First Impressions: My Ubuntu-based Dell
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| Once the system was up and running, I enabled Desktop Effects to see a little
| eye candy. Ubuntu’s default Desktop Effects consist of a stripped down Compiz
| Fusion with just Wobble and Cube enabled. I wanted the whole shebang, so I
| ended up uninstalling Desktop Effects and installing the full version of
| Compiz Fusion, which took about five minutes. Then I spent another half hour
| screwing around with different themes, just for the hell of it, until I
| settled on something I liked. None of this was necessary, really, but what’s
| the point of having a new toy if you’re not going to play with it? To that
| end, once I had my desktop interface all customized out, I popped in Brazil
| on DVD and played with the notebook’s front-mounted media controls.
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http://www.maximumpc.com/article/first_impressions_my_ubuntu_based_dell
Rescued by Linux
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| One of the nice things about Linux is one thing that Microsoft Windows can
| never be — a tool to rescue an old or ailing computer. In yesterday’s
| post, “My Path to Linux,” I mentioned why I installed Linux in the first
| place: Microsoft Windows XP Professional suddenly started crashing due to it
| just as suddenly not liking my NVidia video card.
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http://richardfcrawley.wordpress.com/2007/08/11/rescued-by-linux/
Related:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Fbk52Mk1w
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