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bocke

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Registered: 2011-07-15

Posts: 40

Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

Here goes the dino:

#!/bin/sh

print_template(){

cat <<EOF

[0m                      [0m[43;1m  [0m[0m
[0m                   [0m[43;1m        [0m               [0m[36m [0m[36;1mOS:[0m[37;1m $OS[0m[0m
[0m            [0m[43;1m       [0m[42;1m     [0m[42m        [0m           [0m[36;1mKernel:[0m[37;1m $KERNEL[0m[0m
[0m               [0m[43;1m   [0m[42;1m      [0m[42m         [0m          [0m[36;1mDesktop:[0m [0m[37;1m$DESKTOP[0m[0m
[0m                 [0m[42;1m     [0m[42m   [0m[42;1m [0m[47;1m   [0m[47m [0m[42;1m  [0m[47;1m [0m[47m [0m[42m [0m        [0m[36;1mWin Man:[0m [0m[37;1m$WINMAN[0m[0m
[0m         [0m[43;1m      [0m[42;1m         [0m[47;1m    [0m[1m  [0m[42;1m  [0m[1m [0m [0m[47m [0m        [0m[36;1mWM Theme:[0m [0m[37;1m$WMTHEME[0m[0m
[0m            [0m[43;1m   [0m[42;1m         [0m[47;1m    [0m[1m  [0m[42;1m  [0m[1m [0m [0m[47m [0m        [0m[36;1mGTK Theme:[0m [0m[37;1m$GTKTHEME[0m[0m
[0m               [0m[42;1m      [0m[43;1m   [0m[47;1m    [0m[1m  [0m[42;1m  [0m[1m [0m [0m[47m [0m[42m [0m       [0m[36;1mIcon Theme:[0m [0m[37;1m$ICONTHEME[0m[0m
[0m         [0m[43;1m      [0m[42;1m    [0m[43;1m     [0m[47;1m    [0m[1m  [0m[42;1m  [0m[1m [0m [0m[47m [0m[43m [0m       [0m[36;1mBackground:[0m[37;1m $BACKGROUND[0m[0m
[0m            [0m[43;1m   [0m[42;1m     [0m  [0m[43;1m  [0m[42;1m  [0m[47;1m   [0m[47m [0m[42;1m  [0m[47;1m  [0m[42m  [0m[0m
[0m               [0m[42;1m   [0m[41;1m  [0m[42;1m  [0m        [0m[47;1m  [0m[0m
[0m             [0m[42;1m  [0m[41;1m      [0m[42;1m      [0m[42m        [0m[0m
[0m       [0m[42;1m  [0m    [0m[42;1m  [0m[41;1m      [0m[42;1m    [0m[47;1m   [0m[47m      [0m[0m
[0m       [0m[42;1m  [0m[43;1m    [0m[42;1m  [0m[41;1m    [0m[42;1m    [0m[47;1m    [0m[47m        [0m[0m
[0m         [0m[42;1m            [0m[41;1m      [0m[47;1m    [0m[47m    [0m[0m
[0m           [0m[42;1m        [0m[41;1m          [0m[47;1m  [0m[47m [0m[41;1m [0m[41m   [0m[41;1m  [0m[0m
EOF
}

You set the variables in your info script and then call it something like this:

    source $THEME_DIR/bobble.tmpl
    print_template 

I query Xfce data vith xfconf-query. Other data is extracted from appropriate conf files with a little of awk/sed magic. I also check if any of registred sessions (/usr/share/xsessions) are running by grepping the output of ps and than pass the names to appropriate functions in a script that cover getting the data for a specific DE or WM. But I think I need to clean up the code and generalise it a bit. Not a high prirority, since it works for my setup (including alternative setups).

Jadrian

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Registered: 2011-08-12

Posts: 7

Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

Clean:

Dirty:

xfce4 with tint2

schlafmuetze

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Registered: 2009-03-16

Posts: 4

Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

@Jadrian: WOAH, how did you make your pidgin transparent? Are you using Compiz? Mind sharing that?

dcc24

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Registered: 2009-10-31

Posts: 732

Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

Here's my XFCE desktop:

GTK and xfwm theme: Elegant Brit (slightly modified, though)
Icons: Eikon
Conky: Mira Multi (with a lot of code modifications, can post here if anybody is interested)

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/6690/200911220113351920x1200.th.png
Direct Link: http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/6690 … 0x1200.png

WoW!!! Nice icontheme! Where did you get it? I did not find any link at Google. :-(

Well I posted that ages ago Those icons were extremely hard to find so let me just upload them somewhere Here you go!

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louis058

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Registered: 2010-11-12

Posts: 31

Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

@Jadrian: WOAH, how did you make your pidgin transparent? Are you using Compiz? Mind sharing that?

While Compiz is one way, a simpler way (if you just want transparency), is go to Settings > Window Manager Tweaks > Compositor
Then enable display compositing, and configure to your heart's content.

Jankosevic

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Registered: 2008-07-06

Posts: 82

Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

That's my current and probably final one :

http://imgur.com/xsLqJ

Last edited by Jankosevic (2011-08-16 16:03:25)

fsckd

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Registered: 2009-06-15

Posts: 4,173

Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

Jankosevic, what wallpaper is that?

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Jankosevic

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Registered: 2008-07-06

Posts: 82

Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

It's that done: http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/deta … _dune.html

leemaster81

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From: Palo Alto, CA

Registered: 2011-08-09

Posts: 3

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Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

Arch, Xfce, Compiz... I'm in love.

Last edited by leemaster81 (2011-08-17 07:30:15)

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fsckd

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Registered: 2009-06-15

Posts: 4,173

Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

It's that done: http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/deta … _dune.html

Thanks!

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DarkSniper

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Registered: 2011-04-05

Posts: 74

Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

http://i.imgur.com/R2ot1s.jpg

Arch, Xfce, Compiz... I'm in love.

Just wondering, which GTK theme is that?

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MrCode

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Registered: 2010-02-06

Posts: 373

Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

Just wondering, which GTK theme is that?

…looks like Xfce-dusk to me.

EDIT: Confirmed.

Last edited by MrCode (2011-08-29 21:52:28)

DustinCasler

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From: Dallas, Texas

Registered: 2011-03-27

Posts: 50

Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

Switched from KDE to XFCE temporarily(or maybe not?) here's my somewhat simple and clean setup.

http://ompldr.org/vYTY4OQ

oboedad55

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From: Baku

Registered: 2011-04-05

Posts: 392

Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

Looks great. Can you share which dock you're using on the left side?

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DustinCasler

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From: Dallas, Texas

Registered: 2011-03-27

Posts: 50

Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

It's actually the XFCE panel decently modified.  I just chose to hide all the frames and then on appearance I set alpha down to 85 to give a slight transparency. Also With the task manager(window buttons) I chose flat buttons and not to show the labels.

oboedad55

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From: Baku

Registered: 2011-04-05

Posts: 392

Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

It's actually the XFCE panel decently modified.  I just chose to hide all the frames and then on appearance I set alpha down to 85 to give a slight transparency. Also With the task manager(window buttons) I chose flat buttons and not to show the labels.

Ah OK, that helps. How did you hide the frames and change the task manager?

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DustinCasler

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From: Dallas, Texas

Registered: 2011-03-27

Posts: 50

Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

It's actually the XFCE panel decently modified.  I just chose to hide all the frames and then on appearance I set alpha down to 85 to give a slight transparency. Also With the task manager(window buttons) I chose flat buttons and not to show the labels.

Ah OK, that helps. How did you hide the frames and change the task manager?

On the options for notification area and clock there are is an option for show frame when you right click and go to properties. The task manager I used is called Window Buttons and was included by default. I installed xfce and xfce-goodies. On Window buttons I got that look by choosing only show flat buttons under appearance. There is an option to show the text, but I decided to go with just the icons for now.

gadabyte

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Registered: 2010-03-08

Posts: 4

Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

clean

dirty

xfwm/gtk - gentle (slightly modified)
font - monaco
wallpaper
icons - gnome carbonate

Last edited by gadabyte (2011-09-04 14:11:51)

b9anders

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Registered: 2007-11-07

Posts: 691

Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

my current desktop.

Clean:

Busy[-ish]

GTK: A New Hope
Icons: Awoken
Font: Handelgotdlig

Paul-S

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From: Wales

Registered: 2008-02-04

Posts: 353

Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

Cheers
Paul-S

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alez

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Registered: 2009-03-09

Posts: 74

Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

Not really original, but what can i do? I like the Greybird theme a lot...

Busy

I'm quite happy i edited the menu so i can get rid of cairo-dock. And xfwm-tiling is really great!

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botzoboy

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From: Romania/Deutschland

Registered: 2010-02-03

Posts: 90

Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

What music player are you using??

clean
http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/3002/sep04092448.png

dirty
http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/6406/sep04092437.png

xfwm/gtk - gentle (slightly modified)
font - monaco
wallpaper
icons - gnome carbonate

alez

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Registered: 2009-03-09

Posts: 74

Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

@botzoboy I'm sure it's Gmusicbrowser, but i don't know which layout (there are quite a few!)

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GSF1200S

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Registered: 2008-12-24

Posts: 474

Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

@botzoboy I'm sure it's Gmusicbrowser, but i don't know which layout (there are quite a few!)

Pretty sure youre right. There are some common elements with my own theme, which is admittedly completely different than his screenshot. Its kind of hard to see a pic of gmusicbrowser since the layouts are so easily changed. For instance, mine is an edit of the shimmer layout (pardon the Openbox desktop- love XFCE too):

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/83 … x1080.png/

Auto-scrolling lyrics, tweakable layouts, tons of features. Nothing better for music stored locally on the hard-drive- not sure about network stuff..

b9anders

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Registered: 2007-11-07

Posts: 691

Re: Show off your XFCE desktop!

decided the go from white/gray to fully dark.

clean:

busy: