I love to be back to Slackware, my very first distribution. However, there are a couple of things that I’m missing from the other more comfortable distributions. From among them, I totally miss Network Manager. I saw many people asking in forums on how to install Network Manager in Slackware 13.0. There is Wicd, already …
December 4, 2009 – 15:47
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By bodom_lx
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Posted in Activism?
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Tagged apt-get, distribution, Download, Gnome, how, installation, job, list, love, NetworkManager, OSI, packages, project, release, repository, rest, site, source
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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
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By bodom_lx
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Posted in Activism?, Free*
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Tagged apt-get, deb, debian, debian sid, Download, fix, Gnome, how-to, howto, java, javascript, OSI, packages, pageTracker, report, sid, Sidux
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If you’re trying the new Gnome’s Empathy chat system with Fedora 10, remember that to make it working for MSN accounts you also have to install those packages: yum install telepathy-butterfly.noarch telepathy-haze.i386 libtelepathy.i386 This will bring the “Connection Error” message away
I’ve never been a big fan of rpm-based Gnu/Linux distributions, since I’ve always preferred the stability of Debian and Debian based distros, with their great dpkg system. The problem with Debian on Macbooks is that I do not see both the stability and performance anymore, as I have to use Lenny/Sid. Etch is too old …
November 29, 2008 – 20:57
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By bodom_lx
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Posted in Activism?, Free*
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Tagged browser, configuration, deb, debian, distribution, distro, Download, driver, Fedora, fix, Gnome, HEAD, how, how-to, howto, installation, intel, job, kernel, kernel 2.6.27, linux, linux distribution, love, macbook, Nautilus, ndiswrapper, NetworkManager, OpenGEU, OSI, packagekit, packages, project, release, report, review, set, sid, stability, ubuntu, wikipedia, Xorg
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It’s a very long time since I abandoned Ubuntu, 1 year and 9 months being precise, although I continued to use Ubuntu derived distros. I decided today to give Ubuntu 8.10 beta a try. Obviously, every time I decide to try a Gnu/Linux distribution it happens that a new release comes out: I downloaded Alpha …
October 3, 2008 – 00:38
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By bodom_lx
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Posted in Activism?, Free*
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Tagged apt-get, bugs, change, configuration, CONNECT, distribution, distro, Download, driver, fix, Gnome, gnu linux, grub, how, how-to, howto, installation, Intrepid Ibex, job, layout, linux, linux distribution, list, Mac Os, mac os x, macbook, Nautilus, ndiswrapper, NetworkManager, Networks, OpenGEU, OSI, packages, release, report, repository, rest, review, server, shell, sid, source, ubuntu, Xorg
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