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January 19th, 2007, 11:34 PM
I thought I wouldn't ever find another OS that could be up to par with Ubuntu's standards. Until I downloaded Elive.
With that said, let me introduce you to my OS fettish. I am obsessed with new OSs and I download every one that I hear anyone compliment to try it for myself. Until recently, however, I was never as impressed with them as I have been with Ubuntu. Then I tried Elive. First off, it got my Nvidia card 3D acceleration installed and working within the Live CD. Something that has never happened to me before. Sure, other OSs claim to do that, but none of them actually did. I know this isn't a big detail, but it sure added. The real thing that has converted me to Elive from Ubuntu, however, is these two things that I value most in an OS. Speed and Visual Appeal. Elive tops the charts in both catagories. While it isn't possible to get Compiz or beryl or any such things running on Enlightenment, they aren't needed. You can enable composite as I have and you will be amazed at how fast it can be.
**I really can't emphasize how fast this OS is...Really...like, for instance, take Ubuntu. Multiply the speed times 7 and you get Elive. Yes, it is that amazing. I click on an Icon literally at the same time that it starts up.**
Admittedly, I did have to reconfigure a few things to get it optimally working on my laptop that I didn't have to do with Ubuntu. All I had to do was change a few values in the xorg.conf for the touchpad sensitivity, use ndiswrapper for wireless, and reconfigure the sound card. All three of those were very simple. I loved ubuntu like it was a child, but now I'm hooked on elive. (what a crappy parent I am...playing favorites..lol)
You seriously must try elive out. ...so..fast....
With that said, let me introduce you to my OS fettish. I am obsessed with new OSs and I download every one that I hear anyone compliment to try it for myself. Until recently, however, I was never as impressed with them as I have been with Ubuntu. Then I tried Elive. First off, it got my Nvidia card 3D acceleration installed and working within the Live CD. Something that has never happened to me before. Sure, other OSs claim to do that, but none of them actually did. I know this isn't a big detail, but it sure added. The real thing that has converted me to Elive from Ubuntu, however, is these two things that I value most in an OS. Speed and Visual Appeal. Elive tops the charts in both catagories. While it isn't possible to get Compiz or beryl or any such things running on Enlightenment, they aren't needed. You can enable composite as I have and you will be amazed at how fast it can be.
**I really can't emphasize how fast this OS is...Really...like, for instance, take Ubuntu. Multiply the speed times 7 and you get Elive. Yes, it is that amazing. I click on an Icon literally at the same time that it starts up.**
Admittedly, I did have to reconfigure a few things to get it optimally working on my laptop that I didn't have to do with Ubuntu. All I had to do was change a few values in the xorg.conf for the touchpad sensitivity, use ndiswrapper for wireless, and reconfigure the sound card. All three of those were very simple. I loved ubuntu like it was a child, but now I'm hooked on elive. (what a crappy parent I am...playing favorites..lol)
You seriously must try elive out. ...so..fast....