Openmandriva 2014 lx is out
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Openmandriva 2014 lx is out
Apparently Openmandriva 2014 is out as of May 1st https://blog.openmandriva.org/en/2014/0 ... ning-free/ . Can't wait to finally try the final release; downloading now.
Re: Openmandriva 2014 lx is out
Wiil try to upgrade my 2013.0 install..Now lemme see where are those repos...
Ah yes found it :
http://wiki.openmandriva.org/en/2014.0/ ... _to_2014.0
Doing the stuff now...I have installed quite a lot (including a LAMP server) . Since I run Openbox I did not get an update popup (Maybe it is due to Openbox ) so I have to do it manually - naturally without a backup since that only is for chicken
I'll let you know....
..Well the update went through but I have lost my GUI. No kdm: I will have to dive into this one..
When trying to start kdm manually I get
mandriva-kde4 was not there so I created it...
And that did not help . it still says it cannot find it - probably because the directory is empty It looks like I did not get the artwork.
Berserks dont give up so I copied the content of /usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/OpenMandriva to mandriva-kde4:
And Oh wonder; now it boots like it should - starts kdm, and logs me in to my Openbox. My Openbox wallpaper is gone though so I will have to set a new path for it in nitrogen...
Et Voila:
Not too bad this update - but that mandriva-kde4 directory problem is probably a bug
But it could also be that I do not have a full kde install since I use Openbox - I still think that the themes for kdm should be created properly though -since kdm can be used with other DE's.
Here are my data:
Bug reported here
Solution:
Openbox users must make sure that distro-kde4-config-Openmandriva is installed since this regroups OpenMandriva specific KDE-config files.
In any case I decided to install lxdm and drop kdm which probably is the sensible thing to do if you use Openbox anyway.
Ah yes found it :
http://wiki.openmandriva.org/en/2014.0/ ... _to_2014.0
Doing the stuff now...I have installed quite a lot (including a LAMP server) . Since I run Openbox I did not get an update popup (Maybe it is due to Openbox ) so I have to do it manually - naturally without a backup since that only is for chicken
I'll let you know....
..Well the update went through but I have lost my GUI. No kdm: I will have to dive into this one..
When trying to start kdm manually I get
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cannot open the file /usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/mandriva-kde4
mandriva-kde4 was not there so I created it...
And that did not help . it still says it cannot find it - probably because the directory is empty It looks like I did not get the artwork.
Berserks dont give up so I copied the content of /usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/OpenMandriva to mandriva-kde4:
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cp /usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/OpenMandriva/* /usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/mandriva-kde4
And Oh wonder; now it boots like it should - starts kdm, and logs me in to my Openbox. My Openbox wallpaper is gone though so I will have to set a new path for it in nitrogen...
Et Voila:
Not too bad this update - but that mandriva-kde4 directory problem is probably a bug
But it could also be that I do not have a full kde install since I use Openbox - I still think that the themes for kdm should be created properly though -since kdm can be used with other DE's.
Here are my data:
Bug reported here
Solution:
Openbox users must make sure that distro-kde4-config-Openmandriva is installed since this regroups OpenMandriva specific KDE-config files.
In any case I decided to install lxdm and drop kdm which probably is the sensible thing to do if you use Openbox anyway.
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.
"There are no stupid questions - Only stupid answers!"
"There are no stupid questions - Only stupid answers!"
Re: Openmandriva 2014 lx is out
The new stuff in OpenMandriva that everybody will notice is the choice of Homerun as the menu/launcher.
On the first glance this looks pretty much like the Gnome solution with big icons all over the screen and poor overview.
But you can add a non-fullscren widget of Homerun to your KDE panel - and that actually looks pretty slick and will satisfy the conservative Linux guys who do not like dramatic changes.
And why not have booth? That is no problem. KDE is still a flexible DE - much unlike Gnome3.
On the first glance this looks pretty much like the Gnome solution with big icons all over the screen and poor overview.
But you can add a non-fullscren widget of Homerun to your KDE panel - and that actually looks pretty slick and will satisfy the conservative Linux guys who do not like dramatic changes.
And why not have booth? That is no problem. KDE is still a flexible DE - much unlike Gnome3.
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.
"There are no stupid questions - Only stupid answers!"
"There are no stupid questions - Only stupid answers!"
Re: Openmandriva 2014 lx is out
Well as much as I wanted to like OMV (perhaps out of Mandriva nostalgia) I unfortunately found myself after two days running back to Manjaro. Its not that Openmandriva 2014 Lx is bad, the product itself is fantastic with great polish, especially considering the size and resources of the developing team. Nevertheless for semi-(non-linux savvy) users like myself who find themselves lost without documentation and active community (try asking a question on the IRC channel), it becomes a no go when system utilities aren't quite available or easily understandable. This is not to say I wont try Openmandriva another day (it does have a solid foundation: stability, speed, the general things works, hands-down the most beautiful of all, and is even the first distro that doesn't hang for 5-10 seconds upon waking this laptop from sleep/suspension) but is still very much feels a works in process understandingly. Since I'm still a bit in the Race to the End with a few things I will need to go back to Ol'Reliable before I can go out experimenting can't count on Windows for those oh-shit moments after all
Re: Openmandriva 2014 lx is out
You are making good points - hard to argue with that. Even if we can help you here too (with OMA), the Manjaro community is great and will help you (as we will here).
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.
"There are no stupid questions - Only stupid answers!"
"There are no stupid questions - Only stupid answers!"