GaMMa Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Switched to compiz Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/448563-gnulinux-april-2006-desktops/page/5/#findComment-587450047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adi Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake Flight 6 + Updates GNOME/Xgl/Compiz Icons: Tango Wallpaper: Postcard from Nowhere where in the world can i get that wallpaper?? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/448563-gnulinux-april-2006-desktops/page/5/#findComment-587450176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
razor_88 Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 where in the world can i get that wallpaper?? http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/29790082/ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/448563-gnulinux-april-2006-desktops/page/5/#findComment-587450195 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albemuth Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Switched to compiz Can I ask you what settings you have your fonts at (font, dpi, hinting, etc)? Because mine look like ass and your's look very readable. Thanks. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/448563-gnulinux-april-2006-desktops/page/5/#findComment-587451576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaMMa Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Can I ask you what settings you have your fonts at (font, dpi, hinting, etc)? Because mine look like ass and your's look very readable. Thanks. More or less depends on the distro for this howto, but here's how you do it for Ubuntu... sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig and select autohinter instead of native. Change subpixel rendering to automatic. In Fonts in gnome-control-center make sure Best Shapes is selected and it's using gray scale in advanced instead of subpixel/lcd. For Gentoo mess around with your USE flags for fontconfig (you basically want to use the (alternative) Autohinter instead of the Native hinter. Also either adding +bindist or -bindist and emerging freetype may also give similar font results.. I've also got Microsoft's webfonts (Verdana, etc.). The GTK theme font is set to "FreeSans." and epiphany is using the default Sans, but allows websites to specify their own fonts. If you tell me what distro you're using I may be able to help you out... Neowin's fonts look good too! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/448563-gnulinux-april-2006-desktops/page/5/#findComment-587453352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adi Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 where in the world can i get that wallpaper?? thanks Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/448563-gnulinux-april-2006-desktops/page/5/#findComment-587453355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albemuth Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 More or less depends on the distro for this howto, but here's how you do it for Ubuntu... sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig and select autohinter instead of native. Change subpixel rendering to automatic. In Fonts in gnome-control-center make sure Best Shapes is selected and it's using gray scale in advanced instead of subpixel/lcd. For Gentoo mess around with your USE flags for fontconfig (you basically want to use the (alternative) Autohinter instead of the Native hinter. Also either adding +bindist or -bindist and emerging freetype may also give similar font results.. I've also got Microsoft's webfonts (Verdana, etc.). The GTK theme font is set to "FreeSans." and epiphany is using the default Sans, but allows websites to specify their own fonts. If you tell me what distro you're using I may be able to help you out... Neowin's fonts look good too! Thanks a lot for your help. Recongfiguring fontconfig seems to have made the most difference. It's all subjective and preferences are hard to communicate, but I think most will agree that linux font rendering is iffy without messing around with settings for an hour or ten. Thanks. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/448563-gnulinux-april-2006-desktops/page/5/#findComment-587454839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
msg43 Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Does anyone one know what the app name is for the ubuntu reconfiguration of fontconfig? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/448563-gnulinux-april-2006-desktops/page/5/#findComment-587455000 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaMMa Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Does anyone one know what the app name is for the ubuntu reconfiguration of fontconfig? See my post "sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig" Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/448563-gnulinux-april-2006-desktops/page/5/#findComment-587455138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamsINdigital Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Switched to compiz What Gaim icons are those and where can I get them? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/448563-gnulinux-april-2006-desktops/page/5/#findComment-587455151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
msg43 Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 See my post "sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig" Opps worded that wrong. What I want to know is the command that dpkg-reconfigure uses to do the fonts as I am not on ubuntu. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/448563-gnulinux-april-2006-desktops/page/5/#findComment-587455362 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaMMa Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 What Gaim icons are those and where can I get them? It's by Lokheed and you can get them from here... http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/29142704/ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/448563-gnulinux-april-2006-desktops/page/5/#findComment-587455830 Share on other sites More sharing options...
karma_police Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/448563-gnulinux-april-2006-desktops/page/5/#findComment-587456463 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch00 Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 karma_police... very nice! details?? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/448563-gnulinux-april-2006-desktops/page/5/#findComment-587459090 Share on other sites More sharing options...
karma_police Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 Yes, sorry :p : Metacity: Aqua-Advanced GTK: ubuntulooks graphite Wallpaper: ws_Gods_lighthouse Icons: nuvoext Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/448563-gnulinux-april-2006-desktops/page/5/#findComment-587461816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevcart3 Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 Yes, sorry :p : Metacity: Aqua-Advanced GTK: ubuntulooks graphite Wallpaper: ws_Gods_lighthouse Icons: nuvoext What's that firefox theme? Looks nice :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/448563-gnulinux-april-2006-desktops/page/5/#findComment-587462328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
karma_police Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 It's from http://takebacktheweb.org/ it doesnt work completely in linux, for example the progressbar because it's designed for Mac but it suits my needs. At least it looks much better on linux than on windows :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/448563-gnulinux-april-2006-desktops/page/5/#findComment-587462837 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney T. Administrators Posted April 30, 2006 Administrators Share Posted April 30, 2006 (edited) Hey guys.......... Getting ready to put up the May edition here.... it is May in some places in the world (like Australia) ...... Barney Edited April 30, 2006 by barneyt Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/448563-gnulinux-april-2006-desktops/page/5/#findComment-587462889 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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