I am board of all the same desktop environments, they all look the same. They all have the same flat 2D display. since the release of Vista they have all gone flashy and shiny, that’s great but it is still the same as the old ‘95 desktop, it has a menu at the bottom and flat 2D windows. Yes there are some desktops that have some sort of 3D or 2.5D display but these are all still fundamental the same thing.
What I am trying to say is that we need to have a good long look at the current desktop and see what we can do to make it new and exciting. I shall prove my point with these images.
I mean they are all the same, I know Bump Top is different but its still not that different to what we have at the moment.
Basicly I’m looking for something completely different, yet simple to use and has an innovative user interface.
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Windows 3.1x XFCE 4.0 Windows 98 Windows XP GNOME Windows Vista KDE Windows 7
Pete Information, Programming 3D Programming, Linux, modeling, theme, Windows XP
If somehow you have broken the APT package handling utility and you get this error:
ed@niobe:~$ sudo apt-get install xchat
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
Then when you run ‘dpkg –configure -a’ you get this error:
ed@niobe:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:221: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed.
Aborted
This is how I fixed it.
I went to the Synaptic package manager -> Settings -> Preferences -> File -> Delete cached packaged files
Then Edit -> Fix Broken packages
Hope this helps someone ^_^
Pete Linux fix, Linux, Ubuntu
Ubuntu 8.10 beta is out, if you can wait for the final release then download the 8.10 beta now!
I’ll be updating mine. If you already have Ubuntu installed and you want to upgrade from Ubuntu 8.04, press Alt+F2 and type in “update-manager -d”. Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release ‘8.10′ is available. Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions.
Pete Linux Linux, Ubuntu
Set up and working on 6 Sep 2007 on Laptop ubuntu 7.04. With these files;
eciadsl-usermode_0.12-1_i386.deb
pppoe_3.5-4ubuntu1_i386.deb <- Not sure if it did need this one, but its all okay
Config – sudo eciadsl-config-tk
User: pete.maynard@btbroadband.com
Password : Normal BT
VPI: 0
VCI: 38
DNS: UK..British Telecom
Modem: BT Voyager 105
Chipset: GS7470
VID1: 1690 – Defult
VID2: 1690 – Defult
PID1: 0215 – Defult
PID2: 0215 – Defult
ALT synch: 0 – Defult
ALT pppoeci: 0 – Defult
Bin file: gs7470_sybch19.bn
pppmode: VCM_RFC2364
Use DHCP: Not selected
Use Static IP: Not selected
Useful Commands
Used to start the Modem and connect it to internet:
sudo /usr/bin/eciadsl-start
sudo /usr/bin/eciadsl-doctor <- Sorta like a debug
Used to configure:
sudo eciadsl-config-tk
sudo eciadsl-config-text < Sorta like a debug
links
http://eciadsl.flashtux.org/index.php
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsbAdslModem
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-Pete, to future Pete 
P.S I found this note and thought “hey this could be useful for someone”
Pete Linux Linux, set-up, Ubuntu
