Hello,

Thank you for all this feedback. You all gave me enough to spend a
week reading.  Here is a report of my endeavours:

1. I finally installed ArchBang Linux:

http://archbang.org

This is essentially Arch Linux with a few installation decisions that
makes Linux useable in about ten minutes.  In fact, I installed it
with a USB pen drive during a ride in the metro on my way home from
work.  And so it's a Bang! without the fragility of CrunchBang.

A nice alternative for me would have been Peppermint Linux:

http://peppermintos.com/

2. I chose Arch Linux because it feels transparent: everything is
configurable in a text file and every apps are accessible via
shortcuts.  Another reason is that the online documentation is
impressively serious:

https://wiki.archlinux.org

The way this documentation is organized and maintained should be an
example for every freeware endeavour of this size.  For instance, here
is the wiki answer to the question I asked this list:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Compared_to_Other_Distributions

I find this quite impressive.

3. I followed the documentation and succeeded in compiling Scid almost
out-of-the-box!  I only needed to install the developper's base, Tcl
and Tk, Pacman (Arch installer) being another nice surprise.

I compiled it the traditional way, but I should note that Arch Linux
is promoting ABS, which appeals to me:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ABS

4. I note that the maximum boardsize has a diagonal of about 3,5
inches, or something like 9 centimeters.  This is about the third of
my screen.  Scid was not made for notebooks screens.   I can post a
screenshot in real size if need be.  Or I can open a thread so people
can point me to ways to solve this problem.  The chessboard could span
on about twice the size.  This is not a small increase.

Thank you all for your support and your suggestions,

Best,

B


On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Mike Morrison
<salvadors_cl...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> With all this discussion of different flavors of Linux, I've got to ask... 
> has anyone else running SCID on any platform experienced the problem I 
> described in my earlier post about a week ago (comments disappearing while 
> browsing through variations)?
>
> --- On Tue, 5/31/11, Benoit St-Pierre <b...@oueb.ca> wrote:
>
>> From: Benoit St-Pierre <b...@oueb.ca>
>> Subject: Re: [Scid-users] Linux Flavor for Scid
>> To: "Scid Users List" <scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
>> Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 2:00 PM
>> Thanks for the info!
>>
>> I'll install Crunchbang later this evening.  I just
>> encountered Archbang.
>>
>> Does anyone have some experience with Archbang?
>>
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