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Sekerob
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Done so many nasty things to Linux Lucid Lynx that I might as well be calling it Mavericked Lynx. Anyway, pleasant surprise this morning, after loitering for quite some time behind at Berkeley, never seeing the same version number update as for Windows and Mac, finally a deb package is out for Linux, now version 6.10.58 which which has a bug fix to "post crash" lost elapsed time by our own knreed. The deb pack is better than trying to squeeze in the .sh kit. It gives greater performance due different ways of linking the modules. Run either Synaptic and select the Upgradable in left margin to find it (or via the search box), or run Update Manager after a Check run... mind you that I've long deselected the Canonical only ppa so it might not be there.
----------------------------------------Note for those running HCC or CEP2 or DDDT2, there will be a restart of the client to let the new version kick in. Visit the task properties to find out about the last checkpoints or like me, suspend all ready to start tasks that have far apart checkpoint and only let HCMD2 run which checkpoint every few minutes, then do a boot... systems like that... even **nix systems (whatever the experts claim to only require a boot when such core things as the kernel is updated). The things we do. 
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Sekerob
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Couple of amazing little applets that make things better in Linux as were we in Windows.
----------------------------------------1. RedShiftGUI... enter your location, add it to the Startup Application menu and it will automatically set the display 'warmth'... better for the eyes during the night. A quick click on the icon on the panel bar allows switching from day to nighttime.  yeh right, not going to show you my coordinates :P 2. Gnome Activity Journal. This uses some of the Zeitgeist (TimeSpirit) developments, and offers a chronology of files that were opened over the past period, similar to the list of user files that Windows can show in the start up menu. http://www.webupd8.org/2010/06/gnome-activity-journal-034-released.html works a treat also because of that learning curve it remembers which Linux control files I've edited and when... such as fstab where I've put the remote (windows) resources to re-mount after booting. 3. And then there is the 'Manhattan' (OS) project, to make it easier for those who like to try a conversion to Linux, the easy way. http://www.webupd8.org/2010/07/manhattan-os-based-on-ubuntu-makes-it.html Meantime, really getting to appreciate the speed of Opera 10.6 on Linux 10.04.... open a new tab, and a screen filled with thumbnails of your favorite webpages to just click and load appears to be populated by yourself, handpicked. Now looking to find a tool that can set specific applications to different priorities. Running the Recoll file indexing, mentioned earlier in this thread, it was at normal priority causing substantial sluggishness after having started it manually. Used for now the System monitor tool to change that to low, 6, so it does not slow down the front while working through some 400,000 files. Mind you, the instant find of the fstab above was awesome. in knot point not seconds. Anyone knows one auto-nicer for Linux, GUI based as mostly me hates having to invest time researching how to put something in scripts and bash around.
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[...] yeh right, not going to show you my coordinates :P [...] Damm... I am wondering for over 2 years now, where "Emperor, livello 1° Pallottoliere Á Köldum Klaka" is on this planet...  [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Jul 26, 2010 12:33:42 PM] |
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Sekerob
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Let me give you a pointer (As seen from Mars):
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Let me give you a pointer (As seen from Mars): That you, that's too kind of you... That helps me a lot!  I guess, it's easier to check the still visible coordinates (X48° Lat, X18° Lon) for possibilities, which are not directly in the ocean... (Maybe a good idea for a BOINC project... CSfS - Coordinational Search for Sekerob... |
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This is a nice walk through for Ubuntu newbies
http://blog.thesilentnumber.me/2010/04/ubuntu...nstall-guide-what-to.html GNOME Shell looks very cool! |
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Sekerob
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Very nice thank you, eddcamm
---------------------------------------- For those who are wondering where on earth Linux put those BOINC files we're talking about on the support forums, mosey on over to the Synaptic Package Manager. Now, I don't know what version this was introduced, but on my half way Meerkat, Lucid Linux install you get this if you just type BOINC in the search bar and select any of the 3 installed parts, marked green:  So here you have it... the real cc_config.xml is in /etc/boinc-client/ and the real boinc core client is in /usr/bin/ Still Recoll would have found it too, but this is conveniently giving all files related to a installed package. Enjoy
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JmBoullier
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So here you have it... the real cc_config.xml is in /etc/boinc-client/ and the real boinc core client is in /usr/bin/ Strictly speaking this is saying only where the cc_config associated to this installation has been placed.Nothing forbids that another installation of BOINC exists in the same machine and that it is this other installation which is actually running. Although I think that, most of the time, when there are two BOINCs in the same machine the clean and running one is indeed the Synaptic one. Definitely, the only safe way to know where active BOINC files are located is to look for the BOINC Data Directory line in the message log. Regarding the Installed Files tab in the package manager I think I have always seen it there. But I have not been in the Ubuntu world for years (2 years, maybe?). |
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Sekerob
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Think those that have installed multiple versions will understand that there could be more... this was only giving a lead as where to look without spelling out the 8th decimal... also n00bs have to unn00b eventually, but till then this site has some great tips: http://n00bsonubuntu.com/
----------------------------------------On the last point of Jean, anything installed using Ubuntu Software Manager or a Deb pack or other formal installer run in the terminal window shows up in the Synaptic Package Manager, but nowadays before installing xyz manually, I first check if Synaptic has got it already. Whilst, I thought the pre-log-in/shutdown screen but for that brief moment during Ubuntu Lucid installation looks ugly and blurry, so went to look and found the fix: http://n00bsonubuntu.com/content/how-fix-big-...buntu-1004-lts-lucid-lynx (will let you know if it does not did the trick... there's 4 CEP2 running and the have far apart checkpoints to not engage into casual booting) And finally, before I get complaints and the pasta al dente turns into zuppa di pastini  Still might earn a complaint, Yes, it's wide, that what's fat birds are :P
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Was looking for way to access a list of services and switch any not needed off for the extra seconds, but it seemed that system > administration > services had been removed since Karmic. After much digging found Webmin, a awesome piece of equipment with which loads of damage can be done too, so be warned.
----------------------------------------http://www.webmin.com/ even gets discussed by IBM back in 2003 http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-roadmap3/ Enjoy, and do put on your safety helmet and braces. It helped me to activate a cron job to update the virusscanner (BitDefender for Unices) that I'd set up but somehow would not run. Now it does.
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