Comments for scottlinux.com http://scottlinux.com scottlinux.com - a place to geek out Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:22:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on How To Dual Boot OS X and Linux by AT http://scottlinux.com/2011/06/14/how-to-dual-boot-os-x-and-linux/#comment-579 AT Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:22:50 +0000 http://scottlinux.com/?p=2054#comment-579 I also got it to work on OSX Lion, a different way. I created a partition of 1GB using Disk Utility (in the Applications/Utilities folder on your Macintosh). Then I downloaded the rEFIt ISO image available here: http://refit.sourceforge.net/#download , and used Disk Utility to restore it to the newly created partition. (You can do that by right-clicking on the file and opening-with Disk Utility). Finally, I 'blessed' the partition using the bless command: sudo bless --device /dev/disk0s3 --setBoot I used /dev/disk0s3 because I installed rEFIt on the second partition. The numbers are off, because OSX automatically creates a recovery partition. Thus, if you install rEFIt on your first partition, you can use: first partition = /dev/disk0s2 second partition = /dev/disk0s3 third partition = /dev/disk0s4 Use the correct disk for your partition. Note that if you do this step wrong, you won't lose any data, but you might have to boot from the CD, run a recovery shell, and try the command again to get it right. And of course, you should make a backup anyway. I also got it to work on OSX Lion, a different way.

I created a partition of 1GB using Disk Utility (in the Applications/Utilities folder on your Macintosh). Then I downloaded the rEFIt ISO image available here: http://refit.sourceforge.net/#download , and used Disk Utility to restore it to the newly created partition. (You can do that by right-clicking on the file and opening-with Disk Utility).

Finally, I ‘blessed’ the partition using the bless command:
sudo bless –device /dev/disk0s3 –setBoot

I used /dev/disk0s3 because I installed rEFIt on the second partition. The numbers are off, because OSX automatically creates a recovery partition. Thus, if you install rEFIt on your first partition, you can use:

first partition = /dev/disk0s2
second partition = /dev/disk0s3
third partition = /dev/disk0s4

Use the correct disk for your partition. Note that if you do this step wrong, you won’t lose any data, but you might have to boot from the CD, run a recovery shell, and try the command again to get it right. And of course, you should make a backup anyway.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 11.04 Change From Unity To Classic Gnome by ActionParsnip http://scottlinux.com/2011/03/05/ubuntu-11-04-change-from-unity-to-classic-gnome/#comment-578 ActionParsnip Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:42:04 +0000 http://scottlinux.com/?p=1582#comment-578 Install Xubuntu 11.10 and it will still be Oneiric but not have Unity. Problem solved. Your Gnome apps will run equally as well in XFCE as The do in Gnome. No extra steps needed and Unity is not even an insyalled package. A little research would have shown you that. Instead of trying to remove Unity you could have installed a different desktop as there are LOTS of alternatives to Gnome not using Unity. RE Support, you won't be supported in #ubuntu on irc.freenode.net nor in the Ubuntu questions section on Freenode either. You may find forums and duplicate the steps but as for asking your own question you will need to post in the Mint places. Install Xubuntu 11.10 and it will still be Oneiric but not have Unity. Problem solved. Your Gnome apps will run equally as well in XFCE as The do in Gnome. No extra steps needed and Unity is not even an insyalled package. A little research would have shown you that. Instead of trying to remove Unity you could have installed a different desktop as there are LOTS of alternatives to Gnome not using Unity.

RE Support, you won’t be supported in #ubuntu on irc.freenode.net nor in the Ubuntu questions section on Freenode either. You may find forums and duplicate the steps but as for asking your own question you will need to post in the Mint places.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 11.04 Change From Unity To Classic Gnome by yereverluvinunclebert http://scottlinux.com/2011/03/05/ubuntu-11-04-change-from-unity-to-classic-gnome/#comment-577 yereverluvinunclebert Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:37:54 +0000 http://scottlinux.com/?p=1582#comment-577 I did educate myself in that I already know Mint is based on Ubuntu and that is all I needed to know. I tried to keep Ubuntu and get rid of Unity but Unity kept getting in the way, in the end it would not let me. (see post above) I need an out-of-the box solution as my clients ask me to make occasional suggestions as to the most usable o/s for their needs. They tend to be even more naive than me so it needs to be simple and usable as it comes out-of-the-box. I have to be confident that the choice will be a good one for them and that I can help them navigate around it. Unity is actually an annoying interface. It is neither the useful GUI that you find on a iPad nor a friendly workstation-like environment to sit and work in. It falls between both stools. It was plain annoying to look at and annoying to use. There is no point in getting used to something that is going to change. Ubuntu overhauls the UI regularly, I shall just wait until you get it back in shape again. Re: support, almost all the solutions that apply to Ubuntu apply to Mint. Near enough the same thing. I did educate myself in that I already know Mint is based on Ubuntu and that is all I needed to know. I tried to keep Ubuntu and get rid of Unity but Unity kept getting in the way, in the end it would not let me. (see post above) I need an out-of-the box solution as my clients ask me to make occasional suggestions as to the most usable o/s for their needs. They tend to be even more naive than me so it needs to be simple and usable as it comes out-of-the-box. I have to be confident that the choice will be a good one for them and that I can help them navigate around it. Unity is actually an annoying interface. It is neither the useful GUI that you find on a iPad nor a friendly workstation-like environment to sit and work in. It falls between both stools. It was plain annoying to look at and annoying to use. There is no point in getting used to something that is going to change. Ubuntu overhauls the UI regularly, I shall just wait until you get it back in shape again. Re: support, almost all the solutions that apply to Ubuntu apply to Mint. Near enough the same thing.

]]> Comment on Shuttleworth Removes Terminal From Ubuntu 12.04 by scott http://scottlinux.com/2011/07/06/shuttleworth-removes-terminal-from-ubuntu-12-04/#comment-576 scott Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:36:48 +0000 http://scottlinux.com/?p=2153#comment-576 Viola? :P Viola? :P

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 11.04 Change From Unity To Classic Gnome by ActionParsnip http://scottlinux.com/2011/03/05/ubuntu-11-04-change-from-unity-to-classic-gnome/#comment-575 ActionParsnip Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:21:29 +0000 http://scottlinux.com/?p=1582#comment-575 Mint is only based on Ubuntu, the same way Ubuntu is based on Debian. You can use KDE or XFCE in Ubuntu and you will not get the Unity bar. Gnome is not the only desktop. You should explore this and educate yourself. Mint is not supported in any of the Ubuntu channels, it has its own IRC channel and forums so you have significantly reduced your support base. Mint is only based on Ubuntu, the same way Ubuntu is based on Debian. You can use KDE or XFCE in Ubuntu and you will not get the Unity bar.
Gnome is not the only desktop. You should explore this and educate yourself.
Mint is not supported in any of the Ubuntu channels, it has its own IRC channel and forums so you have significantly reduced your support base.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 11.04 Change From Unity To Classic Gnome by ActionParsnip http://scottlinux.com/2011/03/05/ubuntu-11-04-change-from-unity-to-classic-gnome/#comment-574 ActionParsnip Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:19:36 +0000 http://scottlinux.com/?p=1582#comment-574 Ubuntu '11' doesn't exist. There is Ubuntu 11.04 (Codenamed Natty) and Ubuntu 11.10 (Codenamed Oneiric). You are tarnishing an entire release based on the new Gnome desktop which is ignorant at best. You can use XFCE in Ubuntu 11.10 and it will STILL be Oneiric but you will be using something that looks like, and runs like Gnome2. As I have to tell the ill educated over and over and OVER; GNOME IS NOT THE ONLY DESKTOP Try KDE. Try LXDE. You don't have to use Unity. Ubuntu ’11′ doesn’t exist. There is Ubuntu 11.04 (Codenamed Natty) and Ubuntu 11.10 (Codenamed Oneiric). You are tarnishing an entire release based on the new Gnome desktop which is ignorant at best. You can use XFCE in Ubuntu 11.10 and it will STILL be Oneiric but you will be using something that looks like, and runs like Gnome2. As I have to tell the ill educated over and over and OVER;

GNOME IS NOT THE ONLY DESKTOP

Try KDE. Try LXDE. You don’t have to use Unity.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 11.04 Change From Unity To Classic Gnome by yereverluvinunclebert http://scottlinux.com/2011/03/05/ubuntu-11-04-change-from-unity-to-classic-gnome/#comment-573 yereverluvinunclebert Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:50:14 +0000 http://scottlinux.com/?p=1582#comment-573 I still have Ubuntu now but in the shape of Linux Mint, no unity and it simply works. Wherever Unity goes I will start to go elsewhere. I still have Ubuntu now but in the shape of Linux Mint, no unity and it simply works. Wherever Unity goes I will start to go elsewhere.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 11.04 Change From Unity To Classic Gnome by svegress http://scottlinux.com/2011/03/05/ubuntu-11-04-change-from-unity-to-classic-gnome/#comment-572 svegress Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:11:04 +0000 http://scottlinux.com/?p=1582#comment-572 Bill, no it is better than Vista but not better than Windows 7. Even then, based on the available benchmarks, Ubuntu is still faster. Bill, no it is better than Vista but not better than Windows 7. Even then, based on the available benchmarks, Ubuntu is still faster.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 11.04 Change From Unity To Classic Gnome by bill domenico http://scottlinux.com/2011/03/05/ubuntu-11-04-change-from-unity-to-classic-gnome/#comment-571 bill domenico Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:48:12 +0000 http://scottlinux.com/?p=1582#comment-571 11 is a worthless piece of xxxx. If I wanted an ipad, I would have bought 1. 11 makes vista look good 11 is a worthless piece of xxxx. If I wanted an ipad, I would have bought 1.
11 makes vista look good

]]> Comment on Install aircrack-ng on Debian Linux by Anon http://scottlinux.com/2012/01/13/install-aircrack-ng-on-debian-linux/#comment-570 Anon Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:58:01 +0000 http://scottlinux.com/?p=2858#comment-570 Thank you so much for sharing this, it helped quite a bit! Thank you so much for sharing this, it helped quite a bit!

]]> Comment on Convert VDI to VMDK – VirtualBox to VMware by oZem http://scottlinux.com/2011/06/24/convert-vdi-to-vmdk-virtualbox-to-vmware/#comment-569 oZem Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:05:27 +0000 http://scottlinux.com/?p=2081#comment-569 Thanks for the tip. If you convert Linux machines: in the grub menu, press 'e' and adjust root=/dev/sda1 to be root=/dev/hda1. Thanks for the tip.
If you convert Linux machines: in the grub menu, press ‘e’ and adjust root=/dev/sda1 to be root=/dev/hda1.

]]> Comment on Ubuntu 11.04 Change From Unity To Classic Gnome by Helen Neely http://scottlinux.com/2011/03/05/ubuntu-11-04-change-from-unity-to-classic-gnome/#comment-568 Helen Neely Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:16:05 +0000 http://scottlinux.com/?p=1582#comment-568 Thanks for this nice tips. I have just checked my system but could not configure it as described in step 2 above. Will have to revert to the old version or try some other flavour of linux instead. Nice job BTW :) Thanks for this nice tips. I have just checked my system but could not configure it as described in step 2 above. Will have to revert to the old version or try some other flavour of linux instead.

Nice job BTW :)

]]> Comment on Shuttleworth Removes Terminal From Ubuntu 12.04 by The Genius http://scottlinux.com/2011/07/06/shuttleworth-removes-terminal-from-ubuntu-12-04/#comment-567 The Genius Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:30:03 +0000 http://scottlinux.com/?p=2153#comment-567 Hey dude maybe you should try expanding that window a little then... VIOLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A terminal!!!!!!!!!! Hey dude maybe you should try expanding that window a little then… VIOLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A terminal!!!!!!!!!!

]]> Comment on OS X Lion How To Reverse Scroll Direction by Alfon http://scottlinux.com/2011/07/20/os-x-lion-how-to-reverse-scroll-direction/#comment-566 Alfon Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:37:47 +0000 http://scottlinux.com/?p=2265#comment-566 Thank you so much. Thank you so much.

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