Comments on: Notes from all over http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/notes-from-all-over/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Chubby Checker http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/notes-from-all-over/#comment-48873 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:43:22 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/notes-from-all-over/#comment-48873 The internet just told me that Parted Magic 6.0 has been released yesterday. Why that’s on-topic on this very blog?

Well, let me be lazy and paste a large chunk of their news entry below. I really, really think that what they did deserves mentioning, patting their backs and should be encouraged definitely. So here it comes:

“If you have experienced booting issues with Parted Magic, this is the version you have been waiting for. The way the kernel is handled has been completely redone. This is the reason for the new major version number. The kernel modules, udev, and firmware have been moved to the initramfs. The nice graphical boot menu that we have been using for years has been removed in favor of a very basic one. Many laptops and notebooks could not start the complex menu. A large number of major and minor bugs have been fixed as well.”

taken from http://partedmagic.com/doku.php?id=news

]]> By: malligt http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/notes-from-all-over/#comment-48854 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:30:57 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/notes-from-all-over/#comment-48854 I have a Dell Dimension 4100 Desktop, PIII, 866 Mhz, 512 RAM that I have owned since new (1999).

I cannot get the Mint Debian XFCE to install on that computer. All appears to go well, and then the installer just “hangs”…..(in the middle of installing the libre office…)

I’ve wiped the drive, and retried 4x. All 4x, the exact same thing happens.

I’ve checked md5 sums, and they are correct. I’ve burned another dvd, and no difference.

I had to go to Crunchbang Statler, which installed perfectly.

Additionally, on another computer, DELL Inspiron Laptop, I cannot get the LOW RAM settings of Mint Debian XFCE that the Mint Team claims. They are almost identical to the RAM usage of LMDE.

I don’t understand why this could be, so I’ve returned to LMDE.

]]> By: Uncle Slacky http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/notes-from-all-over/#comment-48817 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:20:38 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/notes-from-all-over/#comment-48817 Concerning that laptop, the “AT” (and weight, size and lack of modern ports) suggests it’s a 286, so Linux is a non-starter – FreeDOS and OpenGEM might be doable, however.

]]> By: Xuan Dung Bui http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/notes-from-all-over/#comment-48816 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:56:18 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/notes-from-all-over/#comment-48816 I’ve just got new iMac G4 for 40$. Such a beauty!

]]> By: Matthew http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/notes-from-all-over/#comment-48811 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:24:46 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/notes-from-all-over/#comment-48811 Thanks for the update about using Duck Duck Go within SurfRaw. I have been trying to find way to use D.D.G. instead of Scroogle these days, so the information is timely. On inspecting SurfRaw today, I noticed the author is the famous Julian Assange. Interesting when the political elements of free software intersect with the practical usage.

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