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#21

And if you don't want to break your running system when trying/testing things out. You can install virtual machines. A well know virtual software packages is virtualbox

You can install the deb packages with the right architecture(x86 or amd64) and install via

 



Code:
sudo dpkg -i virtualbox.deb




 

or you in ubuntu you can also install straight from the command line cuz I think it's in the repositories via

 



Code:
sudo apt-get install virtuabox




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#22

What do you mean as in theme editor? As in you want to change your desktop themes?

 

You can change themes via I think preferences-->appearance-->themes

There you can customize the standard themes and you can also install downloaded themes for your desktop(kde,xfce,lxde,gnome)

 

http://gnome-look.org/

http://kde-look.org/

http://xfce-look.org/

http://lxde.org/lxde

 

And you also have compiz, where you can customize your desktop with all sorts of funky effects and visuals

 

Example

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#23

Hey sorry for my long absence. I actually just finished a linux/unix seminar for work. Learned a lot but mostly how to navigate directories and get info about a system etc. I also through work got a few old IBM think centre and with some selective interchange ended up with a box having 1 gig of ram a 3ghz p3 and 40 gig hdd. I am running mint linux on mainly I have my usb external drives and sharing them out on the network with Samba. Here is a screenshot of the desktop. still working on it. My hd moniter has multiple inputs and allows you to togle and I think the resolution is about all the cheapo video card can handle. I also have both machines on the same desk and have to take car to use the correct keyboard and mouse as they are really close to each other. [Image: Screenshotat2012-02-20220729.png]

 

Gonna upgrade the ram payday to get a little more performance as I am used to my PC running 8 gigs of ram and a quad core amd chip. Eventually my other think center will end up as the DHCP server and fire wall for the entire home network. And this box will get a capture card to pull video off my cable and it will be my DVR of sorts I wil watch the videos through my ps3.

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#24
Welcome back! Looks nice. Looks like you're running Mint 12?
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#25
Topic went too much offtopic. I moved the last posts to a new topic in a more appropiate section.
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#26
For other problems or questions could you please make a new topic. Otherwise this will be an endless offtopic. thanks :) I''ll move your question to a more appropiate section
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#27
Thanks :)
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