(Micro)wattOS: A linux distro with i3 Sunday Jul 9 7:14:39 2017 Whenever I either update or upgrade my 12 year-old laptop *aelita* (See: http://chals.sdfeu.org/profile/#naming_convention) I get in trouble. The system usually breaks for some reason. It's been the case for some years so it was no surprise. This time I upgraded from jessie to stretch and the cpu was constantly between 80% and 100% the system ran so slowly that it was barely usable. I came across wattOS --> http://planetwatt.com/new/ A linux distro based on Ubuntu which releases a micro edition called microwatt which features i3 as default window manager. The download page is at: (HTM) microwatt I tried the live cd and it worked great so I decided to install it. On a side note, it also works great on my eeepc 701 which is awesome. So I guess I will end up installing it on the eeepc too. I have been a debian user for many years now and also of the i3 wm. I usually installed the debian base system plus an x-server and i3. I know the drill by heart, I have done it on a dozen occasions, but this time I couln't resist the easiness at hands reach. The version I installed is R10. It was released almost a year ago: http://planetwatt.com/new/index.php/2016/09/01/wattos-r10-released/ but it is based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS which means support until 2021. What else can I ask for? ______________________________________________________________________ Gophered by Gophernicus/1.6 on NetBSD/amd64 9.1