Tag Archives: debian sid

Gnome on Debian Sid and ekiga+libpt problem solved

If you are running Debian Sid (i386) and are trying to install Gnome using apt-get install gnome You will probably might be disappointed because of problems regarding gnome-desktop-environment, ekiga, ptlib (libpt2.6.4) and opal (libopal3.6.4). Everything seems related to a missing 386 version of libpt2.6.4 on Debian Sid. Also libpt2.6.4-plugins is missing. Packages are also reported …

July 22, 2009 – 22:50 | By bodom_lx | Posted in Activism?, Free* | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Intel Graphic cards, Linux, Xorg and UXA performance boost

For people having Intel graphic chipset under Gnu/Linux, performance using 3D applications or Compiz-* window manager effects has always been a problem. Intel drivers for Xorg never gave problems but have also never been brilliant. I always looked around searching for xorg.conf tuning configuration entries. Today I was simply browsing Ubuntu Wiki and discovered the …

June 21, 2009 – 12:04 | By bodom_lx | Posted in Activism?, Free* | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (5)

How to install MintMenu on Debian (lenny, sid)

I really like (and miss) Linux Mint Menu (mintmenu), so I installed it on my Debian Sid box and here is how I managed it: Install mintsystem and mintmenu deb packages, either by adding mint repository to yout sources.list file or by downloading them from mint packages or simplier, by grabbing them from my blog …

November 23, 2008 – 23:09 | By bodom_lx | Posted in Activism?, Programming | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (3)

Perché Archlinux non decolla

Archlinux é potenzialmente un’eccellente distribuzione per chiunque non voglia sentirsi troppo ubuntista, in quanto non user-friendly alla windows, ma semplice e user-friendly alla Kiss (leggere questo post sul mio iniziale entusiasmo per Archlinux per saperne di piú). Ha tutte le carte in regola per essere tra le piú diffuse, e nominata insieme alle piú famose …

June 3, 2007 – 18:17 | By bodom_lx | Posted in Activism? | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (23)