I know that 224 pixels may not seem like much, but it’s enough to make me consider moving my Windows 7 taskbar to the side, and configuring Xfce in a similar layout. It’s the same width as the desktop but I’m losing a lot of vertical space. Personally I prefer a 5:4 ratio, as in my 1280×1024 desktop LCD, and I’m trying to get used to the laptop. My question was more about whether the extreme horizontal vs narrow vertical space was a problem for you. I figured it was the native resolution, just as 1280×800 is on mine. I usually have at least two instances of links2 running, an ssh session, a terminal open, file manager, pidgin with at least one chat, and xchat with 6 channels open, going at all times. Over all, as long as I watch what I’m doing, the laptop runs great for its specs. Works surprisingly well for ePub and PDFs and what not. I read eBooks on it using Calibre’s viewer app. I use XChat for IRC, Pidgin for IM, Terminator for my shell, GEdit for text editor, links2 in graphics mode for my browser unless I have to have JavaScript, in which case I fire up Midori. Running Crunchbang Linux with the Liquorix kernel.
Single PCMCIA/Cardbus slot with a PCNet b/g/n WiFi card Single USB 1.1 slot currently with a 64GB USB key attached So I’m stuck using ol’ Faithful for a bit
I sold my PC to raise money for a trip as well as my other laptops. but I’ve regressed back down a few notches. I’ve sicne sold it and was running up to date hardware. It’s a 33mhz 68k with 128mb of ram and a 4gb hdd. I’m curious to see who else uses relatively old machines for their daily use boxes? I think the last time I posted a screen shot I was still using my NeXT Turbo Color daily. Just for funsies, since I’m using this thing quite often – this is what the desktop on my iPad 2 looks like. If you want a screenshot of that, it’s basically the same as the Linux one above, except with a Windows 7 taskbar at the bottom. For anything related to work (90% of my computer time since I only reboot into Linux once I know for sure I’ll have no work for at least a few days), I use Windows 7. I use two operating systems on a daily basis. I’m currently planning a switch to Xfce to future-proof my Linux experience. I use GNOME 2 KDE 4 still won’t work properly for me (this is like, I don’t know, the 5th or 6th hardware configuration I’ve tried? I’ve given up), Unity feels like My First UI, and GNOME 3 looks and works like one of those concept cars – it looks great on photos but it has no engine and the interior is made of clay. Since I’m having a hard time finding interesting things to write about today (unless you guys want a story about Apple losing another iPhone prototype at a bar, or about Samsung’s god-given quest to launch a tablet/smartphone for each number between 3 and 10), let’s do one of those old-fashioned and quaint ‘show us your desktop!’-things. The last time we did this, it was still 2010, so it’s been a while.