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Dans le passé, J'ai fait des critiques de quelques dérivés inconnus d' | Dans le passé, J'ai fait des critiques de quelques dérivés inconnus d' | ||
- | Je parle de openArtist 5th Incarnation (dorénavant oA), un système d' | + | Je parle de openArtist 5th Incarnation (dorénavant oA), un système d' |
- | Mais cette invisibilité est en large mesure voulue, car le développeur (un étudiant autrichien qui se fait appeler cellstorm), a choisi de garder son système d' | + | Mais cette invisibilité est en large mesure voulue, car le développeur (un étudiant autrichien qui se fait appeler cellstorm), a choisi de garder son système d’exploitation |
**Based upon 64-bit Ubuntu Maverick 10.10, oA packs the Linux 2.6.35 kernel with Gnome 2.32 desktop as default. 3 versions of Openbox are offered as alternates along with Hildon, all of which will be reviewed shortly. | **Based upon 64-bit Ubuntu Maverick 10.10, oA packs the Linux 2.6.35 kernel with Gnome 2.32 desktop as default. 3 versions of Openbox are offered as alternates along with Hildon, all of which will be reviewed shortly. | ||
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Basé sur Ubuntu Maverick 10.10 64-bit, oA contient le noyau Linux 2.6.35 | Basé sur Ubuntu Maverick 10.10 64-bit, oA contient le noyau Linux 2.6.35 | ||
- | Le site Web est, pour la plupart, un travail en cours, ainsi il semblerait que les forums ne sont utilisés | + | Le site Web est, pour la plupart, un travail en cours, ainsi il semblerait que les forums ne sont utilisés |
- | Comme vous aurez peut-être compris, les sorties reçoivent le titre d'« Incarnation» et chaque nouvelle version a droit à un nombre entier au lieu du système habituel des décimaux. Je ne trouve aucune première - à la place les seconde, troisième et quatrième Incarnations | + | Comme vous aurez peut-être compris, les sorties reçoivent le titre d'« Incarnation» et chaque nouvelle version a droit à un nombre entier au lieu du système habituel des décimaux. Je ne trouve aucune première - à la place les seconde, troisième et quatrième Incarnations |
**At 2.9GB, the ISO image may seem hefty, but this is 1GB less than ArtistX and 600MB less than oA 4th Incarnation, | **At 2.9GB, the ISO image may seem hefty, but this is 1GB less than ArtistX and 600MB less than oA 4th Incarnation, | ||
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Installation was breezy at 30 minutes, but what's really impressive is that the post-install updates were a minuscule 10MB indicating the latest updates were slipstreamed into the image. Hallelujah!** | Installation was breezy at 30 minutes, but what's really impressive is that the post-install updates were a minuscule 10MB indicating the latest updates were slipstreamed into the image. Hallelujah!** | ||
- | À 2,9 Go, l' | + | À 2,9 Go, l' |
- | J'ai choisi de faire une installation complète sur mon portable Acer, mais il faut être à l' | + | J'ai choisi de faire une installation complète sur mon portable Acer, mais il faut être à l’affût |
- | Ensuite, prêtez attention à l' | + | Ensuite, prêtez attention à l' |
- | À 30 minutes, l' | + | À 30 minutes, l' |
- | By the way, you'll be prompted by the Canonical nag to upgrade to 11.04 but don't! I tried it just out of curiosity, and it not only failed but created an unusable OS. | + | **By the way, you'll be prompted by the Canonical nag to upgrade to 11.04 but don't! I tried it just out of curiosity, and it not only failed but created an unusable OS. |
Unlike Ubuntu, where you'll see a splash screen and have no clue what's going on in the background, oA gives users scrolling hardware checks for roughly 45 seconds until the Gnome desktop appears. There is no musical ditty, either. | Unlike Ubuntu, where you'll see a splash screen and have no clue what's going on in the background, oA gives users scrolling hardware checks for roughly 45 seconds until the Gnome desktop appears. There is no musical ditty, either. | ||
- | As for drivers and codecs, let's just say if your file won't play or open, it's defective. There were no hardware issues, and resource usage was within reason (RAM rarely peaked above 20% of my 4GB, and processor stress averaged 20% too, with the occasional spike to 40%). Compiz settings are dialed down, which helps, but users can add all the flaming windows and wobbly menus they desire if their video card will take it. Wireless worked out of the box, and even my video card didn't need a driver (something that Ubuntu usually nails me for after the first boot). | + | As for drivers and codecs, let's just say if your file won't play or open, it's defective. There were no hardware issues, and resource usage was within reason (RAM rarely peaked above 20% of my 4GB, and processor stress averaged 20% too, with the occasional spike to 40%). Compiz settings are dialed down, which helps, but users can add all the flaming windows and wobbly menus they desire if their video card will take it. Wireless worked out of the box, and even my video card didn't need a driver (something that Ubuntu usually nails me for after the first boot).** |
- | The desktop design consists of black and gray sweeps punctuated by the Ubuntu circle of friends dead center with the oA triple arrowhead logo in the center of that (think Mitsubishi logo with arrowheads instead of diamonds). Several alternate backgrounds are available including atomic bomb blast pics (odd for an artistic venture). | + | Au fait, Canonical insistera encore et encore pour que vous fassiez une mise à niveau vers la 11.04, mais ne le faites point ! Je l'ai essayé par simple curiosité et cela a non seulement échoué, mais il a créé un système d' |
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+ | Contrairement à Ubuntu, où vous verrez un écran d' | ||
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+ | Quant aux pilotes et codecs, disons simplement que si votre fichier ne veut pas jouer ou s' | ||
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+ | **The desktop design consists of black and gray sweeps punctuated by the Ubuntu circle of friends dead center with the oA triple arrowhead logo in the center of that (think Mitsubishi logo with arrowheads instead of diamonds). Several alternate backgrounds are available including atomic bomb blast pics (odd for an artistic venture). | ||
Top and bottom panels are there, with the lower bunk reserved to park minimized apps or browser windows. It's the top that will catch your eye. To the left are menu entries for 2D, 3D, AUD, VID, VJ, hardware (represented by a video card icon) programming (shown as binary code), and collaboration (two hands clasped) along with the usual main menu button consisting of the oA arrowhead logo. Clicking on any one of these causes a menu to drop with the appropriate programs. | Top and bottom panels are there, with the lower bunk reserved to park minimized apps or browser windows. It's the top that will catch your eye. To the left are menu entries for 2D, 3D, AUD, VID, VJ, hardware (represented by a video card icon) programming (shown as binary code), and collaboration (two hands clasped) along with the usual main menu button consisting of the oA arrowhead logo. Clicking on any one of these causes a menu to drop with the appropriate programs. | ||
- | To the right are the ubiquitous time, date, wireless, sound, and battery icons - with extras for Guake Terminal, Dropbox and easystroke. | + | To the right are the ubiquitous time, date, wireless, sound, and battery icons - with extras for Guake Terminal, Dropbox and easystroke.** |
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+ | Le bureau est fait de courbes noires et grises ponctuées par le cercle d'amis Ubuntu en plein milieu, avec le logo oA (une triple pointe de flèche) en son centre (comme le logo de Mitsubishi avec des pointes de flèches à la place de diamants). Plusieurs arrière-plans de rechange sont disponibles, | ||
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+ | Les panneaux du haut et du bas sont présents et celui du bas est réservé aux applis ou aux fenêtres de navigateur minimisées. C'est le panneau du haut qui vous tapera dans l' | ||
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+ | À droite sont les icônes omniprésentes : l' | ||
- | This does make for crowded real estate up top, but cellstorm includes alternate designs in the Switch Gnome Layout program ranging from XP lookalikes and Gnome standards to tablet oriented offerings. | + | **This does make for crowded real estate up top, but cellstorm includes alternate designs in the Switch Gnome Layout program ranging from XP lookalikes and Gnome standards to tablet oriented offerings. |
After you've got the desktop design decision settled, it's time to pay a visit to the main menu, but you had better be prepared. Synaptic Package Manager shows 3,400 installed packages along with 130 PPA sources while the website listing of applications shows 1,400 installed. | After you've got the desktop design decision settled, it's time to pay a visit to the main menu, but you had better be prepared. Synaptic Package Manager shows 3,400 installed packages along with 130 PPA sources while the website listing of applications shows 1,400 installed. | ||
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In short, oA is a packed house. | In short, oA is a packed house. | ||
- | Let me give fair warning by stating the menu design is at first awkward. | + | Let me give fair warning by stating the menu design is at first awkward. |
- | Opening the main menu produces the standard Gnome structure - with major division headings (and a few more), but cellstorm redesigned the sub-menus. Instead of alphabetical listings, programs are separated by specific use and put in blocks, each separated by a barely visible line. While each block is alphabetized, | + | Il est vrai que cela fait une foule d' |
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+ | Une fois que vous aurez pris votre décision définitive sur le bureau, le moment est venu d' | ||
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+ | Soit dit en passant, ne faites pas comme moi qui ai essayé d' | ||
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+ | Bref, oA est plein à craquer. | ||
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+ | Il faut bien que je vous avertisse que la conception des menus semble, de prime abord, peu commode. | ||
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+ | **Opening the main menu produces the standard Gnome structure - with major division headings (and a few more), but cellstorm redesigned the sub-menus. Instead of alphabetical listings, programs are separated by specific use and put in blocks, each separated by a barely visible line. While each block is alphabetized, | ||
For example, Office is broken into 9 program blocks I call Creative Writing, LibreOffice, | For example, Office is broken into 9 program blocks I call Creative Writing, LibreOffice, | ||
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While there is logic in this design (grouping programs by use instead of alphabetically but randomly), the dark theme all but obliterates the separator lines, and since there are no block sub-titles, users will have to play a guessing game until they get the gist of it. | While there is logic in this design (grouping programs by use instead of alphabetically but randomly), the dark theme all but obliterates the separator lines, and since there are no block sub-titles, users will have to play a guessing game until they get the gist of it. | ||
- | Changing to a lighter theme did make the separator lines stand out and that may help some. | + | Changing to a lighter theme did make the separator lines stand out and that may help some.** |
- | An unintended consequence of program blocks is that adding new programs doesn' | + | Ouvrir le menu principal affiche la structure Gnome standard, les en-têtes majeurs (et quelques-uns de plus), mais cellstorm a remanié les sous-menus. Au lieu d'une liste par ordre alphabétique, |
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+ | Par exemple, la bureautique est divisée en 9 groupes de programmes que j' | ||
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+ | La conception (organiser les programmes par utilisation au lieu de l' | ||
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+ | Opter pour un thème plus clair a fait ressortir les lignes de séparation et cela peut aider un peu. | ||
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+ | **An unintended consequence of program blocks is that adding new programs doesn' | ||
GoldenDict is under Office but Dictionary got slapped into Utilities and when I installed Google Chrome the menu heading got tossed in a block containing BitTorrent clients instead of the one reserved for browsers. | GoldenDict is under Office but Dictionary got slapped into Utilities and when I installed Google Chrome the menu heading got tossed in a block containing BitTorrent clients instead of the one reserved for browsers. | ||
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This means you'll have to play cat-and-mouse to find programs until you adjust to the sequence (I found it easier to park app icons on the desktop or panels). | This means you'll have to play cat-and-mouse to find programs until you adjust to the sequence (I found it easier to park app icons on the desktop or panels). | ||
- | There is no easy way to change this menu structure, although you could go through Main Menu or alacarte and switch program locations (imagine doing that for 1,400 programs!). | + | There is no easy way to change this menu structure, although you could go through Main Menu or alacarte and switch program locations (imagine doing that for 1,400 programs!).** |
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+ | Une conséquence imprévue des groupes ou blocs de programmes, c'est que le rajout de nouveaux programmes ne garantit pas qu'ils seront placés là où vous espérez (ou vous attendez) qu'ils le soient et trouver les applis existantes est quelque peu une corvée. | ||
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+ | GoldenDict se trouve dans Bureautique, | ||
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+ | Cela veut dire qu'il va falloir jouer au chat et à la souris pour retrouver des programmes jusqu' | ||
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+ | Il n'y a pas de moyen facile pour modifier la structure du menu, bien qu'il soit possible de passer par le Menu principal ou alacarte et de changer l' | ||
Any perceived shortcomings in such a design are outweighed by cellstorm' | Any perceived shortcomings in such a design are outweighed by cellstorm' | ||
- | Design features aside, it's time to discuss what the menu contains. Below is a listing of maybe 5 to 10% of the total programs included in any category (forgive me if I misspell a few): | + | **Design features aside, it's time to discuss what the menu contains. Below is a listing of maybe 5 to 10% of the total programs included in any category (forgive me if I misspell a few): |
2D Graphics: Gimp, Inkscape, Skencil, vectormagic, | 2D Graphics: Gimp, Inkscape, Skencil, vectormagic, | ||
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Games: Yo Frankie!, Secret Mario Chronicles, dji Game Manager, SuperTuxKart, | Games: Yo Frankie!, Secret Mario Chronicles, dji Game Manager, SuperTuxKart, | ||
- | System (Control Center): Ubuntu One, Wireshark, aircrack-ng, | + | System (Control Center): Ubuntu One, Wireshark, aircrack-ng, |
- | While this may appear impressive, what's really astounding is that another 1,000+ apps are not listed above! | + | Outre les caractéristiques de conception, le moment est venu de discuter du contenu du menu. Ce-dessous vous trouverez une liste de peut-être 5 à 10 % des programmes inclus, peu importe la catégorie (pardonnez-moi d' |
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+ | Graphismes 2D : Gimp, Inkscape, Skencil, Vectormagic, | ||
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+ | Graphismes 3D : Blender 2.5 et 2.4, Houdini, Lodepaint, Shaderlink, Shaderdesigner, | ||
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+ | Audio : Aqualung, Audacious, Amarok, Mixxx, Aquaduo, Audacity, Patchage, Traverso, PsychoSynth, | ||
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+ | Vidéo : Cinelerra, OpenShot, Pitivi, Handbrake, DeVeDe, 2ManDVD, k9copy, Make.tv, OGMRip, AcidRip, dvdisaster, Videoporama, | ||
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+ | VJ : Veejay, Freej, Freemix, Fluxus. | ||
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+ | Matériel : Arduino, Fritzing, LightControl, | ||
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+ | Collaboration : Chandler, Nixnote, AbiWord, Helga, DrawPile, Dropbox, Celtx. | ||
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+ | Internet : Midori, Firefox, Thunderbird, | ||
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+ | Bureautique : Storybook, BookWrite, TextRoom, Planner, OpenProj, GanttProject, | ||
+ | Programmation : Qt Creator, Komodo-Edit, | ||
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+ | Utilitaires : Gscrot, Parcellite, Searchmonkey, | ||
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+ | Jeux : Yo Frankie!, Secret Mario Chronicles, dji Game Manager, SuperTuxKart, | ||
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+ | Système (Centre de contrôle) : Ubuntu One, Wireshark, aircrack-ng, | ||
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+ | **While this may appear impressive, what's really astounding is that another 1,000+ apps are not listed above! | ||
Naturally, there is a sense of redundancy in having this many programs, but they are there and users have the option of using what they want and ignoring or uninstalling the rest. | Naturally, there is a sense of redundancy in having this many programs, but they are there and users have the option of using what they want and ignoring or uninstalling the rest. | ||
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The beauty of oA is that programs cover a wide range of categories and are not all artist-oriented. Most menu categories are well stocked, and some odd security apps are in the mix such as Wireshark and aircrack-ng. Even Firefox has the Scroogle Scraper add-on that cloaks web searches. Must be underground artists out there enjoying wireless code cracking - while remaining anonymous. | The beauty of oA is that programs cover a wide range of categories and are not all artist-oriented. Most menu categories are well stocked, and some odd security apps are in the mix such as Wireshark and aircrack-ng. Even Firefox has the Scroogle Scraper add-on that cloaks web searches. Must be underground artists out there enjoying wireless code cracking - while remaining anonymous. | ||
- | But there is a bit of hocus-pocus in the menu. Not all of what you see is actually there. | + | But there is a bit of hocus-pocus in the menu. Not all of what you see is actually there.** |
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+ | Ceci peut paraître très impressionnant, | ||
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+ | Tout naturellement, | ||
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+ | La beauté d'oA est que les programmes couvrent une large gamme de catégories et ne sont pas tous orientés vers l' | ||
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+ | Mais il y a un petit tour de passe-passe dans le menu. Tout ce que vous voyez n'est pas vraiment présent. | ||
- | Although not an accurate count, nearly 60 programs have either gray question marks or white boxes with blue borders as icons, and these designate recommended but not installed programs (only one, LibreOffice, | + | **Although not an accurate count, nearly 60 programs have either gray question marks or white boxes with blue borders as icons, and these designate recommended but not installed programs (only one, LibreOffice, |
Clicking on one of these “programs-to-be” initiates a process in which a terminal window opens to execute an automatic apt-get install command. There is no user interaction in most cases beyond this – just sit back and watch the show. | Clicking on one of these “programs-to-be” initiates a process in which a terminal window opens to execute an automatic apt-get install command. There is no user interaction in most cases beyond this – just sit back and watch the show. | ||
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While some are small and take little time, others are humongous. Ableton Live was 620MB to download, and took 900MB once installed, and a few others tipped the scales at 100MB+. When all was said and done, I saw my HDD usage balloon from 9GB to nearly 16GB, which is why I'd recommend no less than 20GB if you plan a full installation. Those opting to use persistence via a USB drive had better plan on buying the largest stick available. | While some are small and take little time, others are humongous. Ableton Live was 620MB to download, and took 900MB once installed, and a few others tipped the scales at 100MB+. When all was said and done, I saw my HDD usage balloon from 9GB to nearly 16GB, which is why I'd recommend no less than 20GB if you plan a full installation. Those opting to use persistence via a USB drive had better plan on buying the largest stick available. | ||
- | Would it be simpler to make a list of affected programs and perform a one-time bulk download via Synaptic Package Manager? | + | Would it be simpler to make a list of affected programs and perform a one-time bulk download via Synaptic Package Manager?** |
- | Sounds great, but it's not quite that easy. Some of these programs are not listed in the repositories, | + | Bien que le chiffre ne soit pas exact, près de soixante programmes ont pour icône des points d' |
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+ | Si vous cliquez sur un de ces « programmes-en-devenir », vous démarrez un processus pendant lequel une fenêtre de terminal s' | ||
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+ | Tandis que certains sont petits et prennent très peu de temps, d' | ||
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+ | Serait-il plus simple de faire une liste des programmes concernés et faire en une seule fois un téléchargement volumineux avec le Gestionnaire de paquets Synaptic ? | ||
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+ | **Sounds great, but it's not quite that easy. Some of these programs are not listed in the repositories, | ||
How long did it take me to install these apps? Roughly 8 hours over 2 days. Of course there is nothing to say you must install these, but it's nice to know they are available should the need arise. | How long did it take me to install these apps? Roughly 8 hours over 2 days. Of course there is nothing to say you must install these, but it's nice to know they are available should the need arise. | ||
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There were a couple of installation failures, such as Remastersys and LibreOffice, | There were a couple of installation failures, such as Remastersys and LibreOffice, | ||
- | In most behemoths like oA, you can expect a raft of programs that don't work, but I had just one failure to cooperate, and that belonged to mintUpdate (it had a stroke during a repository update so I switched to Ubuntu Tweak and never had a problem again). These are not cellstorm problems, so I'm not going to ding him there. | + | In most behemoths like oA, you can expect a raft of programs that don't work, but I had just one failure to cooperate, and that belonged to mintUpdate (it had a stroke during a repository update so I switched to Ubuntu Tweak and never had a problem again). These are not cellstorm problems, so I'm not going to ding him there.** |
- | Those preferring other than Gnome have four desktop choices -- Hildon, Openbox, Ardour, and Blender (the last two being Openbox variations that autostart the listed program). | + | Très bien, en théorie, mais ce n'est pas tout à fait aussi facile que ça en a l'air. Certains de ces programmes ne se trouvent pas dans les dépôts et deux ou trois (comme virtualdub et avisynth) sont des logiciels Windows conçus pour fonctionner avec Wine. Essayez-le si c'est ce que vous voulez faire, mais je doute fort que cela vous fasse gagner du temps. |
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+ | Il y a eu deux ou trois échecs à l' | ||
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+ | Dans la plupart des mammouths comme oA, vous pouvez vous attendre à une foule de programmes qui ne fonctionnent pas, mais je n'ai eu qu'un programme qui ne voulait pas coopérer, mintUpdate (il a eu un AVC pendant une mise à jour de dépôt et j'ai donc opté pour Ubuntu Tweak et n'ai plus jamais rencontré de problème). Ce ne sont pas des problèmes dus à cellstorm et je ne vais donc pas le critiquer sur ce point. | ||
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+ | **Those preferring other than Gnome have four desktop choices -- Hildon, Openbox, Ardour, and Blender (the last two being Openbox variations that autostart the listed program). | ||
Originally designed for Nokia devices using the Maemo.org OS, cellstorm admits Hildon is an experiment at this time and, quite frankly, it never worked for me. Consisting of a black background with a settings icon in the right corner, users will soon discover this icon disappears if a mouse click comes remotely close, and the only way out is Ctrl, Alt and backspace. | Originally designed for Nokia devices using the Maemo.org OS, cellstorm admits Hildon is an experiment at this time and, quite frankly, it never worked for me. Consisting of a black background with a settings icon in the right corner, users will soon discover this icon disappears if a mouse click comes remotely close, and the only way out is Ctrl, Alt and backspace. | ||
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Unless you like playing “chase the disappearing icon”, pass on Hildon. | Unless you like playing “chase the disappearing icon”, pass on Hildon. | ||
- | Openbox has the standard desktop or variations that open either Ardour or Blender automatically (but the underlying desktop is still Openbox). No matter the choice, Openbox operated much quicker than Gnome once booted (LibreOffice scooted to an open page in less than 5 seconds compared to 15 in Gnome); however, it was no quicker from a cold boot than Gnome (indicating it's the hardware checks that are dragging the process down). Logging out of Gnome to Openbox was a different story. Once your password is entered and okay is clicked, the ready desktop appears within 2 seconds. | + | Openbox has the standard desktop or variations that open either Ardour or Blender automatically (but the underlying desktop is still Openbox). No matter the choice, Openbox operated much quicker than Gnome once booted (LibreOffice scooted to an open page in less than 5 seconds compared to 15 in Gnome); however, it was no quicker from a cold boot than Gnome (indicating it's the hardware checks that are dragging the process down). Logging out of Gnome to Openbox was a different story. Once your password is entered and okay is clicked, the ready desktop appears within 2 seconds.** |
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+ | Il y a quatre options de bureau pour ceux qui préfèrent autre chose que Gnome : Hildon, Openbox, Ardour et Blender (les deux derniers étant des variété d' | ||
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+ | Conçu originellement pour des appareils Nokia sous le système d' | ||
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+ | Openbox comporte le bureau standard ainsi que des variations qui ouvrent soit Ardour soit Blender automatiquement (mais le bureau reste encore Openbox). Quel que soit votre choix, une fois démarré, Openbox a fonctionné beaucoup plus rapidement que Gnome. (LibreOffice s'est affiché dans une fenêtre en moins de 5 secondes, comparé à 15 dans Gnome) ; toutefois, après un démarrage à froid, ce n' | ||
- | Curiously, CPU usage in Openbox was an almost non-existent 2% on average - with rare spikes above 5% - but RAM stayed at 14% at idle - with spikes to 25% (higher than Gnome). | + | **Curiously, CPU usage in Openbox was an almost non-existent 2% on average - with rare spikes above 5% - but RAM stayed at 14% at idle - with spikes to 25% (higher than Gnome). |
The Openbox menu structure is different than Gnome' | The Openbox menu structure is different than Gnome' | ||
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At this point, some are undoubtedly itching to ask how oA compares with ArtistX, the other Ubuntu based distro for the artistically inclined. | At this point, some are undoubtedly itching to ask how oA compares with ArtistX, the other Ubuntu based distro for the artistically inclined. | ||
- | While ArtistX may be better known (they rate a DistroWatch mention), it's limited to 32-bit, admits to being Ubuntu with a boatload of unmodified repository programs, and stacks the deck with artistic apps to the detriment of other categories (such as deleting the Games entry completely). | + | While ArtistX may be better known (they rate a DistroWatch mention), it's limited to 32-bit, admits to being Ubuntu with a boatload of unmodified repository programs, and stacks the deck with artistic apps to the detriment of other categories (such as deleting the Games entry completely).** |
- | Given enough time and bandwidth, just about anybody can take base Ubuntu and pack enough programs to create an ArtistX clone. I seriously doubt many can create an oA knock-off, though, especially since some of the programs are for Windows, made to work in Ubuntu or heavily modified from what you'd normally expect. | + | De façon bizarre, l' |
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+ | La structure du menu dans Openbox est différente de celle dans Gnome et c'est à la fois bon et mauvais. Le style « bloc » de la liste des programmes est présent, mais les icônes et les lignes de séparation ont disparu et le thème devient des lettres blanches sur fond noir. Je ne sais pas pourquoi exactement, mais je l'ai trouvé plus facile à comprendre que la version dans Gnome, cependant il y a un léger problème. Puisqu' | ||
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+ | Je recommande de commencer avec Gnome, jusqu' | ||
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+ | À ce stade, certains d' | ||
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+ | Alors que ArtistX est sans doute mieux connu (au point d' | ||
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+ | **Given enough time and bandwidth, just about anybody can take base Ubuntu and pack enough programs to create an ArtistX clone. I seriously doubt many can create an oA knock-off, though, especially since some of the programs are for Windows, made to work in Ubuntu or heavily modified from what you'd normally expect. | ||
I let several friends test oA for just over a month, and most came to the same conclusion – oA is a powerhouse packed with programs you just won't find anywhere else. True, it's a little quirky, and takes some getting used to, but that's part of the fun. | I let several friends test oA for just over a month, and most came to the same conclusion – oA is a powerhouse packed with programs you just won't find anywhere else. True, it's a little quirky, and takes some getting used to, but that's part of the fun. | ||
- | The truth remains that oA is packed to the rafters with programs, many of which are not to be found in any other Ubuntu derivative. Packing a Windows computer with apps like these - and you can count on draining your bank account quickly. | + | The truth remains that oA is packed to the rafters with programs, many of which are not to be found in any other Ubuntu derivative. Packing a Windows computer with apps like these - and you can count on draining your bank account quickly.** |
- | This isn't to say it's all roses with oA. Sure, you can install the OS, and ignore all the programs-to-be, | + | Avec assez de temps et de bande passante, n' |
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+ | J'ai accepté que plusieurs amis testent oA pendant un peu plus d'un mois et la plupart ont conclu comme moi que oA est un système très puissant, rempli de programmes introuvables ailleurs. Il est exact que c'est un peu insolite et il faut vous y habituer, mais cela contribue à votre plaisir. | ||
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+ | La vérité est que oA est rempli à ras bord de programmes, dont beaucoup sont introuvables dans quelque autre dérivé d' | ||
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+ | **This isn't to say it's all roses with oA. Sure, you can install the OS, and ignore all the programs-to-be, | ||
Okay, the menu design is initially awkward, some menu programs aren't there until you force the issue (never saw that before), and OS documentation outside of the website is nearly non-existent (CIA classified missions get more coverage than oA), but remember you can't get that shiny pearl without shucking quite a few ugly oysters. | Okay, the menu design is initially awkward, some menu programs aren't there until you force the issue (never saw that before), and OS documentation outside of the website is nearly non-existent (CIA classified missions get more coverage than oA), but remember you can't get that shiny pearl without shucking quite a few ugly oysters. | ||
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Helping matters greatly is cellstorm' | Helping matters greatly is cellstorm' | ||
+ | Given a few changes, mainly to structure and some procedures, oA could jump up in the pack to become a known entity instead of being the ghost it currently is.** | ||
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+ | Cela ne veut pas dire que tout est au beau fixe avec oA. Bien sûr, vous pouvez installer le système d' | ||
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+ | Même en tenant compte de toutes les bizarreries de conception, je n'ai vu personne l' | ||
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+ | Ce qui aide énormément est la participation sur le forum de cellstorm même, via le site Web d'oA. L' | ||
- | Given a few changes, mainly to structure | + | Avec quelques modifications, principalement à la structure |
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