show us your desktop !!

[ViolentJ]

dont all these efffect slow ur pc down terribly guys ?

Nope

Click to enlarge.

 

[Munson]

No, not a massive amount. I would not use it on my games rig but IMO i'ts ok to actaully see the power of the machines that they try to sell to these days. I Llke how we all love to by Power PCs and than jack off at how the CU is using 1%

 

[Lagerlout]

Mine. Of my dog. lol.

 

[BenWall]

My old one -

[imgo]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/griff_90/newdesktop.jpg[/imgo]

Ok Griff, i lve them widget style things, very vista. Could you please snd me the download link for them, cheers.

 

[Griff]

They're not actually widgets as such mate rather created using custom scripts in http://www.samurize.com/modules/news/

 

[BenWall]

Click to enlarge.

this looks cool, what does it do? and do you have to use linux to have it?

 

[ViolentJ]

this looks cool, what does it do? and do you have to use linux to have it?

Yes you have to have linux and it does too much to mention really, basically all the fancy effects you will see in Vista + more.

 

[Griff]

Serious question time (yes I should know better on CS).

Why would I want to run Ubuntu? I'm getting a laptop soon as a second pc mainly for web browsing and some office work so why should I install Ubuntu over XP/Vista?

 

[Tom]

Do you wear a lab coat on a night out?

If yes then umbongo is for you (or whatever its called)

 

[ViolentJ]

Serious question time (yes I should know better on CS).

Why would I want to run Ubuntu? I'm getting a laptop soon as a second pc mainly for web browsing and some office work so why should I install Ubuntu over XP/Vista?

Simple answer: personal preference.

It's not a resource hog.
No spyware.
No viruses.
Tons of free software.
Rarely have to reboot for updates.
Uptime is unlimited (see above) you don't have to reboot every few days to free up resources.
6 month release cycle (as opposed to MS's years)

At the end of the day it's what you feel comfortable with. If you've used linux before you'll probably have nothing to worry about else you have to cope with the learning curve, Personally I think it's well worth it but it's not for everyone. Also you don't have to use Ubuntu, there's hundreds of distro's to choose from.

You might want to have a gander at this though: Is Ubuntu for you?

 

[2005_dynamique]

Mine...

Triple Monitors.... nothing special

 

[Griff]

I only chose to mention Ubunto Si as that seems the "easy" option compared to other distro's.

Tempted to give it a go. Not at all practical for my main PC but on a laptop why not.

 

[BenWall]

Mine...

Triple Monitors.... nothing special

Microsoft Dancer

 

[Adam]

here is mine

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y50/Uncleiven/Picture2-1.jpg

 

[ViolentJ]

I only chose to mention Ubunto Si as that seems the "easy" option compared to other distro's.

Tempted to give it a go. Not at all practical for my main PC but on a laptop why not.

Can't hurt to give it a go. The desktop cd you download is also a live CD so you can run Ubuntu from CD first to see how it copes with your hardware.

 

[TELFORDS_LURK]

Mine...

Triple Monitors.... nothing special

I'm using dual monitors but how do you get the blue task bar to extend on to the other monitors?

Chris

 

[Daz]

I'm using dual monitors but how do you get the blue task bar to extend on to the other monitors?

Chris

Ultramon is what I used.. very good app.

 

[Daz]

6 month release cycle (as opposed to MS's years)

That's because of the nature of packaging.
It has to be a quick release cycle, else everyone is using old apps if they stick to the stable release. On Windows, you can install any application and it's pretty certain to work fine. If you install a new app on a Linux distro, then you end up upgrading libc, and a random load of other libs which can break other things..

This is why Debian is stable - their release cycle is quite long, so it makes for a great server OS.

To be honest, on Linux, 6 months is too long on a desktop, which is why I always usually end up using the unstable versions and fix anything which breaks after an update.
Ubuntu release is old after a month.. in terms of packages.

Anyway, yea..

 

[bmh.01]

My laptop:

[IMGO]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pih.01/desktop1.jpg[/IMGO]

 

[Craig]

heres one of mine [IMGO]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/bradyboy/untitled.jpg[/IMGO]

 

[Adam]

^ thats cool

 

[Day]

heres one of mine [IMGO]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/bradyboy/untitled.jpg[/IMGO]

LOL

I did this the other day for a laugh...

 

[Final Maxim]

day thats sad dude lol

 

[Tom]

PMSL!!! Lightning Lemerde

 

[Turkish]

Le merde? isnt merde french for s**t ?

 

[Tom]

oui! ca va?

 

[MickM]

 

[Griff]

[IMGO]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/griff_90/vista2.jpg[/IMGO]

 

[Matt_Pleece]

 

[BenWall]

[imgo]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v427/griff_90/vista2.jpg[/imgo]

very nice Griff, got vista then lol

 

[Griff]

very nice Griff, got vista then lol

Yup RC1 (5600) out for MSDN testers on Thursday.

 

[BenWall]

Yer i know lol I got it

 

[Saner]

my old one:

[IMGO]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y41/saner112/untitled.jpg[/IMGO]

 

[Griff]

Yer i know lol I got it

Aah lol.. How you finding it?

After beta 2 I wasn't optimistic but to be fair this has been excellent so far.

 

[BenWall]

Yer, I think its really good, some really good features included as appose to the beta. Althou I think i will find myself using xp for a while yet, as it will be the more stable.

 

[Spiezels]

how do u check how much space u have in ure hard drive

 

[Spiezels]

hard disc sorry

 

[BenWall]

right click properties

 

[BenWall]

right click on the disk that is

 

[Spiezels]

yeah my laptop says C drive 17.5GB with 4.7 left, but also theres a D drive with 17.5 GB free.eh?????