Elive 3.8.16 installed into VM

elive_3.8.16_beta_hybrid_amd64.iso

Installation went well, and I have a beautiful elive system living on my machine. Haven't had much time to play with it yet, but it seems everything works as expected. The sole disappointment is systemd. I know that systemd can be rooted out, but I've never actually done it. Maybe I'll practice doing so in the VM, then consider whether I want to put Elive onto hardware.

Ten years ago, I distro hopped at the drop of a hat. Today, I'm reluctant to change distros until I KNOW things are going to work like I want them.

It sure is beautiful though!!!

~ ❯❯❯ inxi -F
System: Host: Elive-guy Kernel: 5.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: N/A Distro: Elive 10 3.8.1 (beta)
Machine: Type: Virtualbox System: innotek product: VirtualBox v: 1.2 serial:
Mobo: Oracle model: VirtualBox v: 1.2 serial: BIOS: innotek v: VirtualBox date: 12/01/2006
CPU: Topology: 12-Core model: AMD Opteron 6134 bits: 64 type: MCP L2 cache: 6144 KiB
Speed: 2300 MHz min/max: N/A Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2300 2: 2300 3: 2300 4: 2300 5: 2300 6: 2300 7: 2300 8: 2300
9: 2300 10: 2300 11: 2300 12: 2300
Graphics: Device-1: VMware SVGA II Adapter driver: vmwgfx v: 2.15.0.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: preferred~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 7.0 128 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.6
Audio: Device-1: Intel 82801AA AC97 Audio driver: snd_intel8x0
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64
Network: Device-1: Intel 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet driver: e1000
IF: enp0s3 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 08:00:27:3a:d8:cf
Device-2: Intel 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI type: network bridge driver: piix4_smbus
Drives: Local Storage: total: 16.00 GiB used: 8.14 GiB (50.9%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: VirtualBox model: VBOX HARDDISK size: 16.00 GiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 15.67 GiB used: 8.14 GiB (51.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors: Missing: Required tool sensors not installed. Check --recommends
Info: Processes: 214 Uptime: 1h 11m Memory: 14.90 GiB used: 946.2 MiB (6.2%) Shell: zsh inxi: 3.0.32

:madness:
May I point you to to this link, if you're feeling adventurous:
https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/how-to-remove-systemd-on-debian-buster-distros-and-switch-to-sysvinit-the-good-way

That gives me some confidence, since it is Elive specific. Thank you triantares!

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good luck.
And do share your experiences if/when you try it out. :coding: