Linux: Making Life Easy

[mediator]

^^Excellent

 

[subratabera]

Thanks.....

 

[~Phenom~]

this thread rocks but I tried Mint Bea , and I was not happy with it , i Formatted it and installed edgy again. I was having many problems in Bea like faulty net connection , sudden hanging , etc etc.

 

[subratabera]

You can also try Sabayon Linux which is also a good distro with AIGLX, XGL and Beryl preloaded...

 

[mehulved]

But I find Sabayon a bit buggy and anyways it's better to go for directly gentoo than for Sabayon.
If mouse is changed to left handed then clicking on anything on the panel is useless. Such an irritating bug it was.
And it's a lot better to compile everything from source in gentoo.

 

[subratabera]

Yes, you are right tech_your_future. But it is evolving and contains everything that one might need. Gentoo is definitely a better choice but its a little tough to configure and install all those goodies...

BTW Linux world is full of choices and that's make it unique...
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NEWS: Knoppix 5.1.0 has been released (liveCD)

*shots.linuxquestions.org/thumbnails/KNOPPIX%205.1.0/4.gif

What's new...
(Apart from the usual tons of updates and bugfixes)

1) Update to Debian etch/testing as base distribution
2) Linux Kernel 2.6.19(.1) + fuse 2.6.1
3) cloop 2.05 Realtime Decompression with extended block-buffering for reduction of CD/DVD access latency
4) Replacing unionfs by aufs for better stability & performance
5) KDE 3.5.5
6) OpenOffice 2.1
7) ntfs-3g (12.12.2006) for full transparent NTFS write support.
8) ntfsprogs-Update (ntfsresize, ntfsmount, ntfsfix)
9) integration of 3D desktop beryl+emerald as add-on for KDE (manual start with gnome is also possible), via boot option knoppix desktop=beryl.
10) Experimental script for creating a bootable flash-pendrive from a running KNOPPIX live session (mkbootdev by Martin Öhler)

Download

 

[QwertyManiac]

Good thing, am gonna download this and give em off to linux aspirants at my college. Knoppix is the easiest way to them. Later ofcourse, infect them with the Ubuntu bug and bug #1

 

[mehulved]

/me d/ling it too. Will come in handy while installing Gentoo for a few days.
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Why is Linux Better

 

[mediator]

Hey guys, please post some screenshots after u have done downloading and installing Knoppix !

 

[subratabera]

You can find Knoppix 5.1 screenshots here...

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Tutorial: How to install and run Knoppix Linux from a USB Flash Pen Drive through Windows

Basic essentials:

A 1GB or larger USB flash drive
HP-USB Format tool
USBKP.zip

Warning: DO NOT RUN makeboot.exe from your local hard drive!! It is intended to be run from your USB device.

1) Download the HP-USB Format tool and format your flash drive using the Fat or Fat32 option.

2) Download the USBKP.zip

3) Extract the contents of the USBKP.zip to your “flash drive”.

4) Browse to your “flash drive” and click the Makeboot.exe

5) Follow the on screen instructions.

6)Reboot your computer and set your system BIOS to boot from USB-HDD or USB-ZIP. Also set the boot priority if necessary.

Please note: This tutorial has been tested to work from a Windows XP computer with .Net framework and service pack updates. Other operating environments may or may not support the use of the installer. The .Net framework is required in order to run the Makeboot.exe application.

Source

 

[mehulved]

*www.phoronix.com/lch/ gives info on how the hardware which works/doesn't work on linux.
If you have such hardware which isn't mentioned on the list, please add some info on it. So, that it helps others.

 

[subratabera]

Ever wonder what KDE 4.0 is going to look like when it is finally released some time this year ? As far as end users should be concerned, it is going to be much more beautiful, responsive and usable than KDE 3.5.

A sneek preview of the expected features in KDE 4.0

 

[eddie]

So many KDE users are waiting for KDE4 including yours truly
I just hope it achieves the hype it has created and not turn out to be something like enlightenment 17

 

[subratabera]

I think KDE is the most powerful DE in the entire universe. But it lacks in the presentation department. It needs some artistic touch up and of course some easy configuration dialogs. Also it needs to hide the its advance configuration settings behind some "Advance Settings" button...This will definitely boost its user base. And I think KDE4 moving towards that direction...

 

[subratabera]

UNIX: Command Line Jokes!!!

The following Unix puns were distributed on the Usenet, without an
attributed author. They work with the C shell.

% rm meese-ethics
rm: meese-ethics nonexistent
% ar m God
ar: God does not exist
% "How would you rate Dan Quayle's incompetence?
Unmatched ".
% ^How did the sex changeSHIFT6 operation go?
Modifier failed.

//replace SHIFT6 with ^

% If I had a ( for every $ the Congress spent,
what would I have?
Too many ('s.
% make love
Make: Don't know how to make love. Stop.
% sleep with me
bad character
% got a light?
No match.
% man: why did you get a divorce?
man:: Too many arguments.
% ^What is saccharine?
Bad substitute.
% %blow
%blow: No such job.

These attempts at humor work with the Bourne shell:

$ PATH=pretending! /usr/ucb/which sense
no sense in pretending!
$ drink < bottle ; opener
bottle: cannot open
opener: not found
$ mkdir matter; cat >matter
matter: cannot create

Source

Stickman 1: Make me a sandwich
Stickman 2: What?? Go make it yourself.
Stickman 1: Sudo make me a sandwich
Stickman 2: Okay

 

[kalpik]

Hillarious!!!

 

[~Phenom~]

^^rofl

 

[desertwind]

cool. Good sense of humour

 

[Pathik]

lol...

 

[mediator]

Transparency with "Aterm"!

1. Edit ur apps file

vim ~/.fluxbox/apps

2. Add this to the end of that file

[app] (aterm)
[sticky] {yes}
[Layer] {12}
[Hidden]
[Dimensions] {550 500}
[Position] {0 0}
[Deco] {0x1c0}
[end]

3. Enabling transparency with "aterm" then

aterm -tr +sb -fg black -bg white &

Adding desired apps to menu bar! => "vim ~/.fluxbox/menu" ...in the "[begin]" section!

[exec] (Firefox) {firefox}