[CoLoCo] Linux - Oh how I missed you.

[Aaron D. Gerber]

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Simon Engelbert
<engelbert.simon at gmail.com>wrote:

> 1 - Honestly, I stick with 32 bit. I have had sooo many headaches with
> various applications and software (Flash, Air and Boxee included) on 64 bit
> that I just decided to stick with 32 bit until things get better. Maybe it
> has gotten better since a year or so ago but I have not dared to try it
> again since. Another thing I recommend is to go check out the various
> applications you use and make sure they all have a 64 bit version. Looks
> like Boxee now has 64 bit but not sure about Air (if you use that)


I would agree. I've been running 64bit for a year and a half and it's
definitely gotten better, but it's still not perfect. If you're going to
install lots of apps not in the default repos ( trying out new beta apps, or
what not), I'd definitely recommend going 32 bit. If you're not going to
mess with that or you have more than 3 or 4 GB of RAM, 64 may be the way to
go. Really the only practical benefit (for my use) I get from 64 bit is
being able to use all of my 8GB of RAM. Flash in 64bit works great. I never
have any issues. With that said, upgrading to the 64bit version of Flash
betas is a hassle, they are generally only provided in 32bit form...
Starcraft 2 works flawlessly in wine (However, I did have to install a
custom kernel, go figure), I don't know about World of Warcraft....

2.jEdit is pretty sweet. I love the robust multi-pane support. It's not as
slick as some other editors and it does require some configuration
(installing plugins) upfront. But it's still all I use on daily basis for
PHP dev. If you're not using a centralized repo for the code, I'd highly
recommend adding that. IMO Git is easier to work with web projects than SVN,
just because of the .svn folders. Regardless, I *highly* recommend some kind
of version control.


3 - A year or so ago I would have recommended SongBird but they turned their
> back on the Linux community (I am still obviously pissed about it). Now I
> use Rhythmbox and Banshee. Both are pretty good and can be used to connect
> to your Android device and Ubuntu One music store. Other music players and
> related stuff to take a look at are Clementine (
> http://www.clementine-player.org/) and Cover Gloobus (http://gloobus.net/).
> Oh yeah...and VLC for everything else!
>

I share your pain with SongBird, I was *really* excited about that for a
while! Now I use Rhythmbox, which is solid, but not exciting. Banshee is
pretty slick, but it's missing one or two deal-breaker features, so I stay
with Rhythmbox.

Aaron-
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