After lurking on this list for what seemed like forever, I finally have a PS3. And of course I had YDL installed on it with 12 hours. So maybe I can help more with questions, like I did on the PS2 Linux message board.
The install went fine, no issues at all. Adding the "other" repos went well, and I began adding stuff I needed. I just finished compiling Claws-Mail 3.4.0 and the plugins I use. Surprises: Gaaaah E17! No offense, but it drove me batty, even if it has a nice shelf. Though it probably is the best choice for a lightweight desktop, it's less RAM intensive than all of XFCE's pieces are. I used fluxbox on the PS2 and installed it in YDL. The default term choice (gnome-term) is probably a bit heavy for the PS3. I installed rxvt/mrxvt/urxvt very quickly. I also noticed that the default filemanager shows previews of what's in text files. I'll have to update gnupg, I was running 1.4.8 on the PS2. I tended to use dillo for basic browsing, backed up with links -g, which I'll have to install, because elinks doesn't have that option. I had Firefox 1.5 and 2.foo installed on the PS2 using 1.5 only when absolutely necessary and 2.foo only when 1.5 didn't work on some site. So Firefox 2 on YDL is a pleasant surprise, Flash! Java! I am enjoying pirut/yum... a lot. I had to compile EVERYTHING on the PS2. Though some of the packages are older than I expected, ie vim 7.0 rather than 7.1, gimp2.2 rather than 2.4. Yes I had 2.4 on the PS2, because I'm not sane. :-) I did get tripped up in compiling Claws-Mail because I had forgot about devel packages. I actually haven't tried any multimedia stuff yet, I haven't installed XMMS. I've had to do some command line work, editing /etc/profile to set my PKG_CONFIG_PATH, that sort of thing. Nothing I'm not used to doing. So far it's been going smoothly, though I haven't figured out how to use my usb headset with YDL (to record) yet. Ron Rogers Jr. (CronoCloud)
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