tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14719955.post7557314246849818454..comments2022-11-11T11:15:48.104+00:00Comments on James Ots - Computery Things: New ThingsJames Otshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12813882332573811934noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14719955.post-10052123709492581902007-02-09T15:57:00.000+00:002007-02-09T15:57:00.000+00:00I hadn't thought of doing it that way round. I'd t...I hadn't thought of doing it that way round. I'd thought of putting Linux in a vmware box on Windows, but dismissed that because I want Linux to have direct access to all my lovely new hardware. But in my last job I ran Windows in a vmware box and it worked really well, so I'll try it this time too.James Otshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12813882332573811934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14719955.post-32592869320934752692007-02-09T15:10:00.000+00:002007-02-09T15:10:00.000+00:00Howdy. I do the same stuff: booting linux from an ...Howdy. I do the same stuff: booting linux from an external drive on my Dell laptop from work. Did you already think about running the Windows on your built-in harddrive in a VMware? I am doing that and it's running very smoothly. also you <I>should</I> be able to "virutalize" it using <A HREF="http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/" REL="nofollow">VMware Converter</A> and then run it in a <A HREF="http://www.vmware.com/products/player/" REL="nofollow">VMware player</A>. Just a thought....Tillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671249678418356279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14719955.post-49370876403450077282007-02-09T13:22:00.000+00:002007-02-09T13:22:00.000+00:00I would recommend ArchLinux - http://www.archlinux...I would recommend ArchLinux - http://www.archlinux.org/ .<BR/><BR/>It has the KDE packages unmodified. Only some artwork has been added. Besides, it doesn't have the packages KDE packages split as in other distributions. <BR/><BR/>Here are the KDE packages available in the official repos:<BR/>http://www.archlinux.org/packages/search/?repo=all&category=kde&q=&lastupdate=&limit=50<BR/><BR/>Here is the PKGBUILD used for building kdebase:<BR/>http://cvs.archlinux.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/kde/kdebase/PKGBUILD?rev=1.75&cvsroot=Extra&only_with_tag=CURRENT&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup<BR/><BR/>As you can see from the sources=(...) list, only one patch is applied (tango.diff).<BR/><BR/>There are also KDE packages available in: http://aur.archlinux.org/ - ArchLinux User Repository.<BR/><BR/>I believe using ArchLinux provides the best default KDE experience, allowing you to see what's good or bad with KDE's defaults.<BR/><BR/>Also, ArchLinux has a rolling release system, completely different from what the major distributions offer. <BR/>http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=18063<BR/><BR/>Therefore, I recommend you install it using the latest beta release:<BR/>http://www.archlinux.org/news/283/<BR/>(only the installer is beta, the packages are the latest).<BR/><BR/>The Wiki http://wiki.archlinux.org/ provides lots of useful articles for getting started.Mirceahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253117415437938329noreply@blogger.com