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    Thomas, you're on

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by de.1337, May 30, 2008.

  1. Gintoki

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    So i've heard. It should be insanely fast.
     
    Gintoki, Jun 11, 2008
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    srunni, Jun 11, 2008
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    Even though Arch is a binary distro i heard it offered the speed of Gentoo while being much easier. Plus, i like the glossy blue logo. :D
     
    Gintoki, Jun 11, 2008
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    Well, the whole point of Gentoo is the difficulty ;)

    And with Gentoo, unless you add the 'branding' flag, you don't get any distro logos in any of the software, so you can just change it yourself :p
     
    srunni, Jun 11, 2008
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    I might look into it. :D
     
    Gintoki, Jun 11, 2008
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    Order of difficulty:
    Linux Mint
    (X)(K)Ubuntu
    OpenSUSE
    Mandriva
    Fedora
    (Filler)
    Arch Linux
    Gentoo
    DOS 3.0 (not really Linux)
     
    Leon, Jun 12, 2008
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    You left out Vista, Debian, Slackware, LFS!
    Slackware's probably between Gentoo and Arch, and Debian's between Fedora and Arch. And LFS is between Gentoo and DOS. Vista is after DOS ;)
     
    srunni, Jun 12, 2008
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    Lolz.... loving it. I wish we had broadband, though. Have had Compiz crash a couple times now... ;)
     
    de.1337, Jun 12, 2008
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    I've never had compiz crash on me, i'd look into getting that fixed.
     
    Gintoki, Jun 12, 2008
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    Slackware FTW. ;)

    I've had Compiz crash a few times. :rolleyes:
     
    pixelot, Jun 12, 2008
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    I've had it crash too....actually I don't run it anymore because I like the speed without it.....blasphemy!! :D
     
    theZoid, Jun 13, 2008
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    I dunno what's up with you guys but it's fine for me. If it started crashing one of my main reasons i use Linux would be gone so i'd have to reconsider my standpoint. Compiz is way better than Aero but i can't have it bringing down my entire system.
     
    Gintoki, Jun 13, 2008
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    I should rephrase....I've blamed a program or two crashing on compiz....but I've never had my system crash
     
    theZoid, Jun 13, 2008
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    That's a lot clearer lawl. It's never crashed on me so i'm fine. :D
     
    Gintoki, Jun 13, 2008
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    What I'm talking about is just Compiz crashing. Anyway, it was when I was playing with it, I think, so it's good enough for me. I also think it beats Aero, and anything else for that matter (KDE compositing for second place? I've never seen it, so...). But, you don't actually need it... hehe. :D
     
    de.1337, Jun 13, 2008
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    Oh, you definitely need it. :yes:
     
    pixelot, Jun 13, 2008
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    Haha... lolz... you must be as addicted as I am...
     
    de.1337, Jun 13, 2008
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    Who can resist? It's so freakin' awesome and so much more efficient than aero.
     
    Gintoki, Jun 13, 2008
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    Compiz rocks. :cool:
     
    pixelot, Jun 14, 2008
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    Yeah, totally... just think if Aero was open source, hehe. :D
     
    de.1337, Jun 15, 2008
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    it wouldn't be in the first place, it's impossible with how much MS hates FOSS, but it would be ignored and only a toy for devs because Compiz is so much better.
     
    Gintoki, Jun 15, 2008
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