GNU/Linux March Desktops

[rezza Veteran]

March Desktops - 2005

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[phate]

Almost the same..... first post! woo

[Hardi]

Theme: Clearlooks

Wall: don't know where i got the original ver. , this one is edited by my insane mind :rofl:

Icons: Default Gnome

[phate]

I use clearlooks. my wall i got from a lan, icons - blue curve. Uh... whats that funny fortune thing?

[rezza Veteran]

That funny fortune thing is called fortune. Its a little app which prints out little snippets like that, and you can probably get it from yum by doing a "yum install fortune" or something along those lines.

[Pasq]

Few changes, nothing new.

[Lechio]

Nice wall there Pasq

Back to the rat

click

[mad_onion]

sorry for interuppting but i knwo nothing about linux and i would just like to see a screenshot of linux in an unmodified form. preferably Suse as i am under the impression that every llinux looks different. can anyone help me or link?

all the pics i found did not really mention what they were or if they were modified in some way

[rezza Veteran]

sorry for interuppting but i knwo nothing about linux and i would just like to see a screenshot of linux in an unmodified form. preferably Suse as i am under the impression that every llinux looks different. can anyone help me or link?

all the pics i found did not really mention what they were or if they were modified in some way

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There is no "default" look for linux. When you install linux you can choose to install one or more (or none) window managers or desktop environments - most distros will use gnome or kde by default, so to see a basic shot of them goto www.gnome.org or www.kde.org. Its not like in windows, where every default install looks the same.

Also, distros will often add their own branding to the graphical environments. You mentioned Suse above - they for example replace buttons which are used to launch system menus with their own logo, and install a different default theme to the one that is the official gnome or kde default theme.

So basically, there is no "unmodified" linux - there is no default. Its all about choice.

EDIT: because you specifically asked about suse, here's a couple of shots showing a default suse desktop, from SuSE 9.2 Professional:

gnome shot

kde shot

[g-n-t]

sorry for interuppting but i knwo nothing about linux and i would just like to see a screenshot of linux in an unmodified form. preferably Suse as i am under the impression that every llinux looks different. can anyone help me or link?

all the pics i found did not really mention what they were or if they were modified in some way

585548535[/snapback]

well the default KDE 3.3.2(latest stable) desktop looks like this http://kde.org/screenshots/images/3.3/snapshot3.png

but the only way to get a kde that looks that horrible is if you compile it yourself by hand. just about every distro customizes their KDE package and has a different wallpaper/icons/theme.

anyway, same old. made some icons bigger. showing my opera and OOo2 writer.

[chavo]

KDE 3.4 rocks!

[g-n-t]

Almost the same..... first post! woo

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how do you enable shadows/transparency in fedora?

[skybl4ck]

how do you enable shadows/transparency in fedora?

585549462[/snapback]

yeah... that looks really cool.

[Evolution]

how do you enable shadows/transparency in fedora?

585549462[/snapback]

Check out this site.

I do however have one question for anyone using this... Can anyone tell me if there is a noticable performance increase with AllowGLXWithComposite?

Edited March 1, 2005 by Evolution

[g-n-t]

Check out this site.

I do however have one question for anyone using this... Can anyone tell me if there is a noticable performance increase with AllowGLXWithComposite?

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i want to hear from phate before i try it cause there might be something fedora-specific i need to do, and i dont feel like breaking x again.

anyway, that link is REALLY helpful cause it tells how to fix a problem i had with yoper in the prerelease. ill tell the devs so they can test it out. :yes:

[Pasq]

Icons changed.

[ootput]

Check out this site.

I do however have one question for anyone using this... Can anyone tell me if there is a noticable performance increase with AllowGLXWithComposite?

585549524[/snapback]

I don't know whether it's universally applicable, but a combination of the xorg.conf entries:

Section Device

...(snipped)...
  
    Option     "AllowGLXWithComposite"      "true"
    Option     "RenderAccel"                "true"

& the usual:

Section "Extensions"
        
    Option          "Composite"     "Enable"
    Option          "RENDER"        "Enable

gives me the smoothest rendering whilst using a 6800GT. YMMV, relatively speaking, and all the other hypothetical idioms. ;)

[chavo]

Check out this site.

I do however have one question for anyone using this... Can anyone tell me if there is a noticable performance increase with AllowGLXWithComposite?

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By default loading the composite extension will disable GLX. So you can have no 3D rendering while using composite. But putting in AllowGLXWithComposite will bypass this and load GLX. SO no, it doesn't speed up rendering of stuff drawn by compsite manager, but it does allow you to play 3D games with composite extension enabled.

[Evolution]

By default loading the composite extension will disable  GLX. So you can have no 3D rendering while using composite. But putting in AllowGLXWithComposite will bypass this and  load GLX.      SO no, it doesn't speed up rendering of stuff drawn by compsite manager, but it does allow you to play 3D games with composite extension enabled.

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hmmm, so could that explain why I've been just receving black screens with a cursor for tuxracer :D ? thanks

EDIT: nvm, tuxracer doesn't work either way :/

Edited March 1, 2005 by Evolution

[g-n-t]

did you restart x?

what about glxgears?

[Evolution]

did you restart x?

what about glxgears?

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What about glxgears, since I didn't install mesa3d, I don't think I have it? Do I need to install mesa3d?...I didn't think that I would have to considering my opengl screensavers from kde work :/

[g-n-t]

no, ogl is included with your video drivers.

just go into a terminal and type "glxgears"

[Evolution]

ah, ok. yes, it works perfectly :) In tuxracer...along with cube, the screen just goes black with the cursor at the top left.

[msg43]

My Desktop

[phate]

I did transparencies changing the transset file and using command transset .6 (.6 = 60%) and then the curser changes to a cross and you click the windows you want transparent.