Mac vs. PC

A series of images of my kickass desktop :O

Setup: Ubuntu Linux v7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon"
GNOME Desktop Environment
Compiz-Fusion Enhanced
# of Desktops: 4

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Desktop #1 - Internet and E-mail

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Desktop #2 - System Information, Transparent Terminal, Synaptic Package Manager

(FYI: No, I don't run as root, I changed to root for the hell of it :))

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Desktop #3 - The GIMP (Photoshop for Linux)

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Desktop #4 - Appearance, Compiz-Fusion, and GNOME Art Settings


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Vista-style alt-tabbing, courtesy of Compiz-Fusion

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lol My Desktop.

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Cube Mode, with 3D Windows.

It looks choppy because it was in mid-motion when I took the screenshot :x

If I had a video capture card, I'd have youtubed it for all of you to see :)

I'm proud of my week's worth of work.
 
Xalioniaf said:
You caught my interest. Teach me how to be like you :<
Oh, and does it run FFXI? >>;
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It doesn't run FFXI *yet* (I doubt it ever will), and I don't know anyone to have gotten it to load past the PlayOnline Viewer, even in Wine.

I'm unsure why it doesn't work; I think it's something to do with FFXI being treated as a terminal server app.

Otherwise, Compiz-Fusion comes preloaded in Ubuntu 7.10, the 3d Windows plugin does not.

Get an old-ass laptop, load it on there, and have your way with it. I learned on a 1999-top-of-the-line IBM 600x for most of my Linux fun.

Also, Ubuntu runs directly off the CD, so you can get a feel for it without even installing it.


If you were being sarcastic :p you suck :D
 
Tristam Green said:
It doesn't run FFXI *yet* (I doubt it ever will), and I don't know anyone to have gotten it to load past the PlayOnline Viewer, even in Wine.

I'm unsure why it doesn't work; I think it's something to do with FFXI being treated as a terminal server app.

Otherwise, Compiz-Fusion comes preloaded in Ubuntu 7.10, the 3d Windows plugin does not.

Get an old-ass laptop, load it on there, and have your way with it. I learned on a 1999-top-of-the-line IBM 600x for most of my Linux fun.

Also, Ubuntu runs directly off the CD, so you can get a feel for it without even installing it.


If you were being sarcastic :p you suck :D
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But all I have is a new-ass laptop ._.
And no sarcasm for reals. Vista pisses me off at every turn, but it runs FFXI, so...
 
Xalioniaf said:
But all I have is a new-ass laptop ._.
And no sarcasm for reals. Vista pisses me off at every turn, but it runs FFXI, so...
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Goodwill ftw? They normally have old laptops. Hell, use an old desktop, it'd work also.

For Compiz though, you'll need a fairly decent graphics card to handle it.

Tutorials on activating it are all over the webs.

edit: setup is different for each type of card :x
 
Lucki said:
not sure if this works anymore (late entry on 10/22 said it wasnt for one person), but you may have more luck

http://www.windower.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8562&highlight=wine
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Hell, I know it works on Cedega. However, Cedega requires an additional monthly fee to run.

If I want to pay $5 more a month to play FFXI, I'll get an Xbox 360 :D

Sorry about my misinformation though. FFXI *can* work on Linux, it just takes a hefty piece of non-free software that forked from Wine and ended up making profit.

In the Linux world, the formula is:

-Have idea
-Make software
-???

Two possible outcomes:
-Profit
or
-GNU it
 
Lucki said:
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(sorry, just couldnt resist, lol)
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lol, I can't rate you up enough for this. From now on, every time I see a Lucki post, it gets a rateup attempt :D
 
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