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By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:08:31 +0000

I guess it depends on each disc and the encryption it has. Some of the new encryptions aren’t supported by anything in Linux ATM I think. Totem works here with all DVDs that I’ve tried (most are several years old though) if libdvdcss is installed. VLC is of course included in the repos, try any current non-restricted repo and you’ll find it.

By: finid

finid — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:14:49 +0000

From this review:

“Totem requires that libdvdcss or a GStreamer plugin package be installed. Totem installed on Zenwalk 6 uses a GStreamer backend, but because gst-plugins-ugly, the GStreamer plugin package required for commercial DVD playback, is not installed (and not in the repo), you will not be able to play your favorite DVD videos on a default installation of Zenwalk 6.”

Even with libdvdcss installed, Totem still could not play encrypted DVD videos (at least during my review , it did not). If you have vlc installed, then you have a better chance of playing encrypted DVD videos with libdvdcss. However, vlc is not even in any of the repos (unless it’s in one that I missed).

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:21:43 +0000

For encrypted DVD playback, you just need the libdvdcss package from a restricted repo. Switch your netpkg to one and you’ll find it, or get it directly from here: http://packages.zenwalk.org/?p=libdvdcss-1.2.10-i486-54.1.tgz&zversion=current

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:45:57 +0000

@Phill,

you’re probably mistaking iceweasel in Zenwalk with iceweasel in some other distribution. Iceweasel in Zenwalk is just firefox, compiled from official mozilla firefox sources. Nothing changes but the name. The change in the name is because the mozilla folk like to have complete control of the “firefox” brand and any customization of a potential “firefox” package (such as a different default homepage) should be subject to approval by mozilla. This could be a lengthy process that Zenwalk developers don’t want to go through. And so they named their browser “iceweasel”. You can wipe Zenwalk off your hard drive or use the CD as a coaster, but please stop spreading FUD when you don’t really know what you’re talking about.

By: Phill

Phill — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:10:28 +0000

I don’t know about other people, but I have had no to problems with the web browser icepig errrr iceweasel. It’s clear they did way too much lobotomizing of firefox which has resulted in a truly piece of junk software. I understand the whole religious free software thing, but the fanatics should not be allowed to foist nonworking alternatives onto the unwilling. I understand that I could get the source code blah blah blah compile yourself blah blah blah but I’m not going to dink around with nor promote broken software. Zenwalk gets wiped of my hard drive, not that it’s a totally bad distro, but that the fanatics are in control and not smart enough to stick with stuff that works until they get their own pathetic code up to snuff.

By: werner

werner — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:37:21 +0000

You could test SYS, what has the most easy installation, full-automatical, in 10-15 min. a huge 18 GB system easy for the beginner, complete for specialists, optimal for all. Rescue system starts in 15 seconds, partitions/usb-keys mounted, have tools like mc, testdisk etc etc for recovery/reparation/file-saving. DVD SYS_Linux.iso updated 17/3 , installation needs 20 GB not-partioned disk space

http://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/SYS/

By: joe

joe — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:14:55 +0000

Thorough, well written review! I will give Zenwalk-installed 6 a look. Open Office makes it usable for real-world office purposes.

First thing I will add is firestarter!

Bejay, the last Zenwalk-Live release was special. Zenwalk 5.2 standard version was capable and competitive, but the live version was hot. It had lots of nice features that worked easy enough for a non-technical person. It could be used as a daily system even though not installed to a hard drive.

Hopefully the Zenwalk people will continue with another live release with the same configuration features as the Live 5.2.

By: Bejay

Bejay — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:22:06 +0000

I recently installed zenwalk 6 after having a few issues on Linux Mint (Pulse Audio) and am extremely happy with it.

It feels a whole lot faster than Linux Mint. The frame buffer usage gives a much cleaner boot up impression.

Here are some possible improvements for the next version:
- The installer needs to have an option to verify the disk.
- The live CD seems to be different from the standard image which is used to install. This could be combined.
- The ext4 file system does not seem to be an option even though the kernel version supports it.
- VPN configuration needs to be added

By: finid

finid — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:02:09 +0000

Think that should be obvious, right? If I missed that, do you think a complete noob will know how to use xnetpkg? But thanks for pointing it out. Strike one against me, but how about a menu bar on xnetpkg, or do I have to right-click to show a menu bar?

By: Urubu

Urubu — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:14:04 +0000

“The one apparent shortcoming of xnetpkg is that you can’t add additional repositories from its interface.”

You should take more time to test

If you enter a mirror url in the url-bar at the top, and then load it : DONE, its saved in the mirrors list