Awesome distribution! Minus the fact that every time I boot into it, it gives me a French keyboard layout... I think it may be because I used MultiSystem to stuff the ISO onto my USB Linux stick of doom (16GB flash drive with nothing but Linux distributions, 32 and 64 bit versions). So if I have to label a partition in GParted within Parted Magic, I have to change the keyboard layout before doing so.
Anyway, the two things I use Parted Magic for is partitioning a hard drive (or the flushing the partition map) or looking at the SMART results from the hard drive.
The program for the SMART status is called GSmartControl. I believe it was originally meant for Debian, but I found it in the openSUSE repository for use with openSUSE.
I've been able to install GParted on openSUSE before, but I think that was the 32 bit version of openSUSE. I might have done it once with 64 bit, but I don't remember clearly. I'd like to though, since the parted tool in YaST doesn't allow me to label a partition (unless I am totally missing something).
Now that I'm moving further away from the original topic...
I remembered reading someone complaining that openSUSE has "two" control panels... The standard one and YaST. What they don't understand is that the standard control panel is for the user (and doesn't require a password) and that YaST is root level controls (you have to type in the root password to get into YaST. They either need to suck it up or find another distribution - stop complaining because you don't understand the reasoning behind it.
18 October 2011
Sabayon 6
So a couple weeks ago I gave Sabayon 6 a "try" and I kinda lost motivation in it.
I installed it to my test-bed partition on Triela and
I cleaned out the stock HD from Shizuma (it was replaced with a larger one a long while ago) and proceeded to install Sabayon 6 all by itself on it's own drive since I'd be able to let it install the bootloader.
I was actually able to boot in, but I didn't poke around in it much before I gave up on it again. I gave my friend the install disk since he wanted Gentoo (Gentoo-based good enough for you?).
Yeah... Still sticking with what works for me.
I installed it to my test-bed partition on Triela and
sudo update-grub in Ubuntu and went to try to boot into Sabayon... "Could not find /dev/disk/md0" Yeah... Wasted some of my time as I tried it twice...
I cleaned out the stock HD from Shizuma (it was replaced with a larger one a long while ago) and proceeded to install Sabayon 6 all by itself on it's own drive since I'd be able to let it install the bootloader.
I was actually able to boot in, but I didn't poke around in it much before I gave up on it again. I gave my friend the install disk since he wanted Gentoo (Gentoo-based good enough for you?).
Yeah... Still sticking with what works for me.
(Self) Bias (Resistor)
Yes, the title is in reference to the Fear Factory song, but has no connection to the rest of the blog. Just felt like adding something else to the title besides the obvious.
So as I've may have said elsewhere, I'm a bit biased with computer parts... After building Ziggy and finding that Ziggy ran at 46C (115F) idle (IDLE for f*k sake!), I decided to never buy Intel again. Okay, the Prescott core P4's had a bad thermal sensor or incorrectly placed or something like that, but I think it just had a bad thermal design seeing that it honestly should have lasted a bit longer. Bah, whatever. The netbook had an Intel Atom processor with Intel integrated graphics. That thing was okay, but it was annoying to use.
If I get a free Intel-based computer, I'm not gonna complain, free is free after all. But I will never build another Intel system.
Sure Intel makes powerful CPU's but I have no use for it's ridiculous power. I do a bit of photo editing from time to time, watch videos, listen to music, and surf the net. I hardly play PC games, so why build something overpowered if I'm hardly going to even use more than 25% (if even that) of the computer's ability?
Not to mention AMD spends less money making CPU dies for each type of processor. As you may know (if you've at least read my post on Mei Ren) AMD stamped out a Phenom II x4 and locked two of it's cores to make it a dual core instead of making a whole new die for it. Why? because it's much cheaper to lock two cores than to make a set of dual-core dies.
AMD is cheaper than Intel anyway, which is good when you are trying to build a good rig for cheap. And for all the Intel vs. AMD crap out there... For f*k sake people shut your hole and stop bickering! A proc's a proc and just stick with what you like best. Bash the other company all you want, but what good is it going to do to flame each other? I post my opinion and experience of why I like AMD and don't really like Intel, but I'm not going to force you to go AMD. Your opinion is yours and yours alone.
Anyway... I do like AMD's Fusion line ofCPUs APUs from what I've read, they really blow the Intel Atom line out of the water. Sure Intel may have the cutting edge stuff, but AMD usually has the more refined stuff it seems. Even look at the Bulldozer FX chips that were just released - under liquid helium cooling, the FX proc was able to be OCd to 8.429 GHz (which was done by AMD and a team of expert overclockers). Sure a liquid nitrogen cooled i7 may do 6.x GHz, but is it able to be OCd past that under liquid helium? I sure as heck don't know, and someone's gotta spend that money to find out.
Well, the other reason I don't really like Intel is that I continually see it when I read MaxPC. I do understand why, but I see more Intel mobos than AMD mobos get reviewed, and that's a bit annoying.
Anyway, I think I'm done for this rant. As a last word, if you don't like what someone else says, don't flame them, just stop reading/listening and go your own way.
(2014 update: Ziggy's CPU is not dead, I will never build another Intel system for myself, I also occasionally do CPU-intensive tasks from time to time, and AMD locks unstable/dead cores then sells them accordingly.)
So as I've may have said elsewhere, I'm a bit biased with computer parts... After building Ziggy and finding that Ziggy ran at 46C (115F) idle (IDLE for f*k sake!), I decided to never buy Intel again. Okay, the Prescott core P4's had a bad thermal sensor or incorrectly placed or something like that, but I think it just had a bad thermal design seeing that it honestly should have lasted a bit longer. Bah, whatever. The netbook had an Intel Atom processor with Intel integrated graphics. That thing was okay, but it was annoying to use.
If I get a free Intel-based computer, I'm not gonna complain, free is free after all. But I will never build another Intel system.
Sure Intel makes powerful CPU's but I have no use for it's ridiculous power. I do a bit of photo editing from time to time, watch videos, listen to music, and surf the net. I hardly play PC games, so why build something overpowered if I'm hardly going to even use more than 25% (if even that) of the computer's ability?
Not to mention AMD spends less money making CPU dies for each type of processor. As you may know (if you've at least read my post on Mei Ren) AMD stamped out a Phenom II x4 and locked two of it's cores to make it a dual core instead of making a whole new die for it. Why? because it's much cheaper to lock two cores than to make a set of dual-core dies.
AMD is cheaper than Intel anyway, which is good when you are trying to build a good rig for cheap. And for all the Intel vs. AMD crap out there... For f*k sake people shut your hole and stop bickering! A proc's a proc and just stick with what you like best. Bash the other company all you want, but what good is it going to do to flame each other? I post my opinion and experience of why I like AMD and don't really like Intel, but I'm not going to force you to go AMD. Your opinion is yours and yours alone.
Anyway... I do like AMD's Fusion line of
Well, the other reason I don't really like Intel is that I continually see it when I read MaxPC. I do understand why, but I see more Intel mobos than AMD mobos get reviewed, and that's a bit annoying.
Anyway, I think I'm done for this rant. As a last word, if you don't like what someone else says, don't flame them, just stop reading/listening and go your own way.
(2014 update: Ziggy's CPU is not dead, I will never build another Intel system for myself, I also occasionally do CPU-intensive tasks from time to time, and AMD locks unstable/dead cores then sells them accordingly.)
Triela 1
I bought a Habey Wifi+Bluetooth combo card (along with the RAM upgrade) from Newegg and tried it out to see if I was able to get Bluetooth. I couldn't get the Bluetooth to work no matter what I tried. After searching around, I read that the firmware (for the Bluetooth side of the card) is written to announce itself as a USB even though it's a Mini-PCIe, and there wasn't really any way to fix it. It only appears in the hardware list only for Linux kernel 3.0+ and I think someone was able to get it to work (in spite of the firmware) with 3.1.x. I decided then to keep it and wait for something maybe, but I RMA'd it since I found something else. Oh, the card was actually made by AzureWave, and Habey just re-sells it or something like that...
The one I found is an Intel brand. Now there's only two problems I may have with it. I've read that it may not compatible with AMD processors, but I don't think that will really happen anyway (not to mention the on-board audio is listed as an Intel when I'm watching the messages as I'm booting into openSUSE). The other problem I may have is that the Wifi may not work, the only reason I'm partially sceptical of this is because I only found one instance of it in Ubuntu and didn't find any other instances of it (in either Ubuntu or openSUSE).
Of course the only problem is that I had to spend a bit over $9 to RMA the card, and with the refund from it I needed to get the HD 6770 for Mei Ren (I actually lost a few dollars in total, but oh well). So I haven't been able to buy Intel combo card yet. I'm honestly hoping for the best and preparing for the worst.
The one I found is an Intel brand. Now there's only two problems I may have with it. I've read that it may not compatible with AMD processors, but I don't think that will really happen anyway (not to mention the on-board audio is listed as an Intel when I'm watching the messages as I'm booting into openSUSE). The other problem I may have is that the Wifi may not work, the only reason I'm partially sceptical of this is because I only found one instance of it in Ubuntu and didn't find any other instances of it (in either Ubuntu or openSUSE).
Of course the only problem is that I had to spend a bit over $9 to RMA the card, and with the refund from it I needed to get the HD 6770 for Mei Ren (I actually lost a few dollars in total, but oh well). So I haven't been able to buy Intel combo card yet. I'm honestly hoping for the best and preparing for the worst.
Sim Cards / Google Voice
Oh what a joyous day it has been. At some point when I was working on this blog, my service for my cell phone went out. I rebooted the phone which didn't do anything, then tried it in my old phone, nothing still. So I decided to wait and see what would happen at work (maybe the cell tower is down?).
At work, absolutely nothing changed. So after a kind of long shift, I get home, eat and called up T-Mobile. After getting to technical support from customer support, the guy said that it the SIM card I was using was a legacy card that has a limit on how many times it can register (to a cell tower) and that I would need to stop by a T-Mobile store to get a new one.
So after heading over there (and waiting about 20 minutes), the guy set up the new SIM card and gave it to me. I stuck it in and booted up the phone, and I instantly got service (the tech guy said it would take two hours or I just heard him wrong and he could have said that it could take up to two hours) double checked the connection and everything and went on my merry way home.
So there's got to be some kind of catch right? Yep. Supposedly I have a new voice mail, but I don't have one in my T-Mobile voicemail box, and the one in my Google Voice is an old one (I actually don't use my T-Mobile one since I can't get service in my friend's basement).
Well, since I'm on the issue. Google Voice is two (maybe actually three) things essentially, which is a "phone" provider and voicemail provider (with the latter being free); I obviously use the voicemail feature.
It has a similar style to Gmail, and it has it's own listing for each voicemail that you get. It also (attempts to) transcribe each voicemail, so you actually don't have to listen to it. But this is based on how clearly the person speaks, and I'm also assuming it can't transcribe non-English languages at the moment.
So why am I using this over my provider's? Because of my service as I previously mentioned. Since I don't get service in his basement, I can't get voicemails or calls. This is where Google voice shines. Since my friend has internet, I can keep a tab open for Google Voice and check it every so often to make sure I don't have a voice mail.
Another great feature I use is that you can have different greetings for each group. So for your work group, you can have an ultra-professional greeting; for family, you can have something something relaxed; for friends, something upbeat; and for anyone not in a group (say unknown numbers), you can have a greeting that in incomprehensible. Of course the catch is that you need to make sure you add new contacts into the corresponding group or they might hear that incomprehensible greeting.
At work, absolutely nothing changed. So after a kind of long shift, I get home, eat and called up T-Mobile. After getting to technical support from customer support, the guy said that it the SIM card I was using was a legacy card that has a limit on how many times it can register (to a cell tower) and that I would need to stop by a T-Mobile store to get a new one.
So after heading over there (and waiting about 20 minutes), the guy set up the new SIM card and gave it to me. I stuck it in and booted up the phone, and I instantly got service (the tech guy said it would take two hours or I just heard him wrong and he could have said that it could take up to two hours) double checked the connection and everything and went on my merry way home.
So there's got to be some kind of catch right? Yep. Supposedly I have a new voice mail, but I don't have one in my T-Mobile voicemail box, and the one in my Google Voice is an old one (I actually don't use my T-Mobile one since I can't get service in my friend's basement).
Well, since I'm on the issue. Google Voice is two (maybe actually three) things essentially, which is a "phone" provider and voicemail provider (with the latter being free); I obviously use the voicemail feature.
It has a similar style to Gmail, and it has it's own listing for each voicemail that you get. It also (attempts to) transcribe each voicemail, so you actually don't have to listen to it. But this is based on how clearly the person speaks, and I'm also assuming it can't transcribe non-English languages at the moment.
So why am I using this over my provider's? Because of my service as I previously mentioned. Since I don't get service in his basement, I can't get voicemails or calls. This is where Google voice shines. Since my friend has internet, I can keep a tab open for Google Voice and check it every so often to make sure I don't have a voice mail.
Another great feature I use is that you can have different greetings for each group. So for your work group, you can have an ultra-professional greeting; for family, you can have something something relaxed; for friends, something upbeat; and for anyone not in a group (say unknown numbers), you can have a greeting that in incomprehensible. Of course the catch is that you need to make sure you add new contacts into the corresponding group or they might hear that incomprehensible greeting.
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