Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
23-IgLive-23
One of my basic grumbles about Linux from the early days was that the lack of games in Linux consoles.
This has been addressed by gamers from Berlin.
Ig Live CD and DVD (I cannot download even Knoppix Games in this Paradise Country with the slowest domestic paid Telecom Service) have addressed this void.
CD is good (I try my best to download the DVD-might take 2 weeks of continuous downloading) and enjoyed playing Pingus very much.
The game is topical.
Global Warming one of my favorite topics now.
I live in this hill city called Kandy for Kanda (in Sinhala it is the hill) with the range of temperatures was between 68 Fahrenheit to 78-80, 40 years ago.
Now it's temperature is well above 80 and topped 97 F recently in my city (I checked the temperature when ever I can and record it with two digital thermometers with the date and time- I had to search well over 6 months to find an accurate thermometer).
This has been addressed by gamers from Berlin.
Ig Live CD and DVD (I cannot download even Knoppix Games in this Paradise Country with the slowest domestic paid Telecom Service) have addressed this void.
CD is good (I try my best to download the DVD-might take 2 weeks of continuous downloading) and enjoyed playing Pingus very much.
The game is topical.
Global Warming one of my favorite topics now.
I live in this hill city called Kandy for Kanda (in Sinhala it is the hill) with the range of temperatures was between 68 Fahrenheit to 78-80, 40 years ago.
Now it's temperature is well above 80 and topped 97 F recently in my city (I checked the temperature when ever I can and record it with two digital thermometers with the date and time- I had to search well over 6 months to find an accurate thermometer).
Which speaks volumes and need not have a Science Degree to understand.
Our politicians who enter (99% of them) the parliament with (bear) minimum of education want know how to read a child's temperature but runs the Ministry of Health and other important Ministries.
Some of them do not know how to operate a computer and we do not have a proper IT education in school curriculum.
Talking about Linux is like Greek to them (They only know Sinhala or Tamil but most of the Tamil can speak better English than Sinhalayas).That is why I have to write this in a blog.Sorry for the diversion, I am a simple political animal with a vision for Science (visit my writing at www.writeclique.net) Education but IT and Linux is one of my aberrations!
So well done boys and girls in Berlin you are doing a wonderful job.
I have one suggestion foe you.If I were a kid I would have preferred what I going to say in a second.
Gamer's Paradise
Have compiz included in the distribution package with few other utilities Like abiword and scientific utilities.
I thick ARCH can very well do that!
So me the kid can switch the desktop from game to utility to fool my mum and dad who have an average working knowledge in Microsoft with only one desktop (like our politicians) in mind.
But don't do the mistake of QIMO but should have parental control over the Internet which leads to many vices there.
If any one of you abroad can send me a working games DVD (Including Knoppix) I can copy and distribute it in this god (84.000 of them) forsaken country.
Keep in touch with by email please.
I will write about XBMC (Linux Media Center) and Sabayon soon.
Elive-Revisited
Elive gets over 1000 points for may reasons.
Our politicians who enter (99% of them) the parliament with (bear) minimum of education want know how to read a child's temperature but runs the Ministry of Health and other important Ministries.
Some of them do not know how to operate a computer and we do not have a proper IT education in school curriculum.
Talking about Linux is like Greek to them (They only know Sinhala or Tamil but most of the Tamil can speak better English than Sinhalayas).That is why I have to write this in a blog.Sorry for the diversion, I am a simple political animal with a vision for Science (visit my writing at www.writeclique.net) Education but IT and Linux is one of my aberrations!
So well done boys and girls in Berlin you are doing a wonderful job.
I have one suggestion foe you.If I were a kid I would have preferred what I going to say in a second.
Gamer's Paradise
Have compiz included in the distribution package with few other utilities Like abiword and scientific utilities.
I thick ARCH can very well do that!
So me the kid can switch the desktop from game to utility to fool my mum and dad who have an average working knowledge in Microsoft with only one desktop (like our politicians) in mind.
But don't do the mistake of QIMO but should have parental control over the Internet which leads to many vices there.
If any one of you abroad can send me a working games DVD (Including Knoppix) I can copy and distribute it in this god (84.000 of them) forsaken country.
Keep in touch with by email please.
I will write about XBMC (Linux Media Center) and Sabayon soon.
Elive-Revisited
Elive gets over 1000 points for may reasons.
Any penny donated to this site for development is worth its weight in gold.
It is innovative and only other two distributions that follow that path are YOPER and GOBO-Linux.
GOBO-Linux is slow in its development cycle which is invariably a good thing.
I am waiting to write about it but thinking that it's new release would come anytime and delaying that act.
In any case I am not even half-way to hundred and not even quarter it will eventually come. either my comments or it's new release.
Going back to ELive, I like its new approach very much of asking a donation at the time of Installation which is the right thing instead at the beginning before downloading (which is irritating to me).
The newbie has had the first hand feel when he/she is donating.
What is even better is its Demo with Cassius Clay with a Kid (promoting Linux) which is the way Linux people should learn how to market a good product.
Not the Greedy way of fortune 100 companies.
It's approach to Windows Manager is classic and in fact Linux on Fire and not Rome on fire with Nero not playing!
I have not seen the Compiz effects yet and even without seeing that I recommend ELive to newbies and grooviest.
It brings a new life to graphic experience.
Go and download it and feel the pulse and send them a donation too.
Seeing it is believing!
Saturday, June 5, 2010
It is innovative and only other two distributions that follow that path are YOPER and GOBO-Linux.
GOBO-Linux is slow in its development cycle which is invariably a good thing.
I am waiting to write about it but thinking that it's new release would come anytime and delaying that act.
In any case I am not even half-way to hundred and not even quarter it will eventually come. either my comments or it's new release.
Going back to ELive, I like its new approach very much of asking a donation at the time of Installation which is the right thing instead at the beginning before downloading (which is irritating to me).
The newbie has had the first hand feel when he/she is donating.
What is even better is its Demo with Cassius Clay with a Kid (promoting Linux) which is the way Linux people should learn how to market a good product.
Not the Greedy way of fortune 100 companies.
It's approach to Windows Manager is classic and in fact Linux on Fire and not Rome on fire with Nero not playing!
I have not seen the Compiz effects yet and even without seeing that I recommend ELive to newbies and grooviest.
It brings a new life to graphic experience.
Go and download it and feel the pulse and send them a donation too.
Seeing it is believing!
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Why Mandriva Live (One) is not included?
Mandriva spring edition has done a poor remake of its Live CD.
I downloaded its 684 MB to see that it over shoots the CD by 32 MB.
I cut a DVD and boots it to see it Hangs Up in my desktop with adequate RAM.
Or is it this 64 bit version I am trying / using?
Try boot it with my Laptop.
Hangs up again!
Try download a new copy / iso image and after 684 MiB goes in to over shoot mode and even after 777 (it should be 007 of James Bond variety) it says unknown time of downloading.
I quit and write this nasty or in fact a Fact of Life for a newbie to order a copy (rather buy one).
This is a sad ploy by Mandriva becoming unbecoming!
I quit I have to test Dream Linux or Qimo and no more Mandriva please.
Same problem with Salix Live and Server breaks up!
Mandriva spring edition has done a poor remake of its Live CD.
I downloaded its 684 MB to see that it over shoots the CD by 32 MB.
I cut a DVD and boots it to see it Hangs Up in my desktop with adequate RAM.
Or is it this 64 bit version I am trying / using?
Try boot it with my Laptop.
Hangs up again!
Try download a new copy / iso image and after 684 MiB goes in to over shoot mode and even after 777 (it should be 007 of James Bond variety) it says unknown time of downloading.
I quit and write this nasty or in fact a Fact of Life for a newbie to order a copy (rather buy one).
This is a sad ploy by Mandriva becoming unbecoming!
I quit I have to test Dream Linux or Qimo and no more Mandriva please.
Same problem with Salix Live and Server breaks up!
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