Finally, I have a PS3.

[Michael Rockwell]

Toshiba had a cell based laptop coming soon. But very pricey.

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    Michael Rockwell

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On Jun 28, 2008, at 8:46 AM, Derick Centeno <dcenteno at ydl.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:01:52 -0500
> "Ron Rogers Jr." <CronoCloud at mchsi.com> wrote:
>
>> After lurking on this list for what seemed like forever, I
>> finally have a PS3.
>
> Congrats!  I haven't made that move yet.  I would prefer the cell in  
> a laptop
> running ydl.  It may never happen.
>
>> Surprises:
>>
>> Gaaaah E17!  No offense, but it drove me batty, even if it has a
>> nice shelf. Though it probably is the best choice for a
>> lightweight desktop, it's less RAM intensive than all of XFCE's
>> pieces are. I used fluxbox on the PS2 and installed it in YDL.
>> The default term choice (gnome-term) is probably a bit heavy for
>> the PS3.  I installed rxvt/mrxvt/urxvt very quickly.
>>
>> I also noticed that the default filemanager shows previews of
>> what's in text files.
>>
>> I'll have to update gnupg, I was running 1.4.8 on the PS2.
>>
>> I tended to use dillo for basic browsing, backed up with links
>> -g, which I'll have to install, because elinks doesn't have that
>> option. I had Firefox 1.5 and 2.foo installed on the PS2 using
>> 1.5 only when absolutely necessary and 2.foo only when 1.5
>> didn't work on some site.  So Firefox 2 on YDL is a pleasant
>> surprise, Flash! Java!
>>
>> I am enjoying pirut/yum... a lot.  I had to compile EVERYTHING
>> on the PS2. Though some of the packages are older than I
>> expected, ie vim 7.0 rather than 7.1, gimp2.2 rather than 2.4.
>> Yes I had 2.4 on the PS2, because I'm not sane.  :-)  I did get
>> tripped up in compiling Claws-Mail because I had forgot about
>> devel packages.
>>
>> I actually haven't tried any multimedia stuff yet, I haven't
>> installed XMMS.
>>
>> I've had to do some command line work, editing /etc/profile to
>> set my PKG_CONFIG_PATH, that sort of thing.  Nothing I'm not
>> used to doing. So far it's been going smoothly, though I
>> haven't figured out how to use my usb headset with YDL (to
>> record) yet.
>>
>> Ron Rogers Jr. (CronoCloud)
>>
>
> Glad to hear things are moving along nicely. I'd appreciate it if  
> you clarified
> what you did regarding editing /etc/profile and setting the  
> PKG_CONFIG_PATH in
> reference to Claws Mail packages.  There's been a lot of changes in  
> the current
> version of Claws, I've not been able o get the additional packages  
> to work as I
> would have liked.
>
> I look forward to learning what you've been able to do.
> All the best...
>
>
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> of
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>
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> Viereck," for the October 26, 1929 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.
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