10:24 a.m.
What can I say.. In the past couple of weeks, I've downloaded a few
distro's to see which on works best on my laptop (HP NX6125).. Debian,
nearly got there.. WiFi card just wouldn't play. Ubuntu, again close, but
no prize. (both these had to have acpi turned off as it appears there's an
issue with my laptop)
But.. I tried SuSE 10.2.. Installed with no extra tweaks to the boot
params and with the help of one page on the SuSE forum got the WiFi up and
running (With NDiswrapper).. So for the time been, it's SuSE (Although I
do keep looking at Gentoo.....)
10:30 a.m.
On 19/02/07, dave(a)staffslug.org.uk <dave(a)staffslug.org.uk> wrote:
I have to admit that, despite their jumping into bed with Microsoft,
SuSE do still make a bloody good and (usually) polished distro. SuSE
was the first one I ever got to work on a PC properly. Corel Linux
came close in the late 1990's but wasn't quite 'usable' in the same
sense as SuSE was. I think that would have been SuSE 9.1 for which I
won a boxed set (this was after being a given a boxed set off Dick).
9.2 was pants but then 9.3 improved again. 10.0 was good while 10.1
had some issues with the updater. Now, as you say Dave, 10.2 is very
good.
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10:33 a.m.
I should have added that SuSE is made even better by visiting a web
page called the 'Jem Report' at:
http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/index.php
Just type in you SuSE version in the search box and gaze upon the
wondorous goodies that you can do to improve SuSE... Ok, some of it
is frowned upon because it's not all open source but heck, I want to
be able to play DVD's and mp3 files not be a martyr to the cause :-)
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10:52 a.m.
I'll take a look :o)
One this I did find with SuSE was the Xine rpm that they provide.. It was
very butchered "for legal reason".. But I did find an excellent site
(which of course I've forgotten the URL!) which did a 5 min step by step
rpm install for the proper version.. Xine all up and running sweetly :o)
11:04 a.m.
On 19/02/07, stuart bell <sailing1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Why does it have to be a chore with most distros?
I just stick with PCLinux. Fast, pretty and everything works.
All down to the legal wrangling I'm afraid Stuart. The film producers
do not wnat you to be able to view your legally purchased DVD on the
operating system of your choice. The mp3 issue is a patent one. MPEG
encoding is a licensed and patented method of compression. Arguably,
the OGG VORBIS method is far better and, best of all is free and open
source. The problem being that most mp3 playing devices don't lay ogg
files as well, which is very short sighted of the manufacturers but
there you go... As long as people buy them they are hapy to keep
making them that way :-(
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11 a.m.
On 19/02/07, dave(a)staffslug.org.uk <dave(a)staffslug.org.uk> wrote:
Hi Dave. There are one or two sites that give you a decent version of Xine :-)
You may like to take a look at these:
http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/
http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvdcss.html
http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Programming/Libraries/libdvdcss-165.shtml
http://packman.links2linux.de/category/1
http://waxborg.servepics.com/English/Linux/susemultimedia.en.html
http://www.plainfaqs.org/linux/dvdplay/
That last one is meant for SuSE 9.3 but I did use it successfully on I
think it was 10
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7:41 p.m.
I do love 10.2, it is very stable, I think 10.3 will be pretty spectacular.
On 19/02/07, Dick Turpin <highwayman.turpin(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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7:59 p.m.
I've still got a boxed version of 7.1, I love SuSe.
Andy
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Subject: Re: [Staffslug] SuSE 10.2
I do love 10.2, it is very stable, I think 10.3 will be pretty spectacular.
On 19/02/07, Dick Turpin <highwayman.turpin(a)gmail.com > wrote:
On 19/02/07, dave(a)staffslug.org.uk <dave(a)staffslug.org.uk> wrote:
But.. I tried SuSE 10.2.. Installed with no extra tweaks to the boot
params and with the help of one page on the SuSE forum got the WiFi up and
running (With NDiswrapper).. So for the time been, it's SuSE
(Although I
do keep looking at Gentoo.....)
That's because suse is pretty slick. What more can I say :-)
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8:49 p.m.
Don't we all.
On 19/02/07, Andrew Downs <andrewdowns(a)freenetname.co.uk> wrote:
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9:04 p.m.
running (With NDiswrapper).. So for the time been, it's SuSE
(Although I
do keep looking at Gentoo.....)
gentoo's developer community has done nothing but descend into what
can only be described as a living hell nowadays IMO, if i were you i
wouldn't bother.. they've also changed from the relatively easy to
follow method of install and made it harder?... christ knows why, but
basically i no longer support gentoo (fyi, as i used to and have
commented on it before in a forum post with you i believe)
don't know if i helped at all..
regards andrew
2:03 p.m.
6 days time, monday in congleton..
failed because of procedure at a stop sign! (foot on brake.. he said
the car didn't _TOTALLY_ stop)
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2:21 p.m.
Tell him the brakes aren't working :P
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2:24 p.m.
he'd fail me for that because i had to sign that the car and
everything was fine.. anyways it was like 8 days ago, and they make
you wait 10 working days inbetween tests.. apart from that he couldn't
say anything about my driving
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2:28 p.m.
At least that isnt too bad, just stopping...remind me to run if i see you
coming up to the crossing i use :-)
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2:44 p.m.
Start talking about linux, go into deep technical detail and use complex
words :P
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3:40 p.m.
On 20/02/07, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Start talking about linux, go into deep technical detail and use
complex
words :P
I blagged my examiner;
Examiner: "Where should you not overtake?"
Me: "On a country lane"
Examiner: "How can you do that?"
Me: "In the passing spaces! its happened to me"
I got away with it I think he was impressed with the quick recovery
from an idiotic answer.
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6:25 p.m.
That's all right, my first test I failed because I wasn't keeping up
with the traffic. I was doing 30 in a 30 zone!!!! So what the hell
was I supposed to do? Speed and fail because I went over the
limit???? Passed it 2nd time then it took 2 attempts to pass my bike
test too...now I don't ride a bike.
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7:58 p.m.
On 20/02/07, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
it took 2 attempts to pass my bike
test too...now I don't ride a bike.
But Kevan mate your supposed to take the training wheels off and
anyway isn't it a little over cautious to have training wheels on a
tricycle? :-P
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9:19 a.m.
On 20/02/07, Dick Turpin <highwayman.turpin(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Oi!!! it was a quad bike I'll have you know ;-)
Actually, I always promised myself I would have a Honda Goldwing.
Never did though. I loved them from the very first ones I saw back in
about 1976 (the old, old 'P' registration 1000cc model). Now I could
ride one and afford it I can't for various other reasons :-( I think
I'd be too frightened to venture onto today's roads anyway...
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11:18 a.m.
On 21/02/07, Andrew Edwards <edwards.andrew(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I'd say replace idiot with young :-) When I was 17 I smashed my first
bike up.... 90mph straight into the back of a lorry. You see, young
and idiot are quite interchangable ;-))) but then, I'm not much
better now nearly 30 years later.
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