Linux sounds appealing, once my pc is fixed......

[veg1992]

i'm gonna dual boot Professional XP/ with Linux, so can some ppl show screenshots of things like, the UI and that stuff......... I wanna learn it a bit cz my AP Computer Science Class is gonna teach us, and i wanna be ahead of the class, like usual.........

 

[macdude425]

Linux doesn't have A user interface, there are several. Command line, and several GUI ones.

Here are the big ones:
http://kde.org
http://gnome.org
http://fluxbox.org
http://xfce.org

The best way to learn is simply to play with it. And if you need a hand, look here or at this place:
http://tldp.org

 

[veg1992]

ok, anyother screen shots u can show-off?

 

[networkgeek]

ok, anyother screen shots u can show-off?

here is a version that runs off a cd into memory. dont even need to install it to hdd and it has a great community

www.puppylinux.org

 

[macdude425]

But he WANTS to install it!

http://ubuntu.com

BTW, here are some shots of my desktop.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/triviawiz425/kbrick.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/triviawiz425/energy3.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/triviawiz425/linuxlappy1.jpg

 

[Greg]

Macdude - Where'd you get that Folding at Home thing for your desktop? I like it. I need to start Folding for TF, maybe I will soon.

Back on topic, if you want to show off Linux you should look into Beryl. You might have some problems with the ATi drivers, though.

 

[macdude425]

http://kde-look.org

It's a Super Karamba widget.

 

[IBMan]

osdir.com has a lot of screenshots of a lot of distros

http://shots.osdir.com/

hey mac, think you could get me the jpg file of the wallpaper shown here?
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/triviawiz425/kbrick.jpg

would be very appreciated, thx.

 

[macdude425]

http://www.kde-look.org/content/files/28755-K-Brick_1280.png

The background itself is transparent, so you can have whatever color, gradient, picture, etc. you want behind it.

 

[jakec]

if you want to learn Linux here are a few links to get you started:

Linux Networking:
http://www.lesbell.com.au/Home.nsf/0/7220a...0b?OpenDocument

OSharing files between Windows and Linux
http://www.fbeedle.com/technote/03-01/etude15/etude15.html

Linux reviews
http://linuxtoday.com/

Linux online bible (needs firefox)
http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz

Linux Tutorials: Introduction to Linux, Hands on guide
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html

Ultimate guide for beginners
http://www.linuxlots.com/~jam/

The beginners Linux guide
http://www.linux.ie/newusers/beginners-linux-guide/

Install guides

Installing Mempis
http://www.mepisguides.com/install/install-custom/Install-Custom-Partitions.html
http://www.mepisguides.com/install/install-dual-drives/Install-with-dual-boot-and-clear.html

Dual boot Ubuntu 6.10 +XP
http://www.ubufied.com/2006/11/01/ubuntu-610-installation-with-screenshots/#more-4

Installing Kubuntu 6.10 +XP
http://www.ubufied.com/2006/11/01/kubuntu-610-installation-with-screenshots/#more-1

Installing Edubuntu 6.10 + XP
http://www.ubufied.com/2006/11/02/edubuntu-610-installation-with-screenshots/#more-6

Installing Xubuntu and XP
http://www.ubufied.com/2006/11/05/xubuntu-610-installation-with-screenshots/#more-7


Hands on exercises:

Linux Survival
http://www.linuxsurvival.com/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&btitle=CE&mid=&ceid=5

This is a really good hands on site for learning comand-line if you want to Learn Linux this is stop number 1

Learn Linux
http://learnlinux.tsf.org.za/moodle/

hope this Helps,

Jake