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The "Linux questions (and other stuff)" thread
- Thread starter MoodyBlues
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No; in fact, I hadn't heard of it until your post. I see it's a lightweight DE. If my now-deceased/retired HP dv6000 laptop were still in use, I'd certainly give it a try.
argedion
The TechnoFrog
Dngrsone
Android Expert
Well, I must say that the transition to Mint 17 KDE is going rather well.
Better, in fact, than the original Mint 15 installation-- no hacks to fix hardware issues like before (wifi worked out of the box, as it were, and so does returning from hibernation and horizontal scrolling).
I have to get used to the program names (trying to stick with just KDE for a little while) and the slight font differences and such. I originally installed Calibre from the Software manager, then realized that Canonical was terribly out of date, uninstalled and then downloaded straight from Calibre's repository.
Unfortunately, I have to send my laptop back in for repair-- Toshiba broke my optical drive when they replaced my battery (who the hell-- besides Apple-- thought it was a good idea to make the battery not user-replaceable?), so this will likely be my last post from an actual keyboard for the next week.
Better, in fact, than the original Mint 15 installation-- no hacks to fix hardware issues like before (wifi worked out of the box, as it were, and so does returning from hibernation and horizontal scrolling).
I have to get used to the program names (trying to stick with just KDE for a little while) and the slight font differences and such. I originally installed Calibre from the Software manager, then realized that Canonical was terribly out of date, uninstalled and then downloaded straight from Calibre's repository.
Unfortunately, I have to send my laptop back in for repair-- Toshiba broke my optical drive when they replaced my battery (who the hell-- besides Apple-- thought it was a good idea to make the battery not user-replaceable?), so this will likely be my last post from an actual keyboard for the next week.
Anyone playing World of Warcraft? I've looked in on it every few years or so, always to see there's still no native Linux version. Last night I had the bright idea to do something I usually don't do, i.e., download its windows version and install/use it via wine. No luck. It consistently crapped out on me during the installation, whether using wine or PlayOnLinux. I gave up trying to isolate the problem [by changing various settings], and chalked it up to "I guess I didn't really want it anyway!"
If anyone's playing it via wine/POL, do you have any suggestions on settings that work with it?
If anyone's playing it via wine/POL, do you have any suggestions on settings that work with it?
zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
These people need to learn:
Skype stops working on older Android phones leaving Linux users in the dark- The Inquirer
I've had the same responses from banks and other businesses. I'm not using Windows and IE just to annoy them, I'm using Linux and Pale Moon because I prefer them to Windows.
Skype stops working on older Android phones leaving Linux users in the dark- The Inquirer
I've had the same responses from banks and other businesses. I'm not using Windows and IE just to annoy them, I'm using Linux and Pale Moon because I prefer them to Windows.
argedion
The TechnoFrog
That is the true irony of Android built on Linux but not supported by it. We Linux users are the dogs of the world no one cares what we use all they care about is their profit. I currently only have a Google Nexus Tablet and to be honest I am not sure I will ever get another phone. Why would I support those who will not support me.
Really. I honestly can't recall the last time I ran across that windows- and Internet Exploiter-centric mentality. Early on in the micro$oft-wants-to-rule-the-world days of the Internet, any site that insisted on windows and/or IE was a site I could do without. I'd contact them, let them know that I do not and will not use windows or its insecure browser, and that when they started supporting *ALL* OSes and browsers, I'd be back. Luckily, many other Linux users did the same thing!
You know what irks me more than just about anything else in this scenario? Sites that RUN ON LINUX but don't support it for their users! Netflix, for example, or Battle.net (World of Warcraft).
They're stopping support of Skype in Froyo 2.2 and older. That seems fair enough to me. Many apps now won't run on anything less than ICS 4.0 or JB 4.1. Can't go on supporting legacy forever, have to move on sometime, I mean how many people are still using Cupcake, Donut, Eclair or Froyo devices these days? Many of those devices won't even have enough RAM and CPU power to run some modern apps properly, if at all, e.g. the Samsung Galaxy S that the story refers to, 512MB RAM, 1GHz single core CPU. I used to have one of them, the thing broke two years ago. He was speaking to Samsung support, they could have always turned around and said..."Sorry mate that phone is four years old we don't support it any more, buy a new phone." ...Samsung usually supports their mobile devices for two years.
EDIT:
Thing is mobile Android devices have developed and matured much faster than PCs and Windows ever did. Eclair or Froyo are really like the equivalent of Windows 95 or 98 now IMO. Does Samsung Kies work on Win 98, very likely not.
And another thing, this story is about a Linux user, so he must be familiar with open source and community developed software. He could always install something like CyanogenMod on the Galaxy S very easily, just like he must have installed Linux on his PC, no Samsung Kies or Windows required. :thumbup:
You know what irks me more than just about anything else in this scenario? Sites that RUN ON LINUX but don't support it for their users! Netflix, for example, or Battle.net (World of Warcraft).
There's some irony for you there lol
That article title is so misleading though. That implies that because Skype stopped working on old Android versions that no Linux user is able to use Skype. Those old Android versions are only a subset of all devices using the Linux kernel
Android can be supported by a Linux OS, in fact it can support itself, don't even need a PC. It's manufacturers like Samsung that don't support it, with their Windows only Kies software. Which many of their devices require for software updates. Some can do OTA no PC required updates, but not all of them.
From experience in the past, Kies is awful...come back iTunes all is forgiven. LOL
Come on, NO ONE is playing WoW?!
I don't play WoW. I do play a multitude of other games though (some of which do work on Linux)
Just on principle I rarely use anything via wine. I figure if there isn't a native Linux version of [fill in the blank software], then I don't need it. Two exceptions: Roller Coaster Tycoon [which I haven't played in ages, now that I think about it], and Sherlock. That's it. Those are the only two things I can remember using on a regular basis via wine.
I think my instinct is correct regarding WoW, i.e., I guess I really DON'T want/need this...until there's a native Linux version, that is.
Dngrsone
Android Expert
Should arrive at Toshiba today, one or two days turnaround, and three days shipping back.Oh, that's right. How much longer?
So... Maybe Friday at the earliest.
argedion
The TechnoFrog
make sure to thoroughly check it before doing anything with it as I have heard many horror stories from people getting devices back from a manufacturers repair.