Desktops...

sam · Post by **sam** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 5:39 pm

Intresting, can i use the files i got using windows with linux?

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 6:08 pm

it depends on what the files are. If it is an application, such as photoshop, Word, or Doom 3, you may be able to depending on the software you have (usually it's slower and the software that lets you do it isn't perfect yet, in fact I still have to get it working) Also, they have free clones of Microsoft Office that you can use, called Open Office. They run and can save .doc files

If it's a document, such as an MP3, jpg, or .html, it should work, though probably with an application other than what is used in Windows (though there is a Linux version of Firefox)

sam · Post by **sam** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 7:12 pm

Firefox rocks my socks.

Post by **benheck** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 8:17 pm

Wow, an AMAZING topic. Fine, here's my wallpaper:

As you can see I'm a huge Kate Beckinsale and Air Supply fan

And my computers:

Amazing 1.5 gig Athlon thing with 320 gigs of HD and 1 giga RAM (Pro-Gear Spec) Used to make PW.

Lightning-fast AMD 64 bit 3000 series laptop (Used to write book and CNC cut things)

333mHz MGDp, with 16 meg Voodoo card (Used to loop movie, now sits in closet)

33mHz IBM Stinkpad. Used to take up room on top of my filing cabinet.

oh wait there's more:

Atari 800 Computer (1979 version)

Atari XE, being made portable

and of course

Tandy Pocket Computer PC-7 (still works and sits atop my PS2)

I think that's it...

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 8:20 pm

man, you gotta put Linux on one of those boxes, even the MGDp. You'll like it.

jellywerker · Post by **jellywerker** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 10:33 pm

1. I knew that.

2. I can't find it anywhere, and I have looked! ( phe43 my googling skills! )

3. I knew that, but I guess you where answering someones elses comment/question.

Also, to Sam, it rocks mine too!

Geebs61 · Post by **Geebs61** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 2:04 am

To use the onscreen calendar thing, look up either SuperKaramba or Gkrellm, you should find what you are looking for in one of those.

jellywerker · Post by **jellywerker** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:15 am

thanks you, thank you!!! /me cries and lays at feet of Geebs61

Edit: after looking at those, they don't actually seem to be what I was looking for, thanks anyways though. /me collapses again and screams "omfg where is a f****** onscreen calendar! akkk!!!!"

Note: no offense to anyone was meant by the above sentence, also, no animals where harmed in the making of this post

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 3:14 pm

My amazing computer:
P4 @ 1.6 ghz
256 mb of ddr ram
a crappy geforce rage 2 video card
cd drive can
-read cds
-read dvds
-burn cds
a floppy drive
a bad pair of speakers (I got a surround sound system in my room though...)
a lcd monitor thats somewhere inbetween 17" and 19". (I cant remember.)
and my favourite part is the logitech cordless mx duo keyboard/mouse set. They're awesome.
EDIT: Oh yeah its running linux too so it dosnt such that much.

jellywerker · Post by **jellywerker** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 4:22 pm

perhaps it's an 18in monitor?

I didn't know the p4's came in 1.6, do you mean 2.6? or did you underclock it for less heat?

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 4:35 pm

jellywerker wrote:perhaps it's an 18in monitor? I didn't know the p4's came in 1.6, do you mean 2.6? or did you underclock it for less heat?

Oh no. Its a really crappy P4. Its a few years old, thats why the clocks so slow...

Geebs61 · Post by **Geebs61** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 5:11 pm

jellywerker wrote:thanks you, thank you!!! /me cries and lays at feet of Geebs61

Edit: after looking at those, they don't actually seem to be what I was looking for, thanks anyways though. /me collapses again and screams "omfg where is a f****** onscreen calendar! akkk!!!!"

Note: no offense to anyone was meant by the above sentence, also, no animals where harmed in the making of this post

google GDeskCal...

Now get back at my feet.

p.s.
P4 were introduced at just over 1Ghz

jellywerker · Post by **jellywerker** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 7:24 pm

Will do!

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 8:12 pm

how do you guys afford this stuff. My BEST computer i got form my school. I was helpping out in the computer lab and they were upgrading from P3-P4. I have
733mHz P3
512 Ram
3 Cd drives
1 3 1/2 inch floppy
1 smart card reader
1 5 1/2 inch floppy drive
1 tape reader
2 hard drives 1 500mb and 1 160gb
1 crappy ass 9 inch monitor
Yeah a lot of coponents I have an extra power supply and there in a whole nother box. I should post a pic of my media tower of doom. Strangly my OS doesnt support all of my different media

sam · Post by **sam** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 8:26 pm

JackFrost22 wrote:how do you guys afford this stuff. My BEST computer i got form my school. I was helpping out in the computer lab and they were upgrading from P3-P4. I have
733mHz P3
512 Ram
3 Cd drives
1 3 1/2 inch floppy
1 smart card reader
1 5 1/2 inch floppy drive
1 tape reader
2 hard drives 1 500mb and 1 160gb
1 crappy ass 9 inch monitor
Yeah a lot of coponents I have an extra power supply and there in a whole nother box. I should post a pic of my media tower of doom. Strangly my OS doesnt support all of my different media

9 Inches? ive never ever seen a screen that small. And i saved up for a long time to get my computer, and now it can be upraded easly, so no new comp for a long while.