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462149	2006-06-14 15:15:00	Hmmmmmmm . . . . OK . . . The internet radio thing . . . . . . . It works for me, i'm running Mepis 3 . 3-4, and i put the URL you specified directly into konquerors location bar . Just this time i simply clicked on it, and it opened in a new tab (i think new window is the default option, but i prefer tabs) Using firefox works just as well, except there are no pretty visualizations . I'm just wondering, do you have any sound at all? Sometimes sound is installed with a very clever "muted by default" setting . . . . . :( I will give that a try . . . but I don't mind if I don't see the pretty pixs . I think they are just going to slow down the presentation anyway . I did get Kulak's Woodshed (http://www . kulakswoodshed . com/) to play with video too . I had to play with the settings in the mixer to make it work right, so the mute is not a problem, I think! I am very glad that changes and settings happen dynamically, and one does not have to close the mixer to get to hear any changes you make . I have two open questions to anyone who has an answer about Mepis, or even Linux in general: 1) Am I actually running a "Linux emulator" while I have this dual boot setup going? I notice that my parser is a lot less responsive to commands . . . . . . and the mouse click has to be very deliberate and held for a little while longer . I noticed many years ago when I ran "Big Blue Emulator" on my C>64, it slowed it down to a snail's pace . Even though the C>64 had a 133mhz processor, it had to line-by-line transmorph the emulation and it got unreasonably slow . I notice some slow-down on the dual boot (Mepis/XP) and was just wondering . 2) Is there any way I can create a folder in Mepis and send it to Windows? Windows no longer see the hdb and I think that's ok and all, but I would like to send files back and forth if that's possible . Kinda like the movie "Frequency"? Later on today I am undertaking a complete burn-down of the puter with Mepis/XP dual boot; changing the drives around and re-installing everything again . I will have more questions! :groan:	SurferJoe46 (51)
462150	2006-06-14 19:35:00	1) Am I actually running a "Linux emulator" while I have this dual boot setup going? I notice that my parser is a lot less responsive to commands . . . . . . and the mouse click has to be very deliberate and held for a little while longer . You are running a full operating system . There is no emulator involved . I am not sure what you mean by "parser" . This the keyboard? Wkipedia definition: Parser ( . wikipedia . org/wiki/Parser" target="_blank">en . wikipedia . org): In computer science, parsing is the process of analyzing an input sequence (read from a file or a keyboard, for example) in order to determine its grammatical structure with respect to a given formal grammar . It is formally named syntax analysis . A parser is a computer program that carries out this task . The name is analogous with the usage in grammar and linguistics . The term parseable is generally applied to text or data which can be parsed . What sort of mouse do you have? Do you have to do the "deliberate" click on webpages too, or just the desktop and menus? 2) Is there any way I can create a folder in Mepis and send it to Windows? Windows no longer see the hdb and I think that's ok and all, but I would like to send files back and forth if that's possible . Kinda like the movie "Frequency"? If you wish to share data between both OSs, then use a FAT32 partition . Both OSs can see and read/write to that . Linux can read NTFS perfectly fine, but writing to a NTFS partition is a bit more risky . Once you have a shared FAT32 partition, then it just a matter to pointing it out to Mepis (so to speak) and setting it up that it gets mounted automatically .	Jen (38)
462151	2006-06-14 21:30:00	Bumpity bump!	SurferJoe46 (51)
462152	2006-06-14 23:15:00	The "deliberate click" thing..... I've notice that default settings in Mepis are that a passing accidental click seems to do nothing, one must actually have stopped, and then click. Now that i'm used to this i like it, and i'm not sure if its the same with all KDE/Linux distros. File sharing between windows and Linux As for the sharing stuff between windows and Linux, yes, as Jen says, it can be done, but beware of this: Because linux doesn't give a flying perverbial about viri, Mepis won't have removed any parts of any files that may be viri, so anything you download using linux should be scanned before use in windows. You will also find that some charactors in file names don't like fat32, or Vfat as Qtparted will call it. This is a minor bug, but i'm sure you can work around it as we all do.	personthingy (1670)
462153	2006-06-15 00:01:00	OK . . this post is on the new install of Mepis on the Dell . . . and it runs a lot better having GRUB on the hda and Mepis root on hdb . Got most of what I want here already . . . Firefox and so on . . . 1) can I change that silly hand of a pointer for an arrow? I don't like that hand, and besides the finger oints the wrong way . 2) it seems that the screen is a lot cluttered when I have a browser open . Is there any way to "hide" the taskbar ala XP? 3) the color rendering is intense! I had to tone it 'way down to make it softer . 4) still trying to figger out the player . . but that will come in time and I will be smarter then than I am now when I do get it working .	SurferJoe46 (51)
462154	2006-06-15 00:38:00	OK . . this post is on the new install of Mepis on the Dell . . . and it runs a lot better having GRUB on the hda and Mepis root on hdb . Got most of what I want here already . . . Firefox and so on . . . [QUOTE=SurferJoe46] 1) can I change that silly hand of a pointer for an arrow? I don't like that hand, and besides the finger oints the wrong way . . easy: go to the KDE cog, control center, when that opens: peripherals, mouse, curser theme . 2) it seems that the screen is a lot cluttered when I have a browser open . Is there any way to "hide" the taskbar ala XP? . Right click on the task bar select "cofigure panel" select the "hiding" tab 3) the color rendering is intense! I had to tone it 'way down to make it softer . . Asuming you are using nvidia graphics, cogthing in tray system settings nvidia settings 4) still trying to figger out the player . . but that will come in time and I will be smarter then than I am now when I do get it working . So do you not have sound, or is it still the radio station issue, and just that?	personthingy (1670)
462155	2006-06-15 00:38:00	I finally got KPlayer to accept reflector:44512 and it's playing right now...how do I save it to the desktop to click it later? :confused:	SurferJoe46 (51)
462156	2006-06-15 00:42:00	[QUOTE=SurferJoe46] So do you not have sound, or is it still the radio station issue, and just that? No...I have sound ok...and I got KFI640.com to play in KPlayer allright, just want to save the player with that default as a desktop icon somehow. And that taskbar hiding is great! You can even set the delay for it to happen! Wow!	SurferJoe46 (51)
462157	2006-06-15 01:06:00	Well . . . this is getting easier and easier all the time . I have been cruising the desktop and found all sorts of things! Got that "add icon" thing straight now too .	SurferJoe46 (51)
462158	2006-06-15 01:08:00	I finally got KPlayer to accept reflector:44512 and it's playing right now...how do I save it to the desktop to click it later? :confused:There probably is a way, but personally i would just open it in a browser, and bookmark it..... You may as well do exactly what you want first time, so that may mean creating a shortcut, and editing the properties. Anyone cleverer than me want to answer this one?	personthingy (1670)
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