Thanx for the way to get the windows drive in xubuntu. You said something about adding a line in /etc/fstab ?? I have never done something like this. How do I do it that at every boot up I can see the hard drive in the file system??
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: clug-talk Digest, Vol 53, Issue 27 Send clug-talk mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of clug-talk digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Moving CPU Intensive Thread to lower Priority? ([email protected]) 2. xubuntu (Dan Mueller) 3. Re: Moving CPU Intensive Thread to lower Priority? (Mark Carlson) 4. Re: xubuntu ([email protected]) 5. Re: xubuntu (Shawn Grover) 6. IBM bids for Sun (Shawn Grover) 7. ipod (Dan Mueller) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:08:01 -0400 (EDT) From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Moving CPU Intensive Thread to lower Priority? To: "CLUG General" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > -- > Basically, just wrap I/O blocking code or CPU-intensive code in the > following macros: > Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS > ...Do some time-consuming operation... > Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS > -- > So I couldn't wait, over lunch I fired up the trusty live CD, installed all the build dependancies and borrowed a webcam from my colleague... and yes, these macros make a huge difference to responsiveness of the gui/display. Cool, eh. Simon. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:59:40 -0600 From: "Dan Mueller" <[email protected]> Subject: [clug-talk] xubuntu To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <2a5972d4e96345ecaecc2f0a0ccce...@rtcalgary> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Quick question guys/gals I loaded xubuntu on mp pc and am wondering how I get to my c drive that has windows formatted in fat 32?? There are some files that I want to move back and forth. Also, how do I get the I believe KDE Desktop style on the xubuntu?? I think I named it right. Thanx Dan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://clug.ca/pipermail/clug-talk_clug.ca/attachments/20090318/a5fed316/at tachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:16:43 -0600 From: Mark Carlson <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Moving CPU Intensive Thread to lower Priority? To: CLUG General <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On 3/18/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > -- > > Basically, just wrap I/O blocking code or CPU-intensive code in the > > following macros: > > Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS > > ...Do some time-consuming operation... > > Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS > > -- > > > > > So I couldn't wait, over lunch I fired up the trusty live CD, installed > all the build dependancies and borrowed a webcam from my colleague... > > and yes, these macros make a huge difference to responsiveness of the > gui/display. > > Cool, eh. > Simon. Sorry, I didn't realize your code was in C. Yes, those macros are needed, otherwise no other python threads will run while your code is being executed! In addition to wrapping functions that just take a lot of time, you should also wrap everything that could possibly block (including printf, and all blocking socket operations) -Mark C. ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:20:13 -0400 (EDT) From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [clug-talk] xubuntu To: "CLUG General" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > Quick question guys/gals > > > > I loaded xubuntu on mp pc and am wondering how I get to my c drive that > has > windows formatted in fat 32?? There are some files that I want to move > back > and forth. Also, how do I get the I believe KDE Desktop style on the > xubuntu?? I think I named it right. > > It may have create a link in '/media/sda<x>' or alternatively you can manually mount it: sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sda<x> /media/cdrom I use /dev/cdrom as I'm too lazy to make a new directory. Add a line to /etc/fstab to make it happen every boot. Changes to GUI style are all under 'setting manager'. Cheer, Simon. ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:25:04 -0600 From: Shawn Grover <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [clug-talk] xubuntu To: CLUG General <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed For kde, you'll need to install the "kubuntu-desktop" package. You can do this through the graphical package manager (Synaptic), or via the command line: sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop It will automatically download everything it needs and set up the environment. It "might" ask you at one point if you want to use "GDM" or "KDM". If you don't know the difference, just select to default. When that is all done, you have one final step - on the login screen you'll need to indicate that you want the kde desktop - this is under "options -> settings" (I think that's right). And when you do this then try to login you should be asked if you want this to be a permanent choice, or a "this time only" choice. If you really want the KDE desktop for your system, you might consider installing Kubuntu next time instead - it is Ubuntu with the KDE environment. Whereas Xubuntu is Ubuntu with the XFCE environment. Under the hood, both are still "Ubuntu". But there are times when it might be better to do things the way you have - there is always more than one way to do something. Welcome to the Linux Desktop!!! :) Shawn [email protected] wrote: >> Quick question guys/gals >> >> >> >> I loaded xubuntu on mp pc and am wondering how I get to my c drive that >> has >> windows formatted in fat 32?? There are some files that I want to move >> back >> and forth. Also, how do I get the I believe KDE Desktop style on the >> xubuntu?? I think I named it right. >> >> > > It may have create a link in '/media/sda<x>' or alternatively you can > manually mount it: > sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sda<x> /media/cdrom > > I use /dev/cdrom as I'm too lazy to make a new directory. Add a line to > /etc/fstab to make it happen every boot. > > > Changes to GUI style are all under 'setting manager'. > > Cheer, > Simon. > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:11:06 -0600 From: Shawn Grover <[email protected]> Subject: [clug-talk] IBM bids for Sun To: CLUG General <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/03/18/ibm-targeting-sun-for-takeover-linux-mys ql-potential-winners/ I see another take on this whole thing. Sun recently bought the right to open source Solaris from SCO. While SCO's right to make that sale is in question, the sale took place and as I understand things Sun is indemnified by SCO should any legal action take place regarding this. Now, if IBM buys Sun, does this mean that IBM gets the right to open source Unix code? If so, then AIX will be next to go open source I think. The question is, do we really want IBM having so much ownership of the Open Source world? On one hand it doesn't matter because anything that is open sourced can be forked when needed. On the other hand, how one company plays with the market can have an impact for the rest of the industry. IBM has thus far been a relatively safe bet here - they've been open source champions for a few years now.... Then again, I'm just speculating, and do not have all the facts/expertise to offer an expert opinion.... :) Shawn ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:15:51 -0600 From: "Dan Mueller" <[email protected]> Subject: [clug-talk] ipod To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <fc5ddc068cd94580a8a0a89072cb7...@rtcalgary> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Whats the best application to load videos and music onto an ipod. Something not command line. Dan Mueller Reliable Tube Calgary 403 236-7800 fx 403 279-7882 1 800 661-5268 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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