tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post481730157875770742..comments2024-03-18T10:43:28.122+00:00Comments on Linux notes from DarkDuck: Mageia-cal Win Over HumanityDarkDuck (m)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06273784224243667602noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-83015404341712558462013-03-03T22:46:44.785+00:002013-03-03T22:46:44.785+00:00Dan, I wrote about PCLOS. And also my friends gues...Dan, I wrote about PCLOS. And also my friends guest posted about PCLOS.<br />Welcome to read: <a href="http://linuxblog.darkduck.com/search/label/pclinuxos" rel="nofollow">http://linuxblog.darkduck.com/search/label/pclinuxos</a>DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-18538050349355950302013-03-03T18:54:49.838+00:002013-03-03T18:54:49.838+00:00Nice to see you discover that there is more than k...Nice to see you discover that there is more than kubuntu out there.<br />I agree, Megeia may be the way of the future for many of us.<br />You should give the same open minded review to PCLinuxOS.<br />It has the same roots and with a great magazine, & forum.<br />Please give it a spin. I don't think you will be disappointed...<br />Thanks for this review.<br />Good job, DanAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16238451768515491477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-12430558838909719152011-12-16T22:05:34.769+00:002011-12-16T22:05:34.769+00:00@Anonymous:
I don't complain about Mageia. Oth...@Anonymous:<br />I don't complain about Mageia. Other way round, I tell all the time that it's my distro #1 now.<br />With some inclination into Xubuntu for last few days actually. But still default option in GRUB2 is Mageia.<br />I like it.<br />And I also run it on Fujitsu-Siemens notebook. But I only have 1Gb of memory. Still pretty much workable KDE implementation.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-91279372150691153582011-12-16T21:23:29.326+00:002011-12-16T21:23:29.326+00:00Skype, Digikam usw. kannst auch du haben. Du musst...Skype, Digikam usw. kannst auch du haben. Du musst lediglich im Kontroll-Center in den Paketquellen Non-free Backports Testing anklicken und beim Paketmanager auf Anzeigen Alle anklicken. Wenn du Wünsche, Probleme etc., hast dann teile Mageia es mit. Hilf und arbeite mit Mageia. Mageia wird nicht schneller oder besser, wenn du die Distributionen wechselt und hoffst, wartest bis Mageia fertig ist. Mageia ist eine Non-Profit-Organisation sie sind auf Spenden, Hilfe, Vorschläge angewiesen. Ubuntu kann alles aber auch nur durch Hilfe von Debian und Carniol. Carniol hat auch das nötige Kleingeld um Dienste und Schnickschnack anbieten zu können. Sieh dir die Webseite von Mageia an es gibt dort mehre Seiten zu Mageia als nur Iso-Images. <br /><br />Ich kann dank Mageia meinen alten Siemens und 2 Gib RAM dass von vielen verächtete fette KDE nutzen und es läuft besser als Gnome, LXDE oder XFCE. Das System ist stabil. Es ist schnell oben und fährt schnell runter. Dank Grub-Text sehe ich auch Dinge die mit starten oder runter fahren und kann dadurch Fehler schneller entdecken, dass mir lieber ist als die geilste Grub-Grafik. Ich habe keine Probleme mit Graftiktreiber oder ähnliches. Wäre ich nicht auf Mageia gestoßen ich wäre wieder gewechselt zu Windows, weil ich für Arch, Puppy und wie sie alle heißen keine Geduld und Lust habe. <br /><br />Skype, Digikam, etc. you can have if you look in Controll-Center in Sorcislist "Non-free Backports Testing" click in Pacetmanger on "All" <br /><br />Help and work with Mageia. Do not wait on Help of Mageia. Mageia is a young (non-profit) Organisation, she need Help, Ideas, Admins, Donation, etc.. Ubuntu's Help and Service provide out of Debian and Carniol. Carniol has Iedas beacuse he has big Money for Services, Marketing, etc. You know. Have a look at to Website of Mageia. There are more Site's of Mageia as Iso-Images.<br /><br />Mageia System is stable, fast Start, fast Shutdown, Groob with Text, little Work with Terminal, Live Performance Check, and many, many more. Don't be Angry but i has tested so many Distros, my Ideas was back to Windows. Now, i'm a big Fan of Mageia :D My old Siemens (2 Gib RAM + KDE) with Mageia fast run i don't miss XFCE, LXDE or Gnome and have no problems with NVIDIA etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-27135112069101343532011-07-16T21:36:03.334+01:002011-07-16T21:36:03.334+01:00Linuxhopper:
It's difficult to say... it depen...Linuxhopper:<br />It's difficult to say... it depends which repositories (backport, testing, tainted etc) you are using.<br />Then, you can request some applications to be added via bug report. It was a way for Skype, for example.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-15085448005509434202011-07-16T15:37:29.481+01:002011-07-16T15:37:29.481+01:00How much software comes in the Repos? I don't...How much software comes in the Repos? I don't mind attempting to compile my own software, but I'm still new to it so, any headache that can be taken care of easily is a huge plus.Linuxhoppernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-87099033211708343742011-07-16T13:28:24.983+01:002011-07-16T13:28:24.983+01:00@jai ho:
thanks for the link. I still prefer offic...@jai ho:<br />thanks for the link. I still prefer official repositories, but it can be useful for somebody.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-63865664309707789912011-07-16T13:26:19.065+01:002011-07-16T13:26:19.065+01:00@Anonymous:
Nice performance, stability, good KDE ...@Anonymous:<br />Nice performance, stability, good KDE implementation, large support in form of Mandriva forums...<br />So, why not?DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-26870645958334689662011-07-16T07:48:42.898+01:002011-07-16T07:48:42.898+01:00Hi, you can use the applications from ttp://portab...Hi, you can use the applications from ttp://portablelinuxapps.org/ . it will work on most distros.. i am using it in ubuntu and fedora 32 bit..jai hohttp://www.duckduckgo.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-91401374040917566602011-07-16T04:50:19.136+01:002011-07-16T04:50:19.136+01:00So what made you choose Mageia?So what made you choose Mageia?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-82939485465557843302011-07-14T15:13:41.713+01:002011-07-14T15:13:41.713+01:00@Anonymous (André):
Thanks for response deep from ...@Anonymous (André):<br />Thanks for response deep from Mageia team!<br />Grub2 should definitely be an option, as GRUB is not working nicely with GRUB2-oriented systems like Ubuntu.<br />If you have a link to Russian forum, please share a link here, it will be seen by interested people.<br />Skype already is in backports-nonfree-testing repository. I installed it from there. So, it should be on its way to mainstream nonfree. It is too popular to miss out. 8-)DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-8384271460180116112011-07-14T15:06:05.381+01:002011-07-14T15:06:05.381+01:00Thanks for doing your review.
I'm a Mageia ent...Thanks for doing your review.<br />I'm a Mageia enthusiant (and former Mandriva user) that has been doing my bit to help improve Mageia.<br /><br />As for grub2, we seem to be coming to a consensus to provide it as an option for Mageia 2, with it likely being the default for Mageia 3.<br /><br />As for Russian language community forums, I'm sure it will come. We already have German and Portuguese(Brazil) forums, as well as the English and French.<br />(And possibly Italian and/or Spanish as well.)<br /><br />The Skype question is interesting, as that package exists in the paid version of Mandriva (for which source code is not available), so there is a demand among some Mageia users. It is almost certain to become a regular part of Mageia (in the non-free section).<br /><br />Thanks again for the review.<br />-AndréAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-38865776521650397172011-07-04T14:42:41.702+01:002011-07-04T14:42:41.702+01:00@Anonymous:
My request about community support was...@Anonymous:<br />My request about community support was addressed mainly to those people who use Russian version of Mageia and want to get their own community. Unfortunately, there is not much response from that side.<br />I think Mageia will get proper multi-language support soon, just wanted to help people in the meantime.<br />Anyway, thanks for reading my blog and answering here.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-22267344075450801372011-07-04T13:45:41.761+01:002011-07-04T13:45:41.761+01:00@Russian
Ok, so it supports Russian. How many use...@Russian<br />Ok, so it supports Russian. How many users are there? Are there enough for the team to hire/get a few volunteers to moderate that forum at this time? Would their resources be better spent polishing and working on the distro? Does the fact that the DEVELOPERS STATED THAT THE INITIAL RELEASE WAS NOT FEATURE COMPLETE AND THAT MORE FEATURES AND SUPPORT WERE COMING? Do you not think that support will not get there when they get around to it (don't you think they've been busy just getting their initial release out?)? Do other distros provide forums for every single language they support, especially on their very first release? Perhaps they chose what they wanted to, or what was requested to them the most.<br /><br />I see there is no use trying to prove a point with you, so I am done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-16055267311940717542011-07-02T23:26:04.331+01:002011-07-02T23:26:04.331+01:00@manou, Anonymous:
Thanks for that!
I installed Sk...@manou, Anonymous:<br />Thanks for that!<br />I installed Skype via advise from manou's link (Mageia's nonfree backport testing). Let's see if it works..DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-26917620109422884112011-07-02T18:31:15.095+01:002011-07-02T18:31:15.095+01:00@DarkDuck: The problem that often arises, is that ...@DarkDuck: The problem that often arises, is that places will package "generic" RPMs that simply don't work with Mandriva because the lib location is different than Redhat and SUSE. You'd have to make symlinks in order for them to see dependencies that were installed, and it was rather a pain. The GTalk plugin use to be one such culprit, until enough bug reports were filed. The MIB ones are specifically packaged for Mandriva, so it's kind of like asking "Can/Should I install ubuntu debs on my debian systems?". Sure you can, and it'll be fine most of the time, but it has been known to cause complications. So generally I advise sticking to RPMs actually built for that system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-66123615815918753872011-07-02T15:56:49.683+01:002011-07-02T15:56:49.683+01:00@Emery: your advise did not work. Maybe because I ...@Emery: your advise did not work. Maybe because I used Live CD of 10.04 to reanimate 11.04, but AFAIR that should not be a problem. Anyway, I reinstalled Mageia afresh using method from grub> invitation.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-68252225782313322752011-07-01T16:52:48.323+01:002011-07-01T16:52:48.323+01:00And for skype: https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cg...And for skype: https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154#a0 (coming soon in Mageia 1)manounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-68043736086012423442011-07-01T16:03:10.774+01:002011-07-01T16:03:10.774+01:00@Anonymous:
Russian is supported by Mageia: Europa...@Anonymous:<br />Russian is supported by Mageia: <a href="http://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/" rel="nofollow">Europa 2 set</a>.<br />There are users in Russia. But there is no Russian forum.DarkDuck (m)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06273784224243667602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-89527017169280816592011-07-01T15:19:01.993+01:002011-07-01T15:19:01.993+01:00...but if a distro doesn't currently support a......but if a distro doesn't currently support a language, why would someone try to use that distro, if they can't read the dialogs, menus, etc.? Not everyone is bilingual.<br /><br />I would not choose to use or try a distro that only supported Chinese for example, and even if I looked at it, I would not be asking questions about it.<br /><br />What I'm meaning is, my point, first the distro will support the language, then there will be users from that language/country, then there will be a support forum. Why would there be a support forum with resources devoted to it, before there are users? Make any sense?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-45054126548598244392011-07-01T13:56:09.284+01:002011-07-01T13:56:09.284+01:00@Anonymous:
Thanks for the link.
Is MIB version of...@Anonymous:<br />Thanks for the link.<br />Is MIB version of RPM better than Fedora one?DarkDuck (m)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06273784224243667602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-12400385612692280082011-07-01T13:46:45.714+01:002011-07-01T13:46:45.714+01:00It's not in the default repos, but there is a ...It's not in the default repos, but there is a Skype rpm package, for Mandriva at least, which for now works on Mageia. The MIB group packages and maintains repos for lots of popular software that isn't currently in any of the default repos. http://mib.pianetalinux.org/mib/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-91676959899862829562011-07-01T12:38:29.804+01:002011-07-01T12:38:29.804+01:00@Anonymous:
Nice comparison. 8-)
I used GRUB 1, th...@Anonymous:<br />Nice comparison. 8-)<br />I used GRUB 1, then had to change to GRUB 2. It was a learning curve for me. But after this curve I don't want to come back to GRUB 1. For me, 2nd is more convenient and easy to configure.DarkDuck (m)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06273784224243667602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-82370018824212828862011-07-01T12:13:34.737+01:002011-07-01T12:13:34.737+01:00After the ease of using Grub 1, Grub 2 has all the...After the ease of using Grub 1, Grub 2 has all the appeal of a virus.<br /><br />GPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-6466765063107673172011-07-01T11:09:14.189+01:002011-07-01T11:09:14.189+01:00@Anonymous:
I am not talking about languages in di...@Anonymous:<br />I am not talking about languages in distro, although this is very important too. I mean native-language support community.<br />Currently there is no forum or whatever where Russian Mageia users can ask their questions in Russian and get answers in Russian. Language barrier is still important.DarkDuck (m)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06273784224243667602noreply@blogger.com