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LunarCry

07-13-2002, 05:15 PM

Wanted to know where to get good backgrounds and how to make menus and the terminal transparent, float, ect...

example http://greenridge.sourceforge.net/crap/bbshot4.jpg

Any

07-13-2002, 05:27 PM

Im not too sure about the transparent menus, but http://www.kde-look.org is supposed to be good for backgrounds and what not.
Or you could look at http://www.themexp.org (should i say that?) for some nice backgrounds.

fancypiper

07-13-2002, 05:36 PM

That lools like a blackbox wm. Check out Fluxbox (http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/), which has tabs as well.

You may have to compile it from source, though. I am using it in Gentoo

Get both fluxbox and fluxconf and that gives you some menus and themes to start with.

Gnome and kde are so klunky and awkward after I switched to fluxbox.

nomo_green

07-13-2002, 07:03 PM

try Eterm http://www.eterm.org/
supports transparency and more, my favorite

some free cool wallpapers can be found here
http://www.digitalblasphemy.com/dbhome.shtml
scroll around to find the free galleries

also, for the added 31337 factor, try gkrellm. looks cool and is very functional.
http://web.wt.net/~billw/gkrellm/gkrellm.html

i guess i might add enlightenment wm is sweet. if you want to customise, try enlightenment.

hope this helps to hide your newbie-ness

:D

bdl

07-13-2002, 07:55 PM

If ya don't want to look like a newbie, just use the console. :)

LunarCry

07-13-2002, 10:34 PM

thanks...i gota check all this stuff out

Tequila

07-13-2002, 11:35 PM

I like Aterm much more than Eterm. Give it a try at: http://aterm.sourceforge.net/

danrees

07-14-2002, 04:54 AM

There is no question about it.

Deviantart (http://www.deviantart.com) :cool:

LunarCry

07-14-2002, 02:12 PM

which would bring me to my next question...how do i disable GNOME to run...say...Flush box

DiscoStoo

07-14-2002, 02:24 PM

Ahh, that's my screenshot :)! I can tell ya, use aterm for a terminal, use Blackbox (blackboxwm.sourceforge.net) as a window manager, and get your backgrounds at deviantart.com. At least that's what I do...

Installing Blackbox (or Fluxbox or Waimea or whatever) is different depending on how you start X. Generally you just stick "exec blackbox" in your ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession, depending on whether you use init 3 or not.

LunarCry

07-14-2002, 02:36 PM

Originally posted by DiscoStoo
Ahh, that's my screenshot :)!

I know...I was hoping you would come and reply :D