[FAQ] Which Distro?, Fedora, Mandrake, Gentoo, SUSE, etc.
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 Aug 20 2010, 03:01 PM
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thanks for the review.... maybe i'll make times to do the installation
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Aug 20 2010, 07:03 PM
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QUOTE(khairuls @ Aug 20 2010, 03:01 PM) thanks for the review.... maybe i'll make times to do the installation yooo kerul, new to opensuse don't you? For the beginning I recommend you to opt for gnome as it is much easier to configure, at least for this 11.3 version. |
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Aug 27 2010, 06:24 PM
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QUOTE(fat16 @ Aug 18 2010, 04:05 PM) Opensuse 11.3 is good KDE base distro. If u never use opensuse, the installer need some trick else u will format wrong partition. i prefer VLC for multimedia.For multimedia playback, just install smplayer. It will download all releven dependency codec plus more. One thing i dont like opensuse is software manager will preselect app i never ask to install or update. Just enable pacman repo, click ok, then it want to download adobe flash, java, etc. Opensuse 11.3 dont have pluseaudio problem like mandriva 2010.1 I wander why it still call 11.x than opensuse 14. smplayer is..uh.. i hate the way it seek based on keyframe (compared to VLC's exact time seeking). but imho opensuse partition setup is quite 'usable' and easy to understand , compared to some other distro that try to hide most of option, making it even more confusing(especially on bootloader config).  This post has been edited by failed.hashcheck: Aug 27 2010, 06:25 PM |
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Aug 27 2010, 11:32 PM
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9,572 posts Joined: Jun 2005 From: Terengganu Darul Iman
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VLC has lousy support for .mkv and h.264
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Aug 28 2010, 01:36 AM
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I have recently made a jump to ArchLinux, after been dabbing with Ubuntu for almost 1 year. Nothing wrong with Ubuntu, just that now I feel more comfortable using rolling release based distro, everything gets updated very quickly
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_C...r_Distributions |
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Aug 28 2010, 10:12 AM
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QUOTE(scorps @ Aug 27 2010, 11:32 PM) VLC has lousy support for .mkv and h.264 yes but that was the old version. too many quirks. no sound when subtitle appeared, no sub when sound os ok arrghh..use latest beta. dunno if they has put it on repo or not, but i did compile my own current VLC from beta source. latest VLC run my HD h.264 with no glitch.  This post has been edited by failed.hashcheck: Aug 28 2010, 10:14 AM |
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Aug 28 2010, 11:38 AM
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2,930 posts Joined: Jan 2007 From: Kolej Universiti Agrosains Malaysia, Melaka
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True here, VLC has no problem paying with mkv.
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Sep 8 2010, 07:29 AM
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9,572 posts Joined: Jun 2005 From: Terengganu Darul Iman
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well, what is Linux Mint "Debian" - Linux Mint Debian (201009)
i just find out here http://www.linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php anyone has tried it ? it's should be similiar with debian squeeze? |
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Sep 8 2010, 10:40 AM
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yes. Linux Mint Debian is debian testing base distro. U already have problem with debian. This Mint Debian more or less will have the same problem.
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Sep 9 2010, 02:30 PM
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560 posts Joined: Oct 2008 From: On my portable dude
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Isn't Mint based on Ubuntu which in turn is based on Debian?
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Sep 9 2010, 04:53 PM
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QUOTE(FlameReaper @ Sep 9 2010, 03:30 PM) Isn't Mint based on Ubuntu which in turn is based on Debian? i think maybe linux mint debian is purely based on debian squeeze, not involved with ubuntu so some different in command line like no need to put sudo just su |
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Sep 10 2010, 01:04 PM
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linux mint (with number) is 100% ubuntu compatible.
linux mint debian is 100% debian testing compatible. Mint using testing repo not squeeze repo. For now squeeze and testing repo contain same thing. When squeeze become stable, testing will get update from unstable repo. Distro with squeeze repo will stuck with same version unless security update or bug fix. This is where backport come in or comunity backport repo like used by mepis. |
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Sep 10 2010, 02:24 PM
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why linux mint can have audio and video codec to play video, music but not ubuntu?
on ubuntu, we need to do some of apt-get update to play some media file, while on linux mint ,that not necessary,it's already comes with live packages |
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Sep 10 2010, 07:37 PM
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QUOTE(scorps @ Sep 10 2010, 01:24 PM) why linux mint can have audio and video codec to play video, music but not ubuntu? Linux Mint is a mix of free software and proprietary software, unlike Ubuntu which restricts itself to (mainly) free software. Most audio/video codecs that we know of have a proprietary license, in which we must install the necessary packages first to play them.on ubuntu, we need to do some of apt-get update to play some media file, while on linux mint ,that not necessary,it's already comes with live packages |
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Sep 11 2010, 09:11 AM
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All main linux distro not support proprietary restricted codec out of box. The one support proprietary restricted codec out of box is child distro (not distro by their own) or small project like PCLinuxOS, Pardus.
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Sep 11 2010, 10:40 PM
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2,930 posts Joined: Jan 2007 From: Kolej Universiti Agrosains Malaysia, Melaka
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I am thinking to try out Linux Mint, side by side with my current opensuse. Many reviews just too good for me to resist it.
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Sep 15 2010, 03:58 PM
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Hi guys. Just stumble upon this forum which I thought Linux did not exist. Anyway I've been using Ubuntu since last year. Started with Ubuntu 8.10 and now using Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. Everything works out of the box.
Have try other Distro on another older computer but some of them couldn't recognize my USB wifi adapter which is Aztech. It uses Ralink rt73usb driver and firmware I think. So how or where do I download the source and compile it or make it work on Debian or any Linux in general. |
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Sep 18 2010, 12:22 AM
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2,930 posts Joined: Jan 2007 From: Kolej Universiti Agrosains Malaysia, Melaka
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When we always read the top most distros like ubunto, fedora, mint or opensuse, once the great mandrake a.k.a mandriva is now dying due to financial crisis
 . Back then I always admire mandrake for it's most beautiful appearance of desktop.QUOTE The cooker community is hot these days. A lot of Mandriva employees have announced their resignation from the Mandriva company. This is occuring as following to the death of Edge-IT (subsidary of the Mandriva firm) which was employing lots of employees working around the core of the Mandriva distribution. The rest of the stories can be read here. Same similar articles published in distrowatch as well. The funny thing is someone has post a bug no 60936 to mandriva's bugzilla which is rated under severity critical QUOTE Description of problem: After I installed the most recent version of Mandriva Linux, staff started to leave the company. THe better the release and the more I use it, the more people leave. How reproducible: Install Mandriva Linux ans wait for people to leave the company. (I'd like to see this colsed as FIXED...) The rest of humorous replies can be read here. |
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Sep 18 2010, 11:55 AM
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4,582 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: West johor
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The problem with 'mandriva the company' managment is they dont care about mandriva user/comunity.
For so long malaysia not in mandriva country list. Mandriva 2010.1 come with many KDE4 and pluseaudio bug. The great mandriva distro will continue under unity Linux.. |
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Sep 19 2010, 11:33 AM
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well, i'm also tried fedora, linux mint, debian, ubuntu,
still i dont find the different between these distro.. urmm maybe it's because of Gnome, KDe, so it look same view.. |
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