I was trying to keep away from that one :argh: Seriously, think about Android. One standard stack released to various vendors who then put their...
How many reviews will we need per year when GnomeOS(*) arrives? I'll miss the diversity of the current situation, but, then what do I know? I use...
I'm glad you found a solution that works, and well done keeping some well-made hardware out of landfill. Laptops in that time frame tended to be...
Looks that way. There is a small korora repository configured, then the RPMFusion repositories (free, non-free) that people use to source the...
Hello All https://kororaproject.org/ I needed a quick install with all the codecs ready to go. Installed on a sandybridge i5 based laptop with...
From the look of the installer guide on the wiki, it is Debian/Ubuntu based. Their Git repo is password protected so we can't just go and check...
Hello All It is summer, and I taught my last class of this academic year last night. The absurd longevity of the agricultural calendar has...
Which version of Ubuntu (12.04, 14.04 or something else)? What architecture (32 bit i686 or 64 bit X86_64)? Trisquel 7 is based on Ubuntu 14.04....
Thanks, Gullable. I'll try that one over the summer. Googling my particular test box does not look hopefull
COUGH *clonezilla* COUGH (unless you are using encrypted hard drive)
Hello All https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8403291/centos-live-cd-20140626-build.jpg Download a pre-release CentOS Live CD. I used the 686 Gb...
I finally gave up on OpenBSD on the X61s because of the apparent absence of acpi and thinkfan. The banshee howl of the fan running at 2800 rpm all...
Nice article. Just wondering about all those repositories. NuX Desktop repository works well with EPEL and neither of those two conflict with...
Nice report, I especially like the clear way you explained the distinction between Xubuntu the distribution and Linux-the-OS so that people knew...
Google Clonezilla and get a USB hard drive. I have imaged the hard drive of this old Thinkpad and I can restore from an image in minutes. Did...
I thought the guide was a pretty good start. The only Windows users who will be using the guide are that subset that have installed Windows (as...
Try altering the dpi setting. In XFCE4 (which I gather you are using) go to Settings Manager | Appearence | Fonts and look for the DPI section of...
Scientific Linux Version 6.5: Worth mentioning that Urs Beyerle does a Live ISO of Scientfic Linux that has Flash and mp3 codecs installed...
Excellent. Respectfully suggest clonezilla image of the hard drive before zapping. Resale value if you decide to sell the laptop in a couple of...
Seems most people are wanting device drivers (depends on manufacturer of electronics releasing code) or proprietary applications (protected...
Quite often the case in the first few months of an LTS release, I recollect a few glitches using 10.04.0. Usually calms down when the .1 delta is...
Hello All ftp://ftp.redhat.com/redhat/rhel/rc/7/ You can download Release Candidate ISOs of the forthcoming Red Hat Enterprise Linux release...
I found the linked article to be thought provoking but easy and 'fun' to read, as always, well done. Just a thought: are we sure that ordinary...
I personally would add the Manjaro 'curation' of packages for a few weeks (Arch -> Manjaro Unstable -> Manjaro Testing -> Manjaro Stable). Plus...
Hello All As Jeremy Bicha once said... I'm de-lurking to just say that Manjaro Linux has a lot going for it. Simple installation (provided you...
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