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Mandriva 2009
09-10-2008 9:24 PM
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Re: Mandriva 2009
12-11-2008 1:25 AM
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Re: Mandriva 2009
12-11-2008 11:38 AM
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Regards .....
Re: Mandriva 2009
12-11-2008 8:42 PM
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Only niggle so far is that, even using the "custom" install, it didn't give me the option to use a separate /home partition.
Also having trouble getting wireless connection.
First impression is that I quite like KDE4, despite all the negative comments I've read....
Re: Mandriva 2009
12-11-2008 9:40 PM
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Quote from: Heloman Just installed it for a trial. It came as a cover-disc with the latest Linux Format Mag.
Excellent magazine but it's a bit pricey IMO.
Quote Only niggle so far is that, even using the "custom" install, it didn't give me the option to use a separate /home partition.
I'm very surprised that you were unable to create a /home partition.
Quote Also having trouble getting wireless connection.
I don't have wireless so I couldn't comment but from what I've read, it seems to me that wireless is a problem with a lot of distros
Quote First impression is that I quite like KDE4, despite all the negative comments I've read....
When I first looked at KDE4 I wasn't at all impressed but having persevered with it for a while, I quite like it too. The biggest problem I've found is a gross lack of documentation and a lot of experimental mouse-clicking is required to find out how it all works.
Regards .....
Re: Mandriva 2009
13-11-2008 8:21 AM
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Re: Mandriva 2009
13-11-2008 7:24 PM
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Quote from: road
Quote from: Heloman Just installed it for a trial. It came as a cover-disc with the latest Linux Format Mag.
Excellent magazine but it's a bit pricey IMO.
True, but its my daughter's annual birthday present to me. So she doesn't have to think what to get me each year, and I'm very happy
Re: Mandriva 2009
14-11-2008 2:38 PM
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[Moderator's note by Jonathan (chillypenguin): Full quote of preceding post removed, as per Forum Rules :mand: :mand: :mand: ]
Re: Mandriva 2009
14-11-2008 7:17 PM
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Quote from: road When I first looked at KDE4 I wasn't at all impressed but having persevered with it for a while, I quite like it too. The biggest problem I've found is a gross lack of documentation and a lot of experimental mouse-clicking is required to find out how it all works.
I've belatedly got around to reading the magazine, and there are a couple of quite useful articles:
"Dolphin: KDE's file manager" & "KDE4: Tweak your desktop".
Re: Mandriva 2009
14-11-2008 9:17 PM
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Quote from: Heloman Only niggle so far is that, even using the "custom" install, it didn't give me the option to use a separate /home partition.
Fire up a Knoppix LiveCD/DVD and run sudo qtparted, or su to root and then run qtparted. You could also burn and run Gparted LiveCD. Shrink your / partition to the size required and leave enough for your /home partition. Then create a new partition, label it home and format it as ext3 or reiserfs. Save it. After that reboot using Knoppix (or any other LiveCD) mount your original installation partition (let's say /dev/hda1) and mount your new home partition (let's say /dev/hd2) to mount points /mnt/hda1 and /mnt/hda2 respectively (that's how Knoppix will mount them). Right click on hda2 on your desktop and select to make it writable. Then use good old tar to transfer your old /home to your new /home:
cd /mnt/hda1/home/<username>
tar -lcpvf - . | cd /mnt/hda2 ; tar -xpvf -
Finally, change your /etc/fstab to add something like:
/dev/hda2 /home reiserfs noatime 0 2
If your drive is recognised as /dev/sda instead of /dev/hda adjust accordingly. When you reboot your new /home will be under your new partition. Test that all is good and you can access your files. Finally, reboot with Knoppix and mount, change to writable /dev/hda1 and delete /mnt/hda1/home.
HTH.
Re: Mandriva 2009
15-11-2008 7:46 PM
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I already have all the live CDs (including Gparted) so no problem there.
But I'm totally allergic to Command Line use (too old and thick, I guess!) which is why I love distros like PCLOS and Mepis where I've never needed it .
I usually just boot to root (offline) and copy/paste stuff between directories/partitions.....
However, I'll give it a go! Reckon I've a couple of years or so left in me, which might just be enough time
Off topic I know, but I've often wondered how and where you guys learn CL "language"?
I've tried learning from books and on the web, but have come to the conclusion that I need someone there to answer questions as I go along.
Re: Mandriva 2009
16-11-2008 12:31 AM
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I am sure that there are GUI tools (Gparted, Ark and others) that will allow you to do just the same thing - I am not fully up to speed with all of them. Perhaps someone else could advise?
I would not consider myself particularly good with CLI. All I picked up on the way is what I found out by reading the man pages and Google for examples. If I am recommended a command, e.g. cp to copy files or directories, I run man cp, or info cp and then read the different options that are listed there. A bit of experimentation with the different options or the examples provided and soon enough I become familiar with it.
That's all really. You could also read the man pages from Konqueror (not sure about Gnome) by typing man:/ or info:/ and the command you want to read about. Konqueror autocompletes so you don't even have to remember how to spell some commands.
Anyway, these days most commands have a GUI equivalent, so if that's what you're more comfortable with there's no reason to struggle with the CLI.
Re: Mandriva 2009
16-11-2008 2:28 AM
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Quote from: Heloman Only niggle so far is that, even using the "custom" install, it didn't give me the option to use a separate /home partition.
Custom partitioning in Mandriva allows you to create any partitions that you want of any size you want. When you create the second partition it may "suggest" /usr as a mount point, but you can change that to /home. In fact, "automatic" partitioning would create / and /home as well as swap.
Jim
Re: Mandriva 2009
25-11-2008 8:20 PM
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Also read a couple of reviews saying it was buggy and needs more work.
Re: Mandriva 2009
25-11-2008 8:43 PM
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