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Excellent Blog!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8268345832208692983.post-81122134516464531182011-12-31T10:38:00.003-05:002011-12-31T10:38:26.584-05:00Calculate Linux 11.12 Has Linux Kernel 3.1.6<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 727px;"><tbody><tr><td class="contentheadings" colspan="2"><ins style="border: none; display: inline-table; height: 15px; margin: 0; padding: 0; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 728px;"><ins id="aswift_1_anchor" style="border: none; display: block; height: 15px; margin: 0; padding: 0; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 728px;"></ins></ins></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><br /></td></tr><tr> <td class="contentheadings" colspan="2" id="article_container" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: justify;"> <span id="intelliTxt"> <div class="KonaBody"> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" class="margin_right15px" style="width: 110px;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="article_tb_bg" valign="top"> <a href="http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Calculate-Linux-11-12-Has-Linux-Kernel-3-1-6-2.jpg/" target="_blank"><img alt="Calculate Linux 11.12" border="0" class="margin_top5px" src="http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/newsrsz/Calculate-Linux-11-12-Has-Linux-Kernel-3-1-6-2.jpg" title="Calculate Linux 11.12" width="90" /></a><br /> <a href="http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Calculate-Linux-11-12-Has-Linux-Kernel-3-1-6-2.jpg/" target="_blank"><img alt="Enlarge picture" border="0" class="margin_top5px" height="15" src="http://www.softpedia.com/base_img/tb_zoom.gif" title="Enlarge picture" width="60" /></a> </td> </tr></tbody></table><i style="color: #b45f06;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Alexander Tratsevskiy proudly announced earlier today, December 30th, the immediate availability for download of the Calculate Linux 11.12 operating system, all editions.</span> </strong></i><br /> <br /> Calculate Linux 11.12 brings many changes, especially the inclusion of the new Linux kernel 3.1.6, X.Org 7.4, KDE SC 4.7.4, GNOME 2.32, Amarok 2.4.3, and LibreOffice 3.4.4 office suite.<br /> <br /> Calculate Linux 11.12 contains the following editions: Calculate Directory Server (CDS), Calculate <a class="kLink" href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Calculate-Linux-11-12-Has-Linux-Kernel-3-1-6-243783.shtml#" id="KonaLink0" style="font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;"><span style="color: #0054a6; font-family: inherit ! 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A copy of the license is included as the <tt>fdl.txt</tt> file.<br />If you upgrade from an older version to this openSUSE release, see previous release notes listed here: <a href="http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Release_Notes">http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Release_Notes</a><br />These release notes cover the following areas:<br /><div> <dl><dt>Miscellaneous</dt><dd><ol><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#01">YaST AppArmor Configuration Module</a></li></ol></dd><dt>Installation</dt><dd><ol><li>N/A</li></ol></dd><dt>General</dt><dd><ol><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#02">openSUSE Documentation</a></li><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#03">GNOME 3</a></li><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#04">PulseAudio Sound System</a></li><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#05">Windows Domain Logon with KDM</a></li><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#06">Oracle Java Externally Available</a></li></ol></dd><dt>System Upgrade</dt><dd><ol><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#07">Mounting Encrypted Partitions with systemd</a></li></ol></dd><dt>Technical</dt><dd><ol><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#08">Initializing Graphics with KMS (Kernel Mode Setting)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#09">Radeon HDMI Sound Output Being Disabled</a></li><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#10">System Shutdown with systemd</a></li><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#11">systemd: Supplying Service Start-up Parameters</a></li><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#12">Booting with systemd or sysvinit</a></li><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#13">CUPS 1.5</a></li><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#14">The rename Command</a></li><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#15">NetworkManager Command Line Interface</a></li><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#16">rpm: %_topdir Changed for Non-root Users</a></li></ol></dd></dl><hr /></div><ul><li>Miscellaneous: These entries are automatically included from openFATE, the Feature- and Requirements Management System (<a href="http://features.opensuse.org/">http://features.opensuse.org</a>).<br />For the moment, these snippets are listed unsorted—we are working on improvements.</li><li>Installation: Read this if you want to install the system from scratch.</li><li>General: Information that everybody should read.</li><li>System Upgrade: Issues related to the process if you run a system upgrade from the previous release to this <i><b>openSUSE</b></i> version.</li><li>Technical: This section contains a number of technical changes and enhancements for the experienced user.</li></ul><div><h2>Miscellaneous</h2><div><h3><a href="" name="01">YaST AppArmor Configuration Module</a></h3>FATE Categories for <a href="https://features.opensuse.org/305278">https://features.opensuse.org/305278</a>: AppArmor, YaST.<br />Find the AppArmor Configuration module now in the "Security and Users" section of the YaST Control Center.</div></div><div><h2>Installation</h2>N/A</div><div><h2>General</h2><div><h3><a href="" name="02">openSUSE Documentation</a></h3>CHECKIT for 12.1!<br /><ul><li>In Start-Up, find step-by-step installation instructions, as well as introductions to the KDE and Gnome desktops and to the LibreOffice suite.</li><li>Reference covers deployment, administration, and system configuration in detail and explains how to set up various network services.</li><li>The Security Guide introduces basic concepts of system security, covering both local and network security aspects.</li><li>The System Analysis and Tuning Guide helps with problem detection, resolution and optimization.</li><li>Virtualization with KVM offers an introduction to setting up and managing virtualization with KVM, libvirt and QEMU tools.</li></ul></div><div><h3><a href="" name="03">GNOME 3</a></h3><i>GNOME 3</i> offers a new design for the desktop that is different from <b><i>GNOME 2</i></b>. As a result, and in order to have users benefit from the changes, the look and feel of your<b><i> GNOME 2</i></b> desktop will not be migrated automatically. The System Settings can be used to customize <b><i>GNOME 3</i></b>, and an advanced tool (<tt>gnome-tweak-tool</tt>) is provided for more detailed customization.<br />The standard mode of GNOME 3 requires support for 3D acceleration in the graphic drivers. When 3D acceleration is not available, GNOME 3 then uses the fallback mode. If it turns out that GNOME 3 detects availability of 3D acceleration, but the standard mode is unusable, then you likely hit a bug in the graphic drivers. You can force the fallback mode with the "<tt>gnome.fallback=1</tt>" argument on the boot line in grub.<br />If you use the fallback mode, you can customize the panels by pressing Alt when right-clicking on a panel.<br />For a brief description of many GNOME Shell features, such as keybindings, drag and drop capabilities, and special utilities, see <a href="https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/CheatSheet">https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/CheatSheet</a>.</div><div><h3><a href="" name="04">PulseAudio Sound System</a></h3>The PulseAudio sound system is now system-wide integrated and enabled by default for new installation. If you disabled it on a previous release, and want to enable it now, check the<tt>PULSEAUDIO_ENABLE</tt> variable in <tt>/etc/sysconfig/sound</tt>:<br />Set <tt>PULSEAUDIO_ENABLE</tt> to "<tt>yes</tt>" to forcefully enable PA everywhere. Setting <tt>PULSEAUDIO_ENABLE</tt> to "<tt>no</tt>" will disable PulseAudio completely, and setting it to "custom" means to keep a custom configuration untouched.</div><div><h3><a href="" name="05">Windows Domain Logon with KDM</a></h3>The SUSE KDM theme does not allow Windows Domain logons.<br />To work around this issue, set DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_THEME to an empty string in <tt>/etc/sysconfig/displaymanager</tt> to use the default KDM theme:<br /><pre>DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_THEME=""</pre></div><div><h3><a href="" name="06">Oracle Java Externally Available</a></h3>The java-1_6_0-sun package is not anymore part of openSUSE due to a license change. We ship the OpenJDK build as a replacement. openSUSE users who prefer to use the Oracle JDK binary version over the openSUSE OpenJDK build, can download the Oracle version from <a href="http://oracle.com/java">http://oracle.com/java</a>.</div></div><div><h2>System Upgrade</h2><div><h3><a href="" name="07">Mounting Encrypted Partitions with systemd</a></h3>If encrypted partitions are not automatically mounted with systemd, the <tt>noauto</tt> flag in <tt>/etc/fstab</tt> for these partitions could be the cause. Replacing this flag with <tt>nofail</tt> will fix it. For instance, change the following line:<br /><pre>/dev/mapper/cr_sda3 /home ext4 acl,user_xattr,noauto 0 2</pre>to<br /><pre>/dev/mapper/cr_sda3 /home ext4 acl,user_xattr,nofail 0 2</pre></div></div><div><h2>Technical</h2><div><h3><a href="" name="08">Initializing Graphics with KMS (Kernel Mode Setting)</a></h3>With openSUSE 11.3 we switched to KMS (Kernel Mode Setting) for Intel, ATI and NVIDIA graphics, which now is our default. If you encounter problems with the KMS driver support (intel, radeon, nouveau), disable KMS by adding <tt>nomodeset</tt> to the kernel boot command line. To set this permanently, add it to the kernel command line in <tt>/boot/grub/menu.lst</tt>. This option makes sure the appropriate kernel module (intel, radeon, nouveau) is loaded with <tt>modeset=0</tt> in <tt>initrd</tt>, i.e. KMS is disabled.<br />In the rare cases when loading the DRM module from <tt>initrd</tt> is a general problem and unrelated to KMS, it is even possible to disable loading of the DRM module in <tt>initrd</tt> completely. For this set the <tt>NO_KMS_IN_INITRD</tt> sysconfig variable to <tt>yes</tt> via YAST, which then recreates <tt>initrd</tt> afterwards. Reboot your machine.<br />On Intel without KMS the Xserver falls back to the <tt>fbdev</tt> driver (the <tt>intel</tt> driver only supports KMS); alternatively, for legacy GPUs from Intel the "intellegacy" driver (<tt>xorg-x11-driver-video-intel-legacy</tt> package) is available, which still supports UMS (User Mode Setting). To use it, edit <tt>/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-device.conf</tt> and change the driver entry to <tt>intellegacy</tt>.<br />On ATI for current GPUs it falls back to <tt>radeonhd</tt>. On NVIDIA without KMS the <tt>nv</tt> driver is used (the <tt>nouveau</tt> driver supports only KMS). Note, newer ATI and NVIDIA GPUs are falling back to <tt>fbdev</tt>, if you specify the <tt>nomodeset</tt> kernel boot parameter.</div><div><h3><a href="" name="09">Radeon HDMI Sound Output Being Disabled</a></h3>Due to problems on some hardware HDMI sound output has been disabled by default on the radeon driver, which is the default driver for AMD/ATI graphics cards.<br />It can be re-enabled by adding <tt>radeon.audio=1</tt> as a kernel parameter. In YaST, go to System -> Boot Loader, then click Edit on the default entry, and add the following to the end of 'Optional Kernel Command Line Parameter':<br /><pre>radeon.audio=1</pre>Then reboot to apply the change.<br />Alternatively, users can install the proprietary driver from AMD. For more information, see <a href="http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:ATI_drivers">http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:ATI_drivers</a>.</div><div><h3><a href="" name="10">System Shutdown with systemd</a></h3>To halt and poweroff the system when using <tt>systemd</tt>, issue <tt>halt -p</tt> or <tt>shutdown -h now</tt> on the command-line or use the shutdown button provided by your desktop environment.<br />Note: A plain <tt>halt</tt> will not shutdown the system properly.</div><div><h3><a href="" name="11">systemd: Supplying Service Start-up Parameters</a></h3><tt>systemctl</tt> only supports "standard" parameters (see <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/Incompatibilities">http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/Incompatibilities</a>).<br />You can bypass this new behavior by calling the start-up script directly, for example:<br /><pre>cd /etc/init.d<br />./apache2 <your_parameters><br /></your_parameters></pre></div><div><h3><a href="" name="12">Booting with systemd or sysvinit</a></h3>By default, openSUSE now boots using <tt>systemd</tt>. In case of trouble, you can switch back to the old way using <tt>sysvinit</tt> by pressing the F5 key on the boot.<br />If you want to switch to <tt>sysvinit</tt> permanently, install the <tt>sysvinit-init</tt> package. To switch back to <tt>systemd</tt>, reinstall the <tt>systemd-sysvinit</tt> package.</div><div><h3><a href="" name="13">CUPS 1.5</a></h3>CUPS 1.5 comes with backward incompatible changes:<br /><ul><li>CUPS no longer supports the <tt>~/.cupsrc</tt> or <tt>~/.lpoptions</tt> configuration files from CUPS 1.1. Instead use <tt>~/.cups/client.conf</tt> and <tt>~/.cups/lpoptions</tt> that were introduced with CUPS 1.2.</li><li>The scheduler now requires that filters and backends have group write permissions disabled for improved security. If you use third party printer drivers from manufacturers with relaxed file permissions, adjust the permissions manually.</li></ul></div><div><h3><a href="" name="14">The rename Command</a></h3>According to the GNU Coding Standards, the rename command now treats all strings beginning with a dash as a command line option. To prevent this, separate the option from the other arguments with <tt>--</tt> as follows:<br /><pre>#!/bin/bash<br />for f in *.jpg ; do<br /> rename -- ".jpg" "-$RANDOM.jpg" $f ;<br />done<br /></pre></div><div><h3><a href="" name="15">NetworkManager Command Line Interface</a></h3><tt>cnetworkmanager</tt> is no longer available—use <tt>nmcli</tt> instead. For migration information, see <a href="http://repo.or.cz/w/cnetworkmanager.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/nmcli-migration.html">http://repo.or.cz/w/cnetworkmanager.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/nmcli-migration.html</a>.</div><div><h3><a href="" name="16">rpm: %_topdir Changed for Non-root Users</a></h3>Unprivileged users can no longer write to <tt>/usr/src/packages</tt>. <tt>rpmbuild></tt> now uses <tt>~/rpmbuild</tt> by default. To change the directory add a line as follows to <tt>~/.rpmmacros</tt>:<br /><pre>%_topdir /some/where/else</pre>To use the subdirectory <tt>foo</tt> of <tt>$HOME</tt> add to <tt>~/.rpmmacros</tt>:<br /><pre>%_topdir %{getenv:HOME}/foo</pre><pre><br /></pre><pre>Citations: Information pulled from the Official </pre><h1>openSUSE 12.1 Release Notes</h1>Version:<br />12.1.7 (2011-11-09)<br />Copyright © 2011 Novell, Inc.<br />Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included as the <tt>fdl.txt</tt> file.<br />If you upgrade from an older version to this openSUSE release, see previous release notes listed here: <a href="http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Release_Notes">http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Release_Notes</a><br />These release notes cover the following areas:<br /><div> <dl><dt>Miscellaneous</dt><dd><ol><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#01">YaST AppArmor Configuration Module</a></li></ol></dd><dt>Installation</dt><dd><ol><li>N/A</li></ol></dd><dt>General</dt><dd><ol><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#02">openSUSE Documentation</a></li><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#03">GNOME 3</a></li><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#04">PulseAudio Sound System</a></li><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#05">Windows Domain Logon with KDM</a></li><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#06">Oracle Java Externally Available</a></li></ol></dd><dt>System Upgrade</dt><dd><ol><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#07">Mounting Encrypted Partitions with systemd</a></li></ol></dd><dt>Technical</dt><dd><ol><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#08">Initializing Graphics with KMS (Kernel Mode Setting)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#09">Radeon HDMI Sound Output Being Disabled</a></li><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#10">System Shutdown with systemd</a></li><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#11">systemd: Supplying Service Start-up Parameters</a></li><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#12">Booting with systemd or sysvinit</a></li><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#13">CUPS 1.5</a></li><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#14">The rename Command</a></li><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#15">NetworkManager Command Line Interface</a></li><li><a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html#16">rpm: %_topdir Changed for Non-root Users</a></li></ol></dd></dl><hr /></div><ul><li>Miscellaneous: These entries are automatically included from openFATE, the Feature- and Requirements Management System (<a href="http://features.opensuse.org/">http://features.opensuse.org</a>).<br />For the moment, these snippets are listed unsorted—we are working on improvements.</li><li>Installation: Read this if you want to install the system from scratch.</li><li>General: Information that everybody should read.</li><li>System Upgrade: Issues related to the process if you run a system upgrade from the previous release to this openSUSE version.</li><li>Technical: This section contains a number of technical changes and enhancements for the experienced user.</li></ul><div><h2>Miscellaneous</h2><div><h3><a href="" name="01">YaST AppArmor Configuration Module</a></h3>FATE Categories for <a href="https://features.opensuse.org/305278">https://features.opensuse.org/305278</a>: AppArmor, YaST.<br />Find the AppArmor Configuration module now in the "Security and Users" section of the YaST Control Center.</div></div><div><h2>Installation</h2>N/A</div><div><h2>General</h2><div><h3><a href="" name="02">openSUSE Documentation</a></h3>CHECKIT for 12.1!<br /><ul><li>In Start-Up, find step-by-step installation instructions, as well as introductions to the KDE and Gnome desktops and to the LibreOffice suite.</li><li>Reference covers deployment, administration, and system configuration in detail and explains how to set up various network services.</li><li>The Security Guide introduces basic concepts of system security, covering both local and network security aspects.</li><li>The System Analysis and Tuning Guide helps with problem detection, resolution and optimization.</li><li>Virtualization with KVM offers an introduction to setting up and managing virtualization with KVM, libvirt and QEMU tools.</li></ul></div><div><h3><a href="" name="03">GNOME 3</a></h3>GNOME 3 offers a new design for the desktop that is different from GNOME 2. As a result, and in order to have users benefit from the changes, the look and feel of your GNOME 2 desktop will not be migrated automatically. The System Settings can be used to customize GNOME 3, and an advanced tool (<tt>gnome-tweak-tool</tt>) is provided for more detailed customization.<br />The standard mode of GNOME 3 requires support for 3D acceleration in the graphic drivers. When 3D acceleration is not available, GNOME 3 then uses the fallback mode. If it turns out that GNOME 3 detects availability of 3D acceleration, but the standard mode is unusable, then you likely hit a bug in the graphic drivers. You can force the fallback mode with the "<tt>gnome.fallback=1</tt>" argument on the boot line in grub.<br />If you use the fallback mode, you can customize the panels by pressing Alt when right-clicking on a panel.<br />For a brief description of many GNOME Shell features, such as keybindings, drag and drop capabilities, and special utilities, see <a href="https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/CheatSheet">https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/CheatSheet</a>.</div><div><h3><a href="" name="04">PulseAudio Sound System</a></h3>The PulseAudio sound system is now system-wide integrated and enabled by default for new installation. If you disabled it on a previous release, and want to enable it now, check the<tt>PULSEAUDIO_ENABLE</tt> variable in <tt>/etc/sysconfig/sound</tt>:<br />Set <tt>PULSEAUDIO_ENABLE</tt> to "<tt>yes</tt>" to forcefully enable PA everywhere. Setting <tt>PULSEAUDIO_ENABLE</tt> to "<tt>no</tt>" will disable PulseAudio completely, and setting it to "custom" means to keep a custom configuration untouched.</div><div><h3><a href="" name="05">Windows Domain Logon with KDM</a></h3>The SUSE KDM theme does not allow Windows Domain logons.<br />To work around this issue, set DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_THEME to an empty string in <tt>/etc/sysconfig/displaymanager</tt> to use the default KDM theme:<br /><pre>DISPLAYMANAGER_KDM_THEME=""</pre></div><div><h3><a href="" name="06">Oracle Java Externally Available</a></h3>The java-1_6_0-sun package is not anymore part of openSUSE due to a license change. We ship the OpenJDK build as a replacement. openSUSE users who prefer to use the Oracle JDK binary version over the openSUSE OpenJDK build, can download the Oracle version from <a href="http://oracle.com/java">http://oracle.com/java</a>.</div></div><div><h2>System Upgrade</h2><div><h3><a href="" name="07">Mounting Encrypted Partitions with systemd</a></h3>If encrypted partitions are not automatically mounted with systemd, the <tt>noauto</tt> flag in <tt>/etc/fstab</tt> for these partitions could be the cause. Replacing this flag with <tt>nofail</tt> will fix it. For instance, change the following line:<br /><pre>/dev/mapper/cr_sda3 /home ext4 acl,user_xattr,noauto 0 2</pre>to<br /><pre>/dev/mapper/cr_sda3 /home ext4 acl,user_xattr,nofail 0 2</pre></div></div><div><h2>Technical</h2><div><h3><a href="" name="08">Initializing Graphics with KMS (Kernel Mode Setting)</a></h3>With openSUSE 11.3 we switched to KMS (Kernel Mode Setting) for Intel, ATI and NVIDIA graphics, which now is our default. If you encounter problems with the KMS driver support (intel, radeon, nouveau), disable KMS by adding <tt>nomodeset</tt> to the kernel boot command line. To set this permanently, add it to the kernel command line in <tt>/boot/grub/menu.lst</tt>. This option makes sure the appropriate kernel module (intel, radeon, nouveau) is loaded with <tt>modeset=0</tt> in <tt>initrd</tt>, i.e. KMS is disabled.<br />In the rare cases when loading the DRM module from <tt>initrd</tt> is a general problem and unrelated to KMS, it is even possible to disable loading of the DRM module in <tt>initrd</tt> completely. For this set the <tt>NO_KMS_IN_INITRD</tt> sysconfig variable to <tt>yes</tt> via YAST, which then recreates <tt>initrd</tt> afterwards. Reboot your machine.<br />On Intel without KMS the Xserver falls back to the <tt>fbdev</tt> driver (the <tt>intel</tt> driver only supports KMS); alternatively, for legacy GPUs from Intel the "intellegacy" driver (<tt>xorg-x11-driver-video-intel-legacy</tt> package) is available, which still supports UMS (User Mode Setting). To use it, edit <tt>/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-device.conf</tt> and change the driver entry to <tt>intellegacy</tt>.<br />On ATI for current GPUs it falls back to <tt>radeonhd</tt>. On NVIDIA without KMS the <tt>nv</tt> driver is used (the <tt>nouveau</tt> driver supports only KMS). Note, newer ATI and NVIDIA GPUs are falling back to <tt>fbdev</tt>, if you specify the <tt>nomodeset</tt> kernel boot parameter.</div><div><h3><a href="" name="09">Radeon HDMI Sound Output Being Disabled</a></h3>Due to problems on some hardware HDMI sound output has been disabled by default on the radeon driver, which is the default driver for AMD/ATI graphics cards.<br />It can be re-enabled by adding <tt>radeon.audio=1</tt> as a kernel parameter. In YaST, go to System -> Boot Loader, then click Edit on the default entry, and add the following to the end of 'Optional Kernel Command Line Parameter':<br /><pre>radeon.audio=1</pre>Then reboot to apply the change.<br />Alternatively, users can install the proprietary driver from AMD. For more information, see <a href="http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:ATI_drivers">http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:ATI_drivers</a>.</div><div><h3><a href="" name="10">System Shutdown with systemd</a></h3>To halt and poweroff the system when using <tt>systemd</tt>, issue <tt>halt -p</tt> or <tt>shutdown -h now</tt> on the command-line or use the shutdown button provided by your desktop environment.<br />Note: A plain <tt>halt</tt> will not shutdown the system properly.</div><div><h3><a href="" name="11">systemd: Supplying Service Start-up Parameters</a></h3><tt>systemctl</tt> only supports "standard" parameters (see <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/Incompatibilities">http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/Incompatibilities</a>).<br />You can bypass this new behavior by calling the start-up script directly, for example:<br /><pre>cd /etc/init.d<br />./apache2 <your_parameters><br /></your_parameters></pre></div><div><h3><a href="" name="12">Booting with systemd or sysvinit</a></h3>By default, openSUSE now boots using <tt>systemd</tt>. In case of trouble, you can switch back to the old way using <tt>sysvinit</tt> by pressing the F5 key on the boot.<br />If you want to switch to <tt>sysvinit</tt> permanently, install the <tt>sysvinit-init</tt> package. To switch back to <tt>systemd</tt>, reinstall the <tt>systemd-sysvinit</tt> package.</div><div><h3><a href="" name="13">CUPS 1.5</a></h3>CUPS 1.5 comes with backward incompatible changes:<br /><ul><li>CUPS no longer supports the <tt>~/.cupsrc</tt> or <tt>~/.lpoptions</tt> configuration files from CUPS 1.1. Instead use <tt>~/.cups/client.conf</tt> and <tt>~/.cups/lpoptions</tt> that were introduced with CUPS 1.2.</li><li>The scheduler now requires that filters and backends have group write permissions disabled for improved security. If you use third party printer drivers from manufacturers with relaxed file permissions, adjust the permissions manually.</li></ul></div><div><h3><a href="" name="14">The rename Command</a></h3>According to the GNU Coding Standards, the rename command now treats all strings beginning with a dash as a command line option. To prevent this, separate the option from the other arguments with <tt>--</tt> as follows:<br /><pre>#!/bin/bash<br />for f in *.jpg ; do<br /> rename -- ".jpg" "-$RANDOM.jpg" $f ;<br />done<br /></pre></div><div><h3><a href="" name="15">NetworkManager Command Line Interface</a></h3><tt>cnetworkmanager</tt> is no longer available—use <tt>nmcli</tt> instead. For migration information, see <a href="http://repo.or.cz/w/cnetworkmanager.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/nmcli-migration.html">http://repo.or.cz/w/cnetworkmanager.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/nmcli-migration.html</a>.</div><div><h3><a href="" name="16">rpm: %_topdir Changed for Non-root Users</a></h3>Unprivileged users can no longer write to <tt>/usr/src/packages</tt>. <tt>rpmbuild></tt> now uses <tt>~/rpmbuild</tt> by default. To change the directory add a line as follows to <tt>~/.rpmmacros</tt>:<br /><pre>%_topdir /some/where/else</pre>To use the subdirectory <tt>foo</tt> of <tt>$HOME</tt> add to <tt>~/.rpmmacros</tt>:<br /><pre>%_topdir %{getenv:HOME}/foo</pre><pre><br /></pre><pre>Article originally from: <a href="http://www.suse.de/relnotes/i386/openSUSE/12.1/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html" target="_blank">openSUSE 12.1 Release Notes</a> Official Page</pre></div></div></div></div><br /><div class="zemanta-related"><h6 class="zemanta-related-title" style="font-size: 1em; margin: 1em 0 0 0;">Related articles</h6><ul class="zemanta-article-ul"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Final-openSUSE-12-1-release-candidate-published-1371124.html">Final openSUSE 12.1 release candidate published</a> (h-online.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://ostatic.com/blog/opensuse-12-1-rc2-released-stokes-interest">openSUSE 12.1 RC2 Released, Stokes Interest [OStatic]</a> (ostatic.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/17/opensuse_12_point_1_review/">OpenSUSE 12.1 delivers Fedora punch with GNOME 3</a> (go.theregister.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/First-openSUSE-12-1-release-candidate-arrives-1365013.html">First openSUSE 12.1 release candidate arrives</a> (h-online.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Fedora-16-beta-and-OpenSUSE-121-beta/?kc=rss">Fedora, OpenSuse betas embrace GNOME 3.2</a> (linuxfordevices.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://ostatic.com/blog/opensuse-12-1-gone-gold-release-wednesday">openSUSE 12.1 Gone Gold, Release Wednesday</a> (ostatic.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/openSUSE-12-1-Beta-arrives-for-testing-1353257.html">openSUSE 12.1 Beta arrives for testing</a> (h-online.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://ostatic.com/blog/opensuse-12-1-beta-delayed-two-weeks">openSUSE 12.1 Beta Delayed Two Weeks</a> (ostatic.com)</li></ul></div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=e95cfa52-66e2-4d0c-a518-3900292d5083" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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OpenSUSE 12.1 it is.<br /> If you've used any of the milestone releases preceding the beta there isn't much in the way of new features here, but there are a lot of bug fixes and component upgrades. Perhaps the most noticeable is the move to GNOME 3.2, which was released not long ago.<br /> <div class="CaptionedImage Center Float"> <img alt="OpenSuSE 12.1" height="287" src="http://regmedia.co.uk/2011/10/04/opensuse_12_point_1_panel.jpg" title="OpenSuSE 12.1" width="450" />GNOME 3.x finally makes its presence felt in openSUSE<br /> </div>Naturally you'll find all of the improvements that come with GNOME 3.2 in openSUSE 12.1, including the new integrated chat and messaging system that's now built in to GNOME. There's also a new status bar notifications system that lets you to do everything from reply to chat messages to browsing files or eject external disks. Status bar messages can also now display a counter, for example to show the number of unread emails or new chat messages.<br /> GNOME 3.2 in openSUSE looks identical to what you'll find in the recent Fedora 16 beta release. Unlike previous versions of GNOME, where the menu layouts and desktop environment could be tweaked to create considerable variation, there is – thus far – little that downstream distros can do to customize the look of GNOME 3. A few outside GNOME Shell themes do exist, but they primarily consist of changing the menu colors.<br /> Given how much the openSUSE project used to customize GNOME 2.x – moving the main menu to the bottom, layering in its own very Windows-esque start menu and more – current openSUSE GNOME users may experience something of a shock moving to GNOME 3.2.<br /> All of openSUSE's old GNOME theming is gone in openSUSE 12.1 and with it goes much of what made openSUSE's GNOME effort different from that of Ubuntu and Fedora.<br /> The absence of easily customised themes for GNOME 3.2 isn't just an end user complaint, it's something of a downside for distros as well, particularly distros like openSUSE that completely reworked the GNOME interface.<br /> In a way openSUSE will likely lose some of its appeal – particularly with potential new users who are often focused on what the desktop looks like. OpenSUSE's custom GNOME menu bar at the bottom of the screen mimicked Windows because that appealed to the openSUSE audience, "the broader non-technical community of computer users interested in Linux", as the <a href="http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:FAQ#What_makes_the_openSUSE_project_different_from_Fedora.3F">openSUSE website puts it</a>. The website even goes on to say, in explaining how it is different from Fedora, that openSUSE boasts "many of the top open source GUI designers in the world".<br /> Whether or not you agree is irrelevant; what's interesting is that with GNOME 3 it really doesn't matter how many GUI designers your distro has on staff anymore. At least for now, GNOME 3 effectively eliminates the more subtle visual distinctions between Linux distros.<br /> OpenSUSE does include the gnome-tweak-tool, which can help change some of the GNOME Shell settings, but even with that you're not going to recreate the old openSUSE GNOME skin. GNOME 3.2 is just not built with that kind customisation in mind. Out of the box, there's now little visible difference between openSUSE 12.1, Fedora 16 or even Ubuntu 11.10 if you swap out Unity for GNOME 3.<br /> <h3>Behind the GNOME</h3>The interesting side effect of leveling the GUI playing field in GNOME is that it throws the spotlight on what arguably should be the primary means of judging a distro – all the stuff under the hood.<br /> In the case of openSUSE that means things like the YaST package system, a stronger set of multimedia options, stability and of course all the enterprise-level tools that come from SUSE Enterprise Linux.<br /> Indeed that's where the focus for openSUSE 12.1 has been and you'll find plenty of new features under the hood. Among them Btrfs file system, systemd, which has finally made its way into openSUSE, and PulseAudio, which has been integrated system-wide.<br /> If you like what's on the inside as much as on the interface, then the openSUSE 12.1 beta's for you.®<br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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The simple answer is ‘nothing’: <i>Windows 8</i> is unlikely to sway hardened <b><i>Linux</i></b> users; <u><b><i>dual-booters</i></b></u> will continue to <i><u>dual-boot</u></i>; and the linux-curious will remain curious.<br />But on a <i>deeper</i> level Windows 8 is significant: not only is it the first time <i><b>Microsoft</b></i> have deviated from the safety of the “Windows 95″ desktop metaphor, but it’s also bringing a bunch of smartphone and tablet concepts, features and technologies to the desktop experience. That’s not an easy thing to do, and from reviews and previews so far it seems Microsoft have outdone themselves in melding the the two successfully.<br /><b><span style="font-size: 13px;">Rather than list every nuance demoed by Microsoft today i’m going to highlight a few features in <span style="font-size: small;"><u><i>Windows 8</i></u> </span>that </span><i style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;">I</i><span style="font-size: 13px;"> think – emphasis on the </span><i style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;">I</i><span style="font-size: 13px;"> here folks – will provide some competitive flair for Linux developers to work against.</span></b><br /><h2><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">Metro UI</span></u></h2>Ubuntu, GNOME and others have all been busy having their own interface overhauls recently, so the introduction of a new interface for Windows is following the trend of questioning the traditional “desktop metaphor” as it currently exists. They’ve seemingly opted to veer into a different direction than Unity or GNOME 3, and credit for doing something different.<br />I suspect that the sleek animated transitions and application feedback in the Metro interface so far will cause Linux developers to think a bit more about “polish” and presentation.<br /><h2><u>Multiplatform</u></h2>Windows 8 will be ARM compatible, theoretically meaning that the competition for ARM-toting Linux efforts like <i>Linaro</i> is heating up. But Microsoft only demoed Windows 8 on an x86 Intel processor at the BUILD event (which was said to be very hot, very noisy and very sluggish in turning back on).<br />Microsoft insist that ARM support is being properly attended to, and that future announcements/demos of Windows 8 on ARM will be made.<br /><h2><u>The “one platform” approach</u></h2>Windows 8 retains the “old style” Windows desktop as, essentially, another app in the Metro interface. The result is a single OS that is both tailored to tablets, but also to mouse-bound desktop users.<br />On a <u><b>Linux</b></u> related note, Ubuntu 11.04 saw <a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/03/the-end-of-ubuntu-netbook-edition-the-return-of-ubuntu/" target="_blank">Canonical fold the various netbook spins of Ubuntu into the main release.</a> Similarly, although <b>Canonical</b> insist that Ubuntu is not heading to the tablet sector any time soon there’s no denying that various developments to the Ubuntu interface – particularly with regard to <i><b>Unity</b></i> and <i><b>uTouch</b></i> – mean Ubuntu already functions well on a tablet, although is by no means ideal.<br /><i><b>Windows 8</b></i> is being sensible in this ‘unification’ approach. It’s less confusing for consumers, and easier for developers. That said, I still somewhat expect <i><b>Microsoft</b></i> to stuff it up by announcing an ensemble of “<b><i>Tablet Edition Premium</i></b>” and “<b><i>Desktop Metro Home Professional</i></b>” varieties.<br /><h2><u>Doesn’t close apps</u></h2>Oh yes – <u><b>Windows 8</b></u> appears, in demos so far, to take the <b>OS X</b>/<b>Smartphone</b> approach to application management and not quitting apps when closing a document/app window.<br />The result is almost instant launch times when those apps are opened again. Given the memory-hogging nature of many apps, it’ll be interesting to see how memory management works in Windows 8.<br />Linux developers have <a href="http://jderose.blogspot.com/2011/09/our-apps-should-all-launch-instantly.html" target="_blank">recently begun to question</a> loading times of linux applications – but is there a case to be made for introducing a “document-orientated” approach on Ubuntu?<br /><h2><u>Minimal RAM Requirements</u></h2><b>Microsoft</b> “claim” that the ‘base system’ of Windows 8 can be run on as little as 256mB of RAM. Impressive if true, as <i><b>Ubuntu 11.04</b></i> would struggle to perform adequately on such a meagre amount although official “light weight spins” such as Lubuntu are able to thrive on such resources.<br /><h2><u>Fast Boot Times</u></h2>Microsoft claim that Windows 8 can boot in as little as 8 seconds. This is helped by the switch to a new filesystem – called ‘Protogon’ – and changes to the way the Windows <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_%28computing%29" target="_blank">kernel</a> (the main component of an operating system) behaves during shutdown.<br />A bold claim that will be interesting to see tested on a typical user hardware rather than high-performance SSD.<br />Those with long memories may remember that Ubuntu 10.04 promised a 10 second boot, which is<a href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_lucid_final&num=3" target="_blank"> didn’t quite manage to achieve</a>.<br /><br /><i><b>What do you make of Windows 8? Are there features in it that could sway you from Ubuntu? Feel free to openly express your opinions, thoughts, etc. as replies to this post using the form below. Please keep the discussion civilized (if possible lol)...<br /><br />I say that it's still Widows and will still be inferior to any Unix Based OS including Mac OS and Liinux. Period... There WILL be a day when Linux rules the Home/Business Desktop Computer and Microsoft will be nothing more than a team of Linux Developers working on Linux software and drivers LOL...</b></i><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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But if you love the layout and the applications, you might consider using it anyway. And some users don’t like <a href="http://gnome3.org/" style="color: #ff1111; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Gnome 3</a> at all. So this post might help you consider trying XFCE again.</div><h2 style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 6px;">Use normal <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound" rel="wikipedia" title="Sound">sound</a> icon in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taskbar" rel="wikipedia" title="Taskbar">system tray</a></h2><div style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;">Lets start with adding a “normal” sound icon in system tray area. That has increase/decrease sound when leftclick on it. And little more settings to change sound in your system.</div><div style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;"><a href="http://www.foresightlinux.se/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/gnome-media.png" style="color: #ff1111; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-927" height="188" src="http://www.foresightlinux.se/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/gnome-media.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;" title="gnome-media" width="218" /></a></div><div class="syntaxhighlighter nogutter " id="highlighter_460059" style="background-attachment: initial !important; 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border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">sudo conary update gnome-media</code></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><div style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;">It wont install any other dependencies of Gnome, so you wont poison your XFCE at all.</div><h2 style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 6px;"></h2><h2 style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 6px;">Use Notify-osd</h2><div style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;">Now we might want to make it look little nicer. so let’s change notify package. First we need to uninstall current one, before we install notify-osd.</div><div style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;">Uninstall default one in XFCE:</div><div class="syntaxhighlighter nogutter " id="highlighter_804181" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 1em !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 1px !important; padding-right: 1px !important; padding-top: 1px !important; position: relative !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: 809px;"><div class="lines" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><div class="line alt1" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><table style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-collapse: collapse !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><tbody style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><tr style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><td class="content" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: initial !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0.5em !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: top !important; width: auto !important;"><code class="plain" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">sudo conary erase xfce4-notifyd</code></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><div style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;">Install notify-osd instead:</div><div class="syntaxhighlighter nogutter " id="highlighter_572228" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 1em !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 1px !important; padding-right: 1px !important; padding-top: 1px !important; position: relative !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: 809px;"><div class="lines" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><div class="line alt1" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><table style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-collapse: collapse !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><tbody style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><tr style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><td class="content" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: initial !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0.5em !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: top !important; width: auto !important;"><code class="plain" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">sudo conary update notify-osd</code></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><div style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;">And it’s done, should now see notify-osd when increasing sound in your laptop (or similar). Need to restart pidgin though, to see changes there.</div><div style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;"><a href="http://www.foresightlinux.se/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/notify-osd.png" style="color: #ff1111; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-926" height="420" src="http://www.foresightlinux.se/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/notify-osd.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;" title="notify-osd" width="712" /></a></div><h2 style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 6px;">Udev-notify for hardware devices</h2><div style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;">To make new hardware to show notifies alot nicer, you need to install udev-notify.</div><div style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;">Open terminal and write</div><div class="syntaxhighlighter nogutter " id="highlighter_849214" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 1em !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 1px !important; padding-right: 1px !important; padding-top: 1px !important; position: relative !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: 809px;"><div class="lines" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; 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padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><table style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-collapse: collapse !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><tbody style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><tr style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><td class="content" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: initial !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0.5em !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: top !important; width: auto !important;"><code class="plain" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">sudo conary update udev-notify</code></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><div style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.foresightlinux.se/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/udev2.png" style="color: #ff1111; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-930" height="299" src="http://www.foresightlinux.se/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/udev2.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="udev2" width="373" /></a><a href="http://www.foresightlinux.se/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/udev.png" style="color: #ff1111; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-929" height="296" src="http://www.foresightlinux.se/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/udev.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="udev" width="373" /></a></div><div style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left;"></div><h2 style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 6px;"></h2><div style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;">Read more about udev-notify <a href="http://www.foresightlinux.se/blog/udev-notify-not-only-for-ubuntu/" style="color: #ff1111; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><h2 style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 6px;"></h2><h2 style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 6px;">Recent Documents</h2><div style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;">You also missing recent documents? Then you need to add “<strong style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Places</strong>” in your panel to be able to see recent documents. Also make sure you have xfce4-places-plugin. It’s in Foresight XFCE as default.</div><div style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;"><a href="http://www.foresightlinux.se/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/recent-document.png" style="color: #ff1111; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-928" height="659" src="http://www.foresightlinux.se/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/recent-document.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;" title="recent document" width="642" /></a></div><div style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;">And today, this is how my desktop look like:</div><div style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.foresightlinux.se/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Sk%C3%A4rmbild-2011-09-02-14.51.10.png" style="color: #ff1111; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-932" height="324" src="http://www.foresightlinux.se/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Sk%C3%A4rmbild-2011-09-02-14.51.10.png" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;" title="Skärmbild - 2011-09-02 - 14.51.10" width="518" /></a></div><div style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;"> </div><h5 style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 6px;"> <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /> <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /> <div style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;"></div><div style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;">Remember that all packages that I write about, always is in fl:2-devel label. To see your current label, open terminal and write:</div><div class="syntaxhighlighter nogutter " id="highlighter_865120" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 1em !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 1em !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; 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height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><td class="content" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: initial !important; 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background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-style: normal !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; min-height: inherit !important; outline-color: initial !important; outline-style: initial !important; outline-width: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; text-align: left !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">conary q group-gnome-dist --labels</code></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><div style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;">Read more at: <a href="http://www.foresightlinux.se/blog/development" style="color: #ff1111; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Development page</a></div></h5><br /><div class="zemanta-related"><h6 class="zemanta-related-title" style="font-size: 1em; margin: 1em 0 0 0;">Related articles</h6><ul class="zemanta-article-ul"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/08/04/0115232/Linus-Torvalds-Ditches-GNOME-3-For-Xfce">Linus Torvalds Ditches GNOME 3 For Xfce</a> (linux.slashdot.org)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://lkubuntu.wordpress.com/2011/09/04/make-xfce4-bottom-dock-act-like-docky-awn/">Joel Leclerc: Make XFCE4 Bottom Dock act like Docky/AWN</a> (lkubuntu.wordpress.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://ostatic.com/blog/torvalds-dumps-gnome-for-xfce">Torvalds Dumps GNOME for Xfce</a> (ostatic.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2011/08/31/unity-thanks-but-no/">Marcin Juszkiewicz: Unity? 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Google provides an <u>Android</u> <a class="kLink" href="http://www.computingunleashed.com/install-google-android-on-windows-mac-linux.html#" id="KonaLink1" style="position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238) !important; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238) !important; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; position: relative;">emulator</span></span></a> along with the Android SDK.<br /> If you are a developer you can test the apps you write using this emulator or if you just want to test drive an <a class="kLink" href="http://www.computingunleashed.com/install-google-android-on-windows-mac-linux.html#" id="KonaLink2" style="position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238) !important; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; position: static;"><strong><span class="kLink" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238) !important; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; position: relative;">Android </span><span class="kLink" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238) !important; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; position: relative;">phone</span></strong></span></a>, you can do that too.<span id="more-1754"></span><br /> To get the Android Emulator up and running:<br />>First, <a class="kLink" href="http://www.computingunleashed.com/install-google-android-on-windows-mac-linux.html#" id="KonaLink3" style="position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238) !important; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238) !important; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; position: relative;">Download</span></span></a> Java from <a href="http://java.com/en/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000099;">here</span></a> and install it.<br />>Now you have to download the <a class="kLink" href="http://www.computingunleashed.com/install-google-android-on-windows-mac-linux.html#" id="KonaLink4" style="position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238) !important; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238) !important; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; position: relative;"><em>Android</em></span></span></a> SDK from <a href="http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000099;">here</span></a>. While downloading for windows select the Compressed .zip <a class="kLink" href="http://www.computingunleashed.com/install-google-android-on-windows-mac-linux.html#" id="KonaLink5" style="position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238) !important; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238) !important; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; position: relative;">file</span></span></a>, not the “recommended” .exe file.<br />>Once that download is done, extract the contents of the .zip file. After the extraction, open SDK Setup.exe.<br />>Now the SDK will get a list of packages available from Google. If there is an error go to Settings and check “Force <a class="kLink" href="http://www.computingunleashed.com/install-google-android-on-windows-mac-linux.html#" id="KonaLink6" style="position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238) !important; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238) !important; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; position: relative;">https</span></span></a>://…”.<br /><img alt="choose packages to install android How To Install Google Android On Windows, Mac or Linux PC" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1764" height="371" original="http://cdn.computingunleashed.com/cu/uploads/choose-packages-to-install-android.jpg" src="http://cdn.computingunleashed.com/cu/uploads/choose-packages-to-install-android.jpg" title="choose packages to install android" width="614" /><br />>Now you will be shown a list of <a class="kLink" href="http://www.computingunleashed.com/install-google-android-on-windows-mac-linux.html#" id="KonaLink7" style="position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238) !important; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238) !important; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; position: relative;">platforms</span></span></a>. Unless you want to try all the versions of Android, select only the versions you want to try as each Platform is about 50-75 MB in size. For the others select them then click Reject.<br />>Now you will be able to see an “Installing Archives” dialog box. Once the download is over click on “Close”.<br />>Next we set up the Virtual phone. Click on “Virtual devices”, then “New…”.<br /><img alt="Creating AVD How To Install Google Android On Windows, Mac or Linux PC" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1760" height="571" original="http://cdn.computingunleashed.com/cu/uploads/Creating-AVD.jpg" src="http://cdn.computingunleashed.com/cu/uploads/Creating-AVD.jpg" style="display: block;" title="How To Install Google Android On Windows, Mac or Linux PC" width="428" /><br />>Now just select the Skin, SD Card Size& Android Version you want. Now Give a name to your Virtual Device and then click “Create AVD”. When you click this there can be a small time lag till a message comes that the Virtual Device has been created.<br />>Now select your virtual device from “Virtual devices” and select “Start…”.<br /><img alt="Emulator 560x378 How To Install Google Android On Windows, Mac or Linux PC" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-1758" height="378" original="http://cdn.computingunleashed.com/cu/uploads/Emulator-560x378.jpg" src="http://cdn.computingunleashed.com/cu/uploads/Emulator-560x378.jpg" style="display: block;" title="How To Install Google Android On Windows, Mac or Linux PC" width="560" /><br />>Now a screen with “ANDROID_” will comes with the underscore blinking.<br /><img alt="Home How To Install Google Android On Windows, Mac or Linux PC" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1759" height="91" original="http://cdn.computingunleashed.com/cu/uploads/Home.jpg" src="http://cdn.computingunleashed.com/cu/uploads/Home.jpg" style="display: block;" title="How To Install Google Android On Windows, Mac or Linux PC" width="280" /><br />>After which the <strong><em><u>Android</u></em></strong> <a class="kLink" href="http://www.computingunleashed.com/install-google-android-on-windows-mac-linux.html#" id="KonaLink8" style="position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238) !important; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238) !important; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; position: relative;">Start Up</span></span></a> screen will become visible and then you will reach your home-screen. Thats it. Now you can use your Android Virtual Phone.<br /><img alt="Done How To Install Google Android On Windows, Mac or Linux PC" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1757" height="493" original="http://cdn.computingunleashed.com/cu/uploads/Done.jpg" src="http://cdn.computingunleashed.com/cu/uploads/Done.jpg" style="display: block;" title="How To Install Google Android On Windows, Mac or Linux PC" width="329" /><br />With the Emulator you can do many things that you can do with a real <span style="font-size: large;">Android</span> such as:<br /><ul><li>Browse the Internet just as in an <strong>Android</strong> Mobile.</li><li>Check out the Menus, Widgets, Wallpapers, Settings etc…</li><li>Install free Apps off the <a class="kLink" href="http://www.computingunleashed.com/install-google-android-on-windows-mac-linux.html#" id="KonaLink9" style="position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238) !important; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238) !important; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; position: relative;">Internet</span></span></a>.</li></ul>Sadly with this emulator you will not be able to use the <a class="kLink" href="http://www.computingunleashed.com/install-google-android-on-windows-mac-linux.html#" id="KonaLink11" style="position: static; text-decoration: underline !important;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238) !important; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238) !important; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; position: relative;">Android </span><span class="kLink" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238) !important; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; position: relative;">Market</span></span></a> Place to download Apps.<br /><br /><span><span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&tag=jtrag05-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&search-alias=wireless-phones&field-keywords=htc" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">Search Amazon.com CellPhones for htc</span></strong></a></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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GNOME 3 is a light desktop environment used in many popular Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, Mandriva, PCLinuxOS, etc.<br /><br />We've tested the tutorial on the beta version of the upcoming Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) distribution. To install <b></b></b><br /><ul><b><b>GNOME</b></b></ul><b> 3 on your system follow the next step-by-step (with screenshots) tutorial.<br /><br /><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="font-size: larger;"><span style="color: red;"><b>WARNING:</b> Attention! If you follow this toturial, you'll break your Unity session. There is no downgrading method for now. </span></span><span style="font-size: larger;"><span style="color: red;">You've been warned!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #ff6600;"><span style="font-size: larger;"><b>Step 1</b></span></span><span style="font-size: larger;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Add the GNOME 3 repository</b></span></span><br /><br />Hit the ALT+F2 key combination on your keyboard, check the "Run in terminal" option and paste the following command in the <i>"Run Application"</i> dialog:<br /><br /><span style="color: teal;"><i>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3</i></span><br /><br /><table align="center"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/extra/LINUX/large/gnome3tutorial-large_001.jpg" target="_blank" title="Click to view large image"><img alt="Review image" border="0" src="http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/extra/LINUX/small/gnome3tutorial-small_001.png" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Enter your password when asked and hit the OK button. A terminal window will appear for a few seconds, and it will automatically close. Hit the ALT+F2 key combination again, check the "Run in terminal" option and paste the following command in the "Run Application" dialog:<br /><br /><span style="color: teal;"><i>gksu apt-get update</i></span><br /><br /><table align="center"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/extra/LINUX/large/gnome3tutorial-large_002.jpg" target="_blank" title="Click to view large image"><img alt="Review image" border="0" src="http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/extra/LINUX/small/gnome3tutorial-small_002.png" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Enter your password when asked and hit the OK button. A terminal window will appear for a few seconds, and it will automatically close.<br /><br />Hit the ALT+F2 key combination again, check the "Run in terminal" option and paste the following command in the "Run Application" dialog:<br /><br /><span style="color: teal;"><i>sudo apt-get dist-upgrade</i></span><br /><br /><table align="center"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/extra/LINUX/large/gnome3tutorial-large_003.jpg" target="_blank" title="Click to view large image"><img alt="Review image" border="0" src="http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/extra/LINUX/small/gnome3tutorial-small_003.png" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />A terminal window will appear. Enter your password and hit Enter. When you will be asked if you want to upgrade your packages, type Y and hit Enter. The terminal window will automatically close when the installation is over.<br /><br /><span style="color: #ff6600;"><span style="font-size: larger;"><b>Step 2</b></span></span><span style="font-size: larger;"><b> - </b><span style="color: blue;"><b>Install GNOME 3</b></span></span><br /><br />Hit the ALT+F2 key combination again, check the "Run in terminal" option and paste the following command in the "Run Application" dialog:<br /><br /><span style="color: teal;"><i>sudo apt-get install gnome-shell</i></span><br /><br />Enter your password and hit Enter. When you will be asked if you want to install gnome-shell, type Y and hit Enter. The terminal window will automatically close when the installation is over.<br /><br />That's it! GNOME 3 is now completely installed in your Ubuntu machine. All you have to do now is to reboot your system and choose <span style="color: #ff6600;"><b>Ubuntu GNOME Shell Desktop</b></span> at the login screen.<br /><br />Enjoy your new GNOME 3 desktop environment!<br /><br /><table align="center"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/extra/LINUX/large/gnome3tutorial-large_006.jpg" target="_blank" title="Click to view large image"><img alt="Review image" border="0" src="http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/extra/LINUX/small/gnome3tutorial-small_006.png" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/extra/LINUX/large/gnome3tutorial-large_007.jpg" target="_blank" title="Click to view large image"><img alt="Review image" border="0" src="http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/extra/LINUX/small/gnome3tutorial-small_007.png" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />In time, your GNOME 3 installation will automatically update to newer versions, so make sure you update your system regularly.<br /><br />If you have problems with the tutorial, do not hesitate to comment below!<br /></b><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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Using a little bit of know-how, a willingness to run a few terminal commands, and a mind for efficiency, you can get every last bit of power from your <i>Linux</i> box, or get more life from an older system. Read on for a roundup of ways to slim down and speed up Linux that any level of user can implement.<br /><br />One quick note: Many of these tweaks require altering system files, disabling processes or otherwise changing how your system runs. Whenever you alter a system file, back it up. The easiest way is to open a terminal and create a "<i><b>.backup</b></i>" version of it. For instance, to back up the <b><i>/etc/hosts</i></b> file, open a <b>terminal</b> and type:<br /><blockquote><b>sudo cp /etc/hosts /etc/hosts.backup</b></blockquote><div style="color: red;"><b>More importantly, if you're unsure of anything, don't do it!</b> </div><h3 style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: 20px;"><u>Prune your processes</u></h3>The easiest and safest way to <b>free up memory</b> in any <b>Linux system</b> is to stop unnecessary programs and background processes from running, and then get your system to remember how you like it. Most Linux distributions have a tool in their "System" or "Administration" menus that let you see what's going on and halt things, if necessary—in Ubuntu, there are two of them: System->Preferences->Sessions, and System->Administration->Services. <img align="right" alt="linuxspeed1_1.jpg" class="postimg" height="213" src="http://lifehacker.com/assets/resources/2007/12/linuxspeed1_1.jpg" width="277" />On every computer I've loaded Linux onto, there are a few startup programs I almost always disable from the "<b>Sessions</b>" menu. I don't sync my phone to my computer and use Thunderbird instead of the built-in Evolution, so the Bluetooth Manager and Evolution Alarm Notifier are first to go. Before touching anything in the "Services" window, consult <a href="http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2114124,00.asp">this ExtremeTech guide</a> for pointers on what is and isn't safe to turn off. As mentioned in the guide, Ubuntu (like most <b>distro</b> <b>GUIs</b>) only sees a few of the many services your computer is running. If y<iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=jtrag05-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1849513767&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=126402&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=jtrag05-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1430218894&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=126402&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>ou really want to fine-tune your system, you can install the <i>sysv-rc-conf</i> package found in many distros and surgically remove unnecessary background programs—but I'll reiterate that point made above about backing up and making only a few changes at a time.<br /><h3 style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: 20px;"><u>Install Lighter, Faster Applications</u></h3><img alt="linuxspeed2.jpg" class="postimg left" height="79" src="http://lifehacker.com/assets/resources/2007/12/linuxspeed2.jpg" width="216" />Full-featured, well-rounded programs like Firefox, OpenOffice.org, and Amarok are a big part of the growth in <u>Linux</u> users. For computers running tight on memory, however, they can make Linux feel less like the streamlined system it's meant to be. For users who only need the basics, there are lighter-weight alternative applications that take up less memory and move a little swifter. <br /><ul><li><u><b>Office programs:</b></u> <a href="http://www.abisource.com/">AbiWord</a>, <a href="http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/">Gnumeric</a>, <a href="http://www.koffice.org/">KOffice</a>—OpenOffice, like its proprietary adversary, Microsoft Office, has more features, settings and tools than any one user is likely ever going to need. For those who just want to be able to type documents and make basic spreadsheet edits, AbiWord and Gnumeric are a nice compromise between speed and features. KOffice is a bit more full-featured and KDE-oriented, but seems to run faster than OpenOffice.</li><li><u><b>File browsing:</b></u> <a href="http://thunar.xfce.org/index.html">Thunar</a>, <a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-linux-download/lightweight-tabbed-file-manager-with-pcman-file-manager-277996.php">PCMan</a>—Both are fast, streamlined file browsers that don't try to offer up all the multimedia extras and graphical niceties that can bog down the default Nautilus (GNOME) and Konquerer (KDE) browsers. The PsychoCats site has a helpful guide for <a href="http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/nonautilusplease">switching from Nautilus to Thunar</a>; KDE users can also install Thunar or look into installing Dolphin from repositories, and any user can check out Google Docs, Zoho or other online office suites.</li><li><u><b>Web browsing:</b></u> <a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/opera/download-of-the-day-opera-92-all-platforms-251865.php">Opera</a>, Konquerer—There are extremely light browsers that use far less memory than Firefox (Dillo, Epiphany, and the like), but the convenience and ease of use are hardly comparable. Opera, however, offers a small memory savings, and KDE's built-in browser is extensible and noticeably lighter.</li></ul><h3 style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: 20px;"><u>Remove extra virtual terminals</u></h3><i><b>Virtual terminals</b></i> are a good tool to have—they offer a last-ditch escape to <i><b>command line</b></i> for a chance to fix things in a crashing system. But many <b>Linux</b> systems come with six of them enabled, which isn't usually necessary. You can usually disable five of them with few consequences. If you're using Gutsy, open a terminal and type in the following commands: <br /><blockquote><b>cd /etc/event.d</b><br /><b>sudo mv tty3 tty3.bak</b><br /><b>sudo mv tty4 tty4.bak</b></blockquote>... and so on, through the <b>tty6</b> file. <span style="background-color: yellow;">If you're still on </span><i style="background-color: yellow;">Feisty</i><span style="background-color: yellow;"> or other </span><u style="background-color: yellow;"><i><b>Linux distros</b></i></u><span style="background-color: yellow;">, you'll likely have to edit the file in</span> <b><i>/etc/inittab</i></b> and add a <b>#</b> character in front of the lines ending with <b>tty3</b>, <b>tty4</b> and the like. <br /><h3 style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: 20px;"><u>Reduce swappiness</u></h3><img align="right" alt="linuxspeed3_1.jpg" class="postimg" height="82" src="http://lifehacker.com/assets/resources/2007/12/linuxspeed3_1.jpg" width="172" /> If your system generally has enough memory to handle what you throw at it, <u>your use of <b><a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/linux-101/learn-more-about-swap-space-330755.php">swap space</a></b> should be minimal</u>, <u>but your system doesn't know that</u>. <span style="background-color: yellow;">To temporarily lower your </span><b style="background-color: yellow;">swappiness</b>, type the following <b>command</b> into a <b>terminal</b> (replacing "<b>sudo</b>" with "<b>su</b>" in some systems): <br /><blockquote><b>sudo sysctl -w vm.swappiness=10</b></blockquote><span style="background-color: yellow;">To make that fix permanent, enter the following command</span> (trading "<b>gedit</b>" for "<b>kate</b>" in <b>KDE</b> systems, or "<b>nano</b>" or "<b>vi</b>" if you have neither): <br /><blockquote><b>sudo gedit /etc/sysctl.conf</b></blockquote>In the file that comes up, look for the line <b><i>vm.swappiness=x</i></b> and change the value to <b>10</b>, <span style="background-color: yellow;">or add the line if it doesn't exist. </span><br /><h3 style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: 20px;"><u>Get good with the terminal</u></h3><img alt="linuxspeed4.jpg" class="postimg left" height="107" src="http://lifehacker.com/assets/resources/2007/12/linuxspeed4.jpg" width="237" /> You've heard us evangelize about the efficiency of <b>terminals</b> before, but it's especially true in <u><i><b>Linux</b></i></u>. <span style="background-color: yellow;">Give your </span><i style="background-color: yellow;"><b>terminal</b></i><span style="background-color: yellow;"> a handy keyboard shortcut, keep </span><a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/terminal/printable-beginners-guide-to-the-terminal-286558.php" style="background-color: yellow;">a list of basic commands handy</a><span style="background-color: yellow;">, and learn to </span><a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/command-line/learn-to-write-bash-scripts-277509.php" style="background-color: yellow;">write bash scripts</a><span style="background-color: yellow;">, </span><a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/linux-tip/create-terminal-shortcuts-270799.php" style="background-color: yellow;">create command shortcuts</a><span style="background-color: yellow;"> and </span><a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/linux-tip/find-anything-from-the-terminal-291979.php" style="background-color: yellow;">find anything</a><span style="background-color: yellow;"> from one no-nonsense interface. </span><br /><h3 style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: 20px;">Five more tips and guides to speeding up your system</h3><ul><li><a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/linux-tip/speed-up-gnome-menu-269934.php">Speed up GNOME menu</a>—A simple but noticeable tweak, especially on older computers.</li><li><a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/optimization/speed-up-openoffice-270775.php">Speed up OpenOffice</a>—Also applies to Windows and Mac versions.</li><li><a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/linux-tip/speed-up-ubuntu-boot-and-shutdown-process-267588.php">Speed up Ubuntu Boot and Shutdown Process</a>—This guide applies mainly to Ubuntu 7.04, "Feisty Fawn," and earlier versions.</li><li><a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/how-to/give-ubuntu-a-speed-boost-268325.php">Give Ubuntu a speed boost</a>—Note that some of the tweaks in the linked article could, if done improperly, leave a system unbootable, so proceed with caution.</li><li><a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/linux-tip/change-gnome-menus-to-use-pcman-file-manager-288616.php">Change GNOME Menus to Use PCMan File Manager</a>—If you don't want to make a complete PCMan transition, this trick launches the browser from GNOME's top bar menu.</li></ul>How do you optimize your Linux desktop? Let us know in the comments.<br /><i><b><a href="http://thepurdman.com/">Kevin Purdy</a></b>, Lifehacker's newest Associate Editor, digs finding optimization tips. His weekly feature will appear every Friday on Lifehacker.</i></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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Then there's <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/208620/4_reasons_to_give_linux_mint_10_a_try.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(26, 97, 160); clear: none; "><b>Linux</b> Mint</a>--my second favorite--along with <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/218901/debian_60_breaks_free_of_restrictive_licenses.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(26, 97, 160); clear: none; ">Debian</a>, <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/216488/for_an_old_or_slow_pc_try_puppy_linux_52.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(26, 97, 160); clear: none; ">Puppy Linux</a>, <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/214928/5_reasons_to_try_zorin_os_linux.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(26, 97, 160); clear: none; ">Zorin OS</a> and <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/220602/splashtop_linux_a_free_chrome_os_alternative.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(26, 97, 160); clear: none; ">Splashtop Linux</a>, to name just a few.</p><p size="14px" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; ">Another very popular distro is <i>openSUSE</i>, which currently holds Distrowatch's No. 5 spot. Version 11.4 of the Novell-backed software was just released last week, and it features a number of compelling additions and updates that could make it the right choice for your business. Here's a small taste of what you can expect.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; font-size:14px;"><span class="image rtsm" style="overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; max-width: 180px; "><img src="http://zapp5.staticworld.net/news/graphics/149353-Linux%20Penguin.jpg" alt="" height="119" width="180" style="float: right; max-width: 606px; height: auto; " /></span></p><p size="14px" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; "><strong>1. Stability and Power</strong></p><p size="14px" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; ">Stability is a key focus of the <b>openSUSE</b> project, and the base system of this latest release is no exception. In addition, however, it adds better scalability and performance and an enhanced boot process, among other improvements.</p><p size="14px" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; ">Based on version 2.6.37 of <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/215698/linux_adds_driver_support_for_raft_of_devices.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(26, 97, 160); clear: none; ">the Linux kernel</a>, the software takes advantage of numerous enhancements in that version, including better scalability of virtual memory management and separation of terminal users' tasks. The new kernel also brings additional hardware support, as I've noted before, including open Broadcom wireless drivers and improved Wacom<img class="CL_img" src="http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/t_mini-a.png" style="display: inline !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; float: none !important; height: 13px !important; width: 13px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 2px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; cursor: pointer !important; border-style: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; min-width: 13px !important; max-width: 13px !important; min-height: 13px !important; max-height: 13px !important; position: static !important; " /> support.</p><p size="14px" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; ">Better 2D and 3D acceleration, meanwhile, result from the inclusion of improved graphics drivers, the </p><h3>openSUSE</h3><h3> project says.<p></p><p size="14px" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; ">With the ability to download simultaneously from multiple servers and to fetch only the parts of files that have changed,<b>openSUSE</b> now also offers much faster repository refreshments along with package installations and updates. A newly bolstered boot process, meanwhile, supports VirtualBox and the SELinux security framework.</p><p size="14px" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; "><strong>2. Integrated Software Choices</strong></p><p size="14px" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; "></p><ul>OpenSUSE</ul> features the KDE<img class="CL_img" src="http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/t_mini-a.png" style="display: inline !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; float: none !important; height: 13px !important; width: 13px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 2px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; cursor: pointer !important; border-style: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; min-width: 13px !important; max-width: 13px !important; min-height: 13px !important; max-height: 13px !important; position: static !important; " /> Plasma Desktop 4.6 along with <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/214930/6_alternative_ubuntu_desktops_worth_trying.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(26, 97, 160); clear: none; ">GNOME</a> 2.32, Xfce 4.8 and LXDE 0.5 as alternatives. Also included is GNOME Shell, which will be part of the forthcoming GNOME 3.<p></p><p size="14px" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; ">OpenOffice.org has been replaced with <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/220739/libreoffice_software_is_here_to_stay.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(26, 97, 160); clear: none; ">LibreOffice</a> 3.3.1--making <b>OpenSUSE</b> the first major distribution to ship the Document Foundation's new contender, the project says--and both<a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/220903/as_firefox_4_beta_12_debuts_mozilla_looks_ahead_to_firefox_5.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(26, 97, 160); clear: none; ">Firefox 4</a> and Scribus 1.4 are included as well.</p><p size="14px" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; ">All such software is deeply integrated for consistent functionality even in lighter-weight desktops such as Xfce and LXDE, the <b>openSUSE</b> project says. Keyboard shortcuts are set, for example, while menu layouts are tweaked and file associations are user-friendly.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; ">For improved integration of LibreOffice and Firefox into KDE Plasma, the operating system uses native file dialogs and oxygen styling, and it respects the user's mail client and browser choices.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; "><strong>3. Continuous Updates</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; ">Whereas traditionally users have had to rely on a set release cycle for updates to their software, <b>openSUSE 11.4</b> introduces the new <a href="http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Tumbleweed" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(26, 97, 160); clear: none; ">Tumbleweed</a> rolling release repository as an option. Tumbleweed contains the latest stable versions of software such as Firefox and Thunderbird, making it easier for users to stay up to date.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; "><span class="image large" style="overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; float: none; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; max-width: 606px; clear: both; "><img src="http://zapp5.staticworld.net/news/graphics/169958-opensuse_chameleon_7_original.jpg" alt="OpenSUSE 11.4" title="OpenSUSE 11.4" height="378" width="522" style="max-width: 606px; height: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; " /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; "><strong>4. Administrative Tools</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; ">Targeting administrators and developers, <span style="font-weight:bold;">OpenSUSE 11.4</span> ships the latest virtualization and Web server stacks along with "all the major development languages, platforms and associated IDEs," the project says. Included among the additions, for example, are Xen 4.0.2, VirtualBox 4.0.4 and KVM 0.14 for virtualization and Apache 2.2.17, Lighttpd 1.4.26 and Ngninx 0.8.54 on the Web server side.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; ">Version 9.0.3 of PostgreSQL, the MySQL<img class="CL_img" src="http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/t_mini-a.png" style="display: inline !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; float: none !important; height: 13px !important; width: 13px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 2px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; cursor: pointer !important; border-style: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; min-width: 13px !important; max-width: 13px !important; min-height: 13px !important; max-height: 13px !important; position: static !important; " /> 5.1.53 community edition and the MariaDB 5.1 fork are also included.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; "><strong>5. The Freedom of Linux</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; ">Last but definitely not least are all the myriad benefits you get when you use most any version of Linux, including the freedom to modify the software to suit your business, the freedom from vendor lock-in, the freedom from rampant <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/202452/why_linux_is_more_secure_than_windows.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(26, 97, 160); clear: none; ">malware</a> and the freedom from exorbitant costs.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; ">Did I mention that <b>openSUSE</b> is free? It's now available for <a href="http://software.opensuse.org/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(26, 97, 160); clear: none; ">download</a> at no cost, but can also be purchased for $71.50 as a retail version with 90-day installation support, physical media and a printed Getting Started guide. Whichever route you take, there's no better time to take openSUSE for a <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/205640/4_ways_to_give_desktop_linux_a_testdrive.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(26, 97, 160); clear: none; ">test drive</a>.</p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"></span><p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; "><span class="image large" style="overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; float: none; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; max-width: 606px; clear: both; "></span></p></h3></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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Unfortunately, as if to provide further proof of their all-inclusive nature, Ubuntu's apparently daltonic design team came up with a violet theme unlikely to be everyone's cup of tea, unless the tea is laced with hallucinogens.</p> <p>Surrounding the purple haze are dark taskbars and window frames, which make the desktop feel noticeably smaller. In a polemic move that further exacerbates this claustrophobic feel, buttons have been moved to the top left corner, opening up vast amounts of unused space on the right hand side.</p> <p>Canonical has said the change is a preemptive move, and that the resulting no-app's land will be filled with innovative features in future releases, but it all sounds a bit like selling a car with no wheels in the hope future models will fly.</p> <p>One of the big calling cards for Lucid Lynx is the integration of social applications into the desktop's new Me Menu. This essentially comprises three apps - Empathy, Evolution and <a href="http://gwibber.com/" target="_blank" title="Gwibber">Gwibber</a> for chat, email and microblogging respectively. All three blend in nicely with the desktop and share an indicator applet in the taskbar, removing much of the clutter of running the processes individually.</p> <p>While integrating application suites has many benefits, problems arise when any one of the provided services is just not good enough. Empathy seems like a solid alternative to Pidgin. Evolution is unlikely to be a very popular choice among a userbase most likely using Thunderbird, Claws or Mutt already. Gwibber feels slow, and might seem overly simplistic when compared to other microblogging clients. Changing any of these applications as your default messaging client will immediately render your desktop a little less pleasant to use.</p> <p>Hopefully with time applications might be integrated interchangeably in Gnome, but for now you're stuck following online hacks which might or might not be of use six months down the line. Fortunately, unlike using Outlook on Windows or Mail.app on Mac OS X, there is no reason competing applications cannot work as seamlessly as those provided by Ubuntu.</p> <p>In parallel, Ubuntu 10.04 provides tighter integration with Canonical's cloud-based efforts. Despite having a multimillionaire benefactor, Canonical has no doubt heeded Yahoo's warnings on the need for diversification by developing <a href="https://one.ubuntu.com/" target="_blank" title="Ubuntu One">Ubuntu One</a>, a service which provides both 2GB of free Dropbox-like storage and an online music store.</p> <p>Alas the online music store, while potentially providing some much needed revenue for Canonical, will likely remain unused by most users. To distance itself from the many anonymous online music stores, Canonical provides the same limited catalogue in the same proprietary format.</p> <p>Furthermore with Jamendo, Magnatune and now Ubuntu One, Rhythmbox is quickly becoming more cluttered with stores than many local high streets. Disabling any of them is a case of unloading the appropriate plugin, but you can't help but think Canonical is needlessly investing time and effort on a feature likely to be met by resounding silence.</p> <p>Where Ubuntu should shine is in providing access to Linux's endless software repositories. The Ubuntu Software Centre provides a visually attractive front-end for aptitude, which does all the heavy lifting interfacing with the APT package manager, but chip away at the veneer and you'll find Canonical has done very little beyond providing basic functionality. User ratings, ranking by popularity or suggesting similar packages to replace currently installed duds are all notably absent, making sifting through the immense catalogue cumbersome unless you know what you are looking for.</p> <p>Admittedly, no other package management system provides all of these, but Ubuntu is squarely focused on the inexperienced. Furthermore, Canonical plans on providing paid apps through the Ubuntu Software Centre in the near future, in which case feedback on an application's quality will be essential.</p> <p>Ubuntu evolved at a blistering speed. When you experienced the wealth of improvement from Breezy Badger to Feisty Fawn, it was hard not to wonder whether a Linux-based OS might finally usurp its commercial rivals as the ultimate desktop experience in the near future. Canonical has put a lot of effort into catching up with both Windows and Mac OSX and on many fronts has largely succeeded. However, as in Zeno's paradox of Achilles and the tortoise, merely closing the gap on each iteration is insufficient to overtake your rivals entirely.</p> <p>Canonical has largely focused on toning down bleeding-edge applications to run smoothly in a stable, hassle-free operating system. The challenge facing Ubuntu is no longer merely attracting users from commercial rivals, but also to stem the loss of users to rival Linux distributions. The Me Menu is a good indicator of how Ubuntu can evolve, innovate and differentiate itself from internal competition such as Archlinux, Debian, Fedora, Suse, Mandriva and others, despite building on the same open source components.</p> <p>Whether Ubuntu is the right distribution for you is largely down to personal preference. From the ivory tower of tech journalism most reviewers are quick to point out Linux is a pain to install and use, and Ubuntu has somehow overcome this crippling heritage to become an easy to install and usable OS. Most likely this condescending attitude derives from never actually having used Linux - most distributions now provide Live CDs and easy installers, with access to the same software through their own package management systems.</p> <p><strong>In Short</strong><br />Ubuntu's one-size-fits-all nature makes it a good initial introduction to Linux-based operating systems. Visually, it keeps improving, but it is not quite all the way there yet. While many can argue whether Linux is ready for the desktop, there's little doubt that Canonical packages up Ubuntu better than the vast majority of distributions out there. The biggest compliment one can pay to Ubuntu is that it feels like a professional product in its installation, look and feel and above all updates. If nothing else, you should give Ubuntu a try to give you some perspective on how well your own OS suits you.</p> <p><strong>The Good</strong><br />Maturity and popularity aid in usability, integration with cloud services, long-term support (LTS) release, painless update from previous version.</p> <p><strong>The Bad</strong><br />Might be too Mickey Mouse for hardcore Linux users, strong branding and colour scheme.</p> <p><strong>The Ugly</strong><br />Nothing.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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R. Glitschka discusses his creative process for designing an illustrative logo.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.illustrationclass.com/?p=62"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-03_pirahna.jpg" alt="Piranha’s Revenge - Illustrative Logo - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.illustrationclass.com/?p=18">Logo Frustration</a></h4><br /><p>Take a peak into a real-world project to see an actual logo designer in action.</p><br /><br /><p><a href="http://www.illustrationclass.com/?p=18"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-04_logo_frustration.jpg" alt="Logo Frustration - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2008/07/22/logo-design-creation-process-from-start-to-finish-by-expert-graphic-designer-mark-misenheimer/">Creating the Logo / Identity for “Blackberry Creek Community Church”</a></h4><br /><p>You’ll see, from start to finish, the creation of a logo for the "Blackberry Creek Community Church".</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2008/07/22/logo-design-creation-process-from-start-to-finish-by-expert-graphic-designer-mark-misenheimer/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-05_blackberry.png" alt="Creating the Logo / Identity for “Blackberry Creek Community Church” - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://sonspring.com/journal/drawing-a-good-logo">Drawing a Good Logo</a></h4><br /><p>UX Developer Nathan Smith discusses his method for creating an iconic logo design.</p><br /><p><a href="http://sonspring.com/journal/drawing-a-good-logo"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-06_drawing_good_logo.png" alt="Drawing a Good Logo - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.digital-web.com/articles/the_process_of_redesigning_a_logo/">The process of redesigning a logo</a></h4><br /><p>Kristof Saelen discusses an effective course of action for updating an existing logo.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.digital-web.com/articles/the_process_of_redesigning_a_logo/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-07_redesigning_logo.png" alt="The process of redesigning a logo - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.vectordiary.com/illustrator/designing-a-logo/">Day 30: Designing a Logo</a></h4><br /><br /><p>Learn how to create a logo design in Illustrator via this step-by-step tutorial.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.vectordiary.com/illustrator/designing-a-logo/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-08_day_30.png" alt="Day 30: Designing a Logo - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.davidairey.com/my-logo-design-process/">My logo design process</a></h4><br /><p>Graphic Designer David Airey shares his logo design process, including the very important step: the design brief.</p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.devlounge.net/articles/constructing-the-perfect-logo/1">Constructing the Perfect Logo</a></h4><br /><p>This short tutorial goes over the general methods for constructing a logo.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.devlounge.net/articles/constructing-the-perfect-logo/1"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-10_constructing_logo.jpg" alt="Constructing the Perfect Logo - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h3>Logo Design Galleries for Inspiration</h3><br /><h4><a href="http://logopond.com/">LogoPond</a></h4><br /><p><em>LogoPond</em> is a logo design gallery where users can upload and share their logos. Members can leave comments/critiques, so it’s a helpful place for getting feedback.</p><br /><br /><p><a href="http://logopond.com/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-11_logo_pond.jpg" alt="LogoPond - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://logooftheday.com/">Logo Of The Day</a></h4><br /><p><em>Logo Of The Day</em> features one logo a day picked by a <a href="http://logooftheday.com/meet-the-judges/">panel of judges</a>.</p><br /><p><a href="http://logooftheday.com/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-12_logo_day.png" alt="Logo Of The Day - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.identityarchives.com/index.php">The Identity Archives Project</a></h4><br /><p><em>The Identity Archives Project</em> is a searchable database of logos and brand identity designs, it’s useful for getting inspiration on particular topics such as "technology" or "web 2.0".</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.identityarchives.com/index.php"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-13_identity_archives.png" alt="The Identity Archives Project - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><br /><h4><a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/designs/logos/">Logos & Logotypes on deviantART</a></h4><br /><p><a href="http://about.deviantart.com/" title="About page of deviantArt.">deviantArt</a> has a section on user-submitted <em><a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/designs/logos/" title="deviantArt logos & logotypes section.">logos/logotypes</a></em> that you can browse through for logo design inspiration.</p><br /><p><a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/designs/logos/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-14_deviantart.jpg" alt="Logos & Logotypes on deviantART - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://logofaves.com/">Logo Faves</a></h4><br /><p><em>Logo Faves</em> is a logo design gallery that seeks to present the best logo designs. Check out their "<a href="http://logofaves.com/?r_sortby=highest_rated&r_orderby=desc">Highest Rated Logos</a>" section to see what the top logos on the site.</p><br /><br /><p><a href="http://logofaves.com/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-15_logo_faves.jpg" alt="Logo Faves - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.faveup.com/">FAVEUP</a></h4><br /><p><em>FAVEUP</em> is a design inspiration gallery that has a wonderful Logos section. Users are able to vote on designs that are featured on FAVEUP.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.faveup.com/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-16_faveup.jpg" alt="FAVEUP - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.logogalleria.com/">Logo Galleria</a></h4><br /><p><em>Logo Galleria</em> (currently) has over 400 logos featured in their gallery.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.logogalleria.com/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-17_logogalleria.jpg" alt="Logo Galleria - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://logofury.com/">LogoFury.com</a></h4><br /><br /><p><em>LogoFury.com</em> is a frequently updated logo design gallery featuring thousands of logos. Check out the <a href="http://logofury.com/top-rated">Top Rated</a> section to see what their users like the most.</p><br /><p><a href="http://logofury.com/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-18_logofury.png" alt="LogoFury.com - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.logospire.com/">Logospire</a></h4><br /><p><em>Logospire</em> is a logo design gallery where users can vote on, comment on, and upload logo designs.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.logospire.com/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-19_logospire.png" alt="Logospire - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.logomoose.com/">LogoMoose</a></h4><br /><br /><p><em>LogoMoose</em> is a logo design showcase site. They have a monthly "Logo of the month" award for submitted logo designs.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.logomoose.com/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-20_logomoose.jpg" alt="LogoMoose - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.logosauce.com/">LogoSauce</a></h4><br /><p><em>LogoSauce</em> is a logo design gallery. Check out the "<a href="http://www.logosauce.com/top6">top 6</a>" section to view the most popular designs on the site.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.logosauce.com/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-21_logosauce.jpg" alt="LogoSauce - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.lo8os.com/gallery/">lo8os</a></h4><br /><p><em>lo80s</em> is a highly-categorized logo design gallery. You’ll find categories like "<a href="http://www.lo8os.com/gallery/index.php?cat=7&PHPSESSID=3595863d81340331801398c08c1844b0">Symbols</a>" or "<a href="http://www.lo8os.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=47&PHPSESSID=3595863d81340331801398c08c1844b0">Household Items</a>" on here.</p><br /><br /><p><a href="http://www.lo8os.com/gallery/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-22_logos.png" alt="lo8os - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.buzzshout.com/logos.php">LogoSurf</a></h4><br /><p><em>LogoSurf</em> is part of <a href="http://www.buzzshout.com/">BuzzShout</a> is a logo design aggregate that displays tons of logos in one page to reduce the number of clicks you have to perform to see logo designs.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.buzzshout.com/logos.php"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-23_buzzshout.png" alt="LogoSurf - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.logoed.co.uk/blog/index.html">logoed</a></h4><br /><p><em>logoed</em> is a blog-style logo design showcase for graphic designers that posts logos from various designers.</p><br /><br /><h4><a href="http://www.goodlogo.com/">goodlogo!com</a></h4><br /><p><em>goodlogo!com</em> is a database of logo designs. Check out the <a href="http://www.goodlogo.com/top.250">Logo Top 250</a> section to see the most popular logos on the site.</p><br /><h3>Logo Design Articles</h3><br /><h4><a href="http://vector.tutsplus.com/designing/30-brilliant-vector-logo-designs-deconstructed/">30 Brilliant Vector Logo Designs, Deconstructed</a></h4><br /><p>Graphic and web designer, <a href="http://www.chrisspooner.com/">Chris Spooner</a>, analyzes how one would construct the featured logo designs.</p><br /><br /><p><a href="http://vector.tutsplus.com/designing/30-brilliant-vector-logo-designs-deconstructed/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-30_vector_deconstructed.jpg" alt="30 Brilliant Vector Logo Designs, Deconstructed - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/branding-firefox">branding firefox</a></h4><br /><p>Acclaimed creative team <a href="http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk/about/hicksdesign/" title="About page of Hicksdesign">Hicksdesign</a> discusses the method in which the Firefox logo was selected.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/branding-firefox"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-27_branding_ff.jpg" alt="branding firefox - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.code-interactive.com/thinker/a112.html">What Makes a Great Logo</a></h4><br /><p>This is an excellent article on the fundamental elements of a good logo design.</p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.creativelatitude.com/logo_notions/logo_notions_1105.html">how do designers create unique identities?</a></h4><br /><p>Logo designer and author Jeff Fisher ponders on the ways designers go about creating unique brands that stand out from the crowd.</p><br /><br /><h4><a href="http://creativebits.org/logos_with_a_meaning">Logos with a meaning</a></h4><br /><p>This article on <a href="http://creativebits.org/" title="creativebits home page.">creativebits</a> examines logos that have a symbolic meaning to them, such as the FedEx logo and Sun Microsystems logo.</p><br /><p><a href="http://creativebits.org/logos_with_a_meaning"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-26_logos_with_meaning.jpg" alt="Logos with a meaning - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.davidairey.com/5-vital-logo-design-tips/">5 vital logo design tips</a></h4><br /><p>Acclaimed graphic designer David Airey shares his tips on designing logos.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.davidairey.com/5-vital-logo-design-tips/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-35_vital_logo_tips.jpg" alt="5 vital logo design tips - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.logobee.com/feature22.htm">LogoBee’s Top 10 Logo Design Tips</a></h4><br /><p>Logo design company, LogoBee, shares some basic things to consider when creating a logo.</p><br /><br /><h4><a href="http://www.logolounge.com/guesteditorial/default.asp?Archive=True&ArticleID=258">Color as Logo</a></h4><br /><p>Peter Windett discusses using color as your logo.</p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.positivespaceblog.com/archives/logo-design-the-five-type-of-marks/">The Five Types of Marks</a></h4><br /><p>This back-to-basics article discusses the five main categories of logos.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.positivespaceblog.com/archives/logo-design-the-five-type-of-marks/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-39_five_marks.jpg" alt="The Five Types of Marks - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/articles/logos_rand.htm">Logos, Flags, and Escutcheons</a></h4><br /><p>A classic piece on logo design: Paul Rand discusses the meaning of logos and what makes it effective.</p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.davidairey.com/what-makes-a-good-logo/">What makes a good logo design?</a></h4><br /><p>David Airey shares his thoughts on what makes a logo design great.</p><br /><br /><p><a href="http://www.davidairey.com/what-makes-a-good-logo/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-40_make_good_logo.jpg" alt="What makes a good logo design? - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://logo.designbay.com/logo-design-trends-over-time.aspx">7 Logo Design Trends that have Withstood the Test of Time</a></h4><br /><p>Styles and trends of logos have changed throughout the years, but as this article shows, there are certain logo design elements that are as popular today as they were back in the day.</p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.logolounge.com/guesteditorial/default.asp?Archive=True&ArticleID=420">The Secret Life of Symbols</a></h4><br /><p>Maggie Macnab discusses the history of symbols and what they mean to us as a culture.</p><br /><h4><a href="http://sbinfocanada.about.com/od/marketing/a/brandingks.htm">Branding Basics Create a Great Logo and Tag Line</a></h4><br /><p>This article shares some basic tips on creating a logo and a tag line for it.</p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.wired.com/techbiz/startups/multimedia/2008/02/gallery_google_logos?mbid=su13">How Google Got Its Colorful Logo</a></h4><br /><p><a href="http://www.wired.com/">Wired</a> News tells us the history of Google’s legendary logo.</p><br /><br /><p><a href="http://www.wired.com/techbiz/startups/multimedia/2008/02/gallery_google_logos?mbid=su13"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-36_google.png" alt="How Google Got Its Colorful Logo screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.logolounge.com/logotrends/default.asp?Archive=True&ArticleID=306">The Power of RED</a></h4><br /><p>This article discusses the meaning of the color red and the emotions and perceptions it invokes upon the viewer.</p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.webreference.com/dlab/9811/">Logo Design Revisited.</a></h4><br /><p>Designer <a href="http://www.kirsanov.com/">Dmitry Kirsanov</a> revisits and analyses some of the logos he’s done in the past.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.webreference.com/dlab/9811/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-43_logo_revisited.png" alt="Logo Design Revisited. - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h3>Logo Design Showcases</h3><br /><h4><a href="http://www.intuitivedesigns.net/top-10-rock-band-logos/">Top 10 Rock Band Logos</a></h4><br /><br /><p><a href="http://www.intuitivedesigns.net/top-10-rock-band-logos/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-46_top_10_rockband.jpg" alt="Top 10 Rock Band Logos - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.logoorange.com/logodesign-A.php">Logo Design History</a></h4><br /><p><a href="http://www.logoorange.com/logodesign-A.php"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-47_logo_design_history.png" alt="Logo Design History - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.logoorange.com/logo-design-09.php">Logo Design & Branding Trends 2009</a></h4><br /><p><a href="http://www.logoorange.com/logo-design-09.php"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-49_logo_trends_2009.png" alt="Logo Design & Branding Trends 2009" height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.logodesignlove.com/10-handwritten-logo-designs">10 handwritten logo designs</a></h4><br /><p><a href="http://www.logodesignlove.com/10-handwritten-logo-designs"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-53_handwritten_logo_designs.jpg" alt="10 handwritten logo designs - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/10-examples-of-simple-effective-logos/">10 Examples of Simple, Effective Logos</a></h4><br /><p><a href="http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/10-examples-of-simple-effective-logos/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-44_clean_simple_design.jpg" alt="10 Examples of Simple, Effective Logos - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://designerside.com/article/20-inspirational-logo-designs">20 Inspirational Logo Designs</a></h4><br /><br /><p><a href="http://designerside.com/article/20-inspirational-logo-designs"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-45_20_inspirational.jpg" alt="20 Inspirational Logo Designs - screen shots." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.fuelyourcreativity.com/50-kick-ass-logos-for-inspiration/">50+ Kick Ass Logos for Inspiration</a></h4><br /><p><a href="http://www.fuelyourcreativity.com/50-kick-ass-logos-for-inspiration/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-50_kickass_logos.png" alt="50+ Kick Ass Logos for Inspiration - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://designm.ag/uncategorized/35-green-leafy-logos/">35 Green, Leafy Logos</a></h4><br /><p><a href="http://designm.ag/uncategorized/35-green-leafy-logos/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-51_leafy_logos.jpg" alt="35 Green, Leafy Logos - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.fuelyourcreativity.com/30-dual-element-logos-do-you-see-them-all/">30 Dual Element Logos</a></h4><br /><p><a href="http://www.fuelyourcreativity.com/30-dual-element-logos-do-you-see-them-all/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-52_dual_logos.jpg" alt="30 Dual Element Logos - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.logodesignlove.com/15-wonderfully-simple-logo-designs" title="15 simple logo designs">15 wonderfully simple logo designs</a></h4><br /><p><a href="http://www.logodesignlove.com/15-wonderfully-simple-logo-designs"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-54_simple_logos.png" alt="15 wonderfully simple logo designs - screen shhot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://fontfeed.com/archives/the-logos-of-web-20/">The Logos of Web 2.0</a></h4><br /><p>A showcase of logos that have the "Web 2.0" look and feel.</p><br /><br /><h3>Logo Design Flickr Groups</h3><br /><h4><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/logodesign/">Design the Logo</a></h4><br /><p><em>Design the Logo</em> group is a popular Flickr group with over 4,000 members and 8,000 items.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/logodesign/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-55_design_the_logo.png" alt="Design the Logo - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/famousbrands/">Brands, Marks & Logos</a></h4><br /><p>This 2,000+-member strong Flickr group showcases brands, marks, and logos from around the world.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/famousbrands/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-56_flickr_brands_marks.jpg" alt="Brands, Marks & Logos - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/identitydesign/">Identity + Logo Design</a></h4><br /><br /><p>With close to a thousand members, the <em>Identity + Logo Design</em> group on Flicker is a great place to hang out and gather design inspiration.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/identitydesign/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-57_identity_logo.png" alt="Identity + Logo Design - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h3>Logo Design Books</h3><br /><h4><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471746843?ie=UTF8&tag=sixrevi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0471746843">Designing Brand Identity</a></h4><br /><p>An excellent book on the topic of creating effective and successful strong brand identities. It also outlines strategies for maintaining your brand through time and throughout the company.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471746843?ie=UTF8&tag=sixrevi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0471746843"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/amazon/designing_brand_identity.jpg" border="0"></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sixrevi-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0471746843" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1"><br /></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1581804369?ie=UTF8&tag=sixrevi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1581804369">Logo, Font & Lettering Bible</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sixrevi-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1581804369" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1"></h4><br /><br /><p>A wonderful and pragmatic guide to working with logos. If you are new to the world of logo design and want to read about designing logos - this is a great starting point.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1581804369?ie=UTF8&tag=sixrevi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1581804369"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/amazon/logo_lettering_bible.jpg" border="0"></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sixrevi-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1581804369" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1"><br /></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/156496759X?ie=UTF8&tag=sixrevi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=156496759X">Logo Design That Works: Secrets for Successful Logo Design</a></h4><br /><p>This book analyzes 100 logos to see what features makes for an effective logo design. It also examines the evolutions of popular logos throughout the years, and why changes to them were made.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/156496759X?ie=UTF8&tag=sixrevi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=156496759X"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/amazon/logo_designs_that_work.jpg" border="0"></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sixrevi-20&l=as2&o=1&a=156496759X" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1"><br /></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592532241?ie=UTF8&tag=sixrevi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1592532241">LogoLounge: 2,000 International Identities by Leading Designers</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sixrevi-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1592532241" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1"></h4><br /><p>This book is a showcase of logos from around the world. It’s a great book to have around to gather inspiration: I look through it before sketching and firing up Illustrator to get the creative juices flowing.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592532241?ie=UTF8&tag=sixrevi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1592532241"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/amazon/logo_lounge.jpg" border="0"></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sixrevi-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1592532241" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1"></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592533418?ie=UTF8&tag=sixrevi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1592533418">Design Matters: Logos 01: An Essential Primer for Today’s Competitive Market</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sixrevi-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1592533418" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1"></h4><br /><br /><p>This book is about designing effective logos in today’s competitive market where consumers are baraged with plenty of options. How do you stand out from the sea of other logos? Read this book to find out.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592533418?ie=UTF8&tag=sixrevi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1592533418"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/amazon/design_matters_logos.jpg" border="0"></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sixrevi-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1592533418" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1"></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.youthedesigner.com/2009/01/16/30-must-have-logo-books/">30 Must-Have Logo Books</a></h4><br /><p>Here is a great set of books compiled by freelance graphic designer <a href="http://www.youthedesigner.com/about/">Gino Orlandi</a>.</p><br /><h3>Logo Design Blogs and Sites</h3><br /><h4><a href="http://www.davidairey.com/category/logos/">David Airey: Logo Design Category</a></h4><br /><p>David Airey has a section on his personal site that has a whole bunch of great logo design related posts.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.davidairey.com/category/logos/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-64_david_airey.png" alt="David Airey: Logo Design Category - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://38one.com/logolog">Logolog</a></h4><br /><br /><p>Denis Radenkovic runs a weblog where each post is focused on a particular logo which is analyzed and critiqued.</p><br /><p><a href="http://38one.com/logolog"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-65_logolog.png" alt="Logolog - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.logoblog.org/wordpress/">Logo Design Blog</a></h4><br /><p><em>Logo Design Blog</em> shares news and information on logos and logo design companies.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.logoblog.org/wordpress/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-66_logoblog.png" alt="Logo Design Blog - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.logolounge.com/">LogoLounge.Com</a></h4><br /><p><em>LogoLounge.Com</em> is a site dedicated to logos and is a great hang-out for logo designers.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.logolounge.com/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-67_logolounge.png" alt="LogoLounge.Com - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><br /><h4><a href="http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/">Brands of the World</a></h4><br /><p><em>Brands of the World</em> is a site that indexes the most popular, famous brands and logos around the world. Aside from using their search, you can also find designs by "<a href="http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/authors/">Author</a>", by "<a href="http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/countries/">Country</a>", and other sorts of filters.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-71_brands_of_world.png" alt="Brands of the World - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/">The Logo Factor</a></h4><br /><p><em>The Logo Factor</em> is a logo design weblog that discusses news and information on designing logos.</p><br /><br /><p><a href="http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-68_the_logo_factor.png" alt="The Logo Factor - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/">Brand New</a></h4><br /><p><em>Brand New</em> is a site that shares opinions on brand identity, usually in the corporate setting.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-69_brand_new.png" alt="Brand New - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h4><a href="http://www.creativelatitude.com/logo_notions/index.html">Logo Notions</a></h4><br /><p><em>Logo Notions</em> is a web column by Jeff Fisher that has essays on the topic of designing logos.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.creativelatitude.com/logo_notions/index.html"><img src="http://images.sixrevisions.com/2009/03/22-70_logo_notions.png" alt="Logo Notions - screen shot." height="240" width="550"></a></p><br /><h3>Got more?</h3><br /><br /><p>Leave your favorite logo design tutorials and resources, or talk about the ones above, in the comments.</p><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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As an example, I may disable a service but<br />the same service must be keep enable on your side because I do not use<br />the service but you do.</p><br /><p><span><span>This <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;font-family:arial,verdana,tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:12;" class="IL_LINK_STYLE" >post</span> is based on true<br />story :-). It’s my </span><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;font-family:arial,verdana,tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:12;" class="IL_LINK_STYLE" >experience</span><br />and I’ve applied it. I get a faster and nicer openSUSE after applying<br />these tips. The success story may vary depending above reason and I’ll<br />be very pleasant for your advice or suggestion. Please share your <span class="IL_SPAN"><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">experience</span> by dropping a comment<br />if you decided to apply these tweak, partially or fully implementation.</span></p><br /><ol><br /> <li><strong>Disable Swap</strong><br /><br /> <span><span>If you have more than 512 <span class="IL_SPAN"><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">MB of RAM</span> (1 GB an example), it’s<br />may better to disable your swap space. Swap will only be used if<br />computer has </span><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;font-family:arial,verdana,tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:12;" class="IL_LINK_STYLE" >not enough memory</span><br />for managing system task, but in certain condition, swap will be used<br />even on enough memory condition. Disabling swap will push the system to<br />fully managing memory allocation with RAM.</span><br /><br /> <span id="more-410"></span><br /><br /> <strong>Disabling swap :</strong><br /> <div id="highlighter_764071" class="syntaxhighlighter"><br /> <div class="bar"><br /> <div class="toolbar"><a class="item viewSource" style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" title="view source" href="http://vavai.net/2009/01/15/opensuse-tweak-increase-opensuse-speed-performance/#viewSource">view<br />source</a><a class="item printSource" style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" title="print" href="http://vavai.net/2009/01/15/opensuse-tweak-increase-opensuse-speed-performance/#printSource">print</a><a class="item about" style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" title="?" href="http://vavai.net/2009/01/15/opensuse-tweak-increase-opensuse-speed-performance/#about">?</a></div><br /> </div><br /> <div class="lines"><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">1.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">/sbin/swapoff<br />-a</code></span></span></div><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> <p><strong>Enabling swap :</strong><br /> </p><br /> <div id="highlighter_762747" class="syntaxhighlighter"><br /> <div class="bar"><br /> <div class="toolbar"><a class="item viewSource" style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" title="view source" href="http://vavai.net/2009/01/15/opensuse-tweak-increase-opensuse-speed-performance/#viewSource">view<br />source</a><a class="item printSource" style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" title="print" href="http://vavai.net/2009/01/15/opensuse-tweak-increase-opensuse-speed-performance/#printSource">print</a><a class="item about" style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" title="?" href="http://vavai.net/2009/01/15/opensuse-tweak-increase-opensuse-speed-performance/#about">?</a></div><br /> </div><br /> <div class="lines"><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">1.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">/sbin/swapon<br />-a</code></span></span></div><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> <p><span><span>BEWARE : Please don’t try this if<br />you have less than 512 <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;font-family:arial,verdana,tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:12;" class="IL_LINK_STYLE" >MB of RAM</span>.<br />Even though Linux have a good memory management to manage memory<br />allocation, I do not suggest this tips because the computer may<br />suddenly hang if Linux has </span><span class="IL_SPAN"><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">not enough memory</span>.</span></p><br /> <p><span>There were also some suggestion on<br />installation tutorial to<br />prepare about 2.5X of RAM as good swap partition. IMHO, it may suitable<br />for an ancient history where 128 <span class="IL_SPAN"><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">MB of RAM</span><br />is quite big. Now, RAM bigger than 4 or 8 GB is a common environment.<br />2.5X of 8 GB is 20 GB. Do you need 20 GB of swap for buffering daily<br />task ?<br /> </span></p><br /> </li><br /> <li><strong>Disable Unnecessary Services</strong><br /><br />It’s an important tips. Disable unnecessary service to increase<br />available memory. Go to <strong>YAST | SYSTEM | SYSTEM<br />SERVICES - RUNLEVEL</strong> to disable or enable any service.<br />You may also used <strong>chkconfig servicename off/on </strong>to<br />disable or enable services but I recommended YAST as primary choice<br />because YAST has complete information about what is service provided<br />for.<a href="http://vavai.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/yast-runlevel.jpeg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-436" title="yast-runlevel-kecil" src="http://vavai.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/yast-runlevel-kecil.jpeg" alt="yast-runlevel-kecil" height="417" width="500" /></a><br /> <p>Choose <strong>Expert Mode</strong> to see<br />complete<br />information.What’s service should be disable ? As describe on prologue<br />above, it may vary depending your purposes but I try to keep it simple.<br />Below is a list of some service. Please adjust the service state with<br />your purposes and condition. If I skip the service, it means that I<br />leave it on default condition.<br /> </p><br /> <div id="highlighter_444674" class="syntaxhighlighter"><br /> <div class="bar"><br /> <div class="toolbar"><a class="item viewSource" style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" title="view source" href="http://vavai.net/2009/01/15/opensuse-tweak-increase-opensuse-speed-performance/#viewSource">view<br />source</a><a class="item printSource" style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" title="print" href="http://vavai.net/2009/01/15/opensuse-tweak-increase-opensuse-speed-performance/#printSource">print</a><a class="item about" style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" title="?" href="http://vavai.net/2009/01/15/opensuse-tweak-increase-opensuse-speed-performance/#about">?</a></div><br /> </div><br /> <div class="lines"><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">01.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">SuSEFirewall2_init<br />and setup : disable, unless you used firewall.</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">02.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">aaeventd<br />: If you have never used AppArmor, disable it. Disabling </code><code class="keyword bold">this</code> <code class="plain">service will also disable boot.apparmor</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">03.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"> </span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">04.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">acpid<br />: leave it</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">05.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">alsasound<br />: leave it</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">06.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">atd<br />: disable</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">07.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">auditd<br />: disable</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">08.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">autofs<br />: disable</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">09.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">autoyast<br />: disable</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">10.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">avahi-daemon<br />: disable (will also disable avahi-dnsconfd)</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">11.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">bluetooth<br />: disable, unless used bluetooth</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">12.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">bluetooth-coldplug<br />: disable, unless used bluetooth</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">13.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"> </span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">14.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">cron<br />: leave it, unless you have no scheduled cron job. I leave it enable on<br />my work PC but disable </code><code class="keyword bold">this</code><br /> <code class="plain">on my home PC</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">15.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"> </span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">16.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">cups<br />: leave it </code><code class="keyword bold">if</code><br /> <code class="plain">you has attached printer or need<br />CUPS to print to another printer, </code><code class="keyword bold">if</code> <code class="plain">not<br />so, disable it.</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">17.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">dbus<br />: leave it</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">18.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"> </span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">19.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">earlykbd<br />: leave it, unless you </code><code class="keyword bold">do</code><br /> <code class="plain">not need keyboard</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">20.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">earlyxdm<br />: leave it</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">21.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">earlysyslog<br />: leave it, </code><code class="keyword bold">for</code><br /> <code class="plain">logging</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">22.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">fbset<br />: disable</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">23.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">gpm<br />: disable</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">24.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">haldaemon<br />: leave it</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">25.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">idmapd<br />: disable</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">26.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">joystick<br />: disable, unless used it </code><code class="keyword bold">for</code><br /> <code class="plain">games</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">27.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">kbd<br />: leave it, </code><code class="keyword bold">for</code><br /> <code class="plain">keyboard</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">28.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">lirc<br />: disable</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">29.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">mdadmd<br />: disable</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">30.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">named<br />: leave it, </code><code class="keyword bold">for</code><br /> <code class="plain">DNS Server daemon (I leave it<br />disable on my home PC but automatically change to enable </code><code class="keyword bold">if</code> <code class="plain">I<br />decided to install DNS Server)</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">31.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">mircocodectl<br />(Disable </code><code class="keyword bold">for</code><br /> <code class="plain">AMD CPU, leave it </code><code class="keyword bold">for</code> <code class="plain">Intel<br />processor)</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">32.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"> </span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">33.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">network<br />: leave it, unless you have stand alone workstation and </code><code class="keyword bold">do</code> <code class="plain">not<br />need to share files or used networking service</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">34.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"> </span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">35.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">nfs<br />: disable</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">36.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">nfsboot<br />: disable, depending</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">37.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">nfsserver<br />: disable</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">38.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">nmb<br />: disable, unless used it </code><code class="keyword bold">for</code><br /> <code class="plain">Samba sharing file</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">39.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">nscd<br />: disable</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">40.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">ntp<br />: disable</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">41.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">openct<br />: disable</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">42.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">pscsd<br />: disable</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">43.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">portmap<br />: disable</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">44.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">postfix<br />: disable, unless used it </code><code class="keyword bold">for</code><br /> <code class="plain">mail transport or mail server</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">45.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">powerd<br />: disable</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">46.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">powersaved<br />: disable, unless used suspend feature</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">47.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">random<br />: leave it</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">48.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">raw<br />: disable</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">49.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">rpasswdd<br />: disable</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">50.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">saslauthd<br />: disable</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">51.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">smb<br />: disable, unless used it </code><code class="keyword bold">for</code><br /> <code class="plain">Samba sharing file</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">52.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">smbfs<br />: disable, according to smb state</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">53.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">smpppd<br />: disable, unless used it </code><code class="keyword bold">for</code><br /> <code class="plain">dial up</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">54.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">spamd<br />: disable</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">55.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">splash<br />: leave it</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">56.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">splash_early<br />: leave it</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">57.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">sshd<br />: disable, unless used it </code><code class="keyword bold">for</code><br /> <code class="plain">ssh access. sshd = ssh service<br />daemon.</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">58.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">syslog<br />: leave it</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">59.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">xdm<br />: leave it</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">60.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">xfs<br />: disable</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">61.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">xinetd<br />: leave it</code></span></span></div><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </li><br /> <li><strong>Edit Inittab</strong><br /><br />Edit /etc/inittab and disable (add # mark) tty3-tty6. It should like<br />this :<br /> <div id="highlighter_681696" class="syntaxhighlighter"><br /> <div class="bar"><br /> <div class="toolbar"><a class="item viewSource" style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" title="view source" href="http://vavai.net/2009/01/15/opensuse-tweak-increase-opensuse-speed-performance/#viewSource">view<br />source</a><a class="item printSource" style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" title="print" href="http://vavai.net/2009/01/15/opensuse-tweak-increase-opensuse-speed-performance/#printSource">print</a><a class="item about" style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" title="?" href="http://vavai.net/2009/01/15/opensuse-tweak-increase-opensuse-speed-performance/#about">?</a></div><br /> </div><br /> <div class="lines"><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">01.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="preprocessor">#<br />getty-programs for the normal runlevels</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">02.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="preprocessor">#<br /><id>:<runlevels>:<action>:<process></code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">03.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="preprocessor">#<br />The “id” field MUST be the same as the last</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">04.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="preprocessor">#<br />characters of the device (after “tty”).</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">05.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty<br />–noclear tty1</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">06.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty<br />tty2</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">07.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="preprocessor">#3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty<br />tty3</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">08.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="preprocessor">#4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty<br />tty4</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">09.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="preprocessor">#5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty<br />tty5</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">10.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="preprocessor">#6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty<br />tty6</code></span></span></div><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </li><br /> <li><strong>Change sysconfig setting<br /><br /> </strong>Change concurrent setting on<strong>YAST |<br />SYSTEM | /etc/sysconfig editor </strong>Choose positive sign (+)<br />on SYSTEM, KERNELChange<br /> <div id="highlighter_390427" class="syntaxhighlighter"><br /> <div class="bar"><br /> <div class="toolbar"><a class="item viewSource" style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" title="view source" href="http://vavai.net/2009/01/15/opensuse-tweak-increase-opensuse-speed-performance/#viewSource">view<br />source</a><a class="item printSource" style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" title="print" href="http://vavai.net/2009/01/15/opensuse-tweak-increase-opensuse-speed-performance/#printSource">print</a><a class="item about" style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" title="?" href="http://vavai.net/2009/01/15/opensuse-tweak-increase-opensuse-speed-performance/#about">?</a></div><br /> </div><br /> <div class="lines"><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">1.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">SCHED_MINTIMESLICE<br />1000</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">2.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">SCHED_MAXTIMESLICE<br />40000</code></span></span></div><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> <p>Make another change on SYSTEM, File System -> mdadm</p><br /> <p>Disable MDADM_SCAN and set “0″ for MDADM_DELAY<br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <li><strong>Increase Partition Performance.</strong><br /><br />Modify <strong>/etc/fstab</strong> and add these setting :<br /> <div id="highlighter_286832" class="syntaxhighlighter"><br /> <div class="bar"><br /> <div class="toolbar"><a class="item viewSource" style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" title="view source" href="http://vavai.net/2009/01/15/opensuse-tweak-increase-opensuse-speed-performance/#viewSource">view<br />source</a><a class="item printSource" style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" title="print" href="http://vavai.net/2009/01/15/opensuse-tweak-increase-opensuse-speed-performance/#printSource">print</a><a class="item about" style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" title="?" href="http://vavai.net/2009/01/15/opensuse-tweak-increase-opensuse-speed-performance/#about">?</a></div><br /> </div><br /> <div class="lines"><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">1.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="keyword bold">for</code><br /> <code class="plain">Ext3 : natime, nodiratime, barrier<br />= 1</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt2"><code class="number">2.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="keyword bold">for</code><br /> <code class="plain">XFS : noatime, nodiratime</code></span></span></div><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">3.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="keyword bold">for</code><br /> <code class="plain">ReiserFS : notail, noatime,<br />nodiratime, barrier = flush</code></span></span></div><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> <p>Please keep in mind that change the setting or partition<br />type will<br />make a deal with recovery capability of appropriate partition. It’s a<br />good idea to read <a href="http://en.opensuse.org/Speeding_up_Ext3">this</a><br />and <a href="http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-increase-ext3-and-reiserfs-filesystems-performance.html">there</a><br />tutorial for a reference.<br /> </p><br /> </li><br /> <li><strong>Disable Beagle</strong><br /><br /> <span>Beagle used for <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;font-family:arial,verdana,tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:12;" class="IL_LINK_STYLE" >desktop search</span>.<br />It has such improvement on openSUSE 11.0 and 11.1 but if you didn’t<br />used it for daily usage, removing beagle will saved a memory that being<br />used for indexing. Remove it with YAST | Software | Software Management<br />or used our lovely zypper :<br /> </span><br /> <div id="highlighter_28482" class="syntaxhighlighter"><br /> <div class="bar"><br /> <div class="toolbar"><a class="item viewSource" style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" title="view source" href="http://vavai.net/2009/01/15/opensuse-tweak-increase-opensuse-speed-performance/#viewSource">view<br />source</a><a class="item printSource" style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" title="print" href="http://vavai.net/2009/01/15/opensuse-tweak-increase-opensuse-speed-performance/#printSource">print</a><a class="item about" style="width: 16px; height: 16px;" title="?" href="http://vavai.net/2009/01/15/opensuse-tweak-increase-opensuse-speed-performance/#about">?</a></div><br /> </div><br /> <div class="lines"><br /> <div class="line alt1"><code class="number">1.</code><span class="content"><span class="block" style="margin-left: 0px;"><code class="plain">zypper<br />rm beagle</code></span></span></div><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> </li><br /> <li><strong><span>Disable Nepomuk <span class="IL_SPAN"><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">Desktop Search</span> (on KDE 4)</span><br /><br /> </strong><br /><br /> <span>If you use KDE 4, you may get a bonus by disabling<br />Nepomuk <span class="IL_SPAN"><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">Desktop Search</span> and Strigi desktop<br />Indexer </span><img src="http://vavai.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /> . Navigate to <strong><span>Kick<br />off Menu | Configure Desktop | Advanced | <span class="IL_SPAN"><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">Desktop Search</span>.<br /> </span></strong><span>Disable (uncheck) Nepomuk <span class="IL_SPAN"><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">Desktop Search</span> and Strigi desktop<br />Indexer.</span><strong></strong></li><br /></ol><br /><p>After applying these tips, launched Konqueror and navigate to<br />System Information (type <strong>sysinfo:/</strong><span><br />on URL address and press enter. I used KDE 4.2 beta 2 with standard<br />menu while writing this <span class="IL_SPAN"><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">post</span>. You<br />may also get same result by go to </span><strong>kick off<br />menu | Computer | System Information</strong>).<br />See how much free memory available on your computer. After that, reboot<br />your computer, re-check the system information before and after<br />tweaking.</p><br /><p><strong>Reference :</strong></p><br /><ol><br /> <li><a href="http://opensuse.or.id/panduan/tips-trick/tips-meningkatkan-kecepatan-opensuse/">Tips<br />Meningkatkan Kecepatan openSUSE (Indonesian)</a></li><br /> <li><a href="http://www.benkevan.com/blog/speed-up-your-linux-boot-and-normal-use-opensuse/">Ben<br />Kevan : Speed up your Linux Boot and Normal Use (openSUSE) </a></li><br /></ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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This is all you need to play DVDs in linux (with full menu support) and the other media formats xine can handle. For more information please check the <a href="http://xine.sourceforge.net/">xine homepage</a>.</p> <div class="warning"> The xine developers do not support CSS descrambling. The use of this software for watching your legally purchased DVDs may be illegal in your country. </div> <p>You need to install libdvdcss rpm besides xine-lib and xine-ui. Without libdvdcss you won't be able to watch encrypted DVDs, that is, most of them.</p> <p>If the files below are some days old that means cvs changes have broken my daily building. <em>Also note that sourceforge public CVS access is getting worse everyday, and if the scripts cannot get the latest version, packages won't be updated.</em></p> <p>These rpms are build in a RedHat Linux 7.3 server. Some care is taken to keep them portable across different distros, so they should also work on RH 7.x, 8.0, 9.0, Fedora, Mandrake, Suse, Conectiva... </p> Important notes:<br /><ol><li>Dependencies for libxine rpm are manually set to a minimum. The package will not require libraries used by specific plugins, such as ALSA, to be available in order to be installed.</li><li>Ogg/Vorbis version 1.0 is statically linked.</li><li> <p>To watch asf/avi files encoded with win32 dlls just install w32codec rpm. This rpm includes the old Video for Windows (vfw) codecs, Windows Media Video 8 (WMV8), WMV9 and Quicktime 6 codecs. these codecs will be used by xine as needed (that is, when native ones aren't available). </p></li><li>If you install the RealPlayer8/9 rpm you will be able to watch Real Networks streams (.rm). xine plays Real streams with less cpu utilization than RealPlayer itself and works on sound cards without 44.1Khz support. Do not use RealPlayer10, xine will not be able to use their libraries since they changed the binary interfaces. fortunately, Real10 streams can be decoded perfectly using the Real9 libraries.</li><li>libdvdcss 1.2.8 provided here is patched with network support. this makes possible to watch dvds from a remote dvdrom drive. check <a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xine/xine-lib/doc/README.network_dvd?rev=1.1&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup"> xine-lib/doc/README.network_dvd</a> (ignore the steps to build 'cdda_server' as the same utility is included here as 'dvdcss_server').</li><li>xine-ui is statically linked to libcurl. press (control+d) while running xine-ui to download new skins.</li><li>libpng is now statically linked to keep dependencies low.</li><li>Travis England kindly sent me x86_64 rpms for suse-9.1. These files are available <a href="http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/x86_64-suse91">here</a>. Note: don't ask me about these rpms, I have not tested them. Check the readme file for more information.</li></ol> <hr /> <h2>Step by step guide to run xine</h2> <ol><li> <p>You need to download the xine engine (libxine). Get the libxine rpm which more closely matches yourCPU:</p> <pre> <em>libxine1-(version)-xxxxxx.i586.rpm</em> for Pentium/Pentium MMX<br /><em>libxine1-(version)-xxxxxx.i686.rpm</em> for Pentium II/III/IV<br /><em>libxine1-(version)-xxxxxx.k6.rpm</em> for AMD K6<br /><em>libxine1-(version)-xxxxxx.k7.rpm</em> for AMD Athlon/Duron<br /></pre> <p>If you don't know your CPU just get the i586 package.</p> </li><li> <p>Download xine-ui:</p> <em>xine-ui-(version)-xxxxxx.i586.rpm</em> for any CPU.<br /></li><li> <p>Install the packages (you need to be root):</p> <pre># rpm -U libxine1* xine-ui*<br /></pre> </li><li> <p>If you want full DVD support download and install libdvdcss:</p> <pre>libdvdcss-1.2.8-1.network.i386.rpm<br /></pre> <p>By default, xine expects to find your DVD-ROM at <em>/dev/dvd</em>. Creating a symbolic link to your device is recommended (for example, <em>/dev/hdc</em> or <em>/dev/scd0</em>). The command below should work for most users:</p> <pre> # ln -s /dev/cdrom /dev/dvd<br /></pre> <p> Make sure the DMA is enabled for your DVD-ROM, otherwise playback will be 'jumpy'.</p> <pre> # hdparm -d1 /dev/cdrom<br /></pre> </li><li> <p>If you want full Windows Media Video and Quicktime support download and install:</p> <pre>w32codec-0.52-1.i386.rpm<br /></pre> </li><li> <p>If you want full Real Media support download and install:</p><em>RealPlayer9-9.0.7.151-4.i386.rpm</em> newest version<br />(alternative rpm for fedora core: <em>RealPlayer9-9.0.7.151-6.fdr.0.i386.rpm</em>), or<br /> <em>RealPlayer8-8.0.3.412-5.i386.rpm</em> older version (if you have problems instaling RealPlayer9)<br /> obs: Depending on your distro, you might need <a href="http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=%2Fusr%2Fsbin%2Fupdate-alternatives">/usr/sbin/update-alternatives</a> or <a href="http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=libXm.so.2">libXm.so.2</a> </li><li> <p>Type 'xine' at your console window and enjoy...</p> <p>Hint: consider reading the <a href="http://xinehq.de/index.php/faq">xine FAQ</a>. </p></li><li> <p> To try an experimental Netscape/Mozilla plugin using xine to play embedded videos, download and install: </p> <em>xine-mozilla-plugin-(version)-xxxxxx.i586.rpm</em> xine plugin for Netscape/Mozilla.<br /><p>This plugin was not officialy released, it might hang/crash/freeze/burn. in case of trouble just uninstall.</p></li></ol>You can find the Daily Xine RPMs Here:<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Daily Xine RPMs</span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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This is all you need to play DVDs in linux (with full menu support) and the other media formats xine can handle. For more information please check the <a href="http://xine.sourceforge.net/">xine homepage</a>.</p> <div class="warning"> The xine developers do not support CSS descrambling. The use of this software for watching your legally purchased DVDs may be illegal in your country. </div> <p>You need to install libdvdcss rpm besides xine-lib and xine-ui. Without libdvdcss you won't be able to watch encrypted DVDs, that is, most of them.</p> <p>If the files below are some days old that means cvs changes have broken my daily building. <em>Also note that sourceforge public CVS access is getting worse everyday, and if the scripts cannot get the latest version, packages won't be updated.</em></p> <p>These rpms are build in a RedHat Linux 7.3 server. Some care is taken to keep them portable across different distros, so they should also work on RH 7.x, 8.0, 9.0, Fedora, Mandrake, Suse, Conectiva... </p> Important notes:<br /> <ol><li>Dependencies for libxine rpm are manually set to a minimum. The package will not require libraries used by specific plugins, such as ALSA, to be available in order to be installed.</li><li>Ogg/Vorbis version 1.0 is statically linked.</li><li> <p>To watch asf/avi files encoded with win32 dlls just install w32codec rpm. This rpm includes the old Video for Windows (vfw) codecs, Windows Media Video 8 (WMV8), WMV9 and Quicktime 6 codecs. these codecs will be used by xine as needed (that is, when native ones aren't available). </p></li><li>If you install the RealPlayer8/9 rpm you will be able to watch Real Networks streams (.rm). xine plays Real streams with less cpu utilization than RealPlayer itself and works on sound cards without 44.1Khz support. Do not use RealPlayer10, xine will not be able to use their libraries since they changed the binary interfaces. fortunately, Real10 streams can be decoded perfectly using the Real9 libraries.</li><li>libdvdcss 1.2.8 provided here is patched with network support. this makes possible to watch dvds from a remote dvdrom drive. check <a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xine/xine-lib/doc/README.network_dvd?rev=1.1&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup"> xine-lib/doc/README.network_dvd</a> (ignore the steps to build 'cdda_server' as the same utility is included here as 'dvdcss_server').</li><li>xine-ui is statically linked to libcurl. press (control+d) while running xine-ui to download new skins.</li><li>libpng is now statically linked to keep dependencies low.</li><li>Travis England kindly sent me x86_64 rpms for suse-9.1. These files are available <a href="http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/x86_64-suse91">here</a>. Note: don't ask me about these rpms, I have not tested them. Check the readme file for more information.</li></ol> <hr> <h2>Step by step guide to run xine</h2> <ol><li> <p>You need to download the xine engine (libxine). Get the libxine rpm which more closely matches yourCPU:</p> <pre> <em>libxine1-(version)-xxxxxx.i586.rpm</em> for Pentium/Pentium MMX<br /> <em>libxine1-(version)-xxxxxx.i686.rpm</em> for Pentium II/III/IV<br /> <em>libxine1-(version)-xxxxxx.k6.rpm</em> for AMD K6<br /> <em>libxine1-(version)-xxxxxx.k7.rpm</em> for AMD Athlon/Duron<br /> </pre> <p>If you don't know your CPU just get the i586 package.</p> </li><li> <p>Download xine-ui:</p> <em>xine-ui-(version)-xxxxxx.i586.rpm</em> for any CPU.<br /></li><li> <p>Install the packages (you need to be root):</p> <pre># rpm -U libxine1* xine-ui*<br /></pre> </li><li> <p>If you want full DVD support download and install libdvdcss:</p> <pre>libdvdcss-1.2.8-1.network.i386.rpm<br /></pre> <p>By default, xine expects to find your DVD-ROM at <em>/dev/dvd</em>. Creating a symbolic link to your device is recommended (for example, <em>/dev/hdc</em> or <em>/dev/scd0</em>). The command below should work for most users:</p> <pre> # ln -s /dev/cdrom /dev/dvd<br /> </pre> <p> Make sure the DMA is enabled for your DVD-ROM, otherwise playback will be 'jumpy'.</p> <pre> # hdparm -d1 /dev/cdrom<br /> </pre> </li><li> <p>If you want full Windows Media Video and Quicktime support download and install:</p> <pre>w32codec-0.52-1.i386.rpm<br /></pre> </li><li> <p>If you want full Real Media support download and install:</p><em>RealPlayer9-9.0.7.151-4.i386.rpm</em> newest version<br />(alternative rpm for fedora core: <em>RealPlayer9-9.0.7.151-6.fdr.0.i386.rpm</em>), or<br /> <em>RealPlayer8-8.0.3.412-5.i386.rpm</em> older version (if you have problems instaling RealPlayer9)<br /> obs: Depending on your distro, you might need <a href="http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=%2Fusr%2Fsbin%2Fupdate-alternatives">/usr/sbin/update-alternatives</a> or <a href="http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=libXm.so.2">libXm.so.2</a> </li><li> <p>Type 'xine' at your console window and enjoy...</p> <p>Hint: consider reading the <a href="http://xinehq.de/index.php/faq">xine FAQ</a>. </p></li><li> <p> To try an experimental Netscape/Mozilla plugin using xine to play embedded videos, download and install: </p> <em>xine-mozilla-plugin-(version)-xxxxxx.i586.rpm</em> xine plugin for Netscape/Mozilla.<br /> <p>This plugin was not officialy released, it might hang/crash/freeze/burn. in case of trouble just uninstall.</p> </li></ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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It is often used to recover from freezes, or to reboot a<br />computer without corrupting the filesystem.<br /></span><br /><p><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="more-904"></span><br /><br />The magic Sysrq key basically has a key combination of <strong><ALT><br />+ <SysRq or Prnt Scrn> + <Command key></strong>.</p><br /><p style="font-weight: bold;">The command key can be one<br />of the following providing a specific functionality:</p><br /><blockquote><br /> <ul><br /> <li><em><strong>‘b’</strong> - Will<br />immediately reboot the system without syncing or unmounting your disks.</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em><strong>‘c’</strong> - Will perform<br />a kexec reboot in order to take a crashdump.</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em><strong>‘d’</strong> - Shows all<br />locks that are held.</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em><strong>‘e’</strong> - Send a<br />SIGTERM to all processes, except for init.</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em><strong>‘f’</strong> - Will call<br />oom_kill to kill a memory hog process.</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em><strong>‘g’</strong> - Used by kgdb<br />on ppc and sh platforms.</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em><strong>‘h’</strong> - Will display<br />help (actually any other key than those listed here will display help.<br />but ‘h’ is easy to remember <img src="http://www.susegeek.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":-)" class="wp-smiley" /> </em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em><strong>‘i’</strong> - Send a<br />SIGKILL to all processes, except for init.</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em><strong>‘k’</strong> - Secure<br />Access Key (SAK) Kills all programs on the current virtual console.<br />NOTE: See important comments below in SAK section.</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em><strong>‘m’</strong> - Will dump<br />current memory info to your console.</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em><strong>‘n’</strong> - Used to make<br />RT tasks nice-able</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em><strong>‘o’</strong> - Will shut<br />your system off (if configured and supported).</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em><strong>‘p’</strong> - Will dump<br />the current registers and flags to your console.</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em><strong>‘q’</strong> - Will dump a<br />list of all running timers.</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em><strong>‘r’</strong> - Turns off<br />keyboard raw mode and sets it to XLATE.</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em><strong>’s’</strong> - Will attempt<br />to sync all mounted filesystems.</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em><strong>‘t’</strong> - Will dump a<br />list of current tasks and their information to your console.</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em><strong>‘u’</strong> - Will attempt<br />to remount all mounted filesystems read-only.</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em><strong>‘v’</strong> - Dumps<br />Voyager SMP processor info to your console.</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em><strong>‘w’</strong> - Dumps tasks<br />that are in uninterruptable (blocked) state.</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em><strong>‘x’</strong> - Used by xmon<br />interface on ppc/powerpc platforms.</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em><strong>‘0′-’9′</strong> - Sets the<br />console log level, controlling which kernel messages will be printed to<br />your console. (’0′, for example would make it so that only emergency<br />messages like PANICs or OOPSes would make it to your console.)</em></li><br /> </ul><br /></blockquote><br /><p>The most useful combination is the <em><strong><ALT>+<SysRq<br />or Prnt Scrn> + R-E-I-S-U-B</strong></em></p><br /><p>The above basically means while you Press and Hold<br /><ALT>+<SysRq or Prnt Scrn> Press R, E, I,<br />S, U, B giving sufficient time between each of these key to ensure they<br />perform the required job.</p><br /><p><strong>REISUB</strong> will:</p><br /><blockquote><br /> <ul><br /> <li><em>Release the Keyboard of the XServer control (in<br />the event your XServer crashes)</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em>Try to gratiously shutdown processes (SIGTERM)</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em>Forcibly shutsdown the processes (SIGKILL)</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em>Sync the mounted File Systems immediatly</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em>Umount the mounted File Systems</em></li><br /> <li><br /></li><br /> <li><em>Reboot the system</em></li><br /> </ul><br /></blockquote><br /><p>This could avert or atleast reduce the impact of system<br />crashes.</p><br /><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Magic SysRq key<br />is not enabled by default in openSUSE</span>.</p><br /><p>To enable SysRq in openSUSE, click <strong>Computer and<br />YaST</strong>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.susegeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/sysrq1.png" onclick=""><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-905" title="sysrq1" src="http://www.susegeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/sysrq1-300x184.png" alt="" height="184" width="300" /></a><br /><br />Click <strong>System and Kernel Settings</strong>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.susegeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/sysrq2.png" onclick=""><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-906" title="sysrq2" src="http://www.susegeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/sysrq2-300x208.png" alt="" height="208" width="300" /></a><br /><br />Click the <strong>Kernel Settings</strong> tab and place a<br />tick in “<strong>Enable SysRq Keys</strong>” and click <strong>Finish</strong>.</p><br /><p>Alterntaively, click System - “<strong>/etc/sysconfig<br />editor</strong>“. Navigate down to “<strong>System - Kernel<br />- ENABLE_SYSRQ</strong>” and set it to “Yes” and click Finish.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.susegeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/sysrq3.png" onclick=""><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-907" title="sysrq3" src="http://www.susegeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/sysrq3-300x184.png" alt="" height="184" width="300" /></a> <a href="http://www.susegeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/sysrq4.png" onclick=""><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-908" title="sysrq4" src="http://www.susegeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/sysrq4-300x208.png" alt="" height="208" width="300" /></a></p><br /><p>Another option would be to edit the</p><br /><blockquote><br /> <p><strong>/etc/sysctl.conf file and add “kernel.sysrq =<br />1″</strong></p><br /></blockquote><br /><p>or edit</p><br /><blockquote><br /> <p><strong>/etc/sysconfig/sysctl and set<br />ENABLE_SYSRQ=”yes”</strong></p><br /></blockquote><br /><p>To temporarily enable SysRq at runtime,</p><br /><blockquote><br /> <p><strong>opensuse11:~ # echo “1″ ><br />/proc/sys/kernel/sysrq</strong></p><br /></blockquote><br /><p>To disable</p><br /><blockquote><br /> <p><strong>opensuse11:~ # echo “0″ ><br />/proc/sys/kernel/sysrq</strong></p><br /></blockquote><br /><p style="font-weight: bold;">The possible values you can<br />pass are:</p><br /><blockquote><br /> <ul><br /> <li>0: disable sysrq completely</li><br /> <li>1: enable all functions of sysrq</li><br /> <li>>1 bitmask of allowed sysrq functions:</li><br /> <li>2 - enable control of console logging level</li><br /> <li>4 - enable control of keyboard (SAK, unraw)</li><br /> <li>8 - enable debugging dumps of processes etc.</li><br /> <li>16 - enable sync command</li><br /> <li>32 - enable remount read-only</li><br /> <li>64 - enable signalling of processes (term, kill, oom-kill)</li><br /> <li>128 - allow reboot/poweroff</li><br /> <li>256 - allow nicing of all RT tasks</li><br /> </ul><br /></blockquote><br /></div><br /></div><br /></div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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