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el_koraco
September 8th, 2011, 07:29 PM
Switch it up from time to time. I mean, scrot starts up in two seconds, I still have to go to Openbox when I wanna change stuff up on my Firefox bar.

odiseo77
September 8th, 2011, 07:31 PM
Here's my current desktop. Using Fedora Core 15 with Gnome3.
GTK3 theme: Atolm
gnome-shell theme: Nord
Icon theme: FaenzaMac

gutterslob
September 8th, 2011, 07:55 PM
Switch it up from time to time. I mean, scrot starts up in two seconds, I still have to go to Openbox when I wanna change stuff up on my Firefox bar.I'm probably misunderstanding your statement. Are you referring to FF's menubar? If it is that and you're talking about changing the typeface, won't a general GTK theme switch app work just fine? LXappearance, for example, runs fine on Scrotum in my experience. It does crash if you attempt to use it to change the GTK's colors (I assume it's something to do with me not having any GTK3 engine installed, as it often dumps a gtk3.0 folder in /home after the crash), but switching GTKs and GUI app fonts have never been a problem for it on most tilers I've used.

el_koraco
September 8th, 2011, 08:00 PM
Nah, no problems with that. There's a bug in scrot (my version, at least) that makes it impossible to change the order of widgets on the Firefox menubar, navigation and bookmark toolbar etc. Like, if you wanna move the home button from th eleft to the right side, and the bookmark items to the navigation toolbar. It's documented, there's been some talk about it being fixed in the foreseeable future, and maybe it is in the later versions (I'm on Squeeze's 0.9.20), but I don't care about it enough to compile.

Bandit
September 8th, 2011, 10:56 PM
Am I loosing my mind, but didnt someone post a Metro style desktop? I was trying to find it again.

galacticaboy
September 8th, 2011, 11:17 PM
Theme change:

http://uppix.net/a/1/2/3d054079e56f01fe2c85eca183543tt.jpg (http://uppix.net/a/1/2/3d054079e56f01fe2c85eca183543.png)

Infos:http://bigrza.deviantart.com/#/d498tzs

How did you make your Ubuntu Forums page look like that?

IWantFroyo
September 8th, 2011, 11:19 PM
How did you make your Ubuntu Forums page look like that?

I think it's a vBulletin skin. I've been looking around for them, but never had the nerve to try one. As I'm planning to install a different system today, I might as well...

The default theme here is actually quite nice. The one they're currently working on should be really good, too.

ilovelinux33467
September 9th, 2011, 12:06 AM
My desktop for today
http://ompldr.org/vYTlnZw/snapshot1.png

galacticaboy
September 9th, 2011, 12:21 AM
Fresh install of Xubuntu 10.10

http://www.zimagez.com/zimage/screenshot-09082011-071952pm.php

Frogs Hair
September 9th, 2011, 02:14 AM
How did you make your Ubuntu Forums page look like that?

You can get a similar theme for the Stylish Firefox extension . Lovinglinux , the author of the Stylish theme also made an Opera CSS and can be found on this thread . http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1730035

Copper Bezel
September 9th, 2011, 02:24 AM
My desktop for today
Yum - RGBA menus are the one thing KDE keeps waving in my face and saying, "look, I'm cooler than you."


Switch it up from time to time. I mean, scrot starts up in two seconds, I still have to go to Openbox when I wanna change stuff up on my Firefox bar.
Since you've gone from Gnome to Openbox to scrotwm so far, I can't help thinking you're going to be using nothing but a tty and the Force within a month. Which I guess is cool, in a way. = )

ilovelinux33467
September 9th, 2011, 03:26 AM
Yum - RGBA menus are the one thing KDE keeps waving in my face and saying, "look, I'm cooler than you."


Not only menus, but also windows have it as well :)
http://ompldr.org/vYTlpaQ/snapshot2.png

Copper Bezel
September 9th, 2011, 03:37 AM
Oh, I know - I just don't see the need with the windows themselves, where it just seems like visual clutter for the sake of glitz. I'm just addicted to rounded corners on things and transparent menus, because I see them as having actual readability advantages. (So you can see the object you're modifying through the menu and the boundaries of windows, input fields, and menus read more naturally - just little things that provide subtle visual cues.)

ilovelinux33467
September 9th, 2011, 03:43 AM
New wallpaper for my desktop (actually the same wallpaper I used for my laptop a few weeks back)
http://ompldr.org/vYTlpdA/snapshot3.png
http://ompldr.org/vYTlqMQ/snapshot4.png

ilovelinux33467
September 9th, 2011, 03:43 AM
Oh, I know - I just don't see the need with the windows themselves, where it just seems like visual clutter for the sake of glitz. I'm just addicted to rounded corners on things and transparent menus, because I see them as having actual readability advantages. (So you can see the object you're modifying through the menu and the boundaries of windows, input fields, and menus read more naturally - just little things that provide subtle visual cues.)

Oh ok :)

arzali
September 9th, 2011, 04:38 AM
How did you make your Ubuntu Forums page look like that?

Im using this userstyle http://userstyles.org/styles/40915/ubuntu-forums-new-theme

how to install and use userstyles with stylish http://userstyles.org/help/stylish

el_koraco
September 9th, 2011, 09:53 AM
Since you've gone from Gnome to Openbox to scrotwm so far, I can't help thinking you're going to be using nothing but a tty and the Force within a month. Which I guess is cool, in a way. = )

:lolflag:

It's the CLI applications that turned me. Props to the Arch wiki. Btw, you need to post a screenshot, it's been a while.

galacticaboy
September 9th, 2011, 11:35 AM
Im using this userstyle http://userstyles.org/styles/40915/ubuntu-forums-new-theme

how to install and use userstyles with stylish http://userstyles.org/help/stylish

Thank You!

TeoBigusGeekus
September 9th, 2011, 01:09 PM
Idle:
http://i.imgur.com/Gvx1Ls.png (http://i.imgur.com/Gvx1L.png)

Busy:
http://i.imgur.com/BitDhs.png (http://i.imgur.com/BitDh.png)

galacticaboy
September 9th, 2011, 01:11 PM
Idle:
http://i.imgur.com/Gvx1Ls.png (http://i.imgur.com/Gvx1L.png)

Busy:
http://i.imgur.com/BitDhs.png (http://i.imgur.com/BitDh.png)

I love that theme, I used to use a port of that for Windows XP and it was great.

TeoBigusGeekus
September 9th, 2011, 01:29 PM
I love that theme, I used to use a port of that for Windows XP and it was great.
Yeah, it's pleasing to the eyes.

Frogs Hair
September 9th, 2011, 02:25 PM
Feeling Blue :)

Theme: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/fusion_blue?content=144058
Icons: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/AwOken?content=126344
Conky: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Conky+lua++++2011+next+generation?content=141411
Background : Yin & Yang

Pazit
September 9th, 2011, 03:54 PM
Mine (http://imgur.com/a/Colfe) for today.


That's WONDERFUL!! I love it :KS


Here is mine :

TeoBigusGeekus
September 9th, 2011, 04:07 PM
That's WONDERFUL!! I love it :KS


Here is mine :

Thanks mate!
...though it's already history...

Pazit
September 9th, 2011, 05:29 PM
LMDE. Loving it so far. Only had to modify a few things.

http://ompldr.org/tYTc2dA (http://ompldr.org/vYTc2dA) http://ompldr.org/tYTc2dg (http://ompldr.org/vYTc2dg)
I love every bit of it!!!

galacticaboy
September 9th, 2011, 05:40 PM
LMDE. Loving it so far. Only had to modify a few things.

http://ompldr.org/tYTc2dA (http://ompldr.org/vYTc2dA) http://ompldr.org/tYTc2dg (http://ompldr.org/vYTc2dg)

What is that lovely theme and where did you get it?

mips
September 9th, 2011, 06:19 PM
What is that lovely theme and where did you get it?

That theme looks like Greybird http://shimmerproject.org/project/greybird/ which I use on my debian xfce install. A really slick theme!

koleoptero
September 9th, 2011, 06:20 PM
I love every bit of it!!!
Glad you do :)

What is that lovely theme and where did you get it?
That's the default lmde theme. It's called mint-x. Details http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/10/install-linux-mint-x-theme-ubuntu/

goldshirt9
September 9th, 2011, 06:27 PM
t for this sad weekend in history .
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg70/goldshirt9/desktops/th_Screenshot-2-2.png (http://s245.photobucket.com/albums/gg70/goldshirt9/desktops/?action=view&current=Screenshot-2-2.png)


http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg70/goldshirt9/desktops/th_Screenshot-1-3.png (http://s245.photobucket.com/albums/gg70/goldshirt9/desktops/?action=view&current=Screenshot-1-3.png)

koleoptero
September 9th, 2011, 09:33 PM
Posting for the sake of posting. I'm just too bored.

http://ompldr.org/tYTl5ZQ (http://ompldr.org/vYTl5ZQ) http://ompldr.org/tYTl5Zw (http://ompldr.org/vYTl5Zw)

ninjaaron
September 9th, 2011, 11:54 PM
Posting for the sake of posting. I'm just too bored.

http://ompldr.org/tYTl5ZQ (http://ompldr.org/vYTl5ZQ) http://ompldr.org/tYTl5Zw (http://ompldr.org/vYTl5Zw)

That is a lovely font you have on your conky there. What is it? Link?

Gremlinzzz
September 10th, 2011, 12:34 AM
:popcorn:
http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=201830&stc=1&d=1315611224

Earsplit
September 10th, 2011, 12:46 AM
My desktop / homework VIM environment... ubuntu 11.04 classic

el_koraco
September 10th, 2011, 01:03 AM
My desktop / homework VIM environment... ubuntu 11.04 classic

Nice wallpaper, and the uncluttered dock looks good on this resolution. But isn't a transparent console window distracting for viming?

Earsplit
September 10th, 2011, 01:08 AM
Nice wallpaper, and the uncluttered dock looks good on this resolution. But isn't a transparent console window distracting for viming?

Not really... i find it easier to work on top of my desktop than in some lame looking terminal window. You ever heard of OmmWriter for OSX/PC? When I switched over it was the one application I missed dearly, and this allows me to get as close as I could.

http://www.ommwriter.com/

Bandit
September 10th, 2011, 01:35 AM
Added calender to my desktop and changed the wallpaper to reflect summer coming to an end this month.

Triblaze
September 10th, 2011, 01:54 AM
Idle:
http://i.imgur.com/Gvx1Ls.png (http://i.imgur.com/Gvx1L.png)

Busy:
http://i.imgur.com/BitDhs.png (http://i.imgur.com/BitDh.png)
What'd you use to get this look? Theme/icons/etc.

TeoBigusGeekus
September 10th, 2011, 09:05 AM
What'd you use to get this look? Theme/icons/etc.

System: Arch Linux with Openbox stand alone.
Openbox theme: Turquoise Nights Ob (http://box-look.org/content/show.php/?content=120386)
Gtk theme: MurrezaWarm (I don't know how you can get it - it came as it is with the murrine themes package)
Icons: Areao43 (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/area.o43+SVG+Icon+theme?content=101979) - this icon set is the only thing that remains the same in all my linux installations: I love it... Now to port it to windows...
Mouse cursors: Flatbed black - left handed version (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=52027) (left pride!!!)
Conky: Me own humble creation (go to 1b) (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1156383)
Wallpaper: I admire the work of Moebius (http://www.bdgest.com/images/nexus/moebius/voyagedhermes_moebius_07.png).

DobsonM
September 10th, 2011, 11:14 AM
Todays:

http://dobbie03.deviantart.com/#/d49ek6v

nerdtron
September 10th, 2011, 11:24 AM
Todays:

http://dobbie03.deviantart.com/#/d49ek6v

I like that conky. Care to share?

koleoptero
September 10th, 2011, 11:27 AM
That is a lovely font you have on your conky there. What is it? Link?

All details on the conky here: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=141411

gutterslob
September 10th, 2011, 11:53 AM
Posting for the sake of posting.

http://ompldr.org/tYTl5Zw (http://ompldr.org/vYTl5Zw)That panel looks absolutely ace. Would be cool if you could replicate that effect in your emerald/metavillage windecs and gtk.

koleoptero
September 10th, 2011, 11:57 AM
That panel looks absolutely ace. Would be cool if you could replicate that effect in your emerald/metavillage windecs and gtk.

It's probably possible using rgba enabled murrine and the proper gradients, but I hate transparencies, I set the panel back to a flat gray right after taking the screenshots. And then changed the theme about 500 times till I got tired of doing it. Boredom does bad things to one's desktop.

el_koraco
September 10th, 2011, 12:00 PM
Boredom does bad things to one's desktop.

I spent the better part of yesterday fixing two colors in my GTK theme, so I can get it looking just right when highlighting text.

koleoptero
September 10th, 2011, 12:07 PM
I spent the better part of yesterday fixing two colors in my GTK theme, so I can get it looking just right when highlighting text.

I would do something like this once upon a time. Now when something doesn't work like I want it to I ditch ti altogether for something completely different. That's the reason why my shots sometimes vary that much.

el_koraco
September 10th, 2011, 12:16 PM
Nah, this one works really good, I just had to fix this one thing. It wasn't the hardest job ever, but it was the first time I dove into the gtk engines and stuff, so it took a little finding out how things are configured.

Scabby_al
September 10th, 2011, 12:48 PM
Todays:

http://dobbie03.deviantart.com/#/d49ek6v

Do you have a link to the wallpaper?

ninjaaron
September 10th, 2011, 12:58 PM
back on scrotwm.

http://ubuntuone.com/1314xPU6DxRVHNvFTYGEkf (http://ubuntuone.com/7KREnG8EwC2KqCrql95FYp)

el_koraco
September 10th, 2011, 01:14 PM
back on scrotwm.


Scale the fonts down a little. It will seem weird at first, but you'll thank yourself later.

Edit: highly monochrome

http://ompldr.org/tYWFhbA (http://ompldr.org/vYWFhbA)

ninjaaron
September 10th, 2011, 02:53 PM
Scale the fonts down a little. It will seem weird at first, but you'll thank yourself later.
I actually did exactly that directly after I posted the screenshot.

Edit: highly monochrome

http://ompldr.org/tYWFhbA (http://ompldr.org/vYWFhbA)

I can't help but notice that your bar is exactly the same color as your bar_border. When i tried this, it made it impossible to see the selected entry when I was trying to launch a program.

gutterslob
September 10th, 2011, 03:17 PM
I can't help but notice that your bar is exactly the same color as your bar_border. When i tried this, it made it impossible to see the selected entry when I was trying to launch a program.You talking about dmenu?
If so, just play with the variables a bit in your ~/.scrotwm.conf

Something like this, perhaps;

= dmenu_run -fn $bar_font -nb $bar_color -nf $bar_font_color -sb $bar_font_color -sf $bar_color

el_koraco
September 10th, 2011, 04:08 PM
heh, I didn't even use dmenu to search programs, I only did a few gksudo commands there. Tried to launch a regular program, didn't see it, gutterslob's solution worked.

ninjaaron
September 10th, 2011, 04:41 PM
You talking about dmenu?
If so, just play with the variables a bit in your ~/.scrotwm.conf

Something like this, perhaps;

= dmenu_run -fn $bar_font -nb $bar_color -nf $bar_font_color -sb $bar_font_color -sf $bar_color

perfect.

So long as your around, I've been experiencing this funny thing were some programs open on the current workspace, and others always open on workspace #1 (such as the terminal). This is terribly irritating.

Any way to make all programs open on the current workspace?

el_koraco
September 10th, 2011, 04:44 PM
Weird, haven't seen that one. How are you opening terminals, with Mod+Shift+Return?

Triblaze
September 10th, 2011, 05:04 PM
I really like the Faenza icon set when it comes to all the applications, but don't really like the folders and files icons it uses.

I just tried out area.043, and I love the folder and file icons, but it doesn't really have any application icons, so it just uses the defaults.


I haven't really done anything with customizing icon sets, but how would I go about having all the faenza icons, except replacing all the folders and stuff with area.043?

koleoptero
September 10th, 2011, 05:07 PM
I really like the Faenza icon set when it comes to all the applications, but don't really like the folders and files icons it uses.

I just tried out area.043, and I love the folder and file icons, but it doesn't really have any application icons, so it just uses the defaults.


I haven't really done anything with customizing icon sets, but how would I go about having all the faenza icons, except replacing all the folders and stuff with area.043?

Go into the icon theme's folder (probably ~/.icons/whatit'scalled) open a terminal there, run "nano index.theme" without the quotes and at the line that says inherits, put Faenza first.

Triblaze
September 10th, 2011, 05:13 PM
Go into the icon theme's folder (probably ~/.icons/whatit'scalled) open a terminal there, run "nano index.theme" without the quotes and at the line that says inherits, put Faenza first.
Thanks, worked perfectly.:p

ninjaaron
September 10th, 2011, 05:41 PM
Weird, haven't seen that one. How are you opening terminals, with Mod+Shift+Return?

Yes. I did change the command, but I don't see what that should have to do with anything. All I can figure is that I accidentally changed something where I shouldn't have, but I can figure what.

I'm wondering if it's something in the startup script rather than the config file... hmm...

gutterslob
September 10th, 2011, 06:03 PM
Yes. I did change the command, but I don't see what that should have to do with anything. All I can figure is that I accidentally changed something where I shouldn't have, but I can figure what.

I'm wondering if it's something in the startup script rather than the config file... hmm...
Pastebin (http://crunchbanglinux.org/pastebin/) your startup script and your .scrotwm.conf and post the links. I'm heading out within the hour though, so I'll reply you via PM tomorrow if I don't get to see them before I leave.

Edit:
Also please state the version of ScrotWM you're running.

ninjaaron
September 10th, 2011, 06:42 PM
Pastebin (http://crunchbanglinux.org/pastebin/) your startup script and your .scrotwm.conf and post the links. I'm heading out within the hour though, so I'll reply you via PM tomorrow if I don't get to see them before I leave.

Edit:
Also please state the version of ScrotWM you're running.

startup script (http://crunchbanglinux.org/pastebin/1202)
.scrotwm.conf (http://crunchbanglinux.org/pastebin/1203)

v0.9.20

This bin seems to be two years old. :(

Pjosh23
September 10th, 2011, 06:47 PM
Themes: Slightly Customized "Soft-Shell Glass" - http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Soft-Shell+Glass?content=136560

Wallpaper: Strange Robot/Clock Thingies? (don't remember where I originally found it, so here's photobucket to the rescue!) http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/TreebeardJ21/Ubuntu%20Stuffs/ClockBots.jpg

Icons: Oxygen-Refit 2 - White Version - http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Oxygen-Refit+2+-+White+Version?content=85054

Pointer: Phoeton - http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Phoeton?content=142528

Dock: AWN, Lucido style

I call the whole set up "GlAmbiance" (Glass-Ambiance). It's basically just the Ambiance color scheme with transparency and a few other changes.

On to the screenshots...

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/TreebeardJ21/Ubuntu%20Stuffs/Glambiance-Windows.png

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/TreebeardJ21/Ubuntu%20Stuffs/Glambiance-Inactive-Window.png

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/TreebeardJ21/Ubuntu%20Stuffs/AltAmbiance.png

gutterslob
September 10th, 2011, 06:59 PM
@Ninjaaron
Can't say for sure. I can't test it out on my own since I use a much newer version and also cos I don't have Gnome Terminal.

Try changing line 27:

spawn_term = gnome-terminal
Then add this to your "#key bindings" section

bind[term] = MOD+Shift+Return...and then restart (MOD + Q)


if that doesn't fix it, try replacing line 27 with this

spawn_term = gnome-terminal --hide-menubarIf it still doesn't do it, try adding a quirk, like I did to the last line.
http://crunchbanglinux.org/pastebin/1205

That's all I have time for, I'm afraid. If you're still experiencing problems, I'll try digging for an old config for your version in one of my backup pendrives when I get back later.

Cheers.

sffvba[e0rt
September 10th, 2011, 07:00 PM
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6172/6133173203_5a9829bbae.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/59930315@N03/6133173203/)
Go Bokke (http://www.flickr.com/photos/59930315@N03/6133173203/) by nlstzhn-flickr (http://www.flickr.com/people/59930315@N03/), on Flickr


404

el_koraco
September 10th, 2011, 07:26 PM
@tha ninja

I have 0.9.20 also, and can confirm your problems with gnome terminal. I was gonna suggest the same solutions as GS, but changing terminal emulator to GT doesn't work with or without the hide menubar option, and putting the quirk for having GT anywhere crashed X

lol

I'm guessing your problems are related to gnome terminal. Exchanging it with urxvt (rxvt-unicode is the package), will certainly solve the problem you're having. xterm as well probably. urxvt is fugly until you set up an .Xdefaults file, and you can find some excellent ones on the crunchbang forums. Probably on the Arch ones as well.

ninjaaron
September 10th, 2011, 07:30 PM
@Ninjaaron
Can't say for sure. I can't test it out on my own since I use a much newer version and also cos I don't have Gnome Terminal.

Try changing line 27:

spawn_term = gnome-terminal
Then add this to your "#key bindings" section

bind[term] = MOD+Shift+Return...and then restart (MOD + Q)


if that doesn't fix it, try replacing line 27 with this

spawn_term = gnome-terminal --hide-menubarIf it still doesn't do it, try adding a quirk, like I did to the last line.
http://crunchbanglinux.org/pastebin/1205

That's all I have time for, I'm afraid. If you're still experiencing problems, I'll try digging for an old config for your version in one of my backup pendrives when I get back later.

Cheers.

I was actually just about to try the quirks right before you mentioned it. Unfortunately, none of it works. However, I'm noticing that this only seems to be an issue with gnome-terminal. lxterminal and xterm are fine. I want a terminal with transparency and support for multiple profiles, however. Looks like I'm going terminal shopping.

weird
:confused:

DobsonM
September 10th, 2011, 07:31 PM
I like that conky. Care to share?

Here you go:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6894275/conkyrc

ninjaaron
September 10th, 2011, 07:32 PM
I'm guessing your problems are related to gnome terminal. Exchanging it with urxvt (rxvt-unicode is the package), will certainly solve the problem you're having. xterm as well probably. urxvt is fugly until you set up an .Xdefaults file, and you can find some excellent ones on the crunchbang forums. Probably on the Arch ones as well.

You read my mind.

except the part about rxvt. It's the "shiny" thing again.

DobsonM
September 10th, 2011, 07:33 PM
Do you have a link to the wallpaper?

Here you are, http://i.imgur.com/e73xA.jpg (by the way this isn't my work)

el_koraco
September 10th, 2011, 07:46 PM
You read my mind.

except the part about rxvt. It's the "shiny" thing again.

lxterminal is very good, I suggest that one.

goldshirt9
September 10th, 2011, 07:53 PM
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6172/6133173203_5a9829bbae.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/59930315@N03/6133173203/)
Go Bokke (http://www.flickr.com/photos/59930315@N03/6133173203/) by nlstzhn-flickr (http://www.flickr.com/people/59930315@N03/), on Flickr


404 nice wallpaper
we will see after their first game.but after watching england , we need help

stanca
September 10th, 2011, 08:04 PM
Gnome-shell and Gnome 3-classic(Gnome-fallback-session) on Oneiric Beta 1 Amd64: :)

ninjaaron
September 10th, 2011, 08:13 PM
lxterminal is very good, I suggest that one.

I would use it, but I can't find a way to you can only set the background and standard font color. I don't see a way to create completely new color profiles.

Same goes for sakura. I found roxterm, which has all the features I want. Ironically, it does the same thing as gnome-terminal with regard to spawning new windows.

It's pretty-much ridiculous.

snip3r8
September 10th, 2011, 09:04 PM
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6172/6133173203_5a9829bbae.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/59930315@N03/6133173203/)
Go Bokke (http://www.flickr.com/photos/59930315@N03/6133173203/) by nlstzhn-flickr (http://www.flickr.com/people/59930315@N03/), on Flickr


404

maybe someone should make a tux logo wearing a springbok shirt...

xc3RnbFO8P
September 10th, 2011, 09:08 PM
Screenshot...

snip3r8
September 10th, 2011, 09:23 PM
maybe someone should make a tux logo wearing a springbok shirt...

ok here

goldshirt9
September 10th, 2011, 09:39 PM
no oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg70/goldshirt9/moma3001-england-rugby-15856.png

IWantFroyo
September 10th, 2011, 09:39 PM
My first post in this thread... Usually I end up posting much sooner. Oh well.

snip3r8
September 10th, 2011, 09:52 PM
no oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg70/goldshirt9/moma3001-england-rugby-15856.png
That looks quite pro(I think someone should start a thread for this)

ilovelinux33467
September 10th, 2011, 10:04 PM
No this one
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs49/f/2009/168/9/4/All_Blacks_Tux_Avatar_by_techspider.png

DobsonM
September 10th, 2011, 10:15 PM
No this one
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs49/f/2009/168/9/4/All_Blacks_Tux_Avatar_by_techspider.png

Thats more like it.

ddnev45
September 10th, 2011, 10:17 PM
I would use it, but I can't find a way to you can only set the background and standard font color. I don't see a way to create completely new color profiles.

Same goes for sakura. I found roxterm, which has all the features I want. Ironically, it does the same thing as gnome-terminal with regard to spawning new windows.

It's pretty-much ridiculous.

Terminator may be what you're after. (http://www.tenshu.net/p/terminator.html)

And a fluxbox screenshot:

http://ompldr.org/tYWFjOQ (http://ompldr.org/vYWFjOQ)

stanca
September 10th, 2011, 10:23 PM
Update:Compiz on Gnome 3 classic(Gnome3-fallback-session) and without Nvidia proprietary drivers. :P

overdrank
September 11th, 2011, 12:15 AM
Back on topic. :popcorn:

el_koraco
September 11th, 2011, 04:11 AM
It's pretty-much ridiculous.

I guess it's like a message. Transparency is for girls. You can get transparency with urxvt, dunno how, but I've seen gutterslob explaining it somewhere. What about Konsole?

IWantFroyo
September 11th, 2011, 04:20 AM
Transparency is for girls.

:-s Really? I'm a guy, and I love my transparent conky, transparent terminal emulator, transparent tint2...

el_koraco
September 11th, 2011, 04:23 AM
I'm a guy

You sure?
JK, but every time i see transparency in X, I die a little inside.

IWantFroyo
September 11th, 2011, 04:29 AM
You sure?
JK, but every time i see transparency in X, I die a little inside.

I was the last time I checked. What's the possibility of randomly changing genders in two hours?

As for transparency, I do agree. I like transparent stuff, but sometimes it's too much (imo Aero & Oxygen). As for semi-transparent and solid stuff (tint2), I love that.

sffvba[e0rt
September 11th, 2011, 05:02 AM
maybe someone should make a tux logo wearing a springbok shirt...

;)


OH... on topic... :p (I love Natty)


404

Copper Bezel
September 11th, 2011, 06:01 AM
It's the CLI applications that turned me. Props to the Arch wiki. Btw, you need to post a screenshot, it's been a while.

I don't have much to show off. I've had a lot of free time lately, but the time I would have wasted tweaking over the last couple of weeks I've wasted making pony miniatures instead. Still doing the not-quite-Unity thing, Compiz on a regular full Gnome desktop, 11.04. Natty's stability issues haven't been plaguing me as much, so that, for instance, I have a two-week uptime for the first time since upgrading. I did just instal Xournal to play with that, since my netbook is, first and foremost, a course design, grading, giving-feedback-on-student-essays machine.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17749392/Screenshots/110910/Screenshot.png (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17749392/Screenshots/110910/Screenshotfull.png)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17749392/Screenshots/110910/Screenshot-1.png (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17749392/Screenshots/110910/Screenshot-1full.png)


I love the grid to death. I did switch back to my nature photos wallpaper pack (from ponies, as the former is a bit less distracting in class if I need to use the projector) and I just discovered the actual usefulness of the "Pull" feature in exposé.

The panels are AWN with DockBarX, which has had some very useful enhancements lately in its AWN integration and is very much a more full-featured version of the Unity dock. The theme is still Orta with the lighter options and a modified, less obtrusive Emerald theme, and the icons are Faenza dark.

It's all still lighter than KDE, I think, if just barely. = P

Natty has an issue with "Dim Inactive," whether it's active or not, that makes both it and Trailfocus fail to work on login and somewhat intermittently even after toggling it on and off to fix it. I find the effect useful, though (particularly through trailfocus, where it's a bit smoother.)

Edit: Oh, and the Nautilus quicklaunch items load in the cute little Thunar boxes instead - instantaneously, thanks to the Thunar daemon, thanks to el_koraco's tip.

Copper Bezel
September 11th, 2011, 07:43 AM
Apparently I double-posted? Scrubbed.

vehemoth
September 11th, 2011, 08:04 AM
Bit of a sneak preview as I am noway near finished yet.

Bit of a problem with one of the screenshots and I couldn't be bothered fixing it so ignore the black rectangle :lolflag:

sffvba[e0rt
September 11th, 2011, 08:13 AM
Bit of a sneak preview as I am noway near finished yet.
Bit of a problem with screenshot and I couldn't be bothered fixing it so ignore the black rectangles :lolflag:

Wow... that looks amazing...


404

goldshirt9
September 11th, 2011, 08:28 AM
i agree a nice work in progress from vehemoth

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg70/goldshirt9/desktops/th_Untitled.jpg (http://s245.photobucket.com/albums/gg70/goldshirt9/desktops/?action=view&current=Untitled.jpg)W 7 on my desktop as unfortunately it just doesn't like
Ubuntu Natty.Graphic card problems and the like :mad:

koleoptero
September 11th, 2011, 10:23 AM
Still bored.

http://ompldr.org/tYWFycg (http://ompldr.org/vYWFycg) http://ompldr.org/tYWFycw (http://ompldr.org/vYWFycw)

arzali
September 11th, 2011, 10:24 AM
I don't have much to show off. I've had a lot of free time lately, but the time I would have wasted tweaking over the last couple of weeks I've wasted making pony miniatures instead. Still doing the not-quite-Unity thing, Compiz on a regular full Gnome desktop, 11.04. Natty's stability issues haven't been plaguing me as much, so that, for instance, I have a two-week uptime for the first time since upgrading. I did just instal Xournal to play with that, since my netbook is, first and foremost, a course design, grading, giving-feedback-on-student-essays machine.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17749392/Screenshots/110910/Screenshot.png (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17749392/Screenshots/110910/Screenshotfull.png)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17749392/Screenshots/110910/Screenshot-1.png


I love the grid to death. I did switch back to my nature photos wallpaper pack (from ponies, as the former is a bit less distracting in class if I need (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17749392/Screenshots/110910/Screenshot-1full.png)


I love the grid to death. I did switch back to my nature photos wallpaper pack (from ponies, as the former is a bit less distracting in class if I need to use the projector) and I just discovered the actual usefulness of the "Pull" feature in exposé.

The panels are AWN with DockBarX, which has had some very useful enhancements lately in its AWN integration and is very much a more full-featured version of the Unity dock. The theme is still Orta with the lighter options and a modified, less obtrusive Emerald theme, and the icons are Faenza dark.

It's all still lighter than KDE, I think, if just barely. = P

Natty has an issue with "Dim Inactive," whether it's active or not, that makes both it and Trailfocus fail to work on login and somewhat intermittently even after toggling it on and off to fix it. I find the effect useful, though (particularly through trailfocus, where it's a bit smoother.)

Edit: Oh, and the Nautilus quicklaunch items load in the cute little Thunar boxes instead - instantaneously, thanks to the Thunar daemon, thanks to el_koraco's tip.

Nice but how did you get recent and most used items in nautilus???

el_koraco
September 11th, 2011, 10:44 AM
@Copper, that's better. When a desktop stops changing, it's a good sign. I like the Emerald decorators, the regular windecs on Orta suck.

Copper Bezel
September 11th, 2011, 10:52 AM
Thanks! Yeah, I'm just quite comfy with this layout.

Edit:

And yeah, Orta's window decorators just seem cluttery to me. It's the one thing I really prefer in Elementary, so I ripped them off. = )


Nice but how did you get recent and most used items in nautilus???

I don't honestly know what governs which apps get Recent and Most Used items in DockBarX. I think they need to use either Gnome's Recent Documents list or Zeitgeist to log their behaviors, and there's something else DBX needs to recognize the applications for them to get quicklists at all. I get them for everything but Abiword and Xournal, both of which store their recent documents separately in their own antisocial little lists.

It's not useful for Nautilus, but that's what I have the static bookmarks quicklist for in the first place.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17749392/Screenshots/110910/quicklist.png

koleoptero
September 11th, 2011, 10:54 AM
...Abiword and Xournal, both of which store their recent documents separately in their own antisocial little lists.

I just developed an unreasonable desire to install said programs.

xc3RnbFO8P
September 11th, 2011, 11:11 AM
Still bored.

http://ompldr.org/tYWFycg (http://ompldr.org/vYWFycg) http://ompldr.org/tYWFycw (http://ompldr.org/vYWFycw)

Looking good :)

(the icons look blurry, fail?)

el_koraco
September 11th, 2011, 11:15 AM
I just developed an unreasonable desire to install said programs.

Install Xournal in any case, it's perfect for monkeying around.
Btw, nice Faenza-Awoken combo.

Of course,

http://ompldr.org/tYWF0ZQ (http://ompldr.org/vYWF0ZQ)

koleoptero
September 11th, 2011, 11:16 AM
Looking good :)

(the icons look blurry, fail?)

The awoken icons do that on my lappy. I might go for ACYL or clarity which look sharper. But I also might completely change theme, or even DE, or even distro. I am barely keeping myself in check by repeating constantly "It works well, don't <snip> up."

Erik1984
September 11th, 2011, 11:18 AM
Still bored.

http://ompldr.org/tYWFycg (http://ompldr.org/vYWFycg) http://ompldr.org/tYWFycw (http://ompldr.org/vYWFycw)

Papers please? :P

koleoptero
September 11th, 2011, 11:21 AM
Install Xournal in any case, it's perfect for monkeying around.
Btw, nice Faenza-Awoken combo.

Of course,

http://ompldr.org/tYWF0ZQ (http://ompldr.org/vYWF0ZQ)

Yeah I'm not going to install abiword just to be disappointed by it again. I'll check xournal out though.

That artwiz font has the weirdest m ever.

koleoptero
September 11th, 2011, 11:22 AM
Papers please? :P

*flees in fright of being deported*

gutterslob
September 11th, 2011, 12:38 PM
@KoraKora & AaronNinja

I have nothing against transparency. Can be made to look good if applied sparingly, though personally I find pseudo-transparency much more usable (and lighter) than true RGBA transparency.

http://ompldr.org/vYWF1cA.png (http://ompldr.org/vYWF1bw)

Here's Urxvt running in EvilWM. The fullscreen Tmux window exhibits 50% transparency/shading. The smaller window with the music player is showing rxvt's blur function, which is nice but very, very slow (at least on a netbook). The third tiny window is just showing a darker black tint. As you can see, it's highly customizable.

xc3RnbFO8P
September 11th, 2011, 01:12 PM
http://ompldr.org/vYWF1cA.png (http://ompldr.org/vYWF1bw)

The smaller window with the music player is showing rxvt's blur function

That's Beautiful :)

I wish I could do that :(

Whistling Nixie
September 11th, 2011, 02:50 PM
Wallpaper: Feather (http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/2248948145/in/pool-556923@N24/) by Quinn Dobrowski (http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/) (under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en))
Theme: Orta (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=134123)
(Selected Items colour: #757575)
Icons: F-Dark (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/?content=139823) (a Faenza colour-variation)
Update manager icons here (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/elementary+MintUpdate+tray+icon?content=128430)
Nautilus background: #393940
Main font: Ubuntu Font Family


Terminal
Text: #E3E3E8
Bold text: #EDEDFF
Username text: #D96E2B; #CCDCFF
Background: #28282B
Font: Monospace

Copper Bezel
September 11th, 2011, 03:16 PM
el_koraco, I want to make a comment about something regarding your screenshot, but the only things I can identify with any certainty are a large clock and the word "sex" repeated many times. It looks very, well, focused. Hardcore and things.


I just developed an unreasonable desire to install said programs.
AbiWord has a much cleaner interface than LibreOffice Writer's, even if it doesn't do much in particular, so I do like to have it on hand. It's equivalent to MS WordPad, good for focusing on content when you still need some basic formatting features you don't have access to in a raw text editor; all the more elaborate features are either absent, broken, or steeped in AbiSuite arcana that no typical user and no other word processor can interpret.

Xournal isn't quite what I was expecting, but it's still better than using PDFX-Change viewer through Wine to mark up PDFs.

There's no reason in hell not to use Gnome's recent documents functions, and every app that doesn't punches a whole in the usefulness of the same. I want to work with my files, not fiddle with individual-as-snowflakes applications that I'd rather forget I'm using at all. Listing recent files in my launcher and dock is a bare minimum of desktop environment integration.

Xournal gets a pass because it's one guy making an app for a very specific use case. AbiWord's issues make its devs just seem full of themselves, which, given what I've seen of their attitude on their bug trackers, is a perception they really ought to be more attentive to. In any case, there's been a bug filed regarding the lack of Recent Documents support since Gnome implemented it.

el_koraco
September 11th, 2011, 03:57 PM
el_koraco, I want to make a comment about something regarding your screenshot, but the only things I can identify with any certainty are a large clock and the word "sex" repeated many times. It looks very, well, focused. Hardcore and things.


You'd think so, but it's all very consumerish. I got a music player and a gtalk client going.

Erik1984
September 11th, 2011, 04:46 PM
*flees in fright of being deported*

Oops :p ... I meant "Wallpaper Please?"

koleoptero
September 11th, 2011, 04:55 PM
Oops :p ... I meant "Wallpaper Please?"

Somewhere in here: http://www.starwalt.com/digital.html

gutterslob
September 11th, 2011, 06:22 PM
That's Beautiful :)

I wish I could do that :(If you're talking about the blurred-translucent term, you probably could with some Compiz-RGBA fapping.

Copper Bezel
September 11th, 2011, 06:52 PM
I assumed he meant configuring EvilWM, since Gnome Terminal is generally transparent to begin with and Compiz' blur can be set to apply to alpha compositing in two clicks. = )

Bandit
September 11th, 2011, 07:03 PM
Another September screeny..
Really getting into the sun rise and sun set wallpapers this month with summer coming to an end.

gutterslob
September 11th, 2011, 07:14 PM
I assumed he meant configuring EvilWM, since Gnome Terminal is generally transparent to begin with and Compiz' blur can be set to apply to alpha compositing in two clicks. = )Well, if you read the text he quoted, you'll notice he left everything but the part about the blurred term out, so I assumed he was talking about that specifically.

Copper Bezel
September 11th, 2011, 07:20 PM
Good point. Are you still using Compiz, Ringi? Or is it a video card issue? I know that the blur plugin isn't always friendly with every chipset.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17749392/Screenshots/110910/blur.png (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17749392/Screenshots/110910/blur.jpg)

xc3RnbFO8P
September 11th, 2011, 10:07 PM
I am talking about total transparency like all is made of glas,
I can use Opacity, Brigtness and Saturation in Compiz setting, but it affects the font as well.

Erik1984
September 11th, 2011, 10:45 PM
Somewhere in here: http://www.starwalt.com/digital.html

Thanks, haven't found it yet but a nice collection.

upptown
September 11th, 2011, 10:46 PM
Added calender to my desktop and changed the wallpaper to reflect summer coming to an end this month.

Cool.....How do I add the calendar to the desktop?

ilovelinux33467
September 12th, 2011, 12:04 AM
Laptop for today :)
http://ompldr.org/vYWI3cg/snapshot5.png

Bandit
September 12th, 2011, 02:38 AM
Cool.....How do I add the calendar to the desktop?

Linux: Conky
Windows: Rainmeter

imnotthere
September 12th, 2011, 03:08 AM
Gnome 2.32.1 :)

DobsonM
September 12th, 2011, 04:03 AM
I love this wallpaper:
http://i.imgur.com/GzUke.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/JFRyX.jpg

http://dobbie03.deviantart.com/#/d49ek6v

Scabby_al
September 12th, 2011, 04:24 AM
Edit: Forgot that I already asked for the link :D

Copper Bezel
September 12th, 2011, 08:37 AM
I can use Opacity, Brigtness and Saturation in Compiz setting, but it affects the font as well.

Did you look at the screenshot? That's not what I'm talking about.

Actually, it won't work with Opacity, Brightness and Saturation enabled, because that would flatten the alpha values as you say. But Gnome Terminal uses alpha transparency already, and then you can apply Compiz's blur to that. I'm only using a radius of 3 here, but you can theoretically go as wild with it as your GPU permits.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17749392/Screenshots/110910/blur2.png (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17749392/Screenshots/110910/blur2full.png)

It's true that pure alpha won't be blurred, so use an almost transparent .png, like this one (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17749392/Screenshots/110910/thepane.png).

Edit: Actually, Opacity, Brightness, and Saturation shouldn't have an effect on this, and you could theoretically use both at the same time.

Daisuke_Aramaki
September 12th, 2011, 09:53 AM
45

Fluxbox.

http://ompldr.org/tYWJkaQ (http://ompldr.org/vYWJkaQ)

koleoptero
September 12th, 2011, 10:48 AM
Back to my modified ambiance and an autumn-y look. Brought back the conky and added a semi-transparent background to it so I can use whatever wallpaper I like and it will still be visible.

http://ompldr.org/tYWJlZA (http://ompldr.org/vYWJlZA) http://ompldr.org/tYWJlZg (http://ompldr.org/vYWJlZg)

VinDSL
September 12th, 2011, 12:12 PM
(Click to expand)

http://vindsl.com/images/vindsl-desktop-12-sep-2011(650x520).png (http://vindsl.com/images/vindsl-desktop-12-sep-2011.png)

xc3RnbFO8P
September 12th, 2011, 12:21 PM
Did you look at the screenshot? That's not what I'm talking about.

Actually, it won't work with Opacity, Brightness and Saturation enabled, because that would flatten the alpha values as you say. But Gnome Terminal uses alpha transparency already, and then you can apply Compiz's blur to that. I'm only using a radius of 3 here, but you can theoretically go as wild with it as your GPU permits.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17749392/Screenshots/110910/blur2.png (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17749392/Screenshots/110910/blur2full.png)

It's true that pure alpha won't be blurred, so use an almost transparent .png, like this one (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17749392/Screenshots/110910/thepane.png).

Edit: Actually, Opacity, Brightness, and Saturation shouldn't have an effect on this, and you could theoretically use both at the same time.

Well I am not talking about terminal window (my mistake)
I am talking about input boxes in Gnome:

ilovelinux33467
September 12th, 2011, 01:24 PM
Search and Launch activity for today. Task manager is called Smooth Tasks. Transparency and blur turned right up to the maximum.

http://ompldr.org/vYWJmdA/snapshot8.png

Frogs Hair
September 12th, 2011, 02:43 PM
Back to my modified ambiance and an autumn-y look. Brought back the conky and added a semi-transparent background to it so I can use whatever wallpaper I like and it will still be visible.

http://ompldr.org/tYWJlZA (http://ompldr.org/vYWJlZA) http://ompldr.org/tYWJlZg (http://ompldr.org/vYWJlZg)

I will be seeing those colors in a few weeks , but I will enjoy the last 10 days of summer .

galacticaboy
September 12th, 2011, 04:09 PM
Search and Launch activity for today. Task manager is called Smooth Tasks. Transparency and blur turned right up to the maximum.

http://ompldr.org/vYWJmdA/snapshot8.png

Oh the wonderful things that one can do with KDE that my computer could only ever dream of.

gutterslob
September 12th, 2011, 04:16 PM
Oh the wonderful things that one can do with KDE that my computer could only ever dream of.Not everyone has the core i69 646GHz CPU + 48TB DDR17 RAM that KDE sets as a minimum requirement, sadly.

Dragonbite
September 12th, 2011, 04:25 PM
Not everyone has the core i69 646GHz CPU + 48TB DDR17 RAM that KDE sets as a minimum requirement, sadly.

No wonder my system is only running at OK speeds (as opposed to ludicrous).. It's running KDE on a Pentium M with only 1.6 GHz and 1 GB of RAM!

Then again, I can type only so fast...):P

gutterslob
September 12th, 2011, 04:40 PM
45

Fluxbox.

http://ompldr.org/tYWJkaQ (http://ompldr.org/vYWJkaQ)

May your desktop live long and prosper in all its technicolor glory!!

Kexolino
September 12th, 2011, 07:40 PM
Lucid:

http://i.imgur.com/XgAZas.jpg (http://imgur.com/XgAZa) http://i.imgur.com/pc1n1s.jpg (http://imgur.com/pc1n1) http://i.imgur.com/MdRofs.png (http://imgur.com/MdRof)

el_koraco
September 12th, 2011, 07:43 PM
Lucid:


Man, you switch them out fast.

Kexolino
September 12th, 2011, 08:16 PM
Man, you switch them out fast.

Distros? I used Ubuntu, then #!. If XFCE worked for me in #! I'd be perfect, but eventually I got tired of Openbox, and installing Gnome just seemed wrong... And for the other ones that I used, those were just on a small separate partition for fooling around.

el_koraco
September 12th, 2011, 08:31 PM
Yeah, I noticed you had Fedora and there was some KDE going on.

ilovelinux33467
September 12th, 2011, 11:58 PM
Not everyone has the core i69 646GHz CPU + 48TB DDR17 RAM that KDE sets as a minimum requirement, sadly.

Actually that laptop I took the screenshot of and posted only has a Core 2 Duo 2.2GHz CPU and 8GB DDR2 RAM. Even on my older 8 year old laptop (Compaq Evo N800v with Pentium 4 M 1.7GHz and 2GB DDR RAM) I am able to run KDE smoothly and even some of the KDE desktop effects are able to run quite well. Not all of them though (have to disable things like Blur) but enough for me. The orignal KDE 4.x versions were very slow however in the later versions (starting from around 4.4) I found that there was a significant increase in speed.

hhh
September 13th, 2011, 01:39 AM
Secure enough in my manhood to run transparency...

http://ompldr.org/tYWJydA (http://ompldr.org/vYWJydA)

My usual murrine on Xfce 4.6.

DobsonM
September 13th, 2011, 04:48 AM
My latest:

Been fiddling around with Conky. Sort of happy not sure if it all fits though.
http://dobbie03.deviantart.com/art/13th-September-2011-258159936

I love these OSX Lion linen wallpapers.

meborc
September 13th, 2011, 08:02 AM
45

Fluxbox.

http://ompldr.org/tYWJkaQ (http://ompldr.org/vYWJkaQ)

First: excellent! I love this kind of setup

Second: I wish you would write a step-by-step instructions (a blog or maybe here in the ubuntuforums tutorial section) on how to achieve this exact desktop as a result

:D

I have a few Trekkie friends and this would be a great surprise for them

NikoC
September 13th, 2011, 08:24 AM
Same ol' 10.10 setup, haven't had the time to mess around:

Clean (http://users.skynet.be/bk244928/clean.png) desktop with elementary wallpaper, avant window navigator, screenlets (Circleclock & Eigencal), Gnome-Brave icons & Comix mouse cursors.

Home folder (http://users.skynet.be/bk244928/home_folder.png) opened with emerald custom theme.

Gnome Do (http://users.skynet.be/bk244928/gnome_do.png) with custom theme.

Boot splash is also customized with the desktop wallpaper.

slackthumbz
September 13th, 2011, 09:25 AM
Lubuntu 11.10 beta
GTK 3 theme: Old Steampunk (available from gnome-look.org)
icons: ACYL
Details for conky setup: http://trialbysteam.com/2011/06/29/steampunk-ubuntu-conky/
Dual monitor setup managed using xrandr :)


#!/bin/sh
xrandr --auto --output VGA1 --mode 1280x1024 --above LVDS1

sffvba[e0rt
September 13th, 2011, 09:35 AM
Lubuntu 11.10 beta
GTK 3 theme: Old Steampunk (available from gnome-look.org)
icons: ACYL
Details for conky setup: http://trialbysteam.com/2011/06/29/steampunk-ubuntu-conky/

Reminds me of some of the themes that came with Windows 98 :) (The fonts at least)


404

slackthumbz
September 13th, 2011, 09:39 AM
Reminds me of some of the themes that came with Windows 98 :) (The fonts at least)


404

Lol, well I was going for a 'vintage' look ;)

hhh
September 13th, 2011, 10:01 AM
45

Fluxbox.
ompldr.org/vYWJkaQ
Yeah, how did I miss this? Wallpaper please?

Copper Bezel
September 13th, 2011, 10:49 AM
@ slackthumbz - actually, that's the least tacky I've seen that theme look. (Windows XP bronzed as a memento - but somehow, you make it look good, and the simple textured wallpaper helps.) The Conky is very fun. = )

slackthumbz
September 13th, 2011, 11:02 AM
@ slackthumbz - actually, that's the least tacky I've seen that theme look. (Windows XP bronzed as a memento - but somehow, you make it look good, and the simple textured wallpaper helps.) The Conky is very fun. = )

I had to tweak the theme colours a bit to get it working reasonably nicely. Some of the darker shades of brown just don't work on my external monitor. I had a lot of fun playing with the conky config, I may go back and install all the extra python scripts so I can get the weather monitoring parts working in a secondary instance :D

Daisuke_Aramaki
September 13th, 2011, 11:03 AM
@meborc

Thanks. I do have a brief description of this setup in my blog. The fluxbox theme and other ingredients are available for download over there.

@hhh

I even linked the wallpaper there.

Please head to this link (http://skinwalker.wordpress.com/)

ilovelinux33467
September 13th, 2011, 02:13 PM
Here is something different for a change - FreeBSD 9.0-BETA2 with WindowMaker (I plan on installing KDE on it once version 4.7 hits the ports)
http://ompldr.org/vYWJ6ZQ/2011-09-13-130922_1366x768_scrot.png

ninjaaron
September 13th, 2011, 02:52 PM
@KoraKora & AaronNinja

I have nothing against transparency. Can be made to look good if applied sparingly, though personally I find pseudo-transparency much more usable (and lighter) than true RGBA transparency.

http://ompldr.org/vYWF1cA.png (http://ompldr.org/vYWF1bw)

Here's Urxvt running in EvilWM. The fullscreen Tmux window exhibits 50% transparency/shading. The smaller window with the music player is showing rxvt's blur function, which is nice but very, very slow (at least on a netbook). The third tiny window is just showing a darker black tint. As you can see, it's highly customizable.

Now wait just a tick. How is it that you have different color and transparency on different instances of urxvt?

That's the main thing holding me back at the moment...

P.S. you don't have to explain it if it's in the Arch wiki.
P.P.S. @el_koraco I have no shame about being gay for transparency. Also, after customizing scrotwm for a while, I decided it was an acceptable replacement for Unity, and have switched distros on my destop (ok, it's also a laptop, but it's my main computer, and it rarely moves from my desk).

Frogs Hair
September 13th, 2011, 02:55 PM
Today's E17 Theme .

ninjaaron
September 13th, 2011, 03:04 PM
Today's E17 Theme .

i am like dis wallpaper.

Frogs Hair
September 13th, 2011, 03:08 PM
i am like dis wallpaper.

http://jootix.com/unnamed+_7773.html

meborc
September 13th, 2011, 03:08 PM
@meborc

Thanks. I do have a brief description of this setup in my blog. The fluxbox theme and other ingredients are available for download over there.

@hhh

I even linked the wallpaper there.

Please head to this link (http://skinwalker.wordpress.com/)

Thanks, I have gone over your blog and got the theme+font

Now if i only could get your .Xdefaults and .bashrc files :P

BTW, whats up with urxvt not wanting to open text files with nano... some kind of color incompatibility?

galacticaboy
September 13th, 2011, 03:54 PM
Today's E17 Theme .

How can I install E17 on Xubuntu 10.10? I have never used it.

gutterslob
September 13th, 2011, 04:03 PM
I do have a brief description of this setup in my blog. Whoah!! SkinWalker's alive!! O_O
Good to know you got things going again, Dai-Chan. :)




Now wait just a tick. How is it that you have different color and transparency on different instances of urxvt?I made that just to show your what was possible. They were different configurations started at separate times, but you can definitely start various "styles" of URxvt if you want.

Easiest way is to lay down your basic config in your .Xdefaults/.Xresources, and then set keybindings to launch URxvt with additional specific variables if you desire. Most (though not all) of the variables you put in your .Xdefaults can also be used as an option in the launch command. See the man page (http://linux.die.net/man/1/urxvt). You can have Mod+Shift+Return launch your "basic" URxvt, and maybe bind a different keycombo to something like "urxvt -rv" to launch it in reverse video mode, or maybe "urxvt -blr8" for a blurred bg...etc. I personally don't do this (cos it's useless to me), but it's definitely possible. You can probably even have a script replace your Xdefaults at various times of the day, for example: maybe a light term for day-trading and a dark one for dungeon-dwelling.

There's also the "URxvt*fading" and "URxvt*fadeColor" option, which can add some degree of usability by fading inactive terminals, like this = http://ompldr.org/vYWMxZg

Daisuke_Aramaki
September 13th, 2011, 04:26 PM
Thanks, I have gone over your blog and got the theme+font

Now if i only could get your .Xdefaults and .bashrc files :P

BTW, whats up with urxvt not wanting to open text files with nano... some kind of color incompatibility?

I will update my github account in a couple of days. I will announce it on my blog once it's done. The shell is zsh. I don't use bash.

That's odd with nano.You should investigate.

Daisuke_Aramaki
September 13th, 2011, 04:27 PM
Whoah!! SkinWalker's alive!! O_O
Good to know you got things going again, Dai-Chan. :)

It's been up since a couple of weeks or so. I will pm you in detail later tonight mate.

ninjaaron
September 13th, 2011, 04:31 PM
Whoah!! SkinWalker's alive!! O_O
Good to know you got things going again, Dai-Chan. :)



I made that just to show your what was possible. They were different configurations started at separate times, but you can definitely start various "styles" of URxvt if you want.

Easiest way is to lay down your basic config in your .Xdefaults/.Xresources, and then set keybindings to launch URxvt with additional specific variables if you desire. Most (though not all) of the variables you put in your .Xdefaults can also be used as an option in the launch command. See the man page (http://linux.die.net/man/1/urxvt). You can have Mod+Shift+Return launch your "basic" URxvt, and maybe bind a different keycombo to something like "urxvt -rv" to launch it in reverse video mode, or maybe "urxvt -blr8" for a blurred bg...etc. I personally don't do this (cos it's useless to me), but it's definitely possible. You can probably even have a script replace your Xdefaults at various times of the day, for example: maybe a light term for day-trading and a dark one for dungeon-dwelling.

There's also the "URxvt*fading" and "URxvt*fadeColor" option, which can add some degree of usability by fading inactive terminals, like this = http://ompldr.org/vYWMxZg

Thanks! the only thing I really want is one setting with a black-transparent background (something like #00000088) for basic stuff like music player and other simple things, cause I like to see my background a little bit, and then a solid dark-grey bacground (#1e1e1e) for working. I suppose there must be some kind of -bgcolor tag or something.

el_koraco
September 13th, 2011, 04:59 PM
P.P.S. @el_koraco I have no shame about being gay for transparency. Also, after customizing scrotwm for a while, I decided it was an acceptable replacement for Unity, and have switched distros on my destop (ok, it's also a laptop, but it's my main computer, and it rarely moves from my desk).

Arch? You know, we're just slacking off here. The real way to use scrotwm would be in conjuction with OpenBSD, like Daisuke does. Speaking of which, superb combo of font, background and Flux, Mr. Skinwalker.

Here's one from me, switched to the montecarlo font.

http://ompldr.org/tYWMyZA (http://ompldr.org/vYWMyZA)

Frogs Hair
September 13th, 2011, 05:39 PM
How can I install E17 on Xubuntu 10.10? I have never used it.

I haven't used Xubuntu and don't know if the E17 core packages are in your repository . I installed the core packages from the software center and chose it from the session list when I logged in . I Later found a PPA a forum member created , which is better because the core packages only allow use of the default theme .

galacticaboy
September 13th, 2011, 08:35 PM
Xubuntu 10.10
Xfce 4.8.0
Wallpaper, I have no idea!

hhh
September 13th, 2011, 08:45 PM
@hhh

I even linked the wallpaper there.

Please head to this link (http://skinwalker.wordpress.com/)
Bookmarked, many thanks!

ninjaaron
September 13th, 2011, 10:01 PM
Arch? You know, we're just slacking off here. The real way to use scrotwm would be in conjuction with OpenBSD, like Daisuke does. Speaking of which, superb combo of font, background and Flux, Mr. Skinwalker.

Here's one from me, switched to the montecarlo font.

http://ompldr.org/tYWMyZA (http://ompldr.org/vYWMyZA)

It's uncanny how similar our setups look at the moment. Gray is nice when you have to look at it for a long time, what can I say? Even our bar info layout is similar. I still can't find enough love for bitmap fonts to use one in the terminal, but I at least found one that does make my eyeballs bleed for my bar. It's called Tamsyn or something.

Anyway, I dunno about this BDS stuff. Isn't that for servers or something? But yeah, how did you guess:
http://ubuntuone.com/p/1I4S/ (http://ubuntuone.com/p/1I4K/)

I do love me some fresh packages.

Pirate Zoro
September 13th, 2011, 10:01 PM
Trying out Ping-Eee OS, here's my current setup
Faenza-Cupertino icons, AWN with DockBarX

Frogs Hair
September 13th, 2011, 10:27 PM
I was going to wait on Fall colors , but it might freeze tomorrow night just to the North .

IWantFroyo
September 13th, 2011, 10:36 PM
I've been playing around with CentOS again.

All I can say is that the Gnome 2 is nostalgic.

http://ompldr.org/vYWM4dg/minidesktop.png (http://ompldr.org/vYWM4dQ/desktop.png)

Rasa1111
September 13th, 2011, 10:38 PM
11.04 gNatty/Gnome Shell~
202107
202108
202109

11.10 Oneiric/Unity
202110
202111

el_koraco
September 13th, 2011, 11:05 PM
Anyway, I dunno about this BDS stuff. Isn't that for servers or something?

Well, so is Linux :D
Gutterslob just sent me the tamsyn (tasmyn?) font. It's nice. You get to like bitmap fonts after a while, they scale good on tilers. Make sure your font rendering engine has the full support for bitmaps enabled - you do it with dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config in Ubuntu, i'm not sure what the deal is with Arch, but I'm sure the wiki knows it.

Daisuke_Aramaki
September 13th, 2011, 11:55 PM
@el_koraco

Thanks mate.

My EEE screenshot.

http://ompldr.org/tYWNhNw (http://ompldr.org/vYWNhNw)

As usual, I have a companion post on my blog about the screen. Follow the link (http://skinwalker.wordpress.com/)

ninjaaron
September 14th, 2011, 12:51 AM
I like very much

galacticaboy
September 14th, 2011, 01:47 AM
It's uncanny how similar our setups look at the moment. Gray is nice when you have to look at it for a long time, what can I say? Even our bar info layout is similar. I still can't find enough love for bitmap fonts to use one in the terminal, but I at least found one that does make my eyeballs bleed for my bar. It's called Tamsyn or something.

Anyway, I dunno about this BDS stuff. Isn't that for servers or something? But yeah, how did you guess:
http://ubuntuone.com/p/1I4S/ (http://ubuntuone.com/p/1I4K/)

I do love me some fresh packages.

What command did you use to do that in your terminal and get all of that system info?

Rasa1111
September 14th, 2011, 02:18 AM
@Galacticaboy- looks like Archey.
if so, you'll need to install it.

ninjaaron
September 14th, 2011, 02:19 AM
What command did you use to do that in your terminal and get all of that system info?

This is a program called 'alsi'. I believe it is specific to Arch, but it is based on a program called 'archey,' Which was also written for Arch, but is now multi-platform.

As far as I know, it is not in the ubuntu repos, and the ppa is depreciated, but you can still download deb packages here (https://github.com/djmelik/archey/downloads).

kvv_1986
September 14th, 2011, 03:10 AM
Kubuntu

Bandit
September 14th, 2011, 03:41 AM
11.04 gNatty/Gnome Shell~
202107
202108
202109

11.10 Oneiric/Unity
202110
202111

Looking very nice.. :popcorn:

kvv_1986
September 14th, 2011, 03:46 AM
As far as I know, it is not in the ubuntu repos,

It sure is.

Bandit
September 14th, 2011, 04:06 AM
Really like this wallpaper.

Rasa1111
September 14th, 2011, 04:20 AM
Looking very nice.. :popcorn:
Thanks Man. :)
Likewise. :popcorn:

ninjaaron
September 14th, 2011, 04:38 AM
It sure is.
oh.

nerdtron
September 14th, 2011, 06:23 AM
I have been loving Xubuntu since 11.04.
I can't get my cpu usage below 50% when using unity in ubuntu.

http://i.imgur.com/H1poA.jpg

vehemoth
September 14th, 2011, 10:01 AM
Added cover art support but I don't know about the look of it


Wow... that looks amazing...


i agree a nice work in progress from vehemoth

Thank You, hopefully I finish it before I get bored of it :lolflag:

arzali
September 14th, 2011, 10:31 AM
Made a new Elegant Brit theme including popup theme for Dockbarx.

http://uppix.net/1/2/6/7381adf5360c1ac89aa9a860f0d47tt.jpg (http://uppix.net/1/2/6/7381adf5360c1ac89aa9a860f0d47.png)

Wall:http://www.flickr.com/photos/60809406@N08/5545601261/sizes/o/in/photostream/

gutterslob
September 14th, 2011, 11:49 AM
11.04 gNatty/Gnome Shell~

/snip/

Nice wall. Setup looks good too. The temperature reading is kinda scary, though.




My EEE screenshot.

http://ompldr.org/tYWNhNw (http://ompldr.org/vYWNhNw)
... I sooo want a setup like that on my netbook. Seeing as how I'm often using BSD projects like CWM, ScrotWM, Tmux these days (thanks to you, mostly), I figured a BSD setup would be good for me. Especially OpenBSD; they seem very particular on code being clean and well audited, plus they seem to have the absolute best man pages.

I'm just worried about my netbook's pesky Broadcom 4312 wireless card >_< ... Either way, I'll probably make the transition soon. Expect a blatant forgery of your setup, Dai-chan :P

Also like how they made a joke out of that disrespectful comment Linus made about them.

meborc
September 14th, 2011, 01:22 PM
I will update my github account in a couple of days. I will announce it on my blog once it's done. The shell is zsh. I don't use bash.

That's odd with nano.You should investigate.

respect, I will be waiting (im)patiently for the github update ;)

nano issue seems to be related to urxvt color config and .nanorc syntax compatibility. using xfce4-terminal nano opens the same files without the issue

koleoptero
September 14th, 2011, 01:44 PM
Something not so new...

http://ompldr.org/tYWNpYw (http://ompldr.org/vYWNpYw)

Gremlinzzz
September 14th, 2011, 02:05 PM
:popcorn:
http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=202150&stc=1&d=1316005489

galacticaboy
September 14th, 2011, 02:14 PM
Made a new Elegant Brit theme including popup theme for Dockbarx.

http://uppix.net/1/2/6/7381adf5360c1ac89aa9a860f0d47tt.jpg (http://uppix.net/1/2/6/7381adf5360c1ac89aa9a860f0d47.png)

Wall:http://www.flickr.com/photos/60809406@N08/5545601261/sizes/o/in/photostream/

I would love to get ahold of that theme for the windows and the panel!

galacticaboy
September 14th, 2011, 02:15 PM
Really like this wallpaper.

What are you using to do the date and the calendar and how do I do it? I love it!

arzali
September 14th, 2011, 02:53 PM
I would love to get ahold of that theme for the windows and the panel!

Theme is Elegant Brit: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/?content=74553
Panel background http://uppix.net/0/8/d/ebb4419bc74d3583cf6806df50ad6.png

galacticaboy
September 14th, 2011, 03:28 PM
Theme is Elegant Brit: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/?content=74553
Panel background http://uppix.net/0/8/d/ebb4419bc74d3583cf6806df50ad6.png

I am using Xubuntu and I downloaded the XFCE theme for it and I cannot seem to get it to work.

Gremlinzzz
September 14th, 2011, 03:39 PM
:popcorn:
http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=202153&stc=1&d=1316011121

Frogs Hair
September 14th, 2011, 07:11 PM
:popcorn:
http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=202153&stc=1&d=1316011121

You find great backgrounds , are they from one site or many ?

Gremlinzzz
September 14th, 2011, 09:36 PM
You find great backgrounds , are they from one site or many ?

mostly I use search image and type wallpaper:popcorn:

Basher101
September 14th, 2011, 09:39 PM
I highly enjoy these screenshot threads. All i can always say is "dayum that looks smexy"

Toz
September 14th, 2011, 09:39 PM
I am using Xubuntu and I downloaded the XFCE theme for it and I cannot seem to get it to work.

You need to download both the xfwm4 window theme and the gtk-2.0 appearance theme.

- xfwm4 window theme: http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php?content=76017 (note: you have 3 choices here)

- gtk-2.0 appearance theme: http://gnome-look.org/content/download.php?content=74553&id=1&tan=40883372&PHPSESSID=870c5a45c11ebc5adc35025ae5685d9e

Untar them both and move the resulting Elegant Brit folder to ~/.themes. You need to change both the Window Theme and the Appearance settings.

MonolithImmortal
September 14th, 2011, 10:30 PM
Windows 7 desktop.

Rasa1111
September 14th, 2011, 11:17 PM
Nice wall. Setup looks good too. The temperature reading is kinda scary, though.



\ haha!

Thanks gutterslob!
lol! yeah the temps. on this machine can get rather frightening at times!
but it never quite feels the way the readings say it should..
I mean, it does run warm.. for sure, (thinkpad)- but i've used other laptops that feel/run much hotter, with lesser readings So who knows?!? lol

I bothered me for awhile after I got it..
But now i just use a "chill mat" and forget about it... unless it goes to like.. 90C or something..
then Ill take notice and make proper "adjustments"... lol

Trakyali
September 14th, 2011, 11:18 PM
http://s2.postimage.org/10j31sxr8/Screenshot_1.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/10j31sxr8/)

ninjaaron
September 15th, 2011, 01:54 AM
Well, I got my girly transparency working in urxvt with gutterslob's helpful advice and the man pages. :D

http://ubuntuone.com/5UAYwb7g19u63TzVvTeiSO (http://ubuntuone.com/4oKySnAH4PS0B3cYhMvanO)

Second pic shows some gui apps and terminals mixed together

http://ubuntuone.com/0GpJiLmoUOOyyZg8lLunFc (http://ubuntuone.com/2gKSdEuFQ1gT5Ou8GAyl6Z)

Most of my config info is in the pics.

ilovelinux33467
September 15th, 2011, 02:16 AM
Back to Fedora
http://ompldr.org/vYWN5ag/snapshot2.png

vehemoth
September 15th, 2011, 06:52 AM
Changed the cover art style

Rasa1111
September 15th, 2011, 07:07 AM
Changed the cover art style

Very nice vehemoth! :KS

vehemoth
September 15th, 2011, 07:18 AM
Very nice vehemoth! :KS
Thanks, likewise yours

el_koraco
September 15th, 2011, 09:28 AM
@Ninja
very nice for all the girlishness, your color scheme is wicked. I'd maybe cut the font size by two pts, so you have more visual room. I started with 12 pts, but rarely go above 11 now, and that's with bitmaps, which are rather small at 11.

@vehemoth
awesome work on the conky, it augments the wallpaper perfectly.

Using most as a pager for man pages, thanks to advice from a smart forum member of undetermined sex.

http://ompldr.org/tYWQxZQ (http://ompldr.org/vYWQxZQ)

vehemoth
September 15th, 2011, 09:33 AM
@vehemoth
awesome work on the conky, it augments the wallpaper perfectly.
Thank you

Also if anyone wants the wallpaper it's by `j3concepts and can be found here https://j3concepts.deviantart.com/art/ElectricHoneyHornetMittenRerub-54723739

xc3RnbFO8P
September 15th, 2011, 09:36 AM
Back to Brown...


http://ompldr.org/tYWQxaA (http://ompldr.org/vYWQxaA)

vehemoth
September 15th, 2011, 09:52 AM
Back to Brown...



Very nice, I especially liked your subtle use of transparency

koleoptero
September 15th, 2011, 11:36 AM
I've done this before.

http://ompldr.org/tYWQydw (http://ompldr.org/vYWQydw) http://ompldr.org/tYWQyeA (http://ompldr.org/vYWQyeA)

slackthumbz
September 15th, 2011, 12:43 PM
something a little darker this time...

sneaker12345
September 15th, 2011, 04:11 PM
koleoptero, mind sharing the turtle wallpaper?

koleoptero
September 15th, 2011, 04:36 PM
koleoptero, mind sharing the turtle wallpaper?

Clicky (http://simpledesktops.com/browse/desktops/2011/apr/20/turtle/)

Kexolino
September 15th, 2011, 05:34 PM
Clicky (http://simpledesktops.com/browse/desktops/2011/apr/20/turtle/)

That's an awesome website.

cra1g321
September 15th, 2011, 05:42 PM
Found my 9.10 cd that Canonical used to post to people. :P

Just thought i would load it up and post a screenshot of the first ubuntu release i started to use as my main OS. :)

Ah the memories lol

http://ompldr.org/tYWQ3dA (http://ompldr.org/vYWQ3dA)

gutterslob
September 15th, 2011, 06:06 PM
http://ompldr.org/vYWQ4OA.png (http://ompldr.org/vYWQ3bg)

Was helping someone with his term-colorscheme just now. Not personally a fan of black-on-white (too jarring), but I thought this one didn't turn out too bad.

gutterslob
September 15th, 2011, 06:08 PM
Well, I got my girly transparency ......

//snip//
I like the girlyness. The fonts, not so much.
I guess some women like em soft =P




Changed the cover art style

//snip//
I've never been a fan of those j3-esque fonts, but you've definitely made them work with your setup. Props to ya!! =)





Using most as a pager for man pages, thanks to advice from a smart forum member of undetermined sex.

//snip//
Most rocks!! You tweaked your colors a bit?
You talking bout Webb? I thought he was officially a she now!?! XD




something a little darker this time...

//snip//
Played Limbo at a friend's place some time ago. Riveting game. One of the best from the modern-console era, imo (though I'm not much of a gamer, tbh). A minimalist's dream. Makes for some great wallpapers too. =)

el_koraco
September 15th, 2011, 07:01 PM
You talking bout Webb? I thought he was officially a she now!?! XD


The jury's still out :D

I did tweak red, yellow and cyan a little, to have better readability, keen eye, man!

I like the black on white setups, and your red goes very well with the desktop and terminal/scrotbar bg. Montecarlo FTW, although the bold variety leaves something to be desired. I'm still finding Terminus to have the upper hand there, but it's not like bold comes into play all that often.

riccos
September 15th, 2011, 08:19 PM
My favorite gnome2 ;)
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/8405/tumbf.png (http://redraysky.deviantart.com/art/beach-258535307)

Scooter_X
September 15th, 2011, 09:37 PM
http://i55.tinypic.com/2uikbyo.png

http://i52.tinypic.com/2lurho7.png

Compiz is giving me a turtle per desktop :D

sgaap
September 15th, 2011, 11:14 PM
Using kde 4.6 while waiting for fglrx drivers that don't cause graphics corruption in gnome 3

pleasantly surprised so far, kde has come a long way since since the last time i seriously used it (still prefer gnome but kde > unity)

Apps: firefox, konsole, docky and virtualbox
Themes: icons:hycons, plasma:g-remix with androbit panel bg ,kwin: forman, qt: oxygen.

http://i.imgur.com/9zqqL.png (http://i.imgur.com/EKfRA.jpg)

Wallpaper: http://i.imgur.com/vXLVC.jpg

uRock
September 16th, 2011, 12:12 AM
My basic desktop.

Quadunit404
September 16th, 2011, 12:45 AM
Okay. I'm gonna attempt to post my desktop again. This time, hopefully, my posts will stay.

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss76/Quadunit404/th_ARTTHOUANGEREDBRONIES.png (http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss76/Quadunit404/ARTTHOUANGEREDBRONIES.png)

I swear I am not attempting to troll the bronies through my background. I just don't like the ponies.

Copper Bezel
September 16th, 2011, 01:07 AM
Okay. I'm gonna attempt to post my desktop again. This time, hopefully, my posts will stay.

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss76/Quadunit404/th_ARTTHOUANGEREDBRONIES.png (http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss76/Quadunit404/ARTTHOUANGEREDBRONIES.png)

I swear I am not attempting to troll the bronies through my background. I just don't like the ponies.

Yeah, um, since you do in fact have a Pony background, in whatever form, that would seem a bit silly. = ) Windows again, though, man - that's trolling, right there.

Scooter X, try the English International keyboard layout (best if you select it from GDM.) That character applet is okay for some tasks, but just being able to type the characters you want is much preferable. = )

Dragonbite
September 16th, 2011, 01:56 AM
http://i55.tinypic.com/2uikbyo.png

http://i52.tinypic.com/2lurho7.png

Compiz is giving me a turtle per desktop :D

I love it. Nice background, and I love the different turtle per desktop!

Quadunit404
September 16th, 2011, 02:00 AM
Yeah, um, since you do in fact have a Pony background, in whatever form, that would seem a bit silly. = ) Windows again, though, man - that's trolling, right there.

Suit yourself. Also, the screenshot is the same as last time, and beyond Gedit being removed nothing is different.

UKBB
September 16th, 2011, 03:21 AM
Trying out the Developer's Version of Windows 8.

IWantFroyo
September 16th, 2011, 03:31 AM
Trying out the Developer's Version of Windows 8.

How is it? Any better than 7?

I'm not using Windows until UNIX commands will work.

Lucradia
September 16th, 2011, 04:49 AM
I'm not using Windows until UNIX commands will work.

By that time, the command prompt will have been taken out completely. Or put in a place where you'd have to do so many keystrokes (*cough* MacOS9 and below *cough*) you won't remember how to open it again.

mips
September 16th, 2011, 08:18 AM
By that time, the command prompt will have been taken out completely. Or put in a place where you'd have to do so many keystrokes (*cough* MacOS9 and below *cough*) you won't remember how to open it again.

MS have actually improved their cli a lot recently.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_PowerShell
Then there's also these http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unix-command-line-utilities-for-windows/

Scooter_X
September 16th, 2011, 10:23 AM
Scooter X, try the English International keyboard layout (best if you select it from GDM.) That character applet is okay for some tasks, but just being able to type the characters you want is much preferable. = )

I'll scope it out. Never thought about changing my layout. Thanks :KS

UKBB
September 16th, 2011, 01:13 PM
How is it? Any better than 7?

I'm not using Windows until UNIX commands will work.

It's different I'll say that much. The new start menu will take some getting used to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hq95vtoS28

Kexolino
September 16th, 2011, 01:49 PM
http://i.imgur.com/7bITOs.jpg (http://imgur.com/7bITO)

Rasa1111
September 16th, 2011, 02:50 PM
http://i.imgur.com/7bITOs.jpg (http://imgur.com/7bITO)


I just found that wallpaper myself , a little earlier.
I like it.
Prob gonna modify it a little though. lol
:KS

koleoptero
September 16th, 2011, 03:01 PM
Regression.

http://ompldr.org/tYWRtYQ (http://ompldr.org/vYWRtYQ) http://ompldr.org/tYWRtOA (http://ompldr.org/vYWRtOA)

ninjaaron
September 16th, 2011, 03:01 PM
Changed the cover art style
This is effing gorgous.

@Ninja
very nice for all the girlishness, your color scheme is wicked. I'd maybe cut the font size by two pts, so you have more visual room. I started with 12 pts, but rarely go above 11 now, and that's with bitmaps, which are rather small at 11. Thank you, sir. The color scheme is a bit tricky since the "highlight" colors are actually darker than the main colors (1-8). This occasionally produces weird results, but I find the pastels are easier to look at on the grays (and the grays are always beautiful, of course).

Anyway, if I go the next size down with truetype fonts, i'm going to go blind. This is already a truetype 8 (though perhaps a largish truetype). I'm still playing with bitmap fonts, but there so... uh... pointy. Anyway, screen space isn't such an issue. I have ten workspaces, and i can fullscreen any window with the touch of a button.

Your setup is looking good, as usual. Some of the contrasts are a little too sharp for my taste, but they seem to be getting progressivly smoother.


http://ompldr.org/vYWQ4OA.png (http://ompldr.org/vYWQ3bg)

Was helping someone with his term-colorscheme just now. Not personally a fan of black-on-white (too jarring), but I thought this one didn't turn out too bad.I have to agree about the white (a lot of white in the last few posts. It's very striking, but difficult to stare at all day). The image itself is awesome.


I like the girlyness. The fonts, not so much.
I guess some women like em soft =P

[repressing mother-related comment]

*******

in other config related news, I accidently rm'ed my home folder in the process of trying to migrate my data to another partition. The bulk of it was already backed up externally, and extundelete managed to find all of my config files and put them in the proper directories, so my environment was back within 30 minutes. Adventures in Linux continue...

and for good measure:
http://ubuntuone.com/3p2NeMOlhIuvnT0qlaYKG8 (http://ubuntuone.com/47xqFQ1WzgPJxDjQcMyAxy)

btw, anyone know a nice curses/ncurses client for googletalk and facebook chat?

ninjaaron
September 16th, 2011, 03:07 PM
Compiz is giving me a turtle per desktop :D

This is awesome.

el_koraco
September 16th, 2011, 04:12 PM
btw, anyone know a nice curses/ncurses client for googletalk and facebook chat?

No idea what protocol Facebook chat uses, but I've found mcabber to be the best jabber/gtalk client by far. There's centerim, which does a host of protocols, and might be more suited for your needs, but it's kinda bulky and does ^X to paste messages, which I find highly annoying. You need to edit the config file for mcabber, and centerim has a built in options menu.

Nice combo of transparency, btw. As far as fonts go, .ttf fonts don't really scale very well beneath a certain level, and the bitmap pointiness only starts to make sense once they're scaled down (or used at the only size possible, like it's the case for a lot of them).

Dragonbite
September 16th, 2011, 04:23 PM
No idea what protocol Facebook chat uses,

I think Facebook chat actually uses Microsoft's Messenger protocol.

Actually a fair amount of things Facebook uses is related to Microsoft if I am recalling correctly what I have been reading.

gutterslob
September 16th, 2011, 05:14 PM
Blah!!

http://ompldr.org/vYWRudA.png (http://ompldr.org/vYWRudQ)

el_koraco
September 16th, 2011, 06:11 PM
Awesome cyan!

Copper Bezel
September 16th, 2011, 06:16 PM
I'm not using Windows until UNIX commands will work.

It would take more than bash to make me comfortable with switching to Windows, but 8 is very pretty, and I look forward to seeing it here in the screenshots thread.


I'll scope it out. Never thought about changing my layout. Thanks
Yeah, it's pretty nice - if you use the layout with the AltGr "dead key", it turns the right alt key into a modifier for the diacritics.


and for good measure:
That is entirely too pretty for a tiling window manager.

Very nice. = )

Pirate Zoro
September 16th, 2011, 06:41 PM
New wallpaper. Pinkie Pie = best pony, just saying

galacticaboy
September 16th, 2011, 08:14 PM
CrunchBang Xfce...

Shpongle
September 16th, 2011, 08:28 PM
I think Facebook chat actually uses Microsoft's Messenger protocol.

Actually a fair amount of things Facebook uses is related to Microsoft if I am recalling correctly what I have been reading.

It uses xmpp , IIRC

vehemoth
September 16th, 2011, 09:49 PM
Blah!!

http://ompldr.org/vYWRudA.png (http://ompldr.org/vYWRudQ)

I'd like to do something like this soon but I'm afraid there is a lot of learning before I can get get close to it :lolflag:

el_koraco
September 16th, 2011, 10:09 PM
I'd like to do something like this soon but I'm afraid there is a lot of learning before I can get get close to it :lolflag:

One look at the scrotwm config file and you're set. As per Xdefaults/Xresources, there's a lot of guides online.

IWantFroyo
September 16th, 2011, 10:23 PM
It would take more than bash to make me comfortable with switching to Windows, but 8 is very pretty, and I look forward to seeing it here in the screenshots thread.

What I meant was, even if Microsoft makes Windows perfect someday, I really can't use it without having my UNIX commands.

I use the terminal a lot, and sometimes just work without even starting a GUI. I wouldn't ever be able to do that in Windows.

I probably wouldn't be able to turn off the GUI there either, though. That's a depressing thought. :(