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Ubuntu 7.10 is shipping with xorg.conf gui

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As of an update from a few days ago, users are now able to access a graphical user interface for editing xorg.conf, though only for graphic and display settings. This tool has support for dual monitors at the moment, and with the release of X.org 7.3 it will be possible to add even more. You can turn on and off both (or one) of your monitor(s), change the available resolutions, orientations, and set mirror or exteneded desktops. Fosswire

Typical, I finally get to the point where I can edit the file without ending up at the terminal in panic mode, and they make it easy.

Goodbye Gnome, Hello Fluxbox.

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I installed Fluxbox a while back, and played around with it enough to decide that I do–kinda–like it and to start customizing enough that it would be usuable in the event I decided to switch.

Well in an exactly duplicate of what pushed me to move from Windows to Linux, Gnome decided to crash for no real reason (the first time in years) and it wouldn’t start up, so I switched my default session to Fluxbox, and spent a day or so customizing it enough to make it perfect.

I kinda know what caused the crash ( something involving the gnome theme manager), but everything works the same as it used to and Fluxbox has my computer running faster than it has in a long time, so I like Fluxbox enough that I don’t think I’ll worry too much about fixing it.

If Windows and Linux had a love child it would be:

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Winux? No, React OS.

ReactOS is a free and open-sourced operating system based on the Windows architecture, providing support for existing applications and drivers, and an alternative to the current dominant consumer operating system. ReactOS is a replacement for Windows users.

The raison-d’etre of ReactOS is the simple fact that some people, or especially companies, will -never- switch to Linux. No matter how much Linux gets better, or is better, it is not an option for them…With ReactOS, all those worries vanish. -reactos.org

Focus at present is on developing ReactOS to a stage where it is capable of running most Windows drivers and applications “out of the box . Once the compatibility level has been reached, we may even choose to improve ReactOS beyond its Windows roots. -reactos.org

As you can see it has a distinctly Windows 98 look about it while retaining a sprinkling of the display features that makes Linux superior.

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