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compiz is a combination of functionality and eye candy. yes, you could have all the same functionality without a lot of the cool 3d effects (windows flying around, wobbling, etc.) but it's a nice addition to some pretty useful things. it takes a while to change your mental paradigm of working with one desktop and no effects to working with multiple desktops and lots of effects. at first, it seems useless, and a lot of people just stop using the features. i forced myself to use compiz's features and found it increases my productivity - specifically when working on websites. with file transfers, image editing, html/php coding, and my standard im/irc/web browsing going on, having several desktops and some of the effects is advantageous. I have a lot of windows open: with features such as the "expose" of compiz, multiple desktops (with programs separated by task), and various other things included in compiz, i find my productivity goes up because i spend less time trying to find the window i want and more time actually working on the project at hand.

There is a setting for this, however, I can't be sure where it is in Mandriva's setup. Look into Window Effects, or similar, there should be a setting for menu bar or drop-down. Hopefully someone with access to a 2008 box can let you know exactly where this setting is.

thanks :) found it on deviant art - don't have the link but it's under customization -> wallpapers -> widescreen/hdtv, search 1680x1050 will probably be back a few pages.

And the Linux world is slightly better for it, IMHO.

disable compiz, metisse, etc. if you are using a proprietary 3d driver, change back to the Xorg version (i.e. nv for nvidia). completely disable screensaver. see if problem persists.

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check the second half of this FAQ about installing tar.gz's: https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=10615 only difference is instead of tar -xzvf you want to use tar -xjvf to extract it.

I've read some things that suggest this is caused by a lack of remote file access support in OOo - I would suggest seeing if it will open with Abiword instead.

very, very interesting.

It has to do with the version-ing scheme. 2.0.0.12-2.0.0.16 is a minor version update, containing bug/security fixes but not new features. FF3 is a major version update, bringing new features, etc. Inkscape does it's version-ing different, 0.45-0.46 was a major version update, bringing new features. Major version updates since release of a given distribution version (i.e. 2008.1) go into backports. Minor version updates go into the regular repositories. Why would it? It's still the same program, and even the same version.

When doing a huge project like KDE, this question can be a killer. "If it's so easy, why don't we do it?" - the problem is, for each given portion of a project, there are about a million things that "are so easy, why don't we do it?" This can cause project creep, growing the requirements of the project big time. Given, auto-hide is one of those functionalities you would think would be there, but nonetheless they chose not to do it (maybe they had more important things to focus on?) for some reason. If it's possible to do it, I wouldn't get too concerned.

Please read: https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=43963 - it may explain the lack of replies. Also, many people may view a thread, but not know the answer. Code that could infect Windows won't infect Linux. It has nothing to do with the partition's filesystem and everything to do with the OS/programs running on the OS.

get updates, and also try installing VLC (VideoLAN) as it plays almost everything in existence ever.

I thought the same thing, and then did some math. They're actually 20MB (rounded up, if you use 1024 bytes = 1KB, it's 19.668MB). given, that's still a freakishly large log file.

Never used the card (or any PCMCIA broadband wireless) but this page might help: http://www.linux.com/articles/52729 Found it googling Verizon PC5750 linux, was the first result. Might want to try google next time ;)

Could have to do with where on the IDE cable the hard drive is attached, i.e. if the CD drive is on the same cable before it, or even if it just happens to be slave. It doesn't matter much as long as it's mounting and referencing it correctly.

You should not need to recompile for highmem support. this should be included by default in all kernels now, IIRC. Also, saying you are using Mandriva One does not clarify what version. There are several versions of Mandriva One, i.e. 2007/2008/etc. Last, I suggest you learn to use the Mandriva Control Center. You will likely need to use the Install Software feature of MCC to install the necessary packages to get your keys working.

Technically, chris b made it :P (I remember when she made her first LiveCD, it was called something else back then). Do you guys still maintain it now that she "retired"? I'm just curious, not trying to nit-pick.

Now arctic, when have you known me to be too aggressive? ;)

But that's just it, you can still promote Mandriva without paying for it. The ISO is still free. I apologize if you feel I've killed your topic.

You're missing my point. It's up to the company to decide whether or not they want to do it, and the user has no right to expect it. I don't care whether or not it happens a lot or works, that still doesn't give end users the right to complain when a company chooses not to give stuff away for free.

I don't see it as charging to promote. You can promote without giving them a dime, and it's their right to charge for something that costs them money. For years, install-fests have gone on without Linux companies providing CD's. But as soon as one (Ubuntu) does it, every other Linux company is expected to do it too. Yeah, it was aggressive. I don't think it's completely out of order, though. I find expecting a company to provide - for free - something that costs them money to be out of order. The last time I got something from a company for free that promoted that company, it was at a trade show, and it was a pen. An extremely cheap pen. And had they not had that pen, I wouldn't be running around complaining about it. That's their choice, and I have no right to expect them to give me anything for free. Besides all that, Mandriva already provides the ISO for free, so it's not like you HAVE to buy this stuff from them.

Why do you have to pay for the CD's? Because buying, burning, and shipping a CD costs money - and Mandriva isn't backed by a millionaire (i.e. Ubuntu). Don't get me wrong, it's nice that Ubuntu gives out free CD's, but it's just that - nice. I don't expect Mandriva to go shelling out cash for something that won't provide them with any funds in return - it's a business, not a charity. If you want the CD's for "free", download the ISO, go to your local office supply store, pick up a stack of CD's and start burning. Otherwise, shutup and stop being a freeloader.

I hadn't tried that yet. It was 2am and I only fooled with the install for maybe 20 minutes before my eyes started closing ;)

I have an IBM ThinkPad r61e sitting around my apartment for guest use (i.e. when my geek friends come over and forget their laptops). Last night I put Mandriva 20009 Alpha 2 on it, via the Mandriva One CD. I haven't had too much time to play with it but I plan to do a more thorough review at some point this weekend. Yes, I know it's an alpha - so I will take it easy on any bugs. This is more just a run down of my experience with it. I expect it to crash at least once on me before I finish playing with things - if it doesn't, I'll consider it an extremely good alpha. The first problem I ran into was, for some reason, my screen went completely black when I tried to start the Live Install. I'm guessing that this had to do with running Compiz Fusion while booted into the Live CD - either way, I simply restarted X and things were fine. I would suggest to Mandriva that putting the Live Install icon on the desktop, or at least in a slightly less hidden place in the menu's (IIRC it was under Configuration -> More, though I can't remember) - it took a little looking to find it, more than one would expect for what I think is something that you would want to give people quick and easy access to. The next problem came when trying to get my wireless card working. This may not be Mandriva's fault, I haven't fully researched the problem yet. The default driver that it selected for my card seemed to work, however it could not detect ANY wireless networks (even the 4 or so totally open ones in my apartment building). I switched to ndiswrapper and loaded the Windows XP driver from the Windows partition and all was fine. My only other complaint is the lack of the Mandriva Control Center. I'm not sure if I'm just missing it, or perhaps there's something I need to install, or maybe it's just not there - but in the short period I was messing with the installation I was not able to find it. Overall, this is the first Mandriva release in a while that I've booted into and thought, "Hey, I kinda like how this looks". The desktop seemed polished, and it's the best looking (IMHO) KDE 4 setup I've seen so far. I am also not a KDE fan, as many of you know, but I kind of like the setup Mandriva has here. More to come once I have the time...