__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Monday 26 June 2006 19:00 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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
>>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> 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,
unlike KDE. Alas, I'm unsure about this and I base this observation on
Ubuntu 4 experiences.
> 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).
How unique has society become. *sigh* It seems like a third of all Windows
machines use the same wallpaper. It's like communism.
> 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.
>> 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.
>> 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.
Best wishes,
Roy
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