-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Peter Van den Wildenbergh wrote: <snip> > Had to recompile the NVIDIA driver a couple times and after every > 'major' update I've to run : > update-rc.d -f NetworkManager remove
You can always rename /etc/init.d/NetworkManger so that this does not happen. I am not a fan of NetworkManger, but new users seem to like it. > Otherwise my static IP and br0 don't work. Not a normal config and is probably not a concern for 95% of this list :) > (Configured a br0: device to bridge eth0 for WInXP running under kvm > WITH usb support!) > > Other than that it has been GREAT and VERY FAST. > ext4 helps to get the boot time reduced to just over 20 seconds, without > any further tweaking to speed it up. > > There are still some 'issues' with ext4, if you plan on using it use a > UPS, a power recycle might cause major data loss > (Google for it ext4 data-loss, if you want to know more, has something > to do with commit interval being around 30 sec.) > Still far too experimental. If you are not an experienced user I would avoid it. even I am avoiding it because I don't have the time to troubleshoot right now. > KDE 4.1 was usable, KDE 4.2.2 (latest) is almost perfect. > Still waiting for something that gives me the "current" weather in a > plasma... the lcd weather thingie doesn't really work IMHO... > > I've switched the KDE menu to 'classic' view otherwise I have to click > to much. > The new menu is pretty, but does involve too much clicking. I do like the search bar, though I pretty much use Alt-F2 instead (works in GNOME, XFCE, and KDE). > Audio is still a problem Intel HDA isn't working for me (was working in > the beginning but stopped 2-3 weeks ago) > Try removing pulseaudio. Then set your apps to use ALSA directly (usually one of the default presets). > Kaffeine still doesn't have a version for KDE 4, but VLC is 'okay' > smplayer is my player of choice. Beats all the rest IMO (the power of mplayer, with the comfort of a fast GUI). -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAknW9QoACgkQwRXgH3rKGfOMcwCfXOnD2oMv+/axtP2OFJFLIMt+ q5gAniW1PEc6Sp0nMnZkdtiiTOORdxck =54jP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 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
