Post Your Desktop

[Gerix]

Good to know. When I install a desktop environment, I just go with the defaults.

If you're interested, I could post some of the settings for my desktop. You know, just in case you end up using Xfce someday.

 

[b1ueskycomp1ex]

Good to know. When I install a desktop environment, I just go with the defaults.

If you're interested, I could post some of the settings for my desktop. You know, just in case you end up using Xfce someday.

Well the only thing I have linux on at the moment is my EEE PC 900, and LXDE is the fastest environment there is for it (Aside from maybe xmonad, rat poison, or Fluxbox)

 

[Gerix]

lol, nevermind. I guess I made a major assumption there.

 

[matt101]

EDIT: posted in wrong thread arghhh!! this post can be deleted.

 

[b1ueskycomp1ex]

As you can see, I've cleaned grayed it up a bit.

 

[WarmFluffyUK]

 

[Username]

And yes, I am using firefox in addition to Google Chrome. I like chrome, I really do. It's fast, nice looking, etc. But it doesn't have the feature set that firefox does quite yet. I like that chrome's interface takes up a lot less room on my screen and things like that. But it doesn't have the extensions that Firefox does, and I personally can't live without Adblock plus.

I often use both as well (both on my Windows install and on Kubuntu as well), and I agree about it missing a lot of good Firefox extensions, but it does have Adblock Plus. You do have to install the Adblock browser button separately though, I have no idea why they didn't include it by default.

 

[b1ueskycomp1ex]

And yes, I am using firefox in addition to Google Chrome. I like chrome, I really do. It's fast, nice looking, etc. But it doesn't have the feature set that firefox does quite yet. I like that chrome's interface takes up a lot less room on my screen and things like that. But it doesn't have the extensions that Firefox does, and I personally can't live without Adblock plus.

I often use both as well (both on my Windows install and on Kubuntu as well), and I agree about it missing a lot of good Firefox extensions, but it does have Adblock Plus. You do have to install the Adblock browser button separately though, I have no idea why they didn't include it by default.

Adblock plus is a lot more glitchy and buggy in chrome, as per my experience.

 

[dnlgreenwood]

I used to use firefox a lot, but I then tried out chrome on my new windows installation, didn't like it, then tried out opera (again, I used to use it) and I am still using opera. opera is too much of a CPU and RAM hog, so I might go back to firefox, though I like having everything all in one with opera. you just cant win >_<

one thing I have never liked are widgets in windows vista/7. They just take up space ( I store most of my important files on the "desktop"), and I never need them anyway. I just don't see the need. for note taking, notepad. clock, there's one on your task bar. calendar, I have an agenda for that. computer stats, task manager. weather, I have windows installed in my home. doodles, I prefer real paper and a pencil. 

another thing toolbars. any toolbar in a web browser, I hate it. toobars in windows explorer I also hate. I just want to do what I have to do without all this clutter. I don't even need a menu bar, I have most of the shortcuts memorized. Plus, my 1024x600 pixel screen does not help one bit.