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clive G1FYE Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 4 Nov 04 Posts: 1284 Credit: 15,204,908 RAC: 16,110	Message 1259607 - Posted: 12 Jul 2012, 21:51:50 UTC
	It seems that the traditional desktop we know is being killed off, More operating systems are going over to some kind touch screen tablet type format. It seems as if the developers think that `everyone uses them` Well i have not and dont like big blobs of icons all over the screen. I am a mouse clicky drop down menue type. or even a keyboard and tab driven system. Not a multitouch finger likin thingy in the house. Baa humbug, new fangled teckno geekery :¬)
	ID: 1259607 ·

Mike Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 19783 Credit: 21,915,552 RAC: 29,301	Message 1259610 - Posted: 12 Jul 2012, 22:02:43 UTC
	Yeh, me too. I found out Gnome 3 is not much liked either. ____________
	ID: 1259610 ·

T. Stark Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Jul 06 Posts: 437 Credit: 1,200,029 RAC: 0	Message 1259738 - Posted: 13 Jul 2012, 8:48:57 UTC Last modified: 13 Jul 2012, 8:54:02 UTC
	I run it and like it a lot so far. In face I have ran it since developer preview. No major problems yet, except for some driver issues but no biggy. ____________ -James "Catch phrase here, just wait... Its going to be witty."
	ID: 1259738 ·

Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 23353 Credit: 4,628,559 RAC: 3,788	Message 1259827 - Posted: 13 Jul 2012, 13:11:16 UTC Last modified: 13 Jul 2012, 13:12:08 UTC
	I am a mouse clicky drop down menue type. or even a keyboard and tab driven system. Not a multitouch finger likin thingy in the house. Baa humbug, new fangled teckno geekery :¬) Thank god for that, I thought I was on my own there for a minute. Right, let's start a revolution here and now. I propose a new international organisation, dedicated to opposing new MS versions of Windows. We will have the Campaign motto "Bugger off latest limp over crappy klutz system" I think you can all see what our letter heading and logo will be. So folks, let it start here!
	ID: 1259827 ·

HAL9000 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 3297 Credit: 78,465,111 RAC: 59,387	Message 1259837 - Posted: 13 Jul 2012, 13:35:26 UTC - in response to Message 1259827.
	I am a mouse clicky drop down menue type. or even a keyboard and tab driven system. Not a multitouch finger likin thingy in the house. Baa humbug, new fangled teckno geekery :¬) Thank god for that, I thought I was on my own there for a minute. Right, let's start a revolution here and now. I propose a new international organisation, dedicated to opposing new MS versions of Windows. We will have the Campaign motto "Bugger off latest limp over crappy klutz system" I think you can all see what our letter heading and logo will be. So folks, let it start here! I don't mind touch input when it can be useful or faster than other forms of input. However, I don't see the desktop as being one of them. My monitor is normally further away than my arms are long anyway. ____________ SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the BP6/VP6 User Group today!
	ID: 1259837 ·

Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 23353 Credit: 4,628,559 RAC: 3,788	Message 1259861 - Posted: 13 Jul 2012, 15:19:38 UTC
	My monitor is normally further away than my arms are long anyway. Exactly. It will only work with tablets and the like, and who wants one of them unless you are a show off or a nerd, or have too much money ....
	ID: 1259861 ·

Horacio Send message Joined: 14 Jan 00 Posts: 536 Credit: 33,556,746 RAC: 115,460	Message 1259863 - Posted: 13 Jul 2012, 15:40:39 UTC - in response to Message 1259861.
	My monitor is normally further away than my arms are long anyway. Exactly. It will only work with tablets and the like, and who wants one of them unless you are a show off or a nerd, or have too much money .... LOL... just a couple of years ago, I thought that LCD/Plasma monitors will never make it to my desktop: Its only worth for notebooks, Ive said, you cant see well if you are not at the right angle and they are awfully expensive. Well... You know... My TRC died, and the LCD was cheaper than fixing it... Now that we have touch screen the next step is speech recognition, I mean true recognition not just command recognition... "Computer, where are my glasses?" :D ____________
	ID: 1259863 ·

HAL9000 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 3297 Credit: 78,465,111 RAC: 59,387	Message 1259876 - Posted: 13 Jul 2012, 16:33:16 UTC - in response to Message 1259863.
	My monitor is normally further away than my arms are long anyway. Exactly. It will only work with tablets and the like, and who wants one of them unless you are a show off or a nerd, or have too much money .... LOL... just a couple of years ago, I thought that LCD/Plasma monitors will never make it to my desktop: Its only worth for notebooks, Ive said, you cant see well if you are not at the right angle and they are awfully expensive. Well... You know... My TRC died, and the LCD was cheaper than fixing it... Now that we have touch screen the next step is speech recognition, I mean true recognition not just command recognition... "Computer, where are my glasses?" :D You were saying that just a couple of years ago? I've been using a LCD monitor for around 8 years or so. Wow, It might be time to get a new one... Speech recognition is pretty good these days. I can ask my, 2 year old, phone "where are my pants" and it retrieves a list of tailor shops in the area. The newer logic software such as Siri does a lot better job in understanding concepts. ____________ SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the BP6/VP6 User Group today!
	ID: 1259876 ·

Ex Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 12 Mar 12 Posts: 2883 Credit: 1,184,295 RAC: 985	Message 1259880 - Posted: 13 Jul 2012, 16:51:17 UTC
	You were saying that just a couple of years ago? I've been using a LCD monitor for around 8 years or so. Wow, It might be time to get a new one... The only monitor I have in my house is a 9YO CRT flatscreen. Weighs a ton. :-) But even though I love my desktops, I never actually sit AT them. My laptop is all I use to access those machines. As far as the changes in the desktop OSs to be more touch-friendly. That's fine with me, I'm ok with change. But they need to leave options in the OS to set it up for proper desktop use as well. I freaking LOVE the 'Mate' desktop. It's everything Gnome3 and Unity and Win8 are not. ____________ -Dave #2 3.2.0-33
	ID: 1259880 ·

Horacio Send message Joined: 14 Jan 00 Posts: 536 Credit: 33,556,746 RAC: 115,460	Message 1259921 - Posted: 13 Jul 2012, 18:10:44 UTC - in response to Message 1259876.
	You were saying that just a couple of years ago? I've been using a LCD monitor for around 8 years or so. Wow, It might be time to get a new one... Well... I live in the 3rd world... But also, as I become older, "a couple years ago" tend to be much more than "2 years ago" ... Speech recognition is pretty good these days. I can ask my, 2 year old, phone "where are my pants" and it retrieves a list of tailor shops in the area. The newer logic software such as Siri does a lot better job in understanding concepts. But, AFAIK, Siri is a kind of cloud service... which is good for handheld devices, but not for space ships... ;b (And for sure, Win-whatever-number is not a good choice, Metro or not, for a space ship. LOL) ____________
	ID: 1259921 ·

Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 6948 Credit: 1,292,291 RAC: 395	Message 1259925 - Posted: 13 Jul 2012, 18:15:53 UTC - in response to Message 1259880.
	I freaking LOVE the 'Mate' desktop. It's everything Gnome3 and Unity and Win8 are not. Hmmmn, choices, choices.... Win 8 or Mint 13.... That is the question! Finished playing around with Mint (as a mounted .iso in VM) & okish... Completed installation & it's damned fast, even picking up the network without any configuration....very nice & no damned remote access issues..VERY nice. Only problem is that it's not picking up my D-Link Sharecenters atm.... so got some reading/playing around to do..... ____________
	ID: 1259925 ·

Bernie Vine Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 5798 Credit: 15,295,701 RAC: 31,040	Message 1259953 - Posted: 13 Jul 2012, 19:16:12 UTC
	Only problem is that it's not picking up my D-Link Sharecenters atm.... so got some reading/playing around to do. My machines running Ubuntu and Mint can access my Windows Home Server files without any config. Just went to "browse network". ____________
	ID: 1259953 ·

Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 6948 Credit: 1,292,291 RAC: 395	Message 1259969 - Posted: 13 Jul 2012, 20:00:26 UTC - in response to Message 1259953.
	Only problem is that it's not picking up my D-Link Sharecenters atm.... so got some reading/playing around to do. My machines running Ubuntu and Mint can access my Windows Home Server files without any config. Just went to "browse network". That's not a problem Bernie. Mine is doing the same. However, the Sharecenters are connected to the router & each have their own IP address, yet they're not being picked up whereas the other 2 rigs as well as SBS & WHS are. ____________
	ID: 1259969 ·

Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 6948 Credit: 1,292,291 RAC: 395	Message 1260622 - Posted: 15 Jul 2012, 11:59:53 UTC
	MS Confirms Win 8 released in October Nice upgrade costs M$ - £25 ($40), trying to tell us something we already know? ____________
	ID: 1260622 ·

Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 6948 Credit: 1,292,291 RAC: 395	Message 1261539 - Posted: 17 Jul 2012, 14:13:05 UTC
	Hmmn, seems Microsoft is going to be pushing Win 8 & Metro as far as they can..... Microsoft aqquires firm to produce touchscreens ____________
	ID: 1261539 ·

Swordfish Send message Joined: 5 Aug 06 Posts: 65 Credit: 2,889,253 RAC: 5,291	Message 1261598 - Posted: 17 Jul 2012, 21:59:23 UTC
	Yep, and office 13 preview is now available as well. I got windows 8 release preview installed on a spare partition in June, with office 2013 linked in today displayed via metro. Windows 8 is starting to grow on me, especially now I linked up the office preview today. Although ( as has been said elsewhere), this is no start button on the desktop, users can get around and get that. I spent a number of hours getting to know the set-up and layout, and it's all starting to come together. This reminds me of the major interface change from windows 6.22 to windows 95, when major changes occured to the GUI. I'm not promoting windows 8, just evaluating it, but now today, I have certainly not written it off.......time will tell !
	ID: 1261598 ·

Swordfish Send message Joined: 5 Aug 06 Posts: 65 Credit: 2,889,253 RAC: 5,291	Message 1261600 - Posted: 17 Jul 2012, 22:04:46 UTC
	Paragrah 4 of my last post should end with ".....users can get around that" Tired old eyes I think lmaoooooooo
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MarkJ Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Feb 08 Posts: 916 Credit: 14,861,558 RAC: 11,403	Message 1261717 - Posted: 18 Jul 2012, 7:37:59 UTC
	I tried to instal it as a virtualbox "guest" OS. Unfortunately my Lappie doesn't have VT-x or VT-i support so can't run it via vbox. ____________ BOINC blog
	ID: 1261717 ·

Wembley Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Sep 09 Posts: 415 Credit: 882,075 RAC: 128	Message 1261734 - Posted: 18 Jul 2012, 8:42:26 UTC
	____________ Donate with your searches and online buys: http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar/university-of-california-setihome
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HAL9000 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 3297 Credit: 78,465,111 RAC: 59,387	Message 1261808 - Posted: 18 Jul 2012, 13:12:54 UTC - in response to Message 1261734.
	Indeed ____________ SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the BP6/VP6 User Group today!
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