Guide me to install ubuntu ... Vista installed already..

[Dhruv11]

Woaahh ! Every thing seems to be confusing. visited this gnome-look site and there are so many categories. Downloaded few things and i dont know what they are.

 

[gary4gar]

okkk...

epdai neenga ivalo difficult commands niyabaga,ma vachirukeenga??

these commands are not needed for most users


btw how about saying in english?

Woaahh ! Every thing seems to be confusing. visited this gnome-look site and there are so many categories. Downloaded few things and i dont know what they are.

its dead simple
Download any theme from site.
for example we choose Wii-Black
now click on download
the theme will be downloaded, now Goto
System>Preferences>Appearance
drap drop the file you just downloaded over Appearance dialog box

 

[mehulved]

Cool. And if we want, we can install KDE on GNOME ?

You can't install KDE on GNOME. You can install KDE along with GNOME.

 

[naveen_reloaded]

is ubunut is the best or isthere anything other more bewtter than ubuntu??

 

[mehulved]

What is ubunut?
Best one depends on each one's perception. I consider gentoo to best suit my needs, thus I am on gentoo/freebsd these days.
I know people way better than me with linux and prefer ubuntu/mandriva/debian.
In short, there's no best linux. All of them are almost same, except for the package management part. And maybe some GUI tools, like suse's YaSt, etc.

 

[naveen_reloaded]

sorry for the typo....

ok .. why cant linux community get united and concentrate on one or two OS to the maximum... i feel its too fragmented...

correct me if i am wrong..

 

[Dhruv11]

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What are these things ?
All i could figure out was these things are for desktop enhancements but no idea how to make them work

 

[ray|raven]

^ Gtk 1.x themes are for the older gtk.Which is now obsolete.
Gtk 2.x themes are for the current gtk, which is used by gnome / xfce.
Gtk draws all the widgets , i.e the buttons, scrollbars etc.

Metacity themes are the window decorations.
Beryl themes are also window decorations, but to be used when you are using compiz.

GDM themes are for the logon screen.
Splash screens are for the splash you see when gnome/xfce loading.

Desklets/Screenlets are small apps displayed on the screen.
Xmms themes are for xmms /bmp/audacious etc, basically like winamp skins.

Topa Brainstorm is a section to think ideas for next version of gnome .
Nautilus scripts are bash scripts used to extend functionality of nautilus.
Meamo apps are for Nokia N800.

 

[gary4gar]

^ Gtk 1.x themes are for the older gtk.Which is now obsolete.
Gtk 2.x themes are for the current gtk, which is used by gnome / xfce.
Gtk draws all the widgets , i.e the buttons, scrollbars etc.

Metacity themes are the window decorations.
Beryl themes are also window decorations, but to be used when you are using compiz.

GDM themes are for the logon screen.
Splash screens are for the splash you see when gnome/xfce loading.

Desklets/Screenlets are small apps displayed on the screen.
Xmms themes are for xmms /bmp/audacious etc, basically like winamp skins.

Topa Brainstorm is a section to think ideas for next version of gnome .
Nautilus scripts are bash scripts used to extend functionality of nautilus.
Meamo apps are for Nokia N800.

+1 nicely explained
Good job ray

 

[ray|raven]

+1 nicely explained
Good job John

John?

 

[gary4gar]

John?

i meant ray, sorry mind was somewhere else. my hangs lost contact with my mind.

btw edited the post

 

[ray|raven]

i meant ray, sorry mind was somewhere else. my hangs lost contact with my mind.

Yeah, I get it.

 

[Faun]

john ! lol good work raven

 

[Dhruv11]

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And from where can i get this ObjectDock thing for Linux ? and what is it called btw ?

 

[infra_red_dude]

^^^ That is called Avant-Window Navigator (AWN). You also haf Cairo Dock and Kiba Dock.

You can get step by step instructions on how to install it. For AWN you can refer Mac4Lin documentation. For other docks you can easily find it on the net.

 

[naveen_reloaded]

thnks .. will try it...

but no one has answered my prev questiom...about fragmented linux community...

 

[gary4gar]

A Linux distribution is like a religion. If you've ever tried to suggest to another person that his or her choice of a distro might not be the best, then you know what I mean. Even if you haven't, you have probably come across a "distribution opinion war" on one of the mailing lists or public forums. But that's OK. We should be passionate about things we love, even if it's just a mass of programming code. What follows are facts and figures about Linux distributions. Personal opinions may vary, but facts are a lot more difficult to dispute...

No one has control over Linux
Hence anyone with a some spare time on his hands can create one because Linux is free.
Making a single distro out of all available versions is like making the whole world follow One religion
Which is not possible

 

[praka123]

multiple distros multiple inventions.did u know that many innovations comes from various distros and their communities?
most being from fedora/RH ,followed by Debian and SUse,gentoo etc.
the one which I feel the best is upstart project from ubuntu replacing sysVinit
compiz is first contributed to OSS community by novell and goes on(RPM from RedHat..)
when regarding distro faithfullness,it is something like in the case of GNU/Linux vs window$
sincerely ,if I want to convert all opensuse users saying that it is such a resource hog(white elephant) and yast sucks real bad get Debian or Ubuntu or Archlinux,then I wont be alive if I am infront of a Suse fan