Notes on conventional desktop tools

2010-11-18 Thread Martin Langhoff
Some quick notes after an exploration of various tools packages outside of our Sugar world. Some may be old news. os353 (of the 10.1.3 series) used... - `umount /var/cache/yum` is a prerequisite for any serious yummage - Gmixer is a useful extra to our Gnome env. - Java (via open-jvm)

Re: Notes on conventional desktop tools

2010-11-18 Thread C. Scott Ananian
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com wrote:  - Flash pays a hefty price for its refusal to use Xv. Don't install pulseaudio.  - Skype 2.0.0.72 works reasonably well once you set the right microphone input. Latest Skype (2.1.0.81) doesn't play well with

Re: Notes on conventional desktop tools

2010-11-18 Thread Jon Nettleton
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com wrote: Some quick notes after an exploration of various tools packages outside of our Sugar world. Some may be old news. os353 (of the 10.1.3 series) used...  - `umount /var/cache/yum` is a prerequisite for any

Re: Notes on conventional desktop tools

2010-11-18 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 3:08 PM, C. Scott Ananian csc...@laptop.org wrote: I think you'll have more success with the latest skype using pulseaudio. No need for speculation. I can tell you: in general terms, F11 pulseaudio ain't a good one. And for whatever reason, this pulseaudio does not play

Re: Notes on conventional desktop tools

2010-11-18 Thread C. Scott Ananian
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 3:08 PM, C. Scott Ananian csc...@laptop.org wrote: I think you'll have more success with the latest skype using pulseaudio. No need for speculation. I can tell you: in general terms, F11

Re: Notes on conventional desktop tools

2010-11-18 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com wrote: Some quick notes after an exploration of various tools packages outside of our Sugar world. Some may be old news. os353 (of the 10.1.3 series) used... So here's the recipe I've used to fancy-up the XO-1.5 for a

Re: Notes on conventional desktop tools

2010-11-18 Thread Jon Nettleton
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com wrote: Some quick notes after an exploration of various tools packages outside of our Sugar world. Some may be old news. os353 (of the

Re: Notes on conventional desktop tools

2010-11-18 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Jon Nettleton jon.nettle...@gmail.com wrote: I have a static linked skype rpm if you are interested.  This will keep all of QT from being pulled in. I think we're ok with it as it stands. Unless your skype is for some reason working extra well on xo-1.5... I