Few simple questions on gnome

[edgue]

Hello there,

I just installed ubuntu 9.10 after using kubuntu 8.10/9.04
(reason to change was that people claim that ubuntu works
better for a variety of small little things ..)

Now I got some (stupid) simple questions:

a) task switching
OK, alt-tab works ... but using shift in there ... doesnt
go in reverse order ... and much worse for me: i want to
alt-tab ALL my applications, not just the one on the
current desktop. So - where do I configure such essential
things?

b) screensaver
I loved the simple KDE analog clock thing. Is there
a simple way to get that thing running with gnome?

c) when I enable "extra" on "viusal effects" ... the
desktop switch thing ... seems to loose some features.
Is there really no way to make use of better effects
without loosing my desktop names?

d) is there a way to tell zenity that I want to
enter a password? So it masks my input ... like
kdialog would do?

[MelDJ]

a) task switching
you can use compiz's switchers for that

[edgue]

a) task switching
you can use compiz's switchers for that

Oh great. Sophisticated task switching must
be really complex and of no value to the ordinary user.

Anyway. Are there any options besides

apt-get install kubunut-desktop

(its not like the initial "none" visual effects
task switching was any better)

[John Bean]

"Screenlets" are good for analogue clocks (and other desktop eye-candy).

[edgue]

"Screenlets" are good for analogue clocks (and other desktop eye-candy).

True. Nice stuff.

But not a screen saver.

[edgue]

a) task switching
b) screensaver
c) when I enable "extra" on "viusal effects" ... the
d) is there a way to tell zenity that I want to

Found some good enough answers ...

a) and c) ... is fixed by switching to xubuntu.
Yes the lightweight simple xfce provides a MUCH better way
of task switching.

b) switched to the xscreensaver package (instead of the gnome thing)...
there you can even change the gltext thing without touching a file.
So now i am running gltext with some modifications to just display
a digital clock. not nice, but sufficient.

d) back to kdialog

[aasche]

b) screensaver
I loved the simple KDE analog clock thing. Is there a simple way to get that thing running with gnome?

simple analog clock screensaver - version for Gnome and a patch for XScreenSaver.

[jhalmuri3521]

a) and c) ... is fixed by switching to xubuntu.
Yes the lightweight simple xfce provides a MUCH better way
of task switching.

what is that...............

nothing to sayyyyyyyy