How about a Linux gallery?
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Keeping the desktop pretty simple. XFCE, Orta theme, Xubuntu Studio icons and a few changes to the panel colours and fonts.
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not my usual background, just changed while i build the conky, not sure what else to add to it though info wise! I will be adding RSS and a Now playing bit later on.
How do you get that info displayed on the desktop? Looks cool.
As i've changed distro i've now got a new desktop!
So Linux mint KDE
Mint KDE is very impressive dont you think? i havent found a bug yet, its fast stable and looks better than windows. Easy to customize also.
btw lol @ light rain in Otley, that must be a first usually its ****ing it down
It's definitely the best Linux Distro i've used so far.
I had been trying Gnome distro's but I much prefer KDE now after trying it. Linux Mint 14 is out in November as well.
2nd attempt at working my head around Linux, this time gone for Xubuntu (had tried mint). Early days so far so not much to see here
I had Xubuntu on my old ThinkPad - ran it superbly.
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2nd attempt at working my head around Linux, this time gone for Xubuntu (had tried mint). Early days so far so not much to see here
Nice looking desktop.
Xubuntu is nice if you've got power/resource issues or a weak system
My own humble Mint 14, Cinnamon flavoured, is run of the mill .... but ....... I'm more than happy with it
Nice looking desktop.
Xubuntu is nice if you've got power/resource issues or a weak system
Probably is what I am after, wanting to get my head around it (complete linux noob) while running virtual before putting it onto an old laptop for a casual use machine
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Probably is what I am after, wanting to get my head around it (complete linux noob) while running virtual before putting it onto an old laptop for a casual use machine
Might as well jump in with both feet if your sticking it on an old laptop, have you decided on which distro you would like? If its just an old machine that your looking to get some use out of then just put a distro on it, if you make mistakes (we all do loads of them at first) then just re install it or try another distro and have a little fun with it.
If its just to learn then I'd opt for Mint as I find it has the best user help base, Ubuntu's user base is bigger and has just as many people helping but I find the Mint users to be the most helpful in the IRC chats ect, just my opinion though.
I'll be (hopefully) saving an old XP laptop from the scrap at work if I get the chance, just a bit of forward planning
Quite liking Xubuntu so far, also using Mint at work this last week for a little project.
Quite liking Xubuntu so far, also using Mint at work this last week for a little project.
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After a 2 year hiatus from linux since I sold my asus netbook, I have installed mint 14 on my spare laptop (hp g62). Enjoyed playing around with conky but the battery life has been **** poor (around 1 hour 40 minutes from full charge!). Going to give ubuntu and crunchbang a go now...
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Tried looking at powertop? It's more about the tweaking rather than the distro when it comes to battery life