Nice effect. But: Ugh, KDE, and Ugh, Galaxy.
I advise you to:
http://tokaj.no-ip.org/urpmi.txt
as root, and then
urpmi xfce
also as root, then login at console (without X) and
startxfce4
as normal user. Windy can show you how to add it to the display manager.
[edit] GIF, while a proprietary format, is better at geometrical shapes rather than real photos, so I use that for screenshots as a rule.
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But the right version of GTK+ is a pain in the hindquarters to compile, and I have very little time. 
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I was doing this quickly and then bluring it in the GIMP.
\I was doing this quickly and then bluring it in the GIMP.
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Even xkoules, my favorite game, which for some reason installs to /usr/games Huh... But XFCE needs a higher version of GTK+ then what you get on the CD...
Try Battle for Wesnoth sometime - that is, if you're into RPGs or Strategy games (it's a hybrid).
Oh, and you can get xfce and tons of other stuff here (including the latest version of Wesnoth):
ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrakelinux/devel/cooker/i586/media/contrib/
Try Battle for Wesnoth sometime - that is, if you're into RPGs or Strategy games (it's a hybrid).
Oh, and you can get xfce and tons of other stuff here (including the latest version of Wesnoth):
ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrakelinux/devel/cooker/i586/media/contrib/
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Or you can use urpmi and get it all.
As to updating woes, just
urpmi --auto-select -a
Let it run overnight.
On a properly managed Mandrake system, you will rarely if ever need to do real work to get software. And you shouldn't. What the package managers have taken care of for you, you should use, and not reinvent the wheel with less knowledge about the roads you will use than the designers.
As to updating woes, just
urpmi --auto-select -a
Let it run overnight.
On a properly managed Mandrake system, you will rarely if ever need to do real work to get software. And you shouldn't. What the package managers have taken care of for you, you should use, and not reinvent the wheel with less knowledge about the roads you will use than the designers.
:wq
Well, XFCE did work, and IS kind of interesting. Maybe I'll use it, maybe not. Nice that it doesn't hog me memory, though.
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I love the iconbox by the way -- taskbar text doesn't really transmit information I need. Also, I put everything at the top. I think XFCE needs a little relearning, but you can use it more productively. Well, that's true for almost all Linux desktops -- learn them and you learn a new paradigm that might be better than your old one.
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I likes XFCE.. soo much quicker than Gnome and KDE.. I kinda like GNOME, but it still runs rather slow.. 'course, windows runs the slowest of them all right now.. I keep telling myself to just do a clean install, but I've got so much crud there that I dont really feel like doin that.. plus windows apparently overwrites any linux bootloader.. meh...
the 'goodies' package for XFCE is quite nice.. worth the install if you can get it to work.. I never did on Mandrake.. may try again later, but the wireless utils on Fedora stick me to Fedora.. Mandrake's wireless stuff is lacking.. Fedora autodetects the network(s) extrememly fast on bootup and it never drops the signal.. . given 85% of the stuff I use a computer for involve a wireless network that's rather critical
Fedora's (well, Redhat's) up2date works well for updating everything, and yum for installing.. I still kinda miss the Mandrake control panel...
the 'goodies' package for XFCE is quite nice.. worth the install if you can get it to work.. I never did on Mandrake.. may try again later, but the wireless utils on Fedora stick me to Fedora.. Mandrake's wireless stuff is lacking.. Fedora autodetects the network(s) extrememly fast on bootup and it never drops the signal.. . given 85% of the stuff I use a computer for involve a wireless network that's rather critical
Fedora's (well, Redhat's) up2date works well for updating everything, and yum for installing.. I still kinda miss the Mandrake control panel...
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Oh well, you might even be able to install drakconf and drakxconf-newt and stuff from rpmfind.net.
Now that I've gotten to know urpmi better, I really like its powers. For example, I added the XFCE rpm's as a repository, and installed them easily.
Then again, never got wireless to work. But that's less important for me.
Now that I've gotten to know urpmi better, I really like its powers. For example, I added the XFCE rpm's as a repository, and installed them easily.
Then again, never got wireless to work. But that's less important for me.
:wq
Got XFCE all installed, and it's quite simple and easy to use. Only takes 88 MB memory to run the window manager and some background programs - quite a bit less than KDE or GNOME. KDE applications open a bit slower, but I can live with that. I actually prefer the format of XFCE.
The one thing I dislike, though, is the lack of any desktop icons. Makes opening files harder.
The one thing I dislike, though, is the lack of any desktop icons. Makes opening files harder.
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I really am not a fan of the task-bar-on-top thingy. This may sound really strange but it really bothers me if it's on top and not on bottom. That was the first thing I changed in XFCE.
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:*laughs*: I likes it up there..
I dont, however, like my clock up there.. the clock /must/ be bottom right.. which it is by default
hey Devari, why do you have two desktop switchers?
one up top and one below..
the xfce desktops are pretty.. but so is Fedora's.. so tis why I merged mine together..
A friend of mine is trying out SuSe now.. is it pronouced Suzie or suse? he pronounced it Suzie (like the name) I'd always thought it was just suse...
I dont, however, like my clock up there.. the clock /must/ be bottom right.. which it is by default
hey Devari, why do you have two desktop switchers?
one up top and one below.. the xfce desktops are pretty.. but so is Fedora's.. so tis why I merged mine together..
A friend of mine is trying out SuSe now.. is it pronouced Suzie or suse? he pronounced it Suzie (like the name) I'd always thought it was just suse...
Hobbs FTW!
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