On 09/27/2011 08:00 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> OK, I blew it. In Gnome 3 you change the background by going to the
> Background application. So I don't know where the Preferences-> Desktop
> -> Background comes from in XFCE and LDXE but in any case it does not
> work.
For me, at least, the easie
On 09/27/2011 08:00 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-09-27 at 09:44 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:
>> On Mon, 2011-09-26 at 14:08 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
>>> On 09/26/2011 01:48 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 09/26/2011 01:35 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> If I understand, right clic
On Tue, 2011-09-27 at 09:44 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-09-26 at 14:08 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> > On 09/26/2011 01:48 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> > > On 09/26/2011 01:35 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> > >> If I understand, right click on desk top or terminal to
> > >>
On Mon, 2011-09-26 at 14:08 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 09/26/2011 01:48 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> > On 09/26/2011 01:35 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> >> If I understand, right click on desk top or terminal to
> >> change color, image, etc.
> >>
> >> Bob
> >
> > T
On Mon September 26 2011, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 09/26/2011 01:35 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> > If I understand, right click on desk top or terminal to
> > change color, image, etc.
> >
> > Bob
>
> The problem is there's no way to browse for an image
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> The problem is there's no way to browse for an image, you're stuck with
> the stock ones unless you know where they're stored and add another one.
That is not correct. Just click on the + button below the shown
wallpapers, this will present you
On 09/26/2011 11:11 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> This morning I decided to try the various desktop environments available
> to me, just to see how I react to each. Now nothing I am going to say is
> designed to knock any particular environment. By now everyone knows I
> have a number of complaints ab
On Mon September 26 2011, Aaron Konstam wrote:
>
> Ok, I tried XFCE. I find it far superior to LXDE. You can find things in
> a reasonable fashion. It shares with LXDE the problem of not being able
> to change the backgrounds. I think people who balk at Gnome 3 would find
> it easy to use. Adding
On 09/26/2011 01:48 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 09/26/2011 01:35 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>> If I understand, right click on desk top or terminal to
>> change color, image, etc.
>>
>> Bob
>
> The problem is there's no way to browse for an image, you're stuck with
On 26/09/11 16:48, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 09/26/2011 01:35 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>> If I understand, right click on desk top or terminal to
>> change color, image, etc.
>>
>> Bob
> The problem is there's no way to browse for an image, you're stuck with
> the
On 09/26/2011 01:35 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> If I understand, right click on desk top or terminal to
> change color, image, etc.
>
> Bob
The problem is there's no way to browse for an image, you're stuck with
the stock ones unless you know where they're stor
>
> Ok, I tried XFCE. I find it far superior to LXDE. You can find things in
> a reasonable fashion. It shares with LXDE the problem of not being able
> to change the backgrounds. I think people who balk at Gnome 3 would find
> it easy to use. Adding things to the panel are much easier than with
>
On 26/09/11 16:19, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-09-26 at 11:43 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote:
>> On 09/26/2011 09:11 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
>>> So this morning I tried to get around in LXDE and KDE. I found I quickly
>>> got lost in both.
>> Try XFCE. You may find it easier to use, and in any cas
On Mon, 2011-09-26 at 12:49 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 09/26/2011 12:13 PM, Tom Horsley wrote:
> > Yea, this has crazy variants everywhere. To me, restart is not
> > a variant of shutdown either, yet the vast majority of menu configs
> > seem to want me to click shutdown so I can then click restar
On Mon, 2011-09-26 at 11:43 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 09/26/2011 09:11 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > So this morning I tried to get around in LXDE and KDE. I found I quickly
> > got lost in both.
>
> Try XFCE. You may find it easier to use, and in any case I'd be
> interested in your opinion of
On 09/26/2011 12:13 PM, Tom Horsley wrote:
> Yea, this has crazy variants everywhere. To me, restart is not
> a variant of shutdown either, yet the vast majority of menu configs
> seem to want me to click shutdown so I can then click restart.
It could be worse. You could have to click on Start to
On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:01:51 -0500
Aaron Konstam wrote:
> It is not to big a problem. But being simple minded I want an entry
> called Shutdown. To me Shutdown is not a subset of logout.
Yea, this has crazy variants everywhere. To me, restart is not
a variant of shutdown either, yet the vast majo
On 09/26/2011 09:11 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> So this morning I tried to get around in LXDE and KDE. I found I quickly
> got lost in both.
Try XFCE. You may find it easier to use, and in any case I'd be
interested in your opinion of it.
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On Mon, 2011-09-26 at 17:49 +, JB wrote:
> Aaron Konstam sbcglobal.net> writes:
>
> > ...
> > So this morning I tried to get around in LXDE and KDE. I found I quickly
> > got lost in both.
>
> Will try to help :-)
>
> > In LXDE I could not get LXTerm (I think that its name)
> > to be anythi
Aaron Konstam sbcglobal.net> writes:
> ...
> So this morning I tried to get around in LXDE and KDE. I found I quickly
> got lost in both.
Will try to help :-)
> In LXDE I could not get LXTerm (I think that its name)
> to be anything but transparent, rather than black letters on a white
> backgr
On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:11:38 -0500
Aaron Konstam wrote:
> In each case, some time must be spent initially
> to figure out how to do things.
For great fun, try running ubuntu unity: It has
drunk the mac koolaid and moved the menubar out
of all the apps, but to make things even more
interesting, it
This morning I decided to try the various desktop environments available
to me, just to see how I react to each. Now nothing I am going to say is
designed to knock any particular environment. By now everyone knows I
have a number of complaints about Gnome 3.
So this morning I tried to get around i
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