Barney T. Administrators Posted May 31, 2016 Administrators Share Posted May 31, 2016 GNU / Linux May 2016 Desktops - Posting Guidelines - Embedded images should be smaller than or equal to 1440x900 (preferably 1024x768). - The file size for image previews should be no larger than 750 KB. - Images linked externally should be no larger than 3 MB. - If you plan to img-embed your desktop, please try to keep it under 100k (It's recommended that you link it, externally). - Stay within the board rules, no matter how yummy you may believe it to be. - If you are going to quote, there isn't a need to quote an img-embeded picture - Just don't do it. Please just reference the post by page number/page link/etc. - The desktops thread is not to be used as a means to post images of a pornographic or otherwise provocative nature. We do not support a babes forum and neither will we in an unofficial capacity. Please help to keep the thread relevant and safe to browse for everyone. - The moderators of this forum reserve the right to edit or remove your posts as necessary so they may comply with our Community Rules and so that this thread remains on topic. - In the interests of keeping the thread on topic it is strongly urged that you format your posts in the following order: Themes: Name/where you got it (with link would be nice). Wallpaper: Name/where you got it (with link would be nice). Icons: Name/where you got it (with link would be nice). Programs: Name/where you got it (with link would be nice). Linux System Stats Script - Produced by our own Neowin members, Haggis and Karl L (+xorangekiller)! For finding mystery wallpapers, consider using Google Images Reverse Search or Tineye. Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Mine. Still rockin' Mint 17.3/Cinnamon. Faenza icons, Numix Theme. Customized it to display the FreeSans Bold font, since I hate the stock Sans font. It's not 2006, folks. Spoiler 4CxbqFxVnstmA 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaero_Vincent Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 This month I wanted to see how well Steam Big Picture Mode would work as a Linux desktop environment. It's not too bad with voice commands and can be useful for the HTPC. I improved my Cortana on Linux project with a 1000+ audio clip Portal GLaDOS soundboard so she can say random mean things when executing voice commands within Steam Big Picture Mode. There is also Steam integration, so that I can navigate Steam desktop client and various BPM menus with voice commands, along with launch regular Linux apps, steam games, and browse the web with voice commands within BPM or GNOME desktop. GNOME and other desktop environments can run in their own app windows too, which can be useful. Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Pretty ambitious, kudos to getting and keeping it working. How's the streaming performance of Fallout 4 over your LAN (that's how I assume you're doing it)? Any lag or latency issues that affect playability? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaero_Vincent Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Unobscured Vision said: Pretty ambitious, kudos to getting and keeping it working. How's the streaming performance of Fallout 4 over your LAN (that's how I assume you're doing it)? Any lag or latency issues that affect playability? Thanks. It's a project for fun and to improve my Linux desktop experience. Fallout 4 here is being streamed from the cloud (data centers) using the LiquidSky client in Wine but a native Linux and Mac client is promised in the next couple months. The latency isn't bad and very playable, provided you're within 1000 to 1500 miles or so of the nearest data center--beyond that input latency becomes a little too much for FPS style games. You can ofcourse use In-Home Streaming over a LAN as well but I haven't tried that yet with this particular game. Edited June 1, 2016 by Xaero_Vincent Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobscured Vision Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 (edited) Heh. I'd call it a win, then. I imagine streaming it from a Windows-based PC in the home over 10k hardware using something like VNC or TeamViewer would probably work the best. 1k wouldn't cut it. Course, there are other options ... And I wanna build something like this using Xeon E5-2670's. http://www.techspot.com/review/1155-affordable-dual-xeon-pc/ I'm not gonna run 7 virtual gaming instances, but by golly it should be good for Linux Host/Windows 10 VMWare Gaming instance at decent settings. Oh, and I wanna run a pair of 1080's in SLI when Gigabyte starts selling their Windforce version of the 1080. (EDIT: Scratch the SLI. They need independant, dedicated displays.) Edited June 1, 2016 by Unobscured Vision Behemoth 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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