Working with Linux on a PC 1638

Not a big issue, but would certainly be an improvement.

Well, nothing super cool about it, but what do I want, dancing penguins marching across the screen? :)

Aha... still ugly. :)

Would have been shocked if it were not.

But you are getting everything you would get on any other OS... other than the name of the program you are opening. No other program I noticed even in Linux did this.

No doubt it would be faster on newer hardware and likely with a "real" install, but shouldn't the background be buffered? I could understand some of the jumpiness that OS X used to have real bad in 10.1, but this seems to be anything but modern.

I am in awe of what they get on there... no complaints at all on that one. Can only imagine what LiveDVD's will offer when they become popular.

Just tried on Gnoppix... no can do. Looked in the "Windows" desktop preference and did not see anything to configure this - though I do like that you can do window shading... that is a cool feature.

While playing here I right clicked on the breastlebar... same menu as you get when you click the left most iconic menu (just like Windows). The icon in the menu does not match the icon on the window. Seems to be another boo-boo. Using the default theme for Gnoppix.

There might be some of that.. I do not doubt it. They do have black on gray menus by default - something that is just not well thought out for a general population. Had a kid over at the house today - early teen - she looked at what I was doing and said it was amazingly ugly. She then looked at my Mac (in the same room) and said the screen saver was "awesome". I moved the mouse and showed her the icons and the dock - not even in magnify mode - she though it looked cool and was something she would use. Linux did not draw her in at all. She has barely used my Mac, and mostly uses Windows.

Hard to complain there...

While I do this comparison I am trying to keep that in mind - you can get a Linux box cheaper than a Mac... and update the OS for free... a very cool thing in deed.

Gnoppix auto-recognized the printer - even the type. When I went to print, though, nothing happened. It is being shared from my Mac, so there may be some issue with Apple's emulation of Windows sharing.

But they are included with the distro. I can see the ones that have "standard" dialogs... and actually like the dialog - other than the low contrast coloring.

Compare that to Photoshop on a Mac:

Plenty of customization, yet still very much like the standard OS X ones.

OS X handles this better than XP or Linux, from what I can see. You can point to many reasons, but the fact is for a user, OS X (and its apps) is simply more consistent.

LOL... while the save dialogs are certainly an issue, and are indicative of overall consistency ease of use to at least some extent, they are certainly not a deal breaker.

Still, I would find it rare to suggest Linux to the non-techy students and clients I see after playing here. Just does not have a polished, modern look - even though I have no doubt about it having a modern back end and being excellent for many tasks reasons (servers, techy folks, *free*...etc.)

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