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    Show off your Linux desktop

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

  1. cassar

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    Classy and clean. What dock is that, BTW?
     
  3. cassar

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    cairo dock :)
     
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    is that a suse lizard? idk....LOL
     

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    That looks nice Zoid..like the Dell/lizard combo..hehe
     
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    It was kinda weird having that lizard staring at me...went back to the suse wallpaper...going to D.A. now to look for more and better ones :)
     
  7. Angelic

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    O wow this looks really cool! Can you guys teach a girl all about Linux? I really wanted to give it a try! :)
    Really lovely desktop Zoid.
     
  8. 1ceBlu3

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    don't worry ames..i got yer back..on linux.
    told ya this would be fun :) then u can post yer new desktop if it works out for ya :)
    k..we're outta here...
    :D
    *as u were boys**
     
  9. theZoid

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    I'm bracing myself.....haha :cool:
     
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    u be nice J!! :eek: :eek: :p
    she'll have fun with linux!

    oh btw..i'm back in ubuntu..hehe..just works better for mee! :D
    k..seriously..back in topix!*****
     
  11. Angelic

    Angelic Kickin' back :3

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    I'll behave, I promise! :eek:
     
  12. theZoid

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    I'm sure....j/k....let us know if you run into any show-stoppers....think you'll like it ! :D
     
  13. theZoid

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    lol...I go back to Ubuntu once or twice per year whether I need to or not! :D
     
  14. theZoid

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    Calculate Linux KDE 4.3.5, from Russian Federation..Gentoo compatible...like this one (taken from the LiveDVD):
     

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  15. ALLurGroceries

    ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator

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    That is nice looking... so Calculate is their build/configure system eh... thus how it got its name? I had to look it up since it's so random sounding. ;)

    On a separate note have you tried KDE 4.4? If so, any first impressions? I'm pretty dyed in the wool when it comes to Debian and Gnome but I do like to check in on KDE every once in a while.
     
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    I'm using KDE 4.4 with openSUSE 11.2 now. It seems pretty stable, and fast...I'm liking it. I left KDE from 3.5.10 to gnome until KDE4 matured a little. Have to say I'm happy I've come back to it, at this particular time :)

    Yes, Calculate, however they got the name, seems very stable and quick...made a great impression on me unlike many others :) I'm looking into it further, but haven't used a Gentoo based distro in ages....a learning curve there. They claim to be catering to the business use crowd, which is me ..
     
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    Yeah I noticed they were claiming SLES and RHEL as their competitors.. interesting. Gonna dig their site some more.
     
  18. theZoid

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    that's exactly what caught my attention...I'm checking to see how they've been supporting it...looks pretty new but I've heard of it before.
     
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    Mine......
     

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    nice, but simple Little ho..
    like the darker colors! :)
     
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    I used to have it very messy... with photo slideshows of my gf and many widgets... then it came down to this... still very very messy:

    [​IMG]

    And finally found what I wanted... stopped playing around with the widgets, moved the panel to the left as I had with W7 to better utilize the widescreen format, set it to autohide (the clock messes up when the panel is moved to the left or right so I had to add an independent widget on the desktop). I took the mouse over the panel to make it appear.

    Now I like it, very clean, simple, practical =]

    [​IMG]
     
  23. theZoid

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    Nice dotHack...which distro is that? It's themed like mine i.e. glassified....
     
  24. 1ceBlu3

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    quite a desktop dothack..looks nice though! ;)
    which desklet/screenlet theme are u using for your weather? :)

    glassified? do u have a new theme to show J? ;)
     
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    Classy. Very much so.
     
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    same theme in Post 1980....glassified KDE4 theme...its frakkin' awesome... :)
     
  27. 1ceBlu3

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    ahh ok..haha..last one u had wasn't glassed..that's why i was asking..
    yea u've been having fun with yer KDE4.. :p haha. ;) i'm still gnome! lolz :)
     
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    Thanks for the comments =D I really like the way it ended up and its quite functional for me, specially considering the fact that I'm kinda new to this OS (still have a few issues but I like solving them so at the end of the day its not frustrating =P)

    And this is Kubuntu 9.10, with KDE SC 4.4 and glassified theme. I have yet to find a better icon pack, at the momento oxygen works super fine for me =D The only distros i've tried so far are ubuntu (a year ago) and Kubuntu (now)..
     
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    dothack..you can always get new themes from kde-look.org if u haven't looked there already..as well as gnome-art.com..they don't have much there but some of its nice :) ;)
     
  30. pixelot

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    You use KDE very well, it looks sexy. Efficient too. :rolleyes:

    Except for Taylor Swift! :eek: Seriously, dude... Miranda Lambert or something. Audrey Hepburn would be the ultimate in classiness. :p
     
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    Sorry, I don't know celebrities. What was she doing standing on a wharf anyway?
     
  32. pixelot

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    Posing. Like the poser she is. :rolleyes:

    She pretends she's country, but I've heard her played back-to-back with rap on hip-hop stations. She's SO pop, and I wish they would stop contaminating country radio with this vile excrescence.

    Sure, she can come up with catchy, albeit unoriginal, songs. Woo-jolly-hoo. She can't sing live, she's NOT country, and people need to just get over it. :p

    Miranda Lambert, now there's a country singer. And of course Audrey Hepburn is the time-honored standard. :cool:
     
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    openSUSE KDE 4.4 still changing around wallpapers.... ;)
     

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    that was a bit 'in your face', so I switched to this.... :p
     

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    they both look nice J! i did like the colors on the dragonz wallpaper :p
     
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    Mine :D

    From my netbook, just simple... lol one of the stock themes.

    [​IMG]
     
  37. 1ceBlu3

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    ahh hey ya got one posted ! :) looks great allanzz! :p
     
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    :D thankz :) .
     
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    I don't know if this counts but here is mine at the moment.

    [​IMG]
     
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    sure it counts! :D mmm..that's unique.haven't ever seen one like that..really interesting
     
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    That is his Hand Phone running Linux...
     
  42. pixelot

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    My latest. I made the wallpaper. :p

    desk-2.jpg
     
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    Yet another..... :)
     

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    nicely made pixelot..nice colors and matching scheme :)


    looks good as always J!.love the darker scheme and nice icon theme :)
     
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    [​IMG]
    Crunchbang (Openbox) on my Acer AA1 (512MB RAM and 8GB SSD... and I'm dual booting with Kuki Linux (essentially Xubuntu 9.04))
     
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    look really nice Pott! love the smokey black wallpaper. :)
     
  47. theZoid

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    I agree....what version is CB on now?
     
  48. Pott

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    Thanks. I'm still a noob but I'm having a lot of fun breaking Linux/fixing Linux ;)

    CB is based on Ubuntu 9.04 right now. In all honesty I guess it'd be possible to take the latest Xubuntu, add Openbox and have something rather similar if getting recent updates is a priority. But CB is just nicely put together.
     
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    Whoa, nice lookin', Pott. Really clean.
     
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    [​IMG]

    Linux Mint 8 Helena. Custom theme. Pretty basic, Google Chrome, Banshee, black wallpaper(I find them to be least annoying).
     
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