Unofficial Post Your Linux Mint Desktop Thread

[Lantesh]

Well, did some Googling, got transparent title bar working with Metacity

MagnusB, can you elaborate a little on this. I'm curious as to what exactly you did. How did you get the glossy look on your task bar?

[MagnusB]

Transparent title bar:
Open gconf-editor, then change the values of:
/apps/gwd/metacity_theme_opacity
/apps/gwd/metacity_theme_active_opacity
to your liking.
And my panel is transparent as well, you need to open CCSM, go to general options, then the Opacity settings tab and press on new, then add this to it:

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(type=dock | desktop)

I set mine to 56, though the your background really controls this. I am quite pleased with both how my desktop looks and feels now, seems like Compiz has gotten faster in Hardy/Elyssa

[Lantesh]

I guess where I'm confused is I already have my task bar (or start bar depending on what one calls it) set to be transparent, but it's a flat even transparency. Yours has that nice glossy look.

[MagnusB]

Taskbar is where you the window list is, on my screenshot it is the bottom, title bar is the topmost bar on windows, where the Minimize, Maximize and Close buttons are. As for the glossyness, it is probably my theme, it is called XNTricity, and I am using GNOME.

[mmesantos1]

Here is another screen shot showing my windows borders.

[badmotor 2]

Here is another screen shot showing my windows borders.

That looks great!

[mmesantos1]

Thanks badmotor 2.

[mmesantos1]

New Desktop with Linux Mint Beta 048. Got everything working on this Beta.

[badmotor 2]

New Desktop with Linux Mint Beta 048. Got everything working on this Beta.

I am waiting for the official version of Mint 5, but what extras have you put in there? Is that a standard theme, and is that a new plugin for thunderbird on the right there?

[mmesantos1]

Hey badmotor 2,
Well I added AWN and Emerald. Then downloaded Black-White 2 Gloss icon theme. The downloaded emerald theme is Grey Pearl. I downloaded both the icon and emerald theme from gnome-look.org. The Thunderbird is default from install nothing added.

[badmotor 2]

Hey badmotor 2,
Well I added AWN and Emerald. Then downloaded Black-White 2 Gloss icon theme. The downloaded emerald theme is Grey Pearl. I downloaded both the icon and emerald theme from gnome-look.org. The Thunderbird is default from install nothing added.

Thankyou very much!

[piratesmack]

http://www.vulomedia.com/images/76295Screenshot.png

[MagnusB]

http://www.vulomedia.com/images/76295Screenshot.png

Your CPU is running a bit hot

[piratesmack]

http://www.vulomedia.com/images/76295Screenshot.png

Your CPU is running a bit hot

?
The thing in the top right is my CPU usage. Or are you talking about the bottom right? That's my graphics card temp.

[MagnusB]

Ohh, assumed you had CPU temperature down there, guess it depends on needs

[piratesmack]

Ohh, assumed you had CPU temperature down there, guess it depends on needs

I'm not sure I can trust the temperature it gives me for my CPU, it usually says around 10C. But every hardware monitor I've tried (Both on Windows and Linux) gives me the same results so I'm not sure. My processor does use "Cool n Quiet" and is underclocked by almost 1 GHz most of the time so maybe that's why?

[mmesantos1]

New screen shot using Emerald Smoke theme and a special Anti-Microsoft wallpaper.

[kenetics]

Elyssa final

[deadguy]

very nice Ken

I just installed Elyssa final as well!

it's the best Linux distro ever created in the history of mankind


Cheers,

Deadguy

[kenetics]

it's the best Linux distro ever created in the history of mankind
Deadguy

You may very well be right. I certainly haven't found one that's better.