Replaced my Phoenix 2011.07 installation with Phinx 2011.08: good move!

[agmg]

I did that yesterday on my laptop (clean install). Seems a little faster and it has a prettier default theme (or perhaps I should say beautiful?). Phoenix did not correctly adjust my screen's resolution after installation but Phinx did. Also, the progress bar in Plymouth (with the default Phinx screen) shows the actual loading progress. Midori is a very good browser but I prefer Firefox . Xfmedia couldn't play some high definition .mkv files that I had in my video folder but mplayer has no issues. Flash and w32codecs should be the first things you install (after updating the system that is ) That's for now I like it a lot more than Phoenix, but I believe this is a matter of taste...

Realtek 8192SE wireless adapter still not working out of the box. Recognized but shows no wireless networks (like in Phoenix). Works great with the driver from Realtek...

A big thanks for the guys responsible for this release! I found my home in PCLinuxOS

[Sproggy]

thankyou agmg ...

Phinx is very much more tailored for the streamline of the Xfce environment, this means that it uses solely xfce native applications (Midori, Catfish, Postler, Dexter, Ristoretto, Parole, Xfmedia etc) and altho is still very much in the domain of ready out of the box .... certain things like media codecs etc are not part of the install ... for .mkv there is mkvtoolnix in the repo that will allow you to play those files in Xfmedia without the need to install other media players ... just a bit of searching will help you find this ...

As for replace Phoenix with Phinx that is not going to happen ... Phoenix is the larger install and contains the mainstream set of applications (Firefox, Thunderbird etc etc) unlike Phinx which only has the native apps ... these apps are what people are used to seeing as the main install ... im sure if you open Postler in Phinx you will realise it is a very lightweight email client ... and doesnt have the full capabilities of Thunderbird for instance ... but it does the job a 100 times quicker than Thunderbird ...

altho it is a complement on Phinx ... Phoenix is just the ticket for the mainstream Xfce user who wants a faster full packed install ... Phinx is the ticket for the users who want a system which is even faster but is pure ... The reason for the additional speed in Phinx is because of the native apps which have been specifically designed for that platform and do not use outside contaminants from other DE's which cause conflicts and issues leading to instabilities and speed decrease in the system.

have fun and enjoy ... and again thankyou for your feedback

Kori

[agmg]

As for replace Phoenix with Phinx that is not going to happen ... Phoenix is the larger install and contains the mainstream set of applications (Firefox, Thunderbird etc etc) unlike Phinx which only has the native apps ... these apps are what people are used to seeing as the main install ... im sure if you open Postler in Phinx you will realise it is a very lightweight email client ... and doesnt have the full capabilities of Thunderbird for instance ... but it does the job a 100 times quicker than Thunderbird ...

I think you got me wrong: I didn't mean that I want Phoenix to be replaced with Phinx I meant that I did that on my laptop: erased Phoenix and installed Phinx in its place... Corrected the topic title

I totally agree about the native apps and the apps that come preinstalled. When I try a new distro, I always spend some time with it without tweaking it, just to get the out-of-the-box experience it is meant to offer. I have discovered many nifty little programs this way, that I wasn't aware of. For example, I find Parole to be just the perfect music player for me. If I went and replaced it with, lets say, Banshee, right after installation, I wouldn't have known about it and its potentials.

Thanks for the tip about the .mkv files. I will give it a try. And thanks again for Phinx

[charsan2]

for the realtek there is a firmware in the repos, just search firmware seems it's the only one not installed

[agmg]

Thanks for the tip! I found the firmware, its name is "realtek8192se_firmware". Didn't install it, though, because it works fine so far with the Realtek driver and I don't want to mess with it

[OMSkates]

agmg, glad phinx is working well for you.  It was the perfect choice for my sister's netbook.  I basically just added task-multimedia and Firefox.  I did also add Geeqie as default image viewer, it does not pull in conflicting dependencies and they are few in number.  Had to place cairo-dock as she is originally a macbook PPC refugee and I've always placed a dock on her de ever since.

Enjoy Phinx!!