P3 Xubuntu
Blog The admin tools typically found on Ubuntu and Debian Gnome desktops are installed. The applications button and sub-menus of the xfce desktop is more intelligently laid out compared to the same in a Debian Gnome desktop.
[December 30, 2008, 8:35]
CPU Frequency Scaling
Blog It didn't take long to find out, just add the Gnome CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor to the panel, and sure enough it was running at 1.6 GHz constantly. Reducing the CPU speed is an important part of power management in modern laptop computers.
[April 3, 2009, 14:03]
A challenge to all Linux Users in the World
Blog Comment You plan to use a celeron cpu and use gnome as window manager.good idea if you plan to waste a good part of the power of cpu that is knowm for being quite limited already. I'm a bit puzzled by your challenge proposition by some points even thought...
[May 27, 2007, 23:29]
Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic Koala) on Netbooks - Part 1 (Overview)
Blog The basic installation, and the standard Gnome desktop, work just fine on the N10J. Ubuntu (plain vanilla, Gnome desktop) I will be trying each of these on my ASUS N10J netbook, which I believe is very typical of netbook hardware configuration...
[November 4, 2009, 12:07]
I'm with Andrew
Talkback I installed Ubuntu and used Gnome as my desktop manager. These included an old GeForce MX440 (64mb) 768mb DDR1 ram and an old AMD XP 2000+ cpu on a cheap motherboard. With Ubuntu you can save that old machine from the skip and still get a fantastic...
[June 26, 2009, 9:27]
Mandriva One 2010 RC2
Blog It is available in both KDE and Gnome LiveCDs, and the release notes say that both Xfce and a Moblin user interface can be easy added after installation. The other two were both AMD CPU / ATI graphic systems.
[October 14, 2009, 14:12]
Why Users Aren't Moving to Linux
Blog Comment However projects such as Gnome-do are breathing new life into Gnome for sure. I have to live in hope for such basics as a decent flash player that doesn't hog the CPU and is choppy on fullscreen, but I will persevere.
[May 6, 2009, 9:25]
Good Things on the Horizon - But Use Caution!
Blog It will include the usual array of package updates, such as the latest Gnome and KDE desktop versions. So far I have only installed it on the Dual Atom nettop, but installation was easy, it seems to work just fine, and there are, as always, a lot...
[August 4, 2009, 16:05]
DebbieToo, a new Serverbaby, is running.
Blog This time I loaded mostly server functionality with a Gnome desktop and IceWeasel. I didn't think to time it but considering I loaded it on a 2.4 GHz Celeron and the SP3 installs were on 2.8 P4's and a P4 Duo at the office it was considerably...
[July 2, 2008, 3:58]
FreeBSD platform adds Sun's DTrace tool
News Basic software packages such as the KDE and Gnome desktop environments have been upgraded, and FreeBSD now comes in DVD media for some hardware platforms. For example, FreeBSD 7.1 has a new default process-scheduling system that improves...
[January 5, 2009, 7:45]
Deploying education desktops - made easier
Blog Comment I prefer Gnome to KDE, hell I prefer XFCE, enlightenment and pratically everything else to KDE. Apart from Vista,Millenium, and a variety of other MS apps,they have got lot of things right.I see so much potential in Linux but like MS Vista Linux is...
[March 17, 2009, 6:43]
What Do We Expect from Netbooks?
Blog Comment I run the ubunto 8.10 based easy peasy, but instead of the gnome desktop, I run ROX desktop with openbox window manager. Through the entire session gkrellm was reporting a fairly steady 45% CPU usage.
[April 2, 2009, 8:08]
openSUSE Installation, DVD vs. LiveCD
Blog The DVD contains both Gnome and KDE desktops, so you can choose between them during installation. By the way, openSUSE installed and runs extremely well on the laptop with AMD CPU, ATI graphic card, Broadcom wired network adapter and Atheros...
[January 5, 2009, 14:16]
Mandriva One 2010 RC2 Available
Blog Comment Although many of the popular distributions are based primarily on Gnome and KDE, there are getting to be quite a few who use Xfce, either as their primary desktop or as an alternate that can be selected by the user.
[October 14, 2009, 13:26]
Dual-Boot Ubuntu and Windows XP Professional
Blog I didn't want to repeat the entire installation (although it goes so quickly that in the end it would have taken about the same amount of time), so I installed the Gnome Partition Editor ("sudo apt-get install gparted"), then used that to reduce...
[June 13, 2008, 10:30]
Microsoft's pre-modern message puts a new face on Vista
Blog Comment It would be much more than just grafting on a Gnome or KDE GUI onto a Windows desktop for instance. The problem is that it takes either a very beefy, high speed workstation to do the OS compiles or a really decent CPU with a moderate SQL Server in...
[August 2, 2008, 20:17]
openSolaris 2008.11
Blog It looks reasonably familiar, as it should since it is using a Gnome desktop, but there are lots of differences, large and small, so there is clearly going to be a significant learning curve. That's a bit risky, because it has an AMD CPU and ATI...
[March 20, 2009, 12:13]
Fedora 12 Alpha and The Moblin User Experience
Blog There's a lot of interesting new software in there, too, including the latest releases (sometimes still test releases) of major parts such as the Linux kernel itself, Gnome desktop and such. HP 2133 Mini-Note (VIA CPU and Graphics): Unable to boot...
[September 2, 2009, 9:30]
re: Sorry I spoke...
Talkback On the other hand, if you have the CPU power and RAM, you can run XP in VirtualBox for the odd app that is missing (say Quicken for example). Having spent many years following the evolution of desktop Linux, I hear what you're saying.
[April 27, 2009, 17:39]
