Top 7 Linux Distros 2014

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UNCNDL1
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Re: FLICKER

#31 Post by UNCNDL1 »

I am laughing out loud right now while on hold with united airlines, made my day :salute:
CF-53 MX-Linux 21 Wildflower
CF-30 MK2 SSD MX-21 Betsy, MK2 Navigatrix, Fundraiser for TbT
CF-52 GUN SSD MX-19
(NICE) Thanks Sadlmkr
CF-M34 MicroWattR8 Thanks Sadlmkr
CF-M33 MicroWattR8 Thanks Springfield

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Re: Top 7 Linux Distros 2014

#32 Post by SHEEPMAN! »

Before I say anything who is the rider?
Fair for you/ Fair for me.
I chose to NOT be organized.

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Re: Top 7 Linux Distros 2014

#33 Post by Shawn »

native Canadian Johnny Washbrook as Ken McLaughlin,
Life will beat you into submission.

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Top Linux Distrubutions with Google Search

#34 Post by UNCNDL1 »

If you do a google search and type in "top linux distrubutions" you will find this link:
https://www.google.com/search?q=top+lin ... gws_rd=ssl
The first on the search list will bring you to the top ten: http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=majo
Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Debian GNU-Linux, Magela, Fedora, Open SUSE, Arch Linux, Cent OS, PC Linux OS, Slackware Linux, and Free BSD. These distributions should be a great start for the evaluation(s) for the CF-19, CF-30, and CF-52
Others that I've tried are Zorin, Navigatrix, CrunchBang, Lubuntu, Elementary, and SolydX. Here's another launchpad for future trials of operating systems and your hardware. Let's keep the thread alive and try a few. :salute:
CF-53 MX-Linux 21 Wildflower
CF-30 MK2 SSD MX-21 Betsy, MK2 Navigatrix, Fundraiser for TbT
CF-52 GUN SSD MX-19
(NICE) Thanks Sadlmkr
CF-M34 MicroWattR8 Thanks Sadlmkr
CF-M33 MicroWattR8 Thanks Springfield

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Re: Top 7 Linux Distros 2014

#35 Post by kode-niner »

Sadlmkr wrote:powersave now says 0 but no change in flicker.

I don't care about the flicker I just want to know why. :D

Heartfelt thanks for chiming in with the info.
Maybe it would help if it loaded as a kernel parameter. Superuser required for all this of course, sudo if needed.

edit the file /etc/default/grub

Add this between the quotes to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT

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i915.powersave=0
Just make sure your parameters are separated by spaces. For example if you have the reboot=pci as I suspect you might have on a CF-18 with quiet boot options, it should look like this, in no particular order:

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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet reboot=pci i915.powersave=0"
Update grub

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update-grub
If there are no errors, reboot. Otherwise report here.
Daily drives a CF-31

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