Comments on: Eeedora Impressions http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2008/01/31/eeedora-impressions A permanent record for what's interesting today - this is my live journal Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:44:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Filippo http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2008/01/31/eeedora-impressions#comment-134022 Filippo Mon, 12 May 2008 10:57:59 +0000 http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2008/01/31/eeedora-impressions#comment-134022 Thanx for the post. What about skype video and audio? solved? I cant get it to work. Help! Thanx for the post. What about skype video and audio? solved? I cant get it to work. Help!

]]> By: Mokawi http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2008/01/31/eeedora-impressions#comment-132592 Mokawi Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:53:47 +0000 http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2008/01/31/eeedora-impressions#comment-132592 Xandros' brightness/sound control is actually not always fine on my Eee. But it's heavily hacked. Same thing with firefox crashes, I get that often, especially with YouTube. Pulseaudio: that's a Fedora thing. Don't know why they put it, but it looks like they seem proud of including it. XFCE: XFCE isn't really a desktop for the slow computers, although it is generally a good choice for this kind of machine; it's more of an easy, transparent, no-nonsense thing with software that opens instantly. Not everyone want to wait for nautilus to load, even if it's just 10-20 seconds, and sometimes Gnome gizmos are just too much distraction. Xandros’ brightness/sound control is actually not always fine on my Eee. But it’s heavily hacked. Same thing with firefox crashes, I get that often, especially with YouTube.
Pulseaudio: that’s a Fedora thing. Don’t know why they put it, but it looks like they seem proud of including it.
XFCE: XFCE isn’t really a desktop for the slow computers, although it is generally a good choice for this kind of machine; it’s more of an easy, transparent, no-nonsense thing with software that opens instantly. Not everyone want to wait for nautilus to load, even if it’s just 10-20 seconds, and sometimes Gnome gizmos are just too much distraction.

]]> By: Dirk http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2008/01/31/eeedora-impressions#comment-131639 Dirk Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:26:55 +0000 http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2008/01/31/eeedora-impressions#comment-131639 Actually, in newer versions of eeeDora the Fn-F3/F4 for brightness works. Download the latest version from the eeeDora site and you'll see. One caveat though, for me in the 20080125 build I have firefox sometimes crash randomly... not sure yet, what causes that... Actually, in newer versions of eeeDora the Fn-F3/F4 for brightness works. Download the latest version from the eeeDora site and you’ll see. One caveat though, for me in the 20080125 build I have firefox sometimes crash randomly… not sure yet, what causes that…

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]]> By: TimC http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2008/01/31/eeedora-impressions#comment-131296 TimC Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:37:29 +0000 http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2008/01/31/eeedora-impressions#comment-131296 With my Inspiron 1500 with camera using uvcvideo (er, can't login now to check details -- killed the network remotely!) driver on debian, luview also worked, but I had problems initially with other viewers. I think the solution in the end, for gnomemeeting's successor (sorry about the sketchy details!) was one fo the gstreamer v4l or v4l2 plugins, which apt wasn't pulling in for me because the dependency was only a "suggests" or "recommends". I haven't yet tried skype. Because I have no friends, I haven't tried actually using the camera yet, mind you. With my Inspiron 1500 with camera using uvcvideo (er, can’t login now to check details — killed the network remotely!) driver on debian, luview also worked, but I had problems initially with other viewers.

I think the solution in the end, for gnomemeeting’s successor (sorry about the sketchy details!) was one fo the gstreamer v4l or v4l2 plugins, which apt wasn’t pulling in for me because the dependency was only a “suggests” or “recommends”.

I haven’t yet tried skype. Because I have no friends, I haven’t tried actually using the camera yet, mind you.

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