Desktop Experience: Give it a try

My new shining Dapper (K|X)Ubuntu (Development Version) gives me a thrill of excitement. It really cut out the loading time of Gnome and KDE. It really faster than the previous release (Breezy).

How to get the thrill? Simple:

1. Install Breezy, there are a lot of them in my campuss (thx to Debconf 2). You may grab one in the helpdesk.:) I used one from InfoLINUX. Install it on your PC, or you may install it after you did #2.
   
2. Find someone's PC, like in the Lab OS (ask Iang, Jeab, or Eka) and use one of the computer there (use my research box if you like). Bring your HD and install it on the given computer. I asked Ramot to use a computer from Ristek.
   
3. Put your HD in that computer and boot to your Ubuntu. Set your network configuration, by set your IP, Gateway, Netmask, and your DNS. Ask for someone because this is crucial info, I will not give them here in the Net. Either by using Kontrol Panel, Gnome network, or by become a porn star, you can set them out.
   
4. Edit your /etc/apt/source.list and comment out the first line (it should be CDROM) by adding '#' to the first line. If you lucky, there might be many repositories commented out. You can change the repositories into kambing.vlsm.org and any breezy into dapper. So, the repo may like this: (sort of or you might just copy below)
   #deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ - Release i386 (20051012)]/ breezy main restricted
   
   deb http://kambing.vlsm.org/ubuntu dapper main universe multiverse restricted
   deb-src http://kambing.vlsm.org/ubuntu dapper main universe multiverse restricted
   
5. Run ' sudo apt-update', 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade', and 'sudo apt-get upgrade' in a row and.... Voila! The Dapper is ready.
   

To bad, the menu doesn't fix well in Gnome, that's way I recently moving away from Gnome to KDE (not because of Torvald). I really like Gnome and I prefer it than KDE. I like the gDesklets more than SuperKaramba (my .02$). I don't know about kbfx. Actually, I like E17 but it seems ages 'till it mature enough to be baked out from CVS. Hopefully it come in the Dapper.

Btw, I've found the solution from this thread. It gives 3 ways to handle it:

1. Kill all the culprits. Run this in SHIFT + F2 or in a terminal invoked by pressing those keys.

   killall gam_server

2. Edit '/etc/menu-methods' and remove a file named 'gnome-vfolder-user'. And then you can restart gnome or by 'killall gnome-panel' to restart your gnome panel.
3. Do 'sudo apt-get menu' and then 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure menu gnome-menus menu-xdg' respectively. This is the most elegant way and I recommend this method (anti evil hack).

You might want to install some package, such as:

1. For all nVidia graphics card install 'nvidia-settings'. If you're using nVidia latest card try to 'sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx'. If you have GeForce2 and below try to 'sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-restricted' instead. Last, then run ' nvidia-glx enabled'. Don't forget to install linux-iX86-restricted-modules where X = 3|6 depending your system (default X=3). Detailed info read here. Don't restart your X, because you have a nice nVidia's gfx card at home, not here (my research PC don't have it). You just install the driver.
   
2. You might to try out X.org latest extension: XComposite. Run 'sudo apt-get install libxcomposite1' and then don't forget the RENDER extension that will speed up your X render caps: 'sudo apt-get install libxrender1'. For nVidia people, add these 2 line after 'Driver "nvidia"': 'Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True" ' and 'Option "RenderAccel" "True" '. The result might be like this:

   Section "Device"
   Identifier "Generic Video Card"
   #Driver "vesa"
   Driver "nvidia"
   BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
   Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True"
   Option "RenderAccel" "True"
   EndSection

   
   Add these line in the end of the configuration file:

   Section "Extensions"
   Option "Composite" "True"
   Option "RENDER" "True"
   EndSection

3. Add gDesklets by running 'sudo apt-get install gdesklets gdesklets-data'
4. Add Super Karamba by running 'sudo apt-get install superkaramba'
   
5. Add Yakuake by running 'sudo apt-get install yakuake'
6. Find for yourself a worthy theme and a wallpaper from kde-look.org, gnome-look.org, xfce-look.org, art.gnome.org, or else where.

Alright, I'm getting bored here. Just look for useful package using synaptic. It's there in the menu, or you could run it by typing 'sudo synaptic' and then install all the package by selecting them and mark them to be installed and then apply. No need to sudo apt. It can search the package too. You might want to use it in all above installing section (except for dist-upgrade and upgrade).