how is blender running for you?  I can not figure out how to work that software.

Oh, and thanks to a tip in the mythfrontend working thread (thanks adamn!) I got vpnc to install by using the command line
apt-get install vpnc
after adding debian repositories

This is great for me, as I do a lot of remote work using krdc to vnc to my automation pc's at work.  Scaling a 1600x1200 remote pc on an eee looks pretty funny, but full screen mode works nicely, it auto scrolls when the pointer hits a screen edge.

EDIT:  had an email from another forum member about a problem I always assumed was just me.  If you are able to connect with vpnc, but have trouble hitting servers on the remote network afterward, take a look at your /etc/resolv.conf file.  vpnc-connect will alter that file to use the dns servers that your vpn server gives it.  It seems like it doesn't always work though, in my case it typically leaves one of my ISPs dns servers at the top of the list causing lookups to fail.  My fix is to have a script that calls the vpn-connect program, sleeps for a few seconds, and then copies the special resolv.conf.vpn file i created over to resolv.conf.

This seems like a hack to me, so I'm open to better solutions.  Also, vpnc-disconnect will try to restore the original resolv.conf file when you end your vpn session, manually changing the file can break that too, so my vpn_disco script adds a call to the dhcp client app which should repull all that from your local router.

Last edited by tulsa_sr5 (2007-11-12 6:57:30 pm)

I'm very new to Linux but I would love to run Opera as my browser.  Could you give more specific instructions as to just how the install happens.  I found the Opera file you noted and downloaded it but now I am somewhat lost.  Any help with this would be greatly  appreciated.  Thanks.

A step by step approach would be best as I have NEVER installed a Linux program.

Thanks for the quick reply.  I may give it a try later.  Would I be correct to downliad the Xandros 4.0 file in TAR.GZ format?

I can see this will be a bit of a learning curve but I really do like the Opera browser and use it on both my Windows and Mac machines.

Every time I played with Linux in the past I always was a bit put off by the Application install hoops you seemed to have to get past...  getting lazy I guess.

I noticed you were also working on getting a working Opera desktop icon... I wish you success and please keep the forum posted on your efforts.

Thanks again for your help.

I've got the Gimp (image manipulation) and UFRAW/DCRAW (RAW photo file editing) workin fine under bothe Easy and Advanced mode.

For details see the Wiki, "Photography using the Eee - The Gimp, RAW Editing".

How do you uninstall an application if you use sh to install it? I want to make sure that I can upgrade to the next version of Opera without leaving gunk lying around eating up memory.

Has anyone managed to install Audacity (an audio editor)? That's one I'd like to install when my eeepc arrives.

Allan

mikeatboduel wrote:

Synaptic is your friend here.  If you install using synaptic, uninstall is simple; just click on the package and select "Uninstall"

Right. The problem is that Opera doesn't want to install through Synaptic, so I followed the directions above to download and install it from Opera's site. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to uninstall it.

Allan_Jones: Audacity installs just fine through Synaptic.

Hmm, I removed everything it said had been installed, but I still have an Opera shortcut in my start menu. I suppose I can just delete that, but it makes me thing I must have missed something, since the shortcut has an icon, meaning there must be an icon file lying around somewhere, right?

you are right, it sounds like a few wiles still lying around.  I guess they are wasting a very small amount of disk space, but they shouldn't be causing any perfomance hit.

Thanks! I think this'll really help us newbies. Perhaps ultimately it can also be migrated to the Wiki once it gets sort of stable....

Some more to add to (either) list...these are mostly reports and not instructions.

vlc http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=1164
xmms http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=1164
wine http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=897 -- no DirectX

Last edited by mkrishnan (2007-11-06 9:44:13 pm)

Yeah, there are tons of things you can get off of the Debian stable repository that will almost certainly just work, and as people use Synaptics or apt-get to get them, I'm sure we'll see lots more reports. I'm personally also very curious about reports regarding what works in WINE. I plan on helping answer that question myself, hopefully later this week.

Reportedly, MSN 7 works with webcams through their Linux drivers in WINE, so that's one I am particularly curious about.

Last edited by mkrishnan (2007-11-06 9:56:38 pm)