On Fri 13 Apr 2012 15:49:58 NZST +1200, Don Robertson wrote:
As we used to say 'What Intel giveth, Microsoft taketh away'
Well that's still true, isn't it?
There are just more takers now...
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yeah and to think we used to claim that this was the conspiracy
between MS and the manufacturers...
As we used to say 'What Intel giveth, Microsoft taketh away'
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On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 8:08 AM, John Carter john.car...@taitradio.comwrote:
Then out goes Unity and in comes gnome-shell!)
I recommend having a look at Cinnamon - created by Linuxmint to give a
Gnome 2 look to Gnome 3. Works on Ubuntu too.
Robert Fisher wrote, On 04/11/2012 08:48 AM:
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 8:08 AM, John Carter
john.car...@taitradio.com mailto:john.car...@taitradio.com wrote:
Then out goes Unity and in comes gnome-shell!)
I recommend having a look at Cinnamon - created by Linuxmint to give
a Gnome 2 look
On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 10:05 +1200, C. Falconer wrote:
I have ended up with a minimal xfce setup... window managers should
get out of the way and manage windows, not be an entire UI.
And at home its twm. Yes, a window manager from 1987.
Window managers are only there so you can open more
Hi,
I had thought all window managers (and windows too) are a means of
displaying more
information on the display. - not just ssh sessions. Roll on the day
when there is a morse coded
report of slashdot along the titlebar.
The question I have - is why are window managers so bloated? If you
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Roger Searle roger.sea...@gmail.com wrote:
Fastest machine at home is a mythtv box (when not being used as a myth front
end) which is running xfce - start up time (to desktop) is under 20 seconds,
apps open really fast (well under a second generally), shut down
On 11/04/12 15:47, Nick Rout wrote:
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Roger Searleroger.sea...@gmail.com wrote:
Fastest machine at home is a mythtv box (when not being used as a myth front
end) which is running xfce - start up time (to desktop) is under 20 seconds,
apps open really fast (well
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Roger Searle ro...@stepahead.org.nz wrote:
On 11/04/12 15:47, Nick Rout wrote:
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Roger Searleroger.sea...@gmail.com
wrote:
Fastest machine at home is a mythtv box (when not being used as a myth
front
end) which is running
On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 17:43 +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
No I think it's a weekend job. Maybe a birthday present to myself this
Saturday.
Have downloaded mythbuntu pangolin to try 0.25 out - will do so on a
USB drive I think.
Be aware that Ubuntu have yet again broken wireless for me (
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