Post screenshots of "Other" Distros that you are using or testing; Linux, BSD, etc.

[RAV TUX]

I am currently testing Knoppix 5.0 :


http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/5918/knoppix50wu5.png

[kabus]

Unsurprisingly it looks like KDE.

[RAV TUX]

Unsurprisingly it looks like KDE.

KDE is the default desktop environment.

[RAV TUX]

Ok I went through about 20 Distros today, process of elimination...

I have come back to Sabayon Linux specifically RR64 mini edition

Here is a screenshot and a question:

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/5514/snapshot1lt4.png

I have to say this is the most fast and responsive distro. clean, sharp and easy.

Now like most Distros you have to load the codecs, my question is what is the most easy and fastest way to do this?

[richbarna]

This is their codec pack.
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html#codecs

And the install guide.
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/installation_codecs.html

This doesn't look very o.o.t.b :(

[RAV TUX]

This is their codec pack.
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html#codecs

And the install guide.
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/installation_codecs.html

This doesn't look very o.o.t.b :(

o.o.t.b? out of the ballpark?

I have to say I am most impressed with Sabayon Linux and the forums are very friendly.

[richbarna]

Come on Yozef ;)
Out.Of.The.Box
I thought we were looking for "outoftheboxiness" ?

I like the look of it too, that "klik!" installer looks interesting, just been reading their website. What about the codecs though? Arent you running 64 bit?
note:

AMD64 architecture
The Windows Codecs package cannot be used directly by the AMD64 distribution. Some people solve this problem by installing the i386 Ubuntu distribution inside a chroot (for example, Linux Vserver (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VServer) or https://help.ubuntu.com/htdocs/ubuntu/img/u-www.png dchroot (http://packages.ubuntu.com/breezy/admin/dchroot)), and this works very well.

Is this the same for other distros?

[scxtt]

i'm d/l'ing Sabayon a.w.s. -- i'm excited to check it out, thanks for posting about it yozef :D ...

[RAV TUX]

Come on Yozef ;)
Out.Of.The.Box
I thought we were looking for "outoftheboxiness" ?

I like the look of it too, that "klik!" installer looks interesting, just been reading their website. What about the codecs though? Arent you running 64 bit?
note:


Is this the same for other distros?

LOL it is supposed to have all the codecs, but my screwy BIOS menu is missing the boot from DVD option so I had to use the mini edition.

I am willing to figure out how to get everything working on my end.

This is the fastest most beautiful distro I have come across and the forums are friendly and helpfull.

I was surprised how friendly...

[RAV TUX]

Edit I just read your qoute this 64bit is stinking fast! I mean the fastest distro ever I will figure out how to get the codecs working using the link you gave RICH.

or just dual boot to windows.

[RAV TUX]

I decided to post more screenshots of Sabayon Linux remember I am using RR64 mini-edition

Firefox on Sabayon:

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/9981/snapshot2ec1.png

[RAV TUX]

another:

http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/8621/snapshot3kl8.png

[richbarna]

Ok, I've got the regular i386 cd version coming down, as well as aLinux.
My poor little 1Mb bandwidth is only giving me 110 Kb/s, so it's going to have to wait until morning :(

[RAV TUX]

Ok, I've got the regular i386 cd version coming down, as well as aLinux.
My poor little 1Mb bandwidth is only giving me 110 Kb/s, so it's going to have to wait until morning :(
so do you think I should also burn the i386 version?

and just run that or try to enable the codecs another way?

Klik on Konqueror

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/271/snapshot4qe6.png

[scxtt]

i'm getting the RR4-Linux-3.0.b0-XGL.iso --- all 2.7G of it, only moving @ 107k/s (hopefully my shift doesn't end before it finishes) ...

i take it these double as live cds and install disks?

[RAV TUX]

i'm getting the RR4-Linux-3.0.b0-XGL.iso --- all 2.7G of it, only moving @ 107k/s (hopefully my shift doesn't end before it finishes) ...

i take it these double as live cds and install disks?

I am using the RR64 Mini edition just one CD I believe the other downloads are DVD?

Gparted on Sabayon:
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/5949/snapshot5ip7.png

[RAV TUX]

posting another picture of Gparted, with a question?

look closely does this mean I have two hard drives?

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/1850/snapshot6cp5.png

[scxtt]

because it's /dev/sdb? -- clicking on the tab in the top right corner should answer that ...

[RAV TUX]

because it's /dev/sdb? -- clicking on the tab in the top right corner should answer that ...

yes I did there are two listed one is a /dev/sda and the other is /dev/sdb

another screenshot of the Gentoo installer:

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8742/snapshot7vo2.png

[RAV TUX]

another shot of the Gentoo Linux installer on Sabayon Linux (RR64 mini-edition)
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/9476/snapshot8vw8.png

[scxtt]

well, your box apparently thinks it has 2 separate HDD devices ... but shouldn't you know what's inside? ;)

and that installer looks nice! ... especially the fglrx "loaded module" ... i can't wait!

[RAV TUX]

well, your box apparently thinks it has 2 separate HDD devices ... but shouldn't you know what's inside? ;)

and that installer looks nice! ... especially the fglrx "loaded module" ... i can't wait!

I should but honestly I am not that technical, especially when I originally ordered this computer. I have been learning a lot.

Now how do I figure which hard drive windows is on?

Drive 0

&

Drive 2

are present

[scxtt]

do a sudo fdisk -l and you should see something windows related ... if you do it from a live cd, you may or may not need the sudo, depends on the priv. of the live cd user account ...

[RAV TUX]

do a sudo fdisk -l and you should see something windows related ... if you do it from a live cd, you may or may not need the sudo, depends on the priv. of the live cd user account ...

thanks I'll try this

[scxtt]

i burned Sabayon and restarted my box w/ the DVD in the tray ... wasn't working @ first, so i did a "legacy" mode boot - it worked, but was severely crippled ... i then did a boot: gentoo pnpbios=off and it got this weird garbled text on my screen (it wasn't showing me boot progress) ... i let it go for a few minutes (staring @ that text) and heard the "i'm detecting your network card" beep and was prompted w/ a gnome login ... so it's kinda working, i just need to try something like boot: gentoo pnpbios=off opengl=ati resolution=1600x1200 and see if that works ...

on the + side: the fglrx drivers were loaded up w/o me doing anything (whoa!) ... albeit it was an older version, but i can deal w/ that :D --- and i must say, that is one full featured LiveDVD ... i was able to browse network shares immediately ...

[RAV TUX]

i burned Sabayon and restarted my box w/ the DVD in the tray ... wasn't working @ first, so i did a "legacy" mode boot - it worked, but was severely crippled ... i then did a boot: gentoo pnpbios=off and it got this weird garbled text on my screen (it wasn't showing me boot progress) ... i let it go for a few minutes (staring @ that text) and heard the "i'm detecting your network card" beep and was prompted w/ a gnome login ... so it's kinda working, i just need to try something like boot: gentoo pnpbios=off opengl=ati resolution=1600x1200 and see if that works ...

on the + side: the fglrx drivers were loaded up w/o me doing anything (whoa!) ... albeit it was an older version, but i can deal w/ that :D --- and i must say, that is one full featured LiveDVD ... i was able to browse network shares immediately ...

Sabayon is a very nice distro and worth what ever little effort it takes.

[scxtt]

i probably would have spent LOTS more time w/ it last night had i not worked 12 hours and gotten off @ 4am ...

it looks sweet - can't wait to mess w/ it more :)

[RAV TUX]

Wine tools on Knoppix 5.0
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/2612/snapshot1pi5.png

[richbarna]

Well as I am currently using it for the next 5 minutes before it becomes a coaster, Here's a screen shot of Slax Live CD with it's awesome wallpaper.

Oh, ok, maybe not !!! Konqueror won't let me select the attachment !

Wow this is just the worst distro I have ever tried.

EDIT: Oh look there it is ?

[scxtt]

i think you're missing the true intent of SLAX ... which is portability ... after all, it's a 196MB iso ...

SLAX SE is a pocket operating system providing wide colection
of useful software with Xwindow system and KDE desktop environment.
[?] download 196 MB : ftp : http : bittorrent
[?] diff 75 MB : bsdiff : more
[?] md5sum a716b9bc1a47c8afb4b25d40e77d2660

[RAV TUX]

Well as I am currently using it for the next 5 minutes before it becomes a coaster, Here's a screen shot of Slax Live CD with it's awesome wallpaper.

Oh, ok, maybe not !!! Konqueror won't let me select the attachment !

Wow this is just the worst distro I have ever tried.

EDIT: Oh look there it is ?

Thanks for posting I know now not to bother with this one.

[xXx 0wn3d xXx]

I am currently using Archlinux 7.2 and here is a picture of my desktop. It's plain, simple, and fast.

[RAV TUX]

another screenshot of Knoppix 5.0; Firefox(Debian-1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.3-2) and XMMS 1.2.10

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/7364/snapshot2ah7.png

[richbarna]

Currently testing Puppy Linux 2.1 Seamonkey

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[scxtt]

boot: gentoo pnpbios=off noacpi opengl=ati res=1600x1200 worked like a charm - this disto keeps impressing me - next step will be to install it to make sure tvtime + dual monitors work ...

i might even switch to it (only cause ubuntu is working so well, i don't have much left to do :p) ...

[scxtt]

well, not a whole lotta luck on install ... seemed to go fine, but on reboot (grub seemed to work fine) i got that weird text output and then was greeted w/ one single beep, then 2 more beeps about a second later (over and over) ... eh, maybe i'll come back to it later ...

[Lord Illidan]

Zenwalk Linux.

Probably the best distro I've used in years, with the exception of Ubuntu. Blazingly fast, clean and simple, and coolest name ever...Zen!

[RAV TUX]

Gentoo

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/7267/screenshotkt5.png
(http://img91.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshotkt5.png)

[RavenOfOdin]

Debian Sarge, PPC:

Cynapses Karamba extension on right.
KDE Gears Red wallpaper available from Christian Nickel at kde-look.org
Crystal windeco.

[richbarna]

Whoa! sexy screenshots :)
I think I have just come out of the closet and become a ....................
"Distrosexual" :)

Ok, that Zenwalk has to come down !! and Archlinux 7.2. Sabayon already here ;)

[rattlerviper]

Hmmm, default Gentoo desktop seems to have alot in common with Ubuntu. Might have to download it and give it a try, that was the live cd right?

[panickedthumb]

Gnome in gentoo is essentially basic gnome with very little configurations.

[RAV TUX]

Konqueror on Knoppix:
(I'm back on knoppix again)
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/3456/snapshot1ko8.png

[RAV TUX]

Hmmm, default Gentoo desktop seems to have alot in common with Ubuntu. Might have to download it and give it a try, that was the live cd right?

yes.

Gnome in gentoo is essentially basic gnome with very little configurations.

and yes, for all practical purposes the gnome desktop is essentially the same.

After trying out "other Distros" I have grown a deep appreciation for the Ubuntu install CD.

[rattlerviper]

yes.



and yes, for all practical purposes the gnome desktop is essentially the same.

Aafter trying out "other Distros" I have grown a deep appreciation for the Ubuntu install CD.

I'll have to give the Live Gentoo cd a try then maybe I can slate it for tommorow...currently I'm downloading ArkLinux, Finnix, Mandriva one thor (it's a beta I believe), and finally Free BSD since I had really good luck with PCBSD I figured I would give it a try.

[richbarna]

Ok, while waiting for gtk-widgets to install, this is what my ZenWalk looks like so far. Need to get some other icons too, but it's getting there.

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[RAV TUX]

I'll have to give the Live Gentoo cd a try then maybe I can slate it for tommorow...currently I'm downloading ArkLinux, Finnix, Mandriva one thor (it's a beta I believe), and finally Free BSD since I had really good luck with PCBSD I figured I would give it a try.

Word of warning be carefull with FreeBSD, I to had success with PC-BSD.

So I went to install FreeBSD on my newer computer, thought it would be nice to set up a dual boot to XPsp2....well the install went fine without event, long but fine....but 98% of the way through the install it failed. It wiped out my XPsp2 too.

Not a great loss I have been looking to replace XPsp2 but I would have rather set up a dual boot.

Now thanks to FreeBSD I will be just running Linux on it. Again not a great loss just a bit of an annoyance.

So I decided to install Gentoo...I must say as much as the Gentoo installer looks scary...it is a marvel, simply awesome. The graphical partioner is better then Gparted or QTparted. I would have to say just as easy as Ubuntu if not a bit easier. I wish I would have taken screenshots all along the way to post but I was up late last night and a bit annoyed by FreeBSD.

The only problem is that even though the install went fine, the install of Grub failed.

Fortunately I have a CD of Super Grub, unfortunately it didn't help to boot Gentoo.

If anybody needs to partition their hard drive I highly recommend the Gentoo Installer to do this.

Tonight I will attempt to install Knoppix 5.0 (which by the way will soon be based on Ubuntu).

[kabus]

Arch Linux 0.7.2 (http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/4366/qqqpf9.png)

[richbarna]

Word of warning be carefull with FreeBSD, I to had success with PC-BSD.



Now thanks to FreeBSD I will be just running Linux on it. Again not a great loss just a bit of an annoyance.

So I decided to install Gentoo...I must say as much as the Gentoo installer looks scary...it is a marvel, simply awesome. The graphical partioner is better then Gparted or QTparted. I would have to say just as easy as Ubuntu if not a bit easier. I wish I would have taken screenshots all along the way to post but I was up late last night and a bit annoyed by FreeBSD.

The only problem is that even though the install went fine, the install of Grub failed.



2 things that happened to me, freeBSD is now a coaster, and Gentoo is on a beach somewhere :)

[rattlerviper]

Well I know this is off topic but...Downloaded FreeBSD and burned it(K3b) threw it into the computer and all I had for the next 30 minutes was a flashing little bar. Burned it again(checked the Md5sum this time and clicked the option to verify) I was told success by the burning software, so I threw it in again and guess what? Little blinking bar on the screen. I think I'll stick to PCBSD for a BSD experience.:lol: Guess that's better than killing the PC though. Not real sure why it just froze there.

[Iandefor]

Woo! Now I've been burned once by FC5, I know what to watch for. Here's what I've got for an FC5 Desktop at the moment. I've got Tango icons (but you'd never know it ;)), along with Clearlooks-GNOME for GTK, and Murrina metacity theme, with Blue Bubbles wallpaper. DE is XFCE.

[darkenedday]

Okay this is a request, I'm a BIG fan of cool new innovative desktop designs so I am asking for those of you using different looking distros (I mean not looking like basic KDE or GNOME, i hate when ppl post a screenshot thread and all the screens of dif distros onl yhave a few colour differences and icons) I'd like to see what you think might be the best "different" looking distro, things such as Symphony are great.

As always thanks in advance

[em3raldxiii]

Have you seen Compiz? => http://www.linuxedge.org/?q=node/59

[Iandefor]

E17 is pretty cool. It hasn't been stable for like, 5 years, but it's making progress:

http://enlightenment.sourceforge.net/Enlightenment/Screenshots/DR17_Screenshots/index.html

I'll see about compiling the latest cvs and getting some screenshots.

[rattlerviper]

Here is a screenshot from PCLinuxOS minime .93

[URL=http://imageshack.us]http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/8965/pclinuxosoo4.png

[kerry_s]

I'm also playing with PCLinuxOS minime. I just installed it yesterday and have been tweaking it all day. I think i just about got it were i want it. Duel monitor setup was the biggest hurdle. Here's my pic (Warning: my background contains nudity, please refrain from looking if your easily offended)

[RAV TUX]

KDE, Konqueror on PC-BSD

http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/7524/snapshot1yd8.png

[RAV TUX]

knoppix again, XMMS player, playing Under Byen, and another question here I left the Sabayon RR64 CD in....is there a way to load/install this in Knoppix?

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/1170/snapshot1bv8.png

[RAV TUX]

synaptic package manager on knoppix:

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/3055/snapshot3cm6.png

[RAV TUX]

firefox on Knoppix:

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/3056/snapshot6bx4.png

[Iandefor]

yozef, you don't mind if I request you put your images in attachments instead of the posts themselves? It just makes the page take that much longer to load.

[RAV TUX]

yozef, you don't mind if I request you put your images in attachments instead of the posts themselves? It just makes the page take that much longer to load.
This is what I used to do but then I got a request not to post them as attachments due to a windows user who supposedly detected a virus attached to the imageshack attachment.

attach or not to attach this is the question?

[Iandefor]

This is what I used to do but then I got a request not to post them as attachments due to a windows user who supposedly detected a virus attached to the imageshack attachment.

attach or not to attach this is the question? rofl... you just can't win, can you :-D? Maybe you could post a link to an imageshack or something?

[rattlerviper]

rofl... you just can't win, can you :-D? Maybe you could post a link to an imageshack or something?

How about the image shack thumbnail 2 option? small and ans just a link? I see the problems with the full size image as well as the attachment.

[RAV TUX]

How about the image shack thumbnail 2 option? small and ans just a link? I see the problems with the full size image as well as the attachment.

This is what I used to do....I'll return to this kind of post in the future

I converted most of my post to fullsize by request, now I get request to put them back in thumbnail form....

It's all a bit crazy

current post I will leave as is, future post I will return to thumbnail form

[RAV TUX]

Linux version: knoppix 5.0.1; firefox version: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060326 Firefox/1.5.0.3 (Debian-1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.3-2); firefox theme: 708090-lite 1.5

http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/4303/snapshot3ru2.th.png (http://img115.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snapshot3ru2.png)

[zxee]

LFS live cd 6.2.1 running xfce.

[eagle101]

so do you think I should also burn the i386 version?

and just run that or try to enable the codecs another way?

Klik on Konqueror

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/271/snapshot4qe6.png

This screenshot brought a tear to my eye.

A lot of people (most people you know) have never seen anything remotely like this, and they will never know about it. If you demonstrated it to them, they'd probably think it was illegal.

So much work & brilliant ideas for these distros.

Billions of dollars of corporate energy going towrd Vista. It's a shame. It really is a shame.

Dave

[RAV TUX]

This screenshot brought a tear to my eye.

A lot of people (most people you know) have never seen anything remotely like this, and they will never know about it. If you demonstrated it to them, they'd probably think it was illegal.

So much work & brilliant ideas for these distros.

Billions of dollars of corporate energy going towrd Vista. It's a shame. It really is a shame.

Dave

yes it is absolutely beautiful;)

[richbarna]

PClinux OS
ooooh, aaaaaaah ! =D>

14763

[RAV TUX]

PClinux OS
ooooh, aaaaaaah ! =D>

14763

nice

[slimdog360]

Zenwalk
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/3235/1stdesktopiy6.th.jpg (http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/3235/1stdesktopiy6.jpg)

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/5512/1stscreenshotfu6.th.jpg (http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/5512/1stscreenshotfu6.jpg)
I had to compile yakuake from source but hay, its working. I dont think I could live without it.
Not to mention there was no script like automatix to install flash or java. Not that its hard or anything, but it would have been nice.
So far Im very impressed with Zenwalk.

[Lucho]

So I'm a bit late in posting. it's good to see I haven't
missed the party.
I'm sorry, I'm going to have to take issue with Sambayon.
I have the 3.0rc1 64-bit version. On my system at least it's
no faster than my 64-bit Ubuntu, and it absolutely refuses to
connect to the internet. In all fairness though, my Ubuntu is
severely pimped out, with a custom kernel (2.6.17.8 built for
speed), and ruthless application of orphaner, among other
optimizations. The internet problem may be due to the fact that
my provider is a total ***, insisting on static IPs and proxies.
Good performance for a liveCD though.
Here's my 32-bit Debian Etch. As befits such an august distribution,
my desktop is meant to be elegant yet fuctional.
http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/4669/debiansnapshotuu4.th.jpg (http://img160.imageshack.us/my.php?image=debiansnapshotuu4.jpg)

[RajivNair]

Im currently using ARCH LINUX 0.7.2-Gimmick,its a very fast, sleek n elegant distribution.

[RAV TUX]

Dreamlinux XFCE 2.0 XGL experimental version

My current OS on my computer

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/1350/snapshot1xn2hi7.th.png (http://img231.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snapshot1xn2hi7.png)

[djRobbieF]

Here's my Linspire desktop... obviously an old screenshot, but still the same thing, so whatever:

http://www.linspire.ca/screenshot/robbie.jan12-2006.jpg

Wut can I say... I like my icons big ;)


Linspire 5.0.347
SuperKaramba 0.37
SK ipMonitor (Which I later removed because it's not accurate)
SK kalendar
SK sys_mon
SK Liquid Weather++
SK glasswifi


Got the wallpaper here: http://www.myblam.com/menu_wallpaper_detail.php?image_id=41

[DJiNN]

I am currently using Archlinux 7.2 and here is a picture of my desktop. It's plain, simple, and fast.

Plain & fast it may be, simple it ain't. I haven't seen a worse installer for ages. I know it's a great distro from all the reports that i've seen, but (& i think they say this on their site) "Most definitely not NooB friendly!".....

I think i need to learn a lot more about Linux before attempting Arch. It looks damn good though, & thanks for the screenie! :)

[DJiNN]

Dreamlinux XFCE 2.0 XGL experimental version

My current OS on my computer

I tried Dreamlinux a while back (or at least tried to install it) but it just wouldn't install...... Looks really good though. What do you think of it?

Also, what happened to Sabayon? I thought you'd stay with that for a while. :)

[RAV TUX]

I tried Dreamlinux a while back (or at least tried to install it) but it just wouldn't install...... Looks really good though. What do you think of it?

Also, what happened to Sabayon? I thought you'd stay with that for a while. :)

Dreamlinux is nice I am installing Sabayon now...

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/7825/snapshot5vx7.th.png (http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snapshot5vx7.png)

http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/6861/snapshot4oo5.th.png (http://img469.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snapshot4oo5.png)

Sabayon is the best OS developed yet!

If your like me and have the space...if not try the mini-edition

Sabayon Default Desktop

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/4338/snapshot1xu0.th.png (http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snapshot1xu0.png)

[Fatec]

Only problem is it takes 3 minutes to boot up and actually get to the desktop.

It's slow/sluggish. (tried on 3 setups)

And for some reason it refuses to mount of even see the rest of my sata drives.

Ah well, it's nice looking but i'll stick to ubuntu.

[RAV TUX]

Only problem is it takes 3 minutes to boot up and actually get to the desktop.

It's slow/sluggish. (tried on 3 setups)

And for some reason it refuses to mount of even see the rest of my sata drives.

Ah well, it's nice looking but i'll stick to ubuntu.

must be your hardware buddy,...Sabayon boots for me in 8 to 15 seconds tops...the only thing I have seen boot faster is PC-BSD.

Sabayon is my Primary OS on my primary computer,...but I continue to use Ubuntu on my old computer.

Sabayon, is based in Gentoo and utilizes Emerge which is a pretty awesome tool over all and lightening fast compared to Synaptic Package Manager.

[RAV TUX]

Zenwalk is simply awesome!....the fastest and most beautiful distro I have used yet....I am impressed!

[cunawarit]

These two screenshots are old:

This is my very old PII300 running DSL (HD install):

http://static.flickr.com/86/236383212_5d09703847_o.png

My Celeron 2.53Ghz running XP.

http://static.flickr.com/90/237102731_1035266d0e_o.jpg

[arox]

Current Zenwalk desktop

http://img270.imageshack.us/img270/2641/200610151803301024x768scrotid0.th.png (http://img270.imageshack.us/my.php?image=200610151803301024x768scrotid0.png)

[RAV TUX]

Knoppix 5.0.1

[RAV TUX]

New wallpaper on Knoppix 5.0.1

(GIMP'ed 3D Blender-Render)

http://cafelinux.org/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4.0;attach=992;ima ge

[fuscia]

pclinuxos. my wireless worked out of the box (a major sticking point with me as it were wireless difficulties that delayed my conversion to linux). i noticed there were a lot of little kde 'knick-knacks' in their synaptic package manager that i haven't seen before (styles, etc.).

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/7318/pclinscrqr2.th.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pclinscrqr2.jpg)

[fuscia]

sabayon. i like it. sounds frightening to install, though (for an end user, i mean).

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/3391/sabyonscrmf4.th.jpg (http://img179.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sabyonscrmf4.jpg)

[RAV TUX]

sabayon. i like it. sounds frightening to install, though (for an end user, i mean).

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/3391/sabyonscrmf4.th.jpg (http://img179.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sabyonscrmf4.jpg)

It is one of the easiest distros to install....don't fear the Sabayon.

[RAV TUX]

Wolvix Hunter 1.0.5

[kazuya]

I got and installed the newest Sabayon dvd. My my, the guys have done a marvelous job with this distro. It is simply the most spell-bound distro I have installed with all codecs, flash, and other capabilities already there.

Berry / xgl works nicely on it compared to others that I have tried, and yet apps run fast with no lagging. I opened youtube videos and in a flash, they were all playing nicely without the timing issue you get b/w audio and video.

The install was very easy. The only drawback isthe boot time. Once booted, speed becomes the only definition I can use describe the experience with all those wobbly effects.

It is something to experience. I never cared for gentoo until Sabayon linux, but this one takes the cake.

I am currently focusing on learning how to manage or tame this beast, but most of the crazy steps have been done for you. Install steps are about as easy or similar to installing ubuntu, except that in DVD you install fluxbox, xfce, kde, gnome, and e16.

I shall play around some more with it when I get home. This distro may be replacing Zen and Ubuntu for my main machine. Still I would recommend Ubuntu over it for a totally new user wanting to start linux as I believe I can assist with Ubuntu issues if the forum doesn't take care of user's issue.

Sabayon comes ready with all the power and all the apps function wonderfully..

I may have found the new distro to be in. I would consistently run Ubuntu, Sabayon, and Zenwalk on my two PCs and a laptop, and see what happens. XFCE on Sabayon was very beautiful and functional. Gnome while beautiful, reported a bug to me with xorg. It did not hamer my use and visualization of berry..

You've got to try it.

[RAV TUX]

I got and installed the newest Sabayon dvd. My my, the guys have done a marvelous job with this distro. It is simply the most spell-bound distro I have installed with all codecs, flash, and other capabilities already there.

Berry / xgl works nicely on it compared to others that I have tried, and yet apps run fast with no lagging. I opened youtube videos and in a flash, they were all playing nicely without the timing issue you get b/w audio and video.

The install was very easy. The only drawback isthe boot time. Once booted, speed becomes the only definition I can use describe the experience with all those wobbly effects.

It is something to experience. I never cared for gentoo until Sabayon linux, but this one takes the cake.

I am currently focusing on learning how to manage or tame this beast, but most of the crazy steps have been done for you. Install steps are about as easy or similar to installing ubuntu, except that in DVD you install fluxbox, xfce, kde, gnome, and e16.

I shall play around some more with it when I get home. This distro may be replacing Zen and Ubuntu for my main machine. Still I would recommend Ubuntu over it for a totally new user wanting to start linux as I believe I can assist with Ubuntu issues if the forum doesn't take care of user's issue.

Sabayon comes ready with all the power and all the apps function wonderfully..

I may have found the new distro to be in. I would consistently run Ubuntu, Sabayon, and Zenwalk on my two PCs and a laptop, and see what happens. XFCE on Sabayon was very beautiful and functional. Gnome while beautiful, reported a bug to me with xorg. It did not hamer my use and visualization of berry..

You've got to try it.

I look forward to your screenshot.;)

[kazuya]

yozef, you may not be too impressed with my screenshot. It is better appreciated when seen in realtime. And I test so often I cannot begin to show the potential beauty. Here is a sample screenshot. This is the link:

http://ubuntuforums.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=3878&size=big&cat=3

Hope it is not too dissappointing. I have seen much better from folks who use it long enough to customize it. I just used its defaults alone.

[RAV TUX]

yozef, you may not be too impressed with my screenshot. It is better appreciated when seen in realtime. And I test so often I cannot begin to show the potential beauty. Here is a sample screenshot. This is the link:

http://ubuntuforums.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=3878&size=big&cat=3

Hope it is not too dissappointing. I have seen much better from folks who use it long enough to customize it. I just used its defaults alone.

no problem I had Sabayon installed on my hard drive for months...so I know how it looks....it is one damn beautiful distro

[SunnyRabbiera]

A different world (Mepis Linux 6.0):
a different world (http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=adifferentworldyl1.png)
my really old hybrid theme (Mepis 3.3):
hybrid (http://img389.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hybrid5vr.png)
Ubuntuish (Mepis Linux 6.0):
ubuntuish (http://img133.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ubuntuishpi8.png)
and the last stand (Mepis 6.0)
the last stand (http://img504.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snapshota3ka.jpg)

[Iandefor]

Fedora Core 6, once I've managed to make it look nice.

[RAV TUX]

back to my favorite ole reliable OS installed on my HardDrive

KNOPPIX 5.0.1 (Gnome) INSTALLED!

[ibnturab]

Check out my pclinuxos desktop.
The second pic has win xp running as guest os via qemu within linux.

[linuxgeekery]

I've got to get a few of these distros - look really nice. Especially Sabayon and Zenwalk.

[RAV TUX]

I've got to get a few of these distros - look really nice. Especially Sabayon and Zenwalk.

both of these are very sweet, but I honestly prefer KNOPPIX INSTALLED! on my hard drive.

I even started a micro-forum for KNOPPIX hard drive installation and usage support.

http://cafelinux.org/knoppixinstalled

(just started, so it is very small, 3 members and I have to add to it)

[kazuya]

Hey Yozef, how does knoppix compare speed-wise to those two. I just downloaded the accelerated knoppix. Would this yield Debian itself? Is this faster than Ubuntu dapper or are they sort of the same.

[RAV TUX]

Hey Yozef, how does knoppix compare speed-wise to those two. I just downloaded the accelerated knoppix. Would this yield Debian itself? Is this faster than Ubuntu dapper or are they sort of the same.

KNOPPIX INSTALLED! is the fastest distro and most reliable installed on your hard drive, in spite of what people say and the official warning that KNOPPIX is only meant to be live. If this was so, why is it consistently the most reliable OS installed on my Hard Drive.

....Not to mention the easiest to install.

Upon install you have 3 options to choose from

1. Debian
2, Beginner
3. KNOPPIX INSTALLED!

I prefer KNOPPIX INSTALLED! essential it is a Debian-like system....that is faster then both Ubuntu and Debian. I must also say more reliable then Kanotix.

I just recently installed the KNOPPIX 5.0.1 8.0GB "Maxi" DVD

KNOPPIX INSTALLED! simply rocks.

[arox]

What computer do you have yozef? If I remember correctly one time You said something about Core Duo and 1G of RAM
Everything is fast with that :P


My Zenwalk

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/2510/200611040837011024x768scrotnl9.th.png (http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=200611040837011024x768scrotnl9.png)

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/1449/200611040841431024x768smy7.th.png (http://img242.imageshack.us/my.php?image=200611040841431024x768smy7.png)

[InfernalPenguin]

I dont use it any more but this is what it looked like. Anyhow Mandriva 2006 with KDE
http://iglopingwina.prv.pl/img_upload/zielony11_1.jpg

http://iglopingwina.prv.pl/img_upload/zrzut%20ekranu17_1.jpg

[Lucho]

And so the thread winds on...
Here's my recently built 64-bit Etch. A bit of a KDE/XFCE frankenstein, but
it absolutely rocks8)
*EDIT*
I've removed XFCE, leaving a pure KDE system (although very minimalistic).
Wow... a pure KDE Etch just plain rocks
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/3658/uglykdemy0.th.jpg (http://img165.imageshack.us/my.php?image=uglykdemy0.jpg)

[RAV TUX]

KNOPPIX INSTALLED! 5.0.1 (8.0 GB Maxi-DVD)

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6490/knoppixinstalledfc2.th.jpg (http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6490/knoppixinstalledfc2.jpg)

[RAV TUX]

Nepalinux 1.1

[RAV TUX]

Nepalinux 1.1 (English)

[RAV TUX]

rpath 1.0.4 x86 64 (1.4GB DVD)
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/4425/snapshot1zl1.th.png (http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/4425/snapshot1zl1.png)

[pissedoffdude]

Here is fedora core 6 x86_64

[RAV TUX]

I have really come to enjoy rpath, I would highly suggest this OS to anyone...
wallpaper: Betta Splendens

rpath 1.0.4 x86 64 (1.4GB DVD)
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1186/screenshotwk0.th.png (http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1186/screenshotwk0.png)

[Tinuz]

I don't know if this has alrady been said, but if so, I will say it again ;) :
I have found VMware server a great use when trying out different linux distros. Just search on these forums for 'VMware server' and you should find several different threads explaining how to use it.
VMware just virtualizes a computer and allows you to test the installer, compatability and usability of the installed OS without running the risk of accidentally killing the productivity of your computer. Another benefit is that you can do other things while testing your distro (so you don't have to wait through all those long install hours). Only drawbacks I have found so far is that it isn't terribly fast, it doesn't allow 64 bit stuff and there seem to be some problems with the 3D graphics capabilities.

Currently I am testing nothing, but I will soon go throuh testing a whole bunch of linux distros (as FreeBSD has given me nothing but pain and a good online community seems to be missing), select one and virtualize windows on it to eradicate the use for a dual boot once and forever.

The current list:
Sabayon Linux (picked it up here)
Zenwalk linux (Same story)
Gentoo (Used it for a while, loved it, but left it for reasons unclear even to me ;))
Edgy Ubuntu (still with Dapper here)
Arch Linux (Same story as Gentoo)
rPath Linux (again, picked it up here, sounds promising though!)

[RAV TUX]

UbuntuForums on Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-US; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060914 Firefox/1.5.0.7 on rpath 1.0.4 x86 64 (1.4GB DVD)

[manmower]

RAV TUX: How are you liking Conary? Seems a bit complicated, but I've never tried it myself.

[RAV TUX]

RAV TUX: How are you liking Conary? Seems a bit complicated, but I've never tried it myself.

Conary is the way of the future!...I am really impressed with rpath. I find it the absolute best for a 64bit computer.

[RAV TUX]

rpath 1.0.4 x86 64 GNOME desktop
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/4425/snapshot1zl1.th.png (http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/4425/snapshot1zl1.png)


rpath 1.0.4 x86 64 KDE desktop

[outofnicks]

I don't yet have enough RAM to run VMWare well enough, so I'm using Qemu==here I am running Vector Linux & chatting with myself in gmail...

[RAV TUX]

KTorrent on Sabayon Linux....

[truthfatal]

Slackware 11.0, with Dropline Gnome 2.16.2
http://www.truthfatal.org/scrot/thumb/2006-12-06-194226_153x122_scrot-thumb.png (http://www.truthfatal.org/scrot/2006-12-06-194226_1280x1024_scrot.png)
1280x1024

[manmower]

Currently using Gnome on Arch Linux...

[yabbadabbadont]

Gentoo with Fluxbox and Gkrellm.

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/8198/screen20070111150743jx8.th.png (http://img184.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen20070111150743jx8.png) http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/5976/screen20070111150835po6.th.png (http://img441.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen20070111150835po6.png)

[manmower]

Update: got a new monitor, so time for a celebratory new desktop. 8-)
Still Arch.


Busy:

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6919/220107b5xw.th.png (http://img440.imageshack.us/my.php?image=220107b5xw.png)

Clean:

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/9928/220107c9yp.th.png (http://img440.imageshack.us/my.php?image=220107c9yp.png)

[Lucho]

My continuing saga with DreamLinux:guitar:
things are geting a lttle boring: everything works, nothing gives me problems.
I had the same problem with Ubuntu Dapper, I actually had to work because
there were no problems with which to distract the supervisor (this seems to
be endemic to the Debian family in general ;) )
So here's DreamLinux with the new Project Looking Glass.
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/135/lgscreen001pg.th.png (http://img149.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lgscreen001pg.png)

[Mateo]

hey, how'd you do that? i thought project looking glass was its own operating system.

[manmower]

i thought project looking glass was its own operating system.It's just a desktop environment.

[RAV TUX]

hey, how'd you do that? i thought project looking glass was its own operating system.

It's just a desktop environment.

"LG3D" Based on SLAX 5.1.8, showcasing Project Looking Glass (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=332306)

[Macintosh Sauce]

Mac OS X 10.4.8 and I am running PCLinuxOS 2007 in Parallels for Mac software.

http://www.seascape.us/jrhodes/desktop-small-jrhodes1.png (http://www.seascape.us/jrhodes/desktop-jrhodes1.png)

For more of the lovely Apple logo Desktop pics I made, see http://www.macintoshsauce.com/html/desktops1.html.

[pissedoffdude]

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/9243/sabayon2wl8.th.png (http://img266.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sabayon2wl8.png)

[rudder]

Update: got a new monitor, so time for a celebratory new desktop. 8-)
Still Arch.


Busy:

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6919/220107b5xw.th.png (http://img440.imageshack.us/my.php?image=220107b5xw.png)

Clean:

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/9928/220107c9yp.th.png (http://img440.imageshack.us/my.php?image=220107c9yp.png)

Cute.. Where'd you find that background? I just built a nice little edgy box for my son (he's 2 and a half) and he would love this! The kid can't get enough of cows!

Also, I tried running Sabayon (3.2 mini) but it dropped a steamer at OpenGL configuration so I guess it no like my HW (Abit Max2 - Athon 2800 - 4600Ti) :(

[xabbott]

http://xs511.xs.to/xs511/07046/Screenshot.png.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs511&d=07046&f=Screenshot.png)
OS: Arch Linux 0.8 (Voodoo)
Kernel: 2.6.19-beyond
DE: Gnome
Gnome Theme: Murrina-Industrial
Gnome Icons: PFIcons

[_simon_]

This is openSUSE 10.2 running from the Live DVD.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c358/Beowulf1976/SIMON/Screenshots/th_SUSE11.jpg (http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c358/Beowulf1976/SIMON/Screenshots/SUSE11.jpg) http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c358/Beowulf1976/SIMON/Screenshots/th_SUSE10.jpg (http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c358/Beowulf1976/SIMON/Screenshots/SUSE10.jpg) http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c358/Beowulf1976/SIMON/Screenshots/th_SUSE12.jpg (http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c358/Beowulf1976/SIMON/Screenshots/SUSE12.jpg) http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c358/Beowulf1976/SIMON/Screenshots/th_SUSE14.jpg (http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c358/Beowulf1976/SIMON/Screenshots/SUSE14.jpg)

Not seen that Mac OSX style menu bar at the top before in other KDE distros, is that a KDE thing or a Suse one?

[manmower]

Cute.. Where'd you find that background? I just built a nice little edgy box for my son (he's 2 and a half) and he would love this! The kid can't get enough of cows!
It's by Nathalie Piat and the name is "Vachement Pré". Found on pixelgirlpresents (http://www.pixelgirlpresents.com/desktops.php?cat=cute&res=1600x1200). Hope your kid enjoys it, it's great to see kids computing at that age! :)

[fuscia]

Not seen that Mac OSX style menu bar at the top before in other KDE distros, is that a KDE thing or a Suse one?

kde thing, i think. if you use kpersonalizer, one of the choices you can make is between kde, windows, mac or a unix setup.

[rudder]

It's by Nathalie Piat and the name is "Vachement Pré". Found on pixelgirlpresents (http://www.pixelgirlpresents.com/desktops.php?cat=cute&res=1600x1200). Hope your kid enjoys it, it's great to see kids computing at that age! :)

Thanks for that! Well, he is more pounding on the keyboard and pressing all the buttons on the tower to see what they do than computing at this point but I'm working on it!

[RAV TUX]

current Sabayon

[RAV TUX]

current Sabayonminimalism improved

[ynnhoj]

here's my current arch setup.

[RAV TUX]

IceWeasel in Dreamlinux 2.2 MM GL EDITION BETA 3 ( AIGLX )700 MB

[SlCKB0Y]

FreeBSD 6.2 with gnome and beryl.
:)

[heathen]

Arch... I love it..

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/4301/31007nu8.th.png (http://img182.imageshack.us/my.php?image=31007nu8.png)

No disrespect to ubuntu, but i dont think I'm putting it back on this computer.. but I cant leave my first "love" so Edgy is still my primary OS on my desktop.

[Lucho]

Here's my desktop. DreamLinux 2.2 MCE

[RAV TUX]

Here's my desktop. DreamLinux 2.2 MCE

Arch... I love it..

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/4301/31007nu8.th.png (http://img182.imageshack.us/my.php?image=31007nu8.png)

No disrespect to ubuntu, but i dont think I'm putting it back on this computer.. but I cant leave my first "love" so Edgy is still my primary OS on my desktop.those are both beautiful desktops

[phidia]

http://imgplace.com/directory/dir1981/1177881756_7612.png (http://www.imgplace.com/getcode.php?img=directory/dir1981/1177881756_7612.png)

NimbleX Cool, clean, simple (panel hiding enabled) & fast. Media player works "out-of-the-box" & the iso is only 200Mb i'm running it from cd right now but may install it to HD

[RAV TUX]

elive

[floke]

Not another distro - couldn't get wifi to work in Elive so installed Enlightenment on Feisty...

* EDIT * Helps if I attach the screenshot (animated wallpaper btw)

[RAV TUX]

Not another distro - couldn't get wifi to work in Elive so installed Enlightenment on Feisty...

Sounds like the opposite of what I did, I couldn't get Ubuntu to install, so I installed elive :)

[floke]

Lol! The irony. Ubuntu must be the only distro ever concocted that you have been unable to install if that's the case :)

[ceelo]

My Debian testing (Lenny) setup.

[RAV TUX]

Lol! The irony. Ubuntu must be the only distro ever concocted that you have been unable to install if that's the case :)
actually no, Debian and Ubuntu, but I can install Debian and Ubuntu derivatives that incorporate the knoppix hardware detection.

I do still run Ubuntu on an old 98 box, unfortunately it is soo slow that I have to finish uploading my photo collection and then either replace Ubuntu or just donate the box.

[darksong]

My Debian testing (Lenny) setup.

Thats really nice - where did you get it like that?

[ceelo]

Thats really nice - where did you get it like that?

I got the wallpaper here : http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/21850791
Icons here (green, blue and red icon sets): http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Tango-Materia?content=38214
GTK/Metacity themes here: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Neutronium+Gilouche?content=57176

Glad you like. :)

[RAV TUX]

I got the wallpaper here : http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/21850791
Icons here (green, blue and red icon sets): http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Tango-Materia?content=38214
GTK/Metacity themes here: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Neutronium+Gilouche?content=57176

Glad you like. :)very nice thanks for the links

[RAV TUX]

rPath based Foresight

:)Z

[siimo]

I'm trying Gentoo.

[RAV TUX]

more foresight

[RAV TUX]

rPath based Foresight

:)Z

more foresight

one more before I reinstall elive...

[bonzodog]

http://xs315.xs.to/xs315/07193/openzen9.png.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs315&d=07193&f=openzen9.png)

This is Openbox on Zenwalk Linux.

GTK Theme:GSM GTK Theme (http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php/GSM+GTK?content=56104)

Openbox Theme: Graphitetypething (cannot find it's source at the moment)

Font: Zekton (http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php/Zekton?content=50553)