Take a Peek into my World - Ubuntu Screencast

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Saturday, November 3. 2007

Posted by Rohan Dayal in Fun, Linux

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Take a Peek into my World - Ubuntu Screencast

Here's a screencast of my new Ubuntu installation in all its glory. The screencast shows off the following in order:

The easy to navigate application menu with classified entries, not just a catch-all menu
Nautilus - The file manager is highly customizable
Windows drives are easily accessible - You just need to enter your password once
The transparent terminal - How's that for eye candy?
Wobbly windows - whoever would have thought of that!
Multiple workspaces - You can organize multiple windows and unclutter your desktop
Firefox is the default web browser - and it should be
Synaptics package manager is used to get access to thousands of programs for Linux
Add-remove programs provides an easier interface for programs customized for Ubuntu - All required programs are automatically downloaded, installed and configured
You can move windows across workspaces - Nice to know that
Finally, the desktop cube in all its glory - Compiz-Fusion is a real shot in the Linux arm

The video was captured in xvidcap that directly records videos in the FLV format as required by Youtube.

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How fast was scrolling in Firefox? There are reports firefox scrolling speed has been compromised in the new drivers. Please let me know

#1 Hugo Torres on 2007-11-20 20:19 (Reply)

I had serious Firefox scrolling problems until the kernel module was loaded... But ever since I put that right, there are no scroll issues.

#1.1 Rohan (Homepage) on 2007-11-21 00:24 (Reply)

How do you classify "scroll issues"? I've tried for many hours now, but Firefox scrolling is far from smooth when I run Compiz. If you start compiz from a terminal, along the lines, does it say something like "Trying again with indirect rendering"?

#1.1.1 helgesdk on 2007-11-22 06:34 (Reply)

Hi Helgesdk. I wish I could post a video of me scrolling in Firefox, but the framerates of videos will not do justice. To be honest, the scrolling is not as perfect as when I scroll in Windows... then again, it is very acceptable and not worth complaining about the driver for. It is WAY WAY better than without using the driver. That was a nightmare! Rohan (PS: It would be great if you could leave your email address in an encoded format (helgesdk [at] gmail [dot] com) for example, so that I can tell you when I post a reply. :)

#1.1.1.1 Rohan (Homepage) on 2007-11-22 15:36 (Reply)

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