So, what should I do with the three old kaypro machines in my mom's garage?
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DCJensen - Nov 29, 2006 6:08:05 pm PST #9675 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
DXMachina - Nov 30, 2006 2:00:30 am PST #9676 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Set 'em up as Linux dual boots. That'll earn you a merit badge for sure.
Sean K - Nov 30, 2006 7:00:09 am PST #9677 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Okay, despite downloading and installing EasyUbuntu, Totem is still not liking any of the video and audio mp3s I try to play through the Internet.
Now, the download page for EasyUbuntu told me to run two commands from the terminal, which I just copied and pasted, but I wonder if I'm still doing something wrong, or if there's things I need to do with Firefox.
Gudanov - Nov 30, 2006 7:10:07 am PST #9678 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
You might just want to use the link I gave you a few posts back. I didn't use Easy Ubuntu, but I used that guide and things work well for me.
Sean K - Nov 30, 2006 8:12:52 am PST #9679 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Yeah, I figured that would probably be the next step.
Sean K - Nov 30, 2006 9:03:27 am PST #9680 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Also, does anyone (::cough::amych::cough::) use a livejournal client on Ubuntu?
And while we're at it, what's the difference between GNOME and KDE? Pros, cons? Discuss. Oh, and.... is it possible to run both? I only ask there because some of the games I downloaded are for KDE and don't work right under GNOME (apparently), so now I'm ever more curious.
Tom Scola - Nov 30, 2006 9:05:57 am PST #9681 of 10003
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what's the difference between GNOME and KDE?
Politics.
and.... is it possible to run both?
If you have all the right libraries installed, you can run a KDE app under Gnome and vice-versa.
Sean K - Nov 30, 2006 9:10:44 am PST #9682 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
If you have all the right libraries installed, you can run a KDE app under Gnome and vice-versa.
Aha! Good to know. But I'll have to play with that later, as I actually plan on using today to work on some long overdue writing projects.
Lee - Dec 01, 2006 8:12:49 am PST #9683 of 10003
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Brought over from Natter, does anyone have any recs for software for converting avi files so that they are viewable on ipods?
eta: Dana says it's been discussed recently, so I will go searching.
Gudanov - Dec 01, 2006 8:26:16 am PST #9684 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
And while we're at it, what's the difference between GNOME and KDE?
They are two different desktop environments (one built on the GTK framework, then other on QT if you want to get technical. GTK has a more liberal license that has some advantages for developers and GTK has a windows port but this doesn't really matter unless you make software).
Anyhow I'd say that GNOME puts an emphasis on having a clean interface and probably is a bit more Mac like in general. KDE puts an emphasis on lots of user Konfiguration and inter process Kommunication and probably is a bit more Windows like. So KDE has more integrated applications like the Koffice suite, while GNOME has cleaner designed applications like Evolution, Abiword and Banshee. But like Tom said, you can use KDE applications in GNOME and visa versa. Personally I think GNOME on KDE is a bit smoother than KDE on GNOME due to library load time.
I think it is just a matter of personal preference as to which is best. I've used KDE with SUSE and GNOME with Ubuntu and there are things I like about both of them. I'd say I've acquired a slight preference for GNOME just because the interface is cleaner.
KDE and GNOME are the biggies but there are tons of desktops for Linux. XFCE, Windowmaker, Fluxbox, IceWM, RatPoison, and on and on....