[aklug] Re: A starting point

From: Aaron A. <akbeancounter@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu Sep 17 2009 - 21:15:06 AKDT

--- On Thu, 9/17/09, barsalou <barjunk@attglobal.net>=0Awrote:=0A=0A> To so=
rt of muck out what Jon has been=0A> saying to go with Damien's=A0 =0A> int=
ent, I ran across this:=0A> =0A> http://www.howtoforge.org/the-perfect-desk=
top-ubuntu-9.04=0A> =0A> Although I am currently using Ubuntu and liking it=
,=0A> it doesn't have to=A0 =0A> be Ubuntu.=0A=0AI'm a big fan of those Per=
fect Desktop tutorials; I think I=0Amentioned it in my tl,dr post yesterday=
.=A0 They're also=0Aavailable (with varying degrees of freshness) for Mandr=
iva,=0AFedora, openSuSE, PCLinuxOS, Debian, Mint, and so forth,=0Aeach cent=
ered around the same (or a very similar) set of=0Aapplications. I found it=
 to be a good exercise for =0Aa brand-newbie like me.=0A=0A> Also I heard t=
hat pidgin is=0A> getting replaced by some other application....=0A> but it=
 has been popular as of late.=0A=0AAccording to the Ubuntu Wiki, Empathy is=
 replacing Pidgin=0Aas the installed-by-default IM application in 9.10, tho=
ugh=0AI've heard rumors that testers aren't thrilled with=0AEmpathy.=A0 Sti=
ll a month to release, so who knows?=A0=0AOf course, Pidgin is its own proj=
ect, so it'll still be out=0Athere if you prefer.=0Ahttps://wiki.ubuntu.com=
/KarmicKoala/TechnicalOverview#GNOME=0A=0A-- A.=0A=0A=0A
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