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Linux Mint Debian Edition Review : How Fast and Stable Is Debian Desktop?

When I first came into Linux world, the first distro I tried is Kubuntu (I got it from my friend). In that moment, I was so impressed but later little upset by its policy to not includes multimedia codecs as default. Worst, I had no Internet connection and so I was absolutely blind. Because of my eager to explore “another operating system”, I chose to convert all my mp3 music collection into oggs. I happily worked hard to explore KDE 3.5x desktop but not long time later I was bored and rapidly sought another better distro and then I found Mandriva (version 2006 at that moment). With multimedia codecs included as default, and then I immediately thought “This is the one”. Day by day passed, I was enjoying worked with Mandriva Linux but then I found Ubuntu (version 6.06 LTS) and I suddenly I was so amazed by its GNOME desktop. I thought “What is it? It looks so different. It has no Windows taste.. It is awesome...” So my adventure with Ubuntu began and from that moment I have became ...

Mencoba Desktop Alternatif LXDE di Linux Mint 11 LXDE

Linux Mint 11 LXDE (Klik pada gambar untuk memperbesar) Gnome 3 telah rilis, tapi rupanya, feedback yang bergaung di internet tidak sebaik yang mungkin diharapkan banyak orang. Begitu banyak user yang tidak puas dengan “ inovasi ” Gnome 3 karena dinilai menghilangkan unsur usability atau kegunafungsian, seperti menghilangnya gnome panel, gnome menu yang cukup menyulitkan untuk mengakses aplikasi dan proses perpindahan jendela. Ini persoalan mendasar, dan secara pribadi, saya sepakat. Bahwa developer Gnome melupakan unsur paling fundamental dari desain desktop, yaitu usability atau efektifitas atau kegunafungsian. Lalu di sisi lain, Ubuntu membuat terobosan dengan merancang satu desktop baru, yang walau berbasis Gnome sebagai back-end, menghadirkan kesan ingin membuat satu desktop independen yang diberi nama Unity. Secara pribadi, sekali lagi, saya tidak nyaman dengan Unity karena hampir setali tiga uang dengan Gnome 3 yang mengenyahkan Gnome menu yang sangat amat berguna untuk menga...