various answers...thinkpads, outside repositories..
Paulderol Surname
dr.jackal.mr.hydra at gmail.com
Mon Feb 11 17:32:43 GMT 2008
as far as nonstandard variants of repostiory programs--Go for it, it
works fine with Wine and various others, Azureus for one...it MAY break
you, but it is unlikely, so long as your system isn't too unstable.
in re thinkpads--there's some issue getting the integrated fingerprint
reader to go, but the intel card should get you out of the ATI issues,
which are the most numerous with the Thinkpads...HDAPS may not run
effectively either, but other than that, everything else, even the
little light at the top works pretty much out of the box.
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> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:54:04 -0500
> From: Eric Weir <eeweir at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Installing applications from outside the repositories
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> I posted this query on the Ubuntu forums over a week ago and still
> haven't gotten a response, so I thought I'd give it a try here.
>
> Recently I installed an "notetaking" application -- Zim -- from the
> repository. I think it's going to meet my needs, but the version I have
> is significantly out of date and the most recent version has significant
> additional features.
>
> I started an install of the most recent version for Ubuntu from the
> developer's website, but aborted, [1] because it's described as being
> for Gutsy and I'm still running Feisty, and [2] because as the required
> perl library packages were about to be installed I got a message saying
> that older versions were available from the repositories and
> recommending that I install them.
>
> So my questions. Can I do any harm by installing the Gutsy version of
> the app on my Feisty system? Likewise regarding the unsupported libraries?
>
> Thanks much in advance.
>
> Sincerely,
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Eric Weir
> Decatur, GA USA
> eeweir at bellsouth.net
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:58:30 -0500
> From: Eric Weir <eeweir at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: interesting issues...
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> On 02/09/2008 Paulderol Surname wrote:
>
> > Most interesting issue--gee,
> > um, well, i guess trying to get the entire thinkpad array to operate
> > with ATI drivers
>
> I'm not as much a linux/Ubuntu newbie as I used to be, but I don't
> understand this remark. As a recent Thinkpad purchaser -- used x40, in
> which I plan to install Kubuntu -- I'm curious.
>
> Thanks,
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Eric Weir
> Decatur, GA USA
> eeweir at bellsouth.net
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:01:43 -0500
> From: Jon Reagan <jreagan1990 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Installing applications from outside the repositories
> To: Georgia Ubuntu Mailing List <ubuntu-us-ga at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <1202666503.5816.4.camel at jon-laptop>
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> You can always try the gutsy version on fiesty. It may work, and then
> it may not. It doesn't look like that there are any other versions
> available, so giving it a try might be the best option.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Jon
>
>
> On Sun, 2008-02-10 at 11:54 -0500, Eric Weir wrote:
> > I posted this query on the Ubuntu forums over a week ago and still
> > haven't gotten a response, so I thought I'd give it a try here.
> >
> > Recently I installed an "notetaking" application -- Zim -- from the
> > repository. I think it's going to meet my needs, but the version I have
> > is significantly out of date and the most recent version has significant
> > additional features.
> >
> > I started an install of the most recent version for Ubuntu from the
> > developer's website, but aborted, [1] because it's described as being
> > for Gutsy and I'm still running Feisty, and [2] because as the required
> > perl library packages were about to be installed I got a message saying
> > that older versions were available from the repositories and
> > recommending that I install them.
> >
> > So my questions. Can I do any harm by installing the Gutsy version of
> > the app on my Feisty system? Likewise regarding the unsupported libraries?
> >
> > Thanks much in advance.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Eric Weir
> > Decatur, GA USA
> > eeweir at bellsouth.net
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:45:54 -0500
> From: Jon Reagan <jreagan1990 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Ubuntu-Georgia Calendar
> To: Ubuntu Georgia <ubuntu-us-ga at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <1202669154.6277.3.camel at jon-laptop>
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>
> Hello everyone,
>
> We now have an official calendar on the ubuntu-georgia.org web site.
> It's a google calendar, so you can add it to your Google account. Check
> the calendar for updates on meetings and events. You can find it under
> the "Links" list on the ubuntu-georgia site.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jon
>
>
>
>
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> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:31:31 -0500
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> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:49:18 -0500
> From: Eric Weir <eeweir at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: Installing applications from outside the repositories
> To: Georgia Ubuntu Mailing List <ubuntu-us-ga at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> On 02/10/2008 Jon Reagan wrote:
>
> > You can always try the gutsy version on fiesty. It may work, and then
> > it may not. It doesn't look like that there are any other versions
> > available, so giving it a try might be the best option.
>
> Thanks, Jon. I assume your comment applies to the required libraries, as
> well as the application itself.
>
> I'll let you know how it goes.
>
> Sincerely,
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Eric Weir
> Decatur, GA USA
> eeweir at bellsouth.net
>
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:18:43 -0500
> From: Eric Weir <eeweir at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: interesting issues...
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> On 02/10/2008 Kevin Fishburne wrote:
>
> > I've installed Linux on some Thinkpads and have had mixed results. You
> > usually have to mess with xorg.conf to enable hardware acceleration,
> > which doesn't always work with Compiz, and the wireless NICs have had
> > limited capability. The Thinkpads I've seen have ATI video cards,
> > which is a bad way to start.
> >
>
> Before buying the machine, I read this on the Thinkwiki site:
> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_7.04_%28Feisty_Fawn%29_on_a_ThinkPad_X40
>
> This is from the executive summary:
>
> > Ubuntu Linux 7.04 -and probably any modern distro- "just works"
> > out-of-the-box on this machine.
> >
> > No manual configuration was required. Even network, wifi, xorg (with
> > 3D acceleration), sound and suspend-to-ram were properly configured
> > and functional, all with opensource drivers only, at the end of the
> > default Ubuntu installation. I've no problem with fan noises either.
> >
> > But there's still some room for fine tuning:
> >
> > * To improve energy efficiency and battery life (8 cell bat gives
> > 4h with default install, 6h after tuning
> > <http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_reduce_power_consumption>)
> > * To access some special features (like some Thinkpad special keys
> > <http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Default_meanings_of_special_keys>)
> > * To better use resources (memory, CPU, power, ...)
> >
> I believe the graphics is Intel Extreme Graphics 2. Does that get me out
> of ATI issues?
>
> Regards,
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Eric Weir
> Decatur, GA USA
> eeweir at bellsouth.net
>
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:48:10 -0500
> From: Kevin Fishburne <kevinfishburne at eightvirtues.com>
> Subject: Re: interesting issues...
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> Message: 9
> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:02:39 -0500
> From: "Carol E. Meacham" <hb88 at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: Installing applications from outside the repositories
> To: Georgia Ubuntu Mailing List <ubuntu-us-ga at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> I'm interested as well since I have what I assume to be the older
> version of Zim. I like the older version.
>
>
> Aunty Proton
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 10
> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:47:25 -0500
> From: "Paul Boren" <pmboren at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Ubuntu-Georgia Calendar
> To: "Georgia Ubuntu Mailing List" <ubuntu-us-ga at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> Jon,
>
> I wasn't able to add it to my google calendar and there's an message
> above the embedded calendar on the new site that says "Events from one
> or more calendars could not be shown here because you do not have the
> permission to view them."
>
> Is this a public calendar? I had no problem subscribing to the Ubuntu
> US Teams calendar that includes some of US-Ga meetings.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -- Paul Boren
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Jon Reagan <jreagan1990 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > We now have an official calendar on the ubuntu-georgia.org web site.
> > It's a google calendar, so you can add it to your Google account. Check
> > the calendar for updates on meetings and events. You can find it under
> > the "Links" list on the ubuntu-georgia site.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jon
> >
> >
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