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    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by pixelot, Mar 22, 2008.

  1. Marcham93

    Marcham93 Notebook Evangelist

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    Try aTunes. I really like it ---> http://www.atunes.org/

    PS- Really nice desktop! I like the transparent system bar at the top!
     
    Marcham93, Jul 18, 2009
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  2. Thomas

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    Looks a lot like Songbird.
     
    Thomas, Jul 18, 2009
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  3. theZoid

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    Thomas...you mean you moved to Mandriva, right?
     
    theZoid, Jul 18, 2009
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  4. j0hn00

    j0hn00 Notebook Evangelist

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    yes it does... wonder how this holds up to songbird + ipod plugin
     
    j0hn00, Jul 18, 2009
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  5. Thomas

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    No. Mandriva has crappy package management. Fedora crashes for me.

    I think I managed to fix the constant crashing......
    I don't think it could.
    Maybe, I haven't tried.
     
    Thomas, Jul 18, 2009
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  6. theZoid

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    PCLOS 2009.2 Gnome....stock except for wallpaper change and Conky...everything works pretty great so far....
     

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  7. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Man, you distro-hoppers are hardcore :p

    Nice conky config, I need to get back on that project. ;)
     
    pixelot, Jul 19, 2009
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  8. virtuoosi

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    virtuoosi, Jul 22, 2009
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  9. D-EJ915

    D-EJ915 Notebook Consultant

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    here's one from me:

    [​IMG]
     
    D-EJ915, Jul 22, 2009
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  10. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Thomas, Jul 22, 2009
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  11. 1ceBlu3

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    nice look Thomas--
    tried out linux mint the other day just for s and g's ..but decided to stick with ubuntu..it seemed to do better for my gaming needs :)
     
    1ceBlu3, Jul 23, 2009
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  12. archer7

    archer7 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hardcore.

    Once upon a midnight dreary,
    While I pondered, weak and weary,
     
    archer7, Jul 23, 2009
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  13. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Your not missing anything. I don't like Mint.
     
    Thomas, Jul 23, 2009
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  14. Ayle

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    Nice RX-78-2 :cool:
     
    Ayle, Jul 23, 2009
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  15. theZoid

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    I prefer SpearMint myself..... :p
     
    theZoid, Jul 23, 2009
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  16. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Lol, Mint and Kubuntu KDE are crap...
     
    Thomas, Jul 23, 2009
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  17. theZoid

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    I back with Xubuntu now..... :)
     
    theZoid, Jul 23, 2009
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  18. pixelot

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    Very nice, simple and pretty. :)

    As archer7 said, hardcore. :cool:

    Looks pretty smooth. :rolleyes:
     
    pixelot, Jul 23, 2009
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  19. theZoid

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    AntiX 8.2 (Mepis) with IceWM:

    EDIT: I still need to turn antialiased fonts on....trying to see if the speed is worth it ;)
     

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  20. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Thomas, Jul 25, 2009
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  21. theZoid

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    With FluxBox (comes installed):
     

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  22. j0hn00

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    nice... always wanted to give fluxbux a try.
     
    j0hn00, Jul 25, 2009
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  23. theZoid

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    Antix with an Xfce desktop is da bomb....Antix has a convenient metadata-installer for that.... :cool:
     
    theZoid, Jul 25, 2009
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  24. theZoid

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    Still setting up Antix (Mepis-Debian): (trying to decide on keeping FluxBox or doing an Xfce install)
     

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  25. Dethredic

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    New laptop!!!

    [​IMG]
     
    Dethredic, Jul 26, 2009
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  26. Thomas

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    Lol You have a varied collection of music.
     
    Thomas, Jul 26, 2009
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  27. Primes

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    looks good. what is the native language of the antix devs? because I cant even pronounce the versions names. :)
     
    Primes, Jul 26, 2009
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  28. theZoid

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    MEPIS (Debian based, uses Debian repos) is based in West (by-god) Virginia....AntiX is basically a rolling release with Mepis as a base and Fluxbox/IceWM as window managers.

    Anticapitalista, the dev of AntiX, is located in Greece but is officially part of the MEPIS team. My GF is from Greece too...I can deal with that..... :D

    Is that what you meant? :eek:
     
    theZoid, Jul 26, 2009
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  29. Primes

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    that must be it, because im looking at this: antiX-M8.2 'Tȟašúŋke Witkó' :)
     
    Primes, Jul 27, 2009
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  30. theZoid

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    OK....man, I don't where he gets those names....but his english is perfect.....LOL
     
    theZoid, Jul 27, 2009
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  31. archer7

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    Good deal, dude. Show us a `uname -a`.
     
    archer7, Jul 27, 2009
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  32. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    I just found out why I use KDE. Not liking gnome - though I prefered it for so long....
     
    Thomas, Jul 27, 2009
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  33. de.1337

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    Sick. Explenation?
    I've seen something like this somewhat recently. Is it a bunch of CLI based apps running under some window manager? Like tmux?
     
    de.1337, Jul 27, 2009
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  34. archer7

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    I've been busy. That is, busily geeking it up. Suddenly vanilla LVM doesn't satisfy me anymore. I want LVM on dm-crypt with AES so I've been practicing creating, destroying, and resizing. :D Well, I've dropped Openbox in favor of compiz-fusion. It's become much more efficient since the last time I tried it, and I've tweaked the startup speed a bit by bypassing metacity completely.

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]
     
    archer7, Jul 27, 2009
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  35. de.1337

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    The Expo plugin really rocks, doesn't it? If you didn't know already, if you turn off the reflection the destop thumbnails will extend to the edges of your screen (horizontally I mean - and I have no idea what would happen if you had a vertically oriented screen).
     
    de.1337, Jul 27, 2009
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  36. 9twalker

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    [​IMG]



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    9twalker, Jul 27, 2009
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  37. Dethredic

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    It is dwm but just look into tiling window managers. You don't need to use CLI programs, but I find them to be better than gtk apps in some cases.
     
    Dethredic, Jul 28, 2009
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  38. pixelot

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    Wow, you guys all have totally sick desktops. :rolleyes: :D

    9twalker, is that Linux Mint, or what? :notworthy:
     
    pixelot, Jul 28, 2009
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  39. theZoid

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    added Wbar to Antix 8.2:

    EDIT: Antix uses Debian Testing repos....KDE 4.2.x can be added with the -installer package....just finding all this out ;)
     

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  40. de.1337

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    Now I seriously want to try KDE... :rolleyes:

    Thanks for the info. :D
     
    de.1337, Jul 28, 2009
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  41. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Pretty sweet, but I recommend a higher-resolution wallpaper. :swoon:
     
    pixelot, Jul 28, 2009
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  42. edma2

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    ubuntu 9.04 in fluxbox :)
     

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  43. j0hn00

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    fluxbox looks so good...
     
    j0hn00, Jul 30, 2009
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  44. ratchetnclank

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    [​IMG]
     
    ratchetnclank, Jul 31, 2009
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  45. de.1337

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    Looks really, really nice. Good job. Someday I'll have the chance to fool around a bunch with Linux theming...
     
    de.1337, Jul 31, 2009
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  46. D-EJ915

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    Here's mine right now: link
     
    D-EJ915, Aug 1, 2009
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  47. theZoid

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    Antix 8.2 with gnome via metainstaller....32 bit but it's fasssst ;)
     

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  48. Primes

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    neat. with your system specs, why run Antix and not SimplyMEPIS?

    ( just thinking out loud here. :D )
     
    Primes, Aug 1, 2009
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  49. archer7

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    Why not roll Arch and decide for yourself how much your system should work?
     
    archer7, Aug 1, 2009
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  50. theZoid

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    I haven't been able to get SimplyMEPIS to boot into X (I'm sure the next release in November will, kernel 2.6.31rc, KDE 4.3), but AntiX will....also, AntiX uses Debian Testing repos and is a rolling release....AntiX does use the Mepis kernel but you can change that to a Sidux kernel by turning on the repo in Synaptic after installing it via script. AntiX base is very flexible to add any DE you want.

    Arch: just may do that, but was trying to stay in Debian, that is until Slackware 13 comes out :)
     
    theZoid, Aug 1, 2009
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