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10-28-2003, 11:20 PM
#1561
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hmmm...what do you mean by "on point release"?
10-29-2003, 11:02 AM
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thanks i will try cuz i love how gdekslets look
10-29-2003, 01:14 PM
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10-29-2003, 02:00 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Crashed_Again
hmmm...what do you mean by "on point release"?
I think it means one version prior to most recent
Not the newest but almost
I could be wrong though
10-29-2003, 03:34 PM
#1565
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Here's my desktop:
My Desktop
10-29-2003, 04:48 PM
#1566
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I got the same wallpaper
And it fits perfectly on winXP default color schema
10-29-2003, 05:28 PM
#1567
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Why
Why are we doing this?
10-29-2003, 09:52 PM
#1568
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Registered: May 2003
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Re: Why
Quote:
Originally posted by JoAnywhere
Why are we doing this?
Posting desktops or using Linux?
10-29-2003, 10:55 PM
#1569
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If you mean "Posting desktops",
we are doing this because MasterC started it.
10-29-2003, 11:48 PM
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out of all the desktops posted, how many are identical to someone elses?
10-30-2003, 12:06 AM
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I'd say none. Even the people who have posted their standard RedHat BlueCurve desktop have made some modifications to it.
10-30-2003, 12:32 AM
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And many of them don't resemble anything anyone else did. I have seen a lot of things I never would have thought of from this thread.
I bet a lot of total newbs have learned alot about the Linux desktop right here
*edit: Well, the KDE, Gnome, Fluxbox, Blackbox, Window Maker...(you get the point) desktops
Last edited by Scruff; 10-30-2003 at 12:51 AM .
10-30-2003, 03:43 AM
#1573
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Quote:
Originally posted by NewtonIX
I think it means one version prior to most recent
Not the newest but almost
I could be wrong though
That is what I meant, sorry...
10-30-2003, 01:05 PM
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Re: Why
Quote:
Originally posted by JoAnywhere
Why are we doing this?
what better way to find out what can be done than to see examples that other people have come up with?
it's also a way for people to express themselves.
another answer is: why not?
10-30-2003, 01:09 PM
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Re: Re: Why
Quote:
Originally posted by synaptical
what better way to find out what can be done than to see examples that other people have come up with?
it's also a way for people to express themselves.
another answer is: why not?
Fair enough, just seems (IMHO) it would more useful to post copies of startup scripts, or firewall configs. But like I say, thats just MHO
Cheers
Jo
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