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Sure, you can have several linux installs on one HDD.
Using Gparted you should be able to resize existing partitions without data loss and can create new ones as well.
It should install as usual from the package database (did not try it yet).
Please see http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ as well.

I believe compiz is back in the testing repository.
Maybe someone can give it a try

1. Mint already installed
2. xcompmgr installs OK
3. Opening a regular terminal and typing SU to enter root then typing> gedit /etc/xdg/lxsession/Mint-LXDE/autostart fails to open the file for edit. However if i open a root terminal I am able to gedit the file and save the changes.

Questions ...

Regarding compiz in wheezy

Compiz has been removed recently from the debian wheezy repositories, maybe due to bugs (its marked unstable now).
See the status here http://packages.qa.debian.org/c/compiz.html .
Atm there is no simple procedure to install compiz in wheezy (I do not advice to install ...

Simple compositing in LXDE:

1) Install Linux Mint PPC as described in the X1k-Linux manual

2) Install the compositing manager (as SU)
> apt-get install xcompmgr

3) Configure your xsession to use xcompmgr instead of openbox (as SU)
> gedit /etc/xdg/lxsession/Mint-LXDE/autostart
Add the following ...

Good to hear. Well done.

Although, I'm not really a fan of compiz it would be good to add the installation method to the official user guide for others to try out.

I would be grateful if you could provide some simple instructions which I can add to the guide.

Thanks

Trevor

I will be back to ...

Hi all,
Well, after not being able to install Linux Mint 11 on my X1000, I have decided to install Debian DVD iso Wheezy testing, the installation was done successfully. Previously I installed Debian Squeeze, also with success, and wanted to test the effects of Compiz in Squeeze, but I could not ...

BandiT wrote:

tommysammy wrote:I have 3D working Games like SuperTuxKart 0.73 OpenArena and Nexuiz runs super smooth

Screenshots?? Screenshots

Congratulations. Might give it a go over the weekend.

Here we go

IIRC Gentoo is source based and therefore offers the latest revisions of available software packages.
My question is: Does 3D work on Gentoo for Radeon HD in hardware?

Fedora 16 is available for PPC as well. Is there anyone who was able to get it running?