The Ill-Fated PCLinuxOS 2009.1 Experiment
PCLinuxOS 2009.1 was running beautifully. The installation from the live CD had retained the wireless networking settings which meant I was instantly online via my Sitecom WL113 USB adaptor.
I had completed all my usual post-install multimedia checks - Apple trailers, YouTube videos, BBC streams, AVIs, MP3s, even a commercial DVD - and PCLOS 2009.1 had breezed through them without a hitch. I had the screenshots to prove it.
I was feeling rather pleased; while I wasn't that keen on the new blue default look of PCLinuxOS (I prefer the darker theme of the 2007 version), I could live with it if it meant having such a stable, flexible and complete operating system
The machine I was using for my PCLOS experiment was the old Compaq Presario I keep for collecting dust and spiders in my home office: 700MHz Duron processor, 512MB of RAM, 20th Century Nvidia graphics, 10GB HDD, DVD drive, networking via the aforementioned Sitecom adaptor and an old Compaq CRT monitor which puts modern LCDs to shame with its crisp, colourful display.
So why, by all that's holy, did I think that switching on Compiz's 3D effects might be A Good Thing To Try?
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