Josh Saddler - Latest comments

In response to: SSDs and filesystems, part 2

Werner [Visitor] — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:04:50 +0000

Well it seems ext4 is a showstopper.
I had ue 2.3 installed on a corsair x128.
started good for about 4 times,the 5th time errors when booting.restarted computer...corsair completely dead.

In response to: November Xfce desktop

Serge Matveenko [Visitor] — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:53:49 +0000

Some icons are similar to Ubuntu's humanity-dark theme and I really like them.

And color scheme is similar to my favorite ubuntustudio theme,. Like this too.

But I prefer less of border thought. I suggest to people like me look for "totem" windows look.

In response to: Intel graphics and gaming, Abiword 2.8.0

Josh Saddler [Member] — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:28:59 +0000

@eva:

Thanks, but I already proxy-maintain enough packages for the time being. I don't mind helping out from time to time with other apps, but I don't want to make any more full-time commitments. :)

In response to: Intel graphics and gaming, Abiword 2.8.0

Gilles Dartiguelongue [Visitor] — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:29:46 +0000

About abiword, you can join gnome-office if you'd like to maintain abiword in tree.

In response to: Intel graphics and gaming, Abiword 2.8.0

Craig [Visitor] — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:31:19 +0000

I tried to play Nexuiz on Karmic, and likewise ran into horrible performance.

I believe the problem is described pretty well in this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/450901

Perhaps you could check if you have the same problem? It's incredibly easy to test (simply start a game, then check dmesg).

In response to: Alternative distros and tools: Fluxbuntu, TinyMe, SliTaz

Lennon [Visitor] — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:53:31 +0000

Slitaz is really cool! i've got a pretty old machine (IBM T30), but ever since i installed Slitaz, its been working like a dream. i gues it feels young again!

In response to: R700, KMS, 3D, SSD, and other hardware

Robert [Visitor] — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:33:57 +0000

Wow, thanks! Cool news! Have installed Kernel 2.6.32-rc3-git1, KMS and latest Mesa now on my Elitebook with a Radeon RV 635/HD 3650. Works great with KDE desktop effects :-) For people who can read german I've created a installation guide: http://www.tauceti.net/roller/cetixx/entry/3d_support_radeon_hd_2000

In response to: Alternative distros and tools: Fluxbuntu, TinyMe, SliTaz

Josh Saddler [Member] — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:51:43 +0000

@baikis:

Wow, old post. The original entry was a year ago . . . you realize that, right? :)

Anyway, Xubuntu is a special deal; I think they have their own appearance control center. But if not, here's what you can do:

1. Install the corefonts package. I think Ubuntu calls it msttcorefonts or similar.
2. Go to Settings -> Appearance -> Fonts
3. Set your system font to "Verdana" - mine is 10pt.
4. Uncheck "Enable anti-aliasing"
5. Change "Hinting" to "Slight"

This may not work for you, as the freetype library I use in Gentoo is compiled on my local box. Freetype has some usage restrictions that do not permit the best font hinter (the bytecode interpreter) to be enabled on redistributed freetype packages. Meaning the ones supplied by Xubuntu and every other binary distro out there.

So you may have to compile and install your own freetype library on your local machine, being sure to enable the bytecode interpreter so that you get the best possible font shapes. With Gentoo, it's automatic, since we're a source-based distribution: we don't distribute binaries; the users build them on their own machines. So we're free of the usage restriction placed on freetype.