tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post5880265256687126087..comments2024-03-28T08:06:15.494-07:00Comments on Linuxed - Exploring Linux distros: Snowlinux 4 "Glacier" Mate Review: Fast, light and customizableArindam Senhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-88952638963869718472019-03-11T18:49:54.730-07:002019-03-11T18:49:54.730-07:00I like snowlinux for its aesthetics and ease of us...I like snowlinux for its aesthetics and ease of use. I prefer Debian testing to stable and to use distros that from the get-go are not so lightIf I had an older<br />computer I think Snowlinux would be a good option for an OS, especially if I had low storage and RAM resources. I'm keeping my DVD of the Mate flavor (Glacier) for future needs.Thanks for your excellent review.RonDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06835243305089855125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-48609062205969228412014-03-04T01:40:52.114-08:002014-03-04T01:40:52.114-08:00work you do .. Thanks for taking the time to discu...work you do .. Thanks for taking the time to discuss this, I feel strongly about it and love learning more on this topic.Thank you,The information you shared is very informative. keep it up..<br /><a href="http://acetecsupport.com/netgear-router-support.html" rel="nofollow">Netgear Router Tehnical Support</a> <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06535634321781893554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-5678477133645782532013-11-11T04:28:15.729-08:002013-11-11T04:28:15.729-08:00Hi Joaquin,
I am not sure if snowlinux is upgrada...Hi Joaquin,<br /><br />I am not sure if snowlinux is upgradable.<br /><br />Regards, <br />ArindamArindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-72336383638304096642013-11-08T07:45:47.722-08:002013-11-08T07:45:47.722-08:00Hi, what´s the way to upgrade Sonwlinux without re...Hi, what´s the way to upgrade Sonwlinux without reinstalling?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-59093372527231624282013-06-14T00:43:32.908-07:002013-06-14T00:43:32.908-07:00The image of mouse & touch pad settings is giv...The image of mouse & touch pad settings is given just above the Application section.Arindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-39469193979188910532013-06-14T00:40:37.334-07:002013-06-14T00:40:37.334-07:00Hi Tzeng:
You can enable touch pad & two fing...Hi Tzeng:<br /><br />You can enable touch pad & two finger scrolling from settings. Go to mouse and touch pad settings and enable two finger scroll & horizontal scroll from there. Please let me know if you need further details.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />ArindamArindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-48873835516908558652013-06-14T00:13:34.250-07:002013-06-14T00:13:34.250-07:00It works almost perfect on my MacBook Air, but the...It works almost perfect on my MacBook Air, but the touchpad cannot using two fingers scrolling. I try to google the solution about this issue, but no solution at all. Does anyone provide some hint to help me? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07301274202208023265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-78459858804008946502013-02-12T02:41:43.631-08:002013-02-12T02:41:43.631-08:00Off-put by SnowLinux's use of white fonts on a...Off-put by SnowLinux's use of white fonts on a dazzling white background.<br /><br />Ok if everything is dazzling white, but generally, it is overall plain-grey. If I reset the background to plain-grey, then the lettering is not as clear as Black-on-Grey. <br /><br />Some users like to have a glossy-black background on the desktop, so that they can admire their room-lit face in the mirroredGreg Zenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399559974150896860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-78177684817545244322013-01-17T12:34:46.629-08:002013-01-17T12:34:46.629-08:00I have Glacier MATE installed on an AMD single cor...I have Glacier MATE installed on an AMD single core, 2.2 Ghz, with 768M RAM. It performs as if it were XFCE, plenty fast. System Monitor shows only 152M RAM and 3% CPU in use with only System Monitor running.<br />The only version of SnowLinux that detects my Broadcom B43 Wifi is the E17 version. Synaptic shows that it includes the B43 driver. Neither MATE nor XFCE do. So, I remastered an gsagarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-35396338874035631242013-01-14T14:01:25.877-08:002013-01-14T14:01:25.877-08:00The OS should allways use less resources, because ...The OS should allways use less resources, because that leaves more for intensive applications. So it's not about hardware, you can have the fastest machine but if your OS, like Windows, takes all your resources, your intensive software does not benefit from the hardware.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-46767795479636106332013-01-12T20:07:08.322-08:002013-01-12T20:07:08.322-08:00Thanks for pointing it out. My mistake! Did again ...Thanks for pointing it out. My mistake! Did again a live-boot to correct it in my article. And I agree with your rating - 8/10 for me as well. Had it had the latest softwares, I would have given it a 10/10 as it performed better than Linux Mint 14 Mate on my system.<br /><br />Regards,<br />ArindamArindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-65980199038792873912013-01-12T19:54:47.317-08:002013-01-12T19:54:47.317-08:00For me, it detected my Netgear N150 modem and WPA/...For me, it detected my Netgear N150 modem and WPA/WPA2 wifi immediately. I am not sure what issue you faced. Normally Snowlinux is great in detecting hardware configurations.Arindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-75200416120590478862013-01-12T13:47:56.870-08:002013-01-12T13:47:56.870-08:00I'm currently testing this to write my review....I'm currently testing this to write my review. It does have the codecs installed and Totem works perfectly, unlike in the current Mint. And the installation disk is bug-free, unlike Ubuntu. Some documentation would be nice for the beginner, but otherwise I think that Snowlinux has got it right with Glacier: I'm giving it 8/10.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-32657872357323081072013-01-12T12:23:28.644-08:002013-01-12T12:23:28.644-08:00was looking forward to this distribution release b...was looking forward to this distribution release but it didn't detect my broadcom wifi - deleted...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-43375449615493119642013-01-12T11:04:34.726-08:002013-01-12T11:04:34.726-08:00Very rightly said. But, as an user, even on machin...Very rightly said. But, as an user, even on machines with decent specs, I prefer distros which are economical as it helps me to run resource intensive programs and jobs more efficiently. Simply put, why would someone spend more to get the same work done, if someone can do it cheap?<br /><br />Regards,<br />ArindamArindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-29053339874648142602013-01-12T11:02:36.018-08:002013-01-12T11:02:36.018-08:00If I get the same work by spending less, I guess, ...If I get the same work by spending less, I guess, it is prudent to choose the distro with less resource consumption. Further, there are many low specs machines like netbook, old computers and laptops, who would have been discarded by now if there was no Linux. So, one of my evaluation criteria is resource usage. I normally prefer distros which are economical as it helps me to run some resource Arindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-9482178803801011102013-01-12T08:14:38.351-08:002013-01-12T08:14:38.351-08:00Low resource consumption means that you can use th...Low resource consumption means that you can use this distro very well on older computers and there are plenty of those around. Of course, for machines that have 2GB or more available it really doesn't matter, whether one distro uses 50-100 MB more when compared to another.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-45147417800781350372013-01-12T06:52:28.498-08:002013-01-12T06:52:28.498-08:00It is hard for me to understand the obsession of s...It is hard for me to understand the obsession of so many reviewers with 'low resource consumption'. They load software on machines with newer multicore processors and plenty of memory... then are triumphant when the OS doesn't use it. You bought the stuff... put it to work for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-17549045869314594332013-01-12T06:03:45.956-08:002013-01-12T06:03:45.956-08:00Thanks for pointing it out. You are absolutely cor...Thanks for pointing it out. You are absolutely correct on saying the ppa's added need to be uncommented after installation of the desired applications. I did the same thing and my article points out the same. Actually, I didn't have the Debian Sid repos readily available with me. Hence, I used the Mint and Ubuntu precise repos.<br /><br />I am waiting for the Debain 7 release eagerly as Arindam Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08081209827341326458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402517875283707603.post-20595905311975764992013-01-12T03:25:59.439-08:002013-01-12T03:25:59.439-08:00Thanks for your review, really interesting.
I wou...Thanks for your review, really interesting.<br /><br />I would like to point out two things:<br /><br />The snowlinux/Debian wheezy repos are outdated because Debian Wheezy is frozen at the moment(Debian team freezes the testing repos during six - eight months before the release of a new version of Debian stable). During this time, they just debug the packages and don't add new versions of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com