Ubuntu
Until I get my new harddrive, I've installed Ubuntu on a small 3GB hard drive I had lying around, and I'm currently using it. Seems nice enough, although I have a few problems which would probably be easily solved if I could be bothered to hunt through some documentation. As it is, I know I'm only going to be using it for a couple of weeks max, so I'm happy without sound and everything being tweaked perfectly.
One thing I don't like is Gnome. I have an inherent dislike of it due to its bloat (although if I remember correctly, it's faster than KDE) and the fact that I have a toolbar at the top and bottom of my screen, which on a small monitor at 800x600 resolution results in me having a tiny space to actually view things in. I'm sure if I had the time I could set it up to give me much more room, and use more intuitive keyboard shortcuts to speed things up, but I can't be bothered, Oh well, I'm such a lazy sod.
In fact, the slowness of Gnome, the amount of screen-bloat and the ugliness of it is rather reminiscent of Windows. I'm yearning for Fluxbox.
One thing I don't like is Gnome. I have an inherent dislike of it due to its bloat (although if I remember correctly, it's faster than KDE) and the fact that I have a toolbar at the top and bottom of my screen, which on a small monitor at 800x600 resolution results in me having a tiny space to actually view things in. I'm sure if I had the time I could set it up to give me much more room, and use more intuitive keyboard shortcuts to speed things up, but I can't be bothered, Oh well, I'm such a lazy sod.
In fact, the slowness of Gnome, the amount of screen-bloat and the ugliness of it is rather reminiscent of Windows. I'm yearning for Fluxbox.
posted by shfbbm at 4:56 PM
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