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The Talented Mr. Gurgeh
Active Member
Member # 318

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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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"If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing."

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The Talented Mr. Gurgeh
Active Member
Member # 318

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Jeeeeesus Mary and Joseph, that desktop slide thing is class!!! And the minimize, the minimize!!!

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Charles Capps
We appreciate your concern.
It is noted and stupid.
Member # 9

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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

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TSN
I'm... from Earth.
Member # 31

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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

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Cartman
just made by the Presbyterian Church
Member # 256

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Of course, Linux in itself is enlightenment enough when compared to *cough* Windows *cough*. Funny name though.

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Nim
The Aardvark asked for a dagger
Member # 205

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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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Cartman
just made by the Presbyterian Church
Member # 256

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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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"Cry havoc and let's slip the dogs of Evil"

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PsyLiam
Hungry for you
Member # 73

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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

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Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs
astronauts gotta get paid
Member # 239

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"It smells LUNIX to me." - Dude in my C++ class.

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

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TSN
I'm... from Earth.
Member # 31

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UM: You go to school w/ Jeff K.? *L*

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Gaseous Anomaly
Senior Member
Member # 114

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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!"

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Malnurtured Snay
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Member # 411

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Er. No, he doesn't.

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TSN
I'm... from Earth.
Member # 31

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I said "Jeff K.", not "JeffK". Learn the difference before it gets you in trouble. *L*

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Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs
astronauts gotta get paid
Member # 239

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The difference being: He is fucking 1337, you are not.

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

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TSN
I'm... from Earth.
Member # 31

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Exactly. When you become a 1337 MASTAR OF TEH COMPUTAR H4X0RING!!11!!!1, you can be like Jeff K., too...

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