/apt/archives
#ln -s /data/archives-mx
var/cache/apt/archives
C. Remove clawsmail
D. Install axel audacious qpdf doublecmd
mc fsarchiver pavucontrol volumeicon geeqie mirage
E. Install 3rd: Chrome+GreatSuspender, Dropbox, MasterPdfEditor, Copy.com, Download Helper,
F. For HP P1102w Linux compatible printer, HPLIP Open Source:
G. Setup scanner Acer/Benq S2W 3300U (semi-Linux compatible):
H. mkdir /usr/share/sane/snapscan
I.
cp /data/Hardware/Acer-Benq-scanner/u176v046.bin /usr/share/sane/snapscan
J. ;; Make these changes in /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf:
# un-comment # dev/usb/scanner0 bus=usb;
firmware /usr/share/sane/snapscan/u176v046.bin
K. set xterm -geom 100x25 -e htop OR xfce4-terminal --geometry 100x25 -e htop
L. Configure desktop, wallpaper, environment, settings, users, etal.
* /usr/local/share/backgrounds/MX-14_Turbulence.jpg /usr/share/xfce4/backdrop

Since 02-April-2014

sda5
/BOOT
30 M

sda6
/ swap
1.5 G

sda7
/MANO
20 G

Sda8
/???
11 G

AA1: model KAV60 , 1G RAM;

Atom N270 (-HT-), 1.6Ghz,
Hitachi HD 160GB =WCI-02

sda1
/WIN
35 G

sda2
/MX14
20 G

sda3
/DATL
80 G

Extend

II. Reboot, Config:

14.0=20140327; 14.4=15Mar2015; 15.0=0?0?2015;

IV. Tips
A. Console: ssh user@ip ssh -X user@ip
File manager: sftp://user@ip lsusb
B. $ startx > /dev/null 2>&1 # etune # e2label Time:%T Date:%F TimeTip:%A %x
C. Prefer apt-get & synaptic fix hanging install: apt-get -f install then: dpkg configure -a
D. NO PUBKEY and displays ErrorNumber: in a user console:
gpg --keyserver pgpkeys.mit.edu --recv-key YourErrorNumber
gpg -a --export ReturnedKeyNumber | sudo apt-key add E. smartctl --H ;(help) smartctl s=on /dev/sda ;(turn on)
F. mount loop device: sudo mount -t iso9660 filename.iso /mnt/foldername -o loop
G. VirtualBox: sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
H. dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb # to zero USB then Gparted >Device >CreatePartitionTable
dd if=path-to-input-file.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M;sync
# gparted resize & create live-rw
I. fsarchiver as root, to clone or restore to an unmounted partition, # cd /fsa and then:
J. # fsarchiver -ov savefs filename.fsa /dev/sdxN
K. # fsarchiver -ov restfs filename.fsa id=0,dest=/dev/sdxN
L. Cloning ntfs: Restore to sdxN, gparted to make sdxN bootable: umount, reboot sdxN
M. Print PDF: Back, Reverse or Even with Reverse ON; Front, Anverse, or Odd with Reverse OFF
Print LO:
N. qpdf --decrypt input-file.pdf output-file.pdf {remove password from pdf files}
O. Show MAC: Para Linux: # ifconfig -a
Para Windows XP, 2000, NE, 7, 8: C:\ipconfig /all
P. DC: Column=255, Size=60, Date=90; Droid Sans=9 10.

sda5
/BOOT
30 M

sda6
swap
1.5 G

sda7
/MANJ
18 G

Sda8
/???
11 G

EeePC 1005HA 1GB RAM

DualCore Atom N270 1.6G
WDC_WD1600BEVT 160GB

sda1
/WIN
35 G

sda2
/MX14
15 G

sda3
/DATA
74 G

Extend

I. I. Get iso from

http://www.mepiscommunity.org/downloadlinks write to USB or burn DAO/SAO slowest

Computer

sda5
/X1
12 G

sda6
/X2
12 G

sda7
swap
1.5 G

VII. Fix grub and boot problems with MX-BootRepair and/or Grub-Customizer; Or with chroot, as follows:
# mkdir /target
&& mount /dev/sdXY /target
# for i in /sys /proc /dev; do mount --bind $i /target$i; done
# cp /etc/resolv.conf /target/etc/resolv.conf
# chroot /target /bin/bash && source /etc/profile
&& apt-get install os-prober
# grub-install /dev/sdX
&& grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
# exit
&& umount -R /target

Lat. 10 13' 27,09 N; Long. 71 20' 32,51 W

(10,224235; -71.342364), 5msnm

2015-10-20-19:30:27

R. ...and when you have it as you like it, make a snapshot!

Passion driven. Enjoy work Be good at it. Focus on 1 thing at a time. Push through doubtphysically, mentally. Serve others something of value. Ideas: listen, observe, be curious, question, solve, connections.
Persist through failure and C.R.A.P. (Criticism, Rejection, Assholes, Pressure)