____/ Phoon Hencman on Friday 25 January 2008 00:32 : \____
> On 2008-01-23 20:19:49 -0500, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
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>> Bleeding Edge TV 231: Eee PC Full Desktop Mode, and installing Beryl for
>> more awesomeness
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>> | The second in our series of Asus Eee PC how-to videos, this episode
>> | features instructions on how to activate the Eee PC‘s hidden Full Desktop
>> | Mode, a power-user mode featuring a launcher similar to the Start menu
>> | from Windows. Additionally, Nate True demonstrates how to activate Beryl,
>> | a 3d desktop effect engine that adds stunning visual effects to your
>> | desktop, including windows that stretch and wobble like Jell-O when you
>> | move them around and a rotating desktop cube display.
>> `----
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http://video.gearlive.com/video/article/q108-231-eee-pc-full-desktop-mode-installing-beryl/
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> video is good but the eeepc doesn't come with curl. I tried dpkg' ing
> it and it can't be found.
> I have the 2g surf model. I had such hopes for this! The vid made it
> look simple and if it worked it would have been!
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> Foiled again....
There are other howto's just like this one. Some of them instruct assuming the
use of Ubuntu or another GNU/Linux distribution. It's also possible to to KDE4
on the Eee and it performs nicely.
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