GNU / Linux April 2008 Desktop Thread

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Apple tendence for ****s'n'giggles.

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OpenSolaris Developer Preview 2 (Solaris snv_79b)

Gnome 2.20 + Compiz Fusion 0.6.2

Aqua Advanced Metacity Theme

Elegant Aurora controls (Aurora 1.4 theme engine)

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how do you guys get those drop shadows working? i have tried within the compiz fusion manager window-windows decoration, but no matter what i do, the shadows wont appear. the nvidia driver is enabled, and all other plug-ins work, like the wubble effect etc. but no shadows whatsoever.

BTW, i followed this guide. i'm using the new ubuntu.

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how do you guys get those drop shadows working? i have tried within the compiz fusion manager window-windows decoration, but no matter what i do, the shadows wont appear. the nvidia driver is enabled, and all other plug-ins work, like the wubble effect etc. but no shadows whatsoever.

BTW, i followed this guide. i'm using the new ubuntu.

The shadow settings should be in the window decoration plugin.
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The Angry Bunny

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Well, after messing around with Ubuntu here and there for the past few months, I've decided to make it my primary OS on my laptop (keeping a small xp installation on just incase the need arises). Anyway, tried out 8.04, but it had too many bugs for my liking (and for the life of me I couldn't set up my wireless card), so I reverted back to 7.10 and, except for a couple of hiccups here and there (and a reinstall or two) I couldn't be happier. Here's my desktop so far:

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I know it's really boring... But hey! I switched to Linux and I'm loving it! :yes:

That is about what my desktop looks like. I like the Hardy Heron. I tried to buy one of their t-shirts but they sold out too fast, only 500 available or something.

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