Comments on: Pictures at an exhibition http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/pictures-at-an-exhibition/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: colonelcrayon http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/pictures-at-an-exhibition/#comment-39675 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:42:08 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/pictures-at-an-exhibition/#comment-39675 You continue to amaze. I really need Xvesa for OpenOffice and the occasional graphical web page, but these are some great tips.

]]> By: mulenmar http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/pictures-at-an-exhibition/#comment-39667 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:49:00 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/pictures-at-an-exhibition/#comment-39667 Awesome! (Pun intended, although I do prefer Ion…) I´ve read and used almost all of those tweaks, except most of the script tweaking — aside from some reordering to put preload earlier, I´d rather steer clear of messing with SysV-style scripts. They confuse the transistors out of me. And the broadband settings are on my to-do list…but I don´t really need them. :)

They all seem to work perfectly on Debian as well, btw — no suprise there.

Looking forward to your future posts!

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/pictures-at-an-exhibition/#comment-39660 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:32:07 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/pictures-at-an-exhibition/#comment-39660 Actually I’ve trimmed that down quite a bit since I first posted it. I should update that page.

Aside from that though, just omitting X shaves 5 seconds off the boot time, easily. I use ext2 only, keep partitions small and the time to boot to the login in just under 11 seconds.

Some of the tips on that age-old Ubuntu speedup page also help.

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/pictures-at-an-exhibition/#comment-39659 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:27:59 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/pictures-at-an-exhibition/#comment-39659 I’ll second mulenmar’s suggestion — ask around and usually someone has a leftover computer they’re willing to give away, if not sell.

Check recycling centers and thrift shops too. Or http://PublicSurplus.com if you want a lot at once. ;)

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/pictures-at-an-exhibition/#comment-39658 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:25:37 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/pictures-at-an-exhibition/#comment-39658 I had heard about youtube-dl, but still haven’t found anything so terribly interesting that I need to try it with. :mrgreen:

]]> By: Jeff Flowers http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/pictures-at-an-exhibition/#comment-39656 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:45:28 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/pictures-at-an-exhibition/#comment-39656 Very nice write up. I would give it a try, but I move between Arch Linux and OpenBSD, and since OpenBSD does not have framebuffer support, I have to use X if I want a consistant UI between both OSes.

]]> By: mulenmar http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/pictures-at-an-exhibition/#comment-39654 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:34:47 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/pictures-at-an-exhibition/#comment-39654 eBay is your friend, in that department. They have an Operating System section for Linux, too! ;)

Or find some poor soul struggling with Windows XP on a laptop who’s planning to “upgrade” to newer hardware and buy it off of them.

]]> By: mulenmar http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/pictures-at-an-exhibition/#comment-39653 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:19:33 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/pictures-at-an-exhibition/#comment-39653 Cool, I’m listed in Alpine in one of your screenshots. I’m internet immortal! :P :)

Anyhow, you said you’ve pushed the boot to 11 seconds?!? HOW?!? I’ve seen (and used many tweaks from) your 16-second Crux boot howto, but how did you shorten it further?

]]> By: Primo http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/pictures-at-an-exhibition/#comment-39652 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:53:25 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/pictures-at-an-exhibition/#comment-39652 That’s interesting, any suggestions where one can find a cheap sub 1GHz laptop. Would be pretty cool to have a similar setup.

]]> By: tigrmesh http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/pictures-at-an-exhibition/#comment-39651 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:00:48 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/pictures-at-an-exhibition/#comment-39651 Youtube against the framebuffer? No problem. youtube-dl downloads youtube videos and saves them as .flv, which mplayer can play.

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