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https://plus.google.com/111560558537332 ... sKLpwRZwTT

There. I thought it was pretty cool :)
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Very cool ! I vary rarely actually see my desktop though and most of the time it is full of icons ;)
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I don't know what the difference is to a normal desktop... but it looks better than windows :lol:

I'm gonna go ahead and install Ubuntu again, maybe it'll work this time :)
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That one the clock changes time (the background)

Also, the CPU updates and such on the desktop background :)
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EcazS wrote:I don't know what the difference is to a normal desktop...
The big clock and system info :)
EcazS wrote:I'm gonna go ahead and install Ubuntu again, maybe it'll work this time :)
Correct :D I think there were some changes to the installer with the latest version so you might have more luck. The alternate installation might also be worth a try.
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Well, since my motherboard broke one or two weeks ago I can't play the game I normally play because I have this crappy motherboard that uses DDR2 memories and I only have 2GB of DDR2. Try running a game that requires (minimum) 3GB of RAM while at the same time running Windows 7 that requires 2GB :lol:

Making backups now and since I don't have a CD/DVD writer I'm making a Windows 7 installation USB stick just in case something goes wrong and then I'll be set to install Ubuntu :)
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Haha! It worked! I did get the infamous flashing pink/purple screen at first though.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIPWd6TsWlo)

But I was able to solve it by doing this, hopefully it's a permanent and good fix, don't really know what it did...

Unfortunately I can't seem to enable surround sound for my Logitech G35 headset which makes the sound sound really weird. Which is a major turn down. Until I get another headset that works good with linux or until I can fix this issue I'm gonna stay with Windows.

(http://f.ikat.me/yH7aU7.png - Windows doesn't always look bad :))
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Yeah video drivers often cause weird issues like that. If you are using the FGLRX driver you will probably need to run
sudo aticonfig --initial
which will generate the default xorg.conf file that ATI has decided is best for your card. I don't think the correct driver is actually used until you do that, you might notice that if you open the ati control panel (search for ccc) you get a warning about not having a ATI card installed.
EcazS wrote:(http://f.ikat.me/yH7aU7.png - Windows doesn't always look bad :))
The only bit of that screen-shot that is Windows is the taskbar, and looks okay at best. :twisted:
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jacek wrote: The only bit of that screen-shot that is Windows is the taskbar, and looks okay at best. :twisted:
Okay :(

But Rainmeter doesn't use a lot of RAM so... that's positive...
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