tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512146548008784251.post22618916965170055..comments2024-01-09T02:38:02.329+08:00Comments on Reyn's Blog: Lessons from Linux SanityAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105678929254868408noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512146548008784251.post-8018766655738414502010-08-05T08:20:26.452+08:002010-08-05T08:20:26.452+08:00Hey Reynante!,
Thanks for the reply. I'll kee...Hey Reynante!,<br /><br />Thanks for the reply. I'll keep an eye out for your book related posts here. Good work with the writing.<br /><br />-ThiagoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512146548008784251.post-88317414881843966922010-08-02T10:52:17.672+08:002010-08-02T10:52:17.672+08:00Thiago: Hi! And thanks for dropping by. I would s...Thiago: Hi! And thanks for dropping by. I would still have to check the schedule and final organization with Apress. I will let everyone know through this blog about its progress. Thanks. ^_^<br /><br />-ReynAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105678929254868408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512146548008784251.post-13423468912297310592010-08-02T03:27:00.942+08:002010-08-02T03:27:00.942+08:00Hi Reynante,
I have been looking forward to your ...Hi Reynante,<br /><br />I have been looking forward to your book "GIMP for Absolute Beginners" since I became aware of it through the Apress site, which tells us that it will be published only in June 2011. Is that correct? Will it take that long?<br /><br />Sorry for the unrelated/offtopic comment.<br /><br />Greetings from Brazil.Thiagonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512146548008784251.post-38369504178924724952010-07-31T22:12:10.699+08:002010-07-31T22:12:10.699+08:00As Xavier has already stated, vanilla Debian usual...As Xavier has already stated, vanilla Debian usually has better support for old hardware.<br /><br />Differences between plain Debian vs Ubuntu can easily sound controversial and inflammatory, it's best to look around for existing comparisons.<br /><br />Debian and Ubuntu has strikingly similar UIs, by the way. What Canonical did to make Ubuntu may or may not be of use to you. YMMV. ebzzryhttp://bespin.org/~ebzzrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512146548008784251.post-92025893288705148332010-07-31T08:23:24.843+08:002010-07-31T08:23:24.843+08:00Thanks for the info, Xavier. I'll give it a t...Thanks for the info, Xavier. I'll give it a try. Could you point out some advantages (aside from hardware compatibility) of Debian over Ubuntu? I know it doesn't make sense to compare the two since Ubuntu originally was derived from Debian.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105678929254868408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512146548008784251.post-88141602842422748162010-07-31T03:50:57.160+08:002010-07-31T03:50:57.160+08:00Wow that sucks. On my machines there were not prob...Wow that sucks. On my machines there were not problems whatsoever. I have a laptop with a Geforce 8400M G. I hope ubuntu will treat you nicer from now on ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512146548008784251.post-38102874260261767182010-07-30T23:47:30.580+08:002010-07-30T23:47:30.580+08:00Yes you graphic card might be too old for the ubun...Yes you graphic card might be too old for the ubuntu nonfree nvidia driver.<br /><br />Have you tried Debian Testing? It usually has better compatibility with old hardware.<br /><br />I use it for more then 10 years with apt pinning to use packages from stable/unstable/experimental: http://www.argon.org/~roderick/apt-pinning.html<br /><br />I tested and used really a lot of other distrib but Xavierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02426546048735113287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512146548008784251.post-17166040152436238432010-07-30T17:41:21.175+08:002010-07-30T17:41:21.175+08:00I did try that but there were conflicts with my di...I did try that but there were conflicts with my display (e.g. image lags when scrolling, etc.).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105678929254868408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512146548008784251.post-66714113259736917732010-07-30T16:48:00.496+08:002010-07-30T16:48:00.496+08:00Why you used drivers from nvidia site, ubuntu have...Why you used drivers from nvidia site, ubuntu haves application for downloading those drivers as deb.<br /><br />System > Administration > Hardvare Drivers<br />Choose proprietary nvidia driver with [recommended] and go.n-pigeonnoreply@blogger.com