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    Show off your Linux desktop

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

  1. csclifford

    csclifford Notebook Evangelist

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    Back when I was running Ubuntu 11.10 I was getting around 4-5 hours of battery life with my T420s. That's in comparison to the 7-8 hours of battery life doing similar tasks in Windows.
     
    csclifford, Jan 29, 2012
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  2. sanjie

    sanjie Notebook Evangelist

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    How did you achieve the docks at the bottom? Is it doable in Ubuntu 11.10?
     
    sanjie, Jan 29, 2012
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  3. Rypac

    Rypac Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah, for sure. I'm running 11.10 as well ;)

    Just download Cairo Dock from the Software Centre and that should be the default theme. There are a bunch of other themes you can use as well.
     
    Rypac, Jan 30, 2012
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  4. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    Yep, that's my distro on my main machine. I have another laptop that I still use for "hopping"...LOL

    PS: I'm "joutlan" on the SL forum (I started it).
     
    theZoid, Jan 31, 2012
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  5. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    [​IMG]
     
    naticus, Feb 19, 2012
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  6. AboutThreeFitty

    AboutThreeFitty ~350

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    AboutThreeFitty, Feb 20, 2012
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  7. CryCLL

    CryCLL Notebook Enthusiast

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    [​IMG]

    Sure is minty :D
     
    CryCLL, Feb 24, 2012
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  8. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    Messing around with Lubuntu :)

    [​IMG]
     
    naticus, Mar 14, 2012
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  9. Metamorphical

    Metamorphical Good computer user

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    Been a while since I posted one of these desktops.

    [​IMG]
     
    Metamorphical, Mar 15, 2012
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  10. Sklyn

    Sklyn Notebook Enthusiast

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    I really like your Conky! :)

    Cinnamon is looking quite nice! I might try it someday. :)


    From what I've seem, many of you are using GNOME. I miss old GNOME, though! This is my desktop:

    [​IMG]

    Seeing my partitions' sizes reminds me that I have some cleaning to do. :p


    ---------------------
    I apologize in advance for my english!
     
    Sklyn, Mar 15, 2012
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  11. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    Debian "Sid" + Cinnamon 1.4 (gnome-shell custom from Mint Team) + Cairodock. Using @ idle 240mb RAM, not TOO BAD.

    [​IMG]
     
    naticus, Mar 16, 2012
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  12. Sklyn

    Sklyn Notebook Enthusiast

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    Really nice! I really want to try it. And KDE idle uses much more than that, haha. But I'm using KDE because from the ones I've tested it works best in my laptop. XFCE was OK, but I wasn't quite happy with it, GNOME 3 didn't work well and LXDE I didn't like it. I hope Cinnamon works well with my graphics card, though I don't see why it wouldn't.


    Nice wallpaper, by the way. I hope other members keep posting pictures. I love seeing them. That's my favorite thread in Arch's forum, haha. :)
     
    Sklyn, Mar 16, 2012
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  13. ijm_155

    ijm_155 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Wow that thing makes me want to swtich to Linux!
     
    ijm_155, Mar 20, 2012
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  14. windelicato

    windelicato Notebook Consultant

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    Xubuntu 11.10 with just XFCE and a lot of keyboard shortcuts...

    I hate rainy springs =[

    Click for bigger!
    [​IMG]
     
    windelicato, Mar 28, 2012
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  15. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Here's mine of late:

    [​IMG]
     
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  16. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    Thats one creepy wallpaper you have there...
     
    Thaenatos, Mar 28, 2012
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  17. kobe

    kobe Notebook Virtuoso

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    Here's mine running Linux mint 12 gnome + cinnimon 1.4 w/Mint theme.
     

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  18. silentivm

    silentivm Notebook Guru

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    Busy:

    [​IMG]

    Clean:

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    Arch Linux, XFCE 4.8.
     
    silentivm, Mar 28, 2012
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  19. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    I like it and I think that's what matters.
     
    ZaZ, Mar 29, 2012
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  20. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    Puts a whole new twist on "Children of the Corn". LOL.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 29, 2012
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  21. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    Would post mine, but well it hasnt changed since and wont be for a long time.

    Couldnt agree more :D but still creepy :p

    Yeah I had nightmares thinking about it :p
     
    Thaenatos, Mar 29, 2012
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  22. windelicato

    windelicato Notebook Consultant

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    Having another go with AwesomeWM. LOVING IT SO MUCH. The floating is so much easier then it ever was with scrotwm (now spectrwm).

    Floating:
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    Tiled:
    [​IMG]
     
    windelicato, Mar 31, 2012
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  23. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    [​IMG]
     
    naticus, Apr 13, 2012
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  24. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    Fedora 17 beta (Apr 17 release)

    [​IMG]
     
    naticus, Apr 18, 2012
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  25. Primes

    Primes Notebook Deity

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    what distro is that?
     
    Primes, Apr 18, 2012
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  26. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Kubuntu?!?
     
    killkenny1, Apr 18, 2012
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  27. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    Yes it is Kubuntu 12.04 beta. I was testing KDE 4.8 to see if it had improved since the last time I used it.

    Kubuntu 12.04 and Chakra are probably the best KDE distros out right now. OpenSUSE used to be but it seemed too buggy when I used it last -- and I hate yast,lol.
     
    naticus, Apr 18, 2012
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  28. Boundzy

    Boundzy Notebook Geek

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    PCLOS - KDE

    [​IMG]
     
    Boundzy, Apr 28, 2012
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  29. Primes

    Primes Notebook Deity

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    my 2nd favorite distro.
     
    Primes, Apr 29, 2012
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  30. windelicato

    windelicato Notebook Consultant

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    [​IMG]

    Xmonad + Arch :D
     
    windelicato, Apr 29, 2012
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  31. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    Really liking GNOME shell 3.4 w/ extensions.

    [​IMG]
     
    naticus, Apr 30, 2012
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  32. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    [​IMG]

    Ubuntu 12.04.
    Background is Mars.
     
    Thomas, May 2, 2012
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  33. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    Thomas, where'd you get the MARS shots? NASA site?
     
    theZoid, May 4, 2012
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  34. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    [​IMG]
     
    naticus, May 9, 2012
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  35. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    ^^^Xubuntu?
    If so, I may found a distro for me. It bugs me that I can't change taskbar position in the new Ubuntu distro.
     
    killkenny1, May 10, 2012
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  36. windelicato

    windelicato Notebook Consultant

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    Xubuntu is great if you want Ubuntu's stability without the tablet-based new UI. The gnome-fallback package kinda sucks, and I didn't want to have to use cinnamon. I was using it for a long while, and found it pretty amazing. If you mess with the configs, you can do whatever you want.

    Only reason I stopped using it is because there wasn't a "switch focus to previous window" keyboard shortcut. I don't like using my mouse :p
     
    windelicato, May 12, 2012
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  37. Mr. Fox

    Mr. Fox BGA Filth-Hating Elitist

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    Alienware M18x - dual booting Windows 7 Ultimate x64 and Linux Mint 12.0 64bit

    [​IMG]
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  38. Metamorphical

    Metamorphical Good computer user

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    [​IMG]

    Edit: Pesky extra bluetooth manager icon.
     
    Metamorphical, May 14, 2012
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  39. kobe

    kobe Notebook Virtuoso

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    Linux Mint 12 on ao722.

    [​IMG]
     
    kobe, May 19, 2012
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  40. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    [​IMG]
     
    Thomas, May 21, 2012
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  41. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    Linux Mint 13 "Maya" RC.

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    naticus, May 22, 2012
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  42. talin

    talin Notebook Prophet

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    Xubuntu 12.04.
     

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  43. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Xubuntu 12.04 on the new laptop, a Vostro 3555! :)

    [​IMG]
     
    pixelot, Jun 1, 2012
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  44. windelicato

    windelicato Notebook Consultant

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    My summer desktop. Still using Arch + Xmonad.
    Login window
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    Floating
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    Tiled
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    windelicato, Jun 5, 2012
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  45. virtualjock

    virtualjock Notebook Enthusiast

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    Here is my ubuntu 12.04 with a 1600x900 res T420 and a 30" Apple Cinema Display at 2560x1600 resolution.

    With 16GB of ram, I could run 8-12 Virtual machines without sweating. I got Min 13 (allocated 3GB) and Win7 (allocated 1 GB) running smoothly in the background.
     

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  46. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    Nice...I have a Vostro 3550 13in 1366x768. It has ATI 6490/Intel switchable graphics and 2.3ghz i5 2nd gen. I don't see that screen listed anymore? Just 15.6 in screens. Weird :)

    PS: I'm also a Serenity fan ... :)

    PSS: I'm also using Xubuntu again :)
     
    theZoid, Jun 12, 2012
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  47. Somreht

    Somreht Newbie

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    Very nice! What terminal audio player are you using?
     
    Somreht, Jun 15, 2012
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  48. windelicato

    windelicato Notebook Consultant

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    windelicato, Jun 17, 2012
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  49. talin

    talin Notebook Prophet

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    ;) [ 10 char ]
     

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  50. JOSEA

    JOSEA NONE

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    Anyone here use Pinta? I can not get used to GIMP
    Notice Temp in launcher bar
     
    JOSEA, Jun 21, 2012
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