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screenshot
Posted on April 29th, 2009 ~ 02:50:38 PM
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Yet another screenshot of my Ubuntu desktop.
Ubuntu ‘Intrepid Ibex’ 8.10
Posted on October 27th, 2008 ~ 11:00:26 AM
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Ubuntu continues to amaze me!! Trying the RC for the Intrepid Ibex. I don’t know if its just me, but I think there is a significant speed boost. Everything feels faster and smoother. The user experience has improved quite nicely. Screenshots below (note: I am using the Dust2 theme from here) . Oh, and love the new VLC (note the playing-from-youtube feature in action).
Ubuntu Intrepid Screenshot
Ubuntu Intrepid Screenshot
Ubuntu Intrepid Screenshot
The Need For Speed
Posted on September 4th, 2008 ~ 10:24:26 PM
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I have a fairly powerful machine. A 3-GHz C2Duo (45nm) processor. 4 gigabytes of DDR2 800MHz RAM. An FSB of 1333MHz. SATA chugging at 3GBps. A Geforce 9600GT with the latest (beta) driver installed. Yet, it takes 62 seconds for my Ubuntu installation to load up. And don’t get me started on application launch times or Firefox response times. I need more speed!! That too, without sacrificing eye candy.
So, I am starting Project Need For Speed. The aim? To configure a Linux desktop that boots in a jiffy (not setting any concrete goals here) and is light on the resources. No, its not Arch Linux for me. I need everything to be just download-able and installable/configurable. That, and my love for Ubuntu, drove me to try Debian as my distro of choice.
I debootstrap-ed a new partition with Debian Sid and installed a 2.6.26 kernel and pppoeconf onto it. Switching to that now.
Watch this space for regular updates on this!
Update 1:
Xfce4 desktop w/ GDM auto-login. Desktop ready to use in 21 seconds!!! That’s good progress! Now starts the part where I add in useful stuff and pretty them up.
Update 2:
Switched to E17. 16 seconds!! And the thing looks damn beautiful! Expect screenshots 
My Ubuntu Desktop
Posted on May 20th, 2008 ~ 06:17:47 AM
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I love Windows Vista
Posted on December 24th, 2007 ~ 12:33:31 PM
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I have never used Windows Vista excessively. Nor do I plan to. However, I love it that Windows Vista is driving more and more people to Linux/Ubuntu.
Vista rules! It helps Linux/Ubuntu rock even harder!!!
Compiz Fusion
Posted on December 18th, 2007 ~ 04:23:36 PM
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[flashvideo filename=movies/fusion.flv /]