TrainTrackHack
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Gnome3 and unity are completely separate and independent.
We're talking about contributions of code like kernel patches.
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TrainTrackHack
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Gnome3 is still fairly new and riddled with various bugs all over the place. It is nice, but rather inconvenient (I use it full time right now). I personally would go with KDE or even LXDE rather than Gnome at this point (and I will as soon as the new Fedora comes out or I decide to try another distro).
DMGrier
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Unity was built by Ubuntu and shares some things with gnome 3 but it is completely different U/I and honestly the biggest issue is Ubuntu has made it in a way to only work with there OS, both Fedora and opensuse tried to port it to there OS and both gave up.
After reading what I did last night I am done with Ubuntu, I like it but morally cannot do it. They do not contribute and just use everyone elses work for there personal gain.
Going to install some Fedora.
After reading what I did last night I am done with Ubuntu, I like it but morally cannot do it. They do not contribute and just use everyone elses work for there personal gain.
Going to install some Fedora.
DMGrier
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So I just installed Fedora 15, I like it, gnome 3 provides a much better user experience then unity and I like the color scheme Fedora uses as well.
Some other things I have noticed is it seems to have a strong community back round, much stronger then what I have seen in other distro's. So far all software is working well, I think the only thing I am going to have a problem with is skype video chat which if I remember right from opensuse it just requires me to install the 32 bit lib in terminal.
jonnyp11 how is the opensuse treating you? I liked it but it did not like my Intel HD gpu at all.
Some other things I have noticed is it seems to have a strong community back round, much stronger then what I have seen in other distro's. So far all software is working well, I think the only thing I am going to have a problem with is skype video chat which if I remember right from opensuse it just requires me to install the 32 bit lib in terminal.
jonnyp11 how is the opensuse treating you? I liked it but it did not like my Intel HD gpu at all.
NyxCharon
Active Member
I've always used Imgburn to burn iso files.
As far as windows, I have to use it because of compatibility issues with my University stuff.
Plus I game a LOT so as much as I love linux, I'll never not be able to not have windows.
However, If i do ever veer away from gaming, I'll probably use only linux for the rest of my life.
As far as windows, I have to use it because of compatibility issues with my University stuff.
Plus I game a LOT so as much as I love linux, I'll never not be able to not have windows.
However, If i do ever veer away from gaming, I'll probably use only linux for the rest of my life.
DMGrier
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Did you install your video drivers?
DMGrier
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I dont game much anymore and if I do its on a console so I am able to only use linux.
jonnyp11
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i mean on the install screens it does it, once it's past the loading icon after booting the kernel it goes straight to the funky screen so there is no way to download drivers. luckily i was mostly looking at this stuff for the compaq in my sig, which thankfully the screen doesn't go funky on. of course then i remembered i had changed the usb to the gnome distro and i wanted to try kde, guess i'll dual boot them and see which i like more. since i'm on the topic, is there any way to dual write the usb to have both kde and gnome on it?
pane-free
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Compaq 768MB RAM:
Linux Mint LXDE
http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=1802
An easy-to-learn, out-of-the-box distro; quick and light Desktop Environment
Custom athlon xp 2400 (? RAM):
Swift Linux / antiX-M11-i686
http://www.swiftlinux.org/about
Debian-based distro; a 'step above' the ubuntu-based LMXDE above in difficulty, but with excellent support; no Desktop Environment, just a Windows Manager (so, very easy on RAM)
Suggestion -- go with what works over what's cool.
RE: Programming -- http://learn.perl.org/tutorials/
What's a DE? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Desktop_Environment
jonnyp11
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got them both running and so far like the kde version more, although it is so different it may take me a while to get used to, but it did instantly recognize my radeon 9600 so that's a plus so far, and i like the built in widgets, mainly the hardware monitor widget so i can easily select which things (currently ram cpu and temp) i want to monitor. but on a side note i noticed that my athlon xp was running at 105 farenheit (40.5 celcius), i know that's low for modern cpus but wasn't sure what to make of it for this old of one.