[X-Newbies] Pre newbie curiosity.

[birgit rhoads]

You want pretty desktops?  http://www.macdesktops.com/
There are plenty of free icons available online.  I really do not use 
many, but they have never caused a problem.  I stay away from most 
hackies unless they have been recommended.
Birgit
On Mar 14, 2005, at 10:32 AM, Michele Forrester wrote:

> On 3/14/05 Brian Durant wrote:
>> Yeah, adding dodads were sometimes also problems with OS 7, 8, 9. I
>> think where I would be most tempted to go, which is unfortunately
>> potentially the most dangerous. I want to get some of those Open
>> Source *nix apps like Abi Word, OpenOffice.org, the GIMP, Virex (not
>> if Open Source, but runs on the command line), etc. How problematic is
>> that?
>>
>
> I just wanted to clarify...it was the doodads that caused my 
> problems...I didn't like this scroll program, that one didn't work for 
> me, etc. but to remove them I had to restart...that is why I was 
> having problems! I don't get into that other stuff...I am not that 
> much of a power user...I am a FUN user! LOL! I like colorful pages, 
> etc. I tried ShapeShifter to use different themes and that made my 
> fans come on and the CPU run MUCH hotter. Since I have removed them 
> (and again, restarted!) things are very quiet and much cooler! I miss 
> being able to have colors here and there but maybe eventually there 
> will be other "themes" from Apple when they get done messing.
>
> Michele
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