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This is the simple desktop on my media centre box. PCManFM is launched via a keybind and used to load applications. No panel or menu apps Compiz does the rest! ust gotta setup Conky in a widget layer and its all done...
WM: Compiz 0.9.4
Wallpaper: generated by wallpaperfm.py via cron.
Theme: Mint X
Last edited by rufflove (2011-05-28 01:25:39)
"Its too big and too slow"
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Nice one!
EDIT: I'll add my current setup as well. Have found a new GTK2/3 theme which is totally awesome: Zukitwo.
Last edited by Unia (2011-05-28 11:50:16)
If you can't sit by a cozy fire with your code in hand enjoying its simplicity and clarity, it needs more work. --Carlos Torres
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June update
Compiz Standalone
Avant Window Navigator
Theme: Zukitwo gtk2/3
Icono: Faenza
Wall: my photohttp://ompldr.org/tOHVzeg http://ompldr.org/tOHV0MA http://ompldr.org/tOHV0MQ
How did you do Firefox that way?
If you can't sit by a cozy fire with your code in hand enjoying its simplicity and clarity, it needs more work. --Carlos Torres
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Firefox 4?
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madek wrote:June update
Compiz Standalone
Avant Window Navigator
Theme: Zukitwo gtk2/3
Icono: Faenza
Wall: my photohttp://ompldr.org/tOHVzeg http://ompldr.org/tOHV0MA http://ompldr.org/tOHV0MQ
How did you do Firefox that way?
the hide nav bar and hide menu bars, extensions, called "hide navigation bar" and "hide menubar" (doh)
https://addons.mozilla.org/es-ES/firefo … ation-bar/
https://addons.mozilla.org/es-ES/firefo … demenubar/
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Yeah, Zukitwo is pretty nice, even though I'm not a great fan of lassekongo83 and the gazillian themes he pumps out... Looking forward to someone porting Shiki-Colors or Mint X - most GTK themes have simply reinvented the wheel since Shiki...
"Its too big and too slow"
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Nice! What's the launcher icon and emerald theme?
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Nice! What's the launcher icon and emerald theme?
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Switched back to Compiz instead of subtle. Found out I'm not that much of a keyboard guy. I do have subtle's tiling however, thanks to Compiz' grid plugin.
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http://thumbnails44.imagebam.com/13959/06877b139584484.jpg
compiz standalone (Compiz 0.9.5)
conky + conkyforecast
plank-bzr 396-1
urxvt-unicode
pcmanfm-git
P.S. Does someone know which icon appears in pcmanfm sidepanel at 'applications' item ? I want to change it for something else
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I decided to give Compiz a try because it can handle VBLANK/SYNC (useful for games) and I can't even remember when I touched it in the past. I use emerald to decorate windows (theme is known as "deviant" which I modified around a bit), tint2 as my panel and conky as my bottom panel to show information.
I start compiz with this command because I find fusion-icon too complicated not to work properly with my settings.
~/.xinitrc
...
exec ck-launch-session compiz ccp
tint2rc
# Background definitions
# ID 1
rounded = 0
border_width = 0
background_color = #000000 80
border_color = #000000 80
# Panel
panel_monitor = all
panel_position = top right horizontal
panel_size = 1920 16
panel_margin = 0 0
panel_padding = 4 0 0
panel_dock = 0
wm_menu = 0
panel_layer = normal
panel_background_id = 1
# Taskbar
taskbar_mode = single_desktop
taskbar_padding = 0 0 0
taskbar_background_id = 0
#taskbar_active_background_id = 0
# Tasks
urgent_nb_of_blink = 7
task_icon = 0
task_text = 1
task_centered = 1
task_maximum_size = 200 18
task_padding = 0 0
task_background_id = 0
task_active_background_id = 0
task_urgent_background_id = 0
task_iconified_background_id = 0
# Task Icons
task_icon_asb = 100 0 0
task_active_icon_asb = 100 0 0
task_urgent_icon_asb = 100 0 0
task_iconified_icon_asb = 100 0 0
# Fonts
task_font = Fixed 8
task_font_color = #1793D0 80
task_active_font_color = #1793D0 80
task_urgent_font_color = #1793D0 80
task_iconified_font_color = #1793D0 80
font_shadow = 0
# System Tray
systray = 1
systray_padding = 0 0 0
systray_sort = ascending
systray_background_id = 0
systray_icon_size = 0
systray_icon_asb = 100 0 0
# Clock
time1_format = %d/%m/%y ■ %H:%M
time1_font = Fixed 8
clock_font_color = #EAB93D 100
clock_tooltip =
clock_padding = 5 0
clock_background_id = 0
# Tooltips
tooltip = 0
tooltip_padding = 0 0
tooltip_show_timeout = 0
tooltip_hide_timeout = 0
tooltip_background_id = 0
tooltip_font = Fixed 8
tooltip_font_color = #EAB93D 100
.conkyrc
# font
use_xft yes
xftfont Sazanami Mincho:size=9
override_utf8_locale yes
# colors
default_color eab93d
own_window_colour 000000
# minimum size of text area
minimum_size 1920 0
# inner margin
border_inner_margin 0
# position
gap_x 0
gap_y 0
# avoid flicker
double_buffer yes
# options
own_window yes
own_window_transparent no
own_window_type override
alignment bottom_left
background yes
update_interval 2
use_spacer none
# minimum size of text area
minimum_size 1920 0
TEXT
${alignc}${color ffffff}${if_match "${mpd_status}"=="Playing"} $mpd_smart$else${mpd_status}$endif}${color} ${color 353535}|${color} Uptime: ${color ffffff}${uptime_short}${color} ${color 353535}|${color} CPU0=${color ffffff}${cpu cpu1}% ${color 353535}-${color} ${color ffffff}${freq 1}MHz${color} CPU1=${color ffffff}${cpu cpu2}% ${color 353535}-${color} ${color ffffff}${freq 2}MHz${color} ${color 353535}|${color} /: ${color ffffff}${fs_free /}${color} /tmp: ${color ffffff}${fs_free /tmp}${color} /home: ${color ffffff}/${fs_free /home}${color} ${color 353535}|${color} Down: ${color ffffff}${totaldown wlan0}${color} Speed: ${color ffffff}${downspeed wlan0}${color} Up: ${color ffffff}${totalup wlan0}${color} Speed: ${color ffffff}${upspeed wlan0}${color}
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I start compiz with this command because I find fusion-icon too complicated not to work properly with my settings.
~/.xinitrc ... exec ck-launch-session compiz ccp
You can also take a look at compiz-alone-utils in AUR.
Last edited by Unia (2011-07-10 07:54:50)
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Hello, just been working on some wallpapers. Compiz brings us a cube. So i wanted a 3-D image and it should be arch-related. Could not find one so i created my Arch logo in 3D. Still al lot of work in progress to try several variants.
Archlinux-3D-clean
Archlinux-3D-dirty
Archlinux + Compiz + glx-dock + gthumb + Equinox3D
Hope you like them, any suggestions for improvement are welcome.
By the way: some more information available
at my website
here a thumb:
Last edited by henkidefix (2011-09-02 20:36:34)
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Unia - What menu are you using that looks transparent?
Like the one from this post:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 68#p913168
Last edited by hobbyhack (2011-09-02 21:25:56)
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Unia - What menu are you using that looks transparent?
Like the one from this post:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 68#p913168
That's an error from scrot. I took the screenshot too fast, so what you see there is the fading effect. I'm sorry
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Hi unia I'm trying to follow your example and starting using gtk3 apps where possible.. I've just switched to Marlin from Thunar for filemanager and from lxappearance2 to lxappearance-git.. but it doesn't seems to save te correct theme settings, what do you use for managing gtk3 themes?
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Currently there's a bug in LXappearance (which you can just use from the main Arch repo's, btw); take a look here:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=125540
For now, it's best to change your GTK3 themes manually, see here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gn … ttings.ini
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yeah I just fixed lxappearance-git with that patch, now it works, thank you
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Hi there,
i`ve just switched to archlinux but i`m still not sure how to built up my desktop. I stumbled across this thread and i think i like the idea of a standalone desktop with compiz.
But so far i`ve some problems and questions. Maybe someone here can give me a hint:
All panels i`ve tried so far (awn,xfce4-panel,lxpanel,fbpanel) are not able to display only the windows from the current desktop in the taskpanel. I`ve set "virtual desktops" in ccsm to "2" and vertical desktops to "2" too. As far as i know, at least awn and xfc4-panel should be capable of compiz virtual desktops. Any suggestions?
Another question is: What do i have to configure my self when i`m not using a full DE? How do you mount e.g. USB devices? What other things do i have to keep in mind, when using standalone compiz?
I`m thankful for any answers
PS: Here`s my relevant config so far, if you want to have a look at other configs, just give me a note:
/etc/slim.com
# Path, X server and arguments (if needed)
# Note: -xauth $authfile is automatically appended
default_path /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
default_xserver /usr/bin/X
xserver_arguments -nolisten tcp vt07
# Commands for halt, login, etc.
halt_cmd /sbin/shutdown -h now
reboot_cmd /sbin/shutdown -r now
console_cmd /usr/bin/xterm -C -fg white -bg black +sb -T "Console login" -e /bin/sh -c "/bin/cat /etc/issue; exec /bin/login"
#suspend_cmd /usr/sbin/suspend
# Full path to the xauth binary
xauth_path /usr/bin/xauth
# Xauth file for server
authfile /var/run/slim.auth
# Activate numlock when slim starts. Valid values: on|off
# numlock on
# Hide the mouse cursor (note: does not work with some WMs).
# Valid values: true|false
# hidecursor false
# This command is executed after a succesful login.
# you can place the %session and %theme variables
# to handle launching of specific commands in .xinitrc
# depending of chosen session and slim theme
#
# NOTE: if your system does not have bash you need
# to adjust the command according to your preferred shell,
# i.e. for freebsd use:
# login_cmd exec /bin/sh - ~/.xinitrc %session
login_cmd exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session
# Commands executed when starting and exiting a session.
# They can be used for registering a X11 session with
# sessreg. You can use the %user variable
#
# sessionstart_cmd some command
# sessionstop_cmd some command
# Start in daemon mode. Valid values: yes | no
# Note that this can be overriden by the command line
# options "-d" and "-nodaemon"
# daemon yes
# Available sessions (first one is the default).
# The current chosen session name is replaced in the login_cmd
# above, so your login command can handle different sessions.
# see the xinitrc.sample file shipped with slim sources
sessions compiz,lxde,xfce4
# Executed when pressing F11 (requires imagemagick)
screenshot_cmd import -window root /slim.png
# welcome message. Available variables: %host, %domain
welcome_msg Welcome to %host
# Session message. Prepended to the session name when pressing F1
# session_msg Session:
# shutdown / reboot messages
shutdown_msg The system is halting...
reboot_msg The system is rebooting...
# default user, leave blank or remove this line
# for avoid pre-loading the username.
#default_user simone
# Focus the password field on start when default_user is set
# Set to "yes" to enable this feature
#focus_password no
# Automatically login the default user (without entering
# the password. Set to "yes" to enable this feature
#auto_login no
# current theme, use comma separated list to specify a set to
# randomly choose from
current_theme archlinux-darch-white
# Lock file
lockfile /var/lock/slim.lock
# Log file
logfile /var/log/slim.log
~/.xinitrc
#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
[ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
done
unset f
fi
# exec gnome-session
# exec startkde
# exec startxfce4
# ...or the Window Manager of your choice
#ck-launch-session startxfce4
#xterm &
#ck-launch-session compiz ccp
DEFAULT_SESSION=startlxde
case $1 in
xfce4)
exec ck-launch-session startxfce4
;;
lxde)
exec ck-launch-session startlxde
;;
compiz)
exec ck-launch-session compiz ccp
;;
*)
exec $DEFAULT_SESSION
;;
esac
Thanks in advance,
robert
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