Full Circle issue 6: My Desktop
Written by Martin Topping
My box is nothing special at all - Pentium 4 1.7 GHz, 256 MB RAM, 20 GB HDD - which is split evenly between Windows XP Pro and Feisty Fawn. I wasn't sure if Feisty would run on this computer, I also had a Dapper CD and nearly made do with that. But then I figured if it can't handle Feisty I can always uninstall. So I fired up the box, fed it my Feisty Live CD, and clicked on install, and I haven't looked back!
The video card is a NVidia TNT2, which is good enough for what I do. I watch movie DVDs on my box, and play Alien Arena 2006, and it all looks okay. I don't have the fancy desktop effects, but I found some nice graphics and I like the way my desktop looks.
Written by Steve Barcomb
I thought I would share my brand new install of Ubuntu 7.10 and my simple customizations with the desktops section. I suppose it's not much compared to others, but it's easy on the eyes and works well for me.
Everything was done with Gutsy settings except for the Ubuntu System Panel applet, the applet can be found by searching USP Ubuntu on Google.
The panel and task bar auto hide but, I froze them for this shot. The second shows the desktop when idle. Background is a personal shot of Beaver Lake Nature Center in CNY. Gutsy has been great.
