[SATLUG] desktop screenshots

[Alex Bartonek]

I'm not much into transparency.. makes it hard to read
stuff.  I dont run anything like ipulse because I dont
care whats going on in the background unless something
froze up... if it does I'll just 'ps' it or use kpm. 
For the most part gkrellm does the job I need it to
do.  Running 10 different clocks to see what time it
is here and in Zimbabwe or what kind of weather Paco
is going to experience this minute doesnt do anything
for me.  Its just stuff that clogs up the screen when
I'm coding or reading stuff on the web.

YMMV, carry on citizen.

Alex

--- Justizin <justizin at siggraph.org> wrote:

> Whups, should have sent a url vs. attachment.
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Justizin <justizin at siggraph.org>
> Date: Dec 6, 2006 3:09 PM
> Subject: desktop screenshots
> To: The San Antonio Linux User's Group Mailing List
> <satlug at satlug.org>
> 
> 
> Okay..
> 
> So, I am admittedly a Mac convert - for my laptop
> only, of course -
> after many years of using nothing but GNU/Linux,
> everywhere.  As a
> graphics enthusiast and designer, there are a lot of
> tools - many Free
> or free, many that come with the OS - which are
> pretty handy, and the
> windowing system is far superior to anything I've
> ever used on
> GNU/Linux.
> 
> That said, I have been tracking a lot of work to do
> Mac-y things like
> Display PS/PDF, 3d/GL transitions and window
> animations, etc.. under
> X11, and I have even seen some interesting recent
> work in relation to
> GNUStep.
> 
> I wonder if anyone on the list has anything really
> cool they could
> show off in a screenshot or two.  Attached is a
> screenshot of my mac.
> One of the things I find most missing from Free
> Desktop
> implementations is true translucency of windows,
> which is a feature
> that really helps me to live in one 15" screen
> versus three 17"
> screens.  I know there are expose-type tools,
> dashboard compatibility
> in KDE thanks at least in part to WebKit, and Etoile
> is an
> OSX-compatible menubar, but I don't see gaim doing
> things like adium
> does, or gkrellm doing things like iPulse, lower
> right.
> 
> I'd love to see all of that, though.  Whatcha got? 
> Can I switch back yet? ;)
> 
> http://jryan.gerf.org/translucence.png
> 
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