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Phoenixan
Jan 16, 2010

Just Keep Cool-idge
gnome apps still look like they came straight out of 1995, but otherwise it doesn't look too terrible

:bsdsnype:

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pram
Jun 10, 2001
Hip hop operating system

bobbilljim
May 29, 2013

this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me
:shittydog::shittydog::shittydog:
so i played an mp3 (pagancow's sw8 vapor.wav track) ONE TIME


and now this poo poo is stuck in my sound poo poo!!!

loving ubuntu linux mint xfce 17.1 jennifer anniston/GNU

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theadder
Dec 30, 2011


its beautiful

du -hast
Mar 12, 2003

BEHEAD THOSE WHO INSULT GENTOO

theadder posted:

its beautiful

i thought the james was a nice touch. r there realy that many yosposters named james?

Soricidus
Oct 21, 2010
freedom-hating statist shill

Phoenixan posted:

gnome apps still look like they came straight out of 1995, but otherwise it doesn't look too terrible

:bsdsnype:

how things look is definitely super-important, god forbid I use an unfashionable desktop that has (shudder) bezels or (retch) gradients or something terrible like that

ZShakespeare
Jul 20, 2003

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose!
I think you will find that gradients are tasteful

- Jony

theadder
Dec 30, 2011


du -hast posted:

i thought the james was a nice touch. r there realy that many yosposters named james?

one of my names is james :chord:

Celexi
Nov 25, 2006

Slava Ukraini!
hi james

bobbilljim
May 29, 2013

this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me
:shittydog::shittydog::shittydog:
im so mad because now i cant scroll to change the volumje lest i accidentally scroll teh volume control up out of sight then i always end up doing ti wrong and UGH this is why linux is trash

bobbilljim
May 29, 2013

this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me
:shittydog::shittydog::shittydog:

du -hast posted:

i thought the james was a nice touch. r there realy that many yosposters named james?

my name is james



Celexi posted:

hi james

hi

theadder posted:

one of my names is james :chord:

:agreed:

pram
Jun 10, 2001
Mate I think ur operating systems a bloomin piece of shite

theadder
Dec 30, 2011


james

Celexi
Nov 25, 2006

Slava Ukraini!
xubuntu is quite buggy, mint xfce is far more polished

bobbilljim
May 29, 2013

this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me
:shittydog::shittydog::shittydog:

pram posted:

Mate I think ur operating systems a bloomin piece of shite

im using teh xfce desktop, not MATE

du -hast
Mar 12, 2003

BEHEAD THOSE WHO INSULT GENTOO
my namei s actually james as well

theadder
Dec 30, 2011


it had better be

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
xubuntu is a freakin POS

Phoenixan
Jan 16, 2010

Just Keep Cool-idge

Soricidus posted:

how things look is definitely super-important, god forbid I use an unfashionable desktop that has (shudder) bezels or (retch) gradients or something terrible like that
all of this but entirely serious

Soricidus
Oct 21, 2010
freedom-hating statist shill
how do you feel about drop shadows

bobbilljim
May 29, 2013

this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me
:shittydog::shittydog::shittydog:
of all teh xfce dists i have used i would say mint is one of teh best to use xfce on even tho it is bascially ubuntu

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

ZShakespeare posted:

kubuntu 15.04 and fedora 22 kde spin gonna use plasma 5 by default. If this is anything like KDE 4 it will be terrible.

it's nothing like kde 4

plasma 5 pretty much updates the shell and default theme and leaves the apps/frameworks alone

Phoenixan
Jan 16, 2010

Just Keep Cool-idge

Soricidus posted:

how do you feel about drop shadows
acceptable, especially in osx yosemite the most advanced and beautiful etc etc

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

bobbilljim posted:

so i played an mp3 (pagancow's sw8 vapor.wav track) ONE TIME


and now this poo poo is stuck in my sound poo poo!!!

loving ubuntu linux mint xfce 17.1 jennifer anniston/GNU



the only gtk# / c# app anyone uses anymore

eschaton
Mar 7, 2007

Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

MrMoo posted:

If the existing user land integration worked the Unix desktop would have been completed 20+ years ago.

the Unix desktop was completed 20+ years ago

little company called “NeXT,” you may have heard of them

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

eschaton posted:

the Unix desktop was completed 20+ years ago

little company called “HP,” you may have heard of them

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

compuserved
Mar 20, 2006

Nap Ghost

Smythe posted:

xubuntu is a freakin POS

the umass amherst math dept had a bunch of computers running xubuntu and a handful running centos in their computer lab (as of may 2013). idk why the weird mix

edit: lol i forgot, the undergrad math tutoring center was running XP on all machines in tyool 2013 as well

There Will Be Penalty
May 18, 2002

Makes a great pet!

*ahem*

HP VISUAL USER ENVIRONMENT

pram
Jun 10, 2001

nextstep was better

SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
i have a question what are the eyes.. for

bobbilljim
May 29, 2013

this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me
:shittydog::shittydog::shittydog:
they r for morale

bobbilljim
May 29, 2013

this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me
:shittydog::shittydog::shittydog:
as we say around teh office - "the beatings will continue until morale improves"!!

enjoy,
-bobbilljim

pram
Jun 10, 2001

Smythe posted:

i have a question what are the eyes.. for

xeyes is a quintessential part of the unix experience, like cowsay or figlet

SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica

Smythe posted:

i have a question what are the eyes.. for

It's an amusement that isn't very amusing.

SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica

pram posted:

xeyes is a quintessential part of the unix experience, like cowsay or figlet

Kind of like fortune, but for X.

pram
Jun 10, 2001
actually it has a use for x11 debugging iirc. it outputs mouse movements

SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica
Xeyes was the hamster dance of the 80s is what I am saying.

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SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica

pram posted:

actually it has a use for x11 debugging iirc. it outputs mouse movements

son of a bitch. Pramed again.

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