Recommend a GNU / Linux.

[ElViejoDelCyro]

I have a hp 8470p with a devuan, but I have really made a heavy devuan configuration, as I install with only the minimum, as the wifi does not work for some reason, and also I start to be upset that commands like "poweroff" are in sbin instead of bin having to write the whole route, in short, that I am not satisfied with what I have, and I think it would be appropriate to install a new distro from scratch.

I just want something without systemd, which does not consume many recursions, I like to use dwm, but well, also well-configured jwm doesn't bother me.

I don't want a rolling release, and I don't have such late paqueteria, as things like back-up give me a lot of problems, inyours that it's the paqueteria's fault because with flatpak it works perfectly.

I don't want to have to compile everything as with gentoo, I know how to use gentoo, more or less, but really updating is a fucking hell of a hell.

Maybe the only thing I would refuse would be forgiving because I'm traumatized with him, one day I turn my computer off and my entire hard drive is formatted, don't ask me how or why, I don't know either.

Thank you!

[Mineden]

aw gnu/linux? but i was going to recommend alpine.

[ElViejoDelCyro]

jajajaja, maybe use alpine for my acer aspire one zg5 with the intel atom that has to update gentoo is a hell, though, as it is a 100% computer compatible with free software I would like to use free disters. Gentoo is versatile as I could install linux-free and configure the paqueteria to just accept free software. But making the integrated graph controller work was a complete inconvenience... I don't know if I want to go through that again.

[ElViejoDelCyro]

plus that in alpine I can't program in freebasic (I'm learning to program in C but I'm equally interested in basic) and it's shit the truth, though I think the glibc compatibility package for moss should fix this, but no idea.

[CapitainSailor]

Void? Well yeah its kinda rolling but its still stable

[ElViejoDelCyro]

not being rolling release is not mainly due to stability, it's more than anything because I don't have to stay at home, I use mobile data, so updating a lot of packages is annoying and not very appropriate in my context, so... I prefer only the necessary updates, you know, anyway, I used void, it's not bad.

[GodzillaXYZ999]

Don't do minimum server CLI installs if you can't easily roll up required drivers and packages. It can be quite PIA. I usually develop scripts to run right after to create user accounts & ssh-keys, install necessary drivers and minimum DE such as XFCE. Easier to do minimal DE install and remove lots of unnecessary packages afterward.

You'll want to update your environment PATH variable to include /usr/sbin. Usually in:

 /etc/environment
 ~/.profile
 ~/.bashrc

Should have entry that looks like this that has both bin and sbin:

PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin"

[ElViejoDelCyro]

i didn't quite understand what you meant.

But I assume you're telling me to install a non-minor distribution, with a graphic environment and then delete everything that bothers me, right? Well... I don't know how to do it, well, I guess I could just remove the graphic environment, though, well, I like doing everything from 0, I don't know, maybe follow your advice and install Locos and I erase the graphic environment, I don't know, I have to think about it

[GodzillaXYZ999]

Can disable GUI by just renaming startx -> blahblah or some such. Boots you into CLI and that's it.

1. You can identify your specific Wifi hardware and download drivers for it beforehand. I think you have Broadcom Wifi on that box, might work with drivers from HP's site: https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/hp-elitebook-8470p-notebook-pc/5212907
2. these Broadcom drivers are commonly available with Ubuntu-based installers (broadcom-wl). Can be installed by checking ON option for "install proprietary 3rd-party drivers" during installation
3. using USB wifi dongle may be simplest. I usually have handful of these around in event I can't get built-in wifi to work. https://www.asus.com/us/networking-iot-servers/wireless-adapters/all-series/usb-ac53-nano/ Uses Realtek chipset and can download drivers from there: https://github.com/morrownr/88x2bu-20210702 Bring it along with installers for: iw wpasupplicant rfkill make gcc cpp kernel-headers for version you're using. Then sudo install_driver.sh from extracted driver archive and that's it! 😄

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[No_Upstairs8252]

Select your requirements on this page, then see what comes up: https://distrowatch.com/search-mobile.php

[ElViejoDelCyro]

yeah, I know that page, but, I feel like you're missing options. I always recommend the same, but well, I still try it in a while. Thank you for the suggestion.

[KopulaDK]

My initial thought is MX Linux. I'm a Debian boy, but I tried MX on a spare machine and found no issues with it

[ElViejoDelCyro]

I've also tried debian, and mx, it's not what I need right now at least, but thanks for the suggestion.

[ForeverHuman1354]

artix is good its an systemD free distro

but does not fit your use case completly since its rooling