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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: TheMagicM on July 14, 2008, 04:10:52 AM

Title: SuSE 11.0 on EFIKA
Post by: TheMagicM on July 14, 2008, 04:10:52 AM: I'm pro-linux so I wanted to give SuSE 11.0 a shot on my EFIKA. I know this board is not the most powerful so I told the installer to install everything. LOL. Gnome is too slow, didnt try KDE. Right now I'm typing this under IceWM and Firefox 3 beta 5. If I minimize Firefox it does that quick but bringing it back is a little slow but very tolerable. I havent went through my services or anything else to see what I can shut off to save on CPU cycles.

So far this is very cool.
Title: Re: SuSE 11.0 on EFIKA
Post by: mike- on July 14, 2008, 04:15:38 AM: xfce4 would be better, i dropped gnome/kde on my amd 3200+ just because xfce4 is as small and clean as it is.
Title: Re: SuSE 11.0 on EFIKA
Post by: TheMagicM on July 14, 2008, 04:39:49 AM: I also shutdown beagle.
Title: Re: SuSE 11.0 on EFIKA
Post by: spihunter on July 14, 2008, 01:26:47 PM: @TheMagicM,

Have you had any crashes?. I guess this would be a good test to tell if any of hardware was the cause of crashing in MorphOS?

I thought about doing the same thing.
Title: Re: SuSE 11.0 on EFIKA
Post by: Crumb on July 14, 2008, 01:54:01 PM: Use Fluxbox or JWM.
Title: Re: SuSE 11.0 on EFIKA
Post by: Colani1200 on July 14, 2008, 02:49:03 PM: IceWM is a good choice already. It is very resource efficent.
Title: Re: SuSE 11.0 on EFIKA
Post by: adolescent on July 14, 2008, 04:04:45 PM: I don't think it's the CPU cycles you need to worry about, but the limited memory. Firefox alone will happily consume all of your 128MB of RAM if you let it.
Title: Re: SuSE 11.0 on EFIKA
Post by: TheMagicM on July 14, 2008, 11:18:09 PM: no crashes whatsoever under SuSE 11.0.

Ok, I uninstalled KDE and beagle. This thing is very useable. Once my external enclosure gets here I'll put it in a case and post some pics. Need to come up w/a way to shut it off since the PicoPSU doesnt have a way to shut it off w/a switch (unless i'm wrong)

pic:
http://tinyurl.com/6zyrl9

the piece of paper underneath the vid card is just there to make sure nothing touches since its not in a case. Its not really needed since I have a network cable holding it up.
Title: Re: SuSE 11.0 on EFIKA
Post by: spihunter on July 15, 2008, 12:22:57 AM: Cool man!

Its good to know that it isnt a hardware problem thats causing these crashes on the Efika. I might install Linux on mine while I'm waiting on a MorphOS update of some kind.

Thanks for the info.
Title: Re: SuSE 11.0 on EFIKA
Post by: takemehomegrandma on July 15, 2008, 01:30:34 AM: @TheMagicM

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I havent went through my services or anything else to see what I can shut off to save on CPU cycles.

Without doubt, Linux can run very efficiently and fast on *much* weaker HW than the Efika. Not those standard desktop distros though, who can become quite bloated if you don't pay attention.

In fact, I'm a bit "disappointed" that we haven't seen special streamlined, purpose oriented distros from Genesi yet. Like a thin client setup, a streamlined desktop setup, a server setup, etc. Internet installation from the OF prompt, specially adapted and optimized (all overweight cut off) and precompiled for the specific hardware.

Note that when I say "disappointed" I'm not actually disappointed. I know that Genesi has worked hard to bring the Pegasos and Efika hardware into the official support trees of various distros, which is *great*! What I'm talking about is the next step.

Maybe that would be best handled through a community effort?
Title: Re: SuSE 11.0 on EFIKA
Post by: TheMagicM on July 15, 2008, 02:34:12 AM: you can streamline SuSE 11.0 on your own, meaning, look through yast to see whats installed and remove it if you're not using it or do that at installation time.
Title: Re: SuSE 11.0 on EFIKA
Post by: adolescent on July 15, 2008, 04:00:37 PM: Power and reset pins are on the Efika motherboard next to the IDE. RS = Reset, PS = Power.