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| Newer page: | version 4 | Last edited on Monday, November 18, 2002 11:04:30 am | by MattPurvis | Revert |
| Older page: | version 2 | Last edited on Sunday, November 17, 2002 6:17:17 pm | by CraigBox | Revert |
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!Your guide to enjoying Linux or other Free Unices on the desktop.
As Linux evolves, people obviously see it as being a competitor to MicrosoftWindows as an 'every day e-mail web/email/games platform for YourMum to use.'. Is it at that point yet? Hopefully this discussion will get you thinking and maybe even running Linux as a day-to-day operating system.
-A page on ExcusesNotToRunLinux (and how to get over them) would come in handy here, as would GamingOnLinux.
+A page on ExcusesNotToRunLinux (and how to get over them) would come in handy here, as would GamingOnLinux. If someone complains that ultra-important application x doesn't run under Linux, have a look at the WineNotes page
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Lets get a GoodDesktopDistributions page and put Red Hat, Lycoris, Elx, etc on it.
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* What is BlueCurve and why is it a good idea
* Choosing GnomeVsKde
* Read about AntiAliasedFonts, how it works and doesn't, what provides it and whether or not you want to use it.
* Laptop or LCD users may wish to see SubPixelAntiAliasing, which NeilHoughton is going to write.
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+This may be a bit technical for this line of discussion, but ConKolivas has made a patchset aimed at improving system responsiveness with emphassis on the desktop environment. These patches include the O(1) scheduler, KernelPreemption, LowLatency and CompressedCaching. See [-ckPatchset].
