Giving computer level designations has got to be the stupid idea I've heard all week. Reading slashdot, I've heard plenty of stupid ideas, but this takes the case.
Debian and Gentoo are similar in that they have a packaging/software installation system that is top notch (apt, portage), making it easiest to maintain, but a wickedly difficult installation method (dselect/tasksel) - however it is my understanding that the newer Debian will have a much easier installation setup. I look forward to trying it out.
When I have it in full screen mode (my preference) the ability to move my mouse seamlessly is lost, oddly enough, with VMWare tools installed. When I have it in a window, the mouse effect works fine. This is with the 4.5.88xx build under Gentoo Linux with kernel 2.6.7...
I really like VMWare. I have a dual monitor setup with Gnome on X.Org with Xinerama, and VMWare works quite well in that setup for running a virtual Windows XP box. I do alot of my Dreamweaver stuff on that. What it ends up looking like, with VMWare/XP running in full screen mode, is two computers, with Gnome on one and XP on the other. All I gotta do is ctl-alt and move the mouse over to deal with stuff on the host machine.
Personally, I could never stand KDE. That's just my taste. I think the GoneME developers' attitudes are on the right track. Pros: They get the interface they want, and create the interface many others want. Cons: They create an additional fork, which confuses the neophyte users, who probably should just use Gnome with its simplicity in the first place.
Gnome 2.6 is plenty fast on my Athlon 2000+. Granted, it has 512 megs of ram installed, but its slick, sexy and does everything I want it to do. I find the minimalist window managers, albeit ultra-fast, to be lacking in key usability features that make my user experience efficient. That and if I am going to sit at a monitor for hours on end, I don't want what I'm looking at to look ugly.
to get rid of color scheme:
remove it from the link. I.E.:
it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=203975204375upowiu to
slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=203975204375upowiu
Voila!
They will find hunks of rock and crap inside. If they are lucky they might find some other crap, but if its valuable crap it will most likely be left alone for years as it would be far too expensive to mine it.
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Giving computer level designations has got to be the stupid idea I've heard all week. Reading slashdot, I've heard plenty of stupid ideas, but this takes the case.
Leave it to freaking Microsoft.
synaptic is GTK and its pretty nice. :)
I still like my command line apt-get more though.
That sounds reasonable. I may put Debian on the laptop when Sarge's released. I use Slack a bit at work and find the install relatively painless.
Debian and Gentoo are similar in that they have a packaging/software installation system that is top notch (apt, portage), making it easiest to maintain, but a wickedly difficult installation method (dselect/tasksel) - however it is my understanding that the newer Debian will have a much easier installation setup. I look forward to trying it out.
When I have it in full screen mode (my preference) the ability to move my mouse seamlessly is lost, oddly enough, with VMWare tools installed. When I have it in a window, the mouse effect works fine. This is with the 4.5.88xx build under Gentoo Linux with kernel 2.6.7...
I really like VMWare. I have a dual monitor setup with Gnome on X.Org with Xinerama, and VMWare works quite well in that setup for running a virtual Windows XP box. I do alot of my Dreamweaver stuff on that. What it ends up looking like, with VMWare/XP running in full screen mode, is two computers, with Gnome on one and XP on the other. All I gotta do is ctl-alt and move the mouse over to deal with stuff on the host machine.
Personally, I could never stand KDE. That's just my taste. I think the GoneME developers' attitudes are on the right track. Pros: They get the interface they want, and create the interface many others want. Cons: They create an additional fork, which confuses the neophyte users, who probably should just use Gnome with its simplicity in the first place.
Gnome 2.6 is plenty fast on my Athlon 2000+. Granted, it has 512 megs of ram installed, but its slick, sexy and does everything I want it to do. I find the minimalist window managers, albeit ultra-fast, to be lacking in key usability features that make my user experience efficient. That and if I am going to sit at a monitor for hours on end, I don't want what I'm looking at to look ugly.
Consider booting Windows 95 on an Athlon XP 2800+. Consider booting Gnome 2.6 on a 486 DX2-66. Now who wins?
Blender is one tough program to master. I've meddled with it a bit, but I found the interface cumbersome.
Think about it... overheat a chip, it heals itself.
to get rid of color scheme: remove it from the link. I.E.: it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=203975204375upowiu to
slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=203975204375upowiu
Voila!
They will find hunks of rock and crap inside. If they are lucky they might find some other crap, but if its valuable crap it will most likely be left alone for years as it would be far too expensive to mine it.