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    how do i make my linux distro look cool

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by yourself3082, Feb 26, 2008.

  1. yourself3082

    yourself3082 Notebook Consultant

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    i want to know witch linux distro looks the best and has support for nividia drivers plus has compaz fusion
    or how can i make one look good
     
    yourself3082, Feb 26, 2008
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  2. yourself3082

    yourself3082 Notebook Consultant

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    plus whats better Xfce4,gnome,KDE,etc... for looks
     
    yourself3082, Feb 26, 2008
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  3. blackbird

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    It all comes down to personal preference, compiz/beryl are available for xfce, gnome and kde. You can integrate xfce, gnome and kde into any distro as well.

    Xfce is lightweight so better for lower end systems, Gnome is sort of a Mac OS type look where as KDE is more like a Windows look.

    Nvidia/Ati drivers are available for every distribution, just in some its easier to install and use them with a few clicks.

    You can make any distro look flashy, but not all of them are user friendly, stable, easy to use and come with out of the box support. So first decide what you want to do with the distribution besides making it look flashy then get back to us.
     
    blackbird, Feb 26, 2008
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  4. yourself3082

    yourself3082 Notebook Consultant

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    dose fvwm work with compiz/berly
     
    yourself3082, Feb 26, 2008
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  5. blackbird

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    its an application, not a desktop environment so I think it should work
     
    blackbird, Feb 26, 2008
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  6. Amol

    Amol APH! NBR Reviewer

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    Get Linux Mint - it's pretty damn good and very user friendly. You can use their forum and ubuntuforums for help.
     
    Amol, Feb 26, 2008
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  7. Simplex

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    About looking cool: If you want top-notch visual performance, I would suggest to install Xfce4 and possibly compiz-fusion for eye candy. Then you can get Xfce4 themes at http://www.xfce-look.org/ or Compiz themes at http://www.compiz-themes.org/.

    About distros: If you are used to work with Linux, you may also consider Arch Linux, which is optimized for modern processors and allows you to install only those packages that you really need (ie. minimal bloat).

    If you are newbie you may want to opt for well supported Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Suse distro with KDE or GNOME. There are also KDE themes http://www.kde-look.org/ and GNOME themes http://www.gnome-look.org/. And of course, you can install Xfce4 and compiz-fusion easily on these distros too, so you can actually use KDE/GNOME/Xfce4 on the same system with out noticable performance penalty - but this will take only more hard disk space (ie. bloat).

    /Tomi
     
    Simplex, Feb 26, 2008
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    Modly Warranty Voider

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    I prefer Gnome personally for various reasons, but KDE is more customisable, so you may want to go that route.

    The only laptop I run linux has just 8MB of video RAM (Non-expandable), so I don't get to dabble with Compiz much. It looks cool though.

    I do agree with the Mint linux option though. It looks pretty good to start, and comes with Compiz.
     
    Modly, Feb 26, 2008
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  9. KimoT

    KimoT Are we not men?

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    My personal favorites for looks would be Sabayon (based on Debian with KDE or Gnome options) or OpenGEU (based on Ubuntu using Enlightenment and bits of Gnome for the desktop).
     
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  10. yourself3082

    yourself3082 Notebook Consultant

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    wwell ive tried sabayon and mint before so i geuss ill probably chose 1 of them
     
    yourself3082, Feb 26, 2008
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    For my NVIDIA card, I just had to install a "restricted driver."
     
    pixelot, Feb 26, 2008
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    FAceleSS, Feb 27, 2008
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