When you all read this in SEPTEMBER, you'll really enjoy it!! :) R~ On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 20:24 -0700, Russell Hanaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 15:43 -0700, Russell Hanaghan wrote: > > On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 17:58 -0700, Malcolm Baldridge wrote: > > > > Checked this out real qwik... > > > > > > > > That's not a bad looking setup. Are you using it at present? What are > > > > it's advantages? Does it have a repository of it's own rpm's or can you > > > > install rpm's from other distro's? What about kernel packages, etc? Is > > > > the installer in need of a Masters in Comp science? > > > > > > I've only just discovered it a few days ago, burned a copy, and installed it > > > onto a Compaq Presario 2103US of all things. > > > > > > It went smoothly, and came up into an attractive GNOME-ish GUI which ran > > > *VERY* well despite the machine only having 256MB of RAM. Historically, > > > KDE/DeadRat feels more like M$ Windows XP in terms of bringing powerful > > > machines to their knees unless very amply configured. But I will concede > > > that my sensitivities to performance issues are probably more than most. > > > GUI/OS responsiveness rates extremely highly for me. The odd "lags" and > > > choppy scrolling and window-tearing during dragging of Mac OSX for example > > > disqualify it completely, though clearly lots of people don't mind it. > > > > > > I have no horror stories yet. > > > > > > If you can, give it a try. > > > > Finally got this downloaded, burnt and installed on a Dell CPxj 650 P3 > > with 256 mb ram. > > > > They sure did a neat job of this...Had a bit of delay with the HD > > formatting but this was no fault of the installer...or should I say the > > Yopers installer! :) Easy install! > > > > So packaging>>> I'm sadly a victim of Father time. One of the good > > things about Mandrake is the fact that I can install packages built by > > others. Yes, I have to live with their configuration options but that's > > been a price I've been willing to pay. Thac's is usually right on the > > money. I was looking through the Kpackage and SYnaptic interfaces. Is it > > possible we would be able to use Suse packages? Some stuff i will build > > but wonder if other rpm packages might work here too. Of course I'm > > assuming there is no one building DAW apps for Yopers. And what of the > > kernel? I see they are running 2.6.8...but will I have to build my own > > kernels to get RT capabilities? > > > > So far though, this is a neat distro...A single CD install, snappy > > response...lots of Eye candy and light weight! And many useful apps > > that I see. > > > > R~ > > Ok...I'm seriously having a torrid fling with this OS!! I think I'm in > lust! :) > > After some messing about with packages from Suse, MDK, etc, and with the > use of Kpackage, I have been able to get Jack and Ardour up! THe crappy > Maestro3 chip in this laptop would, at best, run @ 1024 x 2 on the > 2.4.22 kernel...running as root _without_ a patched 2.6.8 kernel in KDE > no less, jack is running @ 512 x 2 with next to no Xruns! I have not > tried recording or playback in Ardour yet but that's. > > I'm going to try some more stuff but there are some VERY cool things > about this distro out of the box. Early days but I'm excited!! :) > > R~ > > > > > > =MB= -- Russell Hanaghan <hanaghan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
