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post #101 of 110
2/12/06 at 1:13pm
Have anybody seen the Novell Linux Desktop Demonstration Videos?

--> http://www.novell.com/linux/xglrelease/

Really cool what is all possible with the wobbling windows, 3D Cube and also a running video with mplayer/real player switching in 3D to other desktops without stuttering.


Marcus
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post #102 of 110
2/12/06 at 2:42pm
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Originally Posted by tuxrunner
Have anybody seen the Novell Linux Desktop Demonstration Videos?

--> http://www.novell.com/linux/xglrelease/

Really cool what is all possible with the wobbling windows, 3D Cube and also a running video with mplayer/real player switching in 3D to other desktops without stuttering.


Marcus

YEP! The video that gets me is the 3D cube desktop (6 desktops rotating) !!!

I also have to confess. I defected to SUSE 10.0 over Ubuntu
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post #103 of 110
2/12/06 at 10:23pm
Well, I had a much better experience with OpenSuse 10. Nice graphical installer, professional graphical bootscreen (although to be honest this is easy to fix in Ubuntu, there is a thread on their forums on how to do it), but more importantly the touchpad worked right out of the box. I liked the default Ubuntu Gnome theme more than the Suse one. Getting wireless working was pretty painless, just download firmware from Intel and extract to hotplug modules directory. Only issue is I had to disable onboard wired ethernet controller in order to route traffic through the wireless.

I think a lot of these issues will resolve themselves in Ubuntu over time as they are on the developers radar, so maybe in 6 months when they do their next release I will try it again.
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post #104 of 110
2/25/06 at 9:49am
But I think you're all missing the point...

...can Linux control the cool LEDs on th XPS...?

If not, what's the point....heh.
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post #105 of 110
2/25/06 at 11:18am
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Originally Posted by ponx
But I think you're all missing the point...

...can Linux control the cool LEDs on th XPS...?

If not, what's the point....heh.


With Linux, all the sparklies are gone...
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post #106 of 110
2/25/06 at 1:52pm
I've been using Ubuntu for probably almost 2 weeks now and am loving it. I'm learning a lot about Linux.
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post #107 of 110
3/4/06 at 11:45pm
I have been running Kubuntu for a week now, dual boot. It is really impressive. I am having a great time with it. It is all thanks to you guys! Thanks for the tip. I recommend anyone that is curious to try it.

Edit> I also used something called Automatix to add a whole bunch of cool programs automatically. Try it!
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post #108 of 110
3/12/06 at 9:35pm
Also, for those of you that try this make sure you use use gkrellm-i8k
My temps were a little high but after i put this in and did some tweeking it is running as cool as it did with fangui
Anyone want more info and i will try and type up a how to.
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post #109 of 110
3/13/06 at 7:46am
MAJOR security issue in new Ubuntu:

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=143334
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu...dow/+bug/34606

Update your packages, please:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-262-1

Greetings,
Marcus
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post #110 of 110
3/13/06 at 3:11pm
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Originally Posted by tuxrunner
While yes, this is a major security bug, telling people to update their packages will NOT fix the problem. Simply check the reported files manually or by using grep for your password. If there then either edit the files and remove the password or delete the files entirely. These files are not required system files and will not hurt anything with their removal.

I'd also HIGHLY suggest that you change at very least your root password and better yet all system passwords.

The 2 files the password has been found in ClearText in include:

/var/log/installer/cdebconf/questions.dat
/var/log/debian-installer/cdebconf/questions.dat

Note that this is NOT a bug found on Debian Linux systems but HAS been found on both Ubuntu and KUbuntu systems.

UPDATE EDIT: My mistake folks as an update will now fix this as Colin Watson (the Ubuntu installer maintainer) was able to upload a fix for this last night. Still, its a good thing to double check your files AND remember to still change your password!

This only affects 5.10 Breezy Badger users and those who have done an upgrade from an existing 5.10 system.
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