panic

[Jim March]

I just downloaded it in less than half an hour via the torrent
link...which takes you to the 32bit version by the way...

Oh yeah.  Forgot to mention...you probably want the 32bit version.
Here's why...first, flash player runs better and we still (sadly) use
that a lot.  Second, it's less memory intensive.  If you have 2gigs
RAM, 32bit comes out better than 64.  Once you have 4gig RAM or more
64bit starts to make sense except for the flash thing.  This is
especially true if you're going to do virtualization - run WinXP as a
sub-task, in that case you need all the RAM you can get.

If you're not doing that, 64bit won't do any harm.

If you're doing pure Linux code, 64bit won't gain you all that much
unless you're doing video editing or other really CPU-intense stuff.

Anyways.  For the most part I'd say stick with 32bit on a 2gig box.
If you have a 32bit variant and you bump the RAM up to 4gig or more,
download and use the PAE extension kernel to get access to the extra
RAM with a 32bit setup.

Jim

On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> mint mirror?
>
> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Doubtful.  I'd try Mint 12 first, myself.
>>
>> If you want to try KDE as a solution, you don't need to re-install
>> anything.  Go to a prompt and type:
>>
>> sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
>>
>> Let it load, restart, next time you login pick KDE or Kubuntu
>> (whichever it lists it as) and presto, done.
>>
>> Mint will have an updated kernel though over Ubuntu Oneiric.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I have a copy of KUBUNTU. Do you think putting that on the box instead
>> > of
>> > Ubuntu would solve the problem of it crashing?
>> >
>> > On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> As to the screensaver...huh.  I just realized I have no idea, and I'm
>> >> running the same thing!  See, I think "Unity" is an absolute turd so I
>> >> converted it to Gnome3 via the command:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> http://www.webupd8.org/2011/08/installing-using-classic-gnome-desktop.html
>> >>
>> >> ...but unfortunately Ubuntu put virtually no effort into a rational
>> >> set of menus so there's all kinds of stuff missing, including, I just
>> >> realized, the damn screensaver controls.
>> >>
>> >> Arg.
>> >>
>> >> And this is why I'm strongly considering dumping it for Mint12 - they
>> >> at least have put some effort into making Gnome3 work.
>> >>
>> >> Sigh.
>> >>
>> >> Odds are it has the latest kernel bits for power management and ACPI
>> >> controls, which is another top contender for "why your rig is
>> >> crashing"...they only just got a handle on that stuff, with patches
>> >> that can be applied to current kernels and if I recall right, Mint12
>> >> did so?
>> >>
>> >> Jim
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Jim
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > I settled for the new Ubuntu.I don't know the kernel version. How do
>> >> > I
>> >> > turn
>> >> > off the screensaver app?
>> >> >
>> >> > On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Well something is screwball re: power management.  Huh.  <Scratches
>> >> >> head.>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> What version of Linux did you settle on?  Oneiric?  Which kernel
>> >> >> version?  There's been some recent work on laptop power
>> >> >> management...as in REAL recent.  I think it got patched into Mint12
>> >> >> but I'm not certain.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Oh, also, turn off the screensaver app if you have it enabled.
>> >> >> There's been some weird stuff there for the last few kernels...
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Jim
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> > My laptop just started to panic after I started running it off of
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > battery. Any idea what the problem is?
>> >> >> >
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