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Old 05-08-2006, 08:42 AM   #21
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i always install KDE and give it a shot, but it just never feels right to me. Gnome works so well, and I actually like the fact that it's not as flashy.
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Old 05-08-2006, 10:46 AM   #22
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Oh, well, shows how much I know then.
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Old 05-08-2006, 05:45 PM   #23
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unrelated, but my computer crashed today and lost my 10 page ethnic studies midterm thats due tomorrow, plus all my writing and my photos and all. Second time in a year....I hate dell.
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Old 05-08-2006, 05:55 PM   #24
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and I actually like the fact that it's not as flashy.
i am with you on that one. gnome is pleasing to my eyes without being, i dunno.. over-the-top.
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Old 05-27-2006, 10:24 AM   #25
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so the next ubuntu release is slated for june 1st, still. a few days ago they released a release candidate for dapper, and an update for the update manager, so i guess if everything seems to be in order the official dapper release should be on time. i was thinking of installing kubuntu and giving kde another shot (fer the hell of it), instead of just upgrading my current ubuntu install, but maybe i'll just put kubuntu on my laptop..
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Old 06-01-2006, 06:33 PM   #26
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i installed dapper today. ran into some trouble like i did with the beta. apparently the kernel muffed some stuff up with the drivers for my ethernet card, which causes DHCP to fail. even static IPs fail too.

grabbed an old card from my dad and have it working now.

johnny, you know you can have ubuntu and kubunu (and xubuntu and edubuntu) installed all at once, right? just run:

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
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Old 06-01-2006, 08:53 PM   #27
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i was fucking with kubuntu for a few days, and i was trying to like kde, but to no avail..

i just installed dapper and the only problem i've run into so far has to do with my screen resolution. i want 1280x1024, but i can't seem to use it. i've added it to my xorg.conf file, which (i think) ought to fix it, but i still can't use it. i'm stuck on 1024x768, which sucks. the installers on previous version would allow you to choose which resolutions to allow to be used, but dapper kinda.. glossed over that stuff. and now i'm stuck with a big ugly screen. if i don't figure it out in a few days i may have to go back to using breezy.
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Old 06-01-2006, 11:36 PM   #28
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that happened to me, but i know you can't just add it to xorg.conf

did you install the video driver (if you have ati or nvidia)? that should fix it. other than that i'd just try reconfiguring xorg, but i forget the command to do it. i need to get my middle mouse working.

<edit> here you got johnny boy

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
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Old 06-02-2006, 06:23 AM   #29
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yea, i found that solution somewhere on the ubuntu forums last night. gave it a try this morning, and everything looks correct again. phew! i couldn't stand 1024x768 for very much longer.
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Old 06-02-2006, 07:58 AM   #30
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haha i know what you mean, i'm using my widescreen monitor with a native res of 1440x900, running at 1024x768 is awful.

i need to find a nice green theme somewhere. i love clearlooks 2, so maybe i'll just edit one of the themes to be a nice lush green. (the outdoors theme that's in there already is pretty nice).
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Old 06-02-2006, 06:31 PM   #31
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i'm digging the rusty colours. it's brighter than the browner human theme from breezy. but that background image is sorta fugly.
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Old 06-03-2006, 03:18 AM   #32
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yeah, it is fugly. i need to find a nice rustic one to match the outdoors theme.

i tried out KDE tonight and it's pretty good, but still some weird stuff that i don't like.
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Old 06-03-2006, 07:32 AM   #33
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i find kde's control-panel-like program to be glitchy sometimes. they may have resolved that now though..
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Old 06-03-2006, 08:14 AM   #34
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anyways, why bother with the kde when you could be using xfce? it's not quite up to par with gnome, but it's still good.
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i try to use XFCE, but... why use XFCE when i could be using Gnome

yeah, the KDE control panel is pretty much the one thing i really hate about it. so hard to find what you need. i still can't figure out how to make Konquerer display all directories in list view by default. plus none of the new transparency stuff worked for me at all, it just did nothing.

i really wish i could get emulators working well in Linux, they just don't work right for me.
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Old 06-03-2006, 12:55 PM   #36
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i haven't really had to bother with emulators yet, so i can't help much.

i was thinking of isntalling dosbox (i think it's called dosbox, anyways..) and tracking down some old dos games. maybe play some leisure suit larry or king's quest.
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yeah, it's dosbox. i think emulators don't run well because of ALSA or whatever sound driver they use. on windows they run perfect, but in Linux not at all.

and on my laptop in windows they run like they do in Linux because it is just a shitty onboard sound chip.
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Old 06-03-2006, 02:30 PM   #38
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well anyways, i've started playing lieutenant skat and now i'm hooked to it, like i once was to freecell. simple card games have always been the best computer games i guess.
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Old 06-03-2006, 03:10 PM   #39
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now that ubuntu didn't work out on my desktop, i just got my sister's old laptop (PII) and i'm thinking ubuntuing it. more to follow.
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why didn't it work out?
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