First post here! What do folks think of the looks of my system? https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0b...M4ZTMwMDdkOWNj https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0b...c4NzgxNjE0MjZi https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0b...IzYzNjYjI2MmQ1 https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0b...Q5NTJhNjcyN2Yx (The wallpaper isn't mine; I don't know whose it is but it's probably non-free . The theme is based on Gilouche by Steven Garrity: http://art.gnome.org/themes/metacity/1286 .) I wasn't really satisfied with the default appearance. That's why I started working on it a bit, trying to make it a bit simpler and friendlier. Just thought people might have fun looking at how one middling noob has set it up I'd love to see some other people's setups too!!
Last edited by Anechu; November 14th, 2011 at 10:21 PM.
Very nice. I take it you've somehow tweaked Unity and/or added additional tools to supplement it? I don't particularly care for the wallpaper/aesthetics, but I am interested in what is involved in your setup here
Hi Anechu and welcome to Ubuntu. I love your background!
Originally Posted by cwklinuxguy Very nice. I take it you've somehow tweaked Unity and/or added additional tools to supplement it? I don't particularly care for the wallpaper/aesthetics, but I am interested in what is involved in your setup here Haha, is that sarcasm? Nothing so fancy — all it is is GNOME 2 plus Compiz It's based on Ubuntu 10.10. I did a bit of tweaking too to get transparency to work better than it did with plain Compiz IIRC, but there is still the little bug that when a window dims because it crashes whatever is below it (that can be seen through the transparent but desaturated sections) is also desaturated. I'm not going to be upgrading to GNOME 3/Unity/whatever comes out next anytime soon simply because I have a stable, functional, reasonably pretty (IMO) system, and I don't want to have to learn some new thing that might break it anyway. I don't have any major complaints with what I have now; it's quite satisfactory for my purposes… Originally Posted by sammiev Hi Anechu and welcome to Ubuntu. I love your background! Thanks for the welcome! I've actually been using Ubuntu since a friend sent me Gutsy Gibbon on a CD and I fell in love with it after having been tortured by Windows XP I'm just new to the forum… The background is called 'serendipity.jpg'. Here's a copy I found online: http://www.bestpaper.ru/Fantasy/Unic...erendipity.jpg (that version has a mark in the lower right that somewhat detracts from it though). If anyone knows who made it I'd love to know I'd love to see some other people's setups too!!
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