ubuntu kicks butt. hmm. I want to share this directory, right click on it, click share, select share with windows computers (smb), ubuntu apt-gets smb in the background, meanwhile I enter the share...

how about KDE apt-get kubuntu Boom oh you want to start developing apt-get kdevelop brings over all needed libraries even had project mono going And I just installed the new release ...

yeah, that's what I'm using 5.10. one thing I've got to figure out though, it seems to slow down a lot after being on for a while. even the system clock gets way out of sync, I set up ntp to upd...

it actually feels slower? is there a memory leak going on? if it's just the clock that slows down, it could be your system clock. the ezabel server used to drift a few minutes every day. i think...

the whole system feels slow. I wish I had a way of benchmarking it to figure it out. the system monitor and ps don't show any high memory or cpu usage, but its definitely much much slower. as fo...

you have the same problem with both KDE and GNOME?

so to use KDE: from synaptic, I just need to install kubuntu desktop? (and its required packages?)

it will automatically setup everything needed, and it will add a session option to your login screen

yeah, same problem even using kubuntu. I kept the machine on all night and now its very slow. I'm shutting it down, and what should take about a minute is taking like 15 minutes+ I have no idea ...

Ah man that stinks! Must be some kind of bad driver, I don't know.

yeah. sucks though. time to do some digging.

Did you try the live CDs?

nah, I forgot to bring in/burn some. I did find some info on linux compatability with this machine. apparently its either a hyperthreading issue, a CPU heat issue or a opengl screensaver issue: ...

turned out to be a bios problem. update bios, problem fixed