GNU/Linux September 2005 Desktops

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and a Wallpaper I made from an image on a site I cannot link to here.

desk9102005full3dj.th.png

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Hey Mark,

Would you get rid of your open windows so we can see that wallpaper? :yes:

HA! Just kidding, ol pal! :rolleyes:

Barney

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I'm on ubuntu breezy and yesterdays clearlooks cairo in gnome cvs flat locks up my box :wacko:

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For nvidia

Option "RenderAccel" "true"

is the cause. If you disable this in xorg.conf clearlooks-cairo works, but that slows cairo down. For those on gnome2.12 w/ nvidia not using clearlooks cairo, I suggest, at your own risk, enabling

Option "RenderAccel" "true"

as it'll speed things up quite a bit. Well, it did for me.

Clearlooks Cairo and Dropline Nuovo Icons exported to png and shadowed w/ the gimp....much nicer

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Correction

For nvidia

Option  "RenderAccel"  "true"

is the cause. If you disable this in xorg.conf clearlooks-cairo works, but that slows cairo down. For those on gnome2.12 w/ nvidia not using clearlooks cairo, I suggest, at your own risk, enabling

Option  "RenderAccel"  "true"

as it'll speed things up quite a bit. Well, it did for me.

Clearlooks Cairo and Dropline Nuovo Icons exported to png and shadowed w/ the gimp....much nicer

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Clearlooks-cairo looks amazing, has anyone got a guide for it? I tried to compile it via CVS on Breezy, but it didn't make much difference, I must have done something wrong

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Ben

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bvcmdk

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Clearlooks-cairo looks amazing, has anyone got a guide for it? I tried to compile it via CVS on Breezy, but it didn't make much difference, I must have done something wrong

Thanks

Ben

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cvs -z3 -q -d:pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gnome.org:/cvs/gnome co gtk-engines

cd gtk-engines

./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr

make

sudo make install

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Thanks, does it overwrite the current clearlooks theme?

Ben

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Yes, if you use gnome cvs. I don't know (I would think it is) if the clearlooks cvs cairo module is up2date. It doesn't, at least it didn't last week.

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/clearlooks/

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/clearlooks login

[press Enter]

cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/clearlooks co -P clearlooks-cairo

You can still use clearlook 0.6.x engine color schemes but since the gtkrc's are diff some things are not draw correctly, but you have to really look to tell.....usually.

also get the latest cairo from cvs as it is 10x faster than 1.0.0

cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.cairographics.org:/cvs/cairo login

cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.cairographics.org:/cvs/cairo co cairo

./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr

make

sudo make install

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Yes, if you use gnome cvs. I don't know (I would think it is) if the clearlooks cvs cairo module is up2date. It doesn't, at least it didn't last week.

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/clearlooks/

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/clearlooks login

[press Enter]

cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/clearlooks co -P clearlooks-cairo

You can still use clearlook 0.6.x engine color schemes but since the gtkrc's are diff some things are not draw correctly, but you have to really look to tell.....usually.

also get the latest cairo from cvs as it is 10x faster than 1.0.0

cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.cairographics.org:/cvs/cairo login

cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.cairographics.org:/cvs/cairo co cairo

./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr

make

sudo make install

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Thank you

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Suse 9.2 with Xscreensaver running in the background with the Matrix screensaver, the zooming OSX like dock at the bottom is ksmoothdock. I also have a Matrix logon but sadly could'nt find a Suse compatable bootsplash. Xscreensaver running screensavers in the background is cool and beats a simple jpeg hands down, The theme is bakura Metal. I want to try 3ddesktops next, has anyone got it running here? :alien:

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/9694/mysystem800x7le.jpg

* inline image changed to link, due to it being over thread-standard 800x600 pixels size *

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betamaxman

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I also triple boot with Debian and XP this is my Debian Sarge desktop again I use Kde and Ksmoothdock and the Crystal window decoration theme and Cezanne icon theme. Haven't installed bootsplash to this yet debian doesn't come with bootsplash.

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I want to try 3ddesktops next, has anyone got it running here? :alien:

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Yes I have it on my Fedora box (Flux as WM). It was cool eyecandy to play with, but I prefer to instantly switch desks, and not deal with the 3-D transitions.

Once 3ddesktop is activated, it remains resident, and absolutely kills UT2k4. I only have an old nVidia GeForce 256 card with 32MB, so it doesn't have much horsepower to spare. :no: (killing 3ddesktop frees my card back up for gaming)

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Very nice. Can you install ksmoothdock via apt-get? If so, which repo do I need (can't find the package, but I don't have manyextra repos on my debian box). And how do you get xscreensaver running on your desktop..?

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Not sure about apt-get depends on your sources file but I used the .deb from here and kpackage to install it you can get it here, be sure to place kicker to the top or side first, also you can get more icons from kdelook.org and Stardock's object dock has some great .png icons as well, especialy OSX ones. I store them in the /home/user/.ksmoothdock/icons folder that way if I need to reinstall Linux I can save this folder and repast it back to my home folder before installing ksmoothdock and settings and all are as they were.

http://intranet.harlaut.net/debian/ksmoothdock/

To run xscreensaver with the glmatrix screensaver installed, you need kde and in the configure desktop settings you must check allow programs to run on the desktop. Then find out where xscreensaver is in your distro and simply create a script to run xscreensaver/glmatrix for Suse I run this script and then create a link to application and with the script in it and into the .kde/strat folder if you want it to start up with your next login. Also if you do use ksmoothdock and xscreensaver together you will need to create a solid black wallpaper in the gimp or in some other app. This is how it will look if you do not as ksmooth dock needs some desktop realistate around itself to work.

glmatrix9ev.jpg

This is the script i use with my Suse install it als has further arguments to use a sparse matrix streaming to use less resources the thicker the streaming the more resources that are used this puts my pc usage from 0 to 8% but uses little memory. The full glmatrix screensaver uses 20 to 30% resources. If xscreensaver and glmatrix is installed on your system in the same location as Suse this should work, if you use Mandrake or madriva it will not unless you install the full xscreensaver with glmatrix.

/usr/lib/xscreensaver/glmatrix -root -density 4 -speed 8 -delay 21094 -no-fog -no-waves -no-rotate

Again this will only work if xscreensaver is install ed to /user/lib if it is elseware it should work if you change /user/lib to where it is on your system.

So just create a link to application call it glmatrix and under th application tab copy the script and past it into the command feild then run it. It will be gone after the next logon or reboot, if you want glmatrix permanitly you need to past the link into your /home/user/.kde/autostart folder.

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Yes I have it on my Fedora box (Flux as WM).  It was cool eyecandy to play with, but I prefer to instantly switch desks, and not deal with the 3-D transitions.

Once 3ddesktop is activated, it remains resident, and absolutely kills UT2k4.  I only have an old nVidia GeForce 256 card with 32MB, so it doesn't have much horsepower to spare. :no: (killing 3ddesktop frees my card back up for gaming)

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Thanks for the tip.

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