Share your desktops

CoBB · Post by **CoBB** » Sun 13 Apr, 2008 12:00 pm

blueskies wrote:cool background and icons demon. what's your distro?

Judging by the presence of Iceweasel it must be Debian.

Demon · Post by **Demon** » Thu 08 May, 2008 3:21 pm

driesguldolf · Post by **driesguldolf** » Fri 09 May, 2008 11:54 pm

Sweet

kalan_vod · Post by **kalan_vod** » Sat 10 May, 2008 2:29 am

haha, nice!

waeV · Post by **waeV** » Sat 10 May, 2008 3:00 am

I also have XP, but Linux is cooler:

http://www.ubuntu.com
http://www.compiz-fusion.org/

Demon · Post by **Demon** » Sat 10 May, 2008 3:59 am

O SHI--!

That looks freakin' awesome.
Now I miss my flaming windows.

And my flaming Windows, too.

waeV · Post by **waeV** » Sun 11 May, 2008 2:09 am

Yeah, the cube is one of my favorites.

The only problem I have with Ubuntu linux right now is it uses Firefox beta 3 with is slow, buggy, and tends to crash. Firefox 2 is WAAY better.

kalan_vod · Post by **kalan_vod** » Sun 11 May, 2008 10:21 pm

I still do not understand why one would need the cube...

waeV · Post by **waeV** » Sun 11 May, 2008 11:40 pm

Well you can have homework on one desktop, and forums open in the other!

It's actially really useful for following tutorials and stuff, because you can just Ctrl + Alt + left / right back and forth between the guide and whatever you're doing without having to minimize and maximize, among other things.

It doesn't have to be a cube either. I did this a while ago...

King Harold · Post by **King Harold** » Mon 12 May, 2008 12:07 am

that is just scary..

blueskies · Post by **blueskies** » Mon 12 May, 2008 1:47 am

All that compiz-fusion desktop eye candy stuff is fun for like 5 seconds (for me at least). I found that it just slowed both me and my computer down, so I took it all off. One thing I did install though, to be completely off topic, was GnomeDo. Best utility I've found for linux in a long time.

waeV · Post by **waeV** » Sun 18 May, 2008 3:09 am

For me at least, compiz fusion on linux runs faster than XP does after 8 months without a reinstall.

But I do have a newer PC that can handle those graphics.

Timendus · Post by **Timendus** » Tue 20 May, 2008 3:51 pm

The default install doesn't feature the cube, but four workspaces next to each other, with an Apple-like switcher. I've arranged them to be in a square of two by two workspaces, which makes it look like an Apple even more. Mind you; I'm not really an Apple fan, but they've got a few things right about productivity.

And wobbly windows are just too much fun to turn off

In fact it annoys me now to work with static windows. Like you have to work with stone tablets when you're used to paper

Also, the fancy effects like flaming windows are all set to something useful by default, like a proper 2D accelerated minimize/maximize. It all "feels" much more natural.

What I'm trying to say is that it's not just "fun for 5 seconds" when you're not trying to show off the most crazy effects, but instead use the right effects in the right places to enhance your productivity.

CoBB · Post by **CoBB** » Tue 20 May, 2008 6:09 pm

Recently I was forced to install fluxbox on a Linux box, becuase it’s a bit old to handle all the shiny fancy desktop environments (even Xfce). Well, I’m quite amazed.

The whole thing gives you nothing more than a bunch of workspaces, two menus and of course the usual window decorations, and everything can be completely customised (keypresses and mouse actions can be tied to arbitrary actions, menus and workspaces can be tweaked to your taste, and of course theming is supported too). And response times are practically zero even on that old piece of junk.

That’s pure productivity for me.

blueskies · Post by **blueskies** » Wed 21 May, 2008 3:50 am

I've played around with and used the desktop effects for a while, obviously more than 5 seconds. And my pc can handle them just fine, I just don't really enjoy them. If they could work perfectly, without minor tearing or my firefox decorator turning transparent randomly (probably my main annoyance w/ the whole c-f deal). The one I did like, and do miss, was min/max and close/open of windows did this cool fade/bend thing, where it looked like it was either coming out of or going into the screen.. that was my favorite.

oh, and wobbly windows are SOOO annoying, but transparent windows during movement are pretty cool (and allow you to peek behind at something).