Intresting.. Thanks. Not to take this thread off-topic but to save making a new thread just quickly is mandriva good on the whole with laptops? Got an old one lying around which i might have some fun with!

it's my fave OS by far. i have 3 laptops now, my main one is a 64-bit AMD so that's running Mandriva 2006 64-bit, the 2 Toshiba laptops are running 2007 32-bit. In fact i'm replying now wirelessly (all my stuff is wireless) on one of the Tosh's (as was messing about with Enlightenment on here) as i can't sleep as per usual.
I did have (DSL) Damn Small Linux as a triple boot on a couple machines but both of those machines mysteriously suffered hard drive corruption (on the Mandriva side) so i ditched DSL (no further corruption but same hard drives - hmmm). There's been a version or two of DSL out since but i'm steering clear now. I keep meaning to try Linux Mint as i have 3 or 4 spare machines but i haven't really got the time so i probably won't bother.
For now i'll keep tidying up & tweaking machines "where i'm sat"

Linux mint you say! Well thats my fav linux distro by far. Its got a great interface if you get a spare moment i really recomend trying it. Anyway i feel im taking this thread off topic so il stop so on a more on topic note. Nice set up! hehe

Good to see this thread up and running. I still have same old setup.

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looks like there's been a fair few snazzy pics in this thread in my absence so i knocked up a couple new ones. Not as neat as some of your setups; kids and major multitasking puts paid to that :)

main desk here -
(you'll have to forgive the awful pic of Angelina Jolie, nice face shame about the hair) :)

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/creaky/P1010014x.jpg

but this one gets a lot of use also -

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/creaky/P1010013x.jpg


TV setup is still pretty much the same as here - http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/21/208116

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Hey Creaks :-)

Lovely set-up mate, still growing I see. BTW, Is that Shilpa Shetty on the widescreen? Lol :-p

edit by creaky- my pics were throwing out the margins so changed 'em to links; also, yup, it is indeed the lovely Shilpa Shetty

lecsiy,

I run Mandriva as well and love it. For the average joe who wants an easy to use distro I think it's tops. I actually went for the $40 Discovery version which came with, among other things, Cedega for playing windows games, LinDVD (Linux WinDVD) for watching DVD's and the XGL/Compiz desktop already integrated and ready to use. If you like eye candy and want to see something that makes Vista's aero look like a total half-assed hack go to youtube and do a search for either XGL or compiz. There's a ton of videos guys have made showing all the kisk ass stuff XGL can do :)

my old laptop




and what it is connected to




and my main pc downstairs (made by me)

anyone has a new setup?

My little room and computers.

http://koti.mbnet.fi/anttikon/IMG_0006.jpg

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anyone has a new setup?

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- my computer setups & tv setup are virtually the same as the last pics, about the only difference is the old pc under the tv has been replaced by a 160GB HDD Twin-tuner recorder, makes tv-viewing a whole new experience, ie i don't have to watch anything when it's actually on but when I actually want to watch stuff, plus the 'pause live-tv' mode is great.

No need for me to upgrade any PC's for a long time to come, so 'fraid there'll be no need for me to upload new pics in a hurry.

what kind of twin tuner did you get??? Is it also HD tuner? Cause i'm thinking of getting a tuner for my pc also.

G15 user eh? Those things always seem too big to me, I like the display so I bought a Pertelian, but I prefer my compact Saitek.

@creaky can you please give me some info on those tuner. Thanks!

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@creaky can you please give me some info on those tuner. Thanks!

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http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores...e&storeId=10001

So this "freeview" is only for UK???

I doubt it, it just so happens that me and creaky live in the UK. I'm sure there are equivalents, where are you from?

Here's my little setup.

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z277/vtownerman/DSCN0211.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z277/vtownerman/DSCN0210.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z277/vtownerman/DSCN0208.jpg

damn i need to take a photo of my setup... I have got loads more gear since i last posted up...

i'll have a piccy up later..

I have never seen xbox 360,ps3,wii or iphone in this thread so far.

because consoles are usually hooked up to tv's not computer monitors and the iphone is brand new and only available in the states

here is my setup.
The pc on the left is now being used by the Mrs and the one on the right is exclusively mine. :)
Specs for the pc on the right are as follows:
Processor
2.80 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4

Drives
200.07 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
43.19 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B [CD-ROM drive]
SONY DVD RW DRU-720A [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

Generic USB Disk USB Device (60.01 GB) -- drive 2
SAMSUNG MP0603H USB Device [Hard drive] (60.05 GB) -- drive 1
ST380020A [Hard drive] (80.03 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 5GCN2V7Y, rev 3.64,

RAM
1024 Megabytes Installed Memory

Local Drive Volumes
c: (NTFS on drive 0) 80.02 GB 7.82 GB free
f: (FAT32 on drive 1) 60.04 GB 14.55 GB free
g: (NTFS on drive 2) 60.01 GB 20.83 GB free

Display
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Multimedia
Creative SB Audigy 4 (WDM)
Realtek AC'97 Audio
WinFast DTV2000 H TV Capture Card

The specs for the acer aren't worth posting because it is a pos.
Anyways, and now for the pics.

Notice the xbox360 in one of the pics aswell :P




^The 4 blue circles at the top are actually the fan speed controls. It has 5 fans(6 if you include the one on the cpu heatsink).





^^The one with the 360^^


^is a shot from the side showing the clear window with a dragon etched into it being light up by 2 lights and the fans at the back.








^Tis a very dark shot of the terrible acer sa80 that I got for free last year. I will NEVER get another acer.
As I said previously, sorry for the darkness, I will fix it later.


Also forgot to mention that I have a 3rd pc. I just fixed it up the other weekend. Haven't bothered to set it up because I don't really have anywhere for it at the moment and it only has a 20gb hd in it. Going to have to fix that though some time.

Ah yes the Thermaltake Xaser, never really did much for me.

didn't really do that much for me either when I first got it...however now, I don't mid the case so much, because it is so heavy the kids can't push it over and the plates on the front are like armour plating & can be locked shut so the only thing they can mess with is the fan speed knobs. I also picked the entire pc up for $150AU and all I had to do was add a hard drive and install everything :)

Nice stuff Bubba, your gathering quite the collection there. You'll be giving Creaky a run for his money soon.

@bubba ... nice indeed! I like the lit dragon window! ...In the words of Neph, "You've got a bit of the 'pimp' factor going on there!" LOL!