http://www.gnome.org/learn/users-gui...refs-font.html
I'm a KDE user myself, it's a lot less annoying to change things than Gnome.
http://www.gnome.org/learn/users-gui...refs-font.html
I'm a KDE user myself, it's a lot less annoying to change things than Gnome.
Well I've got used to the font.
You say things just work? Well a simple codec to play Xvid won't install, no matter what I try.
I'll keep trying with linux, but windows is a lot more straightforward.
sigh.
1) xvid is a bog standard mpeg4 codec. there is no reason to use xvid specifically when you have another mpeg4 codec installed
2) most distributions include a number of codecs, including mpeg4 support, as standard. ubuntu 7.04 goes further, and the default media player will automatically install codecs for files that don't play
you need to go extremely out of your way to do it wrong. unfortunately, as the old saying goes, "build a foolproof app, nature developers better fools"
When I first came to play the .avi, the media player asked me to download codecs, so I let it. It installed the codecs it recommended, but still audio, no video.
At least with windows when you download a codec pack, and install it, it works.
I would be grateful of help.
1) this thread has gone horrendously offtopic
2) i really don't care if you'd prefer to stick to windows. "omg windows si bettar" users are no loss
3) windows is NOT more obvious. "codec pack" means absolutely nothing to anyone - unless they've been trained that it's something appropriate for their OS. you expect something completely different to behave the same, which is a failing in your critical thought process, not the systems themselves
4) there is a mountain of documentation on doing things under linux, written in single-syllable words for those who struggle with complex concepts like diff-ur-ent
5) xvid is fine, suggesting user error and/or an inability to read pages like https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Re...68823328906067
install videolan using synaptics and xvid will work with no problem
Afaik games would normally run slower under virtualisation and also the GIMP is not on the same level as Photoshop, there's also a lot of lacklustre driver support for things such as scanners and TV cards.
And before you ask Ubuntu is my main OS and im using it to type this right now. I would also recommend it to anyone above windows but it has its faults as above
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If you mean games running under wine are slower under virtualisation, sure, in some cases, in others it equates or exceeds windows performance, not to mention you are running complex Windows software on another platform entirely, Windows doesn't exactly attempt to get software from other platforms working.
You're absolutely right.. the GIMP is way ahead.
Sure scanner support is patchy, TV cards less so, there's still missing drivers for some cards, bearing in mind that the manufacturer didn't put a line of code into the development of said drivers. I find it funny that people conviently blame a platform for bad drivers (even XP x64/Vista drivers), while continuing to blithly purchase incompatable hardware expecting it to work with everything.
If anything, I'm supprised, no, astonished at how much hardware works with Linux while manufactuerers sit on their holes and reap the benifits. Hell, half the time manufactuerers completely deny critical hardware documentation that would help kernel/driver developers produce decent drivers without having to go to the effort of reverse engineering and they still go ahead and make drivers anyway dispite manufactuerers 'IP' FUD arguments.
I know. Not my first choice personally. GNU/Linux and the F/OSS movement in general is going against the grain of the IT industry, has done from it's inception, dispite nehsayers falacious opinions and it's still gaining ground more rapidly than anything before it, no matter how much Microsoft and others try to derail it, it still keeps going strong. The determination and resilience the community shows is remarkable.
It might be worth dumping your PAGEFILE onto a different disk than your operating system. As long as the PAGEFILE disk is at least 1/2 as fast as the OS disk you will likely see benefit, assuming you do actually swap a lot.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314482/
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