I migrated to Solaris and changed the graphics adapter. Look at my desktop (see attachment). Doesn't Solaris look a bit more modern nowadays?
Last time I installed Solaris, the Java Desktop System (JDS), which is based on an old GNOME version, wasn't working very well, but now it does! Also, the installer is now graphical, much like that of Windows or Ubuntu Linux. And, NVIDIA driver installation was a blast, no hassle! :nod:
FreeBSD 7.0 on dual-core CPU with 1600 x 1200 resolution, 3D acceleration (using onboard Intel graphics).
I had to scale down the image to 800 x 600 to post it here as attachment.
This time, a Windows Vista Home Basic destroyed itself, and I installed Ubuntu 7.10 and FreeBSD 7.0 on this box, and used the Intel onboard graphics chipset.
EDIT: I replaced Ubuntu 7.10 w/ Ubuntu 8.04. The right-hand attachment shows the forums page w/ the screen saver applet in the background. Seems Compiz (or AIGLX, if used) is still not finished! Actually, the screen saver image overlaid the web browser window cleanly, but taking the screen shot added another twist to the image ...
This time a more useful screenshot, for the Windows users: Bottom left Debian's Add/Remove Programs facility, which can be used to install a lot of free open-source applications from Debian's internet repositories. Bottom right a transparent terminal window, top right a slightly customized folder view and the combined GNOME clock/calendar task tray app.
A new desktop screenshot from Ubuntu 9.10. I created the desktop image from a photo using the F-Spot photo manager that comes with Ubuntu (still a bit bug-ridden, but boy was that easy). On the right-hand side, you can see three gDesklets: A clock, a calendar and an image viewer. The interesting bit about the gDesklets is, that they consist of nothing more than a file that contains some XML and occasionally, bits of Python code. I guess they should be documented some more, b/c as a user, I had to figure out how they work: The image viewer works by making itself a drop target, and thus accepts images dropped onto it. However, it is currently incapable of resizing its payload, so the images have to be pre-scaled to a proper size (I used The GIMP for that, but any image processing program will do). ... Anyhow, I think it's one of the nicest GNOME desktops I've ever had!
