Linux?

[DaveW]

Nothing... Nothing at all...
Just the usual the usual English - Scottish friendly banter...

(if you're offended I'll delete it)

Not offended at all, i'm an easy going guy. I thought you were in the Philipines? Originally from England?

-Dave

[xmastree]

Your desktop looks AWESOME! How do you do that?

Well the wallpaper is a hubble telescope shot, from NASA/ESA, anyone can do that.
Bottom left is a desklet to control rhythmbox (sound player) Bottom right, more desklets to monitor the cpu/network. Along the top is the usual taskbar but i made it transparent. The icons are launchers.

I looked into it and found that it uses KDE instead of gnome is that right?
Could you point me in the right direction as to how to change to kde?

What uses kde? I use gnome, as does the default ubuntu install. There's also kubuntu, which defaults to kde.

The geeky way would be to open a terminal and type sudo apt-get install kde but I would probably use synaptic instead. Have you managed to mount your windows partition yet? And play MP3s? Those are the two things most new users ask about.
The MP3 thing is purely about licencing. They don't include the codec inthe distribution package.
http://www.ubuntuguide.org/ contains a lot of useful information, well laid out. it's written for the older version but most of it is still relevant.

If you like terminals, check this out. On the right, a standard terminal with a nice background. On the left is tilda. Transparent and borderless.

[xmastree]

Originally from England?

Yep. Burnley, moved to Livingston in 85, then here in 99.

[DaveW]

Yep. Burnley, moved to Livingston in 85, then here in 99.

The auld enemy!

Seriously, the England/Scotland rivalary is just a bit of banter. When an Englishman insults a Scot, it's banter, and likewise; should an outsider stick his nose in, well he's just messed with the both of us.

Anyone who takes it more seriously than that's just a racist.

-Dave

[archmaille]

Have missed this thread, even though I'm a Linux fan.
Anyways, I agree with most points made, there is one HUGE advantage with Linux and that is safety. Windows, even the XP SP2 starts with all possible connections open and that, in my opinion is a big nono. In order to get windows remotely safe, you need to install third party firewalls and quickly. This is less needed in Linux, but recommended, if someone gets in they can wreck havock due to the scriptability of the system.

That's why I have an external box with Linux for a firewall

Another funny thing, if you like the multiple IM thingy. Look into KDE. THey have Kopete

Heck yeah! I hate Gaim... it just... I dunno something about it is just not what I like, doesn't work well for me, and the tabs I always lose my conversations if I've got more than 3 at once I never know when someone new has IM'd me. But Kopete is awesome! If you like Unbunto try out Kunbuntu (atleast I think that's what it is) same thing, atleast same company just KDE instead of Gnome.

[opengswede]

What Linux will Run on A VIA Edan C3 Proccessor (Mini ITX board EPIA MII1200)?

Just kicking the Idea Around still.


Crazybillybob

Indeed it will. more efficiently than Windows too!!!
epialinux.org www.viaforum.com www.epiawiki.org (that might die soon, but have a gentoo section). Fedora has native support for the via boards nowadays. but gentoo is better if performance is important, such as for the Eden cpu, where temp can be a problem. I'm using a Via C3 M9000 myself. Whach out for the DRM problem though, it's specified as a bug, turn off longhaul support in the kernel will take care of that.

Have fun.

That's why I have an external box with Linux for a firewall

wise. which firewall do you use. I'm using arno-iptables which is fine, but is not very user friendly?


-.erik

[xmastree]

www.viaforum.com www.epiawiki.org (that might die soon, but have a gentoo section).

"Notice: This domain name expired on 03/29/06 and is pending renewal or deletion"

And that viaforum just seems to be pages of ads...

[opengswede]

"Notice: This domain name expired on 03/29/06 and is pending renewal or deletion"

And that viaforum just seems to be pages of ads...

/banging head on desk/
should actually check that i remember stuff correctly before posting...

it should be: www.viaarena.com
and apparently, the domain now closed, too bad it was a pretty good place for those using gentoo and via epia boards. epialinux.org is the best place now then...

[archmaille]

wise. which firewall do you use. I'm using arno-iptables which is fine, but is not very user friendly?

I use Smoothwall, I like it and the community is big so there is almost always someone who can help you if you need it.

[onelegout]

Well it seems that I have entered dependency hell.
I cant seem to install anything without having to install 30 more things. It mostly seems to be development apps and perl modules. Is there no easy way to install eveything?
Cheers
H