The Arch way ...

I took a liking to command line applications when I switched to ArchLinux from Ubuntu during the start of the year. Seeing that Arch by default didn't have Xorg or Xfree86 I thought I might as well try and stick with the console.

However, soon enough I got an X running and for a change I now use Window Managers exclusively. No KDE, no Gnome, no XFCE. I have openbox, awesome, xmonad and wmii installed. I liked the tiling approach to window management and hence the biased decition of keeping three tilled WMs, although I mostly use awesome.

Currently my most used apps are mpd-svn, ncmpc-svn, elinks (for flash and pics I have Opera, and I also have to keep Kazehakase since my ISP allows only firefox and IE to check my usage), vim, rxvt-unicode, mplayer, feh, antiword, epdfview and gftp (the only client I found thats easy on resources and don't need commands, any other suggestions? ), nmap.

I have tried and kept my system as bloat free as possible by only installing things when I need them. The startup memory usage is around 110MB with Slim as the login manager, I could do with startx probably, but slim looks quite pretty :)

No problems with the setup as of now, just a pacman -Syu once or twice a week keeps it bleeding edge. Only I tried the whole afternoon but couldn't get mutt working, settled for claws-mail as of now.

Any nice apps you know of? Please let me know.

LAN between UBUNTU and XP

Here is an excellent video tutorial I found on youtube that demonstrates how to set up LAN between Ubuntu and XP. I used this myself and works perfectly, and this also works for any other Linux, the steps are the same.



One point to note is that my lan was set up in roaming mode and it couldn't detect the windows shared folders/drives. I didn't notice it at first and finally when I changed it to static ip, I could easily access my shares.

Daryna KDE CE Beta 044 is out now and ready for download.

Daryna KDE is nearly as minty as the main edition now. The packages are (safely) upto date and the kernel is the Gutsy Gibbon kernel 2.6.22-14.

Mint applications:
mintInstall
mintwifi (new)
mintUpdate (new)
mintAssistant (new)
mintUpload (new, done via konqueror—> right click file-->Actions-->Upload file )

minted versions of:
firefox
Sunbird

See the main Release notes for info and pictures on the mint applicaions.

Known issues in Daryna KDE

When shutting down or restarting the live CD it will freeze about 25% of the time at the last step. I had this problem with Gutsy too and have not found a fix for it. This happens more in virtual machines than on real ones.

After adding a new user log in as them and check their kmix settings because they will have no sound. Check the output and PCM levels. Install with an old home partition

This is what is recommended.

Boot off the live DVD.
Start the install.
At the partitioning screen choose manual.
Format the old / partition, now called /media/sda?.
Set the old / partition to be the new /.
Next.
Continue to the end and start the install.
After the install has finished reboot the system.
Login
Open a terminal window to setup your old /home partition.
Check your partitions
df -h
Check your old /home partition for home directories.
ls /media/sda?
Un-mount your old /home partition.
sudo umount /media/sda?
Update your /etc/fstab file to mount your old /home at boot.
sudo vi /etc/fstab (or use another editior)
change the /home partiton from /media/sda? to /home
save and exit
Reboot to have your old /home back again.
Rember if you want to reset an applications config or KDE's, delete the application's hidden config file/directory in you home directory. eg rm -rf /home/boo/.kde
your sound will no longer work. To fix open up kmix, check your output is not muted or the level is set to low and check the PCM level (I had to nearly max mine out).

Linux Mint Daryna KDE CE Upgrade Notes.

Just don't. It will cause you more problems than it is worth and it will not be anywhere near as beautiful and clean as a fresh install.

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