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    Show off your Linux desktop

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

  1. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    Made some changes. Went with a transparent bars and added a few applets. Loving the changes!

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    Thaenatos, May 26, 2011
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  2. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    Use a pre 3.0 gnome and problem sovled!
     
    Thaenatos, May 26, 2011
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  3. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    XFCE 4.8 is really nice as well. You should give it a shot.
     
    naticus, May 26, 2011
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  4. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    I did and am currently running it on a server and while I love the UI, its not stable for me. Ive tried a few other versions and it seems OK. But as always Im loving the stability and looks of gnome. My current setup works flawlessly for work and play.
     
    Thaenatos, May 26, 2011
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  5. KuroLionheart

    KuroLionheart Notebook Deity

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    [​IMG]

    New to Linux, I feel special.
     
    KuroLionheart, May 26, 2011
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  6. Phill88

    Phill88 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I don't yet have a picture but on my other computer I recently installed Linux Mint which looks like this:

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    I'm loving it. I think it's because of the nice green colour.
     
    Phill88, May 27, 2011
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  7. Metroid_III

    Metroid_III Notebook Consultant

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    Please find the link for that pic :) :) :)

    Never mind:

    http://zwopper.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d27b24q

    Awesome!
     
    Metroid_III, May 27, 2011
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  8. Gintoki

    Gintoki Notebook Prophet

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    I'm a bleeding edge lover so I couldn't do that. Xfce also doesn't offer as much shine, and ease of use as I would like.
     
    Gintoki, May 29, 2011
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  9. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    To each their own. :)
     
    Thaenatos, May 29, 2011
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  10. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    The Zwop is a good man. He was drinking a Strawberry Daquiri the other day per twitter....maybe that is what inspires him ! :D
     
    theZoid, May 30, 2011
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  11. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    Nice...if I didn't use SL, LMDE or SalineOS would defintely be it. Classical gnome interface included. :p
     
    theZoid, May 30, 2011
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  12. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    [​IMG]

    Crunchbang.
     
    Thomas, Jun 9, 2011
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  13. de.1337

    de.1337 Notebook Evangelist

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    81.3 MB? Whoaaaa.
     
    de.1337, Jun 10, 2011
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  14. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Usually 47MB at first boot. :)
     
    Thomas, Jun 10, 2011
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  15. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    [​IMG]

    Ubuntu 10.04 lts.

    So much snappier than newer Ubuntu's. Works well on my netbook.
     
    naticus, Jun 25, 2011
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  16. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Oddly enough I'm running Kubuntu 10.04.2... ;)

    [​IMG]
     
    Thomas, Jun 28, 2011
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  17. 1ceBlu3

    1ceBlu3 Notebook Deity

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    Linux Mint 11..
     

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    1ceBlu3, Jun 28, 2011
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  18. theZoid

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    Lookin awesome Muchacha.... :)
     
    theZoid, Jun 28, 2011
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  19. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    Testing Fedora 15 (wi/ Gnome 3). I wasn't too impressed with the early Alphas's and Beta's, but it has gotten a bit better than it was early on. Still don't see this as a viable desktop solution for the intermediate-advanced OS user. Gnome 3 is miles ahead of Unity, and that's not saying much.



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    naticus, Jun 29, 2011
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  20. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    Current Linux Desktop happens to be
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    which is a natty chroot running on
    [​IMG].

    *whistles*
     
    Patrick, Jun 29, 2011
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  21. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    "redone" Fedora 15 setup.

    [​IMG]

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    naticus, Jun 30, 2011
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  22. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    While this isn't my desktop, since I'm running a Dual Boot system, I replaced the Linux MInt dual boot screen with this one. Just something I threw together in about 30 sec, but I like the looks of it. This is the image that comes up when I choose Win 7/Mint to boot.

    [​IMG]
     
    DR650SE, Jun 30, 2011
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  23. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    Now that's pretty cool....tell us how :)
     
    theZoid, Jun 30, 2011
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  24. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    Sure, just found a few images that had black backgrounds and copy pasted. Then I saved them in .png format. Did that through windows. I suck at things like photoshop so I took the easy/classy/simple looking route. Then I saved it on my 1TB storage drive as linuxmint.png Thats the format and name of the original file. Then I booted into Mint, and opened "computer," then "File System," then opened "boot, then opened "grub." When I opened "grub" I did it as administrator. Then I copied the file into the grub folder and it prompted me to replace the file with the same name. Clicked yes.

    Exit, reboot, and admire. :cool:

    Also goes well with my blue led alienfx keyboard :p
     
    DR650SE, Jun 30, 2011
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  25. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    [​IMG]

    lol
     
    naticus, Jul 1, 2011
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  26. kingp1ng

    kingp1ng Notebook Evangelist

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    Naticus! What theme/skin are u using for Fedora 15?
     
    kingp1ng, Jul 2, 2011
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  27. Jayayess1190

    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    Gnome 3 with Faenza Icons.
     
    Jayayess1190, Jul 3, 2011
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  28. bc2946088

    bc2946088 Notebook Consultant

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    bc2946088, Jul 5, 2011
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  29. bc2946088

    bc2946088 Notebook Consultant

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    Sorry for the insanely obnoxious resolution of that screenshot.
     
    bc2946088, Jul 5, 2011
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  30. chenxiaolong

    chenxiaolong Notebook Geek

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    @bc2946088: I wish I had even half of your internet speed... :D
     
    chenxiaolong, Jul 6, 2011
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  31. Joel

    Joel coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee

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    Even a 1/4 would do!!
     
    Joel, Jul 8, 2011
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  32. hf2046

    hf2046 Notebook Guru

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    Slackware64 13.37 + Enlightenment 17

    desktop.jpg
     
    hf2046, Jul 8, 2011
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  33. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    [​IMG]

    Fedora 15.
     
    Thomas, Jul 9, 2011
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  34. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    This Gnome 3 thing looks kinda neat. I tried to install it on Ubuntu two times, and I effed up my Ubuntu two times lol. Third time I won't try :D
     
    killkenny1, Jul 9, 2011
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  35. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Yeah, it's best to wait for 11.10 or try it out on Fedora.
     
    Thomas, Jul 9, 2011
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  36. xAcid9

    xAcid9 Notebook Deity

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    [​IMG]

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    Archbang in my Dv6.
     
    xAcid9, Jul 9, 2011
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  37. Primes

    Primes Notebook Deity

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    wow that looks great. i wish i had time to learn arch. is that running openbox?
     
    Primes, Jul 9, 2011
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  38. Primes

    Primes Notebook Deity

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    switched to xubuntu 11.04 x64
    [​IMG]
     
    Primes, Jul 10, 2011
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  39. xAcid9

    xAcid9 Notebook Deity

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    Yeah, running openbox.
     
    xAcid9, Jul 11, 2011
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  40. ral

    ral Notebook Evangelist

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    Am giving Fedora a try...

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    Uploaded with ImageShack.us

    It feels like an even more radical shift than Unity.
     
    ral, Jul 15, 2011
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  41. thetoast

    thetoast Notebook Evangelist

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    Looks great... also, is that your own camera? I've been toying with the idea of picking up one of those.

     
    thetoast, Jul 16, 2011
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  42. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    Fuduntu on my netbook -- talk about battery life out of the box, incredible.

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    Fuduntu

    Highly recommend for netbooks laptops.
     
    naticus, Jul 19, 2011
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  43. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    [​IMG]

    Crunchbang #! -- still my favorite flavor of Linux.
     
    naticus, Jul 20, 2011
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  44. dimm0k

    dimm0k Notebook Consultant

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    A bit late, but wondering how you got conky to look like that? I can get it transparent, but have no clue how to give it that bordered "full transparent app window" look.
     
    dimm0k, Jul 22, 2011
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  45. Evil Claw

    Evil Claw Notebook Evangelist

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    @ Naticus - What kind of battery life increase are you talking about? Would like to know, Thanks.
     
    Evil Claw, Jul 22, 2011
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  46. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    I got about an extra 1hour and half battery life. Fuduntu really is a fantastic distro!
     
    naticus, Jul 24, 2011
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  47. leopardhunter7

    leopardhunter7 Notebook Consultant

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    my ubuntu 11.04 desktop on a dell studio xps 16
     
    leopardhunter7, Jul 24, 2011
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  48. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    I'm not challenging you, but Fewt has got some real bad press on Fedora Forums! Deserved or Not, I have no idea.
     
    theZoid, Jul 24, 2011
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  49. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    The only thing I could find was a distaste for his decision on the name 'Fuduntu'. Rightly so maybe as the name suggests a fork of Ubuntu rather than Fedora.

    I will say this, Fuduntu with Jupiter gives exceptional battery life, better than any distro I have tried. Also it is one of the better Fedora 'remixes' or forks out-of-box that I have tried.

    So I'm not sure what the issues are exactly.
     
    naticus, Jul 24, 2011
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  50. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    LeighLinux123 who's an admin there at Fedora Forums, bashed him the most....it's probably bull knowing this guy. He was on my forum (below) and we had to warn him and he left, ego in wheel-barrel and all :) But he was productive in backporting rpms for SL, I'll give him that! :)
     
    theZoid, Jul 24, 2011
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