Country / Keyboard UK Choice : Built in selection Please!
Posted: 14 Mar 2011, 08:41
Currently operating VirtualBox Guest VMs successfully from Porteus 64bit 1.0beta: the first time!
Thank you for all the hard work that is being put into this part of the project!
My "unbreakable" use on any ( of four ) PCs transportable solution remains as remix06 + VirtualBox (VB) v3.1.6
Host started from the project CDs; I do not use custom USB installs, or hard-disk installations; two of the
machines I use when I "Hot Desk" are not mine, and security of host installed software is untrusted.
I tried v0.9 64bit + VB 4.0 - with little success. Lockups, and very poor performance when it did work.
Most of this is probably because of bugs in VB 4.0.0; fixed in 4.0.4
Now I am on Day 4 of this 1.0beta Host, with the first successful overnight run [1] of one of my virtual desktop
guest machines (Ubuntu 10.04LTS)! It seems a little bit slower than the 32bit remix06 setup, but these
are early days. I'll benchmark things properly when the Porteus CDs are at 1.0
Eventually, I will be using only 64bit machines, and 64bit porteus will be a final migration.
URGENTLY NEEDED: A "UK" built-in choice for all Porteus Live CDs. Currently I dont know how to extend the
KDE4 one here, which has very limited choices for my keyboard. I work mostly with UK, sometimes US setups
( 1 out of 4, in an American family living in the UK )
The "add UK, then change country" step from the Live CD would be unnecessary if it was built in!
Could you make UK one of the built-in country choices for all of the Porteus CD isos please?
The default font size and type choices in 64bit 1.0beta are better! Thank you. I have to make three
changes to the Bold/Too large/font type in remix0? every time I raise console windows. I'd prefer that
annoyance to go away in Porteus 32bit + 64bit 1.x releases also...
Generally use 1280x1024 Desktop resolution in the host, with console command line windows wide
enough to support 132 character lines. The ultra large and bold font in remix0? makes that difficult,
and a bit ugly. I dont need to read the screen from across the room!
--jcuk
Note[1]
The host has a routable IP address on eth0, and a USB modem (Huawei E220). When I disconnect before
midnight, and connect the next day, the guest OS loses routing ( but can ping IP addresses OK ). I was
using it until just after midnight this time, and this morning ( 0815+) I connected and routing was
working! - Any ideas on what is happening here? remix06+VB 3.1.6 is fine, and never loses routing.
I just copied all the files from my remix06 host VB setup and used those unchanged with 64bit 1.0beta
and VB 4.0.4
Thank you for all the hard work that is being put into this part of the project!
My "unbreakable" use on any ( of four ) PCs transportable solution remains as remix06 + VirtualBox (VB) v3.1.6
Host started from the project CDs; I do not use custom USB installs, or hard-disk installations; two of the
machines I use when I "Hot Desk" are not mine, and security of host installed software is untrusted.
I tried v0.9 64bit + VB 4.0 - with little success. Lockups, and very poor performance when it did work.
Most of this is probably because of bugs in VB 4.0.0; fixed in 4.0.4
Now I am on Day 4 of this 1.0beta Host, with the first successful overnight run [1] of one of my virtual desktop
guest machines (Ubuntu 10.04LTS)! It seems a little bit slower than the 32bit remix06 setup, but these
are early days. I'll benchmark things properly when the Porteus CDs are at 1.0
Eventually, I will be using only 64bit machines, and 64bit porteus will be a final migration.
URGENTLY NEEDED: A "UK" built-in choice for all Porteus Live CDs. Currently I dont know how to extend the
KDE4 one here, which has very limited choices for my keyboard. I work mostly with UK, sometimes US setups
( 1 out of 4, in an American family living in the UK )
The "add UK, then change country" step from the Live CD would be unnecessary if it was built in!
Could you make UK one of the built-in country choices for all of the Porteus CD isos please?
The default font size and type choices in 64bit 1.0beta are better! Thank you. I have to make three
changes to the Bold/Too large/font type in remix0? every time I raise console windows. I'd prefer that
annoyance to go away in Porteus 32bit + 64bit 1.x releases also...
Generally use 1280x1024 Desktop resolution in the host, with console command line windows wide
enough to support 132 character lines. The ultra large and bold font in remix0? makes that difficult,
and a bit ugly. I dont need to read the screen from across the room!
--jcuk
Note[1]
The host has a routable IP address on eth0, and a USB modem (Huawei E220). When I disconnect before
midnight, and connect the next day, the guest OS loses routing ( but can ping IP addresses OK ). I was
using it until just after midnight this time, and this morning ( 0815+) I connected and routing was
working! - Any ideas on what is happening here? remix06+VB 3.1.6 is fine, and never loses routing.
I just copied all the files from my remix06 host VB setup and used those unchanged with 64bit 1.0beta
and VB 4.0.4