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Fryguy n00b
Joined: 25 Apr 2003 Posts: 32
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Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2003 3:53 pm Post subject: looking for sshots of good looking desktops w/o KDE or Gnome |
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I've got the horsepower to use, and I want to create a very eye-candy desktop. Some of the shots I've seen on art.gnome.org and kde-look.org look VERY nice. While minimalism has it's place, I also feel that it is nice to be able to have a crazy looking desktop.
However, it doesn't seem possible to create a tricked out desktop without using either KDE or gnome. karamba is kde only, all of the good launch bars (kicker, gdesklets, gnome-bar) are all environment-dependent. And there lacks a good file manager like nautilus.
So last night I took the time to emerge gnome-core and nautilus, and I've been playing around with it, and I have a feeling that it's going to become my fulltime desktop. The ability to integrate everything together into a seemless interface with lots of eyecandy is just too hard to pass up.
However, if there is a way to make a very nice looking desktop without using gnome or KDE (or xfce etc) I'd be very curious as to what people have put together.
http://art.gnome.org/screenshots/4.php http://www.kde-look.org/content/preview.php?file=9012-1.jpg
things like ^^ just seem to have a few touches that make them stand out so much from non-environment desktops. Prove me wrong if you can. |
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flanksteak n00b
Joined: 27 May 2002 Posts: 49 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2003 11:26 pm Post subject: Enlightenment |
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I've never used it myself, but Enlightenment is good for bold desktop looks. There are a number of themes visible at freshmeat.org. It doesn't require a lot of horsepower, though, which is one reason for its popularity. |
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richk449 Guru
Joined: 24 Oct 2003 Posts: 345
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Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 2:41 am Post subject: Wow |
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Wow, that first screenshot your posted was ugly. do you really find that attractive?
That said, I just switched to gnome a couple of days ago after years as a happy windowmaker user. I might stick with it on my home computer, but my work computer is defiently going to stay windowmaker.
Anyways, have you looked at the screenshots of the month?
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=101534&highlight=screenshot+month
Plenty of them use something other then gnome/kde and look pretty good. Maybe there is something there you could copy.
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Fryguy n00b
Joined: 25 Apr 2003 Posts: 32
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Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 2:47 am Post subject: |
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My point is that I don't think it's possible to build a truly beautiful desktop without installing at least gnome or KDE (possibly not using it, but at least installing it for dependencies on things like nautilus or gdesklets). I'm looking for somebody to prove me wrong. |
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nephros Advocate
Joined: 07 Feb 2003 Posts: 2139 Location: Graz, Austria (Europe - no kangaroos.)
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Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 3:43 am Post subject: |
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Well, yes, gdesklets and *karamba are hard to impossible to beat and unfortunately require the DEs to be installed.
Apart from that though, with E, icewm and WindowMaker, eyecandy-oriented desktops have had a long tradition even before either Gnome or KDE came along. (And especially KDE has a history of looking extremely ugly per default.)
Heck, some people even manage to make fvwm look decent.
I used to use WindowMaker for a long time and I remember having things like transparent titlebars and icontiles and doing cute things with root-tail. There also used to be this really cool app which came with the "night" theme which would create a "water-ripple" effect on the bottom of the screen.
I'm sorry I can't back that up with some screenshots, now that themes.org is gone. (And the freshmeat replacement is rediculous IMO.)
Gnome and KDE brought consistency in how the apps look, but they didn't invent eyecandy. _________________ Please put [SOLVED] in your topic if you are a moron. |
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r0x n00b
Joined: 20 Nov 2003 Posts: 2
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ralph Advocate
Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Posts: 2001 Location: Hamburg
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Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 11:55 am Post subject: |
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gdeskletts runs without a problem on other wms.
I don't know if it works with every wm out there, but you should have no problem using it with enlightenment. _________________ The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows.
- Frank Zappa |
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SysRq n00b
Joined: 22 Nov 2003 Posts: 6 Location: Southern California, USA
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Fryguy n00b
Joined: 25 Apr 2003 Posts: 32
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Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 3:09 am Post subject: |
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Where did you get that GTK2 theme? I haven't seen many dark themes where all text is still readable. |
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SysRq n00b
Joined: 22 Nov 2003 Posts: 6 Location: Southern California, USA
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Jefklak l33t
Joined: 26 Oct 2003 Posts: 818 Location: Belgium
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syscrash Guru
Joined: 14 Apr 2003 Posts: 541
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Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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Here's my enlightenment desktop |
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Fryguy n00b
Joined: 25 Apr 2003 Posts: 32
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Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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syscrash and jefklak, can you guys highlight what is what in your screenshots, and where to obtain the stuff? both of those have some very nice aspects to them and I'd like some more info |
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syscrash Guru
Joined: 14 Apr 2003 Posts: 541
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Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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Fryguy wrote: | syscrash and jefklak, can you guys highlight what is what in your screenshots, and where to obtain the stuff? both of those have some very nice aspects to them and I'd like some more info |
Well, the enlightenment theme is ecdysis (availible from themes.org), and I'm using gdesklets for the weather and analog clock. The wallpaper is from gentoo-artwork (emerge gentoo-artwork). |
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sparks Guru
Joined: 05 Mar 2003 Posts: 331 Location: Nashville, TN
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 6:26 am Post subject: |
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This is my gnome enhanced xfce-4 desktop with gdesklets running the a weather desklet.
http://www.bzsparks.com/downloads/winter_screen.jpg _________________ True trade is honest, but not merciful. Politics is dishonest, no matter how merciful... and war is neither honest nor merciful.... therefore, choose trade above politics, but politics above war. |
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kKDu Apprentice
Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Posts: 187
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 8:33 am Post subject: |
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Very nice, what taskbar/panel is this?
Where is the nice background from? |
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Yamakasi Apprentice
Joined: 28 Sep 2002 Posts: 201
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Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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Where did u get this ToDo thing? I like it |
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Stu L Tissimus Veteran
Joined: 08 Jun 2003 Posts: 1339 Location: NJ, 5 minutes from NYC
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 12:16 am Post subject: |
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I'll post mine later... I'm almost finished with Industrai, my port of Industrial to Kahakai. _________________ old outdated sig |
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vanjab n00b
Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 65 Location: Perth, Australia
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 12:24 am Post subject: |
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sparks is that rox pinboard? and how do you skin the bar at the bottom :S still dont know how to do it :S _________________ Why did the chicken cross the play ground?
To get to the other slide!
(the other slide was open source) |
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Stu L Tissimus Veteran
Joined: 08 Jun 2003 Posts: 1339 Location: NJ, 5 minutes from NYC
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 12:46 am Post subject: |
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Nah, the desktop is probably Nautilus, since hje says it is Gnome-enhanced. Also, the bar at the bottom is XFce-Panel, which is skinned by the GTK+2 theme. Unless you mean the icon theme, which has an option in the XFce control center. _________________ old outdated sig |
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Yamakasi Apprentice
Joined: 28 Sep 2002 Posts: 201
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 1:31 am Post subject: |
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Yamakasi wrote: |
Where did u get this ToDo thing? I like it |
Oopss..I pasted the wrong screenshot...
Anyone knows the name of this ToDo application of the following screenshot?
http://syscrash2k.hopto.org/images/screenshot.png
Thx[/url]
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thegreatape n00b
Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 31
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 2:42 am Post subject: |
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My current desktop, running Fluxbox 0.9.7. No KDE or Gnome here. Check it out. |
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Koala Kid Guru
Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 382
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ptitman Apprentice
Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Posts: 242 Location: well!! I don't really know!Anywhere really!
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karan Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 15 Feb 2003 Posts: 117 Location: New Zealand
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 2:32 am Post subject: |
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jeefffkkkllaaak, I love your "fully customised fvwm2 desktop", send me the config please
karan at karan dot net dot nz, thnx _________________ :: Project Gotham |
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