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Old 08-07-2006, 01:39 AM
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Wow this looks diffrent

fast but diffrent..

the text is realy diffrent then windows.

Colors of text is also not the same lol

i do like it so far...
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Old 08-07-2006, 02:01 AM
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what desktop environment are you using? kde or gnome? I recommend gnome
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Old 08-07-2006, 02:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Chadypu
what desktop environment are you using? kde or gnome? I recommend gnome
im trying KDE right now, on my laptop im useing Gnome... cant tell witch one i like better....

KDE is more like OSX (Mac)
and Gnome works more like windows.. well not realy but yo know what i mean

got to play with both more to see with one i like best
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lol take a screen shot
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I like Suse 10 (I've dual booted it with XP on my laptop) but I've never gotten the wireless to work. Other than that, it'* great.
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I was suprised how much Vista resembles the Linux Gnome interface!
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hey..umm...I know i am supposed to know all this junk, but where is a good place to get a good copy of like Suse?
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Originally Posted by wjcollier07
hey..umm...I know i am supposed to know all this junk, but where is a good place to get a good copy of like Suse?
downnload it for free

http://download.opensuse.org/
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pics, screens, what ev, you get the point
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I'm with you Logan and keep coming back to this thread to see a screen shot of it. I dont want to go through the trouble if i dont like what I see.
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