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Windows XP Can Be Cool Too!

Ben Kittrell
 07/11/2006 12:56AM

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After a long bout with Mac Envy, and the more recent Vista anticipation, I decided to jazz things up a bit. The first thing I wanted was a better command line interface. Mainly I wanted something with transparency. After lots of searching I found nothing, but I did find Actual Transparent Window which can make any window transparent. It's very nice because it adds a button to all the windows so you can change the transparency level on the fly. You can also set it to make windows transparent when moving, or other actions. It runs very smoothly.

The only problem is that it doesn't work on a Windows Command Prompt. So then I found Prompt Pal. Not only does it allow you to use transparency, but it has other cool features like tabbed windows, and session saving.

Widgets Next I wanted widgets. I had used the Google Desktop widgets, but every time I installed the darn thing it bogged down my PC. And it wasn't just cause it was indexing. So I stumbled upon Yahoo Widgets. They've got a buttload of widgets. So far my favorites are Fileaway which gives you a neat way to quickly file away files, and then sort through them later, Memory Gauge, CPU Portal, Battery Meter, WiFi Signal, and Digital Clock. One of the coolest features is the floating. If you set a widget to float, it stays on top of other windows, but you can click through it.

Of course the next step was window treatments. StyleXP is nothing new, but it's still badass. The latest version comes installed with a Jaguar theme by default.

As much as I hate to say it, I like Windows, and I think deep down most of you do too. If you look hard enough you can satiate some of those superficial things that lead you astray.

 Comments

 Stinkey Asshole  07/11/2006 05:02PM 

yeah, Yahoocares widgets are cool. and windows does some cool stuff. I'm still commited to my own wrath denouncing windows at the first oppurtunity. My XP OS just crashed again... Thanx Bill for writing that worthless DLL library. Now I gotta reinstall the endless applications I put on my 500gb drive. I hope I can find all those registration numbers again too. WGA... HA! Advantage? whatta crock of shit! I hope you stupp your toe really hard bill REALLY HARD!!!

 Ben  07/12/2006 12:39AM 

One of the reasons I started messing with this stuff is that I had to reinstall windows after ubuntu's partitioner deleted my windows partition. This could have been my fault, but then I just installed unbuntu and couldn't get my wifi card to work for anything. So back to ole XP yet again.

 stinkey asshole  07/12/2006 10:51AM 

Thats really odd, I use Ubuntu straight off the CD and I never get problems recognizing my wireless device. I do know that wireless cards and linux arn't always exactly soul mates. if you have an old linksys wireless B card, it should work just fine. you can't download porn in the bathroom as quickly, so just make some grunting noises to simulate constipation.

 Ben Kittrell  07/12/2006 03:01PM 

I have a broadcom wireless card. I did some research, and aparently this card is know to not work with unbuntu. Something about driver licensing.

There are work around, but I aint got time for that.

 Stinkey Asshole  07/12/2006 08:11PM 

it's A Conspiracy!!!! I'll bet microsoft pays them to be anti-linux!

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