Windows XP SP3 was released a while ago, and today, Saturday, I decided to install it. I went through Windows Update, (It's web based, not Automatic updates) and it detected that SP3 was available, and was not yet on my PC. I went ahead and allowed it to download, but before I actually installed, it conveniently detected that I had not had enough disk space on drive C:\ and wouldn't continue until I fixed that issue. I cleaned up my disk, and then proceeded with the install. So far so good, and it told me I needed to reboot. I went ahead and allowed it to. Selected Windows from the GRUB boot loader (I am using Mandriva, so that review is coming soon) and proceeded with the boot. Bad news, I didn't notice a performance gain at all. I heard that it was around a 10% performance gain, I didn't see it, oh well.
On another topic, I have noticed that Fedora 9 is out. I wish to put it through it's paces, and try out KDE 4, so I am downloading the DVD ISO, and hopefully that will be done soon.
I also went to the Dynamic Landscapes conference at Champlain College. We Ustreamed the keynote and several other sessions, and I met a young blogger, Arthus, it was a great honor meeting him, and I wish to go to some more conferences with him. I am a fan of his blog, and it was quite interesting meeting him. His blog, Newly Ancient is here, Newly Ancient.
Going to that conference was interesting. I enjoyed this, and everything is already online, so there is less for our team to do in the long run.
The first three podcasts from FOSSVT are available at archive.org. I have embedded the Student Ambassador's podcast at the top of the page. They are finally done, hooray!
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Food For Thought- 3-3-08
Well, I see alot of new viewers are coming in, the poll I put up two days ago has 12 votes, I found the reason today. One of The Linux Blog at /'s reviews, the newest one, PCLinuxOS MiniMe 2008 was added into tuxmachines.org. Here is the link if anyone wants to see it. Article on Tux Machines.
OK, so I had promised to do a section on making your own LiveCD two weeks ago, sorry for the delay, but here it is...
Making your own LiveCD Section One
Installing the base system
The base system will probably be the most important factor, your remaster will look the same as the base system when you used the script. You can probably pick any Linux distribution, but I chose PCLinuxOS MiniMe 2008, it already has the script installed for remastering the LiveCD, plus it has almost nothing installed when you first install it. You add packages through synaptic, which you will need your network interface for.
Boot the LiveCD, and once you log in, double click the Install button on the desktop and follow on screen instructions, if you are experienced with what you are doing you will be done in no time.
OK, so I had promised to do a section on making your own LiveCD two weeks ago, sorry for the delay, but here it is...
Making your own LiveCD Section One
Installing the base system
The base system will probably be the most important factor, your remaster will look the same as the base system when you used the script. You can probably pick any Linux distribution, but I chose PCLinuxOS MiniMe 2008, it already has the script installed for remastering the LiveCD, plus it has almost nothing installed when you first install it. You add packages through synaptic, which you will need your network interface for.
Boot the LiveCD, and once you log in, double click the Install button on the desktop and follow on screen instructions, if you are experienced with what you are doing you will be done in no time.
Food For Thought-2/11/08- Creating a Custom LiveCD
This is a new quest for me, but I have been having a good time so far, and I found my greatest success using a Mini-Me version of PCLinuxOS 2008. I have tried the Ubuntu Customization kit, and I have also used Custom Nimble x, with not much success. The Ubuntu Customization kit also was somewhat confusing. With PCLinuxOS I just installed it, configured it for my liking, and ran a program from the menu to create your ISO. Next week I will do a quick over view of installing, and part one of a guide to customizing.
Food For Thought- 2/4/08- Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 4 Beta Testing
Today I installed Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 4. This system is not quite stable yet, but it seems quite solid. When booting the live CD I could not see the entire screen, as the resolution was too small, at 800x600 I could not see the very bottom of the installer. I could only use 800x600 or 640x480 for my screen, and I expected to have more options once rebooted. I rebooted once it was installed, and found that there were no new options. I then checked if I could turn on 3d effects, and I couldn't and I wasn't asked to install the driver or anything, here is a bug they might want to fix. I then installed the restricted driver from NVidia, and both problems were fixed. Also, sometimes I would have an app or package crash, I installed updates, as it said I was using some outdated things, and it fixed that too. 8.04 doesn't look any different from 7.10, at least not yet. (Updating, I had 61 updates, and it took about 7.5 minutes to download and install 24.4 MB of updates.)
Food For Thought- 1/28/08
Update!
I have fixed the problems with my USB keyboard and GRUB! Now I will be able to use my boot loader and no more problems with the "Default OS" OpenSUSE will be good, It uses GRUB for the CD menu and you need to change selection to fix it.
Here is how to get your USB keyboard to work with GRUB if it doesn't already. In the BIOS (Press F2, F12, or the Delete Key) on boot. Go to the Advanced tab or find some kind of USB configuration menu. In the USB config, change Legacy USB to Enabled or Auto, I suggest Enabled so it will always be on, and anyway, with Auto it has to search for USB devices every time it boots, and it may slow it down.
I have already installed Ubuntu, that review is coming up!
Again, Linuxguy and linux-exploration.blogspot.com (His Blog) are not responsible for any changes or damage you do to your computer, again, these are simply guides, and may help you, but you are responsible for anything you do to your computer.
I have fixed the problems with my USB keyboard and GRUB! Now I will be able to use my boot loader and no more problems with the "Default OS" OpenSUSE will be good, It uses GRUB for the CD menu and you need to change selection to fix it.
Here is how to get your USB keyboard to work with GRUB if it doesn't already. In the BIOS (Press F2, F12, or the Delete Key) on boot. Go to the Advanced tab or find some kind of USB configuration menu. In the USB config, change Legacy USB to Enabled or Auto, I suggest Enabled so it will always be on, and anyway, with Auto it has to search for USB devices every time it boots, and it may slow it down.
I have already installed Ubuntu, that review is coming up!
Again, Linuxguy and linux-exploration.blogspot.com (His Blog) are not responsible for any changes or damage you do to your computer, again, these are simply guides, and may help you, but you are responsible for anything you do to your computer.
Food For Thought- 1/14/07
Just a brief update...
I now have my memory for my computer, I am just waiting for my last two parts to get here, my processor, and my Hard Drive. I will start building, hopefully Friday, and finish on Saturday, with time to try out and review Fedora 8, I am a little off schedule, sorry about that.
I now have my memory for my computer, I am just waiting for my last two parts to get here, my processor, and my Hard Drive. I will start building, hopefully Friday, and finish on Saturday, with time to try out and review Fedora 8, I am a little off schedule, sorry about that.
Food For Thought- 1/7/08
A quick adventure in PCLinuxOS yielded great results. The strange thing was that only 1/2 times my current, and somewhat old computer wouldn't boot the system as a LiveCD, I never experienced that with Ubuntu. I went on YouTube with my favorite included browser- Firefox, and joyfully found that flash or other player was already installed. This system has everything you would want, and the live CD has MPlayer, so you can play MP3's and even WMV's (Windows Video) Files. The OS has OpenOffice and I had to say that this is one of the best prepared OS'es for Linux. This is literally an awesome and equipped OS. That may be why I am typing to you in it now. Remember, the full review of PCLinuxOS with it being installed is coming in the second half of march, following Linux Mint, which I have just heard about. Also remember, If you want me to review a Linux OS, just comment on one of the 2008 posts, lets see what th Linux community brings us this year, I want PCLinuxOS 2008 to be better than this already great 2007 version. I am sure we will see a new Ubuntu soon, probably version 8.
Special Food For Thought
Use bold not CAPS
This is something that is argued about all over the web. If you use caps you are considered to be yelling. Bold is more of a bold statement and I take it as if you are emphasizing yourself. This isn't new, just thought I would post it here too.
This is something that is argued about all over the web. If you use caps you are considered to be yelling. Bold is more of a bold statement and I take it as if you are emphasizing yourself. This isn't new, just thought I would post it here too.
Food For Thought- 11/19/07
Today, I think I will share what my system configuration will be once I get the parts. I will have the following
Motherboard- ASRock ALiveNF6G-VSTA
or Here- from newegg
Processor- AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2GHz Processor
or AMD Athlon 64 4000+ 2.6GHz Processor
Memory- Corsair ValueSelect Dual Channel 1GB Kit
Combo Optical- Lite-On IDE Combo
Hard Drive- Western Digital 160GB Caviar SATAII
Case And PSU- This Case
and this PSU
I believe this will be a good setup and I will probably over clock my processor a bit. Possibly to 2.4GHz or above. On stock cooling I will probably only go to 2.4 though. All parts are linked to the Newegg.com site. Newegg is also in my favorite links list.
Motherboard- ASRock ALiveNF6G-VSTA
or Here- from newegg
Processor- AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2GHz Processor
or AMD Athlon 64 4000+ 2.6GHz Processor
Memory- Corsair ValueSelect Dual Channel 1GB Kit
Combo Optical- Lite-On IDE Combo
Hard Drive- Western Digital 160GB Caviar SATAII
Case And PSU- This Case
and this PSU
I believe this will be a good setup and I will probably over clock my processor a bit. Possibly to 2.4GHz or above. On stock cooling I will probably only go to 2.4 though. All parts are linked to the Newegg.com site. Newegg is also in my favorite links list.
Food For Thought- 11/12/07
I've seen some distributions of Linux, and I have to say I liked Fedora Core 6 best. Well, I should say K12LTSP as it is the actual distribution and it is based off FC6. I have seen Ubuntu, the regular version, and the distribution Xubuntu, designed to run on older machines with less than 128 Megabytes of RAM. The distribution CD, that you have to use on Machines with less than 128MB of RAM is not graphical, Text mode only. The Menu's are easy to navigate, but seem Limited, and the install enters "Low Memory Mode" on machines with 64MB of Ram. The Low memory mode forces the installation to proceed in the English Language and that may be inconvenient for some countries that speak another language. When I installed it on a machine with 96MB of Ram the Install did not go in Low Memory mode and allowed me to select the language I speak, English. When you get it installed you are welcomed with a nice log in screen, asking you for the User name and password you supplied during installation. Note: From this screen it is impossible to log in as the Root user. The user you created will have Administrative privileges and you may create more users and you can also, I believe do anything the root can do. With what I have tested so far I believe Xubuntu has a good background and it works quite well. This Distribution, based off Ubuntu seems to work well. Xubuntu is available at www.xubuntu.org
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