Better than Gentoo

CAW CAW CAW CAW
[ Hail Satan. ]

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I remember seeing this awesome Source Mage desktop in the desktop thread once. Raven wallpaper, evilwm... Probably the only one I ever saw.
I'd like to give it a try, but the documentation is fucking incomprehensible. Can't find any other good sources on it, or even a single YouTube video...

its pretty much broken. SourcMage needs testers and people who report bugs to them.

Satan at it again

Better installation guide github.com/mayfrost/guides/blob/master/INITIATION.md

>666
>Source Mage
>raven on the logo
It checks

Can someone make a video using it and upload it somewhere?

>the documentation is fucking incomprehensible
What's incomprehensible about it?
>Can't find any other good sources on it, or even a single YouTube video...
All you need is the online documentation and the man pages.
If you run into trouble, ask the IRC for help.

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>If you run into trouble, ask the IRC for help.
Bullshit. If I have to get on 'IRC 4 help', that's the first sign of a garbage /meme/ distro.

Fuck you, the best distros give some technical advice on IRC. Off yourself.

>reading comprehension: 0
Nobody said "you have to get on IRC for help".
I literally said "All you need is the online documentation and the man pages."
What I meant is IF, by any chance, you need some help, the IRC is there for you.
It is active, the people there are very friendly and welcoming and will be happy to help.

>evilwm
>that pywal colors with that wallpaper
>listening to fagcore quebec black metal

forgot to mention

>that font

Herpes has an active community too.

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Okay?

Don't take it too seriously, sperg.

>listens to queercore deafheaven core black metal
>has an ugly desktop

lol you played you are self kid

You got me.

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[here's the pasta for old times' sake]

Wizards assemble!

Advanced users of GNU/Linux (and I mean advanced), remember to try Source Mage GNU/Linux. True source-based distribution, and (in contrast with Gentoo and Arch) is:
Free from obfuscated and pre-configured code.
Fully committed to GPL, uses only free software (as in freedom) in their main package.
With even the documentation licensed as FDL.
Without 3rd party patches, sensible defaults or masked packages.
Doesn't need obfuscated python libraries, only bash.
No systemd (they've implemented their own init scripts system sourcemage.org/Init).
Uses clean dependencies as they came from upstream developers, which by the same provides instant updates.
Can heal broken installs.
Can also use flags.

Do you like Arch Linux's AUR? Do you like Gentoo's portage (or ports-like) package manager? With SMGL's "sorcery" you get all that. Making new spells (package build files) not found in the grimoire (repository of spells) is easy sourcemage.org/Spell/Book

Bash hackers welcome! Come and join sourcemage.org/

Installing SMGL is easy, here's the simplified process:
>boot a live Ubuntu (or whatever) USB drive
>go to SMGL website and download compressed archive of the base system
>partition and mount partition(s)
>extract the archive onto the new partition(s)
>chroot, set root passwd, hostname, configure network and locale, write fstab, install grub/lilo
>reboot
>compile a kernel (preferably the newest stable one from kernel.org)
>update sorcery, grimoires and the build toolchain
>rebuild the system (hold spells you've already built, so you don't build them twice)
The install guide will hold your hand through the whole process sourcemage.org/Install/Chroot
Do the chroot method, since the regular live ISO method guide is out of date currently.

Here's a list of common commands: pastebin.com/i4DALaNV

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>its pretty much broken
Worked fine for me last time I tried it.
>SourcMage needs testers and people who report bugs to them
Sure but mostly it needs spell maintainers.

For those interested in some history, Source Mage was originally called Sorcerer (first released in 2000, the same year as Gentoo), but due to some problems (around 2002), Sorcerer split into 3 distros: Lunar Linux (pretty much dead), Sorcerer (fork by the original creator, he took it offline for some reason and killed it) and Source Mage (with most of the original dev team).
By the time Source Mage got off the ground (2002), Gentoo had already amassed a large and vibrant community, basically leaving Source Mage in the dust.
Since Gentoo had much more momentum at a critical time, Source Mage remained in it's shadow ever since.
That's the reason why Source Mage is largely unknown now compared to Gentoo, despite technically being as old as Gentoo.
sourcemage.org/History
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Mage#History

Despite all that, Source Mage is still a good distro.
The package management tools work well and there are still people working on them.
The problem is that the distro is so small right now, there are not enough people to maintain all the spells and keep them up with the upstream.
If you're going to install it, you should use the test grimoire (it's not bleeding edge, but it's quite up to date and fine for my needs at least).

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Thanks bro, I love this pasta, always makes me a bit nostalgic.

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Same.

i store my dab pen in my pc case and i am afraid its going to overheat, will linux solve this?

Nice rice dude.