Fedora 8 + GNOME + Wine + Compiz + Screenlets

Demo of Fedora 8 running under GNOME with Compiz, Screenlets, Pidgin, MP3 and DVD, and Counter-Strike Source running through Wine. No Sound. If you have any questions let me know.

Get Fedora for free:
http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora

More info:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog&pop=1

Basic PC specs are as follows:
NVIDIA 7950 GX2, SLI and MultiGPU set to AUTO, Intel Core 2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz,2 GB Dual-Channel DDR21 SDRAM (667MHz, 2 DIMMs)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Fedora
• Linux
• GNOME
• Compiz
• Wine
• Screenlet
• Counter-strike

[ENightmare69]

Question about the cube effect... I checked my Fedora 10 install and it says Compiz is installed.. I check the settings and all it has is Wobbly window and cube.. cube though is between desktops and when you select a window then it jumps straight to it.. not slow fluid motion like yours.. would that be due to Screenlets?

[punktdawg]

You want to install the CCSM package from Add/Remove software. Use this to configure Fedora. Theres actually a few more steps, when I get some time I'll make a video detailing it.

[punktdawg]

I added some annotations that should answer some of your questions.

[macrover180]

say I have a tiny question: is it less of a hassle to install Fedora than Ubuntu? I attempted to install Ubuntu for several hours now and so far I can't get it installed. I suspect that it could just be my hard drive that's giving me trouble but I not too sure. Another tiny question-can fedora instantly recognize my wireless usb adapter(linksys) and allow me to connect? Thanks for your time!

[punktdawg]

Ubuntu obviously has a lot more support, although if you use some elbow grease you can find support for Fedora as well. I like the Fedora distro because I've been using Red Hat and am very familiar with Red Hat's way of doing things.

[scofield123break]

linux>>> windows

[SoFoSTheWise]

Wine Is Not an Emulator

[ENightmare69]

Cheers :)

[2bad4islam]

gtk-RecordmyDesktop I use for ubuntu

[kinjo230]

hi i was just woundering what screen recorder u used to make this vid i would be very gratful if you could tell me thanx

[jegesvensk]

nope is alcohol :D

[Tuff5]

What did you use to get the thumbnails on the tabs at the bottom of the screen?

[bastion1232]

If you are heavy into gaming you would probably want to stick to windows (vast majority of games are written for windows), although a few that do run natively under linux, Eve: Online, Doom3, Never Winter Nights: Platinum, Unreal Tournament2k3 not sure about 2004, Sauerbauten (aka cube 2) Nexuis. WoW runs very well under WINE.