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3rd party repos for a jessie install free of systemd

Fri Jan 02, 2015 11:06 pm

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This is the repo of the trios gnu linux distro - http://trios.rs/

They have a great debian respin that uses openrc and is free of systemd.

This repo currently only has amd64 packages
Code:
deb http://mirror.org.rs/trios/ mia non-systemd main


Looks like they have added a repo that has both i386 and amd64 packages
Code:
deb http://mirror.org.rs/trios/ mia non-systemd-testing main


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This repo was created by Adam Borowski who is a debian devel.

This repo has both amd64 and i386 packages
Code:
deb http://angband.pl/debian/ nosystemd main


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Either one of these seem to work very well with stock debian jessie install images.
Last edited by mean_dean on Mon Jan 05, 2015 4:30 pm, edited 16 times in total.

Re: debian jessie amd64 free of systemd

Sat Jan 03, 2015 3:06 am

*ignore*

notes to self

mount no longer wants/needs -t when setting up chroot
grub seems to need --force to install to /dev/sda

Re: debian jessie amd64 free of systemd

Sat Jan 03, 2015 3:10 am

If you don't mind i will try to post it in the how-to section, asap.
thanks for it, btw (not that sure if i will go for anything close to Debian in the future, but in case i will ... ).

K, i couldn't hesitate, have a look if it is fine ( i will sleep now, or at least shake my ding a bit):
meandeans-no-systemd-t468.html

Re: debian jessie amd64 free of systemd

Sat Jan 03, 2015 10:06 pm

nadir wrote:If you don't mind i will try to post it in the how-to section, asap.

might be a good idea...before I change it

ooops I already changed it

:lol:

thanks for the clue on how to get it to post...forgot about that leading slash thingy problem

Re: debian jessie xfce amd64 free of systemd

Sun Jan 04, 2015 6:30 pm

nnot being able to simply type etc in a path suck quite a bit. With more vim foo i could replace them all in a row, but i don't do it often enough to get my head into it, so i just do it manually.
Yeah, now i remember: back then you changed posts three times in 5 minutes. Feeling nomadic, huh?

You using a BSD version, btw? If yes, please comment a bit.

Re: debian jessie xfce amd64 free of systemd

Sun Jan 04, 2015 11:24 pm

nadir wrote:You using a BSD version, btw? If yes, please comment a bit.


I am using openbsd. I don't know how to describe it. It seems very correct, very organized, structured. It is simple yet flexible. So far I have been lazy and stuck to installing binary packages using pkg rather than turning to ports. The binary packages are crufty/bloated but for now I still get to play and learn so good enough. I like how it doesn't install a package and do this and this and this but rather echos a message to the terminal and says if you want such and such then you can do this and this and this. So far I like it a lot...

Re: 3rd party repos for a jessie install free of systemd

Sun Jan 04, 2015 11:44 pm

if anyone has the ability to mirror these repos...might be a good idea...

Re: 3rd party repos for a jessie install free of systemd

Mon Jan 05, 2015 12:29 am

Thanks for the feedback about BSD (OpenBSD).
I got it in mind, but for now am happy with Gentoo. Still i think about giving it a try, now and then.

mirroring: I guess i could do that, but don't know how. Not too sure i want it ... if it is desperately needed *and* someone tells me how to do it, i wouldn't hesitate.

I went to the webpage of Trios. It seems to be a distro, but i can't find a iso to download. The website seems to be eastern european language, perhaps Polish, hence i am a bit lost.

Re: 3rd party repos for a jessie install free of systemd

Mon Jan 05, 2015 4:47 pm

Yea trios is a bit confusing. Right now I think they are getting everything ready to release a new iso. Scroll to the bottom of the page....blue square is the forum...green square is the download...

I just thought someone might mirror the repo so that we could pull from that instead of burning up trios server/bandwidth. Then again it isn't much traffic anyway so probably not a big deal.

I have never even tried gentoo. If I have to compile something then it isn't for me. Too lazy... But if you have something that works for you then, honestly, it is as good as anything else.

Re: 3rd party repos for a jessie install free of systemd

Mon Jan 05, 2015 5:43 pm

Ah, ok. Let me try to download an iso when i am in the mood.

I barely feel i would compile anything. I do "emerge name-of-package" and then have to wait (which is a bit of a pain, but when used to its not a biggie anymore). I got no good arguments why one should use it neither. It doesn't come with systemd and the userbase seems ok (well informed and openminded), but that's about it. I don't care for fine-grained control of "packages". (didn't even fool much with --no-install-recommends). funtoo seems similar and the users seem to be even more fun.
I pretty much like the kiss approach of BSD systems. In the past they have been too kiss for me, but if i see the opposite, what Debian is right now, then i prefer that. Thing is: the users usually don't look much like fun. Farts without humor.
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