Show off your Linux desktop

"desire" eh? lol 1MB

 

Here is the latest. PCLinuxOS running KDE 4.3 on my T61:

 

Can you hide the task bar yet?

 

I really like that distro...but on my hardware, it always ends up in kernel panic....three times now....both KDE and gnome.

 

Absolutely. I have my bottom panel set to auto-hide and the top one always visible. But, I can set both to auto-hide.

 

Did you try the latest MiniMe?

 

No, I haven't tried that....I'll look at it....this DELL has given me problems with many distro's like MEPIS, PCLOS...just about everything but Slackware and Ubuntu....Fedora panics also.

 

awesome, the version on mine doesn't let you do it haha. I should update sometime but haven't felt the need to. Also my uptime is up 122 days, 18:54 lol. Every time I log into the virtual console it's like "you need to restart" and I just say Forget that lol.

 

Could it be a BIOS thing?

 

Maybe....some of the problems are with the initial X server configuration...not recognizing the quadro properly...some, like PCLOS, I can manually configure but still get kernel panics

 

Have you been able to run any other Linux on it? Has Windows ever given you problems?

 

I love these kinda threads.

Here's a couple of my desktop leviathan:



Arch is installing on my laptop now, may just bloat it out with Gnome to keep things simple.

 

Windows never a problem....Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware never a problem...all other distro's x problems and/or kernel panics...I've checked the BIOS per suggestions in say MEPIS forum, but couldn't find anything. Must be BIOS for the panics.

 

Epic. I should check out those games, and maybe tint2. Are you using compositing with xcompmgr?

 

Pretty wicked awesome... InterfaceLIFT photo there, and I'll have to try Audacious.

But now I feel ashamed posting my pitiful desktop. This doesn't include my desktop cube or complex sticky note system, but I'm busy, so get used to disappointment.

 

Thx guys. I'm pretty happy with it, only the wallpaper has changed since then.

There's no composite, just an age old mix of openbox, pypanel & conky. Other apps on show are audacious, firefox, sakura & thunar.

The ob & gtk themes are custom, the icons were taken form an old Zenwalk release & of course, Interfacelift for the wallpaper - is there any other?

 

Did you install the same video drivers in all cases?

 

Actually rather pertyful, in a pitiful sort of way.

 

Thanks...?

 

I bloated my out my laptop with Gnome & missed too much of the openbox functionallity from my desktop. With Xfce4 installed & half of Gnome removed, I finally feel comfy on my laptop.



App's on show are conky, gthumb, feh, & thunar. Theme details are in the screenie.

 

I run gnome with openbox as a wm. I agree that metacity sucks, but you don't have to stick to it.

 

Fortunately.

Xfce adds some really nice touches that I couldn't find in Gnome, it's amazing how it's so light by comparison.

 

Question: How do you replace the main menu with the Arch Linux logo?

Question: I've always wondered, how do you get the terminal to display all that?

Question: Can I have your conky please?

 

I'll give XFCE a shot after I revert back to i686 for compatibility's sake.

 

What do you need i686 for? I've been running x86_64 ever since it was officially supported & wouldn't consider moving back, but then I do a lot of media stuff... I used to use a chroot for 32bit, now I just have a select few 32bit libs around. The Arch wiki is pretty good if you're having any problems.

zephyrus17, in Xfce it's really simple. Right-click the menu button, click properties & select an image. For Gnome, have a look here.

The info grabber is taken from here & here's mine:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use Switch;
use strict;
use File::Basename;

####################
## Config options ##
####################

## What distro logo to use to use, Available "Archlinux Debian Ubuntu None" ##
my $distro = "Archlinux";
my $myArchVersion = "ArchLinux (Core Dump)";

## what values to display. Use "OS Kernel DE WM win_theme Theme Font Icons" ##
my $display = "OS Kernel DE WM Win_theme Theme Icons Font Background";

## Takes a screen shot if set to 0 ##
my $shot = 0;
## Command to run to take screen shot ##
my $command = "scrot -d 10";

## What colors to use for the variables. ##
my $textcolor = "\e[0m";

## Prints little debugging messages if set to 0 ##
my $quite = 1;



########################
## Script starts here ##
########################
## Define some thing to work with strict ##
my @line = ();
my $found = 0;
my $DE = "NONE";
my $WM = "Beryl";

## Hash of WMs and the process they run ##
my %WMlist = ("Beryl", "beryl",
              "Fluxbox", "fluxbox",
              "Openbox", "openbox",
              "Blackbox", "blackbox",
              "Xfwm4", "xfwm4",
              "Metacity", "metacity",
              "Kwin", "kwin",
              "FVWM", "fvwm",
              "Enlightenment", "enlightenment",
              "IceWM", "icewm",
              "Window Maker", "wmaker",
              "PekWM","pekwm" );

## Hash of DEs and the process they run ##     
my %DElist = ("Gnome", "gnome-session",
              "Xfce4", "xfce-mcs-manage",
          "Xfce4.6", "xfconfd",
              "KDE", "ksmserver");

## Get Kernel version ##
if ( $display =~ "Kernel"){
  print "\::$textcolor Finding Kernel version\n" unless $quite == 1;
  my $kernel = `uname -r`;
  $kernel =~ s/\s+/ /g;
  $kernel = " Kernel:$textcolor $kernel";
  push(@line, "$kernel");
}

## Find running processes ##
print "\::$textcolor Getting processes \n" unless $quite == 1;
my $processes = `ps -A | awk {'print \$4'}`;

## Find DE ##
while( (my $DEname, my $DEprocess) = each(%DElist) ) {
  print "\::$textcolor Testing $DEname process: $DEprocess \n" unless $quite == 1;
  if ( $processes =~ m/$DEprocess/ ) {
    $DE = $DEname;
    print "\::$textcolor DE found as $DE\n" unless $quite == 1;
    if( $display =~ m/DE/ ) {
      push(@line, " DE:$textcolor $DE");
    }
    last;
  }
}

## Find WM ##
while( (my $WMname, my $WMprocess) = each(%WMlist) ) {
 print "\::$textcolor Testing $WMname process: $WMprocess \n" unless $quite == 1;
  if ( $processes =~ m/$WMprocess/ ) {
    $WM = $WMname;
    print "\::$textcolor WM found as $WM\n" unless $quite == 1;
    if( $display =~ m/WM/ ) {
      push(@line, " WM:$textcolor $WM");
    }
    last;
  }
}

## Find WM theme ##
if ( $display =~ m/Win_theme/ ){
  switch($WM) {
    case "Openbox" {
      print "\::$textcolor Finding $WM theme\n" unless $quite == 1;
      open(FILE, "$ENV{HOME}/.config/openbox/rc.xml")
      || die "\e[0;31m<Failed>\n";
      while( <FILE> ) {
        if( /<name>(.+)<\/name>/ ) {
          while ( $found == 0 ) {
            print "\::$textcolor $WM theme found as $1\n" unless $quite == 1;
            push(@line, " WM Theme:$textcolor $1");
            $found = 1;
          }
        }
      }
      close(FILE);
    }
    case "Metacity" {
      print "\::$textcolor Finding $WM theme\n" unless $quite == 1;
      my $gconf = `gconftool-2 -g /apps/metacity/general/theme`;
      print "\::$textcolor $WM theme found as $gconf\n" unless $quite == 1;
      chomp ($gconf);
      push(@line, " WM Theme:$textcolor $gconf");
    }
    case "Fluxbox" {
      print "\::$textcolor Finding $WM theme\n" unless $quite == 1;
      open(FILE, "$ENV{HOME}/.fluxbox/init")
      || die "\e[0;31m<Failed>\n";
      while( <FILE> ) {
        if( /session.styleFile:.*\/(.+)/ ) {
          print "\::$textcolor $WM theme found as $1\n" unless $quite == 1;
          push(@line, " WM Theme:$textcolor $1");
        }
      }
      close(FILE);
    }
    case "Blackbox" {
      print "\::$textcolor Finding $WM theme\n" unless $quite == 1;
      open(FILE, "$ENV{HOME}/.blackboxrc")
      || die "\e[0;31m<Failed>\n";
      while( <FILE> ) {
        if( /session.styleFile:.*\/(.+)/ ) {
          print "\::$textcolor $WM theme found as $1\n" unless $quite == 1;
          push(@line, " WM Theme:$textcolor $1");
        }
      }
      close(FILE);
    }
    case "Xfwm4" {
      print "\::$textcolor Finding $WM theme\n" unless $quite == 1;
      switch($DE) {
    case "Xfce4" {
          open(FILE, "$ENV{HOME}/.config/xfce4/mcs_settings/xfwm4.xml")
          || die "\e[0;31m<Failed>\n";
            while( <FILE> ) {
            if( /<option name="Xfwm\/ThemeName" type="string" value="(.+)"\/>/ ) {
              print "\::$textcolor $WM theme found as $1\n" unless $quite == 1;
              push(@line, " WM Theme:$textcolor $1");
            }
          }
            close(FILE);
    }
    case "Xfce4.6" {
      my $xfconf = `xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/theme`;
      chomp($xfconf);
      push(@line, " WM Theme:$textcolor $xfconf");
    }
      }    
    }
    case "Kwin" {
      print "\::$textcolor Finding $WM theme\n" unless $quite == 1;
      open(FILE, "$ENV{HOME}/.kde/share/config/kwinrc")
      || die "\e[0;31m<Failed>\n";
      while( <FILE> ) {
        if( /PluginLib=kwin3_(.+)/ ) {
          print "\::$textcolor $WM theme found as $1\n" unless $quite == 1;
          push(@line, " WM Theme:$textcolor $1");
        }
      }
      close(FILE);
    }
    case "Enlightenment" {
      print "\::$textcolor Finding $WM theme\n" unless $quite == 1;
      my $remote = `enlightenment_remote -theme-get theme` ;
      if( $remote =~ m/.*FILE="(.+).edj"/ ) {
        print "\::$textcolor $WM theme found as $1\n" unless $quite == 1;
        push(@line, " WM Theme:$textcolor $1");
      }     
    }       
    case "IceWM" { 
      print "\::$textcolor Finding $WM theme\n" unless $quite == 1;
      open(FILE, "$ENV{HOME}/.icewm/theme")
      || die "\e[0;31m<Failed>\n";
      while( <FILE> ) {
        if( /Theme="(.+)\/.*.theme/ ) {
          while( $found == 0 ) {
            print "\::$textcolor $WM theme found as $1\n" unless $quite == 1;
            push(@line, " WM Theme:$textcolor $1");
            $found = 1;
          }
        }
      }   
      close(FILE);
    }   
    case "PekWM" {
      print "\::$textcolor Finding $WM theme\n" unless $quite == 1;
      open(FILE, "$ENV{HOME}/.pekwm/config")
      || die "\e[0;31m<Failed>\n";
      while( <FILE> ) {
        if( /Theme.*\/(.*)"/ ) {
            print "\::$textcolor $WM theme found as $1\n" unless $quite == 1;
            push(@line, " WM Theme:$textcolor $1");
        }
      }
      close(FILE); 
    } 
  }   
}     
      
## Find Theme Icon and Font ##
if ( $display =~ m/[Theme, Icons, Font, Background]/) {
  switch($DE) {
    case "Gnome" {
      print "\::$textcolor Finding $DE variables\n" unless $quite == 1;
      if ( $display =~ m/Theme/ ) {
        my $gconf = `gconftool-2 -g /desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme`;
        chomp ($gconf);
        print "\::$textcolor GTK Theme found as $1\n" unless $quite == 1;
        push(@line, " GTK Theme:$textcolor $gconf");
      }
      if ( $display =~ m/Icons/ ) {
        my $gconf = `gconftool-2 -g /desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme`;
        chomp ($gconf);
        push(@line, " Icons:$textcolor $gconf");
      } 
      if ( $display =~ m/Font/ ) {
        my $gconf = `gconftool-2 -g /desktop/gnome/interface/font_name`;
        chomp ($gconf);
        push(@line, " Font:$textcolor $gconf");
      }
      if ( $display =~ m/Background/ ) {
        my $gconf = `gconftool-2 -g /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename`;
        chomp ($gconf);
        my $bname = basename($gconf);
        push(@line, " Background:$textcolor $bname");
      }

    } 
    case "Xfce4" {
      my @sort = ();
      print "\::$textcolor Finding $DE variables\n" unless $quite == 1;
      open(FILE, "$ENV{HOME}/.config/xfce4/mcs_settings/gtk.xml")
      || die "\e[0;31m<Failed>\n";
      while( <FILE> ) {
        if ( $display =~ m/Theme/ ) {
          if (/<option name="Net\/ThemeName" type="string" value="(.+)"\/>/ ) {
            print "\::$textcolor GTK Theme found as $1\n" unless $quite == 1;
            unshift(@sort, " GTK Theme:$textcolor $1");
          } 
        }
        if ( $display =~ m/Icons/ ) {
          if (/<option name="Net\/IconThemeName" type="string" value="(.+)"\/>/ ) {
            print "\::$textcolor Icons found as $1\n" unless $quite == 1;
            unshift(@sort, " Icons:$textcolor $1");
          }
        }
        if ( $display =~ m/Font/ ) {
          if ( /<option name="Gtk\/FontName" type="string" value="(.+)"\/>/ ) {
            print "\::$textcolor Font found as $1\n" unless $quite == 1;
            unshift(@sort, " Font:$textcolor $1");
          } 
        }
      }
      close(FILE);
      ## Sort variables so they're ordered "Theme Icon Font" ##
      foreach my $i (@sort) {
        push(@line, "$i");
      }
    } 
    case "Xfce4.6" {
      my @sort = ();
      print "\::$textcolor Finding $DE variables\n" unless $quite == 1;
        if ( $display =~ m/Theme/ ) {
        my $xfconf = `xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/ThemeName`;
        chomp($xfconf);
            push(@line, " GTK Theme:$textcolor $xfconf");
        }
        if ( $display =~ m/Icons/ ) {
        my $xfconf = `xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/IconThemeName`;
        chomp($xfconf);
            push(@line, " Icons:$textcolor $xfconf");
        }
        if ( $display =~ m/Font/ ) {
        my $xfconf = `xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Gtk/FontName`;
        chomp($xfconf);
            push(@line, " Font:$textcolor $xfconf");
        }
      if ( $display =~ m/Background/ ) {
        my $xfconf = `xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -p /backdrop/screen0/monitor0/image-path`;
        chomp($xfconf);
        my $bname = basename($xfconf);
            push(@line, " Background:$textcolor $bname");
      }
    } 
    case "KDE" { 
      print "\::$textcolor Finding $DE variables\n" unless $quite == 1;
      open(FILE, "$ENV{HOME}/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals")
      || die "\e[0;31m<Failed>\n";
      while( <FILE> ) { 
        if ( $display =~ m/Theme/ ) {
          if ( /widgetStyle=(.+)/  ) {
            print "\::$textcolor Wiget Style found as $1\n" unless $quite == 1;
            push(@line, " Wiget Style:$textcolor $1");
          }
          if (/colorScheme=(.+).kcsrc/ ) {
            print "\::$textcolor Color Scheme found as $1\n" unless $quite == 1;
            push(@line, " Color Scheme:$textcolor $1");
          }
        }
        if ( $display =~ m/Icons/ ) {
          if ( /Theme=(.+)/ ) {
            print "\::$textcolor Icons found as $1\n" unless $quite == 1;
            push(@line, " Icons:$textcolor $1");
          } 
        }   
        if ( $display =~ m/Font/ ) {
          if ( /font=(.+)/ ) {
            my $font = (split/,/, $1)[0];
            print "\::$textcolor Font found as $font\n" unless $quite == 1;
            push(@line, " Font:$textcolor $font");
          }
        }
      }
      close(FILE);
  
    }
    else {
      my @files = ("$ENV{HOME}/.gtkrc-2.0", "$ENV{HOME}/.gtkrc.mine",);
      foreach my $file (@files) {
        if ( -e $file ) {
          print "\::$textcolor Opening $file\n" unless $quite == 1; 
          open(FILE, $file)
          || die "\e[0;31m<Failed>\n";
          while( <FILE> ) {
            if ( $display =~ m/Theme/ ) {
              if( /include ".*themes\/(.+)\/gtk-(1|2)\.0\/gtkrc"/ ){
                print "\::$textcolor GTK theme found as $1\n" unless $quite == 1;
                push(@line, " GTK Theme:$textcolor $1");
              }
            }
            if ( $display =~ m/Icons/ ) {
              if( /.*gtk-icon-theme-name.*"(.+)"/ ) {
                print "\::$textcolor Icons found as $1\n" unless $quite == 1;
                push(@line, " Icons:$textcolor $1");
              }
            }
            if ( $display =~ m/Font/ ) {
              if( /.*gtk-font-name.*"(.+)"/ ) {
                print "\::$textcolor Font found as $1\n" unless $quite == 1;
                push(@line, " Font:$textcolor $1");
             }
            }
          }
          close(FILE);
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

## Display the system info ##

if ( $distro =~ m/Archlinux/ ) {

## Get Archlinux version ##
if ( $display =~ "OS"){
  print "\::$textcolor Finding Archlinux version\n" unless $quite == 1;
  my $version = $myArchVersion;
  $version =~ s/\s+/ /g;
  $version = " OS:$textcolor $version";
  unshift(@line, "$version");
}


my $c1 = "\e[1;36m";
my $c2 = "\e[0;36m";

system("clear");

print "
${c1}                   -`                   
${c1}                  .o+`                  
${c1}                 `ooo/                  
${c1}                `+oooo:                 
${c1}               `+oooooo:
${c1}               -+oooooo+:
${c1}             `/:-:++oooo+:                  $c1@line[0]
${c1}            `/++++/+++++++:                 $c1@line[1]
${c1}           `/++++++++++++++:                $c1@line[2]
${c1}          `/+++${c2}ooooooooooooo/`              $c1@line[3]
${c2}         ./ooosssso++osssssso+`             $c1@line[4]
${c2}        .oossssso-````/ossssss+`            $c1@line[5]
${c2}       -osssssso.      :ssssssso.           $c1@line[6]
${c2}      :osssssss/        osssso+++.          $c1@line[7]
${c2}     /ossssssss/        +ssssooo/-          $c1@line[8]
${c2}   `/ossssso+/:-        -:/+osssso+-    
${c2}  `+sso+:-`                 `.-/+oso:   
${c2} `++:.                           `-/+/  
${c2} .`                                  ``
${c2} 
\e[0m";
}

system('scrot screen-%H-%M-%S.png -d 5 -e \'mv $f ~/images/screenshots/\'');

.conkyrc:

Code:

use_xft yes
xftfont DejaVu Sans:size=8

update_interval 1
total_run_times 0
double_buffer yes
text_buffer_size 1024

own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

minimum_size 185 0
maximum_width 185

draw_shades no
default_color white

alignment top_right
gap_x 12
gap_y 12

no_buffers no
net_avg_samples 2

override_utf8_locale yes

TEXT
${alignc 25}${font Requiem:size=26}SXPS
${voffset -18}${alignc 12}${font LT Sweet Nothings:size=20}m         M ${font}

SYSTEM ${hr 2}
${voffset 2}${font OpenLogos:size=16}A${font}   Kernel:  ${alignr}${kernel}
${font StyleBats:size=16}q${font}   Frequency: ${alignr}${freq 1} MHz  
${font StyleBats:size=16}A${font}   Core1: ${cpu cpu1}% ${alignr}${cpubar cpu1 8,60}
${font StyleBats:size=16}A${font}   Core2: ${cpu cpu2}% ${alignr}${cpubar cpu2 8,60}
${font StyleBats:size=16}g${font}   RAM: $memperc% ${alignr}${membar 8,60}
${font StyleBats:size=16}j${font}   SWAP: $swapperc% ${alignr}${swapbar 8,60}
${font Webdings:size=16}~${font}  Battery: ${battery_percent BAT0}% ${alignr}${battery_bar 8,60 BAT0}


HD ${hr 2}
${voffset 4}${font Pie charts for maps:size=14}7${font}   ${voffset -5}Arch:
${voffset 4}${fs_used /}/${fs_size /} ${alignr}${fs_bar 8,60 /}
${font Pie charts for maps:size=14}7${font}   ${voffset -5}Vista:
${voffset 4}${fs_used /mnt/win}/${fs_size /mnt/win} ${alignr}${fs_bar 8,60 /mnt/win}


NETWORK ${hr 2}
${if_existing /proc/net/route wlan0}
${voffset -6}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}O${font}   Up: ${upspeed wlan0} ${alignr}${upspeedgraph wlan0 8,60 aaaaaa ffffff}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}U${font}   Down: ${downspeed wlan0} ${alignr}${downspeedgraph wlan0 8,60 aaaaaa ffffff}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}N${font}   Upload: ${alignr}${totalup wlan0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}T${font}   Download: ${alignr}${totaldown wlan0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}Z${font}   Signal: ${wireless_link_qual wlan0}% ${alignr}${wireless_link_bar 8,60 wlan0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}a${font}   Local Ip: ${alignr}${addr wlan0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}b${font}   Public Ip: ${alignr}${execi 3600 curl http://riivo.eu/php/ip.php}
${if_existing /proc/net/route eth0}
${voffset -6}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}O${font}   Up: ${upspeed eth0} ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth0 8,60 aaaaaa ffffff}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}U${font}   Down: ${downspeed eth0} ${alignr}${downspeedgraph eth0 8,60 aaaaaa ffffff}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}N${font}   Upload: ${alignr}${totalup eth0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}T${font}   Download: ${alignr}${totaldown eth0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}a${font}   Local Ip: ${alignr}${addr eth0}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}b${font}   Public Ip: ${alignr}${execi 3600 curl http://riivo.eu/php/ip.php}
${endif}${else}
${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}4${font}   Network Unavailable
${endif}

DATE ${hr 2}
${alignc 35}${font Arial Black:size=26}${time %H:%M}${font}
${alignc}${time %A %d %B}
${voffset 4}${font RsbillsDng:size=14}O${font}${font DejaVu Sans Mono:size=8}${execpi 3600 DJS=`date +%_d`; cal -m | sed '1d' | sed '/./!d' | sed 's/$/                     /' | fold -w 21 | sed -n '/^.\{21\}/p' | sed 's/^/${alignc} /' | sed /" $DJS "/s/" $DJS "/" "'${color grey}'"$DJS"'${color0}'" "/}${font}

WEATHER ${hr 2}
${if_existing /proc/net/route wlan0}
${execpi 10800 conkyForecast -t ~/scripts/conkyForecast.template}
${if_existing /proc/net/route eth0}
${execpi 10800 conkyForecast -t ~/scripts/conkyForecast.template}
${endif}${else}
${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=14}4${font}   Weather Unavailable
${endif}

conkyForcast.template:

Code:

${voffset -10}${alignr 56}${font ConkyWeather:style=Bold:size=40}[--location=YOURLOCATION --datatype=WF]${font}
${voffset -50}${font Weather:size=40}y${font}  ${voffset -38}${font Arial Black:size=26}[--location=YOURLOCATION --datatype=HT]${font}

${voffset 0}${alignc 43}[--location=YOURLOCATION --datatype=DW --startday=1 --shortweekday] ${alignc 8}[--location=YOURLOCATION --datatype=DW --startday=2 --shortweekday] ${alignc -29}[--location=YOURLOCATION --datatype=DW --startday=3 --shortweekday] ${alignc -64}[--location=YOURLOCATION --datatype=DW --startday=4 --shortweekday]
${voffset 0}${alignc 75}${font ConkyWeather:size=28}[--location=YOURLOCATION --datatype=WF --startday=1 --endday=4 --spaces=1]${font}
${voffset 0}${font DejaVu Sans:size=7}${alignc 48}[--location=YOURLOCATION --datatype=HT --startday=1 --hideunits --centeredwidth=3]/[--location=YOURLOCATION --datatype=LT --startday=1 --hideunits --centeredwidth=3] ${alignc -14}[--location=YOURLOCATION --datatype=HT --startday=2 --hideunits --centeredwidth=3]/[--location=YOURLOCATION --datatype=LT --startday=2 --hideunits --centeredwidth=3] ${alignc -40}[--location=YOURLOCATION --datatype=HT --startday=3 --hideunits --centeredwidth=3]/[--location=YOURLOCATION --datatype=LT --startday=3 --hideunits --centeredwidth=3] ${alignr 6}[--location=YOURLOCATION --datatype=HT --startday=4 --hideunits --centeredwidth=3]/[--location=YOURLOCATION --datatype=LT --startday=4 --hideunits --centeredwidth=3]${font}
${voffset 2}${font DejaVu Sans:size=7}SUNRISE/SET:${font}${alignr}[--location=YOURLOCATION --datatype=SR] / [--location=YOURLOCATION --datatype=SS]  

More info: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=869328
More examples: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=39906

Enjoy.

 

my shiny new install of ubuntu. Been linux free for 3 years...am diving back in on my new laptop. =D

 

Archer....I've thought about replacing Metacity with Openbox in Gnome....what advantages do you see?

 

Looks nice... you've got a nice machine, and some screen real estate. Nice wallpaper. Glad you're getting back into it!

 

The biggest one would be complete hotkey customization.

 

thanks.....have you noticed whether one performs better with gnome than the other? I would guess probably about the same....

 

nice thing is, ubuntu recognized everything out of the box. webcam, bluetooth, wifi, ethernet etc. all I had to do was turn on the proprietary nvidia drivers and go!

 

Yep, that's what's great about Linux... it just keeps getting better. With each release I've used (since 7.10), more things have worked correctly right out of the box.

 

Haven't figured out thumbnails yet. My #! desktop at the moment.

 

Very stylish. Does that wallpaper come bundled with crunchbang?

 

No but its Zwopper's. He designs them for crunchbang. He has several really cool ones.

 

Very Nice !! mi gusta !!

 

Yeah, there are a lot of good artists(and programmers) over at #! forums. I am currently using one of their sketches as a wallpaper for my linux setup.

Also, if you want your Adeskbar to have an transparent background enable compositing/eye candy in the autostart file. You just need to uncomment out this line and logoff/restart:

Then check 'Use Cairo rendering' in Adeskbar. Example of it is in the NBR Image Gallery(search for adkesbar or my photos)

Only problem(more like annoyance) is that you need to disable compositing when playing games/working with some programs like Google Earth, but there is a menu option for compositing(look under preferences) so its not too bad.

 

Thanks will do.

 

switched Metacity for Openbox in Gnome for grins:

 

Mmmmmm... Boxxy...

 

@Archer: After going from Compiz and Emerald, I'm really liking the speed increase...

Q: Does gnome still handle all the antialiasing of fonts? or do I need a .fonts.conf file in ~/ for Openbox window fonts?

 

Yeah, gnome should do everything except manage the window controls. Have you played around with ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml yet? That's where all the good stuff's at. Especially the < application > and < keybind > sections.

 

thanks...not yet, going to check it out now

 

Nice conky there Zoid.

The true beauty of openbox shines through when you ditch your DE altogether.

 

Screenshots of the setup on my new 320 GB hard drive. Since I can't find my Vista disc, it's Linux-only.

 

pix...getting invalid attachment on your links

 

So was I... not sure why. Fixed now.

 

What is the last distro? It looks nice.

 

9.04 Jaunty. Although the 9.10 Karmic Koala Alpha 6 was just released.

 

Very nice and clean, pix. 'Bout time you upgraded that harddrive