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toxygen

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

[Offtopic rant]didn't we have a whole thread about not using imageshack as an example anymore?  I thought the general consensus was to stop using IS as a hoster.  Is this wrong? [/rant]

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solarwind

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

[Offtopic rant]didn't we have a whole thread about not using imageshack as an example anymore?  I thought the general consensus was to stop using IS as a hoster.  Is this wrong? [/rant]

What's wrong with image shack?

toxygen

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

[Offtopic rant]didn't we have a whole thread about not using imageshack as an example anymore?  I thought the general consensus was to stop using IS as a hoster.  Is this wrong? [/rant]

What's wrong with image shack?

thread is here
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=61860

Please start using another pic hosting site. Seriously, is it necessary to use a site that uses pop-ups. As well, since the pop-up launches when you click to maximize the image, technically you initiated a new window, and so it isn't caught by pop-up blocker.

There are a million other free image hosting sites out there.

To name a few:
omploader.org
picoodle.com
xs.to

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toad

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

Thanks for posting the alternatives - I've always hated imageshack for that reason!

Anyway, here are my three activities:

http://omploader.org/vMTZyaQ/snapshot1.png
http://omploader.org/vMTZyag/snapshot2.png
http://omploader.org/vMTZyaw/snapshot3.png

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solarwind

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

Thanks for posting the alternatives - I've always hated imageshack for that reason!

Anyway, here are my three activities:

http://omploader.org/vMTZyaQ/snapshot1.png
http://omploader.org/vMTZyag/snapshot2.png
http://omploader.org/vMTZyaw/snapshot3.png

What do you mean by "activities"? And what's the "system test fun" thing?

toad

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

click on kidney - zoom out - add activity. It's a whole new desktop experience. Each activity has its own cube, etc. And those are my three activities, system (displays system related stuff), test (for stuff I don't know about yet) and fun for, well, useless stuff.

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Rasi

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

click on kidney - zoom out - add activity. It's a whole new desktop experience. Each activity has its own cube, etc. And those are my three activities, system (displays system related stuff), test (for stuff I don't know about yet) and fun for, well, useless stuff.

It's a Cashew!

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toad

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

Beg your pardon, but if that's a cashew I'm the King of Blighty

BTW, how do all get your different plasmoids to work? They're not from AUR but off kde-look.org, right?

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solarwind

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

click on kidney - zoom out - add activity. It's a whole new desktop experience. Each activity has its own cube, etc. And those are my three activities, system (displays system related stuff), test (for stuff I don't know about yet) and fun for, well, useless stuff.

I don't see any activity button anywhere...

solarwind

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

click on kidney - zoom out - add activity. It's a whole new desktop experience. Each activity has its own cube, etc. And those are my three activities, system (displays system related stuff), test (for stuff I don't know about yet) and fun for, well, useless stuff.

I don't see any activity button anywhere...

Ok I see it - gotta unlock widgets first.

Talk about major lag... What is this functionality for anyway?

toad

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

Expand your mind, solarwind. Not only does it look pretty but all of a sudden your on screen widget real estate can be doubled, trebled, quadrupled, sky's the limit

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solarwind

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

Expand your mind, solarwind. Not only does it look pretty but all of a sudden your on screen widget real estate can be doubled, trebled, quadrupled, sky's the limit

Haha. Useful.

Tell me, does it lag for you when you zoom out and work with it? I have an NVIDIA 8800 GT and it lags like crazy but NVIDIA has always been bad with KDE.

toad

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

Give it a year and you won't know how you survived without it

Nope, no lag for me on

CPU:    AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+
GPU:    nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)

and 1GB RAM. I've got the 170 or 173 driver.

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solarwind

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

Give it a year and you won't know how you survived without it

Nope, no lag for me on

CPU:    AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+
GPU:    nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)

and 1GB RAM. I've got the 170 or 173 driver.

Yeah, nvidia is lacking support for Linux for the high end cards. I made a thread on this a little while ago

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=115916

177763 views - discussed and referenced on forums all over the world. That thread got nvidia to finally improve their drivers.

Last edited by solarwind (2009-01-30 23:46:01)

sandsmark

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

And may I also recommend an excellent image host, http://photo.klette.us/

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Dead Code

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

Loving 4.2

lman

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

http://omploader.org/tMTcybg

Loving 4.2

Hi, which plasma theme is that?

solarwind

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

http://omploader.org/tMTcybg

Loving 4.2

Hi, which plasma theme is that?

"Silicon". If you don't want the glass reflections, use "Perfection", it's the same thing minus reflections.

solarwind

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

Here's another one of mine: http://www.petaimg.com/uploads2/1233321141.png

Dead Code

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

http://omploader.org/tMTcybg

Loving 4.2

Hi, which plasma theme is that?

Yup, as solarwind said it, its "Silicon"

b9anders

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

click on kidney - zoom out - add activity. It's a whole new desktop experience. Each activity has its own cube, etc. And those are my three activities, system (displays system related stuff), test (for stuff I don't know about yet) and fun for, well, useless stuff.

I wonderered what that was for. neat.

lman

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

thx, too bad the icons in the system tray aren't transparent

Last edited by lman (2009-02-02 22:18:50)

solarwind

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

thx, too bad the icons in the system tray aren't transparent

You mean the background? That will be fixed soon I believe.

blackhole

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

http://photo.klette.us/i/53/35351-screenie13.png

And may I also recommend an excellent image host, http://photo.klette.us/

Man, I'm still not getting such crisp fonts like you guys have. I don't know what's wrong.

Sandsmark, did you change your fonts somehow or is it all default in your screenshot? How about you Solarwind? Default fonts as well?

Do you guys have any Font/DPI settings in your xorg.conf? How about antialiasing in the KDE appearance settings? Is it on system default or have you tweaked it?

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sandsmark

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Re: KDE/Plasma Screenshots

This is the only I've changed: http://photo.klette.us/i/177/b105d-screenie21.png

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