The only thing I don't like about it, is not being able to minimize windows. I have to remember to go up to the top bar to switch windows, or Alt+tab.
Oh, I have no clue what got it going. My friend here fired it up, and off it went......
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Got 'er fixed up, and have been running the netbook desktop on the netbook. It's even pretty on regular desktops!
The only thing I don't like about it, is not being able to minimize windows. I have to remember to go up to the top bar to switch windows, or Alt+tab.
Oh, I have no clue what got it going. My friend here fired it up, and off it went......
The only thing I don't like about it, is not being able to minimize windows. I have to remember to go up to the top bar to switch windows, or Alt+tab.
Oh, I have no clue what got it going. My friend here fired it up, and off it went......
I'd rather be a free person who fears terrorists, than be a "safe" person who fears the government.
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
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Per R_Head's post here:
1) Install kernel-netbook-latest on Mageia 2 - it's in the Tainted repo.
2) Re: NIC module: Install kernel-firmware, it should be in Core repo.
3) TV Tuner works fine here, with XBMC, among others. Tried it?
4) Make sure ntfs3g-utils is installed, and LIRC is set up properly.
R_Head wrote:I tried Mageia. A couple of things held me in using it. After running for a long time it crapped out on my Panasonic Toughbook. Have not fixed it yet. On my other system with the Dual Xeons 64 bits the wireless NIC does not work; some about that cannot install NDiswrapper, or module. Installs the Server Kernel. Another issue is the USB TV Tuner does not work either. The only one that seems to work is Mandriva 2010.2 32 bits
2011 crapped out on another system and that Rosa desktop thing just plain sucks.
1) Install kernel-netbook-latest on Mageia 2 - it's in the Tainted repo.
2) Re: NIC module: Install kernel-firmware, it should be in Core repo.
3) TV Tuner works fine here, with XBMC, among others. Tried it?
4) Make sure ntfs3g-utils is installed, and LIRC is set up properly.
I'd rather be a free person who fears terrorists, than be a "safe" person who fears the government.
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
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There have been 3 - count 'em, three kernel updates over the last not quite week. Not sure what's up with that, but one certainly did not work for me on any of the machines here (kernel-netbook-3.4.32-2). The 3.4.34-1 appears to be working OK. I'm still keeping the one that worked best on the netbook (3.4.24-3), just in case.
I'd like to install Diaspora*, possibly run my own pod, but it's not in the Mageia repos (and for chrissakes, they're on Diaspora themselves). The install script to compile seems very hard to figure out (even the Diaspora people in a 'round-about way admit this). Check it out here. This is definitely NOT a simple "configure, su, make, make install" package. Any ideas?
I'd like to install Diaspora*, possibly run my own pod, but it's not in the Mageia repos (and for chrissakes, they're on Diaspora themselves). The install script to compile seems very hard to figure out (even the Diaspora people in a 'round-about way admit this). Check it out here. This is definitely NOT a simple "configure, su, make, make install" package. Any ideas?
I'd rather be a free person who fears terrorists, than be a "safe" person who fears the government.
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
Re: Mageia
This might help:
https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wi ... -on-fedora
https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wi ... -on-fedora
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Yeah, saw that - it's in the translating language to Mageia, that's the pits (yum to urpmi).
I'd rather be a free person who fears terrorists, than be a "safe" person who fears the government.
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
Re: Mageia
It should be possible to install Yum in Mageia - but I don't know if that will work.
https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2686
https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2686
Manjaro 64bit on the main box -Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz and nVidia Corporation GT200b [GeForce GTX 275] (rev a1. + Centos on the server - Arch on the laptop.
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hhmmm... am down for a test. Tomorrow. lol.
I'd rather be a free person who fears terrorists, than be a "safe" person who fears the government.
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
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Test abandoned; I couldn't figure how to get the repos I needed installed to yum. I also posted at the Mageia forum about how to go about diaspora installation, got the majority of the way through, then decided it was too much to deal with at this time.
On another note. Bug #5163 is sure throwing me for a loop. Nautilus crashing with an NFS share mounted, but if I switch it to a samba share, I can't get the netbook to find it. This sucks on a major scale.
On another note. Bug #5163 is sure throwing me for a loop. Nautilus crashing with an NFS share mounted, but if I switch it to a samba share, I can't get the netbook to find it. This sucks on a major scale.
I'd rather be a free person who fears terrorists, than be a "safe" person who fears the government.
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
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dedanna1029
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Mageia's in Mandriva family??? It's not Mandriva???
I'd rather be a free person who fears terrorists, than be a "safe" person who fears the government.
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
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Mageia, PCLinuxOS, Unity Linux, Rosa and OpenMandriva (whatever it ends up being called) are all forks of the now defunct Mandriva Linux. (There are probably a few others, that are less well known.)
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"Forks of distros" are just that - forks. They are distros in and of themselves, and are not Mandriva. If we are going to include forks in this, I propose we make a "Forks of Mandriva" section.
OpenMandriva is a continuation of THE Mandriva, so would be considered same as Mandriva. However, the others aren't.
In lieu of a "Forks of Mandriva" section, I propose we rename this section to "Mandriva and Mandriva Forks", to avoid confusion such as what I just had.
OpenMandriva is a continuation of THE Mandriva, so would be considered same as Mandriva. However, the others aren't.
In lieu of a "Forks of Mandriva" section, I propose we rename this section to "Mandriva and Mandriva Forks", to avoid confusion such as what I just had.
I'd rather be a free person who fears terrorists, than be a "safe" person who fears the government.
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
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dedanna1029 wrote:OpenMandriva is a continuation of THE Mandriva, so would be considered same as Mandriva.
It's probably just a matter of semantics, but I don't agree. The OpenMandriva cooker repo is a combination of many Rosa packages and the former Mandriva cooker. Mandriva cooker is now dead. There have been no updates to it since last November when the Mandriva build system ceased to function. (OpenMandriva is using the Rosa build system.)
Mandriva Linux was not continued by OpenMandriva - they are building a new distro which may be called something totally different and which has been based in part on the former Mandriva Linux. It will not be controlled by Mandriva SA and will definitely NOT be called "Mandriva". If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck then it's probably a duck.
I see nothing wrong with "Mandriva Family" - a family includes the parents and the children - both before and after the parent has died.
Jim