Comments on: PCLinuxOS 2008 on my ThinkPad T61 http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/pclinuxos-2008-on-my-thinkpad-t61/ It is not about common sense Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:28:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: PCLinuxOS Minime 09.1 on my Thinkpad T61 « An alien’s viewpoint http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/pclinuxos-2008-on-my-thinkpad-t61/#comment-512 PCLinuxOS Minime 09.1 on my Thinkpad T61 « An alien’s viewpoint Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:27:36 +0000 http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/pclinuxos-2008-on-my-thinkpad-t61/#comment-512 [...] I particularly like that, when updates are available, it offers the option of using aptget for installing them. When selecting this option, aptget opens in a terminal, prompts for the root password, and shows you all the available options for you to accept. This is very fast, and yet it shows all the details of what is being done. If you want to read a little more about why I like PCLinuxOS in general, take a look at my review of PCLinuxOS 2008. [...] [...] I particularly like that, when updates are available, it offers the option of using aptget for installing them. When selecting this option, aptget opens in a terminal, prompts for the root password, and shows you all the available options for you to accept. This is very fast, and yet it shows all the details of what is being done. If you want to read a little more about why I like PCLinuxOS in general, take a look at my review of PCLinuxOS 2008. [...]

]]> By: scribe http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/pclinuxos-2008-on-my-thinkpad-t61/#comment-299 scribe Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:39:16 +0000 http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/pclinuxos-2008-on-my-thinkpad-t61/#comment-299 One of the things I enjoy seeing on all these "demo" blogs, where someone tries a distribution and comments on the pros and cons. Well, as a Linux veteran, being one whose used the OS for over ten years, I have to comment on the whioney-esque babble they ALL start out with, usually something along these lines: "Well, I started out and had to configure x, y, and/or z to get app A working, other than that, I only had trouble uploading blah, blah, bl;ah......". L What all these writers fail to realize is that Windows makes one do so many more things to get an operating system in a workable and secure fashion than ANY Linux system. As a networ admin, it takes me over an hour to image, set the security settings, down load all of the updates, etc.... to get something ready to put on our LAN than ANY Linux distro, with the small exception of Gentoo, whose Portage system runs quite awhile initially updating the ports (and BSDs take much longer). For the future, quit the complaining and tell folks what works and if comparing it to Windows maikes sense, then do it: you won't be slamming Windows, just informing readers already familiar with one operating system. NOTHING works 100% out of the box. Nothing. And if it's marketed as such, it must be a Mac: stay away! One of the things I enjoy seeing on all these “demo” blogs, where someone tries a distribution and comments on the pros and cons. Well, as a Linux veteran, being one whose used the OS for over ten years, I have to comment on the whioney-esque babble they ALL start out with, usually something along these lines: “Well, I started out and had to configure x, y, and/or z to get app A working, other than that, I only had trouble uploading blah, blah, bl;ah……”. L

What all these writers fail to realize is that Windows makes one do so many more things to get an operating system in a workable and secure fashion than ANY Linux system. As a networ admin, it takes me over an hour to image, set the security settings, down load all of the updates, etc…. to get something ready to put on our LAN than ANY Linux distro, with the small exception of Gentoo, whose Portage system runs quite awhile initially updating the ports (and BSDs take much longer).

For the future, quit the complaining and tell folks what works and if comparing it to Windows maikes sense, then do it: you won’t be slamming Windows, just informing readers already familiar with one operating system.

NOTHING works 100% out of the box. Nothing. And if it’s marketed as such, it must be a Mac: stay away!

]]> By: Shannon http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/pclinuxos-2008-on-my-thinkpad-t61/#comment-176 Shannon Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:17:27 +0000 http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/pclinuxos-2008-on-my-thinkpad-t61/#comment-176 I am posting this from my brand new T51p, which I ordered in part due to this review. Thanks for the review! I am running PCLinuxOS on it, as I have been a user of PCLinuxOS exclusively for the last 4 years now. It took all of about an hour to get everything installed and set up, after doing some research before ordering. Now it works great! PCLinuxOS isn't perfect, but it sure does make more sense (IMHO) than a lot of other flavors. In any case, it is a great combination! I am posting this from my brand new T51p, which I ordered in part due to this review. Thanks for the review!

I am running PCLinuxOS on it, as I have been a user of PCLinuxOS exclusively for the last 4 years now. It took all of about an hour to get everything installed and set up, after doing some research before ordering. Now it works great!

PCLinuxOS isn’t perfect, but it sure does make more sense (IMHO) than a lot of other flavors. In any case, it is a great combination!

]]> By: rm42 http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/pclinuxos-2008-on-my-thinkpad-t61/#comment-157 rm42 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:53:41 +0000 http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/pclinuxos-2008-on-my-thinkpad-t61/#comment-157 jprovostla, I am not too familiar with ATI cards. I do know that the "Utilities" folder on the desktop has a wizard for installing the drivers for it, but I don't know if more is needed. I recommend that you head on over the PCLinuxOS Forums for more specific help. http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php jprovostla,

I am not too familiar with ATI cards. I do know that the “Utilities” folder on the desktop has a wizard for installing the drivers for it, but I don’t know if more is needed. I recommend that you head on over the PCLinuxOS Forums for more specific help.

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php

]]> By: jprovostla http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/pclinuxos-2008-on-my-thinkpad-t61/#comment-156 jprovostla Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:50:14 +0000 http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/pclinuxos-2008-on-my-thinkpad-t61/#comment-156 I just tried the Live PCLOS 2008 install on my Thinkpad T60p and it wont recognize my video card [ATI Radeon 5250] altho PCLOS 2007 did and I have been working with it for a year??? I´m going to try editing the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and see if I get anywhere... I know I need the FRLGX driver... I just tried the Live PCLOS 2008 install on my Thinkpad T60p and it wont recognize my video card [ATI Radeon 5250] altho PCLOS 2007 did and I have been working with it for a year??? I´m going to try editing the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and see if I get anywhere… I know I need the FRLGX driver…

]]> By: chris101010 http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/pclinuxos-2008-on-my-thinkpad-t61/#comment-154 chris101010 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:15:35 +0000 http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/pclinuxos-2008-on-my-thinkpad-t61/#comment-154 Great distro PCLinuxOS, without a doubt. I recommend it to people who have never used Linux before, and they even manage to install and use it without any help. I installed the Mini Me 2008 distro on a USB key, so I can boot my work-laptop (T43) without needing the (encrypted) disks in the laptop. It's great, I can install extra software, save files and settings, and still use it as a live distribution with hardware detection in any pc. If anyone is interested, just Google for Pendrive Linux ;-) One word of warning, you might have to manually alter some of the instructions and config-scripts to suit your machine, so not that simple... but worth it! Great distro PCLinuxOS, without a doubt. I recommend it to people who have never used Linux before, and they even manage to install and use it without any help.
I installed the Mini Me 2008 distro on a USB key, so I can boot my work-laptop (T43) without needing the (encrypted) disks in the laptop. It’s great, I can install extra software, save files and settings, and still use it as a live distribution with hardware detection in any pc. If anyone is interested, just Google for Pendrive Linux ;-) One word of warning, you might have to manually alter some of the instructions and config-scripts to suit your machine, so not that simple… but worth it!

]]> By: Geir http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/pclinuxos-2008-on-my-thinkpad-t61/#comment-153 Geir Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:01:29 +0000 http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/pclinuxos-2008-on-my-thinkpad-t61/#comment-153 Installed it in 2007, already loved it then. Will install the 2008 distro any day now.. Thanks for a great review. Installed it in 2007, already loved it then. Will install the 2008 distro any day now..
Thanks for a great review.

]]> By: Goth Mneph http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/pclinuxos-2008-on-my-thinkpad-t61/#comment-133 Goth Mneph Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:00:45 +0000 http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/pclinuxos-2008-on-my-thinkpad-t61/#comment-133 A year ago i learned about the ease of Linux but and found it in Mepis6.0. then i found out about beryl and moved up but was sadly disappointed that with the newer kernels i had no sound. i did the distro hopping thing for about 6 months always coming back to PCLOS but still with no sound. this weekend i finally poked around the Synaptic and accidentaly stumbled upon a fix. i still don't know what it is but i did the make live CD by command line following someone elses example and it went off without a hitch. Now everything except my printer works but i need to get a new one anyways. I think I'll be in the PCLOS camp for quite a while. A year ago i learned about the ease of Linux but and found it in Mepis6.0. then i found out about beryl and moved up but was sadly disappointed that with the newer kernels i had no sound. i did the distro hopping thing for about 6 months always coming back to PCLOS but still with no sound. this weekend i finally poked around the Synaptic and accidentaly stumbled upon a fix. i still don’t know what it is but i did the make live CD by command line following someone elses example and it went off without a hitch. Now everything except my printer works but i need to get a new one anyways. I think I’ll be in the PCLOS camp for quite a while.

]]> By: baturmalang http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/pclinuxos-2008-on-my-thinkpad-t61/#comment-132 baturmalang Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:53:15 +0000 http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/pclinuxos-2008-on-my-thinkpad-t61/#comment-132 this is a great information i've been looking for... thanks you very muchi' this is a great information i’ve been looking for… thanks you very muchi’

]]> By: Diego http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/pclinuxos-2008-on-my-thinkpad-t61/#comment-125 Diego Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:18:55 +0000 http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/pclinuxos-2008-on-my-thinkpad-t61/#comment-125 Has anyone tried PCLOS on a Dell Inspiron 1300? I have a Dell wireless 1370 WLAN Mini-PCI card and would like to avoid the ndiswrapper thing... Has anyone tried PCLOS on a Dell Inspiron 1300? I have a Dell wireless 1370 WLAN Mini-PCI card and would like to avoid the ndiswrapper thing…

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