Mepis Guide's |
May 10th - 2007
Added two guides for apt-cache.
April 15th - 2007 again
Installations for Mepis 6.5 on IDE and SATA drives
uploaded. Uploaded guide to obtain and install
IceWM.
April 15th -2007
Multiple new QuickView Guides for the Mepis Tools.
X-Reload Guide for Mepis Linux 6.5 uploaded.
March 18th - 2007
New guides for the Desktop Pager and
FrostWire P2P Client Uploaded. Also relinked in
guide over the X-Configuration File Re-Instalaltion
on Mepis 6.0 final.
Wish List Page has been updated.
Added 3 GParted Guides.
March 14th - 2007
Linked
in
some more guides including the completed set of CoH
on Vedega guides. Added in an Open Office
default file guide, and a guide on KPowersave.
Added perhaps the second most nerve wracking post to
the General News Column...
Added Contact
March 1st - 2007
Shouldn't go so long without an update, but massive
number of new guides and a slightly remixed guide.
Feb 9th - 2007
Second update for today, changed Donations link at
the top to point to newly creathed Donations /
Commissions page.
here's hoping I haven't gotten myself into something
I can't handle.
Feb 9th - 2007
Added 4 Nvidia Guides, 2 for the Current Mepis 6
Final Release, and 2 for the Mepis 6.0.4 beta.
The nvidia guides are supplemented with a walk
through of dpkg-reconfigure
xserver-xorg.
Added City of Heroes install guide for Cedega.
Feb
8th
- 2007
The most delayed guide ever. Cedega install is now
uploaded.
Feb
5th-
2007
Fixed Mepislovers link to point to Mepislovers.com
Added up real-time video page of Mepis Linux on K6-2
Chomper Extended and Pentium-III Katmai systems.
Jan
25th-
2007
Multiple new guides linked to the front page.
Still working on Donations page, trying to figure
out best way to say "I'm strapped for cash" and "I'll take hardware for
testing." Donations link still points
at the Utilities page. I'm still trying to come up
with a workable commissions system.
Changed Original OS Install Link to point to current
Blogger Page
New Printer Guides are up and loaded.
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New Install guides
#1: Average
Installation
#2: Dual
Boot
and Drive Clearing
#3: Custom
Partition
Installation
#4: Reinstall
Custom
Partition
#5: Merged
/root and
/home
#6: Reinstall
Merged
/root and
/home
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Update: I finally got around to addressing the
following files... only to find that the image links
have already been fixed.
Only, I didn't fix them. And i Don't Know who
did...
Cblue, if that was you who took the time, or David,
I thank thee both.
All guides currently work.
je.saist
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The Blitz: I'm not sure where I got the
idea to call the groupings of guides "blitz," but
I think it fits.
***
I'm attempting to over haul the front end of the
site so that news and guides are separated.
But since I'm using NVU instead of a
"professional" html editor, the site is going to
be like this for a while.
Anyways, these guides are roughly put up as I
complete them, so some guides will reference
earlier completed guides.
The guides are screen capped at 800*600
resolution.
This is done because most MEPIS users, and most
Linux users actually, run in a 1024*768
resolution.
Showing the steps at the lower resolution should
help most casual users follow along easily.
Fact is, guides that do not use Debian's Apt-Get
can probably be completed with the same steps on
other versions of operating systems built on
Linux.
So just because this is a MEPIS Oriented page
does not mean other distro's should feel too left
out.
Recently the site has changed over to mepisguides.com
In this change some guides may have broken
pictures or html.Please let us know if you have
any problems.
mepisguides web crew
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Minor
Updates and Hardware Requests: 3 new guides
linked in. A guide for the Etch dpkg-reconfigure
xserver-xorg setup built on ATi cards, a
guide to fix FLV corruption in Kaffeine, and a
hardware report on a CrossFire motherboard from
Asus.
This is also the first time that I am... well,
directly requesting two particular hardware
donations. While I have access to Core2 systems,
because of my reccomendations to the buyers the
Core2 systems do not use Intel chipsets. Combined
with the slow death of the Sager Tablet that was
used to create the Mepis 6.5 Intel dpkg run through,
I am without an Intel chipset system of my own to
work with.
So, I am actively seeking donations to cover
purchasing an Intel chipset based motherboard, or a
donation of a recent Intel Chipset motherboard.
By the same token, referring
to a page on the blog, Nvidia has aggressively
attacked their driver issues with Linux support.
After selling the (in)famous Clevo D900T laptop, I
went with a smaller sized, but cheaper Asus F3K
laptop with a Radeon HD GPU. While this allows me to
cover Radeon HD support as it enters Mepis... I am
without a Geforce 8x00 series card to test with.
So, I am actively seeking donations to cover
obtaining a Geforce 8x00 series card, or a Geforce
8x00 series card directly.
***
also in a similar note, many thanks to the donation
of an ECS Nforce based motherboard for Socket 939
processors. A hardware report is forthcoming.
Another update on forthcoming install books. Hate to
say it's been pushed back, but with Mepis 7 RC1
looking like a Mid-November release, it's looking
more likely for a for a December release on the
install book.
There are other items cooking on the back burner, so
I'm a little slow on getting guides up. Not that I
haven't run out of ideas, or things on my list of "needs to be done.."
I'm also examining the possiblity of moving the
guides normally listed at the bottom of the pages to
their own separate index.html entries. I had one
person state it was difficult to navigate the site
since there were no direct links to the guides at
the top of the page.
One final minor change to an existing guide. The
UT99 guide has been updated to reflect a new
download location for the install file on my
FileCloud account. UT3 is also looking less like a
Zero launch day, and the code may not be finished in
time for the retail release. I will still try to
0-day the launch of the Linux Client.
New Guides linked in : Mepis 7 section
added. Ping placed in Mepis 6.5 user tools.
Okay... yes I have fallen off a cliff. I
am not letting September go by without at least
getting SOMETHING up on the main page to indicate
what's going on. As is well known (or should be)
Mepis Linux is approaching the end of it's Beta
stages. I've been busy with editing the
Wiki-Mepis-ia and creating an upgrade F.A.Q. for the
launch of Mepis 7. Watchers of my technical
blog will also note a heavy increase as posts as I'm
shoving out content that has been in que but
unfinished for long whiles.
A bit of more background in technical events, my
primary system got gutted to fulfill another clients
order. (No K.B., not yours, that was my media system
that got gutted). Basically I've been trying
to lay hands on Radeon 690G systems to insure that
they work. The first motherboard came from ECS and
electrically wrecked two hard-drives. Since I had
promised an Athlon64 3200+ I delivered my own in
replacement of the ECS motherboard.
The second is an Asus F3K that was purchased upon
sale of the (infamous) Clevo D900T notebook I've
used for the past couple of years. The Asus F3K also
has a RadeonHD 2600 graphics card which puts me in a
position to make sure the 8.42 driver is working
properly... however... as of yet I can't get any
Mepis Beta's to load a graphical screen on the
Asus. So, for right now, if you are looking at
buying a motherboard, buy an Nvidia Nforce or a Via
based motherboard.
I'm also on the lookout for any Sansa hard-drive
players, Cowen hard-drive players, or
Iriver-Hard-drive players in order to complete
similar tests as I've done with the Apple iPod.
With K.B.'s help there is a Mepisguides store on the
way. For now I'll be selling custom systems
directly, at price points of $600, $800, and $1200
(US). I've already settled on the classification
names of Melody (integrated low end hardware),
Symphony (add-in graphics card, dual core minimum
processor), and Orchestra (the works). Prices are
budgeted to include shipping and handling through
UPS. I've also made the decision to offer Apevia
X-Qpack case designs only. Each system will also
come with an Apevia Keyboard, but I'm still hunting
for a decent mouse to include. The Apevia mouse is
like their power supplies and fans in the X-Qpacks.
I get the feeling marketing said that something else
had to be added for the package to sell.
Looking forward I'm intending to have a couple NEW
books available for the launch of Mepis 7.
Upon the release of RC1 I will start writing new
Install guides and upgrade guides using the Mepis 7
RC1 artwork. My goal is to have the install Books
ready to ship 0-day with the launch of Mepis 7
Final. That should make a lovely Christmas gift to
those who are still using Microsoft Windows.
Um... final items. Once again my current Playstation
Portable is up for sale, $90 to whoever is
interested. I'm also looking for a donator or vendor
who wouldn't mind parting with one of Asus's New
Audio cards. I've had blasted of all luck trying to
track down a live person at Asus to communicate
with.
And biggest news. As of this posting it has been
confirmed that UT3 will ship it's retail box... WITH
LINUX SUPPORT!. Yes. I am going to try to 0-day an
install guide for UT3.
in other misc news, there have been a couple of new
guides uploaded to the Mepis-6 and Mepis-7 sections.
I haven't linked them in yet, but if you want to
keep track of new guides, keep an eye on Mepislovers
Tips and Tricks section.
No, I haven't fallen off a cliff: Okay,
this is more of a blog entry than a news posting...
but, first of all... no, I haven't dissapeared
again... and yes, the guides are still updating.
First part is a bit of a confession. I
had wanted the next news posting to go up as
announcing the availability of more books through
Lulu, basically as a matter of personal pride. I've
done this sort of thing before, such as on the old
Mepislovers.org forums where I stopped posting when
I neared 1000 posts as I wanted my 1000th post to be
marked with a relative avalanche of new guides.
However, several events have occured to keep me from
posting more books for sale.
The first item is of course, the price. I think the
books are too expensive, at the existing
Lulu.com pricing, it's almost a loss instead of a
gain. So, the result is that I've been putting
together two additional proof-of-concept books
together to try out different print sizes and
picture formatting. I'm also working on
inserting explanation
text snap shots in spots where the original text is
just too long to put in the caption space allotted
in Lulu. This of course means relabling and
resorting the pictures so I can find them in Lulu's
picture book builder... which was not built with my
sort of text heavy use in mind.
The second item is injuries. The first was a run in
with a lawn trimmer... it won. The second was
an ear infection of the outer and middle inner ears,
leaving me helpless in a ball.
The third item is conventions. Specifically
AnthroCon in Pittsburg... and... oh yes. I am going
back to E3 out in California.
While I had been budgeting for AnthroCon since last
year, the E3 invite was unexpected. I know I wasn't
on the original listing sent out earlier this year.
This... has placed me in the precarious
position of well... I'm real close to broke city by
the time all is said and done. I'm not too
keen on begging for financial help... I just can't
pull some of the stunts that others (say, like
Frostwire) pull when it comes to asking for money.
I'm not good at that, and hopefully will be
continually lousy at it.... so... um... how does
this go... if you have some spare cash... and you'd
like to help... um...
anything... would... really, really, REALLY be
appreciated... (but I'd have a lot easier time
if I had something tangible you could actually
hold...)
okay... back to topics of the site. I've come
across some two older dot matrix and one older HP
injet printer. I'm adding these to the 3 computers
that are currently now listed in "old" news, making
them a bit more attractive for the price... so yes,
those systems still are available.
Another item moving forward is that when I get the
alter/ego site operational (LinuxGuides) I'm going
to start listing custom
system pulls. Basically the idea is that
every 2 months I pull down a listing of customized
components from various vendors, and class the
computers... so, for example, there would be a $500,
$800, and $1000 class computers listed. Like the
auction computers each one priced to include a Mepis
Subscription, and also back cover hardware costs.
The first argument to be made is, doesn't that put
me up against MadTux and System76? The short answer
right now is... no. My intent is to offer the tuning
services that VoodooPC (HP), and Alienware (Dell) do
not offer to the Linux market. My aim on building a
computer isn't to get the most amount of hardware in
for the cheapest price... my aim is to get the best
hardware for the price. So, what could be my $500
system may only have the listed specs of a $300
system from MadTux. But, as most people know,
specifications go beyond the gigahertz or ram
transfer speed. For example, how noisy is your
computer? What happens if you drop, say, $50 extra
on some fans from Scythe? You could move more air,
generate less noise... and guess what... your
computer is probably going to live a little longer.
I'll go more into this as I get closer to
getting a webpage up...
which... basically brings me to the final entry of
this rather long post... I need some help generating
a back end ... and well... front end too...
interface for purchasing items. I'm probably going
to start of with something like the current Mepis.org Store,
just a text entry that clicks into the purchasing
screen for each item. ... actually.... I think I'll
work on just getting something up than rather
worrying about it being fancy...
um... okay... oh yes. Guides. 9 guide uploads and a
hardware report. I think this makes me current for
all the content listed through Tip's And Tricks on
the MepisLovers Forum. Oh... and if it isn't
obvious, I'm not an obsessive updater of the front
page here. However, all new guides are first listed
in the MepisLovers
Tip's
and Tricks section.
Lulu published book
available: Big news for me today, I
got the proof of concept book in, and have opened it
up to general publishing. Now, I need to probably
clarify a few things about the book. First, why did
I use the Mepis 3 Series and not the Mepis 6 Series
that is current. The bestg answer is targetted
market. The Mepis 3 Series is better suited for
older hardware. People who might be interested in
experimenting with an off line install might
be more interested in the older version. The
second part I need to perhaps mentioned is that I am
not employeed by Warren. The Proof of Concept is not
a Mepis published property. Because of this, I will
be moving the sales aspect to
http://www.fcs-inc.biz/linuxguides. No, the
site is not active yet.
Which brings me to the 3rd point. No. MepisGuides is
not going anywhere. This site will remain ad-free,
and will be free.MepisGuides will continue to be
dedicated for the support of Mepis Linux. However, I
can't live on doing work for free. To that end, the
LinuxGuides Project is setup to support MepisGuides.
I will state now, the LinuxGuides Project will be
profit driven so that I can keep doing this site as
it has been for the past, well, couple of years.
Anyways, for now, if you want to get the Proof of
Concept, it is here : http://www.lulu.com/content/836422
Starting to Move Forward: Somewhat
big news... I finished the Lulu Proof of Concept
book. I'm still waiting for my copy to come in
though, so it's not up for sale yet. However, I need
to note that the raw cost to make it was about twice
what I had anticipated...
Plan Of Action: Given that I don't host a
conference call to tell investors how I intend to
make money, or what my business plan is, I've put
together a short abstract outlining what I will be
doing in order to drive funds. If you want to read
about what is coming up, have Open Office ready : http://www.linux-guides.com/saist/Plan-Of-Action.odt
As
of
this
point, consider the custom system ordering to be
open. If you are wanting to purchase a custom system
pre-loaded with Mepis Linux, drop me an email.
Old
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Mepis 7 Series
Install
Utlilities
note : at least one
adv driver must be installed prior to playing most
of the games. As well, the color depth must be
24bits or higher for most 3D games.
Compiz-Fusion
KDE
- Kgamma
Desktop Interfaces
Media
- Kaffine FLV
Corruption Fix
Games
Productivity
Hardware Reports
Console
Nintendo Wii
- Opera Browser
: Poorly shot version of Wii's Opera Browser.
Scheduled to be reshot.
Portable
Media Players / External drives
Mepis 6 Series
Install
- Resize
Hard
Drive on IDE
- Resize
Hard
Drive on SATA
- Resize
with
merged /home | /root
- Install
and
retain /home
partition | Mepis 6.5 Beta 6 NTFS-3G
bug work around
- Install
Mepis
Linux 6.5 : This Guide walks through removing
the .kde file for upgraders from 3.x / 6.x
- Install
Mepis
Linux 6.5 - Normal IDE
- Install Mepis
Linux 6.5 - Normal SATA
Formatting Guides
Utlilities
note : at least one
adv driver must be installed prior to playing most
of the games. As well, the color depth must be
24bits or higher for most 3D games.
Synaptic
- Updating
with
Syanptic
ATI
- ATi
FireGLX
drivers Mepis 6 Final
- ATi
FireGLX
drivers Mepis 6.5 - 6.04 betas
- Radeon
X.org
Driver Mepis 6.5- 6.04 betas
Nvidia
- Nvidia-Glx
Mepis
6 Final
- Nvidia-Glx-Legacy
Mepis
6 Final
- Nvidia-Glx
Mepis
6.5 - 6.04 betas
- Nvidia-Glx-Legacy
Mepis
6.5 - 6.04 betas
- Nvidia-Glx
Mepis
6.5 / Short version : don't bother with synaptic if you
don't have to.
- Nvidia
:
Dpkg-reconfigure Xserver-Xorg: Pre OS Load : If installing the
Nvidia drivers gives you a blank screen, this
should help.
- Nvidia :
Dpkg-reconfigure: In OS : if you know you
need to run dpkg-reconfigure, run it after the
driver install.
Beryl
- Nvidia
GLX
Fix for Beryl :
This guide walks through fixing the beryl
interface on Nvidia GPU's
KDE
- KDE
Tricks :
Remove KAquarium
and
other first run techniques. KAquarium has
not been in the Mepis 6.04 betas.
- Hidden
File
View - Mozilla Pluginreg.dat : walkthough to
view hidden files and delete the Mozzilla
plugin.
- KPowersave
Walkthough : A look at
KPowersave running on Intel Laptops
- Kaffeine Dual
Drive CD and DVD configuration : A guide to set
Kaffeine to use the DVD on systems with both a
DVD and a CD drive
- KDE Desktop Pager : A Guide to
enabling Virtual Desktops under KDE
Apt
- Apt Archive : Manual Method -
This guide walks through a manual backup of
the apt-cache.
- Apt Cache Clear
Browser / Email
- Evolution
Install
and Recovering Evolution Email from previous
install
- Opera
Web
Installation
HTML Programs
- Kompozer
Install
Media
Media Players
- Install
Kaffeine
- Using
Amarok :
A quick run through most of Amarok's features
and connecting to Iriver's H300 media player.
- Amarok
First
Run
- FrostWire : Installation
and initial configuration on FrostWire
- Songbird Mepis
32 : This is for Mepis Linux
32bit versions
- Songbird
Mepis
64 : This is for Mepis Linux 64bit
versions
Games
Cedega
- Cedega
Install
5.2.3 / 5.2.10: A 4 part guide
covering the installation and configruation of
Cedega
- Cedega Install
6.0 : this guide also covers engine
management
City of Heroes
- City
of
Heros - Cedega : Installing City of Heroes / City
of Villains through Cedega.
- City of Heroes
- Cedega Setup : Configuring
Cedega itself to run City of Heroes
- City of Heroes
- In game configuration : Configuring
CoH on ATi cards to display correctly.
Morrowind
- Morrowind
Installation
Descent 3
The
good
news is, this game seesm to be proper abandon
ware... I have not been able to get in contact
with any developers or former publishers, and
the trademark is null and void. So, I am
actively looking into making ISO's available for
this game.
- Descent 3
Installation
Aliens
Versus Predators 2
A small technical
note. This game is not actually considered
playable. It runs... about as well as something
rhymes with Least--of.
W.I.N.E.
Productivity
Open Office
- Setting Default
File Type : This guide
walks though setting Microsoft .doc as the
default file save type.
GIMP
- Xscanimage
: quick fix
for GIMP crashing, removing the xscanimage
plugin
Samba
- Setting
Samba
Shares - High res : not dial up
friendly
- Setting Samba
Shares - Low Res remix : dial up friendly.
Desktop Interfaces
- IceWM
: Obtain and
Install
- XFCE 4.4.0 : Obtain and
Install
- XFCE
4.4.1 :
This is a remix guide, picking up after the
obtainment of dependencies in the original
XFCE guide, but shows v. 4.4.1
Hardware Reports
- Dell
Pentium
D: Mepis64 Beta 3
- Video-
Mepis
Beta On K62 and Pentium-III
- Sager
NP2885
Tablet Notebook
- Ipod
Hardware Report
Microsoft NT5
*note* The guides here were created for preparing a
NTFS partition to be resized on single drive
computers. As time goes on I will probably
supplement these guides with additional guides on
cleaning up Windows Operating Systems. Also, as much
as I whine about Windows, I am willing to do
commission work on Microsoft products.
- CCleaner
: This is a
near drop in replacement for Microsoft's Disk
Cleanup utility.
- Check
Disk
:
chkdsk,
the NT5 version of Scandisk
- Defragment
: REQUIRED
MAINTENCE
FOR WINDOWS. This guide
also shows jkdefrag, an open-sourced
defrag utility. Thank you Jeroen
Kessels
- Regseeker
: a backup to
CCleaner
- WinASO
RegDefrag
: A
backup to Microsoft's Page Defrag in the
Defragment guide.
Mepis 3.x /
2004.x
note : at least one adv driver must be installed
prior to playing most of the games. As well, the
color depth must be 24bits or higher for most 3D
games.
- Nvidia
GLX
Drivers : Note, this guide
only works with Mepis Versions 2004.X
- ATi
FireGlide
drivers
- Changing
Color
Depth
- Nvclock
OS Install
Blitz
- Average
Installation
- Dual
Boot
and Drive Clearing
- Custom
Partition
Installation
- Reinstall
Custom
Partition
- Merged
/root
and /home
- Reinstall
Merged
/root
and /home
- Doom
3
- Unreal
Tournament
2004
- Unreal
Tournament
- Quake
3
Arena and Quake 3 Team Arena
- Zsnes
- ePSXe
:
excellent Playstation emulator
- Enemy
Territory
- Return
To
Castle Wolfentein
- Mupen64
Firefox
Blitz
Note :
Since the release of SimplyMepis 3.3
the install guides for FireFox are
useful only to users of Mepis versions
2004.X
- Firefox
Apt-Get
install
- Firefox
Web-Download
Install
- Configure
Apt-Get
Firefox as Default browser
- Configure
Web-download
Firefox as Default browser
- Set
Firefox
as new K-taskbar button
- Configure
Firefox
Favorites
- Configure
Downloads
IRC
Blitz
- Xchat
install
- Kvirc
Install
- B----X
Install
Mail
Blitz:
- Mozilla
Mail
- Thunderbird
- Mozilla
Junk
Mail Controls
- Opera
Mail
- Evolution : Note, this is
Evolution 1.x The guide for Evolution
2.0 has not yet been completed
Printer
Blitz:
- Local
printer
install
- Share
Local
Printer
- Share
with
Adobe
- Samba
and CUPS
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Unsorted guides |
- GAIM
- install an Instant Messaging program also
found for windows
- Gnutella
- install a file sharing program
- NVU
- Install a powerful web page building package
- Install
Beta
0.6 NVU
- Install an updated version
- Changing
KDE
Resolution
- How to change the resolution of the desktop
after KDE loads.
- Opera
- Install yet another Browser.
- Synaptic
- Install Synaptic, a GUI package manager for
Debian
- Ripping
Music
from CD's
- Don't let those with Nero have all the fun.
Rip to .ogg and .mp3
- Streaming
Music
Incomplete
- Capture music to your harddrive.For this guide
I've been unable to duplicate getting XMMS and
Kstreamripper to save Shoutcast and ID3 data
with ripped music. Which is why this guide has
not been posted for so long. I have no clue how
in the world I turn the save stream data on,
only that sometimes it works, and most of the
time it doesn't.
Problem complicates itself. After closing
Kstreamripper out, it started ripping each song
correctly, and would not stop until a system
/reboot. No... idea... why, or how.
- KDE
Tricks
- Some KDE wrangling.This originally started as
a guide on making the default KDE desktop
friendly under the resolution of 800*600. But I
wound up finding some other cool things that
just had to be shown off.
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