11-16-09 Screen Shot of Desktop
11-16-09 - Desktop Screen Shot
Ubuntu 9.04 – screen shot. I have a setup of the OS using compiz effects. To scroll between multiple desktops using a cylinder effect. I have four workspaces set up.
Ubuntu is an open-source OS (operating system).
Pros:
Multiple workspaces
CPU Scaling
The OS is more secure than others
Alchemy – Pretty nifty open source drawing program
MyPaint – Alternative to using Corel Painter
GIMP – Alternative to using Photoshop
VLC Media Player – Alternative to using Winamp
Open Office – Alternative to using MS Office (opens most MS Office documents)
Wine – Allows user to run most supported MS Windows .exe programs in Ubuntu (I was able to get Guild Wars to run, but the play was slightly choppy as it wasn’t taking full advantage of the graphics hardware in my laptop). I mostly run Flash 8 under Wine
Ubuntu supports Wacom tablet drivers / functionality in most programs
Cons:
Guild Wars runs choppy under Wine.
Open Canvas crashes after a while under Wine.
The Pros for me out weight the cons. I have a dual boot system with Ubuntu 9.04 and Windows XP Pro. I keep Windows around to play Guild Wars.
