Re: [arch-general] Netbook recommendations

2009-09-28 Thread Mike Sampson
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 3:16 AM, Aaron Griffin wrote: > So in the next few weeks, I would like to buy a netbook. The market is > saturated, so I'd like to ask for some advice here. > > What do you guys think of the current offerings? What's considered > "the best" now-a-days? What kinds of netbook

Re: [arch-general] Netbook recommendations

2009-09-28 Thread Michael Towers
I have a a white eee 1005HA-M (matt screen, missing one or two things, e.g. I think it has no bluetooth, which I don't need anyway). It has some good points and some not so good, though I haven't tested everything. Arch installed with no problems at all, except that the ethernet is a bit fiddly - i

Re: [arch-general] VPS hosting with Arch

2009-09-28 Thread Nezmer
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 01:38:15AM +0300, Roman Kyrylych wrote: > * Found an interesting provider: http://openhosting.com/ > which uses KVM and has an interesting pricing scheme. > > I hope to get things ready for deployment around December-January. > Until then I'm close to start with VPSVille

Re: [arch-general] Netbook recommendations

2009-09-28 Thread Nicolas Bigaouette
I have a 1000 and I really like it. Came with Xandros, but wiped it for Arch ;) 8GB SSD + 32 GB second SSD. I run KDE 4 and develop parallel code on it without any problem. I upgraded to 2GB of ram, really easy to do and it does _not_ void the warranty. I also switched the wireless card. The rt286

Re: [arch-general] Opinion: What do you think about Lenovo IdeaPad Y450?

2009-09-28 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
On Tuesday 29 September 2009 03:01:54 Guilherme M. Nogueira wrote: > So I was wondering if any of you has one, or has another Lenovo laptop > and your opinions about it. I plan on using it with arch only. I use a compaq F733 laptop(I think that model does not ship anymore. Bought last april). It

Re: [arch-general] VPS hosting with Arch

2009-09-28 Thread Roman Kyrylych
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 16:09, Roman Kyrylych wrote: > Hi all! > > I am looking for hosting that support Arch. > Most probably this will be a VPS hosting (because of price), > so official Arch Linux support is required. > > So far the list include: >  http://www.slicehost.com/ >  http://vpslink.co

Re: [arch-general] Opinion: What do you think about Lenovo IdeaPad Y450?

2009-09-28 Thread Dennis Brendel
On Tuesday 29 September 2009 00:03:26 Sergey Manucharian wrote: > On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:31:54 -0300 > > "Guilherme M. Nogueira" wrote: > > ... > > So I was wondering if any of you has one, or has another Lenovo laptop > > and your opinions about it. I plan on using it with arch only. > > ... > >

Re: [arch-general] Opinion: What do you think about Lenovo IdeaPad Y450?

2009-09-28 Thread Sergey Manucharian
On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:31:54 -0300 "Guilherme M. Nogueira" wrote: > ... > So I was wondering if any of you has one, or has another Lenovo laptop > and your opinions about it. I plan on using it with arch only. > ... I use 14" ThinkPad R61 (T9300 @ 2.50GHz, 2GB RAM, 160GB 7200rpm HDD) with Arch o

Re: [arch-general] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.31.1-1

2009-09-28 Thread Thomas Bächler
Damjan Georgievski schrieb: The problem is mentioned here too http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/9/24/444 but there hasn't been any response. I was unaware of this, as there is no bug report assigned to me about it. Does this also happen with 2.6.31.1? yes there's a bit of discussion here... but, afai

Re: [arch-general] VPS hosting with Arch

2009-09-28 Thread Crouse
Well, that's leaps and bounds better than it was before ;) Very good to know, thank you for mentioning that. Crouse On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Pierre Chapuis wrote: > Le Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:10:15 -0500, > Crouse a écrit : > >> I had an account with slicehost before as well, i did not like

Re: [arch-general] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.31.1-1

2009-09-28 Thread Damjan Georgievski
>>> The problem is mentioned here too http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/9/24/444 >>> but there hasn't been any response. >> >> I was unaware of this, as there is no bug report assigned to me about it. >> Does this also happen with 2.6.31.1? > > yes there's a bit of discussion here... but, afaik, the patch

[arch-general] Opinion: What do you think about Lenovo IdeaPad Y450?

2009-09-28 Thread Guilherme M. Nogueira
Hello all, Thing is: I live in Brazil, here laptops are way overpriced and I have a friend who's going to US next month and said he could buy me a laptop. I started searching websites of a few stores I knew and eventually found a one that I immediately fell in love with: Lenovo IdeaPad Y450 4189-2

Re: [arch-general] Netbook recommendations

2009-09-28 Thread Aaron Griffin
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Corin Schedler wrote: > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 04:00:32PM -0500, Aaron Griffin wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:55 PM,   wrote: >> > On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:22:15 -0500 >> > Aaron Griffin wrote: >> > >> >> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Roman Kyrylych >> >>

Re: [arch-general] Netbook recommendations

2009-09-28 Thread Corin Schedler
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 04:00:32PM -0500, Aaron Griffin wrote: > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:55 PM, wrote: > > On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:22:15 -0500 > > Aaron Griffin wrote: > > > >> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Roman Kyrylych > >> wrote: > >> > * Read reviews, there are lots of them. > >> >  (e

Re: [arch-general] Netbook recommendations

2009-09-28 Thread Aaron Griffin
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:55 PM, wrote: > On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:22:15 -0500 > Aaron Griffin wrote: > >> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Roman Kyrylych >> wrote: >> > * Read reviews, there are lots of them. >> >  (even http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_netbooks :)) >> >> Awesome! Than

Re: [arch-general] VPS hosting with Arch

2009-09-28 Thread Pierre Chapuis
Le Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:10:15 -0500, Crouse a écrit : > I had an account with slicehost before as well, i did not like the way > the kernel updates were handled, so elected not to continue using > them, however they were not bad to work with. They have just changed that! http://www.slicehost.com

Re: [arch-general] Netbook recommendations

2009-09-28 Thread hollunder
On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:22:15 -0500 Aaron Griffin wrote: > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Roman Kyrylych > wrote: > > * Read reviews, there are lots of them. > >  (even http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_netbooks :)) > > Awesome! Thanks for this I look around for some time and would p

Re: [arch-general] Netbook recommendations

2009-09-28 Thread Aaron Griffin
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Firmicus wrote: > Dan McGee a écrit : >> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Aaron Griffin >> wrote: >> >>> So in the next few weeks, I would like to buy a netbook. The market is >>> saturated, so I'd like to ask for some advice here. >>> >>> What do you guys think

Re: [arch-general] Netbook recommendations

2009-09-28 Thread Firmicus
Dan McGee a écrit : > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Aaron Griffin > wrote: > >> So in the next few weeks, I would like to buy a netbook. The market is >> saturated, so I'd like to ask for some advice here. >> >> What do you guys think of the current offerings? What's considered >> "the bes

Re: [arch-general] Netbook recommendations

2009-09-28 Thread Aaron Griffin
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Roman Kyrylych wrote: > * Read reviews, there are lots of them. >  (even http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_netbooks :)) Awesome! Thanks for this

Re: [arch-general] Netbook recommendations

2009-09-28 Thread Roman Kyrylych
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 20:16, Aaron Griffin wrote: > So in the next few weeks, I would like to buy a netbook. The market is > saturated, so I'd like to ask for some advice here. > > What do you guys think of the current offerings? What's considered > "the best" now-a-days? What kinds of netbooks

Re: [arch-general] VPS hosting with Arch

2009-09-28 Thread Crouse
The issues i've had were hardware related, and sevenl was great about them. I really have no complaints,and would/will use them again. I've talked to them on the phone and dealt via email both, every time they were very courteous and helpful. I've dealt with alot of hosting companies before, and h

Re: [arch-general] Netbook recommendations

2009-09-28 Thread Jon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Aaron Griffin wrote: > So in the next few weeks, I would like to buy a netbook. The market is > saturated, so I'd like to ask for some advice here. > > What do you guys think of the current offerings? What's considered > "the best" now-a-days? What ki

Re: [arch-general] Netbook recommendations

2009-09-28 Thread Tobias Kieslich
Since that seems important to you, the keyboard is really nice for its dimensions and it has a hardware button to turn of the trackpad. On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Tobias Kieslich wrote: > Well, I dunno what's best these days, I'm more interested in what works. > I got a HP2140 ... -T

Re: [arch-general] Netbook recommendations

2009-09-28 Thread Tobias Kieslich
Well, I dunno what's best these days, I'm more interested in what works. I got a HP2140, as "business" netbook on the pricier side, but with the 5105 released the 2140 should be available for cheaper somewhere. I paid $700 CAD but that includes taxes, our beloved "you just pay that because you are

Re: [arch-general] Netbook recommendations

2009-09-28 Thread Aaron Griffin
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Peter Cannon wrote: > Aaron Griffin wrote: >> >> So in the next few weeks, I would like to buy a netbook. The market is >> saturated, so I'd like to ask for some advice here. >> >> What do you guys think of the current offerings? What's considered >> "the best" now

Re: [arch-general] Netbook recommendations

2009-09-28 Thread Magnus Therning
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 01:42:22PM -0500, Aaron Griffin wrote: > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Jonathan Brown wrote: > > I am awaiting UPS delivery today of a Samsung NC10-14GB .. top of the line > > apparently.. look at the amazon and newegg reviews.. > > > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro

Re: [arch-general] Netbook recommendations

2009-09-28 Thread Peter Cannon
Aaron Griffin wrote: So in the next few weeks, I would like to buy a netbook. The market is saturated, so I'd like to ask for some advice here. What do you guys think of the current offerings? What's considered "the best" now-a-days? What kinds of netbooks do Arch users have? I have the Dell

Re: [arch-general] Netbook recommendations

2009-09-28 Thread Aaron Griffin
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Jonathan Brown wrote: > I am awaiting UPS delivery today of a Samsung NC10-14GB .. top of the line > apparently.. look at the amazon and newegg reviews.. > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834131015&cm_re=nc10-14gb-_-34-131-015-_-Product >

Re: [arch-general] Netbook recommendations

2009-09-28 Thread Ed Jobs
On Monday 28 September 2009 20:56, Jonathan Brown wrote: > I am awaiting UPS delivery today of a Samsung NC10-14GB .. top of the line > apparently.. look at the amazon and newegg reviews.. > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834131015&cm_re=nc10- > 14gb-_-34-131-015-_-Produc

Re: [arch-general] VPS hosting with Arch

2009-09-28 Thread Daenyth Blank
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:38, Crouse wrote: > hm I use > > https://www.sevenl.net/all-dedicated-servers > > It's not a VPS, it's a dedicated private server. Running Arch. > I use it for archlinux.me and others, costs about $55 month. > I get the whole machine this way ;) > > Crouse. > Arch-ga

Re: [arch-general] Netbook recommendations

2009-09-28 Thread Jonathan Brown
I am awaiting UPS delivery today of a Samsung NC10-14GB .. top of the line apparently.. look at the amazon and newegg reviews.. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834131015&cm_re=nc10-14gb-_-34-131-015-_-Product http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-NC10-14GB-10-2-Inch-Blue-Netbook/dp

Re: [arch-general] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.31.1-1

2009-09-28 Thread Damjan Georgievski
>> Just be aware of this problem >> http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=627145 >> >> This Arch user lost /dev/tty0,1,2,3 device nodes on boot with 2.6.31 >> from the Arch testing repositry. >> >> A friend of mine also had the same issue with a self compiled 2.6.31. >> On my laptop the same c

Re: [arch-general] Netbook recommendations

2009-09-28 Thread Dan McGee
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Aaron Griffin wrote: > So in the next few weeks, I would like to buy a netbook. The market is > saturated, so I'd like to ask for some advice here. > > What do you guys think of the current offerings? What's considered > "the best" now-a-days? What kinds of netboo

Re: [arch-general] Netbook recommendations

2009-09-28 Thread Dieter Plaetinck
On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:16:04 -0500 Aaron Griffin wrote: > So in the next few weeks, I would like to buy a netbook. The market is > saturated, so I'd like to ask for some advice here. > > What do you guys think of the current offerings? What's considered > "the best" now-a-days? What kinds of net

[arch-general] Netbook recommendations

2009-09-28 Thread Aaron Griffin
So in the next few weeks, I would like to buy a netbook. The market is saturated, so I'd like to ask for some advice here. What do you guys think of the current offerings? What's considered "the best" now-a-days? What kinds of netbooks do Arch users have?

Re: [arch-general] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.31.1-1

2009-09-28 Thread Thomas Bächler
Damjan Georgievski schrieb: Just be aware of this problem http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=627145 This Arch user lost /dev/tty0,1,2,3 device nodes on boot with 2.6.31 from the Arch testing repositry. A friend of mine also had the same issue with a self compiled 2.6.31. On my laptop th

Re: [arch-general] [signoff] kernel26 2.6.31.1-1

2009-09-28 Thread Damjan Georgievski
> Kernel is in testing for both architectures, please sign off (at least one > for x86_64, two for i686). > > I think tpowa had the kernel all ready to move to core, except he was > waiting for the .1 release, which is there now. > > The only thing bugging me is http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/16149

Re: [arch-general] VPS hosting with Arch

2009-09-28 Thread Corin Schedler
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 04:09:01PM +0300, Roman Kyrylych wrote: > Hi all! > > I am looking for hosting that support Arch. > Most probably this will be a VPS hosting (because of price), > so official Arch Linux support is required. > > So far the list include: > http://www.slicehost.com/ > htt

Re: [arch-general] VPS hosting with Arch

2009-09-28 Thread Crouse
hm I use https://www.sevenl.net/all-dedicated-servers It's not a VPS, it's a dedicated private server. Running Arch. I use it for archlinux.me and others, costs about $55 month. I get the whole machine this way ;) Crouse. On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Callan Barrett wrote: > On Mon,

Re: [arch-general] VPS hosting with Arch

2009-09-28 Thread Callan Barrett
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:24 PM, Aaron Griffin wrote: > I use slicehost and haven't had any issues. Their over-the-intertubes > recovery console is great. > > Aside, though, I believe Linode is just slightly more for your money though > +1 for slicehost, running Arch on mine and have had absolut

Re: [arch-general] VPS hosting with Arch

2009-09-28 Thread Aaron Griffin
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Evangelos Foutras wrote: > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Roman Kyrylych > wrote: >> Hi all! >> >> I am looking for hosting that support Arch. >> Most probably this will be a VPS hosting (because of price), >> so official Arch Linux support is required. >> >> So

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [signoff] kernel26-lts 2.6.27.35-1

2009-09-28 Thread Thorsten Toepper
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA224 Am Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:39:58 +0200 (CEST) schrieb Andreas Radke : > 2 upstream updates for the LTS stable kernel series: > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.34 > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6

Re: [arch-general] VPS hosting with Arch

2009-09-28 Thread Evangelos Foutras
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Roman Kyrylych wrote: > Hi all! > > I am looking for hosting that support Arch. > Most probably this will be a VPS hosting (because of price), > so official Arch Linux support is required. > > So far the list include: >  http://www.slicehost.com/ >  http://vpslink.

Re: [arch-general] VPS hosting with Arch

2009-09-28 Thread Johannes Held
Hello Roman, I have a VPS with ArchLinux running. My Hoster is http://goekal-it.de/ and 'till now, I had not any problems (despite the dumbs ssh-login-error I wrote wonce a while). I can't say very much about their performance, cause I use this system mainly as "playarea" and I don't have

[arch-general] VPS hosting with Arch

2009-09-28 Thread Roman Kyrylych
Hi all! I am looking for hosting that support Arch. Most probably this will be a VPS hosting (because of price), so official Arch Linux support is required. So far the list include: http://www.slicehost.com/ http://vpslink.com/ (a subsidiary of http://www.spry.com/) http://www.vpsville.com/