Yep. So the price for hard drives is going up because of the Thailand plant getting flooded.
Well, it seems that it may only affect brands that are located there, I think mainly Western Digital (maybe Seagate?). Seems like Samsung is unaffected seeing how they are Korean (what actually matters is where their plants are located, but I have no idea at the moment).
Well, I was going to get some hard drives for the jukebox... But unless I go with Samsung (which I don't mind), I'm better off waiting.
26 October 2011
25 October 2011
openSUSE 12.1 RC1 Part 3
Nope. The power button is completely ignored when pressed. So it seems like logging out then shutting down is the only way to do it besides attempting a "su halt" which crashed 12.1 when I tried it once.
Well, maybe they'll fix it, can't say. Off to install the Blackfox theme for Firefox on my other installations since I forgot about it and it's rather hard to find my scrollbar sometimes with the custom theme that I found and modified.
Well, maybe they'll fix it, can't say. Off to install the Blackfox theme for Firefox on my other installations since I forgot about it and it's rather hard to find my scrollbar sometimes with the custom theme that I found and modified.
openSUSE 12.1 RC1 Part 2
Okay, so I remembered wrong. The messages on a feed are just like OS X from under the title bar.
Also it comes up as the wrong size when I add a repository with an untrusted GPG key, but it's re-sizable so the buttons are still accessible.
I also found the slightly easier way to remove the icons from the favourites bar. If you hold onto an icon long enough, the trash can appears at the bottom of the favourites bar. Unfortunately, the easiest way to do this is to drag the icon off to the right of the favourites bar (almost like you want to open it) and while still hanging onto it, it'll appear. Slightly easier than right-clicking the icon and selecting the remove from favourites on the menu.
I have yet to test the power button to shut down. Right now I'm in 12.1, so I'll have to test that out and comment again when I get into 11.3.
Oh, one of the things I didn't mention is that I have to switch on the Wifi every boot. Dunno why, but a tad annoying. I thought it was the acer-wmi problem I had before, but blacklisting it in
I think it was just me doing a lot of stuff when the fan kicked on higher, seeing that it hasn't done so yet.
I found the way to kick-up the notification bar, it's the bottom right corner, but kinda pointless to do so when there aren't any notifications.
Oh, one of the nice things about the notification bar is that it has a spot for mounted volumes (I think mainly for flash drives and not internal hard drive partitions), so you can click on it to dismount volumes. Particularly useful when Nautilus is not managing the desktop.
That's all I can think of for now. I'll comment again when I test out what the power button does since I haven't seen an option anywhere for it.
Also it comes up as the wrong size when I add a repository with an untrusted GPG key, but it's re-sizable so the buttons are still accessible.
I also found the slightly easier way to remove the icons from the favourites bar. If you hold onto an icon long enough, the trash can appears at the bottom of the favourites bar. Unfortunately, the easiest way to do this is to drag the icon off to the right of the favourites bar (almost like you want to open it) and while still hanging onto it, it'll appear. Slightly easier than right-clicking the icon and selecting the remove from favourites on the menu.
I have yet to test the power button to shut down. Right now I'm in 12.1, so I'll have to test that out and comment again when I get into 11.3.
Oh, one of the things I didn't mention is that I have to switch on the Wifi every boot. Dunno why, but a tad annoying. I thought it was the acer-wmi problem I had before, but blacklisting it in
50-blacklist.conf didn't do anything about it.
I think it was just me doing a lot of stuff when the fan kicked on higher, seeing that it hasn't done so yet.
I found the way to kick-up the notification bar, it's the bottom right corner, but kinda pointless to do so when there aren't any notifications.
Oh, one of the nice things about the notification bar is that it has a spot for mounted volumes (I think mainly for flash drives and not internal hard drive partitions), so you can click on it to dismount volumes. Particularly useful when Nautilus is not managing the desktop.
That's all I can think of for now. I'll comment again when I test out what the power button does since I haven't seen an option anywhere for it.
23 October 2011
openSUSE 12.1 RC1 Part 1
Well, was able to tinker with it more and it's actually a little better. I tested it out on Lie-chan and the notification bar problem back in Milestone 3 is gone. The notification bar is now forced to the bottom of the combined screen, so that makes it better.
I installed VLC and got the video driver problem described in 11.4. So I thought to try the FGLRX driver instead and that actually broke 12.1 into an almost unusable state... That is, unless I need to do some file management of course.
Basically, what happened was that GNOME 3 didn't load completely (I don't get it either) and so I wasn't really able to do a whole lot. Nautilus ran, but that doesn't help me much.
But before I broke it, GNOME 3 doesn't seem too bad honestly. It's just hard to get used to not having a panel with windows and you actually have to use the left corner to get to the other windows.
Some of the programs (like AisleRiot, don't think I spelled that right, but I'm hoping you know what program I'm talking about) don't fully load (I'm assuming something broke between it and GNOME 3), but it seems like the main programs like Firefox, YaST and such load, so the smaller programs aren't too much of a problem.
It doesn't seem like you can open gedit with "sudo" or as "su" and so you're forced to log out and log into root to do your root stuff. I didn't try nano, but I'm not very fond of nano, so I try not to use it unless I'm in runlevel 3.
Oh... So to shut down... I didn't try just pressing the power button, but I may if I reinstall 12.1 since I can't get GNOME 3 to fully load since FGLRX broke it. Anyway, to shut down, you have to log out and then from the login screen you're able to shut down. WTF?! WHY?! Well, since there's still time for improvement, they may fix that. And again, it may also be doable by just hitting the power button.
There's some interesting new things... So in the window management/application launcher area (after you click the top left thingy or hit corner with the cursor) there's quite a few ways to do the same thing (good for people that like to do things the way they think is logical).
Oh, one of the neat things that you can do with the applications list is that you can grab the empty space and use it in a "flick" motion to page up/page down. This is something I discovered accidentally, but I think it's kinda cool since it makes use of the empty space between program icons.
To add a program to the favourites bar, you can drag the icon from the applications list, or if the application is already open, you can drag the window to the favourites bar.
To open a program, you can either click the icon in the favourites bar (if it's there) or the applications list. OR you can drag the icon (either from the favourites bar or applications list) into the workspace bar. You can also open a program by dragging its icon from the favourites bar into the window preview (the blank space between the favourites bar and the workspaces bar when the applications list is not open).
Unfortunately, the only way to remove applications from the favourites bar is to right-click them and select "remove from favourites".
The window preview area shows you all the windows that are open in the selected workspace, regardless of how big the window is. It's great when you need to find a window that's hidden below another one.
You can drag windows from workspace to workspace and you can even launch programs in a different workspace by dragging the icon into the workspace you want it to open in.
As you can see in one of the images, there's no limit on workspaces... So I'm assuming it's whenever the amount is too much for your RAM/CPU to handle.... Or maybe when GNOME 3 can't handle it and crashes. I don't know, I didn't feel like trying and it would probably take a while for me especially with 8GB of RAM.
It may have just been me using it, but it seems that kernel 3.1.x (I don't remember which exact kernel it is) and/or GNOME 3 use more of my CPU/GPU since the fan for Triela kicked up higher than the usual in 11.3. Can't say it's a good thing, can't say it's a bad thing, but it's something I noticed while using it.
Since it was running the 3.1.x kernel, I wish I still had that AzureWave combo card to see if I'd be able to use the Bluetooth portion of that card, but I don't so oh well.
So my thoughts have changed since Milestone 3. I'm just hoping for an easier way to switch between windows, since it's very annoying to hit the left-corner hotspot every time.
Oh, almost forgot about the notification bar. So the bar still spans the screen width at the bottom (well the gradient part of it anyway) and the notification is in a little part of it. When you hover over the notification window, it "feeds" up and gives you the whole notification window.
Um... The messages that are application specific, like when Install/Remove Software reviews the changes with you and asks you to apply/cancel is fed from the top of the window (kinda like some cases in Mac OS X, but from on top of the title bar instead of below it). Unfortunately, I didn't get a screen shot of that. sorry.
Oh, you can turn the notification messages off as well, after hitting your user in the top right corner, there's a switch for notifications, which will turn off all notifications, so the notification bar won't appear and you won't see any of the notifications that appear.
Well, I think that's enough for now. I may download and try RC2 when it comes out.... We'll see what happens.
I installed VLC and got the video driver problem described in 11.4. So I thought to try the FGLRX driver instead and that actually broke 12.1 into an almost unusable state... That is, unless I need to do some file management of course.
Basically, what happened was that GNOME 3 didn't load completely (I don't get it either) and so I wasn't really able to do a whole lot. Nautilus ran, but that doesn't help me much.
But before I broke it, GNOME 3 doesn't seem too bad honestly. It's just hard to get used to not having a panel with windows and you actually have to use the left corner to get to the other windows.
Some of the programs (like AisleRiot, don't think I spelled that right, but I'm hoping you know what program I'm talking about) don't fully load (I'm assuming something broke between it and GNOME 3), but it seems like the main programs like Firefox, YaST and such load, so the smaller programs aren't too much of a problem.
It doesn't seem like you can open gedit with "sudo" or as "su" and so you're forced to log out and log into root to do your root stuff. I didn't try nano, but I'm not very fond of nano, so I try not to use it unless I'm in runlevel 3.
Oh... So to shut down... I didn't try just pressing the power button, but I may if I reinstall 12.1 since I can't get GNOME 3 to fully load since FGLRX broke it. Anyway, to shut down, you have to log out and then from the login screen you're able to shut down. WTF?! WHY?! Well, since there's still time for improvement, they may fix that. And again, it may also be doable by just hitting the power button.
There's some interesting new things... So in the window management/application launcher area (after you click the top left thingy or hit corner with the cursor) there's quite a few ways to do the same thing (good for people that like to do things the way they think is logical).
Oh, one of the neat things that you can do with the applications list is that you can grab the empty space and use it in a "flick" motion to page up/page down. This is something I discovered accidentally, but I think it's kinda cool since it makes use of the empty space between program icons.
To add a program to the favourites bar, you can drag the icon from the applications list, or if the application is already open, you can drag the window to the favourites bar.
To open a program, you can either click the icon in the favourites bar (if it's there) or the applications list. OR you can drag the icon (either from the favourites bar or applications list) into the workspace bar. You can also open a program by dragging its icon from the favourites bar into the window preview (the blank space between the favourites bar and the workspaces bar when the applications list is not open).
Unfortunately, the only way to remove applications from the favourites bar is to right-click them and select "remove from favourites".
The window preview area shows you all the windows that are open in the selected workspace, regardless of how big the window is. It's great when you need to find a window that's hidden below another one.
You can drag windows from workspace to workspace and you can even launch programs in a different workspace by dragging the icon into the workspace you want it to open in.
As you can see in one of the images, there's no limit on workspaces... So I'm assuming it's whenever the amount is too much for your RAM/CPU to handle.... Or maybe when GNOME 3 can't handle it and crashes. I don't know, I didn't feel like trying and it would probably take a while for me especially with 8GB of RAM.
It may have just been me using it, but it seems that kernel 3.1.x (I don't remember which exact kernel it is) and/or GNOME 3 use more of my CPU/GPU since the fan for Triela kicked up higher than the usual in 11.3. Can't say it's a good thing, can't say it's a bad thing, but it's something I noticed while using it.
Since it was running the 3.1.x kernel, I wish I still had that AzureWave combo card to see if I'd be able to use the Bluetooth portion of that card, but I don't so oh well.
So my thoughts have changed since Milestone 3. I'm just hoping for an easier way to switch between windows, since it's very annoying to hit the left-corner hotspot every time.
Oh, almost forgot about the notification bar. So the bar still spans the screen width at the bottom (well the gradient part of it anyway) and the notification is in a little part of it. When you hover over the notification window, it "feeds" up and gives you the whole notification window.
Um... The messages that are application specific, like when Install/Remove Software reviews the changes with you and asks you to apply/cancel is fed from the top of the window (kinda like some cases in Mac OS X, but from on top of the title bar instead of below it). Unfortunately, I didn't get a screen shot of that. sorry.
Oh, you can turn the notification messages off as well, after hitting your user in the top right corner, there's a switch for notifications, which will turn off all notifications, so the notification bar won't appear and you won't see any of the notifications that appear.
Well, I think that's enough for now. I may download and try RC2 when it comes out.... We'll see what happens.
22 October 2011
People like this...
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Also, I know this is a bit dated, but when I was looking for a solution, I read this and was very infuriated.
I have no response to the first line, since I've never experienced it myself; my only hypothesis is something else broke, since changing from ifup to network manager shouldn't break it so badly that it can't start x.
Second line: "I can't change the panel color" I'm assuming the color of the panel... which is quite easy, right click on the panel, click properties, click the background tab, select solid color, click the color button, select desired color, press okay, select desired transparency, click close, and done. If it doesn't update, then try logging out and back in. Otherwise, there's not enough info to know exactly what the problem is.
Third line: Enable (not enalble) desktop effects was probably refused because of the graphics driver/graphics chip combination used. I've had this happen once minus the message.
Fourth line: Explain how what happens? The panel color? The desktop effects refusal? Why did they even bother installing 11.3 if 11.2 worked just fine? That's why I leave a test space partition to test out a distribution before I destroy something that works just fine or use a live version.
Fifth line: I've never experienced the problem with the SSID ending in a number and not being able to connect to it or whatever. Business? What "business" is openSUSE in? More or less, these are all volunteers that pour their own time and effort into something they aren't even getting paid for. As far as I know, openSUSE is free, and SUSE is not.
Sixth line: Um, yes the developers actually do know that people want a system that "always" works. And are they trying to say that Windows ALWAYS works? From my experience I beg to differ.
Seventh line: "Windows connects to wireless connections in a user friendly way." Okay, I do agree with that to a point. But explain why to me that every time I connect to my phone's wifi hotspot that Windows asks what type of network it is even though I've told it time and time again? It also keeps duplicating as "Yellowboze_Racaseal 2", "Yellowboze_Racaseal 3", "Yellowboze_Racaseal 5", so on and so forth. When I tell network manager to connect to it, it connects, no repetitive questions, no silly duplicate entries, quick and f*ing simple. And again, how are the developers horsing around? I've yet to see this. Also, I don't think this person understands that network manager is not developed by openSUSE developers directly, it's developed by the network manager team. Big f*ing difference.
Eighth line: WTF is this guy even talking about? I select the network, a window pops up asking the key and the type of key, I enter the info and I'm connected (there's also the keyring window that pops up, but I close that). For my convenience, I cancel the keyring, edit the network manager wireless connection, type the password again if needed, select the apply to all users box, hit apply, type my root password, and now I don't have to ever enter the Wifi key again.
Ninth line: Apparently this person doesn't understand that you use the "Install/Remove Software" program to install/uninstall things programs that is not needed. But in most cases, these programs don't take a whole lot of space anyway, unless this is a tiny partition they installed 11.3 on.
Tenth line: Things change because it can be improved. I've never used 11.2, but I kind of understand the woes that things can get really broken from one version to another. Sure I had a problem in 11.4 with VLC crashing, but that doesn't mean that I should bash openSUSE or VLC for changing something. "without bothering to test it properly?" WOW... What a f*ing idiot. This person clearly doesn't understand that openSUSE goes through several development stages before it's final release. But it is, in fact, tested properly. The developers have a limited number of setups that they can test on, so it's not 100% perfect (hell, look at Windows for f*k sake); therefore, not every single computer is going to be covered. Maybe none of the developers/volunteer testers have the specific Sony laptop that this person has, so it's part of the gray area that is never officially tested.
Also, keep in mind there's a few grammatical mistakes in their post. This person is so "angry" that they couldn't even take some time to proofread before posting. The question I really would like to ask them is why they even bothered with openSUSE if they don't understand what it is and what it's not. As you may know (or might have guessed), I have more peeves with using Windows than I do Linux. And also, why couldn't this person use the internet to try to fix their problems? I fixed almost all of my problems just by searching, and when I couldn't find the right answer, I asked. Really. It wasn't that hard, but this person just couldn't do it. What? Was that laptop the ONLY computer they had? Why not search in Windows (since it worked for them), search for a viable answer, print it, reboot and try it?
It's people like this that perplex and aggravate me. If you can't take the time to learn or tinker around with a new OS, then don't bother with it. Simple as that. I tried 11.4, tinkered with it, found that I can't use it like 11.3, put it to the side, and moved on. No hard feelings, no aggravation, no need to flame openSUSE for no reason.
Not to mention, when the KMS issue was permanent in LMDE with Ziggy, I looked for a solution instead of spending my time flaming the LMDE developers that their s*t is broken.
This person needs to "sudo zypper rm brain" on himself. (LOL) This also seems like the type of person that probably has hundreds of toolbars in Internet Explorer just because he keeps clicking on everything and wonders why Windows is so slow.
Oh by the way, the post itself was ignored by the other users of that forum since no one wanted to bother with someone who can't ask for help correctly.
2014 update: I don't rant very often, but when I do, it's until I run out of rant fuel. (XP)
19 October 2011
openSUSE 11.4 Part 4
Well, I got it all updated and got VLC installed and it started to do the weird crash thing it did a long while ago on Ziggy. Basically it crashes because it can't get the video driver? I dunno. I think it's fixable by doing a fresh install of 11.4, but I'm not gonna go through the trouble with that.
Yep. 11.3 it is then. I was gonna test something else in that test-bed space next, but I can't remember what it is at the moment.
Yep. 11.3 it is then. I was gonna test something else in that test-bed space next, but I can't remember what it is at the moment.
Ridiculous computer build
I got bored and decided to make something with the ASUS MARS II in SLI (which is way overkill) and because of the price, I also decided to max it out and make it as expensive as possible. I stuck with air cooling due to the fact I didn't feel like attempting to build a water cooling setup.
Normally I don't do Intel builds (read the Bias post if you don't know what I'm talking about), but remember I did what I could to make it expensive.
Well, I think enough is said, take a look for yourself. (2014 update: I turned the PDF into images and edited out the unnecessary space)
Normally I don't do Intel builds (read the Bias post if you don't know what I'm talking about), but remember I did what I could to make it expensive.
Well, I think enough is said, take a look for yourself. (2014 update: I turned the PDF into images and edited out the unnecessary space)
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