Comments for Nathan and his Open Ideals http://openideals.org ... and the trouble it often gets him in Mon, 07 May 2012 01:36:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Tuning Ubuntu on Samsung Series 7 Laptop by admin http://openideals.org/2012/04/15/tuning-ubuntu-on-samsung-series-7-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-1641 admin Mon, 07 May 2012 01:36:48 +0000 http://openideals.org/?p=823#comment-1641 You can reformat the SSD from Linux to use it as a boot or swap partition. It may not be easy to do, but is possible! You can reformat the SSD from Linux to use it as a boot or swap partition. It may not be easy to do, but is possible!

]]> Comment on Tuning Ubuntu on Samsung Series 7 Laptop by admin http://openideals.org/2012/04/15/tuning-ubuntu-on-samsung-series-7-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-1640 admin Mon, 07 May 2012 01:35:43 +0000 http://openideals.org/?p=823#comment-1640 Thanks for the note on using the SSD. Have you noticed any impact in your use of it on Xubuntu? Any great speed up there? Thanks for the note on using the SSD. Have you noticed any impact in your use of it on Xubuntu? Any great speed up there?

]]> Comment on Tuning Ubuntu on Samsung Series 7 Laptop by admin http://openideals.org/2012/04/15/tuning-ubuntu-on-samsung-series-7-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-1639 admin Mon, 07 May 2012 01:34:24 +0000 http://openideals.org/?p=823#comment-1639 Are you running Ubuntu 12 with the latest 3.3 kernel? Are you running Ubuntu 12 with the latest 3.3 kernel?

]]> Comment on Tuning Ubuntu on Samsung Series 7 Laptop by admin http://openideals.org/2012/04/15/tuning-ubuntu-on-samsung-series-7-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-1638 admin Mon, 07 May 2012 01:34:04 +0000 http://openideals.org/?p=823#comment-1638 Yes, now with 12.04 final and the 3.3 kernel, I am having issues with the graphics card again, and may end up blacklisting radeon. I am fine without it honestly for 90% of what I need. Yes, now with 12.04 final and the 3.3 kernel, I am having issues with the graphics card again, and may end up blacklisting radeon. I am fine without it honestly for 90% of what I need.

]]> Comment on Tuning Ubuntu on Samsung Series 7 Laptop by admin http://openideals.org/2012/04/15/tuning-ubuntu-on-samsung-series-7-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-1637 admin Mon, 07 May 2012 01:33:25 +0000 http://openideals.org/?p=823#comment-1637 I used the Voria.org samsung packages as discussed here: http://www.voria.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=3&sid=8d7b2f6cc19f8283abca10a458d79354 I am using the 3.3 kernel right now, which also might make a difference. Suspend/resume worked even on 3.2 though. However, this has also caused problems with fglrx. All in all, the latest kernel improves battery life, but definitely tweaks some of the other compatbility. I used the Voria.org samsung packages as discussed here: http://www.voria.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=3&sid=8d7b2f6cc19f8283abca10a458d79354

I am using the 3.3 kernel right now, which also might make a difference. Suspend/resume worked even on 3.2 though.

However, this has also caused problems with fglrx.

All in all, the latest kernel improves battery life, but definitely tweaks some of the other compatbility.

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