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    Show off your Linux desktop

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by pixelot, Mar 22, 2008.

  1. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Shazaam! That looks sweet. :cool:
     
    pixelot, May 29, 2008
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  2. Carlosinfl

    Carlosinfl Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sliderule, what application is running the system specs on the right and what launcher bar is that?
     
    Carlosinfl, May 29, 2008
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  3. dude106

    dude106 Notebook Consultant

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    here ya go new and improved.
     

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  4. theZoid

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    Nice and clean....
     
    theZoid, May 30, 2008
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  5. dude106

    dude106 Notebook Consultant

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    no system monitors for me! :p
     
    dude106, May 30, 2008
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  6. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    I like the wallpaper! It looks like around where I live (well, on the other side of our mountain range anyways...we drove through that area a couple days ago). But MySpace??? Ugh. :p
     
    pixelot, May 30, 2008
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  7. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    I like Ubuntu Mobile.
    I want it to come out.
     
    Thomas, May 30, 2008
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  8. dude106

    dude106 Notebook Consultant

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    well i did a few updates, and now I am pretty sure i'm done changing stuff.
     

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  9. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Installing Dream Linux, I'll start modding when its through.
     
    Thomas, Jun 2, 2008
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  10. Gintoki

    Gintoki Notebook Prophet

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    That looks sweet dude, my desktop is pretty plain as i don't need/want much.
     
    Gintoki, Jun 2, 2008
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  11. cmdrcool

    cmdrcool Notebook Enthusiast

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    Looks like that launch bar is Avant Window Navigator - pretty cool tool for a nice and clean desktop.

    I really miss that you can't really show off all that funny Compiz stuff with pictures ... there is nothing better than spinning that cube ;)
     
    cmdrcool, Jun 2, 2008
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  12. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    Wanna know what mine looks like? Its starts with C and ends in LI.
     
    Patrick, Jun 2, 2008
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  13. dude106

    dude106 Notebook Consultant

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    its actually cairodock, which has many skins and is pretty cool.
     
    dude106, Jun 3, 2008
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  14. typhoon_spanky

    typhoon_spanky Notebook Guru

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    14.1" T61p using kdemod on arch. Have used Centos, fedora, redhat, ubuntu, and opensuse and must say arch is my favorite to date.
     

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  15. Gintoki

    Gintoki Notebook Prophet

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    That looks so nice, i want to try Arch out...O_O
     
    Gintoki, Jun 4, 2008
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  16. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    Back to tuxappleclear... EDIT: forgot the new kicker panel :D
     

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  17. Rich.Carpenter

    Rich.Carpenter Cranky Bastage

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    I've never tried arch. Care to elaborate?
     
    Rich.Carpenter, Jun 5, 2008
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  18. Bunnywinkles

    Bunnywinkles Notebook Geek

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    heres mine. nothing much.
     

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  19. srunni

    srunni Notebook Deity

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    Here's my new setup, I moved the taskbar to the top right corner, where it overlaps any windows. I moved the close/maximize/minimize buttons to the left side of the title bar, allowing any maximized windows to only go under the taskbar where the title bar is usually blank. The KMenu/Trash/System Tray/Clock on the bottom right and the System Menu on the bottom left autohide, and appear when I move the mouse to those edges of the screen.

    http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/5140/nrfss1xy6.png
     
    srunni, Jun 8, 2008
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  20. benx009

    benx009 Notebook Evangelist

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    Here's mine. I like things simple and clean ;)
     

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  21. dude106

    dude106 Notebook Consultant

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    i swear I'm done this time... :) :p
     

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  22. typhoon_spanky

    typhoon_spanky Notebook Guru

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    just installed this over the weekend on an old laptop.
     

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  23. Baby Boy

    Baby Boy Notebook Consultant

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    Why that looks freakin' perfect! Distro?
     
    Baby Boy, Jun 10, 2008
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  24. pundit

    pundit Notebook Consultant

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    info please!

    what distro are you using? gnome - kde? what theme is that as well? I've been looking for a darker theme without being too dark - what you have there looks beautiful. Could you also provide a wallpaper link!!?
     
    pundit, Jun 10, 2008
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  25. typhoon_spanky

    typhoon_spanky Notebook Guru

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    typhoon_spanky, Jun 10, 2008
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  26. pundit

    pundit Notebook Consultant

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    much appreciated! Thanks
     
    pundit, Jun 10, 2008
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  27. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Wow, the default wallpaper(a default, not the default) looks so good......
     

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  28. Baby Boy

    Baby Boy Notebook Consultant

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    Baby Boy, Jun 10, 2008
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  29. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Wow another guy with a 1501!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
    Thomas, Jun 10, 2008
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  30. Baby Boy

    Baby Boy Notebook Consultant

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    *secret handshake*

    We are supreme ;).

    [​IMG]
     
    Baby Boy, Jun 10, 2008
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  31. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    LOL, I can help you run Ubuntu on that, if you want. ;)
     
    Thomas, Jun 10, 2008
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  32. Baby Boy

    Baby Boy Notebook Consultant

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    Ubuntu...the first thing I installed on my blank, OSless laptop. I bought it partly for that very purpose, though I'd always been a 64bit fanatic, which made things ugly after I switched to Gutsy (*cough* flash plugin *cough*). And there was one program I couldn't live without (FitDay) and I got tired of dual booting just for that so I switched.

    Though supposedly things have changed with the LTS release so I'll install Ubuntu again on another partition. :)
     
    Baby Boy, Jun 10, 2008
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  33. theZoid

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    Black is back (way too much time on my hands!) :rolleyes:
     

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  34. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Cool. Thanks for the info. :)

    But the Skydome could be better. :p

    Very nice. :D
     
    pixelot, Jun 10, 2008
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  35. Thomas

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    Thomas, Jun 11, 2008
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    theZoid, Jun 11, 2008
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  37. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    No, only happened once?????
     
    Thomas, Jun 11, 2008
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  38. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    maybe just a one off event
     
    theZoid, Jun 11, 2008
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  39. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Ya, maybe it wont happen again.
     
    Thomas, Jun 11, 2008
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  40. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    you never know really, they are updating things all the time. At least I wouldn't notice because I trust the updater and don't trace every update to what it's doing :D
     
    theZoid, Jun 11, 2008
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  41. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Ya, 106 updates in two days...lol.
     
    Thomas, Jun 11, 2008
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  42. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Doing some more work.
     

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  43. theZoid

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    Nice.....man, linux is trick...shame many people have never even heard of it.... ;) Found a slightly nicer kicker panel:
     

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  44. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Ya, I think it looks good....so far. ;)
     
    Thomas, Jun 11, 2008
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  45. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    Linux for never ending tweaks ftw :D I used linux first in '99 off and on for a couple of years to about 01-02. Was it ever crash proned and quirky back then. Went linuxless for 5 years. Never again.
     
    theZoid, Jun 11, 2008
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  46. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    LOL....
    I'm giving XP a rest :D
     
    Thomas, Jun 11, 2008
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  47. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    Yes, let it Rest in Peace......LOL
     
    theZoid, Jun 11, 2008
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  48. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Ya, I think I will :D
     
    Thomas, Jun 11, 2008
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    Looks nice. For a KDE desktop
     
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  50. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    LOL. :p

    Yeah, I need to figure out this theming stuff...Emerald or whatever. :D
     
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