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- Fri Jun 28, 2013 9:03 am
- Forum: Installation & Boot
- Topic: Not possible to install Mint 15 without PAE?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1351
Re: Not possible to install Mint 15 without PAE?
AlbertP is right, but if you are unfortunate and really don't have PAE, you can always try to use Linux Mint Debiam Edition. It is even better for old computers 

- Fri Jun 28, 2013 8:55 am
- Forum: Installation & Boot
- Topic: Not possible to install Mint 15 without PAE?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1351
Re: Not possible to install Mint 15 without PAE?
While Ubuntu dropped support for all non pae capable processors there might be a way. 1) Install Mint 13 2) Install Liquorix non pae kernel, or Debian 486 kernel (I dunno if it works with Ubuntu). 3) Update to Mint 15 using apt-get, leaving liquorix kernel of course 4) Boot with liquorix kernel, rem...
- Thu Jun 27, 2013 7:07 am
- Forum: LMDE Archive
- Topic: LMDE Update Pack 7 - when?
- Replies: 121
- Views: 38800
Re: LMDE Update Pack 7 - when?
I know SolydX, as I still use unofficial LMDE Xfce on my home server :) But as MATE or Cinnamon user, I realy don't want to go anywhere from here. I feel that Clem and Mint team understand my desktop needs and think in similar way. I ain't no GNOME Shell, Unity or KDE user either. I agree 100% that ...
- Thu Jun 27, 2013 5:12 am
- Forum: LMDE Archive
- Topic: LMDE Update Pack 7 - when?
- Replies: 121
- Views: 38800
Re: LMDE Update Pack 7 - when?
Monsta, maybe you're right - If it ain't broken don't fix it ;) Yes I love Debian Wheezy stability, but sticking with old software isn't a solution too, even if it works. And LMDE unfortunately seems to be slowing down. Even if UP7 was announced today, it would probably take at least 1-2 months to r...
- Thu Jun 27, 2013 4:09 am
- Forum: LMDE Archive
- Topic: LMDE Update Pack 7 - when?
- Replies: 121
- Views: 38800
Re: LMDE Update Pack 7 - when?
LMDE is getting seriously outdated now , so I'm quite surprised no update pack has been announced yet, especially since UP6 was released about half year ago (not counting ISOs). For example kernel 3.2 (1,5yr old!) and fglrx 12.6 (compared to 3.9 and 13.4 in current testing). Wheezy was released almo...
- Wed Dec 12, 2012 2:32 am
- Forum: LMDE Archive
- Topic: Installing LMDE on BTRFS with lzo compression, almost
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8807
Re: Installing LMDE on BTRFS with lzo compression, almost
Try installing fresh LMDE on Virtualbox and see how /var/run is mounted. btw. using tmpfs for internet cache in my opinion defeats the purpose of having ssd. There is no point of paying for fast disk, if you will be waiting for browser to redownload web pages again and again. Your browsing experienc...
- Tue Dec 11, 2012 6:03 am
- Forum: LMDE Archive
- Topic: Installing LMDE on BTRFS with lzo compression, almost
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8807
Re: Installing LMDE on BTRFS with lzo compression, almost
oh, I though BFQ was only for CPU. Anyway, SSD usually doesn't need any scheduling so selecting noop may help. On my machine /var/run is certainly tmpfs (although I cannot guarantee I didn't made it. We should check how it is on fresh install, most probably it is this way). And "/var/run/shm&qu...
- Tue Dec 11, 2012 5:08 am
- Forum: LMDE Archive
- Topic: Installing LMDE on BTRFS with lzo compression, almost
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8807
Re: Installing LMDE on BTRFS with lzo compression, almost
no no, I'm talking about I/O scheduler, not CPU scheduler. They are different things. BFQ schedules your CPU time, while CFQ schedules your disk commands (despite similar name they are not related in any way). And fortunately it is much easier to change :) for example: echo noop > /sys/block/sda/que...
- Mon Dec 10, 2012 1:24 pm
- Forum: LMDE Archive
- Topic: BTRFS installation
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5173
Re: BTRFS installation
btrfs usually isn't any faster unless you have very slow drive and fast cpu with compression enabled. Very often it is much slower. Some benchmarks use compressible data to test speed. It gives btrfs artificial big speed gain. Also, since btrfs is copy-on-write system it suffers from massive fragmen...
- Mon Dec 10, 2012 12:25 pm
- Forum: LMDE Archive
- Topic: UPDATE PACK 6 FEEDBACK THREAD
- Replies: 29
- Views: 13260
Re: UPDATE PACK 6 FEEDBACK THREAD
Hi! 
I've noticed that UP6 still has probably the same broken fglrx 12.6-point1 driver as UP5 (no 3D under wine).
Also compiz is still missing
Can we have Sid versions of these packages?
I bet ATI+MATE users would be very grateful

I've noticed that UP6 still has probably the same broken fglrx 12.6-point1 driver as UP5 (no 3D under wine).
Also compiz is still missing

Can we have Sid versions of these packages?

I bet ATI+MATE users would be very grateful

- Mon Dec 10, 2012 6:27 am
- Forum: LMDE Archive
- Topic: BTRFS installation
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5173
Re: BTRFS installation
you can install lmde on btrfs, i've done it already with UP4. Installer defaults to ext4 but you can change it to whatever you want, and don't forget to disable root fsck at boot time. But btrfs is still experimental, no matter what kernel are you using. if you don't plan to use its new features, th...
- Mon Dec 10, 2012 3:41 am
- Forum: LMDE Archive
- Topic: Installing LMDE on BTRFS with lzo compression, almost
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8807
Re: Installing LMDE on BTRFS with lzo compression, almost
My machine is old P35 SATAII too. From my experience, while just as fast at linear access, btrfs is slower than ext4 during heavy random read/write operations. That's why I'm not surprised. Moreover, btrfs with compression is copy on write system, that means performance can degrade as drive gets ful...
- Fri Dec 07, 2012 5:10 pm
- Forum: LMDE Archive
- Topic: Need to upgrade mythtv
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1587
Re: Need to upgrade mythtv
MythTV is available in deb multimedia repo. http://www.deb-multimedia.org/dists/unstable/main/binary-sparc/package/mythtv Sid version is dated 3 dec 2012, so it might be good. You can try to install it from there, maybe with some additional packages from sid. But if you frequently need newest (few d...
- Fri Dec 07, 2012 3:17 am
- Forum: LMDE Archive
- Topic: Long time without get any update
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7214
Re: Long time without get any update
Come on, LMDE is not THAT outdated. Do you really NEED newest possible versions of everything? If it is particular application - why not use apt pinning? And SID isn't much newer, so I don't think it is even worth the effort. You won't get even kernel newer than ancient 3.2. Experimental is - and th...
- Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:09 am
- Forum: Software & Applications
- Topic: Brasero hasn't worked, for years
- Replies: 54
- Views: 12407
Re: Brasero hasn't worked, for years
Maybe. I will try to test xfburn again in some time.
Both cdrskinn and xfburn are based on libburn(nia) project, so the bug can be present on both.
They burn correctly, albeit always at max speed. And I don't know how to fix it.
Both cdrskinn and xfburn are based on libburn(nia) project, so the bug can be present on both.
They burn correctly, albeit always at max speed. And I don't know how to fix it.
- Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:36 am
- Forum: LMDE Archive
- Topic: Long time without get any update
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7214
Re: Long time without get any update
This was probably discussed to death already, and in result - nobody (yet) came across idea better than update packs. Other than having update packs, but released more frequently, of course. I agree with you smaller updates are easier to install. Initially, update packs were meant to be released mon...
- Wed Dec 05, 2012 8:56 am
- Forum: LMDE Archive
- Topic: Long time without get any update
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7214
Re: Long time without get any update
A recent study among Ubuntu's users has proven that 25% of the upgrades (made without reinstallation) fail and the only way to repair is a... reinstallation. Ubuntu is currently working on the upgrade process because it's absolutely not safe. This is exactly what I've encountered with openSUSE Tumb...
- Wed Dec 05, 2012 2:49 am
- Forum: LMDE Archive
- Topic: Long time without get any update
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7214
Re: Long time without get any update
Technically LMDE is a rolling release. It's just rolling at much slower rate, to give better stability. You can consider it as something in-between traditional rolling and normal distro. And I wonder why everybody considers it a disadvantage. I don't really want to install 300MB of useless stuff dai...
- Fri Nov 30, 2012 2:51 am
- Forum: LMDE Archive
- Topic: Installing LMDE on BTRFS with lzo compression, almost
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8807
Re: Installing LMDE on BTRFS with lzo compression, almost
apt get is doing some really heavy IO. Much more than for example opensuse's zypper. My Corsair Voyager 3.0 thumbdrive (via USB2.0!) had no problems with zypper and compressed btrfs, yet it was waaay to slow for LMDE and apt-get. So unfortunately - I am not surprised. LMDE update took some time (hal...
- Thu Nov 29, 2012 2:36 pm
- Forum: LMDE Archive
- Topic: Installing LMDE on BTRFS with lzo compression, almost
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8807
Re: Installing LMDE on BTRFS with lzo compression, almost
Glad to hear that 
I know about btrfs compression. I've beed using it for about a year or so.
But mounted with standard "compress" mount option it won't compress many (unfortunately compressible) files.
That's why forcing it may be better option, but YMMV.

I know about btrfs compression. I've beed using it for about a year or so.
But mounted with standard "compress" mount option it won't compress many (unfortunately compressible) files.
That's why forcing it may be better option, but YMMV.