Linux users post your desktop!

Oblong Cheese · 27th February 2008, 3:05 PM

Having been using Compiz Fusion for a few days with its little extras (Avant Window Navigator), I'm curious to see how other OCAUers keep their FOSS desktops!

So, post them up guys!

Here's mine:

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Compiz Fusion + Emerald
Emereald theme: kind-of-green (available in Arch's standard Emerald theme package)
Icon theme: Tango
Desktop picture: part of a "Back To Nature" photo series I found in the OCAU Photography forum
Icon dock: Avant Window Manager w/ theme Simple Glass

-=N0N@ME420=- · 6th March 2008, 12:28 PM

http://adam.com.au/totalss/desktop100.png

Come on folks! want to see this thread 100 pages long

Murmandamus · 6th March 2008, 3:56 PM

Mine is 1800x900. How am I supposed to fit that in an envelope?

Iroquois · 6th March 2008, 4:22 PM

http://i26.tinypic.com/25a6c1h.jpg

Ahh, fluxbox.

hoges25 · 6th March 2008, 6:33 PM

Here's mine. I haven't really done much too it yet, but I'll get compiz going when I have the chance.

Zedd02 · 6th March 2008, 7:49 PM

Desktop screen

Laptop Screen

I couldn't scale them too much, cause otherwise they wouldn't look nearly as good.

Laptop res:1280x800
Desktop res: 2560x1024

Lujan · 7th March 2008, 9:00 AM

I'm going to be a bit cheeky here. On my corporate laptop Linux is not allowed, and the SOE is Windows XP. However I can run andLinux which is a complete Ubuntu installation running parallel to Windows. It doesn't get cool things like Compiz but it does give me a real shell and my xfce start bar up the top.

Additionally OpenOffice and Pidgin run faster under andLinux than under XP. PulseAudio also works well so I can use pretty much any linux audio application I like.

http://lujan.ozdw.com/ocau/andlinux.jpg

HyRax1 · 7th March 2008, 4:04 PM

Here's mine. Got all the usual eye-candy running with Compiz, et al.

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elvis · 7th March 2008, 4:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lujan

I'm going to be a bit cheeky here. On my corporate laptop Linux is not allowed, and the SOE is Windows XP.

Heh. I started a new job 2 weeks ago. I walked in and said "I'm putting Linux on my laptop". By boss blathered on about their SOE and how it wasn't allowed and how it was against policy for about 15 minutes. I said nothing, and just stared at him in silence. When he finished, I told him to choose between me or the SOE.

This post is being brought to you from my work laptop running Ubuntu Linux 7.10.

The desktop? Boring old defaults that I won't bother posting here. I spend 99.9% of my day in a terminal window, and honestly the window dressings and whatnot are the last thing on my mind. Even my home machines have very little customisation or decoration. I've always been a "function over form" kind of person, and pretty themes and backdrops have never concerned me.

HyRax1 · 7th March 2008, 4:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elvis

I've always been a "function over form" kind of person, and pretty themes and backdrops have never concerned me.

Spoilsport!

foxmulder881 · 8th March 2008, 9:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elvis

Heh. I started a new job 2 weeks ago. I walked in and said "I'm putting Linux on my laptop". By boss blathered on about their SOE and how it wasn't allowed and how it was against policy for about 15 minutes. I said nothing, and just stared at him in silence. When he finished, I told him to choose between me or the SOE.

This post is being brought to you from my work laptop running Ubuntu Linux 7.10.

The desktop? Boring old defaults that I won't bother posting here. I spend 99.9% of my day in a terminal window, and honestly the window dressings and whatnot are the last thing on my mind. Even my home machines have very little customisation or decoration. I've always been a "function over form" kind of person, and pretty themes and backdrops have never concerned me.

What should the boss care what OS you run. As long as you're getting the job done, that's all that should matter. And if changing OS from what they provide boosts your productivity, then go for it I say.

l4br4t · 8th March 2008, 10:17 AM

Gentlemen the following people will immediately post links to their wallpaper
HyRax1 and Zedd02 (laptop) ...........please

HyRax1 · 8th March 2008, 3:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by l4br4t

Gentlemen the following people will immediately post links to their wallpaper
HyRax1 and Zedd02 (laptop) ...........please

You will be wanting to direct your Interweb-Thingy-Looking-Device over to CGWallpapers.com, it's somewhere in there, or you can go to the artist's personal site as well.

Alternatively, grab it here, because I can't find the exact link where I originally got it from again:

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iwen · 8th March 2008, 8:25 PM

Well here's mine.

Conky, Rox-Filer, Compiz with GrayDark-Ice emerald theme and DarkerIce metacity theme. Btw, it is Ubuntu with Mint menu.

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Primüs · 9th March 2008, 11:53 AM

I have just installed Ubuntu 7.10 and i would like to know how to get the transparent/glass look on the menu's/terminals etc? Is it another package i have to install? Please let me know

it looks good.

Also that big stats program on the one above me would be cool to know as well!

27th February 2008, 3:05 PM	#1
Oblong Cheese Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Brisbane Posts: 6,979	Linux users post your desktop! Having been using Compiz Fusion for a few days with its little extras (Avant Window Navigator), I'm curious to see how other OCAUers keep their FOSS desktops! So, post them up guys! Here's mine: Click to view full-sized image! Hosted by UGBox Image Store Compiz Fusion + Emerald Emereald theme: kind-of-green (available in Arch's standard Emerald theme package) Icon theme: Tango Desktop picture: part of a "Back To Nature" photo series I found in the OCAU Photography forum Icon dock: Avant Window Manager w/ theme Simple Glass __________________ My Website \| Ubuntu Linux - It's better than Windows & OS X \| On my... LAP: Dell XPS M1330 (Ubuntu 9.10) DESK: i7 920, P6T-D, 6Gb G.Skill, GTX285, Xonar DX in a P182 (Vista Home Ultimate 64-bit) \| Why Windows Causes Stupidity

6th March 2008, 6:33 PM	#5
hoges25 Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Victoria Posts: 390	Here's mine. I haven't really done much too it yet, but I'll get compiz going when I have the chance. __________________ flickr Cannon EOS 1000D, Fuji F200EXR Sigma 10-20mm, Cannon 50mm 1.8 Last edited by hoges25; 6th March 2008 at 6:42 PM.

6th March 2008, 7:49 PM	#6
Zedd02 Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Townsville Posts: 570	Desktop screen Laptop Screen I couldn't scale them too much, cause otherwise they wouldn't look nearly as good. Laptop res:1280x800 Desktop res: 2560x1024 __________________ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misanthropy (\(\ ( - -) ((') (')

7th March 2008, 9:00 AM	#7
Lujan Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 414	I'm going to be a bit cheeky here. On my corporate laptop Linux is not allowed, and the SOE is Windows XP. However I can run andLinux which is a complete Ubuntu installation running parallel to Windows. It doesn't get cool things like Compiz but it does give me a real shell and my xfce start bar up the top. Additionally OpenOffice and Pidgin run faster under andLinux than under XP. PulseAudio also works well so I can use pretty much any linux audio application I like. http://lujan.ozdw.com/ocau/andlinux.jpg __________________ Patrick

7th March 2008, 4:04 PM	#8
HyRax1 Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: At a desk. Distro:Ubuntu Posts: 4,189	Here's mine. Got all the usual eye-candy running with Compiz, et al. Click to view full-sized image! Hosted by UGBox Image Store __________________ Racecar is just Racecar spelled backwards...

6th March 2008, 3:56 PM	#3
Murmandamus Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 713	Mine is 1800x900. How am I supposed to fit that in an envelope?

6th March 2008, 4:22 PM	#4
Iroquois Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brisbane Posts: 1,875	http://i26.tinypic.com/25a6c1h.jpg Ahh, fluxbox.

8th March 2008, 10:17 AM	#12
l4br4t Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 14	Gentlemen the following people will immediately post links to their wallpaper HyRax1 and Zedd02 (laptop) ...........please __________________ " hydrogen is like the slut of the periodic system "

8th March 2008, 8:25 PM	#14
iwen Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Southbank - 3006 Posts: 45	Well here's mine. Conky, Rox-Filer, Compiz with GrayDark-Ice emerald theme and DarkerIce metacity theme. Btw, it is Ubuntu with Mint menu. Click to view full-sized image! Hosted by UGBox Image Store