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<p>Hey folks,</p>
<p>Brian's email got me curious about trying PureOS. I'm a sucker
for trying any distro with a clean Gnome desktop, wallpaper with a
pretty mountain range and a reputation for integrity. I thought
after all my blather about installing to USB sticks I ought to
give it a whirl myself. Which I did with unfortunately rather
disappointing results. <br>
</p>
<p>The iso checksum checked out and Etcher cooked up an install
drive/"live USB" just fine from both Kubuntu directly and also a
Windows 10 VM in Virtual Box on the same machine. Moreover,
Etcher claims a proper validation in each. But the installed
PureOS demo system fails to see the WiFi adapter in my HP-Notebook
(maybe three years old) and has problems with detecting the
correct display settings of my Toshiba Satellite L505 (maybe ten
or eleven years old). It does see WiFi on the L505 but does not
properly accept the password and actually connect. Ethernet is
not an option for me right now.<br>
</p>
<p>I expect this is a firmware issue with the proper free drivers
just not being available or something, but the website Bug tracker
thus far turns up nothing useful, and under the Troubleshooting
section (last updated 131 days ago) there is only one item under
Networking--which does not apply. <br>
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<p>I'm not saying I think PureOS is a dysfunctional project or not
worthwhile, but I do wonder if for most people in the real world
it's worth spending much time on as a primary stand-alone system
(that is, not a virtual machine). <br>
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<p>I'd be interested to know if anyone tries it out and has better
results, a different perspective, etc.</p>
<p>Tom<br>
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<p>Hello All,</p>
<p>I was poking around and looking at a website specifically re:
Gnu and the Hurd OS. Hurd doesn't really work much at all but
there were 6 OSes listed that were certified FOSS and approved
by Stallman. They each used the linux kernel. I downloaded
PureOS and installed in as a virtual machine (in the non-FOSS
Vbox). After a few tweaks it was up and running and I really
like it. I would migrate to it if I had a clue how to keep
everything. It's fast and clean, the FOSS browser works
perfectly. No issues with sound nor anything else. It's Debian
based so its Gnome GUI is very familiar.</p>
<p>Just thought that I'd let you all know.</p>
<p>Ciao<br>
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