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#1

I just installed Wolvix on my hard drive and I am impressed. This is a very fast XFCE distro that you can load Gnome if you like. I have replaced Knoppix 5.0.1 with Wolvix Hunter 1.0.5 on my hard drive.

I may install Wolvix Cub 1.0.5 on my older computer also.

#2

RAV TUX said: I just installed Wolvix on my hard drive and I am impressed. This is a very fast XFCE distro that you can load Gnome if you like. I have replaced Knoppix 5.0.1 with Wolvix Hunter 1.0.5 on my hard drive.

I may install Wolvix Cub 1.0.5 on my older computer also.

Surprised not to see more buzz about Wolvix Hunter...I found it better then Zenwalk overall.

[[B]Wolvix GNU/Linux | Leader of the pack!]("http://wolvix.org/")[/B]

#3

Hmn, I would have to see it to believe it. Is Wolvix not Debian-based? Have you done comparison on a machine like in the 64 MB RAM. I've got Zenwalk on a laptop with 64 MB RAM, sony laptop P III. I watch movies on this laptop under Zenwalk and Vector linux in the past with no laggs or skips. I am unable to do this with any of the Debian-based distros. It lags even a little with up to 128 MB put on it.

In launching of apps, it is possible to get to near the same speed. However, in bootup and media playing, it is not close.

I shall try the wolvix first as Ravtuk tends to be fairly accurate on things pertaining to other distros. If Wolvix is debian-based it would lead for all the other resaons that debian-based distros have such as autolaunch of CD or DVD and huge package repo. If it has speed equal to Zenwalk, it would trully be better. I doubt that though. Is Knoppix and Kanotix were the nearest Debian-based distros to match in performance.

EDIT: I have tried dreamlinux, elive, mepis 3.3, knoppix, kanotix, ubuntu, sabayon, and pclinuxos - Only the slack-based ones produced the desired result. Sabayon looked very promising as well. However, I had the DVD install. Which included gnome, kde, etc. It installed fine though and XFCE ran fast, but bootup was slow and video rendering was slow as well.

EDIT 2: Ravtux is probably correct. My mistake and lack of trying wolvix out. I used to think it was Debian-based, but it is slack-based as well. It like Vector linux uses xorg 6.8 or something less than xorg 7. This was my issue with Vectorlinux. I agree that it is probably as fast as Zenwalk, but not as bleeding edge as Zenwalk. I say thi, for example to have xgl or beryl features, you would need xorg 7 and greater. Until they move to xorg 7, they would not have beryl. However, for basic computing, I would bet that they may be slightly faster for an older PC. This was my experience with Vector Linux as well which is lightening fast.

#4

zenwalk is great don't get me wrong but Wolvix being another SLAX based distro is also awesome.

Welcome to Wolvix GNU/Linux.

Wolvix is a LiveDistro build from SLAX . It's a desktop and multimedia oriented Linux distribution designed to suite the needs of regular to advanced desktop users. Wolvix comes with the Xfce desktop environment and the Fluxbox window manager and includes a carefully selected group of development, graphics, multimedia, network and office applications.[INDENT][INDENT][[IMG]http://wolvix.org/files/active/1/296_thumb.png[/IMG]]("http://wolvix.org/node/296") [[IMG]http://wolvix.org/files/active/1/307_thumb.png[/IMG]]("http://wolvix.org/node/307") [[IMG]http://wolvix.org/files/active/1/290_thumb.png[/IMG]]("http://wolvix.org/node/290")[[IMG]http://wolvix.org/files/active/1/189_thumb.png[/IMG]]("http://wolvix.org/node/189") [/INDENT][/INDENT]Features:

  • Modular: Customize Wolvix by adding additional software modules.
  • Portable: Bring Wolvix along wherever you go on CD or USB media.
  • Unintrusive: Clean and uncluttered desktop design.
  • Lightweight: Resource friendly desktop environment.http://wolvix.org/
#5

Wolvix | Hunter:

screenshots | download mirrors | torrent | md5sum | packagelist | changelog

About: Hunter is the large 'standard' version of Wolvix, it's designed to fit on 512MB USB Flash Drives and use Wolvix Cub as it's base. It includes more applications, a lot of games and larger packages like Samba, Java and libraries for printer support which it's younger brother Cub doesn't have. Wolvix Hunter is desktop and multimedia oriented operating system for everyday computing tasks , fun and entertainment. It comes with both the Xfce desktop environment and the Fluxbox window manager. New in the Wolvix 1.0.5 series is the Wolvix Control Panel (WCP) which is a suite of admin utillites. It's in early development, but still features a handfull of applications like the 'Wolvix Installer' which enables you to install Wolvix to your hard drive. (Both 'Normal' and 'Frugal' install.) And install Wolvix to a USB Flash Drive. WCP also has tools for X-window configuration and lets you start/stop and configure CUPS easily. *(Wolvix Control Panel is developed by: Oithona.)*

Screenshots: [[IMG]http://wolvix.org/files/active/1/380_thumb.png[/IMG]]("http://wolvix.org/node/380") [[IMG]http://wolvix.org/files/active/1/381_thumb.png[/IMG]]("http://wolvix.org/node/381") [[IMG]http://wolvix.org/files/active/1/382_thumb.png[/IMG]]("http://wolvix.org/node/382") [[IMG]http://wolvix.org/files/active/1/383_thumb.png[/IMG]]("http://wolvix.org/node/383")[[IMG]http://wolvix.org/files/active/1/385_thumb.png[/IMG]]("http://wolvix.org/node/385") Wolvix Hunter features these applications, a bunch of games and more: Development:

  • Medit, a useful programming and around-programming text editor.
  • SciTE, a generally useful editor with facilities for building and running programs.
  • KompoZer, a complete Web Authoring System to rival programs like FrontPage & Dreamweaver.
  • Bluefish, a powerful editor for experienced web designers and programmers. Graphics:
  • Comix, a image viewer specifically designed to handle comic books.
  • Gtkam, a frontend to gphoto2 digital camera access library.
  • Xara Xtreme, a powerful, general purpose graphics program.
  • Gimp, a tool for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
  • GQview, an image viewer featuring single click file viewing, external editor support, thumbnail preview, and zoom features.
  • mtPaint, a simple painting program designed for creating icons and pixel based artwork. Multimedia:
  • gnormalize, an audio converter, encoder, ripper, meta data (tag) editor and audio cd player.
  • Grip, a CD player and CD ripper/encoder.
  • GnomeBaker, a CD/DVD burning application.
  • OGMRip, an application and a set of libraries for ripping and encoding DVD into AVI/OGM files using a wide variety of codecs.
  • dvd::rip, a full featured DVD copy program.
  • gtkpod, a GUI for Apple's iPod. It allows you to import your existing iTunes database, to add songs, podcasts, video and cover art and to edit ID3 tags.
  • Neutrino, a GUI for managing your Creative Nomad / DAP Jukeboxes.
  • MPlayer, a movie player which supports a wide range of video file formats.
  • VLC, a multimedia player for various audio and video formats, DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
  • Xine, a free multimedia player. It plays back CDs, DVDs, and VCDs.
  • Audacious, a multimedia player based on the look of WinAmp. It plays MPEG layer 1/2/3, Ogg Vorbis, WAV, all formats supported by libmikmod, and CD audio.
  • gmusicbrowser, a jukebox for large collections of mp3/ogg/flac audio files.
  • Audacity, a tool for recording and editing sounds.
  • streamtuner, a stream directory browser. It offers an intuitive interface to Internet radio directories.
  • EasyTAG, a utility for viewing and editing tags for MP3, MP2, MP4/AAC, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, MusePack and Monkey's Audio files.
  • Kino, a non-linear DV editor. It features excellent integration with IEEE-1394 for capture, VTR control, and recording back to the camera. Network:
  • Tunderbird, a full-featured email application.
  • BitTorrent, a tool for copying files from one machine to another.
  • gFTP, a multithreaded file transfer client.
  • GProFTPd, a fast and easy to use administration tool for the Proftpd standalone server.
  • Gaim, a multi-protocol instant messenger client.
  • XChat, a graphical IRC client.
  • Drivel, a client for working with online journals, also known as weblogs or simply blogs.
  • Wireshark, a network protocol analyzer, or "packet sniffer".
  • Pan, a Usenet newsreader useful for both text-based and binaries newsgroups.
  • Chestnut Dialer, a PPP dialing program.
  • Gnome PPX, a Broadband Connectivity Suite.
  • Grsync, a GUI for rsync, the command line directory synchronization tool.
  • GSAMBAD, an easy to use frontend for the SAMBA file and print server.
  • LinNeighbourhood, a GUI frontend running over Samba and Smbmount.
  • gSTM, a frontend for SSH tunneling.
  • tsclient, a frontend for rdesktop and other remote desktop tools.
  • Dillo, a very fast, extremely small Web browser.
  • Firefox, the award winning Mozilla's next generation browser.
  • WiFi Radar, a utility for managing, scanning, and auto-connecting to WiFi profiles. Office:
  • xCHM, a viewer for Compiled HTML Help (CHM) files.
  • Evince, a document viewer for multiple document formats like pdf, postscript, dvi and many others.
  • gLabels, a label and business card creation program.
  • NoteCase, a hierarchical text notes organizer (aka. outliner).
  • Leafpad, a simple text editor.
  • Gnumeric, a spreadsheet.
  • Xpad, a sticky note application that strives to be simple, fault-tolerant, and customizable.
  • AbiWord, a free word processing program similar to Microsoft® Word. It is suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks. System:
  • Xarchiver, a lightweight frontend to arj,7z,rar,zip,tar,bzip, gzip and RPM.
  • emelFM2, a two-pane Northon Commander like file manager.
  • Xfe, a lightweight and fast MS-Explorer like file manager.
  • Firestarter, a visual firewall program.
  • Gnome Nettool, a set of front-ends to various networking command-line tools, like ping, netstat, ifconfig, whois, traceroute, finger.
  • Gslapt, a frontend to slapt-get, an APT like system for Slackware package management.
  • Gparted, hard drive partition editor.http://wolvix.org/node/379
#6

[[IMG]http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/5084/wolvixbuttonblackalt88xjb2.png[/IMG]](http://wolvix.org/) packagelist

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#7

I've been rocking out to Wolvix for the past two months. I must say its use of both xfce & fluxbox are simply amazing. After one or two 'remix' CDs, Wolvix runs smoothly on my notebook (ndiswrapper and WPA_PSK never worked under ubuntu after the Dapper release). But for cons: Boot time can be slow at time. One would need to write a bash script to take care of common tasks (i.e. automount device, file search, etc). Xffm works, but I would love to see Thunar as the default file manager. Either / Or. I'm keeping Wolvix Cub for work travels. ~Cheers.

#8

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#9

slaging said: I've been rocking out to Wolvix for the past two months. I must say its use of both xfce & fluxbox are simply amazing. After one or two 'remix' CDs, Wolvix runs smoothly on my notebook (ndiswrapper and WPA_PSK never worked under ubuntu after the Dapper release).

But for cons: Boot time can be slow at time. One would need to write a bash script to take care of common tasks (i.e. automount device, file search, etc). Xffm works, but I would love to see Thunar as the default file manager. Either / Or. I'm keeping Wolvix Cub for work travels. ~Cheers.I found Wolvix faster and more reliable then Zenwalk.

#10

explain faster though. Is that in bootup. Speed of launching apps, gaming, surfing the web, etc. Because this is what Zenwalk did better than the rest I have tried except maybe vectorlinux. Perhaps, the xorg 6.9 is an advantage in regards to this. I want to know why or how?

I think I would soon get that distro as well. Can I add kde, gnome, etc on it, and enlightenment on it.

#11

kazuya said: explain faster though. Is that in bootup. Speed of launching apps, gaming, surfing the web, etc. Because this is what Zenwalk did better than the rest I have tried except maybe vectorlinux. Perhaps, the xorg 6.9 is an advantage in regards to this. I want to know why or how?

I think I would soon get that distro as well. Can I add kde, gnome, etc on it, and enlightenment on it.faster in all of the above in general. Give it a test for 3 to 4 months and see what you think.

[IMG]http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/9594/sabauserbaruserv2kk5db5.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/2989/beryluserbarra2.png[/IMG]

#12

Not only is it a nice distro, Wolven is a great guy too. We used to chat on the Gentoo forums before he became "consumed" by Wolvix. :)

He also has a huge collection of "Gentoo Bubble Icons" that many people enjoy.

http://www.ionbox.org/

#13

yabbadabbadont said: Not only is it a nice distro, Wolven is a great guy too. We used to chat on the Gentoo forums before he became "consumed" by Wolvix. :)

He also has a huge collection of "Gentoo Bubble Icons" that many people enjoy.

http://www.ionbox.org/Those bubble icon are great,....Wolven has done a wonderful job with Wolvix....simply beauiful and fast OS.

A work of fine art as far as OS's go.

#14

Ive put the cub version on my usb. The only bad thing is it cant recognise my widescreen and am unable to configure it.

On the up side though, its very fast, even from my usb drive. Id recommend that everyone give it a go, or at least keep download it and put it on a spare disk (or usb drive) and keep it for emergencies.

#15

slimdog360 said: Ive put the cub version on my usb. The only bad thing is it cant recognise my widescreen and am unable to configure it.

On the up side though, its very fast, even from my usb drive. Id recommend that everyone give it a go, or at least keep download it and put it on a spare disk (or usb drive) and keep it for emergencies.

Join the wolvix forums and bring up your issue. Wolven and his helpers are very good about helping to solve or workaround issues.

#16

Is there an amd64 version?

#17

slimdog360 said: Ive put the cub version on my usb. The only bad thing is it cant recognise my widescreen and am unable to configure it.

On the up side though, its very fast, even from my usb drive. Id recommend that everyone give it a go, or at least keep download it and put it on a spare disk (or usb drive) and keep it for emergencies.

could you write and post a HowTo install Wolvix Cub to your USB drive?

#18

RAV TUX said: could you write and post a HowTo install Wolvix Cub to your USB drive?

Wolvix already has one for you: http://wiki.wolvix.org/USBFlashDriveInstall

#19

RAV TUX said: could you write and post a HowTo install Wolvix Cub to your USB drive?

Ive been beaten to it but I would have wrote.

Step one. put in cd and turn on computer Step two. open wolvix menu and click 'install to usb drive'. Step three. thats it.

It really is a great distro.

#20

slimdog360 said: Ive been beaten to it but I would have wrote.

Step one. put in cd and turn on computer Step two. open wolvix menu and click 'install to usb drive'. Step three. thats it.

It really is a great distro.

So they've got the automated installer working now. That's really cool. Sounds like it is time to dust off the thumbdrive.

#21

slimdog360 said: Ive been beaten to it but I would have wrote.

Step one. put in cd and turn on computer Step two. open wolvix menu and click 'install to usb drive'. Step three. thats it.

It really is a great distro.Awesome! it's that easy? breaking out the 1GB Lexar Jump drive & my Wolvix Cub CD!

#22

I tried out wolvix yesterday. I find it ver very fast like vector linux. I am really very impressed with it and marvel at how it comes with all those ready to use functionalities and tools.

I am merely waiting until they switch to xorg 7 so I can do Beryl like things with it. CPU usage with it is so minimal. A powerful system would be too fast with it. I would try to bulk it up once installed, but it comes already with every app you would need and still be blazingly fast.

Very polished product. Another winner for me.

Once xorg on it goes to 7, I may switch to it as well. As it is now, I see no reason not to use it.

#23

I have been familiar with Wolvix for some time, and my wife runs Zenwalk. What has kept me from using it over Zenwalk was the difficulty of a HD install ... well no longer.

I would echo, Wolvix -hunter is very nice. It is great to see they have gotten the installer working as previously it was not so easy to install.

I have installed onto an old laptop and it is running great.

A few "tips" :

First take a look at the slax modules. I downloaded and installed openoffice and nfs without a hitch.

Second, I downloaded firefox 2 from linux packages and again it installed without a hitch.

Other that that Wlovix seems to come with all the applications I need on that old laptop :p

I am primarily a Fluxbox user and would say Wolvix has the most polished configuration of fluxbox out of the box I have seen. The menu was well done and I added to it rather then a major re-write.

I also like the old school feel of Wolvix. Boot to CLI, none of that sudo stuff, vim (some distro's seem to ship without vim these days).

Also glsapt is included ;)

After spending a week with Wolvix I feel it is faster and more stable then Zenwalk.

Thanks RAV for bringing Wolvix to my attention. Wolvix just replaced Elive and Zenwalk as my favorite light weight distros (I consider DSL/Puppy/AUSTRUMI to be very cool as ultralights, but a little too light for HD install).

#24

bodhi.zazen said: I have been familiar with Wolvix for some time, and my wife runs Zenwalk. What has kept me from using it over Zenwalk was the difficulty of a HD install ... well no longer.

I would echo, Wolvix -hunter is very nice. It is great to see they have gotten the installer working as previously it was not so easy to install.

I have installed onto an old laptop and it is running great.

A few "tips" :

First take a look at the slax modules. I downloaded and installed openoffice and nfs without a hitch.

Second, I downloaded firefox 2 from linux packages and again it installed without a hitch.

Other that that Wlovix seems to come with all the applications I need on that old laptop :p

I am primarily a Fluxbox user and would say Wolvix has the most polished configuration of fluxbox out of the box I have seen. The menu was well done and I added to it rather then a major re-write.

I also like the old school feel of Wolvix. Boot to CLI, none of that sudo stuff, vim (some distro's seem to ship without vim these days).

Also glsapt is included ;)

After spending a week with Wolvix I feel it is faster and more stable then Zenwalk.

Thanks RAV for bringing Wolvix to my attention. Wolvix just replaced Elive and Zenwalk as my favorite light weight distros (I consider DSL/Puppy/AUSTRUMI to be very cool as ultralights, but a little too light for HD install).

Good welcome bodhi.zazen Wolvix Hunter is a shining star of Linux distros, as more people try it they will also fall in love with it.

#25

Oops, me bad ...

For anyone interested : From Wolvix himself :

Don't use modules on a hdd installed system. Use tgz packages instead. If you *must* use a module install it like this: mo2dir module.mo / This will extract the module to the (root) / dir. But be aware that some modules can courrupt permissions and accounts like the root account.

I have a development module that I use which is a modified version of the SLAX development module, but it is over 50 MB, so it's hard for me do distribute it. I'll ask the guy who hosts the ISO on http if I can ulpoad the module to the server for you all to download. (My module is just the SLAX devlopment module with extra header files from apps in Wolvix)

If you want to use the devlopment module on a hdd install it is wise to run the module before you start installing. Adding it later may render the install useless.

Rather :

To fix nfs :

Disable the NFS server: (optional)
/etc/rc.d/rc.nfsd stop
chmod -x /etc/rc.d/rc.nfsd

Start portmap:
chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.rpc
/etc/rd.d/rc.rpc start

To fix clock:

install timeconfig
[indent]slapt-get --update
slpat-get --install glibc-zoneinfo[/indent]

run timeconfig
[indent]su # enter PW
timeconfig[/indent]

To run ntdp, edit /etc/rc.dd/rc.local Add these lines : > /usr/sbin/ntpdate ntp.nasa.gov /usr/sbin/ntpd &

HTH

EDIT : small update

#26

bodhi.zazen said: Oops, me bad ...

For anyone interested : From Wolvix himself :

Rather :

To fix nfs :

Disable the NFS server: (optional)
/etc/rc.d/rc.nfsd stop
chmod -x /etc/rc.d/rc.nfsd

Start portmap:
chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.rpc
/etc/rd.d/rc.rpc start
install timeconfig[INDENT]slapt-get --update
slpat-get --install timeconfig[/INDENT]run timeconfig[INDENT]su # enter PW
timeconfig[/INDENT]

Add these lines :

HTHThanks for the 411.

#27

Wooo!

I never expected to read about Wolvix in the Ubuntu forums. :) (I found this tread on a random Google search.)

Thank you all for the kind words. I'm very happy that you like the distro.

yabbadabbadont said: Not only is it a nice distro, Wolven is a great guy too. We used to chat on the Gentoo forums before he became "consumed" by Wolvix. :)

Consumed is truly the right word. For the last two years I've been living, dreaming and breathing Wolvix. :wink: I used to be an avid Quake3 player too, but the frags are few and far between these days.

kazuya said: [...]

I am merely waiting until they switch to xorg 7 so I can do Beryl like things with it. [...] Once xorg on it goes to 7, I may switch to it as well. As it is now, I see no reason not to use it. I hope to get Xorg 7 and Beryl working in the next release. (1.1.0) I don't dare to make any promises, but keep an eye out.

Thanks again for the praise, getting feedback like this makes all the hard work worthwhile.

Cheers!

Wolven

#28

Wolven said: Wooo!

I never expected to read about Wolvix in the Ubuntu forums. :) (I found this tread on a random Google search.)

Thank you all for the kind words. I'm very happy that you like the distro.

Consumed is truly the right word. For the last two years I've been living, dreaming and breathing Wolvix. :wink: I used to be an avid Quake3 player too, but the frags are few and far between these days.

I hope to get Xorg 7 and Beryl working in the next release. (1.1.0) I don't dare to make any promises, but keep an eye out.

Thanks again for the praise, getting feedback like this makes all the hard work worthwhile.

Cheers!

WolvenWolven,

I consider Wolvix Hunter one of the most beautiful and reliable Linux OS's out there. I thank you for your hard work and devotion in creating and distributing such a quality product. Wolvix is a joy to use.

Also I was quite overjoyed to see your post here, it is not often we get the actual dev of distro here.

Some other work I enjoy is Sabayon, rPath and NepaLinux, yet I love the minimalistic beauty of Wolvix Hunter, visually minimalistic yet full featured without bloat. I look forward to your next release (1.1.0). Please keep us posted on any new development, and if you need any help with anything please let me know.

Also do you have an IRC channel?

Jozef

#29

Hi Jozef. I'm glad you like the distro. I do my best to keep it 'KISS' like Slackware, which I think is a great distro. Most of the hard work is already done for me by Slackware and Slax. I get to do the fun stuff. ;) It's almost like building with Legos, but I have to forge my own blocks sometimes tough.

When I get a new test release out you could help me test it. I have an alpha release out now, but I recommend waiting for the next one. The current alpha is a bit boring and has some obvious flaws like PS/2 mice not working and HAL is somewhat broken.

Yes I do have an IRC channel. It's not very active though. (#wolvix @ irc.freenode.org) It's mostly me and a few regulars hanging out there. There's more action in the forums.

RAV TUX said:

Also I was quite overjoyed to see your post here, it is not often we get the actual dev of distro here. I think developers should stay in touch with their community, with out it's community a distro is worth nothing. Especially a small time distro like mine.

I'll try to keep you all informed about the development, but keep an eye on the Wolvix website too. I hope to have a new development release out before long.

#30

Wolven said: Hi Jozef. I'm glad you like the distro. I do my best to keep it 'KISS' like Slackware, which I think is a great distro. Most of the hard work is already done for me by Slackware and Slax. I get to do the fun stuff. ;) It's almost like building with Legos, but I have to forge my own blocks sometimes tough.

When I get a new test release out you could help me test it. I have an alpha release out now, but I recommend waiting for the next one. The current alpha is a bit boring and has some obvious flaws like PS/2 mice not working and HAL is somewhat broken.

Yes I do have an IRC channel. It's not very active though. (#wolvix @ irc.freenode.org) It's mostly me and a few regulars hanging out there. There's more action in the forums.

I think developers should stay in touch with their community, with out it's community a distro is worth nothing. Especially a small time distro like mine.

I'll try to keep you all informed about the development, but keep an eye on the Wolvix website too. I hope to have a new development release out before long.

Would definitely like to test the Alpha release, let me know when I can download it.

#31

FYI:

Development Release: Wolvix 1.1.0 Alpha 2 is out :

http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=04086

#32

bodhi.zazen said: FYI:

Development Release: Wolvix 1.1.0 Alpha 2 is out :

http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=04086Thanks downloading the torrent now.

#33

Wolvix 1.1.0 beta is out

I'm downloading it now, looks very promising. They have online package repository at last and it's bigger than Zenwalk's from what I saw

#34

Wolvix has transitioned from Slax to Slaxkware (as a base).

After a HD install you can use BOTH the wolvix repository (packages re-built from source for Wolvix) or Slackware repos.

FYI : Yes, the beta is very nice.

#35

I am waiting for them to incorporate xorg 7.1 or 7.2 on the final release. Then Wolvix may be ready for me to use primarily along my Ubuntu feisty install. Great work though. I can hardly wait.

#36

Well, i've downloaded the beta & i'm just installing to usb stick first to give it a try..... then i'm going to put it on a spare partition & go for it. I'm after a fast but non bloated distro for my laptop, and was going to install Zenwalk, but if Wolvix works out well then perhaps i'll go for that.

bodhi.zazen, hope you're keeping well? Sent you A PM a while ago (via this forum) did you get it?

Wolvix here i come....... :)

#37

WoW!! Wolvix Hunter is on and i am "Impressed!!"...... what an amazingly FAST distro!! It's incredible...... :) I thought that Zenwalk was fast (& it is) but this is just amazing!!

It's rather strange really, because i installed Wolvix this afternoon, and i've now lost my Ubuntu install, so tried to install again (Ubuntu that is) & for some reason it won't have it....! So, maybe i'll just leave Wolvix on there & give that a try for a while.....? No reason not too.

Anyway, i'm still having problems getting a wide screen res of 1440x900 on a rather old Matrox PCI card (Well, this machine doesn't have AGP....) so if anyone's got any pointers as to what it could be i'd appreciate it. :) I've edited the xorg.conf file & put in the relevant res, but it's still not having it.

Anyway....... even if i have to keep it at 1280x1024, i still really like Wolvix...... :)

DJiNN

#38

FYI the nvidia driver is available as a module in Wolvix 1.1.0 Beta :

ftp://ftp.wolvix.org/wolvix/development/beta/wolvix-desktop_edition-1.1.0beta.iso

Note: you need the desktop beta (cub = no nvidia).

Boot and at the splash screen type: ``` wolvix load=geforce


and any other cheat code you need :

 [http://wiki.wolvix.org/CheatCodes](http://wiki.wolvix.org/CheatCodes)

Note: the beta is great, stable and minimal bugs ...
#39

bodhi.zazen said: FYI the nvidia driver is available as a module in Wolvix 1.1.0 Beta :

ftp://ftp.wolvix.org/wolvix/development/beta/wolvix-desktop_edition-1.1.0beta.iso

Note: you need the desktop beta (cub = no nvidia).

Boot and at the splash screen type: ``` wolvix load=geforce


 [http://wiki.wolvix.org/CheatCodes](http://wiki.wolvix.org/CheatCodes)

Note: the beta is great, stable and minimal bugs ...

Hi bodhi, thanks for the info.

I've still not sorted out the res on this machine, but i'm not too worried at the moment. I have however, managed to crash & severely slow down Wolvix several times...... :)  I'm not quite sure how i did it though, so i'll have to go back & try again so that i have reproduceable results. :)  

DJiNN
#40

bodhi.zazen said: FYI the nvidia driver is available as a module in Wolvix 1.1.0 Beta :

ftp://ftp.wolvix.org/wolvix/development/beta/wolvix-desktop_edition-1.1.0beta.iso

Note: you need the desktop beta (cub = no nvidia).

Boot and at the splash screen type: ``` wolvix load=geforce


 [http://wiki.wolvix.org/CheatCodes](http://wiki.wolvix.org/CheatCodes)

Note: the beta is great, stable and minimal bugs ...

Awesome 411 bodhi.zazen thanks for the links.

(and don't be a stranger) :)z
#41

Beryl on Wolvix :

[[IMG]http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/4583/screenshot2007050723431av4.th.png[/IMG]](http://img513.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot2007050723431av4.png)

He he he .... NOTE: Beryl on Wolvix is in pre-beta (meaning do it yourself).

#42

bodhi.zazen said: Beryl on Wolvix :

[[IMG]http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/4583/screenshot2007050723431av4.th.png[/IMG]]("http://img513.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot2007050723431av4.png")

He he he .... NOTE: Beryl on Wolvix is in pre-beta (meaning do it yourself).Ok I just want to know where have you published the HowTo at, to get Beryl working on Fluxbox?

Please provide a link or publish the HOWTo for others to learn by. :)

#43

Fluxbox? That looks like XFCE to me.

#44

rai4shu2 said: Fluxbox? That looks like XFCE to me.

It is XFCE. You were probably looking at bodhi.zazen's "Links" which were below his post, and thought that they were part of the post as well..... easily done. :)

DJiNN

#45

rai4shu2 said: Fluxbox? That looks like XFCE to me.

LOL rai4shu2, you are correct. Fluxbox and Beryl are incompatible, so yes that is XFCE

If you would like to try installing Beryl on Wolvix, here (on request) is how I did it:

http://wiki.wolvix.org/Beryl

Again, remember Beryl is Beta and using Beryl on Wolix is not supported YET :twisted:

And, in case you are wondering, Beryl is wicked fast on Wolvix :mrgreen:

#46

Thing would be a lot easier in Wolvix if 06_x11.lzm is upgraded to xorg 7.2 or 7.3 and we have a beryl.lzm :)

I don't know how Tomas does it but the xorg 7.2 module in slax6rc is only 19MB !!! This would help my goal of making a customized Wolvix Cub fit on a 193MB miniCD.

#47

rai4shu2 said: Fluxbox? That looks like XFCE to me.

oooppps :)

DJiNN said: It is XFCE. You were probably looking at bodhi.zazen's "Links" which were below his post, and thought that they were part of the post as well..... easily done. :)

DJiNN

DJiNN you hit the nail on the head....my bad :oops:

#48

Releases

Dev. Release: 1.1.0

Wolvix 1.1.0 beta

Cub VMware Appliancehttp://wolvix.org/

#49

Screen shot (development release)

[[IMG]http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/2761/fluxiconsep5.th.png[/IMG]](http://img46.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fluxiconsep5.png)

he he he ... That ^^^ is how good Fluxbox can look ^^^

#50

Wolvix RC 1.1.0 is out :)

http://wolvix.org/node/612

#51

i really want to try this distro, but i have a few questions before i do!

is the repository as small as zenwalk's, since they are both slackware based? that's one of the factors that turned me off zenwalk, although it's not that important to me.

can i burn my /home directory to a cd and replace it with the one in wolvix? will my emails in thunderbird be saved, and if not, where are they stored?

how's wireless support, is it as easy as in ubuntu? my intel3945 wireless card was recognized out of the box in ubuntu, and i'd it to be as painless :)

what kernel is the latest wolvix on? i can't find any information on this.

the fact that it is primarily a live distro, does that mean it's not as optimized for hard drive installation?

is 1.1.0 close to being released? because if so i'll just wait till it's finished until i try this out.

#52

Good questions ;)

Wolvix is in transition. It was using Slax as a base, but is converting to Slackware. The focus is shifting from a Live CD to HD install.

Saving your e-mails in thunderbird is a little different. They are stroed in your home directory

Your mail is stored in :

/home/<user_name>/.thunderbird/<profile>/Mail

where <user_name> = your log-in name and <profile> = the random profiel assigned by thunderbird.

This link may help : http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=566136

The Wolvix repos are smaller then Zenwalk, but Wolvix is more compatible with Slackware, so I have pulled form Slackware without a problem.

Wireless support I have not tried.

I would advise you download the "hunter" edition and take it for a spin ;) If you like you can install to Hard drive.

#53

I'd like to try it but I have a simple question: Does Wolvix has something like this to improve fonts: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=343670&highlight=subpixel

Actually, I really like my fonts on my lcd screen and if fonts look blurry with Wolvix I dont't want to download it. So, is it possible to apply these patches on Wolvix?

Thanks

#54

Fonts are every subjective. I am not sure about the details, but the wolvix fonts look good to me.

#55

Neo40 said: I'd like to try it but I have a simple question: Does Wolvix has something like this to improve fonts: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=343670&highlight=subpixel

Actually, I really like my fonts on my lcd screen and if fonts look blurry with Wolvix I dont't want to download it. So, is it possible to apply these patches on Wolvix?

Thanks

FWIW, the version of Freetype they're discussing (2.3.x) actually ships with Wolvix 1.1.0 Final (Freetype 2.3.4, to be precise).

I've tried the technique the link suggests, but the only way to get properly crisp, well-rendered fonts (of the kind familiar from Windows) is to use fully (i.e. natively) hinted fonts, which currently means using the MS Core Web Fonts. Ordinarily you have to disable anti-aliasing for it to take effect, but if you enable anti-aliasing and install Calande's fontconfig files, you get the best of both worlds.

For it to work, your version of Freetype has to support sub-pixel hinting and the bytecode interpreter, and luckily Wolvix's does both.

#56

Wolvix is an excellent distro, but I'm worried for Wolven/DarkVision's ability to maintain their repositories whilst tracking ongoing security updates.

With the exception of Frugalware, and the possible exception of Zenwalk (I notice, for instance, that it took them 18 days to incorporate the "Critical" Seamonkey 1.1.2 update into -Current) Slackware-based and Slackware-clone distros don't really have the manpower to organize these things properly -- a problem Wolven's honest enough to admit to.

Take VectorLinux, for example. Seamonkey is their default browser/email client, but the "Critical" 1.1.2 update was left stranded in the Testing repository for the best part of a month!

So it would make more sense for Slackware-based distributions to pool their packaging efforts and standardize on a single set of repositories, be they Slacky's, or LinuxPackages.net, or whatever...

#57

What's the name of the monitoring app that seems to be embedded onto the desktop in the screenshot below?

http://wolvix.org/node/296

#58

First, Wolvix 1.1.0 RC2 is out. There are a number of bug fixes and it is my understanding the final release to forthcoming.

For fluxbox fans, this is one of the best defalut set-up's of fluxbox I have ever seen. A fine example of just what Fluxbox can do.

elcu said: What's the name of the monitoring app that seems to be embedded onto the desktop in the screenshot below?

http://wolvix.org/node/296

I believe that application is conky

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/conky-a-light-weight-system-monitor-for-ubuntu-linux-systems.html

#59

bodhi.zazen said:

I believe that application is conky

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/conky-a-light-weight-system-monitor-for-ubuntu-linux-systems.html

Much appreciated.

#60

is the repository as small as zenwalk's, since they are both slackware based? that's one of the factors that turned me off zenwalk, although it's not that important to me.

The Wolvix repos are smaller then Zenwalk, but Wolvix is more compatible with Slackware, so I have pulled form Slackware without a problem.

I do my wolvix updates in terminal and the repos that scroll up show to be a combination of some wolvix and the rest slackware.

I'm using 1.1.0 RC2

#61

Wolvix 1.1.0 is out ...

http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=04392

FYI: Wolvix is now based on Slackware, complete with slackware repos ... (previous versions were based on Slax)

#62

bodhi.zazen said: Wolvix 1.1.0 is out ...

http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=04392

FYI: Wolvix is now based on Slackware, complete with slackware repos ... (previous versions were based on Slax)Downloading the new Wolvix Hunter and the new Wolvix Cub now!

#63

For those interested, here is a review of Wolvix :

http://on-disk.com/cms/index.php?wiki=Wolvix110

#64

I love slackware and i love wolvix.

Wolvix is a work of art. :)

#65

Is it possible to install locales in Wolvix? I'd like to get my XFCE desktop in French! If yes, how can I do that?

Thank you for your help!

#66

I just installed Wolvix Cub to a second hard drive on my 256MB 700Mhz Ubuntu box to play with. So far, I'm impressed.

Being a relative newbie to Linux (less than four months) I struggled a little modifying the GRUB bootloader so I could dual boot Ubuntu and Wolvix Cub, but I managed without too many difficulties.

I personally think for someone who is looking for a basic Linux Distro to throw on an older, slower system that Wolvix Cub is vastly superior to Xubuntu. A much slicker user interface and a much better selection of pre-installed applications than Xubuntu.

I am looking forward to playing around with it and seeing what it will do!

#67

Yeah, it looks good, but I just have to get it to play nice with my Intel 3945 wireless before I can dump some of my other distros. :guitar:

#68

Would I be happy with Wolvix, you think? (try to be as unbiased as possible)

I&#8217;m a current Zenwalk user and mostly happy with it. I have rarely found anything beyond my ability with system troubleshooting, customization, even compiling packages from source (probably not the kernel, though). For me, the most desired features of a distro/OS are:

1) a lean, clean distro (minimal, &#8220;essential&#8221; apps only) 2) development oriented (compilers, editors, scripting - all readily supported if not included in the distro image) 3) function over form (i.e. fast and reliable more important than looks) 4) painless (reasonably) upgrade path for kernel, components, applications 5) optimization potential for specific hardware (this enhances items 1 through 3 above)

I'm also thinking of trying ForeSight because I like the Conary package management philosophy (theoretically, it makes sense). I guess I wonder how mature, stable, and fast Wolvix and Foresight are.

For my second system (laptop) which of the following distros is most intuitive (it's my wife's primary system, she's using Ubuntu Fiesty currently) and also laptop-friendly when it comes to power management? Ubuntu tends to run "hot", compared to Windows XP. For awhile I was tweaking all kinds of power thresholds to get it to run cooler. It's still not ideal.

Wolvix Foresight Ubuntu Zenwalk

#69

If you like Zenwalk you will likely also like Wolvix.

Wolvix has nice selection of default applications. The focus is changing form live CD to hard drive install and increasing compatibility with Slackware.

From your post I might also suggest you look into Arch Linux :twisted:

#70

I'm truly amazed this little distro hasn't taken off. I've been using it for nearly a week and it is by far the best distro I've used. Everything just works. I had previously tried Zenwalk and I wasn't impressed with it and I figured I'd feel the same way about Wolvix. But I didn't. If Slackware is this good I might consider trying it in the future. For now, though, Wolvix will be my main OS.

#71

greymongrey said: I'm truly amazed this little distro hasn't taken off. I've been using it for nearly a week and it is by far the best distro I've used. Everything just works. I had previously tried Zenwalk and I wasn't impressed with it and I figured I'd feel the same way about Wolvix. But I didn't. If Slackware is this good I might consider trying it in the future. For now, though, Wolvix will be my main OS.

Wolvix is truly one of the best of the best other OS's.

#72

Does Wolvix come with pppconfig for getting me online with dialup?

#73

ntu said: Does Wolvix come with pppconfig for getting me online with dialup?

I don't use dial-up myself but Wolvix has Chestnut Dialer, which looks like what you need.

#74

Wow :)

Interview with Wolven, creator of Wolvix, and his sidekick Oithona

#75

I have been using ubuntu 64 bit for about two years, with windows xp.

I installed Wolvix Hunter about 6 months ago, on the same desktop PC and have been very impressed with it. It is quick, clean and simple, with very well selected applications. It has been my easiest installation ever.

I also now have it on an old notebook 400mhz 256Mram with only 6 GB hdd and it work fine.

Even though it does not have the repository of a debian system, it has more than I need. I have added Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 to the list. Ubuntu has made it so easy to experiment, with good support via the internet.

The beauty of linux systems is that they all talk to each other.

Only the windows system refuses to see the others!

:guitar:

#76

I tried to partition Wolvix but it didn't go too well..once I get another PC I'll put it on there though.

I hope development can one day move towards a Home desktop, I really loved Wolvix's setup and hope to have it as my main OS one day.

However, I don't like installing/re-installing/upgrading all the time. Which is the main reason I use Ubuntu LTS releases and Debian stable so much. I know, that I won't have to upgrade/re-install for a good 2-3 years (Debian maybe longer)

Being that Wolvix is not designed for Desktops, I'm not sure how that would work out.

But yeah, running from a Live CD--it was definitely one of the best distro's I've ever used.

#77

I've used Wolvix and have been impressed.. I have a 4GB thumbdrive with it on there, with about 2GB to spare.. I also used Wolvix Cub to save a friend's laptop, which due to a bad CD drive could not properly install any larger distros.. I've also found it to boot up and run well on some old PCs that had trouble with Knoppix..

#78

Just installed Wolvix and it's fantastic. I'm new to Slackware distros so I was wondering if it was possible for me to install Firefox 3. I can't seem to find any Firefox 3 packages for Slackware 11. Is it ok for me to use packages for new Slackware distros?

Also what are some of the repos that you guys use for Slapt-Get?

#79

Joe said: Just installed Wolvix and it's fantastic. I'm new to Slackware distros so I was wondering if it was possible for me to install Firefox 3. I can't seem to find any Firefox 3 packages for Slackware 11. Is it ok for me to use packages for new Slackware distros?

Just use the Linux archive from the Firefox download site.

#80

Joe said: Just installed Wolvix and it's fantastic. I'm new to Slackware distros so I was wondering if it was possible for me to install Firefox 3. I can't seem to find any Firefox 3 packages for Slackware 11. Is it ok for me to use packages for new Slackware distros?

Also what are some of the repos that you guys use for Slapt-Get? You'll learn more by handling packages the way they're SUPPOSED to be handled... ;)

#81

be careful installing newer packages on Wolvix, you'll end up in dependency hell most likely..

and no telling when Wolvix may be updated, since it's developer just had a baby recently..

#82

Update: http://www.wolvix.org/ New website, new mirror, new repo, new forum layout. Wolven and oithona busy there.

New version on the blocks...go see. the most under rated distro around. Really a great great tool.

#83

Its the best live cd I have ever used, and I always carry it around. But for desktop use I still prefer zenwalk, or slackware itself compared to wolvix.

#84

Five Over said: Update: http://www.wolvix.org/

New website, new mirror, new repo, new forum layout. Wolven and oithona busy there.

New version on the blocks...go see. the most under rated distro around. Really a great great tool.

Where does it talk about a new version on the blocks?

#85

Heh: slightly premature , sorry, but still, otw !! http://forums.wolvix.org/index.php/topic,859.0.html

They'll get there..