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So I thought I'd give Linux a try. I installed Ubuntu two days ago, and I'm loving it. You never know, I might even start using Ubuntu as my main OS, using Windows only for games.

Anyway, here's my desktop right now.

snip <-- screenie

Any chance of linking that wallpaper? It's georgeous :D

where did you get the opensuse artwork for ubuntu?

sudo apt-get install rpm

Browse over to http://mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distrib...ce/suse/noarch/ and get

gnome2-SuSE.x.rpm for the metacity and gtk theme

gnome-themes.x.rpm for the Industrial icon theme that uses Tango icons

tango-icon-theme.x.rpm for their packaging of Tango

desktop-data-SuSE.x.rpm for their default wallpapers.

Enjoy.

SuSE is the prettiest looking desktop, but I've tried 10.1 numerous times and since they're based in the USA they're afraid to include any media support, or support for wifi cards. Maybe they'll find a way around this, but until then Ubuntu is the way to go...

SuSE is the prettiest looking desktop, but I've tried 10.1 numerous times and since they're based in the USA they're afraid to include any media support, or support for wifi cards. Maybe they'll find a way around this, but until then Ubuntu is the way to go...

SuSE is located in Nuremberg Germany.

Last November, SUSE founder Hubert Mantel resigned from Novell following a corporate restructuring that claimed 600 jobs, a number of them at SUSE headquarters in Nuremberg, Germany.

http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/b...cleId=184400124

They won't support some media totally due to copyright law infringement.

Barney

SuSE is located in Nuremberg Germany.

http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/b...cleId=184400124

They won't support some media totally due to copyright law infringement.

Barney

But isn't Novell an American company? And even if Suse was or is German based they still have to comply to the laws in the parent company I believe. That is why Novell made a deal with Real for mp3 playback because that appears to be the only legal alternative. I haven't heard much about how fluendo is doing bring mp3 decoding to gstreamer. Either way, it's funny that the industry standard is a closed one, preventing all users from accessing particular media. PDFs, DVD playback, MP3s, etc anyone?

surely you can't read the text in your browser, it's tiny and blurged together

very nice res though, wish i could acheive such numbers

That's true, I can't. I have (well, had) my font size set to one which made the Neowin forum's, and most other sites', fonts the same size as that seen elsewhere on the screenshot. The Neowin front page uses small fonts so they get even smaller on my screen... but I've just made Firefox use a fixed font size. Don't know why I didn't think of that till now... probably because very few of the sites I regularly visit usse small fonts like that. All good.

But isn't Novell an American company? And even if Suse was or is German based they still have to comply to the laws in the parent company I believe. That is why Novell made a deal with Real for mp3 playback because that appears to be the only legal alternative. I haven't heard much about how fluendo is doing bring mp3 decoding to gstreamer. Either way, it's funny that the industry standard is a closed one, preventing all users from accessing particular media. PDFs, DVD playback, MP3s, etc anyone?

True words. At any rate, the result is the same.... no media support. Not to worry though, because there are lots of SuSE repositories that carry the media support you need:

SuSE 10.0: HERE

SuSE 10.1: HERE

Barney

I saw that before, but I was never a fan of realplayer in Windows and if I'm going to use commercial apps then I might as well use Windows. :p I'm surprised there hasn't been anyone in the SuSE community that compiled some more plugins for gstreamer, which I'd rather be using...

Well, if you add the Packman repository (as well as some others listed there), you can get XMMS, MPlayer, Banshee, Totem, Xine, Beep, and a whole host of others (as well as the w32codecs-all to play all media file types)! :yes:

And, yes... Real Player is less bloated (although I do not use it very much)...... MPlayer for me!

Barney

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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

GNOME Desktop

Clearlooks w/ Tango Icons

Custom Background of my 2004 Volkswagen Passat

BTW, Gajim is an excellent Jabber IM client for Linux (and Windows but GTK looks ugly in Windows IMO)

Currently running on my Dell Latitude X1, which explains the very widescreen resolution.

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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

GNOME Desktop

Clearlooks w/ Tango Icons

Custom Background of my 2004 Volkswagen Passat

BTW, Gajim is an excellent Jabber IM client for Linux (and Windows but GTK looks ugly in Windows IMO)

Currently running on my Dell Latitude X1, which explains the very widescreen resolution.

Looks good, maybe Gaim could learn a thing or two on making a clean IM client from Gajim. Almost makes me want to switch ;)

Ubuntu 6.06

- GTK - my own

- Metacity - Aqua Advanced (mod)

- AMSN: my own skin and icons

- Icons - OSX + Minium + Docunium

- Firefox - iFox

desktop-060606.thumb.jpg

BTW the screenshot and thumbnail were created with a simple bash script + imagemagick

Very nice looking screenshot. When I first saw it I though "Oh great, some Mac user got lost and posted on the wrong forums again.."

You can't get it, it's not yet finished and because I used resources from Eternal Aqua Windowblinds Port. I will finish it and I'll ask for permission to release it.

Keep us updated on that. I generally only follow the screenshot thread here for the Linux forum, so make some kind of announcement here. :D

You can't get it, it's not yet finished and because I used resources from Eternal Aqua Windowblinds Port. I will finish it and I'll ask for permission to release it.

Not sure if you need permission as Susumu has joined the list where it is ok to modify their works.

Modifications & Hybrids

Release and request modifications and hybrids of your favorite themes here. Modders: Permission for releases in this forum has been given in advance by Max Rudberg, Kevin Husted, Joe Loy, Carbon, Xanthic, Androo, David Lanham, Patcarla, Louie Mantia, Harlan Lewis, Joe Kohlmann, Rick Patrick, Martin Ottoson, Susumu, Brian Zeitler, Jonas Rask, Takash Izawa, Chris McElligott and Dan Goffin, so feel free to go wild!

But if you just want to get permissions anyways, that'd be alright also :p

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