June 2010
4 posts
Vector Linux 6.0 KDE Classic final grade = A+++
And that’s it . The problems with VL 6 KDE C seem to be in the programs, and not with Linux. Like Amarok, updating and then telling me that my playlists can no longer be played, because it can’t read them ? Amarok is a great music player. But, geez. I still use it.
One of my final tweaks was to add shortcuts to my desktop for the image and text editors that i prefer. When 3...
Vector Linux 6.0 KDE Classic is A++++ part 4...
Wow. We are now on our 14th day using VL 6 as our primary OS . Let me tell you about our installation, and our preferences. We already had our hard disk partitioned for Linux, since we were running VL 5.8 on our PC. Basically, we just formatted the partition and installed Vector Linux with the same file system ~ reiser. Not sure how to spell that. After the install, we did a Gslapt update, and we...
May 2010
5 posts
Vector Linux 6.0 KDE Classic is A++++ part 3
Okay, so cleaverb is trying out Linux on his computer. What is the big deal ?
I will try to avoid too much history, and go to the reasons why I am going to Linux. In my opinion, Windows was at its best in Win98 . Now, I loved the thumbnail option for viewing files on your computer, that came with Win Me. and carried into XP. The official Win98 page at http://support.microsoft.com/ph/1139...
Vector Linux 6.0 KDE Classic is A++++ part 2
I would like to start with a link to a video on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FSpvFPglhw
It features a ‘walk-through’ of the Vector Linux 6.0 KDE Classic menus and interface. It was just uploaded a few days ago, and it is very clear. If this is your first look at Linux , please realize that not all Linux operating systems (or distros) look this ‘classic’ ....
Vector Linux 6.0 KDE Classic is A++++
I have been dual-booting windows and Vector Linux 5.8 for over two years now.
I never really got into the ‘nuts and bolts’ of Linux. It just plain worked on my computer. This probably sounds silly, but my main reason for using Windows has always been , to play games. Games that require Direct X or a Windows environment.
Since www.pogo.com came out with Risk on their website in late...
Linux is good.
I have been a Windows user since my first computer The IBM ps2 that i bought for $125 , came with ms-dos 5 and Windows 3.1 .Despite the fact that al i could do with the machine was play Solitaire, i was hooked on Windows. Briefly, my next computer ran 3.1 also. Then we moved up to Win95 , and it was so fine we bought Win 98SE before we had a computer that could run it. Thirty-two megabytes af...
Classic Media Player
Have you ever had a video that wouldn’t play in your regular video program ? Classic Media Player can play just about anything; from normal audio and video files, including Real formats, Quickview movies, and windows video files. And more. The appearance is the ‘classic’ style of the early Windows Media Player 4, yet it’s very lightweight and not a burden on your...
April 2010
2 posts
SeaMonkey - edit web pages in your browser -...
I have been exploring the possibilty of going completely to a Linux OS.
One of the first things that caught my attention in Vector Linux 6.0 was all the pre-installed software. My needs are pretty basic - web browser , musicplayer,
video player, a text pad, photo editor, photo viewer, also including Java and Flash in my web browsing. While looking through the menu, SeaMonkey was the only html...
Wow. What happened to my Opera web browser ?
At first , i thought of going to a forum (any forum) and create a post about the symptoms. Then wait and see if anyone could help. The more i thought about it, it is not that important to me what browser i use. And besides, getting advice from an online forum is pretty slow moving, and boring. Ah. Alright. This is how the post would have gone…= I have been using Opera for a couple of...