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baseline bum

05-25-2009, 04:27 PM

I literally just made the switch this morning, to Ubuntu on my primary machine...

Check this link to setup all the video codecs. It's for Ubuntu-8 instead of 9, but I don't think the process has changed any since then.

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/install-mplayer-and-multimedia-codecs-libdvdcss2w32codecsw64codecs-in-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex.html

baseline bum

05-25-2009, 04:29 PM

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x282/duncan228/temp%20duncan/mydesktop.jpg

Awesome! :tu

duncan228

05-25-2009, 04:32 PM

Awesome! :tu

:)

I'm as 'boring' as Duncan is, it's been my desktop since June '05.

resistanze

05-25-2009, 04:39 PM

^^ I know that's Windows, but it looks like KDE.

Yup, MS' creative juices at work. :lol

I haven't had Ubuntu in over a year (since 7 i think), anything new in the latest release?

baseline bum

05-25-2009, 04:40 PM

:)

I'm as 'boring' as Duncan is, it's been my desktop since June '05.

Hopefully you'll be able to change it to a new model in June '10.

baseline bum

05-25-2009, 04:42 PM

Yup, MS' creative juices at work. :lol

I haven't had Ubuntu in over a year (since 7 i think), anything new in the latest release?

I only started using Ubuntu a few months ago, so I have no idea (Slackware, OpenBSD, and LFS were my *NIX of choice the last 12 years or so until recently).

balli

05-25-2009, 05:07 PM

Check this link to setup all the video codecs. It's for Ubuntu-8 instead of 9, but I don't think the process has changed any since then.

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/install-mplayer-and-multimedia-codecs-libdvdcss2w32codecsw64codecs-in-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex.html

:tu :toast

rold50

05-25-2009, 05:19 PM

I literally just made the switch this morning, to Ubuntu on my primary machine...

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/3923/screenshotfrg.png

What kind of desktop environment do you have? or how do you make the lower panel "transparent" and only have icons instead of the standard gnome lower panel?

balli

05-25-2009, 05:35 PM

What kind of desktop environment do you have? or how do you make the lower panel "transparent" and only have icons instead of the standard gnome lower panel?

I'm using gnome and I'm running compiz. Not sure if compiz is allowing the transparency effect, or if it's just inherit to basic gnome. All I did was right click>properties on the panels and on the background tab there's a slider that adjusts the opacity.

As far as the icons thing goes- I just dragged the FF icon from where it originally was in the upper panel, upon installation, down to the center of the lower panel.

When I have a window open, it'll show up in the lower panel, but when it's minimized, other than the text and icon, it remains transparent until I mouse over it.

CuckingFunt

05-25-2009, 05:51 PM

Nice weather has me feeling floral.

Desktop:
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/2537/desktopcwi.jpg

Laptop:
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/160/desktopssi.jpg

DarkReign

05-25-2009, 05:56 PM

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k19/darkreign24/Desktop.jpg

I have to get with Cry Havoc on how to hook my shit up like his.

PixelPusher

05-25-2009, 07:21 PM

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a394/jamackey/desktop_052509.jpg

Borosai

05-25-2009, 08:03 PM

http://www.imagehut.net/images/3tmg1o0b14h851cmm8d_thumb.png (http://www.imagehut.net/images/3tmg1o0b14h851cmm8d.png)

Slydragon

05-25-2009, 09:46 PM

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/474/backjeb.jpg

leemajors

05-25-2009, 11:36 PM

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb64/beestrofowler/desktop.jpg

leemajors

05-25-2009, 11:37 PM

the right is just mirrored to my tv.

TwAnKiEs

05-25-2009, 11:52 PM

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/286/desktopr.jpg

(me and my oldest daughter)

Cry Havoc

05-26-2009, 01:46 AM

This was my desktop, but I changed the background recently:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/whisperingstorm/desktopapril09lowres.jpg

Obstructed_View

05-26-2009, 03:56 AM

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q228/GeneralPurpose/Spurstalk/desktop.jpg

I don't always run Aero, but I have it for this user. I'm just waiting for this monitor to die so I can convince my wife I need a 25" flatscreen.

baseline bum

05-26-2009, 11:56 PM

I literally just made the switch this morning, to Ubuntu on my primary machine...

Damn, don't judge it too harshly by this last build (Jaunty Jackalope). I had to go back to version 8 (Intrepid Ibex) because 9 has so many problems with video. 8.10 is outstanding. 9.04 is complete trash.

DarkReign

05-27-2009, 09:58 AM

CH, that is still the most pimp desktop I have seen for Windows.

Cry Havoc

05-28-2009, 02:23 AM

CH, that is still the most pimp desktop I have seen for Windows.

:ihit Thanks. I'm going to be playing around with it a bit in the next few days (i.e., when I get home from vacation). Hoping to add a bit more to it without making it look too busy -- we'll see how that goes.

If you want any help with the Enigma desktop, just lemme know and we'll see what we can set up.

Pistons < Spurs

05-28-2009, 11:04 PM

http://imgburst.com/up/desk6aO2.jpg

z0sa

05-29-2009, 01:46 PM

:)

I'm as 'boring' as Duncan is, it's been my desktop since June '05.

:lmao I had the exact! same desktop until summer of 08 :downspin:

duncan228

05-29-2009, 01:52 PM

:lmao I had the exact! same desktop until summer of 08 :downspin:

:lol

What did you switch to after 3 years?

z0sa

05-29-2009, 02:32 PM

:lol

What did you switch to after 3 years?

i dont even remember, I just remember being pissed there wasn't a more recent version :depressed not to dis tp, he's just not my favorite player:toast

Dr. Gonzo

05-29-2009, 03:29 PM

This is my work desktop.

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/7840/desktopdxv.jpg

IronMexican

05-29-2009, 04:00 PM

All the Sims shit is my little brothers.

http://i43.tinypic.com/rmr47l.jpg

CuckingFunt

05-29-2009, 05:37 PM

Steven wins.

Cry Havoc

06-08-2009, 11:04 AM

New desktop for anyone interested:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/whisperingstorm/Desktop-June09small.jpg

Full version here: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/whisperingstorm/Desktop-June09.jpg

Also available in my sig.

stretch

06-08-2009, 11:15 AM

PixelPusher

06-08-2009, 12:35 PM

This is my work desktop.

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/7840/desktopdxv.jpg

Does your work have you stuck on Windows 2000, or is this XP in "classic mode"?

ElNono

06-08-2009, 12:37 PM

All the Sims shit is my little brothers.

Sure it is... :rolleyes

:lol

resistanze

06-08-2009, 01:47 PM

popshark86

06-08-2009, 09:20 PM

http://img168.imagevenue.com/loc162/th_14332_jackie_wallpaper_122_162lo.jpg (http://img168.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=14332_jackie_wallpaper_122_162lo.jpg )

Avitus1

06-09-2009, 01:56 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v729/Toxiclemonade/Picture1.png

koriwhat

06-09-2009, 02:17 AM

http://i44.tinypic.com/b9dc0l.jpg

testing Win7 but it runs a bit slower then my virtual XP so i'm just gonna stick with xp for now. sucks that i gotta use winOS at all on my mac due to abgx360 messing up and having to run it from within winOS. oh well.

robot89

06-09-2009, 04:00 PM

http://g.imagehost.org/t/0693/Desktop.jpg (http://g.imagehost.org/view/0693/Desktop)

Dr. Gonzo

06-09-2009, 04:08 PM

Does your work have you stuck on Windows 2000, or is this XP in "classic mode"?

XP in the classic mode.

lefty

06-09-2009, 04:47 PM

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/1353/dktp.jpg

Cry Havoc

06-09-2009, 08:25 PM

My goodness lefty, you have a ton of freaking taskbar icons.

Slydragon

06-09-2009, 09:12 PM

How do you get the icons looking different on the bottom and all the other cool stuff.

MaNuMaNiAc

06-09-2009, 09:18 PM

This is the one I have on my laptop...

http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt26/hoareinc/laptopdesk.jpg

Nothing special. I like to have a very clean desktop as I use this laptop to download and edit HD footage and take notes in class. My home desktop is pretty fucked up right now though. Will post a pic as soon as I get it back from the shop.

lefty

06-09-2009, 09:29 PM

My goodness lefty, you have a ton of freaking taskbar icons.

:lmao

It's amazing you didn't notice the chick

Cry Havoc

06-09-2009, 09:36 PM

:lmao

It's amazing you didn't notice the chick

Eh, she's nice looking but nothing incredible.

Hot chicks on computer backgrounds are exceedingly common. I didn't "notice" it because I'm so used to seeing it.

PixelPusher

06-09-2009, 10:55 PM

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/1353/dktp.jpg

You've got Java and Windows updates ready to install.

lefty

06-09-2009, 11:40 PM

You've got Java and Windows updates ready to install.

I know

I'm gonna update my Java

But not Windows, because I installed a version that's npt ...ahem....legot

DisgruntledLionFan#54,927

06-10-2009, 06:45 PM

Generic:

http://i39.tinypic.com/68ubnd.png

lefty

06-10-2009, 11:31 PM

Generic:

http://i39.tinypic.com/68ubnd.png

Damn I have the same view from my apart

Cry Havoc

09-03-2009, 02:06 PM

eyeh8u

09-03-2009, 03:55 PM

http://schinnell.org/pics/figure4w311.jpg

Strike

09-03-2009, 06:44 PM

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d63/strike019/Desktop.jpg

23LeBronJames23

09-03-2009, 08:22 PM

Generic:

http://i39.tinypic.com/68ubnd.png

that looks sick

Mister Sinister

09-03-2009, 08:40 PM

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/images/users/uploads/8558/USA.Iron_Patriot.jpg
Current background.

Sense

09-09-2009, 05:45 PM

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/FMSense/wallpaper.jpg

TwAnKiEs

09-10-2009, 12:53 AM

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/7224/oliviay.jpg

Shastafarian

09-13-2009, 02:36 AM

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/5575/desktopdg.png (http://img7.imageshack.us/i/desktopdg.png/)

MaNuMaNiAc

09-15-2009, 03:46 PM

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/483/desktopcapture.jpg

Resized version of my desktop. Big thanks to Cry Havok for introducing me to Rainmeter. I love it.

Cry Havoc

09-15-2009, 10:50 PM

That's a sexy desktop, manumaniac. I love it.

PM5K

09-15-2009, 11:06 PM

I've never been big on custom desktops, I hardly ever see my desktop anyhow.

Right now mine is stock Vista with a stock wallpaper.

MaNuMaNiAc

09-16-2009, 12:08 AM

That's a sexy desktop, manumaniac. I love it.

:hat Thanks :tu

symple19

09-16-2009, 01:29 AM

All the Sims shit is my little brothers.

http://i43.tinypic.com/rmr47l.jpg

Hate to tell ya Mex, and I know you're a Raider fan...But DHB sucks, and always will. You should get one of Seymore instead, or Namdi.

symple19

09-16-2009, 01:31 AM

I've never been big on custom desktops, I hardly ever see my desktop anyhow.

I agree. Desktops are irrelevant, and i'm never looking at mine either.

EricB

09-16-2009, 01:48 AM

:lol I like strikes.

Cry Havoc

09-16-2009, 07:07 AM

I agree. Desktops are irrelevant, and i'm never looking at mine either.

Desktops are irrelevant because by and large, they are mostly useless, especially if they're cluttered up with icons.

A desktop can be a source of a great deal of information at a glance. Without opening a single program, I can get a weather update, check on my processor/RAM usage, upcoming events that I need to be mindful of, and so on. It's not useful to you because you haven't made it useful. I quite like being able to minimize everything and still have certain basic information at my disposal.

leemajors

09-16-2009, 08:27 AM

here's my current background:

http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs38/f/2008/317/b/0/Singularity_Skyhook_by_james119.jpg

stretch

09-16-2009, 10:02 AM

http://schinnell.org/pics/figure4w311.jpg

still my favorite version of windows

great memories

DarkReign

09-16-2009, 10:41 AM

DLF, I wouldnt have tagged you as a Mac guy.

stretch

09-29-2009, 09:50 PM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/whisperingstorm/EnigmaBG-September09sm.jpg

Small version of my new desktop. Not drastically different, but I'm in love with this theme, so I'm just tinkering with it.

how did you get your start menu inside of your taskbar?

also, my weather is stuck on celsius. how do you get it to fahrenheit?

ALSO, how do i get programs on there?

CuckingFunt

09-29-2009, 10:23 PM

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/6025/desktop2bo.jpg

Cry Havoc

09-29-2009, 11:49 PM

how did you get your start menu inside of your taskbar?

also, my weather is stuck on celsius. how do you get it to fahrenheit?

ALSO, how do i get programs on there?

That's actually Winamp. My start menu/taskbar are set to auto-hide.

Go into the edit skin and switch it over. I think you have to change the Celsius parameter from 0 to 1.

What programs do you mean?

sabar

10-06-2009, 11:18 PM

I hate cluttering my desktop with stuff. I only keep frequently accessed files on it. Stuff like weather and media player info stays in the tray and loads silently at startup.

I've been running GNOME for a while since KDE got unstable. Maybe it is better these days; it certainly has more eye candy.

I spend 99% of my time in a console or full-screen program; the desktop is irrelevant. When I'm not using anything I prefer a screen saver to static art. I rotate a bunch of astronomical images or put it on random.

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/9682/desktopau.png

TwAnKiEs

10-07-2009, 02:03 PM

http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/3752/smokeu.jpg

IronMexican

01-01-2010, 05:20 PM

With football season ending, I changed my usual Raider stuff up:

http://i50.tinypic.com/mkx1g5.jpg

mookie_crew

01-01-2010, 05:21 PM

Det's one of the gayest things I've ever seen, and I've seen plenty of gay.

IronMexican

01-01-2010, 05:25 PM

No need to hate on greatness, breh.

mookie_crew

01-01-2010, 05:32 PM

Eye dont see anything great about that shit.

Many PackYao

01-08-2010, 07:09 PM

http://i48.tinypic.com/34p0xfl.jpg

koriwhat

01-08-2010, 07:20 PM

^ your screen name cracks me up! hit em hard packYAO haha

baseline bum

01-08-2010, 08:16 PM

http://i48.tinypic.com/34p0xfl.jpg

Did you take that pic? If so, where?

koriwhat

01-08-2010, 08:37 PM

http://i47.tinypic.com/2zivxbp.jpg

Many PackYao

01-08-2010, 10:16 PM

^ your screen name cracks me up! hit em hard packYAO haha
:toast

Many PackYao

01-08-2010, 10:20 PM

Did you take that pic? If so, where?

Nope, I found it on the 'net. It's in the Davis Mountains area. Most people (outside TX) don't even know there areas like this in Texas.

baseline bum

01-09-2010, 12:14 AM

Nope, I found it on the 'net. It's in the Davis Mountains area. Most people (outside TX) don't even know there areas like this in Texas.

I was out in that area a couple of months ago; awesome place. Yeah, I think most people would be shocked to know they were in Texas seeing a city like Alpine.

Many PackYao

01-09-2010, 12:25 AM

I was out in that area a couple of months ago; awesome place. Yeah, I think most people would be shocked to know they were in Texas seeing a city like Alpine.

yup, I agree.

I saw your pics of Big Bend and Cali. Good stuff.:tu

Borosai

01-09-2010, 03:29 AM

Not my computer (temporary adoption), but this old thing is working pretty well at the moment.

http://omploader.org/tMzdiZA (http://omploader.org/vMzdiZA)

DarkReign

04-06-2010, 11:06 PM

Finally got around to installing Rainmeter. I get it, but I am falling on my face when it comes to setting up custom skin packages/themes like you and Manu do.

Tips for a noob?

Cry Havoc

04-07-2010, 12:03 AM

Finally got around to installing Rainmeter. I get it, but I am falling on my face when it comes to setting up custom skin packages/themes like you and Manu do.

Tips for a noob?

What do you mean custom skins? You mean like Enigma? You need to download it, extract it to the rainmeter folder, and then right click on rainmeter and find out which features you want, and if you want them in the taskbar or sidebar.

DarkReign

04-07-2010, 11:07 AM

What do you mean custom skins? You mean like Enigma? You need to download it, extract it to the rainmeter folder, and then right click on rainmeter and find out which features you want, and if you want them in the taskbar or sidebar.

I mean like this...

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/483/desktopcapture.jpg

Thats obviously not Enigma's default configuration. Googling "Rainmeter skins", you get thousands of hits. Radial menus, extravagant clocks/weather/etc, yada yada yada...

Judging by your response, it would seem my real question then, is your desktop and Manu's a downloaded skin/theme or is it Enigma and something you just tweaked and tweaked and tweaked and tweaked until you got what you wanted?

For example, all Manu's shortcuts on his desktop are not pre-loaded. Did he have to customize each package individually?

Not a big deal if I had to, too, but if I dont, I would like to avoid it. Hope this makes sense.

Cry Havoc

04-07-2010, 02:41 PM

I mean like this...

Thats obviously not Enigma's default configuration. Googling "Rainmeter skins", you get thousands of hits. Radial menus, extravagant clocks/weather/etc, yada yada yada...

Judging by your response, it would seem my real question then, is your desktop and Manu's a downloaded skin/theme or is it Enigma and something you just tweaked and tweaked and tweaked and tweaked until you got what you wanted?

For example, all Manu's shortcuts on his desktop are not pre-loaded. Did he have to customize each package individually?

Not a big deal if I had to, too, but if I dont, I would like to avoid it. Hope this makes sense.

Most of it is tweaking, sadly. It really doesn't take that long to figure out, and it's actually fun to learn. The skins ENABLE you to make stuff like this, it's up to you to position them correctly and find the right add-ons that suit your taste from the skin.

DarkReign

04-07-2010, 05:15 PM

Most of it is tweaking, sadly. It really doesn't take that long to figure out, and it's actually fun to learn. The skins ENABLE you to make stuff like this, it's up to you to position them correctly and find the right add-ons that suit your taste from the skin.

Cool, thanks!

Briefly read the instructions last night, will have to delve more deeply tonight.