securitybreach Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Come on there has to be at least two other folk running WM, I joined their G+ group Two? I thought there was at least 3 of you nutjobs running around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymac46 Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Every time I see Window Maker I think of this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Here are some more screen shots. I seem to have a problem with size, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Starting to look like my destop again. Now where did I put my tux icons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Slow progress is possibly not a bad thing. Been busy tracking down dock-apps that work for me. I am continually suprised that any of the dock-apps work as some of them were made before time began. Now if only I could get one of the sound dock-apps to work properly for me. Have had some sucess but the whole sound thing is a tad confusing for me. I still can not get a sound app to stay stable for me. Problem is marrying OSS, ALSA and PULSE to work together. All I want is a dock-app to raise and lower sound. Hardly rocket science, eh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Found a dock app to change volume and a few others. Linux is fun don't you think. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted June 13, 2017 Author Share Posted June 13, 2017 Linux fun? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 (edited) So I had a tad more fun with the old Window Maker. I wanted to see if I could have a Gif running as my wallpaper that would allow me to use the desktop as normal. Here is my first try, https://www.dropbox....sicle.mkv?dl=0 seems that folk thought the result was a tad unsettling. I can not see why. The result was not quite perfect so I had a think and came up with a slightly better solution. Here is the result, https://www.dropbox....ytest.mkv?dl=0 A much better outcome and possibly a better (more relaxing) image. Still not perfected the technique as while the gif background survives me restarting Window Maker from its drop down menu option, it does not survive exiting and restarting. I am positive that I can accomplish this though with some experimentation and fiddling of the Window Maker startup file. Also whilst I have managed to resize the gif I found it is not a perfect fit, this hurdle I think I could overcome. I may spend my time looking at creating my own full size gif, it would be nice to use one of my own pictures and I may be able to create one that uses a few less cpu cycles too. We'll have to see. Enjoy Ooooooooooooo ain't linux fun. Edited June 16, 2017 by abarbarian 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Looks great Abarbarian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Screen shot from the "Animated wallpaper project". More details at post 110 here http://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.php?showtopic=56171&st=100&do=findComment&comment=451250 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 animated version https://www.dropbox.com/s/fqip7o74mpwr7r8/breathtest.mkv?dl=0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share Posted June 21, 2017 Animated version? Umm-hmm... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. J Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 I've been tweaking around with KDE again... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 I've been tweaking around with KDE again... Don't look too bad at all. That KDE don't half slurp up the ram though. My Window Maker with all me dock apps and a animated wallpaper and a menu showing and a file manager open runs at 328 MB. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. J Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 I've been tweaking around with KDE again... Don't look too bad at all. That KDE don't half slurp up the ram though. My Window Maker with all me dock apps and a animated wallpaper and a menu showing and a file manager open runs at 328 MB. My KDE setup uses about twice that on startup... and I'm using almost a gig now with just Firefox and ksysguard open. I'm just a sucker for fancy animations though . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. J Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Here's my LXDE setup on the Netbook... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Neat looking and a much more respectable ram use. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturnian Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 My Fluxbox desktop in openSUSE 42.2. I go back and forth between logging into KDE Plasma 5 and Fluxbox. Lots of KDE apps in the Fluxbox menu, as well as some apps that don't come from any DE, like Geany, Double Commander, the Pale Moon web browser, and so forth. Nitrogen sets the wallpaper when I start the session, and I can also use Nitrogen to select a specific wallpaper, but I also have feh installed, and the fbsetbg -r command from the menu lets me randomly switch backgrounds during a session. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Looks nice Saturnian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Looks very clean and tidy, love the bar on the bottom of the screen. I could never get on with the bar on top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturnian Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 I added Fluxbox to Debian Stretch. A shot of the default desktop: The empty desktop now, with menus open: And, with a few apps running: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 Pretty neato! Oh, and how are you liking PostImage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturnian Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Oh, and how are you liking PostImage? It's been fine, for posting thumbnails of screenshots at forums. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Love the simple minimalistic look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturnian Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 It's a boring look, compared to the other screenshots here! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 I like boring. Most of my screenies from the past 10 or so years look pretty much the same except for the wallpapers. It's rainy and wet outside today, so... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 My current siduction Plasma 5 desktop. Finally worked out how to get Conky to display properly. Redshift is on at 4500K so it's redder than daytime. Yeah I know it looks a lot like my MX-16 desktop but I just like it like that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 Looks nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 sunrat admit , come on, your a secret MX-16 fan boi. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 sunrat admit , come on, your a secret MX-16 fan boi. For sure. MX-17 will almost definitely have an unofficial Plasma5 respin and I will be back there like a shot. Although siduction works great and the siduction forum is helpful, it's a bit onerous to translate lots of posts from German. The MX forums are all English and much more warm and homely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 (edited) I have been testing out dock apps from the AUR on my Arch system. At the top of the screen I have all the dock apps that I have found that work, most with full functionality, some with little quirks, but they all work well enough. The dock icons on the left of screen are programs with one drawer containing four more programs. Icons at the bottom of the screen are minimised programs. The windows title bars and decorations and menu backgrounds are from an "Arch Style" I found lurking in a lost corner of the net. There should have been a background to match the style but it is lost in the wilderness so I had to substitute with one I found elsewhere. My Window Maker archaeological dig is turning up some surprising and unexpected treasures and finds. The above are just to show dock apps that work. I have altered the text and backdrop colour on most of the dock apps to lightskyblue to blend in with the "Arch Style".The icons are some dusty old openstep ones I found, dusted them of and re-sized them for use. When I have finished treasure hunting I will sort out a decent set of TUX icons and make up some themes with original wallpapers. I am still studying my finds for clues as to how they were made as documentation on this is rarer than the finds themselves. My aim is to have this as a project to play with in the winter months. What is the official Arch blue ? Does anyone know ? Edited August 11, 2017 by abarbarian 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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