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#1326 |
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The Puppy Linux derivative "Exprimo" has the option to switch window managers between JWM and Enlightenment E17 which gives users a chance to get acquainted with it. It is quite an elegant Desktop Environment.
Some discussion and download links here:- http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=81528 |
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Join Date: Dec 2009
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Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit) is the best ever. I've had a few minor problems but the regular updates and a spot of googling have fixed them very quickly.
I'm using it on an old HP Pavilion desktop. I have XP on a dual boot but to be honest it just looks poor and performs very badly in comparison. A new Samsung 24" monitor and the connection of my old but excellent Dinovo Edge bluetooth keyboard, really, is giving the best computer experience I've ever had. Fast, trouble free, and really good looking. Setup: Firefox 17.01 with FT Deepdark 5.4.6 Thunderbird 17 email TT Deepdark 4.0 Libre Office Adwaita theme Space-Clouds wallpaper. Skype etc etc etc I've even got my trusty old Lotus Organizer working under wine, can access all my files on the windows partition, and now prefer the use of that very well behaved sidebar. Brilliant operating system for me.
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#1328 |
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit) is the best ever.
I'm looking forward to seeing what they add to 13.04. |
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12.10 for me. It fixed a few problems I was having with 12.04, and I love the improvements to the workspace switcher. I've also been able to get Aero working in Win7 running in VirtualBox under 12.10, which I couldn't do in 12.04.
I'm looking forward to seeing what they add to 13.04. ![]() I'll most likely wait for 13.04, wait several months, back up and give it a bash. I sort of mentally, and intuitively, left the windows interface after XP but impressed it's all working for you. |
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#1330 |
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Location: Sheffield
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That's good to know.
![]() I'll most likely wait for 13.04, wait several months, back up and give it a bash. I sort of mentally, and intuitively, left the windows interface after XP but impressed it's all working for you. I was really glad to read of improvements to Unity and Compiz recently, and also of the decision to stay one step behind Gnome releases. It makes sense for them to do it this way, as Gnome development seems so divisive these days. They have to make Ubuntu as stable as possible, and this will help imho. 13.04 will be excellent I reckon. But it will have to be to get me off KDE. |
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#1331 |
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I sort of mentally, and intuitively, left the windows interface after XP but impressed it's all working for you.
Everything else is working swimmingly well under 12.10. |
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#1332 |
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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Yeah, I'll give mainline Ubuntu another go at 13.04. Too many poor reviews of 12.10...
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...I have to say Unity has finally grown on me. I just love it now.
They're slowly turning Unity into something beautiful. I'm looking forward to the enhancements in 13.04. Hopefully they'll find some useful things around the desktop integration technology they added in 12.10. |
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#1333 |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Mint KDE 4.9 and Xfce
If youve had enough of xmas TV or need a excuse to get away from relatives
![]() http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2271 http://www.kde.org/announcements/4.9/ Xfce also http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2263 |
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#1334 |
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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I'm using E17 with Bodhi Linux at the moment. It can be a bit strange at first, but like most DE's it's not long before you figure it out. The major selling point for me is the low system resources, meaning I can stick an Ubuntu based distro on our ancient-specced EeePC and it's still fast. It's amazing what it does with such minimal demands.
Still chugging away on Ubuntu 10.10 here. I invested a lot of effort getting it rock-solid and it just feels right. |
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#1335 |
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Still chugging away on Ubuntu 10.10 here. I invested a lot of effort getting it rock-solid and it just feels right.
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E17 looks nice. Does it support Dropbox and Skype? I can always fire up Virtualbox and try it out but if you happen to know that would be handy.
. type it into the search box http://appcenter.bodhilinux.com/software/searchPost Dropbox = yes type it into the search box http://appcenter.bodhilinux.com/software/searchPost http://www.bodhilinux.com/index.php Bohdi installs with the very basic of stuff, just to get you a desktop. Then you just use the App ctr http://appcenter.bodhilinux.com/ Choose what you want, hit install, job done ![]() Its also Ubuntu based, so you get youre stability with it. http://www.bodhilinux.com/about_bodhi.php |
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Dunno if anyone here was aware, but there's been a countdown on Ubuntu.com for a big announcement set for today. Well, a video has been released featuring Mark Shuttleworth, bigging up his much vaunted (and widely expected) entry into the mobile phone arena - Ubuntu Phone.
At the moment it seems to be an OS looking for a vendor, but I have to say despite my reservations I think it looks really lovely. There's a lot of hurdles for them to overcome if this is to be a reality though - just ask Microsoft, who have thrown no end of money at their failures. So I don't know how they're going to make this happen, but they're clearly very bullish about it. Based on the demo, yes I would like to give one a go but as ever the price would have to be right. But it doesn't look crap, and I really suspected it might be. |
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![]() ![]() You wont be upgrading to latest version then, that would be to you, its totally different. but I've got Xubuntu 12.4 in a VM and that's OK. Thank you very much for the rest of your post.
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Had to post up. Dunno if anyone here is aware, but the Enlightenment E17 desktop recently reached it's first stable release. I've been using Bodhi Linux, which is an Ubuntu spinoff using this desktop, on my now really pretty dated specs-wise Asus EeePC 701 4Gb Surf. Well, completely surprising me, Bodhi recently provided this new stable release of E17 for the slightly older version of Bodhi I'm using.
And I have to say, I don't know what kind of Linux related Voodoo magic they are employing, but it's absolutely staggering just what they coax out of this tiny forgotten slab of joy. Once the update had installed, I rebooted and was greeted with a new configuration setup screen. I opted for the "Fancy" option, which adds lots of lovely widgets on screen, and a rather gorgeous dock too at the bottom. But also amazingly it's added compositing effects such as drop shadows and fade-in, fade-out effects. But none of this has impacted performance. The Eee is never going to be the fastest netbook, no matter what you put on it, but this is the closest to perfection I've ever seen it. Here's a sweet pic. Would definitely, definitely seriously consider putting this on my main desktop.
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Join Date: Mar 2012
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Had to post up. Dunno if anyone here is aware, but the Enlightenment E17 desktop recently reached it's first stable release. I've been using Bodhi Linux, which is an Ubuntu spinoff using this desktop, on my now really pretty dated specs-wise Asus EeePC 701 4Gb Surf. Well, completely surprising me, Bodhi recently provided this new stable release of E17 for the slightly older version of Bodhi I'm using.
And I have to say, I don't know what kind of Linux related Voodoo magic they are employing, but it's absolutely staggering just what they coax out of this tiny forgotten slab of joy. Once the update had installed, I rebooted and was greeted with a new configuration setup screen. I opted for the "Fancy" option, which adds lots of lovely widgets on screen, and a rather gorgeous dock too at the bottom. But also amazingly it's added compositing effects such as drop shadows and fade-in, fade-out effects. But none of this has impacted performance. The Eee is never going to be the fastest netbook, no matter what you put on it, but this is the closest to perfection I've ever seen it. Here's a sweet pic. Would definitely, definitely seriously consider putting this on my main desktop. ![]() As for the distro, well it looks a bit childish for me. Perhaps it's aimed at Mac users or the new Windows 8 crowd. I'll stick with me Slackware. |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Had to post up. Dunno if anyone here is aware, but the Enlightenment E17 desktop recently reached it's first stable release. I've been using Bodhi Linux, which is an Ubuntu spinoff using this desktop, on my now really pretty dated specs-wise Asus EeePC 701 4Gb Surf. Well, completely surprising me, Bodhi recently provided this new stable release of E17 for the slightly older version of Bodhi I'm using.
And I have to say, I don't know what kind of Linux related Voodoo magic they are employing, but it's absolutely staggering just what they coax out of this tiny forgotten slab of joy. Once the update had installed, I rebooted and was greeted with a new configuration setup screen. I opted for the "Fancy" option, which adds lots of lovely widgets on screen, and a rather gorgeous dock too at the bottom. But also amazingly it's added compositing effects such as drop shadows and fade-in, fade-out effects. But none of this has impacted performance. The Eee is never going to be the fastest netbook, no matter what you put on it, but this is the closest to perfection I've ever seen it. Here's a sweet pic. Would definitely, definitely seriously consider putting this on my main desktop. ![]() Right click doesnt work, drag and drop to deskop doesnt work, setting background is long winded etc etc etc
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Join Date: Sep 2008
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As for the distro, well it looks a bit childish for me. Perhaps it's aimed at Mac users or the new Windows 8 crowd. I'll stick with me Slackware.
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Tried it last week, but found it way to basic for what i expexct from a OS.
Right click doesnt work, drag and drop to deskop doesnt work, setting background is long winded etc etc etc ![]() Everything's on left click on the desktop. I don't mind different as long as it works, and it does.
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#1342 |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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2012 GNOME User Survey Results
3 pages of a survey for Gnome.
Its only by 5000 people but still intresting. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...2012_res&num=1 |
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#1343 |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Amarok 2.7
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#1344 |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Ubuntu Considering Switch To Rolling-Release Model
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#1345 |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Xfce 4.12 Desktop Is Moving Along For Release Soon
Oooh gets spare hard drive out ready for sunday
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#1346 |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Fedora Proposal To Use Cinnamon Desktop By Default
Intresting
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...tem&px=MTI4MzM Is it yet another nail in the coffin of Gnome\Unity\Mate? |
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#1347 |
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Black Country
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Hi All,
I've used Linux in the past but not for a while. I have a few years old laptop connected to my TV that I use for streaming videos, music, etc. from my other PC. I want to swap to using a linux distro for this and am looking for some suggestions please. I need it to play video over the network (different formats - xvid, mkv, etc.), music, and also a simple web browser also. Are there any good linux distros that will do this? |
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#1348 |
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Scottish Borders
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Hi All,
I've used Linux in the past but not for a while. I have a few years old laptop connected to my TV that I use for streaming videos, music, etc. from my other PC. I want to swap to using a linux distro for this and am looking for some suggestions please. I need it to play video over the network (different formats - xvid, mkv, etc.), music, and also a simple web browser also. Are there any good linux distros that will do this? ![]() I would say that some distros are easier than others in getting file sharing and streaming etc set up. Linux Mint and Ubuntu are particularly user friendly in that respect. I've also got openSUSE, and that took a wee bit more work to share files with Windows machines. And Crunchbang Linux felt like I was going back 5 years or so, to get things working. (fun though )
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#1349 |
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Hampshire
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Does anyone here make money out of Linux or are you all just using it for hobbyist stuff?
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Does anyone here make money out of Linux or are you all just using it for hobbyist stuff?
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