[opensuse] netbook
Just curious, What should i choose for a small netbook with 10" display? Currently (default) 11.2 installed, but wife complains that it is unworkable. Looked at: /srv/distro/repo/KDE:/Netbook/ but nothing is build (yet) for 11.4. Just 11.2, 11.3 and factory I did try: /srv/distro/repo/Meego:/Netbook/images/iso/Smeegol.i686-1.0.5-Build1.18.iso Seems to be related to 11.4, but failes directly after booting, before installation. Should i try: repo/KDE:/Netbook/images/iso/Plasma-Netbook-Reference.i686-4.5.0-Build1.6.iso ? (much older, august 2010) Other suggestions (besides replacing netbook/wife -;) hw -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Just curious,
What should i choose for a small netbook with 10" display? Currently (default) 11.2 installed, but wife complains that it is unworkable.
What about it is unworkable? Too slow? Doesn't like the screen layout? -Nick -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wed, 2011-03-16 at 18:48 -0500, Nick LeRoy wrote:
Just curious,
What should i choose for a small netbook with 10" display? Currently (default) 11.2 installed, but wife complains that it is unworkable.
What about it is unworkable? Too slow? Doesn't like the screen layout?
Not so much speed, her previous machine was a via, but see saw a aspire one with just a sdd, so it should be faster. I think the screen layout is the issue. Got the impression that programmers think that we all have a 42 inch display with extreme high resolution. (slightly exegerated...) But i got the idea that there was a specially crafted netbook version in which icons, menu-bars, etc etc didn't take much of the available display-area hence my question. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 03/17/2011 04:22 AM, Hans Witvliet wrote:
On Wed, 2011-03-16 at 18:48 -0500, Nick LeRoy wrote:
Just curious,
What should i choose for a small netbook with 10" display? Currently (default) 11.2 installed, but wife complains that it is unworkable. What about it is unworkable? Too slow? Doesn't like the screen layout?
Not so much speed, her previous machine was a via, but see saw a aspire one with just a sdd, so it should be faster.
I think the screen layout is the issue. Got the impression that programmers think that we all have a 42 inch display with extreme high resolution. (slightly exegerated...)
But i got the idea that there was a specially crafted netbook version in which icons, menu-bars, etc etc didn't take much of the available display-area
hence my question.
I may be overlooking something, but if you're running KDE, you can change the size of the icons by click and drag on the diagonal corner of the plasmoid, or whatever it's called. I think you can change the height of the systray also. Maybe nothing you can do with the menu panels. Of course, by changing the screen resolution, you can make everything smaller all at once, but sometimes it gets too small to read comfortably! --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A. M. Greeley -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Could try this: Search and launch containment: unlock desktop widgets - RMB - Desktop Settings - Activity - Search and Launch containment (SLA) Or, Netbook: System Settings - Workspace Appearance and Behaviour - Workspace - Workspace Type - Netbook This will give you SLA plus an auto-hiding top panel. On 17/03/11 21:39, Doug wrote:
On 03/17/2011 04:22 AM, Hans Witvliet wrote:
On Wed, 2011-03-16 at 18:48 -0500, Nick LeRoy wrote:
Just curious,
What should i choose for a small netbook with 10" display? Currently (default) 11.2 installed, but wife complains that it is unworkable. What about it is unworkable? Too slow? Doesn't like the screen layout?
Not so much speed, her previous machine was a via, but see saw a aspire one with just a sdd, so it should be faster.
I think the screen layout is the issue. Got the impression that programmers think that we all have a 42 inch display with extreme high resolution. (slightly exegerated...)
But i got the idea that there was a specially crafted netbook version in which icons, menu-bars, etc etc didn't take much of the available display-area
hence my question.
I may be overlooking something, but if you're running KDE, you can change the size of the icons by click and drag on the diagonal corner of the plasmoid, or whatever it's called. I think you can change the height of the systray also. Maybe nothing you can do with the menu panels. Of course, by changing the screen resolution, you can make everything smaller all at once, but sometimes it gets too small to read comfortably!
--doug
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On Thu, 2011-03-17 at 21:42 +1300, Simon Caseley wrote:
Could try this:
Search and launch containment: unlock desktop widgets - RMB - Desktop Settings - Activity - Search and Launch containment (SLA)
Or,
Netbook: System Settings - Workspace Appearance and Behaviour - Workspace - Workspace Type - Netbook
This will give you SLA plus an auto-hiding top panel.
Wonderfull all those replies, will start working with them. TNX! hw -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 09:39, Doug wrote:
On 03/17/2011 04:22 AM, Hans Witvliet wrote:
On Wed, 2011-03-16 at 18:48 -0500, Nick LeRoy wrote:
Just curious,
What should i choose for a small netbook with 10" display? Currently (default) 11.2 installed, but wife complains that it is unworkable.
What about it is unworkable? Too slow? Doesn't like the screen layout?
Not so much speed, her previous machine was a via, but see saw a aspire one with just a sdd, so it should be faster.
I think the screen layout is the issue. Got the impression that programmers think that we all have a 42 inch display with extreme high resolution. (slightly exegerated...)
But i got the idea that there was a specially crafted netbook version in which icons, menu-bars, etc etc didn't take much of the available display-area
hence my question.
I may be overlooking something, but if you're running KDE, you can change the size of the icons by click and drag on the diagonal corner of the plasmoid, or whatever it's called. I think you can change the height of the systray also. Maybe nothing you can do with the menu panels. Of course, by changing the screen resolution, you can make everything smaller all at once, but sometimes it gets too small to read comfortably!
I'm using KDE4.6 on a netbook (1024x600 resolution) and am not having any application size issues at all that would be solved by installing a "netbook" edition. There are some dialogs that simply won't fit in the low resolution, but... moving to a netbook edition does nothing at all for fixing that problem. Maybe Android? :-) There is an Android for EEE iso available. I've tried it... you only have access to applications that run on Android though... but in trade off you get an interface that fits. Seriously though, it's not a practical choice. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 16 Mar 2011 23:46:06 Hans Witvliet wrote:
Just curious,
What should i choose for a small netbook with 10" display? Currently (default) 11.2 installed, but wife complains that it is unworkable.
Looked at: /srv/distro/repo/KDE:/Netbook/ but nothing is build (yet) for 11.4. Just 11.2, 11.3 and factory
I did try: /srv/distro/repo/Meego:/Netbook/images/iso/Smeegol.i686-1.0.5-Build1.18.iso Seems to be related to 11.4, but failes directly after booting, before installation.
Should i try: repo/KDE:/Netbook/images/iso/Plasma-Netbook-Reference.i686-4.5.0-Build1.6.i so ? (much older, august 2010)
Other suggestions (besides replacing netbook/wife -;)
These repos are all obsolete. The KDE Plasma Netbook interface is integrated in 11.3 and 11.4 These instructions are to change it in 11.4: System settings, Workspace Behavior, Workspace Change Workspace Type to 'Netbook'. I can't remember the path in 11.3's KDE 4.4 but type 'workspace' in the alt-f2 dialog and you should get a result with a Plasma 'cashew' icon, that will be the same config page. HTH Will -- Will Stephenson, openSUSE Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nürnberg - AG Nürnberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Op 16-03-11 23:46, Hans Witvliet schreef:
Just curious,
Other suggestions (besides replacing netbook/wife -;)
hw
lol...lovely sense of humor... :-)) -- Enjoy your time around, Oddball (M9.) (Now or never...) OS: Linux 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop x86_64 Huidige gebruiker: oddball@AMD64x2sfn1 Systeem: openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) KDE: 4.6.00 (4.6.0) "release 6" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Op 17-03-11 13:41, Oddball schreef:
Op 16-03-11 23:46, Hans Witvliet schreef:
Just curious,
Other suggestions (besides replacing netbook/wife -;)
hw
lol...lovely sense of humor... :-))
Wear glasses? ( ;-p) -- Enjoy your time around, Oddball (M9.) (Now or never...) OS: Linux 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop x86_64 Huidige gebruiker: oddball@AMD64x2sfn1 Systeem: openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) KDE: 4.6.00 (4.6.0) "release 6" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 03/17/2011 08:47 AM, Oddball pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
Op 17-03-11 13:41, Oddball schreef:
Op 16-03-11 23:46, Hans Witvliet schreef:
Just curious,
Other suggestions (besides replacing netbook/wife -;)
hw
lol...lovely sense of humor... :-))
Wear glasses? ( ;-p)
Keep the netbook. :-)) -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Op 17-03-11 13:55, Ken Schneider - openSUSE schreef:
On 03/17/2011 08:47 AM, Oddball pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
Op 17-03-11 13:41, Oddball schreef:
Op 16-03-11 23:46, Hans Witvliet schreef:
Just curious,
Other suggestions (besides replacing netbook/wife -;)
hw
lol...lovely sense of humor... :-))
Wear glasses? ( ;-p)
Keep the netbook. :-))
lol.. -- Enjoy your time around, Oddball (M9.) (Now or never...) OS: Linux 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop x86_64 Huidige gebruiker: oddball@AMD64x2sfn1 Systeem: openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) KDE: 4.6.00 (4.6.0) "release 6" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 3/17/2011 11:44 AM, Oddball wrote:
Op 17-03-11 13:55, Ken Schneider - openSUSE schreef:
On 03/17/2011 08:47 AM, Oddball pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
Op 17-03-11 13:41, Oddball schreef:
Op 16-03-11 23:46, Hans Witvliet schreef:
Just curious,
Other suggestions (besides replacing netbook/wife -;)
hw
lol...lovely sense of humor... :-))
Wear glasses? ( ;-p)
Keep the netbook. :-))
lol..
Now women like pearls and diamonds and cars And I spend all my money on them in bars But a netbook sits idle quite happily While I find other netbooks to satisfy me! -- bkw -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Op 17-03-11 17:03, Brian K. White schreef:
On 3/17/2011 11:44 AM, Oddball wrote:
Op 17-03-11 13:55, Ken Schneider - openSUSE schreef:
On 03/17/2011 08:47 AM, Oddball pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
Op 17-03-11 13:41, Oddball schreef:
Op 16-03-11 23:46, Hans Witvliet schreef:
Just curious,
Other suggestions (besides replacing netbook/wife -;)
hw
lol...lovely sense of humor... :-))
Wear glasses? ( ;-p)
Keep the netbook. :-))
lol..
Now women like pearls and diamonds and cars And I spend all my money on them in bars But a netbook sits idle quite happily While I find other netbooks to satisfy me!
see see...'a' true poet.. ;-) -- Enjoy your time around, Oddball (M9.) (Now or never...) OS: Linux 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop x86_64 Huidige gebruiker: oddball@AMD64x2sfn1 Systeem: openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) KDE: 4.6.00 (4.6.0) "release 6" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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