ChipDoc Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 @ Paul... Man! Just your cool Bodhi desktop w/ Conky and all makes you look like a Linux guru. I'm impressed. LOL! I was born in North Carolina, the state motto of which is "Esse quam videri." Sadly I am more the inverse of that noble phrase... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipDoc Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 @Paul - That is still awesome. I have liked that pic ever sense you posted it as your UE desktop. Did you take that picture?Thanks Ian, I had a wonderful Easter. Glad you like the pic. You're welcome to use it if you like; it's sized to my 1440x900 desktop.http://ChipDoc.com/images/STS-128_Launch.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted April 27, 2011 Author Share Posted April 27, 2011 I was born in Florida, where the state motto is:Quo esse skeeterus sprayus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphaomega Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 (edited) a new version of Slackware!Slackware 13.37emachinesw3503 Edited April 30, 2011 by alphaomega Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 A new version? But... But... I like my 9.3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichase Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 a new version of Slackware!Slackware 13.37 WOW!! Your already up and running with 13.37 KDE??? SHARP looking desktop alphaomega!!!!! I like it!!!.I am thinking about making the leap myself and trying Slackware. Downloaded the .iso, just need to put it on DVD and then read, read again and then re-read the installation instructions. Hopefully it goes smooth enough that I won't have to ask Eric 101 questions. ;)Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipDoc Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 You're actually getting quite good at this, Ian. I'll bet you don't have more than 30 or 40 questions for Eric! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichase Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I'm getting there Paul. Starting to feel much more comfortable and have been able to fix many issues on my own lately. Still.....A LONG way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urmas Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.–Bashō Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphaomega Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 WOW!! Your already up and running with 13.37 KDE??? SHARP looking desktop alphaomega!!!!! I like it!!!.I am thinking about making the leap myself and trying Slackware. Downloaded the .iso, just need to put it on DVD and then read, read again and then re-read the installation instructions. Hopefully it goes smooth enough that I won't have to ask Eric 101 questions. ;)IanI would say take the leap.For me it was the smoothest install ever.I usually have to fight with the system to get X and sound working.This time they just worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphaomega Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 a new version of Slackware!Slackware 13.37compaq5301rshUploaded with ImageShack.us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuddster Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 (edited) Finally got around to taking a screen shot over here...http://rutecellar.fuddster.com/wp-content/...screenshot2.jpgopenSUSE 11.4/KDE4.6 Edited May 24, 2011 by LilBambi changed huge image to url ... please use thumbnails or smaller images linked to larger image - see Forum Rules on images in posts and Announcements area for instructions on how to do this. Bambi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipDoc Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 I finally got around to playing with some of the visual aesthetics of Bodhi Linux. That dark wood decoration is part of the A-Nogal-Bodhi theme and the background image was created by txemijendrix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichase Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 @Fuddster - Nice and peaceful. One of those that if you stare at it for a while, you could almost feel like you could walk through the screen and be there. @Paul - great colors. Everytime I see a screenshot from you, your Conky is better and better!!!! I started getting fustrated with the config file and have left mine alone for a while. My build computer with Arch does not have Conky up yet though I did DL it from the repos. ;)All the best,Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuddster Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 @Fuddster - Nice and peaceful. One of those that if you stare at it for a while, you could almost feel like you could walk through the screen and be there.That's exactly why it's there, Ian! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipDoc Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 @Paul - great colors. Everytime I see a screenshot from you, your Conky is better and better!!!! I started getting fustrated with the config file and have left mine alone for a while. My build computer with Arch does not have Conky up yet though I did DL it from the repos. To be honest, I get pretty frustrated with Conky too. :'( I still haven't managed to figure out how to make the fool thing call scripts. Something tells me there's some staggeringly obvious tidbit of info that I'm missing, but I still haven't found the solution. When I do, the Conky will get MUCH more entertaining.Thanks for the kind words though, Ian! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Speaking of Tiling Window Managers, here is my newest screenshot of AwesomWM:Clean: Dirty: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichase Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 (edited) Awesome as always Josh. Love the way scrot takes all 3 monitors and creates 1 image.Here is my desktop Arch linux with Openbox recently renamed FrankenstIAN considering it was pieced together with a bunch of spare parts :)DirtyCleanUploaded with ImageShack.us Edited May 27, 2011 by ichase Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipDoc Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Ok, I've been inspired by you guys. I found the background image on Shorpy and fell in love with it. The sound of trains has always held fond memories for me. I thought it went well with the dark wood of the Nogal theme (which I was already running) but the icons didn't look right. So I went hunting for antique brass objects which seemed to represent (in order at the bottom) Google Earth, Rhythmbox, Chromium, Stellarium, and gEdit.If you take a look at the original image, you'll see that I've done a fair amount of manipulation already. I flipped the image to put the dark space at the right which nicely offsets the conky. I also removed the phantom number 3167, which not only stood out fairly prominently, but which was obviously flipped.An odd problem I had was the various colors of the brass fittings. Though all were brass, they were ALL different colors! A bit of manipulation made them look more like a set. At any rate, here's my new desktop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 @Ian Looks great although for some reason your thumbsnails are really small on imageshack and do not zoom in at all.@Chipdoc Great job, it looks classy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Ok, I've been inspired by you guys. I found the background image on Shorpy and fell in love with it. The sound of trains has always held fond memories for me. I thought it went well with the dark wood of the Nogal theme (which I was already running) but the icons didn't look right. So I went hunting for antique brass objects which seemed to represent (in order at the bottom) Google Earth, Rhythmbox, Chromium, Stellarium, and gEdit.If you take a look at the original image, you'll see that I've done a fair amount of manipulation already. I flipped the image to put the dark space at the right which nicely offsets the conky. I also removed the phantom number 3167, which not only stood out fairly prominently, but which was obviously flipped.An odd problem I had was the various colors of the brass fittings. Though all were brass, they were ALL different colors! A bit of manipulation made them look more like a set. At any rate, here's my new desktop. Luverly job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichase Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 @Josh, I may have selected the thumbnail image instead of the regular image. I will fix that tonight or in the morning.@Chip, Man, I am REALLY digging that screen of yours. Awesome job manipulating the image to work well with Conky. The brass icons are awesome too. When I was running E17 in PCLOS, I was trying to figure out how to manipulate the icons but never figured it out. Truth be told, I did not put a whole lot of effort into it. ;)All the best,Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urmas Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 This month's Ikea Merit Badge goes to Chip! Absolutely splendid job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipDoc Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 The brass icons are awesome too. When I was running E17 in PCLOS, I was trying to figure out how to manipulate the icons but never figured it out. Truth be told, I did not put a whole lot of effort into it. The real trick to making icons out of non-icon images is to make the image square. I selected an image and saved it. Then I opened the image with GIMP and copied it. I made a new document with a transparent background and both height and width the same as the longest dimension of the original. Then I paste the copy into the new image and deleted the original's background, so the end result is the object sitting in the center of the square. Finally I save it in a format that supports transparency (I used PNG, though GIF will work too) and put it in a convenient folder along with the other icons.At this point it's a simple matter to right-click on the standard icon, select Properties, and change it to the new one. In E17, the change is global, so the new icon will appear next to every instance of that link. Size isn't an issue; the system makes it the proper size auto-magically. Mine range from 250-450 pixels square. If I were to package them up, I'd make them all smaller - probably around 150 pixels square to keep the file size down while preserving detail.I hardly ever change my desktop, but watching everyone come up with cool stuff just inspired me to give it a try when I encountered that background image. It took a couple of evenings to get it the way I liked it; I went down a number of dead-end paths. But it was fun to do and I'll give it another shot the next time I encounter a particularly compelling image.Thanks for the kind words, guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichase Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Fixed screenshots in Post 1195 so you can actually see them.All the best,Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Fixed screenshots in Post 1195 so you can actually see them.All the best,IanGood deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Fixed screenshots in Post 1195 so you can actually see them.All the best,IanAwesome, and beautiful pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipDoc Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Nice job, Ian! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff91 Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Can you say games?http://i.imgur.com/Bvlf9.jpg~Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Can you say games?http://i.imgur.com/Bvlf9.jpg~JeffVery nice!! I have been meaning to ask how does Enlightenment handle mult-monitors (xinerama). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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