the ncurses x configurator program that alvaro was talking about is what i use for freebsd.. never seen it for linux. but it works great...
--mat On Fri, 2002-09-27 at 14:28, John Hebert wrote: > You yung'uns. You wantcher fancy GUI crap all over a > nice, clean Gentoo install. What's wrong with a CLI? > > :) > > Don't badmouth Gentoo for a slow install/compile. You > get plenty of warning about that in the install docs > beforehand. If you want a faster install, use the > precompiled tarball. > > I do have lots of respect and admiration for *BSD > though. I have yet to play with FreeBSD, but you are > making me interested in trying it out. I'm getting > pretty close to blowing away my WinXP partitions, as > BSOD is happening once a week, so I'll have lots of > drive space available then. > > John Hebert > > --- Mat Branyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i dont know, the 6 day install period... > > > > you should never be able to buy a gun in the time it > > takes for your o/s > > to install... > > > > just bad karmha waiting to happen there > > > > --mat > > > > On Fri, 2002-09-27 at 13:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > From: Mat Branyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Date: 2002/09/27 Fri AM 11:28:01 EDT > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] tweaking the > > desktop > > > > > > > > those things will definately help, but as far as > > tweaking kde, run the > > > > control center, and go thought those tabs, that > > can speed your desktop > > > > up. > > > > > > > > what ive seen, is that a lot of times, linux > > tends to run teh desktop > > > > slow (maybe im doing something wrong) and ive > > never gotten the modules > > > > to compile after i recompile the kernel > > (following the instructions step > > > > by step, i can never get freakin sound to work). > > > > > > > > what ive also noticed, is that freebsd is fast > > as all hell on the > > > > desktop. its not that hard to configure either. > > i think thats really > > > > cool for two reasons... 1. as far as i know, > > they arent working on > > > > making freebsd a desktop os 2. freebsd is better > > than linux =p (ive been > > > > recently jaded by not finding a decent linux > > with a ports-like tree) > > > > > > What's wrong with Gentoo? I'm very happy with it > > myself. > > > > > > > > --mat > > > > you really dont have to believe me =) > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2002-09-27 at 06:48, Doug Riddle wrote: > > > > > The first thing to do is recompile the kernel. > > Take out the support > > > > > for things you do not need, add the things you > > do. This will > > > > > sometimes make a drastic difference. The try > > one of the window > > > > > managers like Fluxbox, or IceWM. You will > > improvement there too. > > > > > Staya away from bloatware like Mozzila, use > > Galeon or Opera instead. > > > > > There are tweaks, but I would do the simple > > things first. > > > > > > > > > > Doug > > > > > > > > > > --- Brad Bendily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > I was reading some post on slashdot and they > > spoke of > > > > > > tweaking the linux desktop to get > > faster/better > > > > > > results. In windows XP there is about 20 > > items to > > > > > > turn off to get the desktop smoother. > > > > > > > > > > > > (I know, I know, XP har har, but well, I > > support about > > > > > > 1500 users of windows OSs and well SLU has > > just > > > > > > decided that XP will be their next OS of > > choice. Because > > > > > > MS has decided to stop selling 98 sometime > > in the near > > > > > > future. So I have to use XP so I can support > > and answer > > > > > > any of the higher level questions that come > > my way. > > > > > > So BACK OFF!!! ;) > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyways my point is in XP I can turn off > > some of those > > > > > > windows fattening features like... umm well > > I just > > > > > > realized that my laptop with XP is in the > > truck so off > > > > > > the top of my head, if you right click the > > desktop > > > > > > and go to properties there is a desktop > > enhancement tab > > > > > > in there somewhere. > > > > > > > > > > > > What ways can I tweak KDE or GNOME to give > > better > > > > > > performance speed wise? > > > > > > Has anyone ever done this? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > BTW the Wil Wheaton article is pretty cool. > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Brad Bendily - CNA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > General mailing list > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > > > > Warmest Regards, > > > > > Doug Riddle > > > > > http://www.dougriddle.com > > > > > > > > > > ## Firearms are second only to the > > Constitution in importance; they are the Peoples' > > Liberty Teeth." - George Washington ## > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > > > > > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > General mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > General mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > > > http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
