Comments on: Mini Review: PCLinuxOS 2007 Test Release 2 http://coreythompson.com/2007/03/mini-review-pclinuxos-2007-test-release-2/ ...but I'm right! Get yer historical hero clay figurines now! Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:38:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-almost-rc-9965 hourly 1 By: Dan Timon http://coreythompson.com/2007/03/mini-review-pclinuxos-2007-test-release-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1723 Dan Timon Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:39:23 +0000 http://coreythompson.com/?p=731#comment-1723 Thanks Corey, I'll keep at it when I get home. Thanks for the info.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1723','Dan Timon'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1723','Dan Timon','Thanks Corey, I\'ll keep at it when I get home. Thanks for the info.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Thanks Corey, I’ll keep at it when I get home. Thanks for the info.
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]]> By: Corey http://coreythompson.com/2007/03/mini-review-pclinuxos-2007-test-release-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1722 Corey Sun, 11 Mar 2007 15:47:59 +0000 http://coreythompson.com/?p=731#comment-1722 The recommendation for installation seems to be a minimum of 256mb RAM. My computer has that. I usually recommend Debian for older machines, as it seems to be the lightest with the most ease of use - and it usually "just works". However, if you got one of the *buntus working, then you're already ahead of the game. You should have synaptic installed. That's a great visual package manager. You can open it with the "sudo" command and peruse the list of packages available for you. I've not had any real luck with my Rage128 Pro, as its video capture stuff has never been supported. You should be able to get your AIW working, though. And, the driver should be in the repository - perhaps in "multiverse" or "universe". The Ubuntu forums are quickly becoming my favorite place to find fixes for just about anything Linux, regardless of Distro.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1722','Corey'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1722','Corey','The recommendation for installation seems to be a minimum of 256mb RAM. My computer has that. I usually recommend Debian for older machines, as it seems to be the lightest with the most ease of use - and it usually \"just works\". However, if you got one of the *buntus working, then you\'re already ahead of the game. You should have synaptic installed. That\'s a great visual package manager. You can open it with the \"sudo\" command and peruse the list of packages available for you. I\'ve not had any real luck with my Rage128 Pro, as its video capture stuff has never been supported. You should be able to get your AIW working, though. And, the driver should be in the repository - perhaps in \"multiverse\" or \"universe\". The Ubuntu forums are quickly becoming my favorite place to find fixes for just about anything Linux, regardless of Distro.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> The recommendation for installation seems to be a minimum of 256mb RAM. My computer has that. I usually recommend Debian for older machines, as it seems to be the lightest with the most ease of use - and it usually “just works”. However, if you got one of the *buntus working, then you’re already ahead of the game. You should have synaptic installed. That’s a great visual package manager. You can open it with the “sudo” command and peruse the list of packages available for you. I’ve not had any real luck with my Rage128 Pro, as its video capture stuff has never been supported. You should be able to get your AIW working, though. And, the driver should be in the repository - perhaps in “multiverse” or “universe”. The Ubuntu forums are quickly becoming my favorite place to find fixes for just about anything Linux, regardless of Distro.
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]]> By: Dan Timon http://coreythompson.com/2007/03/mini-review-pclinuxos-2007-test-release-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1721 Dan Timon Sun, 11 Mar 2007 12:51:48 +0000 http://coreythompson.com/?p=731#comment-1721 OKay so I installed ubuntu 6.06 on my old desktop, a compaq 7469 with 196 of ram and an ATI AIW 128 Pro card. The card is not working properly but it is being used ,just no tv out or other goodies on it. I didn't have the chance to try out any games, just getting use to the kernel commands and getting other things. Before I left for here I changed it to Xubunutu due to Ram issues using the apt get commands. It seemed to work pretty good, again didn't get to play alot before I left. I will say it did a great job of finding my internet connection, Rogers Modem through a dlink 624 router on a dlink 513tx? the really cheap dlink card. Win 98 SE hwoever had still not gotten connected by the time I left. anyways, on with the point of my post.... Would this distro work better with my system then the xubuntu package currently installed IYHO? The board is a 500 mghz AMD with a built in video and sound card. i'd like to go dual display and have two individual desktops if this distro will allow.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1721','Dan Timon'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1721','Dan Timon','OKay so I installed ubuntu 6.06 on my old desktop, a compaq 7469 with 196 of ram and an ATI AIW 128 Pro card. The card is not working properly but it is being used ,just no tv out or other goodies on it. I didn\'t have the chance to try out any games, just getting use to the kernel commands and getting other things. Before I left for here I changed it to Xubunutu due to Ram issues using the apt get commands. It seemed to work pretty good, again didn\'t get to play alot before I left. I will say it did a great job of finding my internet connection, Rogers Modem through a dlink 624 router on a dlink 513tx? the really cheap dlink card. Win 98 SE hwoever had still not gotten connected by the time I left. anyways, on with the point of my post....\nWould this distro work better with my system then the xubuntu package currently installed IYHO? The board is a 500 mghz AMD with a built in video and sound card. i\'d like to go dual display and have two individual desktops if this distro will allow.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> OKay so I installed ubuntu 6.06 on my old desktop, a compaq 7469 with 196 of ram and an ATI AIW 128 Pro card. The card is not working properly but it is being used ,just no tv out or other goodies on it. I didn’t have the chance to try out any games, just getting use to the kernel commands and getting other things. Before I left for here I changed it to Xubunutu due to Ram issues using the apt get commands. It seemed to work pretty good, again didn’t get to play alot before I left. I will say it did a great job of finding my internet connection, Rogers Modem through a dlink 624 router on a dlink 513tx? the really cheap dlink card. Win 98 SE hwoever had still not gotten connected by the time I left. anyways, on with the point of my post….
Would this distro work better with my system then the xubuntu package currently installed IYHO? The board is a 500 mghz AMD with a built in video and sound card. i’d like to go dual display and have two individual desktops if this distro will allow.
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]]> By: Corey http://coreythompson.com/2007/03/mini-review-pclinuxos-2007-test-release-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1720 Corey Sat, 10 Mar 2007 02:59:31 +0000 http://coreythompson.com/?p=731#comment-1720 Thanks for your feedback, Ed. Don't hesitate in providing more. Its refreshing to see a first time comment that's not got 54 links to a porn site in them (yes, I got a spam with 54 links in it - no red flags there!) I'm finding more and more things that I like about this Distro. I've installed a few of the more graphically intense games to see how they fare and I must say that the X server is holding up well. Open Arena runs like a champ and Battle for Westnoth seems to run smoothly (as far as I can tell - my 7 year old plays it). Its just cementing my belief that this is still a newbie recommendation. I've installed a lot of stuff and uninstalled nearly as much. I've also accepted any upgrades that were in the list. I've tried a i686 kernel - one with dev patches and one with ck patches (low latency desktop!) and they seem to work without trouble. That's important for new users. They're going to try lots of stuff and it has to still work afterwards.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1720','Corey'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1720','Corey','Thanks for your feedback, Ed. Don\'t hesitate in providing more. Its refreshing to see a first time comment that\'s not got 54 links to a porn site in them (yes, I got a spam with 54 links in it - no red flags there!)\n\nI\'m finding more and more things that I like about this Distro. I\'ve installed a few of the more graphically intense games to see how they fare and I must say that the X server is holding up well. Open Arena runs like a champ and Battle for Westnoth seems to run smoothly (as far as I can tell - my 7 year old plays it). Its just cementing my belief that this is still a newbie recommendation.\n\nI\'ve installed a lot of stuff and uninstalled nearly as much. I\'ve also accepted any upgrades that were in the list. I\'ve tried a i686 kernel - one with dev patches and one with ck patches (low latency desktop!) and they seem to work without trouble. That\'s important for new users. They\'re going to try lots of stuff and it has to still work afterwards.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Thanks for your feedback, Ed. Don’t hesitate in providing more. Its refreshing to see a first time comment that’s not got 54 links to a porn site in them (yes, I got a spam with 54 links in it - no red flags there!)

I’m finding more and more things that I like about this Distro. I’ve installed a few of the more graphically intense games to see how they fare and I must say that the X server is holding up well. Open Arena runs like a champ and Battle for Westnoth seems to run smoothly (as far as I can tell - my 7 year old plays it). Its just cementing my belief that this is still a newbie recommendation.

I’ve installed a lot of stuff and uninstalled nearly as much. I’ve also accepted any upgrades that were in the list. I’ve tried a i686 kernel - one with dev patches and one with ck patches (low latency desktop!) and they seem to work without trouble. That’s important for new users. They’re going to try lots of stuff and it has to still work afterwards.

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