Slackware vs Kubuntu

[Brian Cluff]

Ah, sorry, I didn't account for you having an nvidia card before I 
recommended the upgrade.  The proprietary drivers are some of the last 
things to make it into the release.  Thats why I used my T60 as the 
guinea pig instead of one of my more used, powerful, laptops.  Are you 
trying to use the proprietary driver or nouveau?

It might be easier to temporarily switch your raring repository to saucy 
and tell it to grab the kernel, then switch the repositories back.

Brian Cluff

On 09/05/2013 09:39 PM, Derek Trotter wrote:
> 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 at 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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>>>>> if I’m not there, I carry on as usual."
>>>>>
>>>>> Patrick Moore
>>>>>
>>>>>
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