Computer Questions (formally Your Desktop)

Reminds me of a thread at another board that made internet rounds because they were doing the same thing and this guy posted his, but he forgot to remove the website link icons for shemale porn.

Make sure you all check your first.

I think you'll find that you made a typo here!

COME ON PEOPLE, DON'T BE SHY?!!!! Share yours!

David, Ouch on the background, pretty slick desktop though. I adore desktops with as little shortcuts as possible. Mine isn't always like pictured above, it's just this is my laptop, where i do most of my assignments and film music stuff whereas the desktop's the main "work" pc and it only has the necessary to run complete video / audio editing plus the Simulator so its desktop is way tidier!

Why not post a screencap of your desktop, Alan? You can erase and private data from there if you want. Or just hide them for the screensap.

Oh and on:



I just have this to say:

Just changed mine...

Oooooh boy! HERE IT IS!!!

-Erik-

Talos,

What is the compatibility of the current popular software with Linux? And as i'd suspect that it's probably close to zero, are there any good enough alternatives?

thanks

p.s. your screenshots look pretty modern, clean and edgy btw! Are linux's default close to this or are they completely customizable?

Thanks for your interest and question. If you don't want to read the whole story below, first watch this clip, because seeing is believing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMUQ_nja39c

What you saw was Ubuntu Linux together with Compiz Fusion (3D desktop effects) (Ubuntu linux is the most popular linux version at the moment, it has several flavors: Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu, to explain all the difference here would take to long, but have a look here: www.ubuntu.com for more info)

Keep in mind that you can tweak everything, all effects, themes etc. etc. this is just one of the looks you can get... also keep in mind that this is a demo, showing you all kinds of things very quickly so it will drive you nuts. But in reality you will never open/close and whatever in such a short time frame.

These are examples how much you can tinker with the many settings:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-yMH8Xz … re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dVkx4ET … re=related


Quote: "What is the compatibility of the current popular software with Linux? And as i'd suspect that it's probably close to zero, are there any good enough alternatives?"

Good question, in the past it was most likely zero, but nowadays there are loads and loads of very good alternatives available. For example, you have the Open Office Suite, which is similar to Windows Word/Excel/Powerpoint... but with one major difference. Its free. You can open and save files in Windows format, or its native format. So its very compatible, no problems here. There is a very powerful Photoshop alternative, its called GIMP, free too. (I will stop writing "free".. because its all free/open source) I am not sure if you have any specific programs in mind, perhaps I can check for you. (many programs such as GIMP, open office and others, are standard included. If you like to install more programs, there are thousands of free programs available, which VERY easy to find and install by making using of Synaptic which is a nifty program which lists thousands of other programs like a dictionary. If you like a program, simply click on it and it will be downloaded and installed automatically - what's more, all the programs will auto update)

Honestly, for most Windows programs there are native ones available, you can even run many Windows programs in linux through an emulator called "wine". I have a lot of fun with linux, especially with the kick ass Compiz Fusion (3D desktop) effects, these are UNBELIEVABLE! Seriously, nothing really against Vista, but the effects of Compiz Fusion are lightyears ahead of Vista's Aero. So people, instead of paying through your nose for Vista AND a monster pc (otherwise you simply can't run Vista, because it so resource hungry) why not trying linux instead, for free? Its fun! It is very nice to tinker with all the settings. What's more, you can run all these effects on a relatively slow pc. (I am running all these things on a 1.6 GHz laptop with an onboard graphic card, which means is a VERY modest graphic card), but look what it can do on a VERY old machine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qddueXkD8E

If you like what you saw, why not try it yourself... scared? Don't be, on www.ubuntu.com you can download Ubuntu linux, burn it on cd (ISO file), pop it in your pc, boot your pc from the cd and you will be able to try it. IT WILL NOT INSTALL ON YOUR HARDDISK, but it runs completely from the cd, its called a "live" cd. Which means you can check it out without any risk. (but be carefull not to click the "install" shortcurt though on the desktop) Keep in mind that if you having your "test drive" from the cd, it will be a bit slow, because it is running from the cd and not the harddisk. So if you really install it afterwards, all will be speedy.

The only weak point at the moment is playing the latest pc games, the game studios are not writing games for linux, although it is a good OS for games. No spyware, no defragmentation needed, no virus... free... seriously, if one is willing to be "open minded" and accept that linux isn't windows... you will have a VERY good time! Of course its all up to you. Freedom!

Feel free to ask more, I like to help!

P.S. Quote: "Are linux's default close to this or are they completely customizable?"

You can simply choose to activate the 3d settings which are included in the latest version of Ubuntu, version 7.10 (see www.ubuntu.com) Keep in mind that the standard settings are a bit limited, you can always download a more extensive setting manager. To get all the real, but suprisingly usefull, fancy stuff. Its easy! You can change icons, backgrounds (of course) themes, transparancy etc etc. You can customize it to your own liking. That's the fun of it.

No, I didn´t.
This should prove how much I mean it:
http://www.keiraknightley.com/media/dis … amp;pos=21

Big bows it is, that´s for sure.

Isn't that incredibly busy? I like mine to be more 'soothing'.

This currently mine:
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/8438/desktopjq3.th.jpg

Hehe, I guess that does indeed the trick. It's a cool image as well, it reminds me of my own airplane-obsession-days.



No! Don't remind me! I've been blocking that thou.... Oh great, now I got it as well... Back to Indy IV, then.

Didn't know there was another one? I consider the one in Paris to be the most beautiful Cathedral I've ever layed my eyes on... How is this one in comparison?

This is indeed very impressive, congrats Martijn!



Mine never end; at all

In fact the name Notre Dame for a cathedral or church is the most prevalent one throughout the world.
I think only in France there must be dozens of Notre Dames.

The cathedral in Amiens compares very favorably with the one in Paris. In fact, I would easily go so far as to say it outshines it: it's the biggest gothic cathedral in the West, and it shows. The architecture is absolutely exquisite, and it's far more of a unity than any other cathedral as they actually built the cathedral ina record twenty years (due to some very clever financing scheme from the local merchants). It's a very impressive and humbling building, and has -quite rightly- been marked by Unesco as one of the world wonders.

The only thing I prefer in the Paris' Notre Dame is it's rose window, which is still the most magnificent I['ve ever seen anywhere.

Yes, but after looking it up in Wikipedia, I saw the two are also quite alike, save for some noticable differences (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiens_Cathedral). That's what surprised me most



Seems like I'm gonna have to take yet another trip to France!