On 2015-09-14, Hal Wigoda wrote:> Use Oracles VM VirtualBox.Well, I explicitly don't want to do that, since it uses even more resources than OS X by itself. Having linux run on the bare metal without OS X should be much more efficient.> On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 9:33 PM, Keith Keller wrote: >> Then I got to the point of configuring wifi, and of course being a MBP, >> it has a proprietary Broadcom interface. I followed the instructions on >> the wiki (https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless/Broadcom), but >> had some trouble with it coming back up after a sleep. That plus some >> other issues (it ran hot just running a browser, for example) are making >> me question whether this is a good idea.As sometimes happens, I wrote too soon. I think the wifi issue may have been a misconfiguration on my part, and so far Firefox has been fine. It could have been a transient issue that I unintentionally resolved. I was really surprised to see that streaming video and audio worked without having to do anything. And even KDE has not been too much of a dog so far, though I'm still thinking to install something like fluxbox or blackbox. I actually haven't had a linux desktop in a long time so I'm very much out of practice. So far, after the first hiccups, CentOS 7 has been much faster on the old MBP than OS X is. I'm optimistic that I can find a use for it, even if it's just having a laptop I can use if my family wants the new MBP. --keith -- kkeller at wombat.san-francisco.ca.us
Really, I don't have a clue. On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 10:25 PM, Keith Keller < kkeller at wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> wrote:> On 2015-09-14, Hal Wigoda wrote: > > Use Oracles VM VirtualBox. > > Well, I explicitly don't want to do that, since it uses even more > resources than OS X by itself. Having linux run on the bare metal > without OS X should be much more efficient. > > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 9:33 PM, Keith Keller wrote: > >> Then I got to the point of configuring wifi, and of course being a MBP, > >> it has a proprietary Broadcom interface. I followed the instructions on > >> the wiki (https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless/Broadcom), > but > >> had some trouble with it coming back up after a sleep. That plus some > >> other issues (it ran hot just running a browser, for example) are making > >> me question whether this is a good idea. > > As sometimes happens, I wrote too soon. I think the wifi issue may have > been a misconfiguration on my part, and so far Firefox has been fine. > It could have been a transient issue that I unintentionally resolved. > > I was really surprised to see that streaming video and audio worked > without having to do anything. And even KDE has not been too much of a > dog so far, though I'm still thinking to install something like fluxbox > or blackbox. I actually haven't had a linux desktop in a long time so > I'm very much out of practice. > > So far, after the first hiccups, CentOS 7 has been much faster on the > old MBP than OS X is. I'm optimistic that I can find a use for it, even > if it's just having a laptop I can use if my family wants the new MBP. > > --keith > > > -- > kkeller at wombat.san-francisco.ca.us > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >-- ----------------- Hal Wigoda Chicago
On 09/13/2015 09:25 PM, Keith Keller wrote:> On 2015-09-14, Hal Wigoda wrote: >> Use Oracles VM VirtualBox. > > Well, I explicitly don't want to do that, since it uses even more > resources than OS X by itself. Having linux run on the bare metal > without OS X should be much more efficient. > >> On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 9:33 PM, Keith Keller wrote: >>> Then I got to the point of configuring wifi, and of course being a MBP, >>> it has a proprietary Broadcom interface. I followed the instructions on >>> the wiki (https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless/Broadcom), but >>> had some trouble with it coming back up after a sleep. That plus some >>> other issues (it ran hot just running a browser, for example) are making >>> me question whether this is a good idea. > > As sometimes happens, I wrote too soon. I think the wifi issue may have > been a misconfiguration on my part, and so far Firefox has been fine. > It could have been a transient issue that I unintentionally resolved. > > I was really surprised to see that streaming video and audio worked > without having to do anything. And even KDE has not been too much of a > dog so far, though I'm still thinking to install something like fluxbox > or blackbox. I actually haven't had a linux desktop in a long time so > I'm very much out of practice. > > So far, after the first hiccups, CentOS 7 has been much faster on the > old MBP than OS X is. I'm optimistic that I can find a use for it, even > if it's just having a laptop I can use if my family wants the new MBP. > > --keith > >I think xfce is part of EPEL .. I use MATE from EPEL and there is also Cinnamon there. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20150914/dd30a916/attachment-0001.sig>
On 2015-09-14, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote:> > I think xfce is part of EPEL .. I use MATE from EPEL and there is also > Cinnamon there.I believe you're right about xfce. I'm so out of it I hadn't even heard of MATE or Cinnamon. :) They seem more like DEs, what are folks using as straight window managers? I showed my son, who's only really used OS X, focus follows mouse and autoraise. He was not as impressed as I was hoping. ;-) --keith -- kkeller at wombat.san-francisco.ca.us
On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 09:18:56AM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote:> > > > I was really surprised to see that streaming video and audio worked > > without having to do anything. And even KDE has not been too much of a > > dog so far, though I'm still thinking to install something like fluxbox > > or blackbox. I actually haven't had a linux desktop in a long time so > > I'm very much out of practice.Blackbox hasn't been developed in years. Fluxbox is still being developed though, and is still a nice desktop. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6