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    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by jl1989, May 10, 2008.

  1. jl1989

    jl1989 Notebook Evangelist

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    does a thread similar to the tweaks for vista exist for linux?! thnx...
     
    jl1989, May 10, 2008
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  2. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    There's a few in my Ubuntu guide, more to come, not all of them are for othr distros.
    The truth is, linux doesn't need much tweaking.
     
    Thomas, May 10, 2008
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  3. bmwrob

    bmwrob Notebook Virtuoso

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    Not sure I agree with that, Thomas. Every distro I've used so far has required me to fool a bit with resolution/icons/fonts, etc. Some require a lot of effort to get wireless working correctly (if at all). Some (Gentoo 2008, for example LOL) are very difficult (for me, at least) to install, even without dual-booting. Another frequent issue seems to be sound. Have you tried Suse? If so, did you get sound to work properly?
     
    bmwrob, May 10, 2008
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  4. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Ahhh, GUI tweaks, I thought he wanted performance tweaks.
    Hmm, someone should wright one, not sure though, it would have to support Gnome, KDE, and XFCE....
     
    Thomas, May 10, 2008
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  5. Lysander

    Lysander AFK, raid time.

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    Lysander, May 10, 2008
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  6. Fittersman

    Fittersman Wanna trade?

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    yeah, for me linux is all about the tweaking, however ive never written anything down as i only tweak when i need to (most of the tweaks in linux arent for the general public to use, they are more machine specific imo)
     
    Fittersman, May 11, 2008
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  7. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    There are a couple of tweaks you can make to Ubuntu (don't know about other distros):
    - boot profiling
    - concurrent booting
    - adjusting kernel's use of the swap file
    - turning on DMA
    - installing preload (caching program)
    - installing prelink
    - turning off unnecessary services such as Bluetooth

    Just Google search "ubuntu performance" or "ubuntu tweaking"
     
    Bog, May 11, 2008
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  8. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Ubuntu Tweak(the app) is pretty good stuff ;)
     
    Thomas, May 11, 2008
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  9. v1k1ng1001

    v1k1ng1001 Notebook Deity

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    I was going to recommend ubuntuguide.org but when I try to navigate to it with ffb35, it ironically crashes X.
     
    v1k1ng1001, May 12, 2008
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