Comments on: Distro Review: SAM Linux 2009 http://danlynch.org/blog/2009/09/sam2009/ Linux News, Reviews, Tips and Rambling :) Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:38:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dan http://danlynch.org/blog/2009/09/sam2009/comment-page-1/#comment-3511 Dan Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:17:28 +0000 http://danlynch.org/blog/?p=1272#comment-3511 @LLR - Not seen that error so I don't think I can help. Sorry. Maybe someone else who reads this will be able to help you more. Good luck! @LLR – Not seen that error so I don’t think I can help. Sorry. Maybe someone else who reads this will be able to help you more. Good luck!

]]> By: LLR http://danlynch.org/blog/2009/09/sam2009/comment-page-1/#comment-3509 LLR Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:01:32 +0000 http://danlynch.org/blog/?p=1272#comment-3509 I like almost everything about this distro, but the message in a message box: "Unable to copy files to new root" at about 15 minutes in the installation, using an ext3 file system. The message box has two buttons: OK and cancel. But, I really like to install it! So, what should I do??? I like almost everything about this distro, but the message in a message box: “Unable to copy files to new root” at about 15 minutes in the installation, using an ext3 file system. The message box has two buttons: OK and cancel. But, I really like to install it! So, what should I do???

]]> By: Dan http://danlynch.org/blog/2009/09/sam2009/comment-page-1/#comment-3462 Dan Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:43:59 +0000 http://danlynch.org/blog/?p=1272#comment-3462 @nishant - Hi, I'm happy to help of course. What are you looking for? How to download and install Linux for the first time? I would suggest you visit <a href="http://http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php" rel="nofollow">Linux Mint downloads</a> and also grab the user guide PDF which you'll see linked there. You need to download the "main edition" image file to burn a CD and install from. It will come as a .iso file which you just save somewhere on your machine. You can burn that to a writeable CD with any standard CD making software. You then put the CD in your machine and boot up from the it. More information on how to do all that can be found in the user guides. I hope this helps and good luck! You won't regret taking the plunge and learning something new. If you don't fancy downloading you can also order yourself a CD of Ubuntu through the post. <a href="https://shipit.ubuntu.com/" rel="nofollow">Click here</a>, it's free and easy to do. @nishant – Hi, I’m happy to help of course. What are you looking for? How to download and install Linux for the first time? I would suggest you visit Linux Mint downloads and also grab the user guide PDF which you’ll see linked there. You need to download the “main edition” image file to burn a CD and install from. It will come as a .iso file which you just save somewhere on your machine. You can burn that to a writeable CD with any standard CD making software. You then put the CD in your machine and boot up from the it. More information on how to do all that can be found in the user guides. I hope this helps and good luck! You won’t regret taking the plunge and learning something new.

If you don’t fancy downloading you can also order yourself a CD of Ubuntu through the post. Click here, it’s free and easy to do.

]]> By: Nishant http://danlynch.org/blog/2009/09/sam2009/comment-page-1/#comment-3454 Nishant Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:51:57 +0000 http://danlynch.org/blog/?p=1272#comment-3454 I couldn,t understand how exactly to download linux. I went to the official websites then to downloads but it didnt make any sense to me. please help I couldn,t understand how exactly to download linux. I went to the official websites then to downloads but it didnt make any sense to me. please help

]]> By: Dan http://danlynch.org/blog/2009/09/sam2009/comment-page-1/#comment-2663 Dan Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:41:02 +0000 http://danlynch.org/blog/?p=1272#comment-2663 @davemc - Thanks for the comments. I'm aware that the Thunar issue is an XFCE/Thunar one and not the work of the distro. I'll be happy to look at the new Ubuntu when it comes out. I was actually at Shuttleworth's most recent speech at LinuxCon, and he is talking up the user interface and design aspect a lot yes. Will it deliver? I guess we'll soon find out. @davemc – Thanks for the comments. I’m aware that the Thunar issue is an XFCE/Thunar one and not the work of the distro. I’ll be happy to look at the new Ubuntu when it comes out. I was actually at Shuttleworth’s most recent speech at LinuxCon, and he is talking up the user interface and design aspect a lot yes. Will it deliver? I guess we’ll soon find out.

]]> By: davemc http://danlynch.org/blog/2009/09/sam2009/comment-page-1/#comment-2662 davemc Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:14:31 +0000 http://danlynch.org/blog/?p=1272#comment-2662 Dan, your troubles with getting updates is actually quite severe and should be top priority to the Distro Devs, but sadly, such seems not to be the case, at least from what I could tell. This is also common to some of the things I experienced with PCLos, and its probably just a dead mirror, but again, its the kind of unprofessional approach that drives many away. Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora and their spinoffs certainly are not perfect, but they do tend to be quite a bit more polished and certainly have a much larger support base to pull from when little bugbear issues crop up. Also, that Thunar shares issue you mention is indeed the case, but configuring it to show them is not that big of a deal, and that is an XFCE/Thunar issue, not a SAM Linux issue. You don't have to have this little sidebar feature to see your shares anyway so that's just a creature comfort. I would really appreciate a critical review of the upcoming Ubuntu release. Shuttleworth has really been making lots of noise about the whole User Interface being more MAC-like as a project and that whole usability project targeted at basic users for 9.10 (100 papercuts, etc). I am still happily chugging along with ArchLinux which (to me) seems to be the perfect place for the not too hardcore Linux geeks but still want the cutting edge optimized but still hardened system while at the same time absolute freedom to completely wreck yourself with experimentation. Its a casual geeks dream come true. Dan, your troubles with getting updates is actually quite severe and should be top priority to the Distro Devs, but sadly, such seems not to be the case, at least from what I could tell. This is also common to some of the things I experienced with PCLos, and its probably just a dead mirror, but again, its the kind of unprofessional approach that drives many away. Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora and their spinoffs certainly are not perfect, but they do tend to be quite a bit more polished and certainly have a much larger support base to pull from when little bugbear issues crop up. Also, that Thunar shares issue you mention is indeed the case, but configuring it to show them is not that big of a deal, and that is an XFCE/Thunar issue, not a SAM Linux issue. You don’t have to have this little sidebar feature to see your shares anyway so that’s just a creature comfort.

I would really appreciate a critical review of the upcoming Ubuntu release. Shuttleworth has really been making lots of noise about the whole User Interface being more MAC-like as a project and that whole usability project targeted at basic users for 9.10 (100 papercuts, etc). I am still happily chugging along with ArchLinux which (to me) seems to be the perfect place for the not too hardcore Linux geeks but still want the cutting edge optimized but still hardened system while at the same time absolute freedom to completely wreck yourself with experimentation. Its a casual geeks dream come true.

]]> By: Dan http://danlynch.org/blog/2009/09/sam2009/comment-page-1/#comment-2627 Dan Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:19:07 +0000 http://danlynch.org/blog/?p=1272#comment-2627 @Pascal - That's good to know thanks. I'm a big fan of Mandriva and even though most people say to me "the was cool 10 years ago but not now", I still think it has a lot to offer and recommend it. I loved Mandriva 2009 and thought it was a real return to form after some indifferent releases. I'll be checking out 2010 when it arrives :) @Pascal – That’s good to know thanks. I’m a big fan of Mandriva and even though most people say to me “the was cool 10 years ago but not now”, I still think it has a lot to offer and recommend it. I loved Mandriva 2009 and thought it was a real return to form after some indifferent releases. I’ll be checking out 2010 when it arrives :)

]]> By: Pascal http://danlynch.org/blog/2009/09/sam2009/comment-page-1/#comment-2624 Pascal Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:18:12 +0000 http://danlynch.org/blog/?p=1272#comment-2624 Well the printing tool is printerdrake, inherited from Mandrake/Mandriva as the Control Center and the other tools it contains Unfortunately (in my opinion) Mandriva switched to "upstream" system-config-printer which is in my opinion not yest as good as printerdrake The story is that the author of printerdrake no longer work for Mandriva and worked on system-config-printer Regarding diskdrake fomatting partitions one by one it's strange, here on Mandriva it formats all at the end. Well the printing tool is printerdrake, inherited from Mandrake/Mandriva as the Control Center and the other tools it contains

Unfortunately (in my opinion) Mandriva switched to “upstream” system-config-printer which is in my opinion not yest as good as printerdrake

The story is that the author of printerdrake no longer work for Mandriva and worked on system-config-printer

Regarding diskdrake fomatting partitions one by one it’s strange, here on Mandriva it formats all at the end.

]]> By: Dan http://danlynch.org/blog/2009/09/sam2009/comment-page-1/#comment-2623 Dan Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:54:18 +0000 http://danlynch.org/blog/?p=1272#comment-2623 @Fab - Damn, good point I missed that. I'll add it later. Thanks :) @Fab – Damn, good point I missed that. I’ll add it later. Thanks :)

]]> By: Fab http://danlynch.org/blog/2009/09/sam2009/comment-page-1/#comment-2621 Fab Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:59:09 +0000 http://danlynch.org/blog/?p=1272#comment-2621 I am missing your usual rating scheme in the conclusions there... :? I am missing your usual rating scheme in the conclusions there… :?

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