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Changing desktops in Porteus 3.2.2
Posted: 20 Jan 2017, 09:21
by Arif
I've downloaded Porteus-KDE-v3.2.2-i586.iso and installed it, but now I want to switch to Porteus XFCE v3.2.2. Do I need to download the entire Porteus-XFCE-v3.2.2-i586.iso file for this? Or can I just download something like xfce.xzm and that'll suffice? If that's the case, I'd be glad if someone shared the xfce.xzm file for v3.2.2 because I can't find it on the mirrors.
Also, once I have both kde.xzm and xfce.xzm in porteus/base/ directory, how I can choose which desktop I want to boot to during boot up? Thanks in advance!
Re: Changing desktops in Porteus 3.2.2
Posted: 20 Jan 2017, 11:42
by Bogomips
Arif wrote:IDo I need to download the entire Porteus-XFCE-v3.2.2-i586.iso file for this?
Yes. Quicker in the long run. Just a mere 200M.
Also, once I have both kde.xzm and xfce.xzm in porteus/base/ directory, how I can choose which desktop I want to boot to during boot up? Thanks in advance!
At boot screen Tab/F2 to edit cmd line. Append
noload=003-kde or
noload=003-xf , whichever not required.
Re: Changing desktops in Porteus 3.2.2
Posted: 20 Jan 2017, 14:28
by tome
Arif wrote:
IDo I need to download the entire Porteus-XFCE-v3.2.2-i586.iso file for this?
Yes. Quicker in the long run. Just a mere 200M.
You can use httpfs2 as root
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su
mkdir /tmp/myiso
httpfs2 http://dl.porteus.org/i586/current/Porteus-XFCE-v3.2.2-i586.iso /tmp/myiso
mount /tmp/myiso/Porteus-XFCE-v3.2.2-i586.iso /mnt/loop
white a moment and open /mnt/loop in your File Manager as root.
Another way is to use my firefox-3.6...-archview module from
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gdzuwmrramlv ... kfYbZMrUra that open iso, zip, rar in browser without downloading.
Re: Changing desktops in Porteus 3.2.2
Posted: 20 Jan 2017, 16:15
by Bogomips
tome wrote:You can use httpfs2 as root
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su
mkdir /tmp/myiso
httpfs2 http://dl.porteus.org/i586/current/Porteus-XFCE-v3.2.2-i586.iso /tmp/myiso
mount /tmp/myiso/Porteus-XFCE-v3.2.2-i586.iso /mnt/loop
white a moment and open /mnt/loop in your File Manager as root.
or simply:
mloop http://domain.com/file.iso
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mloop http://dl.porteus.org/i586/current/Porteus-XFCE-v3.2.2-i586.iso
P.S. ISO file should also be authenticated
http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php? ... 822#p45038, but not sure how it's done with http2fs.