Re: [SLUG] Solid State Disk Works Okay with Linux on Kogan Laptop

2011-12-14 Thread Jake Anderson
On 12/12/2011 09:27 AM, Tom Worthington wrote: I dropped my Kogan Agora 12 Inch laptop onto a stone floor. Remarkably there was no damage to the case or screen (the screen was open at the time and the computer running). But the hard disk was not functioning afterwards, so I replaced the 2.5

[SLUG] Android for work

2011-12-14 Thread David Lyon
I have been using Ubuntu 10.10 for work - just fine. At home I tried Ubuntu 11 and one my one or two year old hardware it just has unacceptable performance ie 10 - 20 seconds to respond to menu clicks etc. So, there is Android 3.2 from: http://www.android-x86.org/ Any good for tech work? ie

Re: [SLUG] Android for work

2011-12-14 Thread David
On 15/12/11 09:54, David Lyon wrote: I have been using Ubuntu 10.10 for work - just fine. At home I tried Ubuntu 11 and one my one or two year old hardware it just has unacceptable performance ie 10 - 20 seconds to respond to menu clicks etc. Curious... My two year old hardware is just fine

Re: [SLUG] Android for work

2011-12-14 Thread David Lyon
maybe 2 years is really 5 or 6.. Actually, I just jumped over to learn Puppy Linux. Pretty hardcore but everything is quite good. Ubuntu has nice graphical effects but I have work to do and willing to lose them in an effort to get some stuff done.. still curious about Android.. -- SLUG - Sydney

Re: [SLUG] Android for work

2011-12-14 Thread Mark Walkom
Did you try XFCE or something a little more light weight on the GUI front? Or even disable all the default fancy stuff. I am still running 10 and gnome 2.3 and don't have any issues on a laptop at least 4 years old, looking to upgrade this weekend to 11.something and XFCE. On 15 December 2011

Re: [SLUG] For those wondering about the benefits of rooting your phone

2011-12-14 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach
Every phone I own I do this, plus the ones of my kids and partner. Here are a couple of threads to follow to do that for a galaxy II: http://www.androidtotal.com/manually-download-install-xwke7-update-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-2/ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13319294postcount=1

Re: [SLUG] Android for work

2011-12-14 Thread James Linder
On 15/12/2011, at 9:00 AM, slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote: I have been using Ubuntu 10.10 for work - just fine. At home I tried Ubuntu 11 and one my one or two year old hardware it just has unacceptable performance ie 10 - 20 seconds to respond to menu clicks etc. So, there is Android 3.2

[SLUG] mysql error

2011-12-14 Thread Ashley Maher
Any help appreciated. My MYSQL Server is dying with: key_buffer_size=16777216 read_buffer_size=262144 max_used_connections=14 max_threads=151 threads_connected=5 It is possible that mysqld could use up to key_buffer_size + (read_buffer_size + sort_buffer_size)*max_threads = 133314 K bytes of

Re: [SLUG] Android for work

2011-12-14 Thread David Lyon
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 9:45 AM, James Linder j...@tigger.ws wrote: When an elderly and distinguished scientist say something is not possible he is nearly always wrong smile I know I could buy more memory or get multicores.. involves money and time.. The memory footprint of ubuntu 11 is

Re: [SLUG] Android for work

2011-12-14 Thread Heracles
On 15/12/11 13:02, David Lyon wrote: On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 9:45 AM, James Linderj...@tigger.ws wrote: When an elderly and distinguished scientist say something is not possible he is nearly always wrongsmile I know I could buy more memory or get multicores.. involves money and time.. The