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Re: Offline User Friendly Linux Distro with Updated Wine?
« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2013, 11:20:53 PM »
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Well there is http://aminet.net/package/driver/net/prism2v2

But if you meant that it would be great if Amithlon was still developed I'd wholeheartedly agree. :)

Interesting, that or this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/320924766108?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

Then again, my on board chipset is not well liked by Amithlon. I thought since it was running on Linux that it could somehow be updated to support pretty well what ever Linux supports, but I don't understand it all anyhow.


EDIT: Oh ya wait, no one bothered to make USB do anything except support Keyboard and Mouse in Amithlong. Guess that Wifi device would be useless on it, bummer.
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Re: Offline User Friendly Linux Distro with Updated Wine?
« Reply #15 on: March 13, 2013, 03:44:41 AM »
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Mint is not meant for a 7 year old laptop, and KDE 4x is certainly not meant for one that old either.  Crunch BAng, or Bodhi, running E17 or openbox is more the right speed.

Oh ya? Hmmm, so much of the Linux community acts like Microsoft and Apple when it comes to resources too hugh? We got em' why not waste em'? :)

O.K. you got my attention. Windows is pissing me off again too. :)

Any of those distros you mentioned make it easy to find out what drivers you need and get them without having to be a Linux guru?

Man I wish AROS fully supported this, I could just drag and drop the required drivers to where I need them. :/
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Re: Offline User Friendly Linux Distro with Updated Wine?
« Reply #16 on: March 13, 2013, 10:23:53 PM »
Oh man!I almost fell in love with Crunch Bang! It almost felt worthy of my use, till I could not find WINE in the Package repository, and when I try to install ANY browser, it always fails in the end.

On a positive note, my wireless was ready to go straight off the bat.

Cuss cuss cuss!!! :/
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Re: Offline User Friendly Linux Distro with Updated Wine?
« Reply #17 on: March 13, 2013, 11:24:37 PM »
Figures.
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Re: Offline User Friendly Linux Distro with Updated Wine?
« Reply #18 on: March 13, 2013, 11:31:08 PM »
Cool, now my mouse keeps going in and out randomly, but only since I have been using this distro. Odd. Well No GIT for me, gotta find GIT now, prolly gotta compile it, bet it will say,"oh, you are lacking dependencies" or some crap.

Man I'm starting to hate this again already.

EDIT: Strange, now Wine is showing up under the package manager. WTF?!?!

Well aside of my mouse no longer working, things are starting to look promising again, I'll keep trying till I'm ready to throw this laptop against the wall.

EDIT: WOW, just installed Wine, typed WINE, it says it's WINE 64 and it's here to tell me to get WINE 32 and it will delete itself in only I type these damned APT-GET commands that don't work anyhow.

GRRRRR...


Ya man, screw this! I want my Amiga!!!!
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Re: Offline User Friendly Linux Distro with Updated Wine?
« Reply #19 on: March 14, 2013, 07:41:10 PM »
Don't get me wrong HayWire, there is a lot to be respected about Linux, I like the ad free software and such, the secure browsing, and the fact that it is not controlled by a corporate entity, but alas...


I'm not one of those guys who just wants a nice GUI based system where all the software is pre-compiled, and I can pretty much just drag and drop drivers where ever I need them etc. Amiga and BeOS spoiled me I guess you could say. I took classes on Linux years ago, but every class I felt like not showing up again and really only did so because I got along so well with everyone else in the class, but ya, I did not like the learning curve that was required for that kind of freedom, so I'll settle with the Freedom that Amiga OS, MorphOS, AROS, and Haiku provide also.
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Re: Offline User Friendly Linux Distro with Updated Wine?
« Reply #20 on: March 15, 2013, 12:26:10 AM »
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Command line Haiku is pretty much identical to Linux so if you get comfortable with it on Haiku then Linux will become much easier for you.

BTW: If you are interested I ported the command line Amiga module player/emulator to Haiku a few weeks back.

http://ports.haiku-files.org/ticket/695


First off, COOL MAN! I didn't realize you coded, didn't realize you were a Haiku user either! :)

Secondly, I don't mind a little command line here and there, I've used it plenty under all the Amiga OS flavors as well as on Haiku. I find it enjoyable for basic needs like launching a game of Odamex with a special file attached. Or better yet, I like creating scripts for my Amiga Icons to launch pWADs and such for Odamex or what have you.

What I hate is when my system isn't working quite right and I have to fully depend upon a crap load of command line entries in order to work things out, and I hate it even more when I get strange and elusive error messages that only the seasoned Linux user understands. That is when for me, Linux ceases to be fun.

Others may like that depth of control and I think it is a nice option, but to be something that is still mandatory, that is annoying to me.

Another thing that makes Linux confusing is all the distributions, built upon this kernel and that, this GUI and that, so on and so on. It's like there is no standard...

Long live Haiku! I can't wait to see how things go after 1.0 hits the net!
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Re: Offline User Friendly Linux Distro with Updated Wine?
« Reply #21 on: March 15, 2013, 08:31:13 PM »
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The best UNIX for ex-Windows users is probably OSX, closely followed by Android. :)


Oh Lord, please don't think of me as an Ex-Windows user. Think of me as an Atari DOS user, an Amiga user, MorphOS user, Haiku user, and well ya, even a little DOS and Windows, though I am not proud of my Windows use, I consider it a vice I must bear with till my other OS' are able to get tools that do what I need such as editing DOOM and being able to edit any audio or video file to what ever extent I desire.
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Re: Offline User Friendly Linux Distro with Updated Wine?
« Reply #22 on: March 16, 2013, 12:44:41 AM »
I'm aware of the various Linux Media Distros. Problem is, they are Linux ha ha ha!

 Speaking of Linux and the fact that I am prone to change my mind a great many times before I make it up sometimes...

...well certain things I'm just very set on, but well....


I got Aeros to boot finally! Re-downloaded it and it burns fine, boots fine and runs fine, though again I gotta get through the drivers issue a bit as it does not come with drivers for my Wireless and what ever else I have yet to discover.

 So far what I'm experiencing though, this is pretty interesting. Linux, with Wine, with an Amiga interface. I've love to see more energy pumped into projects like this!
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Re: Offline User Friendly Linux Distro with Updated Wine?
« Reply #23 on: March 16, 2013, 09:50:39 PM »
Why does nearly every Linux distro have an old Win 95 Start Bar?
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Re: Offline User Friendly Linux Distro with Updated Wine?
« Reply #24 on: March 16, 2013, 10:31:27 PM »
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Mind you, I see no difference between the Windows start menu/bar and the BeOS/Haiku Deskbar.


I do mind damnit!!! :)

I dunno... when did BeOS start using that app menu? BeOS began in 91, Windows 95 came out in 95, so I'm not sure which came first.

Either way, the BeOS app menu sits default in the upper right hand corner of the screen. While it functions somewhat like the Windows 95 Start Bar, it seems far more practical in my eyes and certainly more configurable.
 
For instance, back in the day BeOS had themes so you could change it so that the folders functioned less like BeOS folders and more like Amiga folders, or there was a Mac theme, or a Windows theme, and to compliment that Windows theme you could drag the app bar down the bottom of the screen to look and pretty much act like a Windows Start Bar, or you could drag it to the top for a more Amiga/Mac type use. I rather liked it, it felt far less cumbersome than the Windows Start bar.
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Re: Offline User Friendly Linux Distro with Updated Wine?
« Reply #25 on: March 16, 2013, 11:45:16 PM »
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I wouldn't touch a distro pushing a stupid pushup start menu.  It's really only the distros that lack imagination that have one.


A lot of Linux guys seems to fall in that category. Present party excluded cause they also have a lot for the more artistic and experimental OS's. :)

Said Linux distros are trying to hard to appeal to the Windows crowd. If you want to appeal to the Windows crowd you need to write an OS that not only has a Start Bar, but also invades your privacy, must remind you often that it is busy thinking, and...

...well just don't work quite as stable as a Linux environment.

OK, to say something positive about Windows that I can't say about Linux, at least I can "generally" install my drivers without issues "generally". Likewise, if I want to run something all I have to do is download it and install it, I don't have to download "X" amount of Mb worth of dependencies just to make it work, which sometimes becomes the case with Linux. Too many dependencies, too many files that need constantly updated and this and that. At least that was my experience when I used to keep it around all the time. Maybe with AEROS I will not have to worry about that crap as much cause I just want to set up WINE and I am using AROS as my GUI instead of some Start Bar based KDE variant or what ever.

 Of course again, the down side to Windows is it sucks. It is boring to use, and the history behind the success of the company behind it relies heavily upon the shattered dreams of others.
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Re: Offline User Friendly Linux Distro with Updated Wine?
« Reply #26 on: March 17, 2013, 12:25:14 AM »
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Don't they use that on iCarly?

Freaking iCarly! Ha, too funny!

Have you ever noticed how Linux users tend to watch iCarly? Especially the over 35 variety? :)
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Re: Offline User Friendly Linux Distro with Updated Wine?
« Reply #27 on: March 24, 2013, 10:11:48 PM »
I sure am glad OS 4 looks like Windows at that! ;)
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Re: Offline User Friendly Linux Distro with Updated Wine?
« Reply #28 on: March 28, 2013, 01:46:08 AM »
So.... there are said to be open source Radeon drivers that come with pretty much ever Linux distro now a days?

How come everything loads so slowly then? How come the screen refreshes slowly? I thought I was missing the video drivers, but I guess they were installed all along. Either Linux blows hard core, or this laptop was just a way over rated flop by Dell.
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Re: Offline User Friendly Linux Distro with Updated Wine?
« Reply #29 from previous page: March 28, 2013, 02:14:33 AM »
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Sounds like you are running in vesa mode rather than using the Radeon driver.

What OS are you running?


This experience is with nearly ever Linux distro mentioned here. Ubuntu included.
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