[TriLUG] Linux and food...

[David W. Aquilina]

On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 10:43:24AM -0400, Tom Eisenmenger wrote:
> having had a sluggish Fedora Core 3 install, but the RPM system doesn't 
> seem to work too well (it halts during downloads) and ATI Radeon support 
> is weak - I get artifacts on the desktop when moving icons, etc. 

Regarding the RPM problem you mention, it doesn't sound like it has anything to do with RPM itself (it is just a package format, after all) rather the quality of your network connection and whichever mirror's network connection you happen to be using. If you can be a bit more specific about what's happening, such as "When I execute 'up2date -uf' it always halts in the middle of downloading package foo", we might be able to provide more helpful suggestions. 

Regarding the video display problems, I'm admittedly not familiar with your laptop and what specific chip it contains. However, I have seen in some cases using nVidia/ATI's proprietary drivers will produce a marked increase in responsiveness. The proprietary drivers come with their own problems (both technical and philosophical), but it might clear up those video artifacts. 

It looks like you can find the ATI drivers here: 

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=27

I should note that I have never used them myself. 

> so if you know of an Indian, Greek, Thai or whatever place nearby with 
> good food and that's reasonably inexpensive I'd sure like to know about it.

I know there's a good Indian place (called Royal India Cusine, iirc) up on Capital Blvd. There's also an ok middle eastern place called Nur Deli in the plaza on Avent Ferry, which is extremely close to Red Hat's HQ. 

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David Aquilina
david at starkindler.us