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04-09-2006, 04:06 PM
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Registered: Oct 2005
Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Distribution: Fedora Core 5,4,3 & Ubuntu 6.06, 8.10
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Post your FC5 screenshots here !!
so, its a hardware accelerated desktop at last, so lets see what all can be done with it by posting some screenies 
im using a 5 year old laptop and FC5 looks sweater than XP on my friends latest laptops ( MUHAHAHAHAAAA!!! )
http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/3...eenshot7dn.jpg
Specs :
Intel 3 Mobile 1.0 GHz
256 MB Ram
Trident Microsystems Cyberblade integrated Graphics with 16 mb ( shared  )
no cd/dvd drive !!
right now i would safely say ive got the best looking laptop at my uni, thanx to the guys at Fedora.
Last edited by WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot; 04-09-2006 at 04:15 PM.
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04-09-2006, 04:08 PM
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Location: Poole, Dorset, England
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It may look nice but how well does it perform?
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04-09-2006, 04:12 PM
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Registered: Oct 2005
Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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wayyyyyy faster than XP mate the bootup may be a bit longer but apps load much faster. |
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04-09-2006, 09:53 PM
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Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Knoxville, TN
Distribution: Kubuntu 9.04
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I remember reading during the beta that FC5 was now optimized for Pentium 4... and on my Celeron-D laptop (same generation as P4) it really flies. I'm not exagerating when I say it boots TWICE as fast as SuSE 10 did on same machine.
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04-09-2006, 11:01 PM
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Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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Pictures ppl !! |
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04-09-2006, 11:26 PM
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04-11-2006, 12:24 AM
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Distribution: Fedora 4 and Slackware
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Whiskey, do you mind me asking what themes/theme settings you have?
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04-11-2006, 03:54 PM
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Registered: Oct 2005
Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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using the aero black theme with the alpha cube windows borders and glass icon set and to top it off a Holly Velance wallpaper.
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04-11-2006, 06:55 PM
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Location: Las Vegas, NV
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04-12-2006, 10:41 AM
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Registered: Oct 2005
Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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well, like i said, there is one thread for screenies out there already but i was keen on having one for FC5 and only FC5, just to show the ppl what it can do, and BTW, that thread is like 4 years old now i rekon and quiet a few of them are broken links.
Last edited by WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot; 04-12-2006 at 10:49 AM.
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05-10-2006, 11:52 AM
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Member
Registered: Oct 2005
Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Distribution: Fedora Core 5,4,3 & Ubuntu 6.06, 8.10
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just did a quick re-installation of FC5 and spent 5 mins but the results are sweet !
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8958/screenshot5tm.jpg
enjoy |
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