In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:13:10 +0100
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> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Monday 26 June 2006 19:00 \__
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>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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>> wrote
>> on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:38:58 +0100
>> <3231348.pefSVuetLo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Monday 26 June 2006 15:00 \__
>>>
>>>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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>>>> wrote
>>>> on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 06:21:28 +0100
>>>> <7124261.IQVC7eA5Mg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>> 9 Ways to Beautify Dapper
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Bulletpoints ]
>>>>> | # Use KDE.
>>>>> | # Theme it up.
>>>>> | # Widgitify it.
>>>>> | # Customize the panels.
>>>>> | # Theme applications.
>>>>> | # Use fitting wallpaper.
>>>>> | # Clean up your desktop.
>>>>> | # Use transparency.
>>>>> | # Make a nice screensaver and logon screen.
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>> http://noenemies.com/2006/06/24/9-ways-to-beautify-dapper/
>>>>>
>>>>> Linux is pretty.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
> http://www.kde-look.org/content/preview.php?preview=1&id=28612&file1=28612-1.jpg&file2=&file3=&name=Baghira+CVS+Suse+rpm&PHPSESSID=27b172059419c3f994db24e8552379ef
>>>>>
>>>>> (lossy JPEG)
>>>>
>>>> Not bad, if one likes brushed aluminum. :-) Personally, I like my
>>>> desktops a little less busy.
>>>
>>> I know just what you mean. IIRC, you stick to solid-colour backgrounds.
>>
>> Solid or gradients. I went solid on this machine in an
>> attempt to reduce bandwidth on VNC (I'm not sure if it
>> worked or not). My home machines use a black-to-blue
>> gradient.
>
>
> I was going to write "gradient", but changed that to "solid" eventually. I
> suspect you are using GNOME, which I believe cannot achieve this easily,
What, gradients?
Gnomefoot (top left) -> Desktop -> Background
Under Desktop Colors one can select Solid, Horizontal Gradient, or
Vertical Gradient, set colors, close, done.
Or one can select a wallpaper, of course.
As for VNC: Gnomefoot -> Desktop -> Remote Desktop, select appropriate
checkboxes, set password if required, close, done.
> unlike KDE. Alas, I'm unsure about this and I base this observation on
> Ubuntu 4 experiences.
I couldn't say regarding Ubuntu, but Gentoo's Gnome has no problems at
all with gradients. It's possible Ubuntu-4 has an older version but
Gnome's gradients have been around for a little while.
FWIW, I'm on Gnome 2.12.3.
>
>
>> Hopefully my black solid background is more tasteful than
>> JeffR's but really what do I care? It's *my* desktop. :-)
>
>
> At worst, you can get some royalty free La-la land pictures from kde-look or
> gnome-look (you know... these Teletubby mound wallpapers from Windows XP).
*snort*
Mind you, a number out there have got artwork capabilities
out there far beyond mine, although in my case I cover up
most of the background anyway with an xterm window and
a browser anyway. gnome-look looks like a grab bag of
backgrounds, themes, and such -- and there's a lot of them;
I'm on page 18 and am still in the B's. The C's start on
page 35. I could probably waste all day looking at these
silly things. :-)
Some of them are quite pretty. Some of them are rather
racy (hubba hubba). Some of them are pro-distro ("Bluebuntu")
or anti-Microsoft. Some of them are just plain weird.
> How unique has society become. *sigh* It seems like a third of all Windows
> machines use the same wallpaper. It's like communism.
"No, I don't want to think today; I'll let Microsoft do
all of my thinking for me(tm)."
>
>
>> I do have a specialized need so I've created a custom
>> script to pepper my desktop with 18 xterms in a grid.
>> That's one workspace. Other workspaces contain things
>> like Eclipse, Evolution, and Epiphany browser windows --
>> and I skip around a bit while working.
>
>
> I find it useful to have different immutable wallpapers assigned to each
> virtual desktop (workspace). I used to revolve them (like in a slideshow),
> but found that disorientating. In due time, you associate a particular
> picture (or atmosphere, or colour) with a workspace... or a particular task
> (application) that is at hand.
Hm. Now that's something Gnome can't obviously do at this point.
>
>
>>> And
>>> while I used to adore brush aluminium about 5 years ago (GNOME and
>>> Enlightenment), I now go for dark shades and simplicity. There is nothing
>>> on my desktop other than the calm background (no icons).
>>
>> I need to work on the icons. Nautilus is fine but it's getting
>> cluttery.
>
>
> What I like:
>
> * Directory icons reflect on their contents
>
> * Differing icons sized which accommodate content, e.g. text files show
> thumbnails with as much content as possible, PDF's show a thumbnail of the
> first page, images scale properly and retain aspect ratio, unknown items
> remain small, which earns you space.
>
> * Icons are consistent, which leads to less ambiguity and confusion.
Oh yes....I just have too many of the darned things. :-) They're
covering half my desktop -- when I expose it.
>
>
>>> All 6 panels
>>> automatically hide and the only visible elements are the pager, kpgp, and
>>> the new mail notifier. Less clutter, less noise. All that is visible must
>>> be related to the task at hand.
>>
>> And no annoying "Oh, it's time to update now!" messages from IE upon
>> first browser open. :-) At most, a subtle hint from Firefox, and
>> I for one don't bother (mostly because I update using 'emerge').
>> Also, I don't really use Firefox that much.
>
>
> Opera is good too. It's worth trying as it's also among the fastest Web
> browsers (if not *the* fastest) and it devours less RAM, compared with
> Mozilla Firefox.
Not bad. Opera seems to have better support for SVG animation than
Firefox.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Roy
>
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