tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post4799769357833048827..comments2024-03-26T17:37:35.499+00:00Comments on Linux notes from DarkDuck: Mageia 2 KDE: first glanceDarkDuck (m)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06273784224243667602noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-61465032211837697412013-04-25T15:48:15.889+01:002013-04-25T15:48:15.889+01:00I can clearly see the difference. It's as if U...I can clearly see the difference. It's as if Ubuntu is using anti-aliasing, while Mageia is not.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00431512315373895294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-25180122694870675222013-01-21T10:35:39.581+00:002013-01-21T10:35:39.581+00:00Happy to see yet another friend of Mageia!Happy to see yet another friend of Mageia!DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-28787797091723112922013-01-21T10:31:57.977+00:002013-01-21T10:31:57.977+00:00Installed it yesterday. Was running Kubuntu 12.2 b...Installed it yesterday. Was running Kubuntu 12.2 but it got mucke dup, so tried KDE Mint and Netrunner, but both kept crashing, so decided to try Mageia, and so far all is good. A bit lacking in the repositories but enough to keep me happy. Wondered about an upgrade to KDE 4.9, but miss look this up in the community centre.bvpainterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14804331299617862772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-7840637810890919912012-10-23T21:20:34.484+01:002012-10-23T21:20:34.484+01:00Yes, in some terms Mageia does better than Ubuntu....Yes, in some terms Mageia does better than Ubuntu. Let's see what Mageia 3 will give us.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-42027000548133006312012-10-23T20:19:11.530+01:002012-10-23T20:19:11.530+01:00I did install mageia 2 in a compaq presario 700 in...I did install mageia 2 in a compaq presario 700 in 15 minutes.<br />Even the wifi was not working in windows vista, now is resurrected from among the dead, is working.<br />I used to run ubuntu in another pc with more difficulties, quite a lot actually in compare. cachorros terranova chocolatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04096266035941926673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-74423524166697400512012-08-28T13:44:08.054+01:002012-08-28T13:44:08.054+01:00Thanks for pointing out. DVDs usually contain more...Thanks for pointing out. DVDs usually contain more applications than CD versions.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-16094985764944178232012-08-28T13:27:33.431+01:002012-08-28T13:27:33.431+01:00The DVD version comes with K3B installed. Had issu...The DVD version comes with K3B installed. Had issues with VLC at first, but fixed by uninstalling it, adding the tainted media repos and reinstalling VLC.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910348080541997687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-80985531643367924882012-08-27T22:05:09.110+01:002012-08-27T22:05:09.110+01:00No, I have not investigated this any further.No, I have not investigated this any further.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-1906732155460907782012-08-27T08:56:50.953+01:002012-08-27T08:56:50.953+01:00I've read the previuos answer.. just checking ...I've read the previuos answer.. just checking for update of the situation. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10156432104139178103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-929463615039050072012-08-27T08:55:09.768+01:002012-08-27T08:55:09.768+01:00I do not have DVD/CD-ROM so the only way to instal...I do not have DVD/CD-ROM so the only way to install Linux distros is through USB stick. DarkDuck, have you found a way to make boot successfully with a USB stick the Mageia ver. 2 distro?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10156432104139178103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-85433084868232260692012-08-18T14:46:57.071+01:002012-08-18T14:46:57.071+01:00Unfortunately, I faced the same issue in my experi...Unfortunately, I faced the same issue in my experiment. It is described at the start of this article. I used an optical media.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-2582428706631641062012-08-18T11:39:23.850+01:002012-08-18T11:39:23.850+01:00unfortunately I could not install via usb mageia2,...unfortunately I could not install via usb mageia2, tried with several different programs, uneboot, WinSetup etc, did not work, when you start stands on a black screen, algem can help me? I'm from Brazil, so I'm translating into English for posting.<br />my email is wan_com@ig.com.br<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-63089834447912747392012-08-16T11:22:09.199+01:002012-08-16T11:22:09.199+01:00Good news! I hope you'll write up about your e...Good news! I hope you'll write up about your experience?DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-23890702942950283002012-08-16T11:00:43.796+01:002012-08-16T11:00:43.796+01:00mageia 2 installer is very slow it take about 30 m...mageia 2 installer is very slow it take about 30 minutes fedora and ubuntu take half of this time and bit easier to install than mageia. I am not a big fan of KDE but i want to try it now with mageia until now it work fine after few hours from installation Waleedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11517093972815996147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-72308892620165680812012-07-07T14:04:31.410+01:002012-07-07T14:04:31.410+01:00Hi, I tried this option in another Mageia 2 KDE Li...Hi, I tried this option in another Mageia 2 KDE Live run, and it worked for me.<br /><br />Thanks!DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-8126800759314400882012-06-28T14:26:09.067+01:002012-06-28T14:26:09.067+01:00Yes, Mageia's community is a nice one.Yes, Mageia's community is a nice one.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-29386438911751491822012-06-28T13:41:07.811+01:002012-06-28T13:41:07.811+01:00Mageia 2 is really better than ¨1¨ and it is a nic...Mageia 2 is really better than ¨1¨ and it is a nice distro just needing a bit of Linux experience to install it properly without getting any error about Grub or video driver, for instance. If you experiencing some problem Mageia Forum is your best friend :) Cheers!Silvio Arnonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-9730444760664667672012-06-28T13:35:17.279+01:002012-06-28T13:35:17.279+01:00Hi Matsu, I am pretty sure that you can solve the ...Hi Matsu, I am pretty sure that you can solve the issue using Sakis3G :) Ciao<br />http://www.sakis3g.org/Silvio Arnonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-74610838048643573292012-06-25T15:04:47.570+01:002012-06-25T15:04:47.570+01:00unfortunately I can't have a localize setting ...unfortunately I can't have a localize setting of Malaysia in Mageia 2!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-27372869319815014252012-06-24T16:23:12.782+01:002012-06-24T16:23:12.782+01:00You're right about CD burning software. It is ...You're right about CD burning software. It is NOT in the LiveCD, but it is for sure available in repositories. I can't say about Live DVD, as I have not tried it.<br /><br />The speed of repositories update is OK. I can cope with this. As you can imagine, Mageia is not bleeding edge, and never aimed to be. Debian updates its packages even slower, still has lots of followers.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-30169823326480557482012-06-24T14:43:44.667+01:002012-06-24T14:43:44.667+01:00"You may have noticed it right: the multimedi..."You may have noticed it right: the multimedia section of Mageia 2 KDE menu does not contain any disk burning software. Moreover, no disk burning tool is present in default Mageia 2 distribution at all!"<br /><br />Would you please clarify the second sentence? It sounds like there's no burning toool in Mageia 2 at all, which is just plain wrong. Maybe just write "There is no burning tool present on Mageia LiveCD environments" or something like that?<br /><br /><br />"It was Chromium 18. It is a slightly outdated version of the browser, because version 21 has been available since mid-May 2012. But, after all, the Mageia team is not known for quick updates of their repositories."<br /><br />Well, for one, there was a rather long freeze period, where no version updates were allowed, end after the release, everybody was happy to have some free time, as you can maybe imagine.<br />Then you can just install Chrome directly, so you get updates directly from upstream via a dedicated urpmi repo from Google. <br />Instructions for that are available as a MAQeia in the forums.<br /><br />And for the rest, feel free to contribute to packager and QA teams to help improve the reaction time for updates ;)doktor5000https://forums.mageia.org/en/index.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-10791878558676275192012-06-24T07:53:17.045+01:002012-06-24T07:53:17.045+01:00Any luck from the errata-pages?Any luck from the errata-pages?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-76057300281744560922012-06-24T06:03:41.945+01:002012-06-24T06:03:41.945+01:00Recently I installed 4 Linux Distros on my new Len...Recently I installed 4 Linux Distros on my new Lenovo G780: Ubuntu, Mint, Mageia and Mandriva.<br />I met some network problems in Ubuntu 12.04 and Linux Mint 13 until I found the right drivers.<br />No problems with the oldest of the 4 Distros, Mandriva 2011.i586.1 (the uncle of Mageia), except <br />a missing driver for the Atheros ethernet chip (but wired connections are not so important for a<br />Laptop). With the newest of all, Mageia 2 (release date: 19.05.2012), I have still a lot of<br />troubles. After I won the "Loader strugle" (GRUB2 has also some quirks concerning 'initrid'),<br />Mageia startet to spit a lot of dirty words, like:<br /> [Nouveau 00...010..0]: invalid ROM contents<br /> [drm]: no valid VBIOS image found<br /> Failed to start: Load legacy module configuration<br /> Dependency failed ...<br /> an so on.<br />Applying some palliatives found in Web (acpi=off, noefi, xdriver=vesa, ... as kernel parameter),<br />I could reach eventually the console, but only for an elegant 'reboot'.<br />My verdict: Mageia 2 is not yet mature enough.<br />Christian B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-57285410356121072132012-06-23T22:27:45.660+01:002012-06-23T22:27:45.660+01:00I also don't have eagle eyes... But from my pe...I also don't have eagle eyes... But from my perspective Mageia's fonts are sharper.<br />Maybe I'm looking at wrong direction.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-41668578326895761062012-06-23T15:09:42.464+01:002012-06-23T15:09:42.464+01:00Well, I am not claiming to have eagle eyes, but I ...Well, I am not claiming to have eagle eyes, but I can see the difference in the quality of font rendering loud and clear (and on the screen shots you provided). Google "Ubuntu font patches" - it should help to understand what I have in mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com