I tried it, but the Nvidia driver wouldn't work. I tried to reinstall
it, but the installer gave an error message saying it couldn't
continue. I guess I might have to wait until Next month when they
release it.
Is there anything keeping me from going to
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ downloading the kernel
from there and installing it?
On 09/05/2013 11:06 AM, Jon Kettenhofen wrote:
> For what it's worth, I'm running the 13.10 kernel in puppy slacko 5.6
> on a Dell Precision 670 with one hyper-threaded CPU and it has
> virtually "cured" the laggy ills of ubuntu and mint for me. If I
> succeed in compiling original vi, I probably won't go back to the
> popular distros. The speed is addicting. Everything works as
> advertised by Barry Kauler et al. The learning curve is reasonable
> and the system apps have friendly annotations.
>
> Jon Kettenhofen
> subs@kexsof.com
>
> On 09/05/2013 03:29 AM, Derek Trotter wrote:
>> I'll backup the current install then try that.
>>
>> On 09/05/2013 12:14 AM, Brian Cluff wrote:
>>> You might try installing the net yet released kubuntu 13.10 on it.
>>> It's got the 3.11 kernel in it that might have fixed whatever is
>>> causing the lockups.
>>> I've been running it on a Lenovo T60 for a few weeks with no
>>> problems at all.
>>>
>>> Brian Cluff
>>>
>>> On 09/04/2013 11:56 PM, Derek Trotter wrote:
>>>> I've spent the last week going through the kernel parameters for
>>>> the 3.8
>>>> kernel and trying different options. So far this beast still locks
>>>> up.
>>>> I recall several months ago that this beast did not lock up when I
>>>> tried
>>>> Slackware. I'm figuring something happens while Kubuntu is booting up
>>>> that doesn't happen when Slackware boots up. Does anyone know what
>>>> that
>>>> might be?
>>>>
>>>> I just bought a Dell inspiron 350 yesterday. I'm thinking of
>>>> reinfecting this thing with windows and using it only when I need the
>>>> extra processor power. However I really don't want to do that. I
>>>> will
>>>> be ever so thankful if anyone has an answer. Thanks.
>>>> Derek
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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