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Re: New Laptop
« Reply #30 on: June 07, 2010, 01:52:29 pm »
Aaaah ok I see ^^
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Re: New Laptop
« Reply #31 on: June 10, 2010, 12:46:12 pm »
So I'm wondering, what are the strengths of Gnome, KDE, LXDE and others of the like? Which one should I use as my primary?
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Re: New Laptop
« Reply #32 on: June 10, 2010, 12:53:17 pm »
If you don't have an underpowered system, I'd recommend GNOME or KDE. So as to avoid bias, I won't say which of those two I use. Realize which of those two you'll pick depends on which one "feels" better for you. I've also heard GNOME described as easier for new users, while KDE is more powerful. Both can probably do what you need, though. They're both good.
Edit: That reminds me, I need to install the one of those which I don't have yet...
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Re: New Laptop
« Reply #33 on: June 10, 2010, 05:18:35 pm »
My system is ok, but it's not the best, I guess I'll istall KDE and see if I like it. currently I have Gnome and LXDE.
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Re: New Laptop
« Reply #34 on: June 11, 2010, 01:33:13 am »
Eeems, if you ever have issues you can always poke me as well when I'm in the chan, I've been using Arch the longest methinks, and have gotten quite a few printers working with it as well. :P
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Re: New Laptop
« Reply #35 on: June 11, 2010, 02:11:21 pm »
I LOVE KDE!!! but not as a light desktop I think I'll stick with LXDE for that, and Gnome if I need something a bit nicer....although I think I'll get rid of Gnome sometime....

JonimusPrime, sure I will poke you sometime...probably this weekend. Just to let you know it's a Brother printer on the LAN (through wifi) that I'm trying to use, so hopefully it will be easy.

Also any way I can make the KDE panel look more like win's? like, just show the icons?
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Re: New Laptop
« Reply #36 on: June 11, 2010, 07:17:03 pm »
good luck in setting everything up Eeems! Don't forget to do a lot of backups too, because I heard horror stories from a lot of people dual-booting with Linux and doing something wrong, screwing up their Windows install x.x
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Re: New Laptop
« Reply #37 on: June 11, 2010, 10:32:24 pm »
Thanks :)
I'll be careful, although I don't really care about my windows partition except for games.
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Re: New Laptop
« Reply #38 on: June 11, 2010, 10:39:47 pm »
Or for stuff that only is possible under Windows :P (and impossible in Wine)
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Re: New Laptop
« Reply #39 on: June 11, 2010, 10:53:38 pm »
Yeah that too...and I dont use wine yet.
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