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How does this pack affects screen operations performance??
Thanks,
Helio
On 7/10/06, Dave Crozier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For those of you who want to see how Vista looks (inc Aero
Sent: 10 July 2006 17:10
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Dave, you are a sucker for eyewash. Did you know that? g
HALinNY
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From the discussion below in the article, I found this link:
http://madpenguin.org/cms/index.php/?m=showid=6899page=3
Now THAT looks really awesome. Linix may be already passing Windows by
in
terms of UI (I didn't think it would happen
At 2006-07-11 10:19, you wrote:
I am sooo tempted to download a copy and install on a new HD I need to get.
You don't even need a new HD - there is also a Live-version at:
http://en.opensuse.org/Released_Version#BitTorrent
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Er, being dumb here...
What does the live version mean?
Hehehe
Tristan
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At 2006-07-11 10:52, you wrote:
Er, being dumb here...
What does the live version mean?
Ususally means you can start it from CD or DVD...
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generally always try to set things to the Win2000 'approach'. But even
then, the dialogs, their sequence, where the options are stored, has
changed a whole lot. The main reason I know this is because over the past
couple years I've
: [NF] Make XP Look like Vista - Excellent!
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Ah, I get ya.
Still, I don't have a dvd burner so that's that out of the question.
Bit on the large side! 6 CD's!
This could take a while.
Tristan
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On Jul 11, 2006, at 8:41 AM, Tristan Leask wrote:
Just download an Ubuntu release and ran that in a VM. Very nice
indeed!
And how many agonizing hours did it take you to figure out the
HUUUGE change in UI from Windows? Guess it must have been really,
really hard, based on all the
Leafe
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On Jul 11, 2006, at 8:41 AM, Tristan Leask wrote:
Just download an Ubuntu release and ran that in a VM. Very nice
indeed
At 07:10 AM 7/11/2006 -0500, Stephen the Cook wrote:
...
No I wouldn't agree at all with most of your statement. As a professional
if it took you more then a couple of min to get the newer look to
networking, I would question why you called yourself a professional. The
...
Well how about
Tristan Leask wrote:
Ah, I get ya.
Still, I don't have a dvd burner so that's that out of the question.
Bit on the large side! 6 CD's!
This could take a while.
Not sure, but the Suse Live USED to be on one CD. Look around a bit,
maybe it still is.
OTOH, there are TONS of LiveCDs that
Dan Olsson wrote:
At 2006-07-11 10:19, you wrote:
I am sooo tempted to download a copy and install on a new HD I need
to get.
You don't even need a new HD - there is also a Live-version at:
http://en.opensuse.org/Released_Version#BitTorrent
I sent my 2 cents to Tristan, before I saw this
Man-wai CHANG wrote:
You don't even need a new HD - there is also a Live-version at:
http://en.opensuse.org/Released_Version#BitTorrent
What about Win2000?
No live Eval for that. You have to just install it, and trust Big Bill
when he say's you'll like it!
Charlie Coleman wrote:
As to my personal experience between Windows and Linux perhaps I
should take a step back and be more fair. When I went into Linux I
*wanted* to see what it was like. When I went into Win XP I didn't
*want* things to be moved around. So, from a psychological standpoint
On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:18:20 -0400, Charlie Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
said:
Speaking of which, this thread has been hijacked I think. It started as
mainly talking about the new eye-candy in Vista. And most of us pointed
out how silly the hype is because MS likes to simultaneously praising
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Tristan Leask wrote:
Nah, I knew what I was doing straight away.
Pretty simple... The only thing I looked up was how much memory I
needed to assign the MS VM
From: Charlie Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://leafe.com/archives/showMsg/298325.
Deep breath.
As to my personal experience between Windows and Linux perhaps I should
take a step back and be more fair. When I went into Linux I *wanted* to see
what it was like. When I went into Win XP I
On 7/11/06, Ed Leafe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And how many agonizing hours did it take you to figure out the
HUUUGE change in UI from Windows? Guess it must have been really,
really hard, based on all the whining by Windows folks about how
different Linux is.
I have taught our 18
At 08:39 AM 7/11/2006 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So what sheep are you running with?
Remember, not sheep, ostriches
http://leafe.com/archives/showMsg/282619
:-)
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For those of you who want to see how Vista looks (inc Aero Transparency)
take a look at the WindowsBlinds XP Addon:
http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/05/20/how-to-make-your-xp-machine-look-lik
e-vista-for-free/
or
http://tinyurl.com/pfac8
Just follow the links and then select the FREE
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On Jul 10, 2006, at 11:42 AM, Dave Crozier wrote:
I'm running it on my XP now and it looks really good. Only one problem
found, the Folder names in my
At 04:42 PM 7/10/2006 +0100, Dave Crozier wrote:
For those of you who want to see how Vista looks (inc Aero Transparency)
take a look at the WindowsBlinds XP Addon:
http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/05/20/how-to-make-your-xp-machine-look-lik
e-vista-for-free/
or
http://tinyurl.com/pfac8
Dave, you are a sucker for eyewash. Did you know that? g
HALinNY
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Ed,
I agree
From: Charlie Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From the discussion below in the article, I found this link:
http://madpenguin.org/cms/index.php/?m=showid=6899page=3
Download via
http://en.opensuse.org/Released_Version#BitTorrent
Currently has 31 seeds
On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:53:55 -0400, Ed Leafe [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I always love how new versions of Windows distinguish themselves by
not looking/working the same as the previous versions,
Um ... the way Windows works has been pretty much the same through
NT/2000/XP/2003 - apart
From: Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
As I've said before you can make Vista look like anything from 95
onward. It has to run on servers too remember. There have even been
noises about a GUI-less version.
the download is a big as a windows OS install is 3.2 gig. And you don't
get all the
On Jul 10, 2006, at 2:24 PM, Alan Bourke wrote:
Um ... the way Windows works has been pretty much the same through
NT/2000/XP/2003 - apart from certain configuration things being moved.
Sorry, but I had lots of clients who had a hard time adjusting to
XP. The file explorer windows were
At 07:24 PM 7/10/2006 +0100, Alan Bourke wrote:
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I always love how new versions of Windows distinguish themselves by
not looking/working the same as the previous versions,
Um ... the way Windows works has been pretty much the same through
NT/2000/XP/2003 - apart from certain
On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:54:33 -0400, Ed Leafe [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
with each new release, the hardware requirements actually *go
down*, because the OS is more efficient.
That's communism, plain and simple ;)
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From: Charlie Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Now, in my experience, the UI's have changed quite a bit. So much so that I
generally always try to set things to the Win2000 'approach'. But even
then, the dialogs, their sequence, where the options are stored, has
changed a whole lot. The main
On 7/10/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Funny story but at this workplace everyone is an admin. I suggested
stripping that luxury and making a single user as super admin They
all looked at me like I was a freak. The horror on their faces!
That's the biggest problem with Windows. The core OS (NT) is
On Jul 10, 2006, at 5:13 PM, Paul Hill wrote:
That's the biggest problem with Windows. The core OS (NT) is pretty
good. The trouble is to make everything backwards compatible the
default has always been to make users administrators. So us lazy
programmers assume this is always the case and
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