well, ive gotten sick and tired of using a whole desktop environment. honestly, i don't use all the stuff that it provides. so i have decided to make the switch. im going over to just a window manager.

right now, im testing out openbox. unfortunately, you can't use compiz in combination with just a window manager, as compiz is a window manager in itself (you can apparently tweak compiz to act as a window manager, but im not attempting that for at least a day or two).

here's a screenshot fo my current openbox desktop. note the extraordinarily low resource usage.


(sorry for the poor quality screenshot, its a jpeg)

So is slackware like, the most badass version of linux ever? im thinking about changing, also, how much ram do you have? its epic that you still have 98% of it to play with

sweet dude. I've always liked absurdly lightweight window managers.

(13/01/2011 03:34 PM)Barcelona Wrote:  its epic that you still have 98% of it to play with

lolwut.

How does 100 - 16 = 98?

(13/01/2011 03:34 PM)Barcelona Wrote:  So is slackware like, the most badass version of linux ever? im thinking about changing, also, how much ram do you have? its epic that you still have 98% of it to play with

it is indeed. but it is a little too hardcore for most users. you have to build every program you want from source, and need to be very comfortable with manually configuring every bit of the OS, because it gives you a "stock" system, and just lets you make it what you want.

and i have 4gb ram, and this is the first time its dropped below 30% usage.

(13/01/2011 03:40 PM)lembas Wrote:  sweet dude. I've always liked absurdly lightweight window managers.

(13/01/2011 03:34 PM)Barcelona Wrote:  its epic that you still have 98% of it to play with

lolwut.

How does 100 - 16 = 98?

Oh, yeah, i left my brain in my locker sorry

(13/01/2011 03:44 PM)trademark91 Wrote:  

(13/01/2011 03:34 PM)Barcelona Wrote:  So is slackware like, the most badass version of linux ever? im thinking about changing, also, how much ram do you have? its epic that you still have 98% of it to play with

it is indeed. but it is a little too hardcore for most users. you have to build every program you want from source, and need to be very comfortable with manually configuring every bit of the OS, because it gives you a "stock" system, and just lets you make it what you want.

and i have 4gb ram, and this is the first time its dropped below 30% usage.

That's a little too difficult for me right now... im still getting used to ubuntu, and let me tell you, if you arent already a windows power-user, you won't stand a chance with ubuntu... so im guessing i need to be a linux power-user now? XD

(13/01/2011 03:48 PM)Barcelona Wrote:  let me tell you, if you arent already a windows power-user, you won't stand a chance with ubuntu...

lolwut? i don't know hardly anything about windows, and i could find my way around ubuntu in my sleep. they're two independent operating systems, with completely different ways to operate.

(13/01/2011 03:48 PM)Barcelona Wrote:  so im guessing i need to be a linux power-user now? XD

no, not really. i didnt know much about linux when i started with slackware. it thrusts you into an environment where you learn what to do very quickly (or give up and go back to debian :p). after a month of slackware, youll have learned more than you probably would in a year of ubuntu. and the best part is, the things you learn in slackware, you can apply to any distribution, because you learn how to control the OS from LINUX's configuration files, not ubuntu's included wizards.

there's an old saying "if you learn red hat, youll know red hat. if you learn slackware, youll know linux"

id say that pretty much sums it up.

that being said, don't just run off, download slackware, delete ubuntu, and expect everything to work out, but if you ever did decide to take the plunge, id be happy to help you get it set up and everything.

(13/01/2011 03:55 PM)trademark91 Wrote:  

(13/01/2011 03:48 PM)Barcelona Wrote:  let me tell you, if you arent already a windows power-user, you won't stand a chance with ubuntu...

lolwut? i don't know hardly anything about windows, and i could find my way around ubuntu in my sleep. they're two independent operating systems, with completely different ways to operate.

(13/01/2011 03:48 PM)Barcelona Wrote:  so im guessing i need to be a linux power-user now? XD

no, not really. i didnt know much about linux when i started with slackware. it thrusts you into an environment where you learn what to do very quickly (or give up and go back to debian :p). after a month of slackware, youll have learned more than you probably would in a year of ubuntu. and the best part is, the things you learn in slackware, you can apply to any distribution, because you learn how to control the OS from LINUX's configuration files, not ubuntu's included wizards.

there's an old saying "if you learn red hat, youll know red hat. if you learn slackware, youll know linux"

id say that pretty much sums it up.

that being said, don't just run off, download slackware, delete ubuntu, and expect everything to work out, but if you ever did decide to take the plunge, id be happy to help you get it set up and everything.

Well, i guess what i meant was, if you look at a zip file and think, "damn, i got another one of those zipped folders, i wish they werent all corrupted..." then you might want to stay for a while. but, if you look at a computer and think "file management, calculations, etc" while, other people look at the computer and think "FACEBOOK!!!" then you might be ok.  And, im gonna see if i can fit slackware on my flash drive, does it have wobble windows? i need something to figure out on my own ;)

(13/01/2011 04:07 PM)Barcelona Wrote:  

(13/01/2011 03:55 PM)trademark91 Wrote:  

(13/01/2011 03:48 PM)Barcelona Wrote:  let me tell you, if you arent already a windows power-user, you won't stand a chance with ubuntu...

lolwut? i don't know hardly anything about windows, and i could find my way around ubuntu in my sleep. they're two independent operating systems, with completely different ways to operate.

(13/01/2011 03:48 PM)Barcelona Wrote:  so im guessing i need to be a linux power-user now? XD

no, not really. i didnt know much about linux when i started with slackware. it thrusts you into an environment where you learn what to do very quickly (or give up and go back to debian :p). after a month of slackware, youll have learned more than you probably would in a year of ubuntu. and the best part is, the things you learn in slackware, you can apply to any distribution, because you learn how to control the OS from LINUX's configuration files, not ubuntu's included wizards.

there's an old saying "if you learn red hat, youll know red hat. if you learn slackware, youll know linux"

id say that pretty much sums it up.

that being said, don't just run off, download slackware, delete ubuntu, and expect everything to work out, but if you ever did decide to take the plunge, id be happy to help you get it set up and everything.

Well, i guess what i meant was, if you look at a zip file and think, "damn, i got another one of those zipped folders, i wish they werent all corrupted..." then you might want to stay for a while. but, if you look at a computer and think "file management, calculations, etc" while, other people look at the computer and think "FACEBOOK!!!" then you might be ok.  And, im gonna see if i can fit slackware on my flash drive, does it have wobble windows? i need something to figure out on my own ;)

wobble windows are from compiz, a window manager independent of distribution.

(13/01/2011 04:19 PM)trademark91 Wrote:  

(13/01/2011 04:07 PM)Barcelona Wrote:  

(13/01/2011 03:55 PM)trademark91 Wrote:  

(13/01/2011 03:48 PM)Barcelona Wrote:  let me tell you, if you arent already a windows power-user, you won't stand a chance with ubuntu...

lolwut? i don't know hardly anything about windows, and i could find my way around ubuntu in my sleep. they're two independent operating systems, with completely different ways to operate.

(13/01/2011 03:48 PM)Barcelona Wrote:  so im guessing i need to be a linux power-user now? XD

no, not really. i didnt know much about linux when i started with slackware. it thrusts you into an environment where you learn what to do very quickly (or give up and go back to debian :p). after a month of slackware, youll have learned more than you probably would in a year of ubuntu. and the best part is, the things you learn in slackware, you can apply to any distribution, because you learn how to control the OS from LINUX's configuration files, not ubuntu's included wizards.

there's an old saying "if you learn red hat, youll know red hat. if you learn slackware, youll know linux"

id say that pretty much sums it up.

that being said, don't just run off, download slackware, delete ubuntu, and expect everything to work out, but if you ever did decide to take the plunge, id be happy to help you get it set up and everything.

Well, i guess what i meant was, if you look at a zip file and think, "damn, i got another one of those zipped folders, i wish they werent all corrupted..." then you might want to stay for a while. but, if you look at a computer and think "file management, calculations, etc" while, other people look at the computer and think "FACEBOOK!!!" then you might be ok.  And, im gonna see if i can fit slackware on my flash drive, does it have wobble windows? i need something to figure out on my own ;)

wobble windows are from compiz, a window manager independent of distribution.

Ok, my flash drive is being formatted, the window says "Please wait..."
But all i see is "Your files (life) is now being stabbed" good thing i made a backup