Feek's adventures with Linux - Page 11

Daz · 02-04-2008, 14:47

Wine Is Not an Emulator

For simple apps it's fine, the more complicated you go the harder it gets. Office 2003+ is largely a non starter to get the whole thing going. A lot of games work surprisingly well though.

Re: the dual monitor stuff, Hardy (scheduled for release this month) has a new screen manager which should greatly simplify that. I'd try it myself but I'm affected by a bug in the kernel which stops the installer booting on my main rig. They've fixed it now, so hopefully I'll get to install RC1 on it.

Mark · 02-04-2008, 19:21

Or just grab a nightly snapshot and give that a go if you're brave enough.

I'm already running Hardy in a VM but I'm using server so no GUI.

Desmo · 02-04-2008, 20:21

Got WINE all sorted

Running altbinz for my NZB's just like I did in Doze

Feek · 02-04-2008, 20:24

Desmo, there's a fair bit in this thread earlier about video and dual screens - Have a read back if you've not already done so.

Daz · 02-04-2008, 20:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark

Or just grab a nightly snapshot and give that a go if you're brave enough.

I grabbed a daily after the fix was supposedly committed but it didn't appear to be there. Wasn't just me either. I'll probably just wait for the RC now, I can do most of my messing on the laptop

Desmo · 16-04-2008, 10:28

More questions

I'm now using an app called Blueman to handle all of my bluetooth phone connection stuff but I'd like to make it the default app for this. I currently have a keyboard shortcut which turns my bluetooth on and off. When I turn it on, Ubuntu loads up the default Bluetooth module in the task bar. I'd like it so that Blueman launches instead.

Another thing is I'm having to run an old version of Blueman. The latest version of Blueman needs a newer version of Bluez-Utils which in turn needs a newer version of libc6. Problem is, libc6 in the repos only goes up to 2.6 and I need 2.7. I there a way around this? Is it safe to manually install a newer version from elsewhere? Thinking I might just wait until Hardy goes live and see if that has the newer libc6 that I need.

Mark · 16-04-2008, 14:42

Hardy ships with libc6 2.7 and has bluez-utils 3.26 in the repository. Does that help?

Desmo · 16-04-2008, 15:01

Yeah, will probs do the upgrade anyway so that's good news

02-04-2008, 14:47	#101
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	Wine Is Not an Emulator For simple apps it's fine, the more complicated you go the harder it gets. Office 2003+ is largely a non starter to get the whole thing going. A lot of games work surprisingly well though. Re: the dual monitor stuff, Hardy (scheduled for release this month) has a new screen manager which should greatly simplify that. I'd try it myself but I'm affected by a bug in the kernel which stops the installer booting on my main rig. They've fixed it now, so hopefully I'll get to install RC1 on it. __________________ apt-get moo

02-04-2008, 20:21	#103
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	Got WINE all sorted Running altbinz for my NZB's just like I did in Doze __________________

02-04-2008, 20:24	#104
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Desmo, there's a fair bit in this thread earlier about video and dual screens - Have a read back if you've not already done so. __________________

16-04-2008, 10:28	#106
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	More questions I'm now using an app called Blueman to handle all of my bluetooth phone connection stuff but I'd like to make it the default app for this. I currently have a keyboard shortcut which turns my bluetooth on and off. When I turn it on, Ubuntu loads up the default Bluetooth module in the task bar. I'd like it so that Blueman launches instead. Another thing is I'm having to run an old version of Blueman. The latest version of Blueman needs a newer version of Bluez-Utils which in turn needs a newer version of libc6. Problem is, libc6 in the repos only goes up to 2.6 and I need 2.7. I there a way around this? Is it safe to manually install a newer version from elsewhere? Thinking I might just wait until Hardy goes live and see if that has the newer libc6 that I need. __________________

16-04-2008, 15:01	#108
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	Yeah, will probs do the upgrade anyway so that's good news __________________

02-04-2008, 19:21	#102
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Or just grab a nightly snapshot and give that a go if you're brave enough. I'm already running Hardy in a VM but I'm using server so no GUI.

16-04-2008, 14:42	#107
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Hardy ships with libc6 2.7 and has bluez-utils 3.26 in the repository. Does that help?