Working with Linux on a PC 1624

Snit

Agreed.

Unless I and others here are the exception, and not knowing any different, I would agree it probably must be a live disk issue. I've seen the redrawing but only when I'm stressing my system to an unusual degree - it certainly never happens during normal usage. I'm quite picky and that alone would annoy me to the point of looking for alternatives.

Good of you to honestly relate these problems. Have you made a bug report?

Knoppix is the Father. Never used it but a person I know says good things about his install. Good luck with it.

Now I understand. I don't know the official reason but I know, a few years ago, I deleted the single panel and couldn't find a way of getting existing panel. I like my panels as they are so forgive me for not deleting mine 'just to see' something I suspect and partly hope is correct.

But why would you want to know it's Eye of Gnome anyway? Do you want to open a new instance and make use of its features? Does it matter that the name isn't on the breastle bar? The only time I would be interested is if I wanted to change the default prog which opens images by right-click suddenly appearing program is that's opening the file by default).

Aye, you're probably right.

Have a look at gnome-look.org or art.gnome.org. And please read ubuntuguide.org

I didn't know what you meant. Thanks for the link. Konqueror does this. It is a very cool feature. I wish Gnome's Nautilus would do the same. It's starting to sound more and more that you are a KDE type :-) (Don't worry, you're normal - well, in the majority, anyway)

The icon changing? It must be a feature of the theme I've installed from one of the two sites above. If so, the icon set is Noia Warm.

Even when closed? Your system is FUBAR'd once you alter network settings?

Now now ;-)

1. Oddity or different way of doing something? 2. Oddity or missing feature? 3. Oddity or bug?

If 1, it will take months of everyday usage to be as comfortable with a completely new system and ways of doing things. Having to learn a different way is not hard but added up will make you realise it takes time to learn. It is worth the effort.

If 2, please look on the web for a wishlist and add all you would like to see, though I don't think you mean this.

3 would mean the time 'bug' (if that is what it is and isn't BIOS-hardware clock related)? You have others? Please tell (and submit a bug report).

I don't think any of the different dialog boxes used are going to give a user any problems. Uniformity would be nice, in fact welcomed, but not as big an issue as you are making out. And, as someone else asked 'what do the Save dialogs for The Gimp and OpenOffice look like on Mac?'

Change Linux to the name of distro and I wouldn't 'nit pick', though I would still point you in the direction of KDE.

It was intended as a comment-recommendation for the students as much as for you. I hope it gives what you want, and in consideration to transparency-spring loaded folders, I think it might.

The problem, as I see it, lies in the choice of distro-WM.

Ubuntu is not a distro I would recommend for a migrating-new user. Given ubuntuguide.org and a lot will be explained to new ears, but, I think they would have it a sight easier by using KDE in the form of MDK or a KDE-based livedisk.

No chance of creating a parbreastion and installing Mandrake (PPC)? No spare 4Gb+ hard drives knocking around? Shame - you're missing out.

Good luck with your choices.