topic title: Long time listener, first time caller
Posts: 12
bones
Joined: 07 Aug 2013
#1
Hi folks,

I've tried antiX a few times in the past, but just yesterday committed it to bare metal, on one of my 32-bit test machines (1 of 2) here at work, tracking sid. Switched the default WM from iceWM to jwm, tweaked the configs, changed some defaults, and I'm good to go. Initially, the CPU was always maxxed out to 100%, but upon reboot, everything is aces. Solid, impressive release (Luddite).
rokytnji
Posts: 4,164
rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#2
Howdy and Welcome bones. Sounds like you'll fit in here just fine. I am taking a break from my fencing project. So I will be offline mostly for the next week or so.
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bones
Joined: 07 Aug 2013
#3
Hey rokytnji! Good to see you here, a familiar face from linuxquestions.org! I'm"JWJones" over there. And thanks for the welcome!
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Dave
Joined: 20 Jan 2010
#4
A welcome from me as well.
Nice to see that you have decided to fully dive in __{{emoticon}}__

A few questions....
bones wrote:Switched the default WM from iceWM to jwm, tweaked the configs, changed some defaults, and I'm good to go.
If you are comfortable with posting some of the tweaks to the configs / changes from defaults, could you do so?
Maybe some of those tweaks / changes to defaults could be made the default __{{emoticon}}__
bones wrote: Initially, the CPU was always maxxed out to 100%, but upon reboot, everything is aces. Solid, impressive release (Luddite).
Perhaps on the initial run you made some changes with sysv-rc-conf..... I have seen this ramp my cpu till next reboot.

Dave
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bones
Joined: 07 Aug 2013
#5
Dave, other than changing from iceWM to jwm, changing the time format on the tray, changing the wallpaper, changing the default FM from rox-filer/spacefm to pcmanfm, no other changes at this time. Nope, didn't change anything in sysv-rc-conf. I haven't been able to repeat the 100% CPU issue, so life is good so far.
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skidoo
Joined: 09 Feb 2012
#6
What makes pcmanfm more appealing than spaceFM?
I had the impression that spaceFM was"pcmanfm, on steroids"
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rust collector
Joined: 27 Dec 2011
#7
I guess he doesn't like steroids?
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bones
Joined: 07 Aug 2013
#8
skidoo wrote:What makes pcmanfm more appealing than spaceFM?
I had the impression that spaceFM was"pcmanfm, on steroids"
No good reason, really, I just prefer pcmanfm over spacefm.