[ubuntu-uk] Window border corruption & other problems with Compiz

[Tony Travis]

Liam Proven wrote:
> [...]
>> I've found that laptop screens have quite a short life, so I use my
>> laptop with an external monitor and keyboard most of the time when I'm
>> at work or at home. I do use the LCD display when I'm travelling, or if
>> there is something interesting on TV ;-)
> 
> What on earth do you do to them?
> 
> The screen of my heavily-used Thinkpad i1200 series from 2001 is still
> 100% despite a broken screen hinge. My once heavily-used Thinkpad 701C
> from 1995 is also still absolutely fine.

Hello, Liam.

It's probably the harsh climate in Scotland ;-)

More likely, that I travel a lot and my laptops have taken a bit of a 
pounding in my rucksack - I suspect those airport X-Ray machines too!

I've had my Asus DV5000 for about four years + I really like it, but I 
use it all day almost every day. In fact, the screen is working fine, 
but the keyboard is wearing out. Had a look for a replacement keyboard 
but not found one so far. I had a Toshiba Satellite Pro before the Asus, 
but the screen died. I got an HP Pavillion to replace it, but the screen 
died on that too! The Asus has not given me any trouble, until I cooked 
the LCD by putting it in my rucksack while it was still running :-(

> [...]
>> Hmm... along these lines - Anyone on the list using Ubuntu on a PS3?
> 
> Not a chance. Too expensive and I'm not interested in HDTV or Bluray.
> Nice toy but it does nothing I want. Instead I just bought a 2nd hand
> PS2, cheaply, precisely *because* it Just Works and needs no
> installation, setup, fiddling, drivers, configuration or anything
> else.

I'm interested in the PS3 as a cheap way of getting my hands on a Cell 
processor (PowerPC + 8SPE's). Ubuntu runs on it, and I'm interested in 
finding out how good it is for bioinformatics. I nearly bought one at 
half the price when I was in Canada, but it would not work in the UK.

This month's Ubuntu Format (aka Linux Format) has an interesting article 
about Yellow Dog publisher Terrasoft being bought out by Fixstars, who 
are marketing a Cell-based blade server. I want one of these for Xmas!

Bye,

	Tony.
-- 
Dr. A.J.Travis, University of Aberdeen, Rowett Institute of Nutrition
and Health, Greenburn Road, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9SB, Scotland, UK
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