ilia_kr

I use PCLinuxOS and find it more stable (the KDE version) than Mandriva. It is a rolling distro, so i can upgrade to the latest version without the need to download any new ISO image. Its KDE works better for me and lacks some annoying bugs i found in Mandriva's (maybe the QA process is better). PCLos uses apt-get, some claim that it is way better that urpmi, i don't know for sure why.

The biggest disadvantage of PClos is its small repository, although it contains everything I need (except for some math apps like octave).

Scheme is a language i had some fun learning, very different from the common ones like C or Java.

If you want to learn the programming basics - try Pascal or a more modern C. Java can be a little confusing for a beginner.

You can try googling for some online C trainers (i know there are plenty of them out there...)

Personally, i prefer to learn with a good book, i don't like learning from a screen.

Enjoy.

Less configurable? How is that?

I didn't try KDE myself, just heard people talking. Did you read the article i linked to earlier? It may contain some answers.

If KDE4 is going to be the new Gnome, I'm pretty sure I'll use it :D

It sounds like KDE is heading in that direction. Some say that KDE 4 is less configurable and less flexible that 3.5. but it will be easier to modify its visual appearance (theming).

KDE 4 isn't final yet, it is natural that it has all that bugs and glitches. KDE's development team promises that when they finish KDE will be more stable, flexible and more usable. I hope so. Meanwhile they postponed the release date to January 11 2008.

And here is an interesting post i've found: http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/k...sign-decisions/

Well, i checked that, and my options are: 1. install a devel kernel (2.6.23) 2. multimedia devel 3. the same kernel i use with 4gb RAM, which i don't have 3. many others

In other words - i'm lost here...

googling indicates that this may be a kernel bug...have you tried it with one of the other kernels available for 2008?

No, how should i do that?

Hi there, i have a major problem.

I've installed 2008 One Gnome version and it too doesn't automount any of my usb devices. I encountered the same problem on every Linux distro that uses kernel version 2.6.20 and above, namely Ubuntu 7.04/7.10, Fedora 7/8, Suse 10.3.

These devices work well on older kernels like in Debian 4.0, MDV 2007.1 and PCLinuxOS 2007.

I really need a USB support, please help!

The same problem on Kubuntu.

My current system:

Linux localhost 2.6.22.9-desktop586-1mdv #1 SMP Thu Sep 27 03:58:17 CEST 2007 i686 Pentium III (Katmai) GNU/Linux

and

# service -s

Modules Loaded:

ac

battery

button

container

dock

fan

processor

sbs

thermal

video

acpid (pid 3367) is running...

Sound loaded

atd (pid 2866) is running...

atieventsd is stopped

atieventsd is stopped

Avahi daemon is not running

sdpd is stopped

hcid is stopped

bpalogin is stopped

capi4linux isnot running /etc/init.d/capi4linux: line 43: failed: command not found

 

console-kit-daemon (pid 3050) is running...

cpqarrayd is stopped

crond (pid 3049) is running...

dm (pid 4813) is running...

hald (pid 3422) is running...

Harddrake service was run at boot time

hidd is stopped

ibod is stopped

No status available for this package

Laptop mode status:

 

Mounts:

/dev/hda6 on / type ext3 (rw)

none on /proc type proc (rw)

/dev/hda1 on /media/hd type ntfs (ro,sync,umask=0022,nls=utf8)

/dev/hda7 on /media/hd3 type ext3 (rw,sync,relatime)

none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)

 

Drive power status:

 

/dev/hda:

drive state is: active/idle

 

/dev/hdc:

drive state is: standby

 

/dev/sda:

drive state is: unknown

 

(NOTE: drive settings affected by Laptop Mode cannot be retrieved.)

 

Readahead states:

/dev/hda6: 128 kB

/dev/hda1: 128 kB

/dev/hda7: 128 kB

 

Laptop Mode is NOT allowed to run: /var/run/laptop-mode-enabled does not exist.

 

/proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode:

0

 

/proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio:

10

 

/proc/sys/vm/dirty_background_ratio:

5

 

/proc/sys/vm/dirty_expire_centisecs:

2999

 

/proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs:

499

 

mandi is stopped

dbus-daemon (pid 5051 2937) is running...

Configured devices:

lo eth0

Currently active devices:

lo eth0

rpc.statd dead but pid file exists

ntpd is stopped

numlock is enabled

partmon has been startedpcscd (pid 4762) is running...

portmap is stopped

pppoe-status: Link is down (can't read pppoe PID file /var/run/pppoe.conf-pppoe.pid.pppoe)

resolvconf is stopped

slmodemd is stopped

snmpd is stopped

Sound loaded

syslogd (pid 2858) is running...

klogd (pid 2958) is running...

ultrabayd is stopped

vboxadd-timesync is stopped

/etc/wlan/shared: line 71: [: too many arguments

wland is stopped

# service -s

Modules Loaded:

ac

battery

button

container

dock

fan

processor

sbs

thermal

video

acpid (pid 3367) is running...

Sound loaded

atd (pid 2866) is running...

atieventsd is stopped

atieventsd is stopped

Avahi daemon is not running

sdpd is stopped

hcid is stopped

bpalogin is stopped

capi4linux isnot running /etc/init.d/capi4linux: line 43: failed: command not found

 

console-kit-daemon (pid 3050) is running...

cpqarrayd is stopped

crond (pid 3049) is running...

dm (pid 4813) is running...

hald (pid 3422) is running...

Harddrake service was run at boot time

hidd is stopped

ibod is stopped

No status available for this package

Laptop mode status:

 

Mounts:

/dev/hda6 on / type ext3 (rw)

none on /proc type proc (rw)

/dev/hda1 on /media/hd type ntfs (ro,sync,umask=0022,nls=utf8)

/dev/hda7 on /media/hd3 type ext3 (rw,sync,relatime)

none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)

 

Drive power status:

 

/dev/hda:

drive state is: active/idle

 

/dev/hdc:

drive state is: standby

 

/dev/sda:

drive state is: unknown

 

(NOTE: drive settings affected by Laptop Mode cannot be retrieved.)

 

Readahead states:

/dev/hda6: 128 kB

/dev/hda1: 128 kB

/dev/hda7: 128 kB

 

Laptop Mode is NOT allowed to run: /var/run/laptop-mode-enabled does not exist.

 

/proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode:

0

 

/proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio:

10

 

/proc/sys/vm/dirty_background_ratio:

5

 

/proc/sys/vm/dirty_expire_centisecs:

2999

 

/proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs:

499

 

mandi is stopped

dbus-daemon (pid 5051 2937) is running...

Configured devices:

lo eth0

Currently active devices:

lo eth0

rpc.statd dead but pid file exists

ntpd is stopped

numlock is enabled

partmon has been startedpcscd (pid 4762) is running...

portmap is stopped

pppoe-status: Link is down (can't read pppoe PID file /var/run/pppoe.conf-pppoe.pid.pppoe)

resolvconf is stopped

slmodemd is stopped

snmpd is stopped

Sound loaded

syslogd (pid 2858) is running...

klogd (pid 2958) is running...

ultrabayd is stopped

vboxadd-timesync is stopped

/etc/wlan/shared: line 71: [: too many arguments

wland is stopped

[root@localhost ilia]#

and this what i get when i plug in my usb memory stick:

[root@localhost ilia]# lsusb

Unknown line at line 2389

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0781:5406 SanDisk Corp.

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

[root@localhost ilia]#

I can also see it in Nautilus, but i can't mount it, it sais "There is probably no media in the drive"

Are these screenlets compiz related or ordinary gdesklets?

I guess this isn't the default Mint look?

nice

If you want to change "localhost" to something else, you have change your PC's host name in mcc, don't remember where exactly (i don't use mandriva), but it should be somewhere in network>>alter misc' network options.

P.S. I use a LAN connection so that might not work for you

here how it looks in PCLinuxOS:

you should install "kdewebdev" package it includes qanta

Had the same on 2007.1 look here

exactly

Personally i don't think MS did something wrong, they just do their business (as usual)... and the government is going to pay so everything looks legible. I think the author is pissed off on Microsoft just because it is Microsoft.

Dear Steve,

 

Hi, this is François, from Mandriva.

 

I’m sure we’re way too small for you to know me. You know, we’re one of these tiny Linux company working hard for our place on the market. We produce a Linux Distro, Mandriva Linux. The last edition, Mandriva 2008 was seen as a pretty good version and we’re proud of it. You should give it a spin, I’m sure you’d like it. We also happen to be one of the Linux companies that did not sign an agreement with your company (nobody’s perfect)...

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You can also install a C compiler by typing "urpmi gcc" as root in a konsole and if you need more search for term "gcc" or "compiler" in MCC software install section, as SilverSurfer60 proposed.

Also, what is the right way to install KDE on debian?

P.S. If you can post links to good Debian sites for newbies it would be great...

Regarding updates: the current update entry in my sources.list begins with security.debyan and contains "etch/updates" string. What does it mean?

Can i apply that string to any mirror and thus it'll be my upgrade source?

I agree with Ian. I would 'not' recommend mixing them... I would suggest using the backports for more up to date packages.

 

Debian Backports

Thanks for that!

Can i chose a different update mirror ?

Can i mix Sid packages with stabe ones? I mean, if i want to install the newest version of certain program, can i install it from sid mirror?

Haven't. I guess you referred to Octave, or am I wrong? What is the benefit?

Sorry, i meant Matlab. I wander if i can run it smoothly on my linux desktop on wine. See, i need it for my study and the reason i want it to be 100% compatible is because everyone (my fellow students) use it and thus we'll be able to share some scripts. The university lab also uses matlab on XP PCs and i need my scripts to work on it.