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462159	2006-06-15 01:14:00	Well...this is getting easier and easier all the time. I have been cruising the desktop and found all sorts of things! Got that "add icon" thing straight now too.Good, you can tell me how you did it, that way i'll know too :p	personthingy (1670)
462160	2006-06-15 01:56:00	Good, you can tell me how you did it, that way i'll know too :p Actually, it's just like doing it in XP or Windows too! Right click on the desktop, and generate a new icon there . . . it's easy . If you want more specific details, I will help . . but I am having a lot of fun with this system so far . Right now I am very pleased with the install . . . it's a "distro" or distribution of a Linux-based (actually UNIX) opsys and it looks so much like M$ it's kinda scarey! One can even make it start a "Richmond" start-up screen to make you feel homesick or relieved if you will . I am the latter so far .	SurferJoe46 (51)
462161	2006-06-15 07:33:00	Right now I am very pleased with the install...it's a "distro" or distribution of a Linux-based (actually UNIX) opsys and it looks so much like M$ it's kinda scarey!Glad you are having fun exploring Mepis. You can have a great play around with themes, window styles, colour, icons etc and get it looking just how you want to. :) But I have to correct you here, Mepis is not a "Linux-based (actually UNIX) opsys". Mepis is a Linux operating system (or to be technically correct, a GNU/Linux OS) and isn't considered Unix. GNU/Linux is sometimes called the cheap cousin of Unix and they do have a lot in common.	Jen (38)
462162	2006-06-15 15:32:00	Glad you are having fun exploring Mepis . You can have a great play around with themes, window styles, colour, icons etc and get it looking just how you want to . :) But I have to correct you here, Mepis is not a "Linux-based (actually UNIX) opsys" . Mepis is a Linux operating system (or to be technically correct, a GNU/Linux OS) and isn't considered Unix . GNU/Linux is sometimes called the cheap cousin of Unix and they do have a lot in common . Yeah . . you're right! I got this info from the official site: Linux was invented by Linus Torvalds . Linux software packages are developed and combined to work together by teams of open software programmers worldwide . Like several other flavors of Linux, the MEPIS core is built on the excellent work of the Debian team . The GUI desktop is developed by the KDE team using the tools and foundation classes provided by Trolltech . The unique components in MEPIS Linux were developed by Warren Woodford and tested by Team MEPIS . Opinion-wise, I think this is serious contention for XPs place for an OPSYS by even the newest noob . The ease with which it installs (there are some new words and phrases to learn!), makes it a serious thought as to why anyone would even use XP except for gamers who need the NT base . If there was ever something I SHOULDDA TRIED a lot sooner, then this is it . With the latest security flaws and inherent design weaknesses in NT-based systems, I find it amazing that there aren't a lot more people moving away from Mr . Bill to things like Mepis . I got the Mepis 3 . 4-3 version and it is a pretty clean install . The sound mixer is not very intuitive and requires a little tweaking to get it right, but it works very well after that . Graphics are exceptional and anything you are used to in XP can probably be done almost the same way in Mepis . The only hang-up I have is the new syntax I have to recognize . After years of Windows-talk, this is pushing my old brain a little to learn the new verbage . For instance, I just learned that the letter "K" which preceedes most of the applications, like "KPlayer" and "KWrite" are just there probably to stop name/patent infringements . Ignoring the "K" makes it easier to understand . Some of the names make no sense to me at all . . . but I will learn them . Names like: The GIMP (wasn't that Dustin Hoffman in "Midnight Cowboy"?) Kooka (dropping the "K" here makes NO sense!) :groan: Kino ( " ) SAMBA (this is obviously a childrens' character from a book) Xbiff (this is the sound Batman makes when he hits a bad-guy) See? That stuff could be NZ-speak for all I know .	SurferJoe46 (51)
462163	2006-06-15 19:38:00	For instance, I just learned that the letter "K" which preceedes most of the applications, like "KPlayer" and "KWrite" are just there probably to stop name/patent infringements . Ignoring the "K" makes it easier to understand . Some of the names make no sense to me at all . . . but I will learn them . Names like: The GIMP (wasn't that Dustin Hoffman in "Midnight Cowboy"?) Kooka (dropping the "K" here makes NO sense!) :groan: Kino ( " ) SAMBA (this is obviously a childrens' character from a book) Xbiff (this is the sound Batman makes when he hits a bad-guy) See? That stuff could be NZ-speak for all I know . Yeah, that was one of the first things I noticed when I used Linux - what was it with all those applications starting with K? It has historical reasons why they started doing that, and it seems to just continued . K = KDE - Wikipedia entry on KDE ( . wikipedia . org/wiki/KDE" target="_blank">en . wikipedia . org) I can tell you GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program . Not sure if Samba is an acroynm, Kooka, hmm think they were getting desperate for semi-sensible words starting with K, and kino I suspect the same reason . But xbiff is derived its name from this: qoute The strangely named xbiff client notifies you when new mail arrives . It produces a picture of an American-style mailbox, and whenever new mail arrives, the flag on the side of the box will be raised . A useless piece of trivia: xbiff is so called because the original Unix utility to notify the user of new mail was called biff . Biff was a dog, owned by a student at University of California, Berkeley in the days when BSD Unix was being developed . Biff had a habit of barking when the postman came . - there you have it . :p	Jen (38)
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