Show off your Linux desktop

Yeah....cool. I just had Adam over at Mandriva put Conky into backports repo....have it running again now. Took him all of a few hours

 

lol, he had a few coffee breaks

 

Looks pretty alright.

 

dug deep into my panel img collection....don't like flat looking gnome panels..

 

You can't fire what you don't hire ! lol

 

Been a while...

 

looks pretty nice.....what distro and KDE? looks like 4.

 

Thanks.

Sabayon 3.5, kde 3 latest with a kde4 style kicker background

compiling kernel atm with some options that should be included by default (havent forgotten about your virtualbox test, will do it later)

 

OK....thanks....

 

Wow, Arch is easy, I forgot how easy it was.

 

LOL that background looks like an ad. Are you doing some grassroots marketing for BMW?

 

For theZoid



Virtualbox non-free works flawlessly, usb devices as well on sabayon!

 

That looks nice blackbird, what theme is that? It looks like Bluman but as far as I know it's for gnome only.

 

Its not a theme, I manually edited the colors and everything in the kde control center appearance settings.

 

Urg, manual editing. As expected from an Arch Linux user.

 

lol...thats just the way things are done in kde, ask anyone whos been in it for some time.

Its a nice app with a whole desktop, you click individual areas and select what color for them to be. Of course there are themes available but not so many good ones, so I use the them then move on to manually adjust the colors to my liking... takes about 2 min.


By the way the latest arch iso makes it even easier to install as the wireless for laptops is easily loaded (new addition to the wiki)

 

I'm not much of a compiling and configuration person. Ever since I started using Linux I started caring less and less about getting my system working and setting it up because everything either just works or I've configured it to my needs. I know Arch should be faster but I don't care about the speed increases that much.

 

You should try Arch, it's no Ubuntu, but its also much easier then Gentoo.
Come to think, Gentoo is easy too...

 

My computer is just a tool I use (after I started using Ubuntu). I'm in no mood to go around configuring and compiling and editing files here and there and what not.

 

It takes 40 minutes to install, configure, and start installing the GUI...not that hard.

 

Do you use plain KDE or Arch KDEmod?

 

Thanks for trying that out ! I'm checking out the Pod right now (xfce), but can't seem to get the WPA2 supplicant driver working....?

EDIT: Found the problem: CLAY BRAIN !

 

Had to go back to KDE....gnome can look pretty nice, but I just get bored with it....??

 

On arch i use kdemod (since its optimized for arch), not the complete version though (600MB), but the normal (300MB).

Its true, I used to be exclusive gnome user, but kde gives you more control over your system. (well both do, but kde has a better control center and more means of doing stuff).

I also prefer some kde apps such as Konversation to Xchat, kopete to pidgin and like soundKonverter. Only thing I hate about kde is the ****ing K in every app name.

 

Yep....KDE is definitely more sophisticated that way. Yep, the K in all the names is because of Gnome.....lol. But, it does make it easier to recognize a KDE program. Reminds me, I need to set up Amarok again....

 

I like a lot of the K apps, but Kopete isn't one of them.

 

I hate the way the VirtualBox interface looks in gnome....looks nice in KDE.

 

My desktop, background isn't that great right now though...

 

That looks really nice.

 

Yes, is that Sidux? or vanilla Debian?

 

vanilla heh

 

Whoops, just noticed your sig pic....yep, vanilla

 

haha, i wish, then maybe i can get a discount on a new one.

i did get this from one of their brochure's tho, in pdf form.

 

New Desktop with Ubuntu Hardy.

 

found a mandriva icon theme:

http://s350.photobucket.com/albums/q434/joutlan/?action=view&current=snapshot8.jpg

 

Converted from gnome to kde and now OpenBox and I LOVE it.

Information in screenshot

 

nice, arch rocks ey

 

I thought this screenshot is kinda cool, even though I haven't changed anything much: Ubuntu running Compiz (same old), but with a virtual guest XP running with VirtualBox. I have AutoCAD 2008 running perfectly on it.

 

How did you get VirtualBox in full screen like that? I've done something like this before with VMware, but not with VirtualBox.

 

Alt+F toggles fullscreen.

Alt lets you switch user input between host and guest OS.

 

Nothing can beat arch. I have tried many distros but i keep coming back to arch.

 

Have you tried Gentoo? ;/

 

No i havent. but am looking forward to try it. i dont like the way everything must be compiled from source.

 

i've been trying to make arch work on my XPS M1330, and from my complete linux noobness i've only managed to install the core system, but i can not make the wifi module work, so i am stuck on a text screen. i've tried the "beginers guide" and the regular "install guide", and the "network guide". but no luck.

its a pity, since i was really keen to have it as my main SO.

/offtopic mode off

nice screenshots!!!

these are mine. first is my former ubuntu desktop. next is my current mint one

 

Funny, I keep coming back to different distros weekly.
Having minor issues with arch, but I do love it.

 

Arch and Sabayon are my only linux os's.

If you want gentoo get sabayon its pretty much gentoo with its own overlay and also includes the familiar rc.conf.

With sabayon you will get a binary package manager as well so no need to always compile, also during the live cd installer you can select /unselect every individual package to tailor the system for your needs.

 

There are binary versions of the popular packages, such as OpenOffice.org and Firefox. Besides, it doesn't take that long to compile the non-graphical stuff. I really prefer compiling anyway, since you can customize your install of the package, by using USE flags. Besides, once you get it set up, you shouldn't keep checking for updates, like you do with other distros. Updates that aren't security-related can be applied together at occasional intervals, such as once a week.

 

Okay I have been dying to know...what is the name of that program that displays all your computer stuff, like temperatures, ram usage, cpu load, etc. The on the left side of your first screenshot? I want it!

 

There are several....I use SuperKaramba for that in KDE, Conky in Gnome, but there are Screenlets for gnome or kde I think, gdesklets (don't like much).....something I'm forgetting....all that stuff is in the repo's.

 

Like theZoid, I don't care much for GDesklets, I'd say forget about them.
While easy to set up, they are flaky.

I guess what you want is Conky; link
Some screenshots; link.
Also, check this NBR thread from theZoid; link and here's another one link.
Have fun!