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Posted by The Talented Mr. Gurgeh (Member # 318) on :
 
I just logged onto the college Linux computers for the first time. It's using an OS called "Enlightenment". It's like stepping into the future, it just looks so much sleeker than crusty old Windows, although there are a couple of annoying things like having to click the very top of a window to bring it to the front.

One thing, does anyone here know how to change the sensitivity of the mouse with this OS (without editing system files, I don't think I have access to those)? I seem to have to move the mouse a good deal more than usual, and I couldn't find this issue in the help.

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Posted by The Talented Mr. Gurgeh (Member # 318) on :
 
Jeeeeesus Mary and Joseph, that desktop slide thing is class!!! And the minimize, the minimize!!!

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Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
 
Enlightenment sucks. Use Gnome or KDE. *L*

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"Babies are squirmy, ugly, dirty, smelly, and noisy. They'd offend all five of my senses if I had any reason to lick one..."
-- TSN, 2001.01.11 23:27, PhoenixChat
 

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
Your OS is Linux. From your description, and CC's comparison to Gnome and KDE, this "Enlightenment" would seem to be a GUI.

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"I write messages on money.
It's my own form of social protest.
A letter printed on paper that no one will destroy.
Passed indiscriminantly across race, class, and gender lines
and written in the blood that keeps the beast alive
A quiet little hijacking on the way to the checkout counter.
and a federal crime.
I hope that someone will find my message one day when they really need it.
Like I do."
-Rage against the Machine
 

Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
 
Of course, Linux in itself is enlightenment enough when compared to *cough* Windows *cough*. Funny name though.

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
 
Yes, I can't even fathom the ingenious visions Linus Torvalds experienced when choosing a title for his esteemed product.
Simply mindboggling, I'm sure.

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Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
 
Hey, it sounds better than "Windows" - wow, what an imaginative name for such a revolutionary product (people now had an interface based on graphical representations of their computer, called... windows)!

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
 
Well, based on Linux's example, we should be glad that we're not all using an OS called Bill.

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-Trey Parker, co-creator of South Park
 

Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :
 
"It smells LUNIX to me." - Dude in my C++ class.

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"Instructed by history and reflection, Julian was persuaded that, if the diseases of the body may sometimes be cured by salutary violence, neither steel nor fire can eradicate the erroneous opinions of the mind."

-Edward Gibbons, The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire.



 

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
UM: You go to school w/ Jeff K.? *L*

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"I write messages on money.
It's my own form of social protest.
A letter printed on paper that no one will destroy.
Passed indiscriminantly across race, class, and gender lines
and written in the blood that keeps the beast alive
A quiet little hijacking on the way to the checkout counter.
and a federal crime.
I hope that someone will find my message one day when they really need it.
Like I do."
-Rage against the Machine
 

Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :
 
I GOT THE ENLIGHTENMENT AND CONQUERED THE REALM!!!

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At that point, McDonald fired his gun three times in the air to emphasize his point. The crowd, estimated at 350,000, loudly cheered the new candidate.

"Let me make this clear: I am the law! I am your ruler! And you will have fries with that, motherf*cker!"


 

Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
 
Er. No, he doesn't.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
I said "Jeff K.", not "JeffK". Learn the difference before it gets you in trouble. *L*

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :
 
The difference being: He is fucking 1337, you are not.

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"Instructed by history and reflection, Julian was persuaded that, if the diseases of the body may sometimes be cured by salutary violence, neither steel nor fire can eradicate the erroneous opinions of the mind."

-Edward Gibbons, The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire.



 

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 
Exactly. When you become a 1337 MASTAR OF TEH COMPUTAR H4X0RING!!11!!!1, you can be like Jeff K., too...

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"Although, from what I understand, having travelled around the Mid-west quite a bit, apparently Jesus is coming, so I guess the choice now is we should decide whether we should spit or swallow."
-Maynard James Keenan
 



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