Installed PCL on both systems. The earlier glitch was not noticed this time, no idea why. After a closer look, PCL has a few things that sets it apart
1. A good network monitor. Not easily accessible, but it exists and it shows the data transferred.
2. An easy way to mount and unmount partitions, it can be done from within Konqueror or also by using the partition tool.
3. The Ktorrent interface is better laid out that in Opensuse. Version no. 2.1.4 is the one on PCL.
During installation, I chose to store the bootloader on the boot driver rather than on the MBR. Post installation, the GRUB for the Opensuse automatically included the option to load PCL. Neat.
Friday, March 7, 2008
PC Linux Take 2
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If the network monitor you speak of is accessed by using the "Configure Your Computer" center, then yes it is difficult to be accessed. It's primarily meant to be used within the Control Center. What you really want is a desktop or panel widget so you can keep an eye on things all the time. There are many including the SuperKaramba ones (which are really cool). I've been using Gkrellm for a long time and I'm very happy with it. It can be installed with Synaptic. If you decide to give it a try make sure you also install the Themes, Plugins and Plugins-stock. No sensor widget will do much of anything if you don't also install lm-sensors. Once lm-sensors is installed you'll need to "ferret out" your computer's sensors. Open a terminal, log in as root and issue the command (without the period): sensors-detect. It will ask you a bunch of Yes/no questions. I've always accepted the defaults, in other words, I just hit return. You'll need to reboot for the sensors to be activated. The only problem I've had with lm-sensors is on 64bit machines. It seems to only get a few parameters like the cpu usage, the cpu temp and maybe one fan (cpu again). I'm sure there's a way to make them work, but I'm not a geek and it's not a pressing issue. Good luck and I hope it works out for you.
Note: I gave you a root command above, unless you're absolutely sure it's not a malicious command that will cause you endless heartache, check it out first with Google or a reliable forum. That should be done with all new commands and procedures.
Thanks Koz. I'll take a relook at SuperK. It did seem a bit complicated at first glance.
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