tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35612788244500015232024-03-14T02:43:55.083-07:00Ahmed SghaierAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10373005466474347120noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561278824450001523.post-72933807418050170362014-06-26T20:29:00.000-07:002014-06-27T12:36:35.877-07:00ATI (AMD) Radeon Graphics is killing your laptop<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Many laptops get hot all the time and run the fan trying to cool down with no hope (at least it prevents it from burning). This, of course, requires more energy consumption killing your laptop's battery life twice (or more) faster. Nevertheless, it might harm your laptop and CPU in the long term.<br />
Fortunately, this might be fixed easily and give your laptop a longer life. (you can skip to "Disable ATI" section if you only care about the workaround)<br />
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Linus vs Nvidia </h3>
Many have seen or heard of the famous Linus Torvalds reaction to Nvidia, when commenting on a question concerning hardware manufacturers and (proprietary) drivers on GNU/Linux.<br />
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OK, so Linus gives the finger to Nvidia for lack of cooperation with open source driver developers and for the undocumented closed hardware architecture.<br />
The video and pictures went viral, and many just assumed that ATI drivers are much better than Nvidia's on Linux.<br />
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Does it make ATI much better? </h3>
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The truth is that many Linux users are complaining about ATI's drivers quality and crashes on Linux, even if it is somehow better documented and might collaborate with FLOSS driver developers.<br />
On the other hand, Nvidia has been offering a great quality proprietary drivers. And technically speaking, the <i>nouveau</i> team has been offering great open source drivers for Nvidia through reverse engineering and minor help from Nvidia employees.<br />
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In addition to all of this, ATI's open source drivers does not provide an easy and practical solution for (Hybrid) on demand switching between the integrated GPU and ATI's GPU. Actually this feature is only offered by the proprietary drivers which causes a lot of problems for many Linux users.<br />
But Nvidia owners had an open source workaround project called bumblebee offering an on demand use of Nvidia drivers for specific applications (switching to either <i>nouveau</i> or the proprietary drivers). This workaround was available for Nvidia users since 2011 and while <i>Prime</i> the optimal FLOSS solution was designed by Dave Airlie (Red Hat) and delivered in the last few months.<br />
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My end user experience with Nvidia has been great (thanks to the community's efforts) since I first started using Linux as a main OS back in 2005. And I still hope Nvidia and ATI cut the bullshit and become a little more cooperative with Linux driver developers.<br />
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So that was my overall end user experience with Nvidia for almost 10 years now.<br />
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New ATI experience</h3>
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Then, I had the chance to work with ATI on the new great laptop I got at <a href="http://angrycactus.biz/">Angry Cactus</a> (work). But to be honest, this is only my second night with ATI at home (and I already got ATI nightmares), so it is going to be a first impression / first quick tricks article only.<br />
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Personally, my needs for a high end GPU performance is rare. I might need great graphics performance once in few months for a LAN/Online gaming round or for 3D design learning or for game/3D-app development. Since I do not need powerful graphics that much and I don't care about disabling the dedicated GPU completely until I need it again, I have decided to go with this workaround. This is because I actually had a real nightmare getting my ATI's proprietary drivers to work and provide a good hybrid GPU support on Ubuntu 14.04.<br />
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So, to get to the point. I have googled for some workarounds but the common solution was only compatible with previous versions of Ubuntu 14.04. This might be due to a system bug or a kernel update.<br />
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Disabling ATI</h3>
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The actual compatible workaround was to add the kernel parameter <u><i>radeon.runpm=0</i></u> during boot.<br />
For this to work properly, open the file <u><i>/etc/default/grub</i></u> with your favourite text editor or using the following command :<br />
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sudo gedit /etc/default/grub</blockquote>
Then find the line containing <i><u>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT</u></i>, it looks something like the following :<br />
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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"</blockquote>
You must then add the kernel parameter <u><i>radeon.runpm=0</i></u> so it looks like the following :<br />
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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash radeon.runpm=0"</blockquote>
Finally save the file and execute the following command :<br />
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sudo grub-update</blockquote>
Congratulations, you are now able to use the integrated GPU without overheating the laptop in addition to saving battery life.<br />
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Please leave your comments about your experience with GPU drivers.<br />
Note that this might not be the best workaround, but I am satisfied with the result I have got for now. I will see if there is a better workaround or solution in the near future and maybe do some benchmarking and comparison.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10373005466474347120noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561278824450001523.post-3372076947206017622014-03-05T20:35:00.000-08:002014-03-05T20:35:10.228-08:00Ubuntu Touch development phone - Nexus 4<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Ubuntu Touch has been under the spotlight of Ubuntu community, interested users and third parties. But following the steps and participating in the development of this revolutionary platform has been a real challenge for the Tunisian LoCo Team.<br />
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<br />Currently the official development device, Google/LG Nexus 4, is not available for the Tunisian market which makes it harder to get hands on for testing purposes.<br />
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On the other hand, regardless of hardware availability problems for the Tunisian LoCo team, our community have kept a good pace following and mastering the latest Ubuntu technologies.<br />
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Actually, the Tunisian community supported Ubuntu Touch since the beginning and dedicated the time to introduce it during Ubuntu Global Jam 13.03. Few months later was the first serious Ubuntu Touch development experience in September 2013 during the Ubuntu Touch coding sprint held in GNU30 event (Organized by Esprit Libre in collaboration with more than ten local FLOSS communities and clubs, including Ubuntu-TN).<br />
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Later in 2014, three Ubuntu Touch training sessions were ensured by three of the developer members from the GNU30 sprint (organized by Ubuntu-TN in collaboration with CLLFSM and ISIMUX).<br />
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Moreover, many upcoming events in Tunisia will concentrate on Ubuntu Touch, such as the local Ubuntu Dev Challenge and other Ubuntu Touch conferences and workshops. Thus, the need of a hardware device to showcase Ubuntu Touch and to test the serious applications.<br />
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Fortunately, I was lucky to get the support of Mr Amjed Abdejlil. The owner of a little store in Arizona (USA), but a big tech enthusiast and a supporter for the Tunisian Community. Actually, Mr Amjed was very happy to send me the official Ubuntu Touch development phone (Nexus 4). And I am very thankful for his great support.<br />
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So, I only got the phone last week, and I recently flashed Android 4.4 with the radio of Android 4.3 then installed Ubuntu Trusty in dual boot.<br />
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Following is an album with some pictures of the phone.<br />
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<a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/+AhmedSghaier/albums/5987373871308300337">https://plus.google.com/photos/+AhmedSghaier/albums/5987373871308300337</a><br />
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I would be also happy to post a review and a little tutorial when possible. <br />
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More importantly, is that I intend to provide a "best effort" Ubuntu Touch application testing for local community developers. But I can promise this only for Ubuntu-TN FreedomFighter members, and will grant them a priority testing. (Please work harder to become an FF member in order to gain more community privileges)<br />
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To conclude with, this is a very exciting news for me. And I expect it to be as exciting for our LoCo team. I hope this will be just another push forward to see Tunisian Ubuntu developers soon.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10373005466474347120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561278824450001523.post-16867965952318957362013-09-11T07:53:00.003-07:002013-09-15T00:15:58.492-07:00Ubuntu-TN Jaridaty 13.09<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ubuntu-TN is still doing great efforts to promote Ubuntu and Free Software, but this time it is neither an international event nor a computer science university/club event.<br />
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Thanks to the invitation from Houssem Hajlaoui from Nawaat, the target this time is a mixed group of young journalists from different youth house/hostile in Tunisia!<br />
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Journalism training for "Jaridaty" participants is taken in youth house/hostile of Bizert starting from 3rd September to 13th September.<br />
Ubuntu presentation and training started 10th of September from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.<br />
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Training was for good young journalists, but mostly beginners in the IT field. We have started with the classic Ubuntu presentation but simplified with some technical information when needed. We had also a good discussion around specific needs of the group and how to easily migrate to Ubuntu.<br />
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Feedback, was great and most of the participants were very satisfied with the training. Some have already migrated to Ubuntu (Thanks to Houssem's assistance) others were very curious and asking questions on how to try this news world and considering a trial of the new system and tools.<br />
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When everything is done, I have decided to stay for one night in Bizerte to continue a 20 minutes presentation about Ubuntu technologies and Ubuntu Touch the next day before heading back home!<br />
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To sum up, the event was so great! and I was glade to be there with the young group of journalism enthusiasts.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10373005466474347120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561278824450001523.post-15830125746839432612013-07-16T17:26:00.000-07:002013-07-16T18:06:15.932-07:00Ubuntu Tunisian LoCo Team Re-Approval 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Ubuntu Tunisian Local Community Team is one of the active teams for six years now. It is the first approved Arabic team and second approved in Africa (after South Africa) by Ubuntu LoCo Council in 2008.<br />
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Approved Ubuntu LoCo teams are subject to a re-approval every two years. Thus, only teams who keep up a good work keep the approved status.<br />
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Ubuntu-TN had already two approval meetings with Ubuntu LoCo Council, the first in 2008 and the second in 2010.<br />
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Today, Ubuntu-TN had the third meeting to keep the approved status. The meeting was held July, 16th 2013 at 8pm (UTC) on #ubuntu-meeting channel (Freenode IRC server).<br />
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Many Ubuntu-TN members were present on IRC tonight to support the re-approval application, others have helped updating the wiki pages and reviewing the re-approval application while many other worked so hard to achieve many of Ubuntu-TN events and works.<br />
So thanks to everybody who contributed in anyway to get Ubuntu-TN to this point today.<br />
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Ubuntu-TN provided an application showing the events that has been done since last re-approval, achieved goals and a new roadmap.<br />
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In addition, key details have been presented in the beginning of the application. <br />
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<b>Date</b> - 28/06/2013 <span class="anchor" id="line-8"></span></div>
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<b>Previous Approvals</b> - 2008; 2010<span class="anchor" id="line-9"></span></div>
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<b>Team Contact</b> - <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AhmedSghaier">Ahmed Sghaier</a> <ahmed dot sghaier at ubuntu dot com> <span class="anchor" id="line-10"></span></div>
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<b>Membership</b> <span class="anchor" id="line-11"></span></div>
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<li>126 Active Members on Launchpad as of 28 June 2013 <span class="anchor" id="line-12"></span></li>
<li>776 people subscribed to the mailing list as of 28 June 2013 (twice the number during last reapproval) <span class="anchor" id="line-13"></span></li>
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<b>6 Ubuntu Members</b> - New members are preparing Ubuntu membership applications before fall 2013. <span class="anchor" id="line-14"></span></div>
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<b>Mailing List</b> - <a class="https" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-tn">ubuntu-tn on lists.ubuntu.com</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-15"></span></div>
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<b>IRC</b> - #ubuntu-tn on Freenode <span class="anchor" id="line-16"></span></div>
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<b>launchpad page</b> - <a class="https" href="https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-tn">~ubuntu-tn</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-17"></span></div>
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<b>Wiki pages</b> - <a class="https" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TunisianTeam">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TunisianTeam</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-18"></span></div>
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<b>Forum</b> - <a class="http" href="http://tunisie.ubuntuforums.org/">http://tunisie.ubuntuforums.org/</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-19"></span></div>
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<b>LoCo Directory</b> - <a class="http" href="http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-tn">http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-tn</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-20"></span></div>
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<b>Team Reports</b> - <a class="https" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TunisianTeam/TeamReports">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TunisianTeam/TeamReports</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-21"></span></div>
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<b>Best of - Photo Album</b> - <a class="https" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TunisianTeam/BestOf">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TunisianTeam/BestOf</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-22"></span></div>
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<b>Facebook page</b> - <a class="https" href="https://www.facebook.com/UbuntuTunisie?ref=hl">Ubuntu Tunisie</a> with <b>2,275 members</b> as of 28 June 2013. (three times the number during our last reapproval) <span class="anchor" id="line-23"></span></div>
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<b>Facebook Community</b> - <a class="https" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/ubuntu.tn">Ubuntu Tunisia</a> with <b>2,657 members</b> as of 28 June 2013. (Four times the number during our last reapproval) <span class="anchor" id="line-24"></span></div>
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<b>Google+ Community</b> - <a class="https" href="https://plus.google.com/104209171859740165866">Ubuntu-TN</a> with <b>8,152 members</b> as of 28 June 2013. (One of the top followed communities on Google+)</div>
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Ubuntu LoCo Council members were happy with the "<i>nice detailed wiki</i>" and the "<i>excellent</i>", "<i>impressive</i>" and "<i>amazing</i>" work. They liked how active and organized the community is and how Ubuntu-TN was able to reach six official Ubuntu Members and more than 30 events since last re-approval.<br />
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The only drawback was that Ubuntu-TN LoCo Directory is not updated enough and they explained that "<i>it's the best place to showcase all the work being done by teams in real life or online and also great to have all the events in one place</i>"<br />
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For more details, it is possible to check <a href="http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-meeting/2013/ubuntu-meeting.2013-07-16-20.00.html">meeting minutes</a>. <br />
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Finally, the vote for Ubuntu-TN re-approval has been carried and resulted in a third approval of the Local Community.<br />
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Congratulations to all members of the Tunisian Team who deserved this third approval. And thanks to LoCo Council members who took the time to review the application.<br />
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Congratulations to the Japanese Team and the Irish Team who were also re-approved in the same meeting.</div>
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