so, uh... i wanna go back to linux

raublekick · 01-14-2007, 03:49 PM

johnny, do you post on ubuntuforums, or just browse? i should post on there more, but it's kinda overwhelming to actually help people sometimes.

post a screenshot in the screenshots thread!

i've never really been too interested in installing e17. despite the fact that i've been using xfce for the past few months, it doesn't feel natively complete for me, like ubuntu's gnome is. now, don't get me wrong i love stuff like openbox that is just completely nothing more than what it is, because there you gotta tackle everything from the beginning. but e17 looks like it would be like xfce where it has a lot of cool stuff, but there are gaps here and there and fixing them can be a pain.

johnny · 01-15-2007, 05:48 AM

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Originally Posted by raublekick

johnny, do you post on ubuntuforums, or just browse? i should post on there more, but it's kinda overwhelming to actually help people sometimes.

i post on occassion. not much though, 'cause it can be hard to follow. but i decided to try using vb's thread subscriptions, and they make it alot easier to find the threads i'm following again.

i didn't find too many gaps in e17 though. everything seemed to work pretty smoothly.. (unfortunately though, the version of engage which is in the edevelop.org repositories doesn't seem to work out-of-the-box. i think i'll try to make it work some other time..)

johnny · 01-15-2007, 09:58 PM

i guess i got bored with *buntu, so i decided to give arch linux a try.. i've installed the base system (and updated it, which caused a kernel panic which i then had to fix :x), xorg, and openbox. i looked at the font preferences dialog in leafpad, and there are about.. 9 different fonts installed right now. everything looks pretty ugly.
but it works!:

as you can see in the screen.. the locale settings are buggered up. (who knew cowsay accessed them anyways..? i learned something new tonight, i guess)

01-14-2007, 03:49 PM	#1
raublekick Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lancastuh, PA Posts: 1,678	johnny, do you post on ubuntuforums, or just browse? i should post on there more, but it's kinda overwhelming to actually help people sometimes. post a screenshot in the screenshots thread! i've never really been too interested in installing e17. despite the fact that i've been using xfce for the past few months, it doesn't feel natively complete for me, like ubuntu's gnome is. now, don't get me wrong i love stuff like openbox that is just completely nothing more than what it is, because there you gotta tackle everything from the beginning. but e17 looks like it would be like xfce where it has a lot of cool stuff, but there are gaps here and there and fixing them can be a pain. __________________ http://www.good-evil.net slap that bitch, sell her coke

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johnny Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Upper Canada Posts: 1,276	i guess i got bored with *buntu, so i decided to give arch linux a try.. i've installed the base system (and updated it, which caused a kernel panic which i then had to fix :x), xorg, and openbox. i looked at the font preferences dialog in leafpad, and there are about.. 9 different fonts installed right now. everything looks pretty ugly. but it works!: as you can see in the screen.. the locale settings are buggered up. (who knew cowsay accessed them anyways..? i learned something new tonight, i guess)