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Arch linux + awesomewm:

My lappy running Arch linux.

Is that samurize doing that system info near your taskbar? If so, could you please enlighten me how? :)

Try the package called "xbindkeys" for getting your fn keys to work :)

It's ifconfig, not ipconfig ;)

Why did you turn the beauty of linux into an abomination like that :)

Try changing the boot parameters of the 64-bit livecd. Change 'splash' to 'nosplash', and remove 'quiet'.

Awesome with mutt, ncmpc and zsh running.

What I suggest you to try is Archlinux.

Awesome for quite a long time now. It keeps getting better ;)

You might also give Arch a try. Similar to gentoo but not quite. I prefer it.

I wouldn't advise Gentoo for a first time user either, Then I would rather try arch, which is (in my opinion) easier because it doesn't rely on compiling, and pacman is excellent.

Nothing is perfect. Also installing from within windows isn't very advisable, imo. Glad you haven't given up, though

Awesome on Arch

Arch Linux with Awesome WM Taken in floating mode (rarely use it) specifically for this thread. xD

To get the livecd to boot, instead of pressing enter when you get to the first menu (where you choose to go into the live environment and install ubuntu), you press F6 for extra options. There you change splash into nosplash, and press enter. You could also remove quiet. Hope that helps...

Nice to see another Awesome wm user! Here is my latest incarnation:

Have fun in ubuntu. Don't give up too fast, it's worth it. :)

It's fairly easy - / (root) - 10GB (more than enough) /home - 25GB /data - rest (use this for storage, or if you want to use /home for storage you can skip this data partition, i just find it handier this way) swap - 256MB should be enough.

Check the transgaming cedega site for games that run. I know for example Call of Duty 4 runs in cedega/wine.

You forget about DRM.

Comments welcome.

This is exactly why I am stepping away from Windows OS'es. In linux, YOU (the user) are in control of everything. That is how an Operating System should be. You can bend the OS exactly to how you want it, and no 2 linux installations will be the same. Not to mention the genious root user...

I have went back on both of my computers as well. Even running linux, because I tried it, and loved it.

When you boot from the CD instead of selecting the first option to start and install ubuntu, press F6. there, go to the end of the line, and change "splash" into "nosplash".

I would recommend you start out with ubuntu to become familiar with Linux in general, and then give Arch a spin. Best and fastest user-centric distro out there imo, but much harder to set up for a linux newbie than Ubuntu.

Have you tried changing vsync in nvidia's driver settings?

I was scared of the command line at first as well. It took me only 2 weeks to realise that it was such a powerful tool, much better than any GUI. Right now, I almost solely run commandline based apps.

Totally agreed - ever since I installed linux five weeks ago I can't imagine what I have missed all those years using windows - I have not looked back and I will never ever look back now. Linux is where it's at.

I'd suggest trying Arch.

any questions just ask :D Most info is in the terminal.

Ubuntu running Awesome WM.

It's called "ecto", got it from deviantart.

It's Ubuntu Gutsy, just running Awesome window manager instead of gnome.

I think I'll stick with this one for a while. Loving it :D

Nice to see more people making the switch. You should install the latest 115 version of the adobe flash plugin for it to work properly (not the one from the repo's).

Taking my first steps into Awesome.

Swiftweasel - tweaked firefox Swiftdove - tweaked thunderbird MPD + ncmpc - best audio player Openbox - great window manager Awesome - like the name says: awesome window manager :D Irssi - best IRC client rTorrent - for torrents That's the most important ones I use.

in any case, to install them, try sudo apt-get install k3b or abcde, whichever you will want to try out. That should automatically install dependencies as well.

Thanks. :)