Re: [Linux-users] mounting a LVM image file

2012-04-10 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
On Tue 10 Apr 2012 16:29:47 NZST +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote: I have done a dd copy of the partitions but find to my dismay that I cannot mount the resultant image file using the mount command. It complains about the LVM file image being an unknown format type. You will have to use the

Re: [Linux-users] UEFI, Ubuntu Precise, ARCH Linux

2012-04-10 Thread Robert Fisher
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 8:08 AM, John Carter john.car...@taitradio.comwrote: Then out goes Unity and in comes gnome-shell!) I recommend having a look at Cinnamon - created by Linuxmint to give a Gnome 2 look to Gnome 3. Works on Ubuntu too.

Re: [Linux-users] UEFI, Ubuntu Precise, ARCH Linux

2012-04-10 Thread C. Falconer
Robert Fisher wrote, On 04/11/2012 08:48 AM: On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 8:08 AM, John Carter john.car...@taitradio.com mailto:john.car...@taitradio.com wrote: Then out goes Unity and in comes gnome-shell!) I recommend having a look at Cinnamon - created by Linuxmint to give a Gnome 2 look

Re: [Linux-users] UEFI, Ubuntu Precise, ARCH Linux

2012-04-10 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 10:05 +1200, C. Falconer wrote: I have ended up with a minimal xfce setup... window managers should get out of the way and manage windows, not be an entire UI. And at home its twm. Yes, a window manager from 1987. Window managers are only there so you can open more

Re: [Linux-users] UEFI, Ubuntu Precise, ARCH Linux

2012-04-10 Thread Derek Smithies
Hi, I had thought all window managers (and windows too) are a means of displaying more information on the display. - not just ssh sessions. Roll on the day when there is a morse coded report of slashdot along the titlebar. The question I have - is why are window managers so bloated? If you

Re: [Linux-users] UEFI, Ubuntu Precise, ARCH Linux

2012-04-10 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Roger Searle roger.sea...@gmail.com wrote: Fastest machine at home is a mythtv box (when not being used as a myth front end) which is running xfce - start up time (to desktop) is under 20 seconds, apps open really fast (well under a second generally), shut down

Re: [Linux-users] UEFI, Ubuntu Precise, ARCH Linux

2012-04-10 Thread Roger Searle
On 11/04/12 15:47, Nick Rout wrote: On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Roger Searleroger.sea...@gmail.com wrote: Fastest machine at home is a mythtv box (when not being used as a myth front end) which is running xfce - start up time (to desktop) is under 20 seconds, apps open really fast (well

Re: [Linux-users] UEFI, Ubuntu Precise, ARCH Linux

2012-04-10 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Roger Searle ro...@stepahead.org.nz wrote: On 11/04/12 15:47, Nick Rout wrote: On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Roger Searleroger.sea...@gmail.com  wrote: Fastest machine at home is a mythtv box (when not being used as a myth front end) which is running

Re: [Linux-users] UEFI, Ubuntu Precise, ARCH Linux

2012-04-10 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 17:43 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: No I think it's a weekend job. Maybe a birthday present to myself this Saturday. Have downloaded mythbuntu pangolin to try 0.25 out - will do so on a USB drive I think. Be aware that Ubuntu have yet again broken wireless for me (