1 Reply by Mehall

(6 replies, posted in CrunchBang Talk)

anonymous wrote:

Hey I remember you! Welcome back Mehall smile

As for #!, the new welcome script is very handy. Also #! now comes in both Openbox and Xfce varieties. And now that #! is Debian-based, we can having a rolling release (testing/unstable) if we want. I don't really use #! so maybe others can share more.

Care to share what distro/ environment you use now anon?

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2 Topic by Mehall

(6 replies, posted in CrunchBang Talk)

So, I seem to be getting back into the linux fold again.

Running a Debian server for light video file sharing (apache and utorrent web-client largely)

and I recently got myself a new PC for gaming, meaning the old laptop no longer needs to be running Windows, as I have a separate gaming machine.

The laptop may end up being solely a minecraft server, but I'll be using a gui at least some of the time, so it seems likely it'll be #! again.

The real point of this thread (other than to say I'm still in the top 20 all time posters tongue) is to ask what the current #! experience is like compared to the old ubuntu ones. Not really been using linux regularly on my machine in about 2 years.

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3 Reply by Mehall

(34 replies, posted in Devel: CrunchBang 10 "Statler")

If I hadn't lost my graphics card for my old Cyrix M-II 333MHz machine, I'd have it running on there (It's running Debian Squeeze already).

It's 333MHz as aforementioned, but the Cyrix chips were weak in many areas, making them equivalent to a 250MHz Pentium chip.

It has 128MB RAM in it I believe, but as I said: misplaced the graphics card and there's no graphics built into the MoBo, so no Statler on it for me ):

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4 Reply by Mehall

(487 replies, posted in Devel: CrunchBang 10 "Statler")

iI'd like to take this oportunity to step into this discussion and sy that a freshly installed windows OS does not give me 1280x800, and that it is much easier to install the standard nVidia binaries on Linux compared to Windows, as windows has many different drivers and you need the right one.

I would also like to point out that Debian free software guidelines (the same ones that mean we use iceweasel not firefox) cause the default debian system, and therefore derivatives, to not use the "non-free" drivers, and that perhaps including the drivers for every graphics card known to man may be a bit out of reach for this small distro.

Corenominal said it hinself, i's easy enough to include support for wifi cards and other such devices, but graphics   drivers are a bit out of scope.

There is plenty of documentation on how to get the drivers running on debian.

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5 Reply by Mehall

(487 replies, posted in Devel: CrunchBang 10 "Statler")

486 Openbox version should be downloaded in 25mins, but I don't think I'm gonna get the chance to test it till later on.

And in case you didn't guess, yes, I'm getting the 486 version to try and make it run on that old Cyrix machine! tongue

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6 Reply by Mehall

(125 replies, posted in CrunchBang Talk)

As you may have noticed, my feed has became active again. This is actually due to a guest writer who I have offered to start writing on my blog.

If you'd prefer, since I rarely write and he won't be writing about Linux or crunchbang, you can remove my feed.

I have no great personal preference, and would happily leave it to you or the community to decide.

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7 Reply by Mehall

(125 replies, posted in Off Topic / General Chat)

No special Order

Foo Fighters
Metallica
Weezer
Gonga
Biffy Clyro


Also: High Fidelity is in my top 5 all time favourite movies (:

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8 Reply by Mehall

(3 replies, posted in Off Topic / General Chat)

Just about to PM you as I type (:

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9 Reply by Mehall

(25 replies, posted in Off Topic / General Chat)

I only have one more Referral to give, so I'll edit out when it's taken:

https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTk2MDk1MTk

Woops, misread Dropbox, I have plenty more to give

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10 Reply by Mehall

(48 replies, posted in Off Topic / General Chat)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Same day as a friend of mine, who is closer to you than to me, location wise.

An ex's birthday is tomorrow, as is my gran's 80th, and it's Burns Day up here in Scotland, and I have a quick week at the start of February?

Quick: what's 9 months ago? *ponders*

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11 Reply by Mehall

(71 replies, posted in News & Announcements)

Self censor: (all in capitals, for emphasis, btw) F*****G C***

Calms down:

That's just not right.

Ban the IP?

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12 Reply by Mehall

(27 replies, posted in Off Topic / General Chat)

I'm using mostly Win7 these days, booting into Crunch for specific things, as I'm on a bit of a gaming binge.

But when I was still using Crunch more than Win, I was always hitting F12 in Windows trying to get yakuake, generally to see what was happening in IRC

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13 Reply by Mehall

(12 replies, posted in Help & Support (Stable))

It'll almost certainly affect your battery life, likely severely.

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14 Reply by Mehall

(30 replies, posted in Off Topic / General Chat)

Congrats Arp!


I got the Android phone I've been using for a fortnight tongue

I also got an inflatable sumo suit and a few other things. Bought myself some games on the Steam sale. Considering getting a joystick for X3 and (when it appears) Jumpgate Evolution.

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15 Reply by Mehall

(4 replies, posted in Introductions)

Hi Tony!

Glad you like #!, I know we all do!

Congrats on the daughter, and have fun with Crunchbang, on and  off the forums!

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16 Reply by Mehall

(2 replies, posted in Off Topic / General Chat)

It's a good phone.

Starting to get used to the software keyboard.

Took me a while to log in here though...

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17 Topic by Mehall

(2 replies, posted in Off Topic / General Chat)

So tomorrow, on the way through to Edinburgh to see the girlfriend, I'm picking up my xmas present from my mum and dad, but I get it straight away:

T-Mobile Pulse.

The first time I've had an actual decent phone, and it's an Android Smart phone at that.

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18 Reply by Mehall

(125 replies, posted in CrunchBang Talk)

Could I please have my image/avatr for the Planet updated to my current forums one please?

http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/img/avatars/459.jpg

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19 Reply by Mehall

(60 replies, posted in Off Topic / General Chat)

Only out of top 20 because Ultimate edition updated to 9.10

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20 Reply by Mehall

(52 replies, posted in Feedback & Suggestions)

alon_h wrote:

Iceweasel is firefox, but because of the patches that debian apply to it, mozzila dodn't want it to be branded firefox (and debian cant use the original icon 'couse it's not free). Ubuntu and others patch FF too, but ok it with mozilla to be able to use the name & icon (otherwise you need to use the unbranded verison).

a.


Actually, it's not Mozilla disagreeing about the patches, it's the Debian Free factor kicking in. As you said, logo ain't free, so Debian don't regard it as something they want to distribute, in line with their policy.

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21 Reply by Mehall

(10 replies, posted in Artwork & Screenshots)

I have a Sony Ericcson D750i, which is the same as... I think it's the W800? So the old version of the 890i you developed the theme for. I may have to see if I can use it.

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22 Reply by Mehall

(83 replies, posted in Off Topic / General Chat)

64kilos here, and I used to be a bit less. Maybe I can rival those in the low 5 some time again?

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23 Reply by Mehall

(225 replies, posted in Feedback & Suggestions)

Vicophine wrote:
stopie wrote:

+1 for Debian.

Personally, I think it would be kinda neat if #! looses its Ubuntu-training-wheels smile

Besides, this Karmic screen flickering is getting annoying!

How about we ditch the Ubuntu training wheels and go for an Arch (AUR) base?
big_smile


If you're using Arch, you should be able to build a #!-esque system yourself, no need for anything pre-built. It, in fact, defeats major parts of the Arch Philosophy.

Arch has it's place, but #! is not one of them. Debian gets my vote.

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24 Reply by Mehall

(8 replies, posted in Off Topic / General Chat)

I never get around to emulation.

Reason?

Consoles hooked up to my tv:

NES
Mega Drive (with Master System converter)
N64
Saturn
PS2
Dreamcast
XBox
Wii

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25 Reply by Mehall

(59 replies, posted in Off Topic / General Chat)

I forgot to mention wine.

I was never a big wine fan, but I worked in a hotel that does a lot of weddings, and to ensure we could be relied on for information by the guests, we had a wine tasting session.

I prefer Red, though will drink white on occasion. Also, I prefer South American or Australian wines generally, with European being second, and Californian etc last (but will still drink a wine of reasonable quality.)

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