PinoyTechBlog

I’ve been reading this filipino blog, It is called PinoyTechBlog wich is a group blog. Its really fun how they wrote nonsense things in it but still fun.(lol!) What i like very much about PinoyTechBlog post is What is the best Linux distro? It’s really sound nonesense!! They just link link link link link and link link link!They won’t post any tips! LOL! just kiding….It’s really fun how the way they blog.

Linux respect Old computer

Maybe windows will abandon sporting Old computers. But linux will adopt it. I’ve quoted something. here it is!

“Unlike other OS, Linux has the flexibility to scale incredibly well across different computers with different levels of horsepower. With the huge range of Open Source available, you can tweak your system so that it can be optimized in lots of different areas. This is particularly useful for recycling PCs. A number of large organizations will throw out older hardware that is unable to run the latest OS from Microsoft. In many cases, these computers are actually perfectly usable if the software is optimized a little. Some Open Source groups have set up to take these old machines, install Linux, and provide them to their local communities.

The first aspect to optimize is the GUI. The default desktop in Ubuntu uses GNOME, and GNOME requires a reasonable degree of processing power. If you don’t need many of the features in GNOME and literally just want to start applications, using something such as ICEWM may be a better choice. Load Synaptic, and ensure the Community repository is enabled. Install the icewm and menu packages. Now log out, and before you log back in, click the Options menu to change your session from the default one to the icewm one. A number of alternative desktop environments are available. For more functionality than icewm, try installing the xubuntu-desktop package and running the xfce session, also seen in Xubuntu (Fig 6-9).

You may also want to explore applications that are more lightweight. As an example, instead of using OpenOffice.org for word processing, try Abiword. It is a featureful but lightweight word processor. Try the following alternatives:

Web Browser: Instead of Firefox, use Galeon.

Terminal: Use an xterm instead of the GNOME Terminal.

Spreadsheet: An alternative to OpenOffice.org for spreadsheets is Gnumeric. “

Why do windows did not respect old P.C? So why use windows ?

Exploring Ubuntu!

Exploring ubuntu desktop is fun. You could surf the web Read email Write spread sheet And Chat with friends with GAIM. Ubuntu desktop is realy made from GNOME, GNOME is one of the leading Desktop manager, Ubuntu also comes with an KDE look that is called kubuntu.

The most fun part on ubuntu is Changing theme, In what way it look, You could delete panel,Change font, Change Color. Because ubuntu comes with Cool brownish color it really look different from other O.S . Ubuntu also comes with a bundle of Apps like firefox wich is one of leading Open source. Ubuntu also comes with Openoffice which is like Microsoft office.Which you could make spread sheet Presentation, ETC. Also There is what they call the GIMP Which is as powerful as photoshop.Ubuntu also comes with a thousand of apps!Which you could download using Add/remove programe.(LOL! if you want to count ‘em).The last thing I want from ubuntu is it is easy to use. But there are other Linux distro wich is as easy as ubuntu.(such as mandriva)