Something a little different... #! with PekWM. Works beautifully and I do find PekWM themes a little better looking than Openbox themes because they support pixmaps 
1 2009-04-29 14:27:05
Re: #! CrunchBang Linux Desktop Screenshots (1,110 replies, posted in Artwork & Screenshots)
2 2009-04-20 14:24:53
Re: Life can throw you a curve ball (28 replies, posted in Off Topic / General Chat)
patrickstein wrote:
stopie wrote:patrickstein wrote:@delphine: I understand what you are saying, I am going to leave her be for a week or two and then call her and she if she wants to talk about being friends or whats up.
Good idea. At least in this method you can get some (seemingly needed) closure. I must say, especially after "3" years, A+ to you sir for being mature, calm, understanding, and respectful (as seen from the position of my monitor
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So I guess in short: +1
Yeah, I am going to be mature and understanding about it. If she says she wants space and not to be in a relationship I am not going to stand in her way of getting what makes her happy. Thanks Stopie
It is so heartening to see that you have exactly the right attitude. I'm sure it hurts a lot right now, and sometimes you just feel really numb and lost and unsure of where you're headed now that this relationship is suddenly missing from your life. Hang in there. Keep yourself busy with other things. The pain will not last forever. 
3 2009-04-20 08:41:54
Re: Life can throw you a curve ball (28 replies, posted in Off Topic / General Chat)
Hi Patrick,
Your post really struck a chord with me because I just left my girlfriend of 3 years (would have been 3 years this May, anyway). And like you and your girlfriend, we have broken up and got back together about a million times, and this is the first time we have actually returned things to each other.
Being in the position of the person who initiated the breakup (i.e. your girlfriend's position), in this case, I would hazard a guess that it's not as simple as "I don't care for you anymore". She may be telling you that because she's really confused herself and doesn't know how to put her feelings into words. What really drove me to breaking up for good this time was the realisation that we had so many differences, highlighted by the many times we've broken up and got back together, that the rift between us was just too much to smooth over. We both wanted things from a partner that the other person just couldn't give. And it wasn't because we didn't love each other (I still love her, very much)... but in the end there just wasn't any way we could be together without one or both of us forcing ourselves to be someone we're not. The strain was making us crack.
Common belief is that breaking up with someone means exorcising them from your life altogether. Some people do find this therapeutic, and feel that making a clean break helps them move on. Everyone heals differently though, and for me I've found that I can't just cut her out of my life. I still care a lot about her after all. If it would help you, by all means try talking to your ex-girlfriend, just as a friend - ask her how her day was, tell her about yours, that kind of thing. When you're with someone, they become a really important friend to you as well as a lover, and there's no reason you should have to lose the friendship when you end the relationship. (Caveat: if she expresses a wish to be left alone and doesn't want to talk, do respect that as well and give her her space - but I'm sure you know that!)
I hope this very long comment helped - feel free to PM me if you want to talk more. Take care.
4 2009-04-18 22:39:59
Re: #! CrunchBang Linux Desktop Screenshots (1,110 replies, posted in Artwork & Screenshots)
New to #!, very excited! Been running Conky and Openbox with Linux Mint for a while so I was thrilled to discover an easy-to-use distro built on Openbox with multimedia support included.
Details at Deviantart
5 2009-04-16 07:39:16
Re: WPA2 passphrase not saved correctly (4 replies, posted in Help & Support (Stable))
WEP, WPA and WPA2 all don't work. Unencrypted does, but for obvious reasons I don't want to unprotect my wifi for too long However I have just noticed this thread which seems potentially helpful - I will give it a try and report back.
EDIT: The fix in the thread linked to above did it for me! Somehow it hadn't popped up in earlier searches - probably I had been using the wrong keywords.
Is it worth making an FAQ or Wiki page out of this issue as it is pretty major and easy to fix?
6 2009-04-15 23:06:22
Re: WPA2 passphrase not saved correctly (4 replies, posted in Help & Support (Stable))
I don't have any spaces or odd characters in my passphrase (all letters and numbers), so that's probably not it, unless there are issues with having numbers in your passphrase? It seems unlikely as I haven't encountered problems with any other Linux distro I've tried. But thank you very much anyway for the suggestion
7 2009-04-15 22:11:24
Topic: WPA2 passphrase not saved correctly (4 replies, posted in Help & Support (Stable))
I suspect this is a known bug with Network Manager, but I can't figure out how to fix it. When I try to connect to my wireless network and type in my WPA2 passphrase, it doesn't work. The window asking for my password pops up again and you can see that my passphrase has been saved as a long hexadecimal string rather than the phrase I actually typed. This happens repeatedly, and the wifi never connects.
I have tried wicd and it won't work either. I have no issues whatsoever with wifi on this computer using Linux Mint 6, Ubuntu Intrepid and Windows XP SP2.
I really, really want to use #!, as I like the look of it and right now I'm using Linux Mint 6 with Openbox anyway. I like the idea of a distro built to be lightweight and based on Openbox, but not so minimal that I need to install a whole lot of stuff on top of it to make it do what I want to do. Crunchbang looks perfect. This wifi thing is the only showstopper.
This seems very basic but I'm stumped, so any help is much appreciated! This is just based off the LiveCD, by the way, if that makes any difference. I could install #! to my hard disk but that would involve wiping Mint, and I'm a bit reluctant to do that until I can be sure that my wifi will connect in #!...