Showing posts with label *nix. Show all posts
Showing posts with label *nix. Show all posts
15 August 2008
Very quick rant
Really. Is it too much to ask for out-of-the-box support in Linux for the sound chip on a Thinkpad 600?!
24 July 2008
Just Plain Wrong: Ubuntu Edition
Normally Genuine Windows is Just Plain Wrong by itself...
...but then watch the vid! I lol'd, even though it's a year old.
I wonder if you can still do that...
...but then watch the vid! I lol'd, even though it's a year old.
I wonder if you can still do that...
17 July 2008
Like Slater, she loves the Linux.
You may know this, or you may not. Well, I'm here to be telling you. I'm a Linux user. Been one since 2004. Started with Redhat 9, now I'm using Xubuntu 8.04.1.
I think I've finally gotten this particular Linux install the way I like it. You see, my old desktop bit the dust last month. I got tired of doing piecemeal repairs, so I got a new (ok, used) machine to replace it. It works decent under WinXP, but I spend a lot of time logged into the Linux partition instead.
Anyway, here's a screenie.
(Warning: It's a .png file, so it may take some time for those of you on dialup to see, should you click to the fullsize. It's worth the wait, though.)
Try doing this with your Windows install without spending enough for a week of food or pirating a bunch of skinning software! Basically, here's the details that you need to Google to make yours anything like mine (assuming you use the *NIX):
XFCE theme: Symphony
GTK theme: Unity
Icon set: Black-White
XMMS skin: Glorification Reborn (Actually, it's a Winamp skin)
Wallpaper: The Birth of Europa
Font: Purisa
Terminal font: DejaVu Sans Mono
I think I've finally gotten this particular Linux install the way I like it. You see, my old desktop bit the dust last month. I got tired of doing piecemeal repairs, so I got a new (ok, used) machine to replace it. It works decent under WinXP, but I spend a lot of time logged into the Linux partition instead.
Anyway, here's a screenie.
(Warning: It's a .png file, so it may take some time for those of you on dialup to see, should you click to the fullsize. It's worth the wait, though.)
Try doing this with your Windows install without spending enough for a week of food or pirating a bunch of skinning software! Basically, here's the details that you need to Google to make yours anything like mine (assuming you use the *NIX):
XFCE theme: Symphony
GTK theme: Unity
Icon set: Black-White
XMMS skin: Glorification Reborn (Actually, it's a Winamp skin)
Wallpaper: The Birth of Europa
Font: Purisa
Terminal font: DejaVu Sans Mono
09 May 2008
Wait, what? Computer news?! In MY roadblog?
Release Candidate for Wine 1.0 Announced (thanks to Amber for bringing me this info)
Whatever happened to the "We'll only release Wine 1.0 when everything works perfectly" philosophy? Among many notable programs that still don't work, I can count Photoshop CS3 (and almost any other Adobe product), SAM (a Shoutcast/Icecast source) and other notable programs that could finally cause me to stop having at least one machine have a working Windows partition.
Or, even better... those companies could start releasing ports of their software to non-Windows/Mac platforms... oh, right... nobody uses Linux (from their perspective.)
Whatever happened to the "We'll only release Wine 1.0 when everything works perfectly" philosophy? Among many notable programs that still don't work, I can count Photoshop CS3 (and almost any other Adobe product), SAM (a Shoutcast/Icecast source) and other notable programs that could finally cause me to stop having at least one machine have a working Windows partition.
Or, even better... those companies could start releasing ports of their software to non-Windows/Mac platforms... oh, right... nobody uses Linux (from their perspective.)
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