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    Show off your Linux desktop

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

  1. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    my desktop on my netbook.

    [​IMG]
     
    naticus, Jul 29, 2011
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  2. Evil Claw

    Evil Claw Notebook Evangelist

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    Okay, anybody know where or how I can get the system monitor shown in this desktop so that I can install in Ubuntu 11.04? Its got everything I need. If there is one similar that would be okay, but I am using gkrellm monitor now and its okay but not what I am used to.
     
    Evil Claw, Jul 29, 2011
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  3. Primes

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    I believe that is conky. It's highly configurable, but you really have to design it yourself.
     
    Primes, Jul 29, 2011
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  4. Metroid_III

    Metroid_III Notebook Consultant

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    Metroid_III, Jul 30, 2011
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  5. Evil Claw

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    Okay, have downloaded Conky -all and Transitional from Ubuntu site, but its not showing up as app. How do I execute and setup, through scripts in terminal?

    **EDIT** Okay, found its executed in terminal.
     
    Evil Claw, Jul 30, 2011
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  6. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    my netbook.

    [​IMG]
     
    naticus, Jul 30, 2011
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  7. kobe

    kobe Notebook Virtuoso

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    I wonder if there is any noticeable difference between Funduntu and Ubuntu Netbook Remix though...
     
    kobe, Aug 2, 2011
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  8. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    Debian squeeze
     

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  9. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    [​IMG]
     
    naticus, Aug 3, 2011
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  10. ALLurGroceries

    ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator

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    Thumbnails. [​IMG]

    Use them. ;)
     
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  11. TuxDude

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    I too like conky a lot - but the update of top, CPU usage interval should be higher otherwise you start seeing a lag.
     
    TuxDude, Aug 4, 2011
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  12. ral

    ral Notebook Evangelist

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    Basic Fedora install. Surprisingly efficient on system resources.

    [​IMG]
    From Message Boards
    Adding Dropbox to start-up brings me to 208MB or so.
     
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    ral, Aug 4, 2011
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  13. TuxDude

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    @ral - that is cool :) - btw I'm unable to view the higher res pic in picasa - either no permission or file removed :(
     
    TuxDude, Aug 5, 2011
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  14. ral

    ral Notebook Evangelist

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    Sorry, this is my second post to a forum using Picasa... I used to use TinyPic to upload pictures for sharing in a forum, but have been having intermittent problems uploading pics which have become more frequent. Went to Picase and shared the album publicly... did this fix the problem.

    TIA.
     
    ral, Aug 5, 2011
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  15. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    naticus, Aug 6, 2011
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  16. ral

    ral Notebook Evangelist

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    Thanks, trying it out now.

    Picture removed. Too big.
     
    ral, Aug 6, 2011
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  17. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    [​IMG]

    Works for me.
     
    Thomas, Aug 7, 2011
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  18. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    Have you done any of the gconf-editor options to unlock eOS yet? If not I would, it makes it much more customizable.

    Customizing | elementary OS
     
    naticus, Aug 7, 2011
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  19. Primes

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    you should give us a mini-review on it.
     
    Primes, Aug 8, 2011
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  20. nerdmagic

    nerdmagic Newbie

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    Ubuntu 1104 "classic" desktop....

    [​IMG]
     
    nerdmagic, Aug 9, 2011
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  21. naticus

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    [​IMG]
     
    naticus, Aug 12, 2011
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  22. TuxDude

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    Is the background one of the photos taken along the Big Sur coastline ?
     
    TuxDude, Aug 12, 2011
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  23. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    I have no idea, I found the image on interfacelift.com. :)
     
    naticus, Aug 12, 2011
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  24. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    I'm well aware of that, but I have few issues with the default, thanks. :)
    Perhaps, but Jupiter(0.1) is a bit old. Luna(0.2) should be coming in a few months.
     
    Thomas, Aug 13, 2011
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  25. anarti

    anarti Notebook Geek

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    this is Navaggio Bay on Zakynthos island in greece. I was there on my honeymoon - great place :)
     
    anarti, Aug 14, 2011
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  26. Primes

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    Antix M11 with icewm.
     

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  27. RACiE

    RACiE Notebook Enthusiast

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    This is my laptop, running Lucid Puppy. Yeah, I know it's ugly, but I'm too lazy to install a better looking GUI.

    [​IMG]
     
    RACiE, Aug 19, 2011
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  28. lupusarcanus

    lupusarcanus Notebook Consultant

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    nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan

    Cat.

    Actually your desktop really isn't that ugly -- i like it :p

    Although the 'save' in the middle of it piques my interest
     
    lupusarcanus, Aug 19, 2011
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  29. RACiE

    RACiE Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hehe... well I love the wallpaper, but I don't like the limited gtk themes that I have. The taskbar and windows don't look that great.

    Oh and the save is because it's running off of a live USB instead of a hard disk. Basically, I can turn on my laptop and it only saves changes if I want it to. So let's say I download a picture... if I don't save, it won't be there the next time it boots. It also asks if I want to save upon shutdown. I really like this feature. :D
     
    RACiE, Aug 19, 2011
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  30. naticus

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    [​IMG]
     
    naticus, Aug 22, 2011
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  31. RACiE

    RACiE Notebook Enthusiast

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    This is on my desktop. I'm running Linux Mint 10 because the last Ubuntu release was working improperly on my computer. It would freeze and lock up. Someone thought it might be a kernel issue... and I think it probably is too because I'm having similar problems on this.

    I'm going to install the latest release of Xubuntu soon because I really don't want to move away from Debian-based (more specifically, Ubuntu-based) distros.

    [​IMG]
     
    RACiE, Aug 23, 2011
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  32. kiwikat

    kiwikat Notebook Consultant

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    [​IMG]

    Crunchbang 10 here! So much better than Ubuntu/Mint...

    Yeah I know my conky is lame but I didn't put much effort into it. :eek:
     
    kiwikat, Aug 25, 2011
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  33. Ayle

    Ayle Trailblazer

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    Why don't you just recompile your kernel?
     
    Ayle, Sep 6, 2011
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  34. RACiE

    RACiE Notebook Enthusiast

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    Simply because I don't know how. :)

    Anyway, I gave my wireless card to my little brother, so the PC isn't of much use to me right now. Perhaps I'll put OpenSUSE on it or something and see if it is able to run, but it's not my biggest concern. Puppy Linux is working just fine on my laptop.
     
    RACiE, Sep 9, 2011
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  35. windelicato

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    ubuntu 11.04 with gnome classic inteface. unity feels messy.

    [​IMG]
     
    windelicato, Sep 9, 2011
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  36. theZoid

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    Puppy is an addiction like no other.... :)
     
    theZoid, Sep 12, 2011
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  37. Brian10161

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    Here's mine for now:

    Pretty happy with how everything is running.

    [​IMG]
     
    Brian10161, Sep 13, 2011
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  38. Joel

    Joel coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee

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    BAM. New install of Ubuntu 10.10... Going to see how Ubuntu goes for me.
     

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  39. Blackened Justice

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    Here's mine, running Xubuntu at the moment. Not too shabby, but I like it ;)
     

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  40. lucirz

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    very nice, i like it, looks clean. here's mine :D. docks looks nice, but i hate them lol.
    [​IMG]
     
    lucirz, Sep 17, 2011
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  41. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Using Ubuntu to imitate Mac OS looks is just weak... :D
     
    killkenny1, Sep 18, 2011
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  42. Rodster

    Rodster Merica

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    I personally think OSX is overrated. I prefer the openSUSE or Mint themes.
     
    Rodster, Sep 18, 2011
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  43. helmetface

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    Where can I haz this picture?

    Love the desktop. Also where did you acquire the date "widget"?

    Good Stuff
     
    helmetface, Sep 18, 2011
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  44. Citizen86

    Citizen86 Notebook User Guy

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    I have the same questions.

    Also I'm getting back into Linux after a few years hiatus. What's the bottom OS X like dock that everyone is using? Not sure if I will use it, but it's nice to have options.
     
    Citizen86, Sep 18, 2011
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  45. windelicato

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    Date widget is a minimalist .conkyrc I acquired... I'll post it up when I'm booted into linux.
    Conky - Home
    Five beautifully simple Conky themes | OMG! Ubuntu!

    city - Google Search

    ^^^The city desktop should be somewhere on there... don't really remember where I found it

    Check out this website I just found for minimalist desktop backgrounds
    http://simpledesktops.com/browse/
     
    windelicato, Sep 19, 2011
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  46. helmetface

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  47. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    [​IMG]

    Fedora 15.
     
    Thomas, Sep 24, 2011
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  48. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Here's mine of late. It's pretty basic, but it works for me:

    [​IMG]
     
    ZaZ, Sep 29, 2011
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  49. rm2

    rm2 Notebook Consultant

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    Fall is coming (with winter right around the corner) :)

    [​IMG]
     
    rm2, Sep 29, 2011
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  50. talin

    talin Notebook Prophet

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    What version of Kubuntu are you running, rm2?
     
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