Archive for November, 2008
AWN
Now, I’m not a huge fan of desktop effects, I don’t often use them. Though I do have to have a compositor enabled, because if I don’t have a semi-transparent terminal, I’m not a happy person 
Today I tried something that shocked even myself…I installed AWN. I’ve tried AWN (Avant Window Navigator) before, but never liked it, and it never worked properly. Now however, I really like it, it was relatively easy to set up, though there was a minor issue with a stacks applet, I fixed that pretty easily.
I wasn’t sure how I was going to get on with it, but even after using it for a while now, I love it more than I thought 
Anyway here’s a couple of screenshots I haven’t bothered editing my name out of 
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- Funky pop-out folders
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- Using Stacks (yes it *is* very OS X)
Still Alive!
I know I’ve been neglecting anybody that reads this blog a lot recently, for which I apologize.
I have 3 pieces of coursework for University due in around 2 weeks, I’m currently writing part of a magazine article for Linux Identity in the US (deadline is also 2 weeks!).
But don’t worry, as soon as I get time, I’ll be back and blogging properly like normal
Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Pt. 2
So I’ve had 8.10 installed for just under a week now, and so far, all is well
I have actually been making use of a tabbed Nautilus (yay!) which I didn’t think I would. I’ve also been using my VPS to torrent the desktop and alternate versions of Intrepid (32 bit versions). Stats of that at the time of writing are:
Desktop – Uploaded: 8126 MB
Alternate – Uploaded: 1680 MB
As you may have guessed – the alternate iso has only been seeding for a day or so. But this is what VPS’s are for I’ll continue seeding until Sunday night (GMT).
As for what I think of Intrepid on my laptop…well…I love it (as always). The only downside to it that I can complain about is the fact that unless I play my audio at near inaudible volumes (thus defeating the object of audio ). The sound distorts like a music concert recorded on a mobile phone (cell phone for the Americans reading this ).
Luckily – I don’t need to use the sound a lot, I’ve been playing my music from my iPhone and it’s dock, as it has a lineout on the rear of the dock 
All in all – I think Intrepid is a decent release, though I totally understand people sticking with 8.04.1 as it’s an LTS. I mean, I was considering it, but I love upgrading!!
In other news – that isn’t worthy of it’s own post – I’m going to be going to a LUG meeting next week, it’ll be the first time I’ve ever been, so I’m a little nervous, but I’m sure I’ll enjoy it. I’ll let you know
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