dexter11

It's not just FF+TB. Some people like software which knows everything as daniewicz wrote like Opera users.

Seamonkey 1.1 (ex Mozilla Application Suite) was released a few days ago. source: hup.hu

XFCE 4.4 is out. source: hup.hu

PCLinuxOS is a fully functional livecd. It does everything you wrote. Or better said the stable one will do it. The current release is still a beta.

Why? I mean Adobe makes an rpm of it which worked flawlessly. What's the difference?

What ISO did you download? If this is it: http://www.pclinuxos.com/page.php?7 then it's a test release. There is an md5 file here: http://ftp.ch.debian.org/mirror/pclinuxos/...nglish/preview/ you can download it in no time even on dial up. PCLinuxOS though a grreat distro is not for dial up users. It releases only a live cd from which you can install a complete system but you have to download everything else. Plus it is using a rolling release cycle which means you can download the latest versions from every available software. Unless you have an option to download everything I advise you to choose a distro with a point release cycle.

IPhone still has months before it's really released but I already have enough of the hype.

Same as Gael Duval the creator of Mandrake Linux. They don't mention Linus Torvalds, the KDE developers etc.

Did you check the downloaded image? And the burnt CD?

Read the rest here. source: hup.hu

To use the cube you need to press Ctrl+Alt+Left\Right arrow. You can turn off 3D desktop where you enabled AIGLX\XGL.

The way it works for me: install video drivers (which you did). Select the 3D desk at login (which you also did). Now a window comes up where you can select between AIGLX, XGL and no 3D desktop. If you selected what you want then you get messagebox which instructs you to restart X server. When you've done that you should login to KDE\GNOME and it should start but this time with the 3D features enabled. Did you do that?

We can't convice each other with Gowator and at least 3 or 4 people expressed their opinion against video tutorials so it's pointless to debate over text versus video so I put an end to it. Now something on topic. Will this magazine be distro independent? Or Mandriva specific? Since a lot of people use other distros (too). I think the first one will apply. The reason I asked it is that we are mandrivausers.org and we are on the edge of becoming somewhat official. There is a Mandriva Mag but it seems like Adam don't really have the time to make a new one we can replace it too. It would simplify matters in the magazine e.g. we wouldn't have to write how to install a specific software etc.

I appreciate the goodwill and I know it's your duty as a moderator but I want to answer him. First because he misinterprets some of my thoughts, second he pissed me off. It doesn't happen too often so bear with me. Now Gowator: Since when equals to HUH?I believe that flash\video is more efficient in learning. And I still do. Oh your link. Yes I looked at it and sorry but I didn't have the time and interest to read through all the probably 20 pages about various braille techniques, punctuation codes and God knows what else to find the probably 5 lines which is relevant here. Besides I read something else there clicking on "About Us": Oh what a surprise a company which is living from selling braille software is telling reading is more efficient in learning. It's almost as credible when MS finds out Windows is cheaper.And I didn't even mention that people got most of their information visually. So bringing an example of blind people is not really appropiate. Unless of course this magazine is geared toward blind people. I brought my tutorial as an example not just beacause it could be the base of this magazine but because it reflects what I would expect from a tutorial as a newbie. You don't like it so what. I couldn't care less. Guess what, it's not for those people who already know their way around Linux. Insult it any way you can at least I did something. Now about your stone age attitude which will have a clear negative effect on the magazine IMHO. No it's not true. It was years ago and Linux is still not perfect and probably never will, but it's not just a geeks toy anymore. I'm not against CLI or giving in depths info. I'm against forcing anyone to learn it. Yeah the people who "refuse to read". Call them lazy idiots, treat them as enemies that will make the magazine popular.I admitted it and even you admitted it that we don't read magazines or any long texts in my case on the computer. I still have a CRT and I already spend too much time in front of it and I think I'm not the only one. But never mind write text only articles, link them tech manuals, make the readers learn no matter if they want to or not. I don't care, I don't think I will participate in this magazine. P:S. I could write about the your Shakespeare example but it's enough for now. I let the steam out... until your next post.

This should be in the news section IMHO. Can I ask somebody to move it there?

The more graphical the easier they could be understood. "A picture worths a thousand words." The more words the more effort you have to put in your articles. I know who my tutorial is aimed at. And I know that I don't wanna make complex tutorials except one: an installation tutorial. Those people who find different iconsets confusing often find too many letters together confusing. I don't understand this sentence. As I wrote I know who my tutorials are amimed at. They are for people who used Windows before but probably never even heard of Linux. So I won't explain howto switch the computer on or howto double click. My tutors for people who just wanna use their computer for the usual stuff web browsing, reading mail etc and they don't wanna take a computer science exam to do that. Didn't explain this yet. I wanna make short tutorials which solve one problem only. Howto add mirrors howto install software etc. No complex things. I deleted this next section. Shakespeare is a bad example you can't enjoy what he wrote without actually reading it. Computer usage is not about enjoying anything for a lot of people. Computers are tools. And you can use them without deep knowledge just like you can drive your car without actually knowing how the engine works. Refuse? I said don't have time. People tend to have their private lives besides their work and not everyone's private life includes computers. Yeah sure change linux to work as the idiots who refuse to read want it to work? but seriously ... that's what Apples are for... Mac's are appliances... if you want linux to work without a CLI then it will be an appliance and inflexible... Xandros/Linspire come to mind .. (I'm not considering SLED anymore) If I just wanna use a computer buy an Apple? Is that what you wanna say? If a secreatary wants to write a document in OpenOffice under Linux and has an error message you say to her go get a PHd first? Or buy an Apple? Computers are for everyone and it's 2007. The time of geeks only systems has passed. Or watch the latest Harry Potter movie? But look at it this way.... why are all techbooks for the blind in braille? Because we learn differently by reading than audio books (or video.).. see http://www.duxburysystems.com/hksb96.asp Or because it's cheaper to convert an already typed text to braille then to hire a studio and a guy who reads the text, make the tape etc. Well I don't agree.... and this is the crux of why.... Because you presume n00bies don't want to learn the CLI or how linux works.... No I wanna give an oppurtinity for those who don't wanna learn the CLI. Those who wanna learn it will learn it. But you wanna press everyone to learn it and they won't. Yet.I decided my level for my tutors now you should decide one for the magazine if it really comes to life. Mandriva wants to be a Linux for dummies. It is advertised as one. It's not but it will be one day. Quotes fixed now thanks for the idea tyme.

I know it is nearly a mantra on this board. And I agree (total noob and CLI = too much frustration = barrier = wrong start) How about one or two clips per issue, a longish one (< 5min?) And also 1 or 2 super short (<1 or 2 min?) For ad-hoc purposes, geared at "total noob" I wanna make a new one about adding ftp mirrors. I explained that too many times myself. Never made a presentation before so no idea, but it's very easy. flash is only one of the outputs wink is able to make Wink tutors can viewed with Flash7 so I don't see any problem with that. Mpeg, divx atc has the disadvantage you and Gowator mentioned they have to be redone from scratch after every little change.You and any other interested should take a look at wink http://www.debugmode.com/wink/

If the interface changes then you have to change the text tutorials too. Besides if the GUI changes I don't have to make the whole tutorial again. It's only true for the videos on ubuntuclips. The flash tutorials on virtualsky are made with a program called wink which makes a flash output by default but it can make pdf and a couple of others too. Making a tutorial with wink is basically making screencaptures and then adding some explanations. If the interface changes somewhere and I still have the project file then I just have to change a few pictures and a couple of words that's all and I don't have to start from scratch again. I made a howto myself a couple of years ago and it took a way more effort then to make this brief file system intro. It was more thorough but I'm too lazy to do it again. Because I didn't want to cover all the aspects. My clue was mainly to make the newbie who see this tutorial to understand the different concept between the Linux file system and the Windows file system. And I know I left out a great the deal of stuff but IMHO what was left in is enough to get started for a newbie. If this magazine will really get going and you will contribute to it you have to make similar choices all the time regardless if you write articles or make videos. CLI commands for a newbie? I don't think so. All the other stuff like different file managers or DEs should be covered by other tutorials. I don't wanna take away your enthusiasm but do you know what's "encouraging reading" these days IMHO? Harry Potter. No, seriuosly. You can't compete with it. Or if you can you won't have any financial problems in your life anymore.There were and still are some hardcore users who think all computer owners should learn CLI and understand what the computer really does. Do users do that? You can't change the users. You have to conform to them and not the other way around. Well yes, not a native English speaker here. Text is more size efficient it's true but wink can generate other outputs too as I wrote.Since video facinate people more people would watch it than read an article. We could write the CLI commands under the video, but remember tis magazine is intended for noobs the less CLI you are using the better. Any tutorial can be geared toward a given distro, desktop manager etc it depends on who makes\writes it not on the output format. IMHO it's most of the times better than long explanations.

Can I disagree? Yes video is great for some newbies, and some styles of learning. BUT, if you have no/little time to read mags/tuto you will have even less time to watch a video (that might be rather long before going to the point) Reading, fast reading ("eye scanning") cannot be replaced Well in the opening post Darkelve wrote it was for newbies. Did it change now? I meant short problem oriented videos\flash tutors. They can be organized in categories too. Besides if you'd actually looked at the Mandriva tutors in the link I gave, you'd know how fast you could watch it. You can click through the whole tutorial in no time. If you have little time and have to solve a specific problem then you should learn how to use a search engine. In the first post it was about to create a magazine now it looks to me you want a help desk. So it's really time to dicide what do you want to create.

Kde.news started a weekly article series about the new features of KDE 4. The article of the last week and the first in the series was about SVG integration in KDE 4. This week's article is about the new features in KOffice2. source: hup.hu

I always liked the idea of these magazines and I used to download a lot. But after a time I always noticed that I barely read them. As I barely read any book or magazine or longer text on the monitor of my computer. Then I saw some video tutorials somewhere and I know that flash and video tutorials are the future in learning. People barely read in these days. They don't have time. I encourage everyone to do flash or video tutors instead of magazines. there's a reason ubuntuclips exist. Take a look at http://www.virtualsky.net/5minutes for some Mandriva turials. You can see they are much more efficient than a magazine article.

How about some Mandriva banners?

Linux Weekly News makes a summary in the beginning of every year about what happened in the Linux and open source world in the previous year. It worths to read to see how another year has passed. The article is here. source: hup.hu

What's missing from Mandriva's XFCE which is in Dreamlinux? I mean features not the look.

Rest of the article is here.