Nismo
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Think its Linux , but how cool is this OS 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYsxaMyFV2Y
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willay
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yep its linux, looks fun
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Russ
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yeah linux, but has other programs running which are a pain in the tits to get working to say the least
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Doug
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How hard would it be to get that running as a dual boot on my laptop?
Would it need serious ammounts of ram etc?
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Marc
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I got bored after 1min!! 
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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Only limitation with XGL though is you can only have 4 desktops, the top and bottom plane of the cube are for just a single texture for eye-candy
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by Doug
How hard would it be to get that running as a dual boot on my laptop?
Would it need serious ammounts of ram etc?
You need less resources to run a Linux system as opposed to a Windows system 
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Cosmo
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bit pointless IMO, looks fancy and would impress people who hadnt seen anything like it before, but would much prefer something simpler for day to day use.....or just more screens!
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Doug
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So to have that running on a system what sort of specs would you need?
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
You need less resources to run a Linux system as opposed to a Windows system
Im guessing having those add-ons to make it do that would use up more than your standard Windows system though!!
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Ian
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Requires less faffing and more monitors IMO.
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Dom
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Installing Ubuntu is fairly straight forward, but how hard is it getting XGL/Kiba-dock etc installed? Does it require kernel rebuilds?
Might be tempted to pop it on just for peeing around with 
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Looks very cool.
Not of any use at all for anything apart from showing off in videos like that though.
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Bram
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Looks very cool.
Not of any use at all for anything apart from showing off in videos like that though.
A lot like Firefox then!
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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Gimmick...
Why the fuck do you need a movie playing as your back ground if your gonna have your work / documents open over the top? 
who cares that on the back or sides of the cube there's other video's playing at the same time! you can only look at one side of the cube at once, it's utterly pointless... other than going 'look at me, I'm a Geek'.
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Jay
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quote:
Originally posted by Marc
I got bored after 1min!!
I got bored well before that, I wasnt impressed 
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Rob_Quads
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Multiple Desktops are really useful as you can have a window for browsing, another for something like video editing etc.
Its a great show off feature but once you are using your computer you don't really notice it.
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