How about a Linux gallery?

GarethDW said:
You can definitely use the fancy desktop eye candy stuff on Ubuntu. Most of the stuff posted on here is using the Beryl window manager. There are lots of sites with instructions on getting it working under Ubuntu, just search for it in Google specifying what make video card you're using as it changes slightly depending if you're using Nvidia or ATI.
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I am actually following one of the guides on the ubuntu forums.

I'm at a step where it says edit this file "xorg.conf" - tbh I haven't a clue how the linux filesystem works and it just seems very strange to me.

Where would i locate this file?
 
Unix filesystems don't use the C:\, D:\, A:\ system that Windows uses. All drives are part of a filesystem tree. The location of files as you see them in *** file system doesn't necessarily have to relate to what disk they're on. I can install a hard disk and mount it anywhere I want and when I go to where I mounted it the files on the disk will be there. For instance I can add a hard disk and mount it at /home/bti, my home directory akin to My Documents in Windows, and instantly have more space for my files. This is a very roundabout explanation but I think you'll get the idea.

/ is the root of the filesystem. Everything is there or in a subdirectory of it. your user files are stored in your home directory in /home/Cheetah
xorg.conf is found in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
To edit it open a terminal and type
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
I'll explain what that does. Sudo gives you administrative abilities for the following command. gedit is the name of the graphical text editor, and the path tells it where to find the file to edit.
 
BillytheImpaler said:
Unix filesystems don't use the C:\, D:\, A:\ system that Windows uses. All drives are part of a filesystem tree. The location of files as you see them in *** file system doesn't necessarily have to relate to what disk they're on. I can install a hard disk and mount it anywhere I want and when I go to where I mounted it the files on the disk will be there. For instance I can add a hard disk and mount it at /home/bti, my home directory akin to My Documents in Windows, and instantly have more space for my files. This is a very roundabout explanation but I think you'll get the idea.
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Yeah i understand, another good thing linux has over windows, it could have been made easier though IMO (as in the actual file-tree and directory names)....but thats from the perspective of a windows user.


BillytheImpaler said:
/ is the root of the filesystem. Everything is there or in a subdirectory of it. your user files are stored in your home directory in /home/Cheetah
xorg.conf is found in /etc/X11/xorg.conf
To edit it open a terminal and type
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
I'll explain what that does. Sudo gives you administrative abilities for the following command. gedit is the name of the graphical text editor, and the path tells it where to find the file to edit.
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Ok kool....I take it i have to open all config files this way?....
 
Cheetah Designs said:
Ok kool....I take it i have to open all config files this way?....
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As with anything involving computers there are dozens of ways to accomplish the same task but that's the method I use and I'm pretty happy with it. :)
 
True linux users will cringe, but if you are used to windose and until the terminal doesn't scare you, you can double click on any file, you just get more options. Example if you double click on xorg.conf (you would need to be root) and click the 'display' option it will open the file with a text editor. Same if you double click on a .bin or .sh file and choose 'run in terminal' it will do just that. Dragging files into the terminal window is another good noob tip.
At the end of the day the more you use linux the more you will use the terminal and you soon realize you couldn't do without it, but in the beginning just go with what you know. One step at a time :)

kang0o dons his asbestos pants ready for the flaming :D
 
I'll admit that the *nix file system can be fairly confusing... I wish I could say that once you know it, it all makes sense, but even when you do understand it there are some parts that still don't make sense.

There's a good explanation of it all here - although it seems to be offline right now, so here's Google's cached version.

Here are the most important bits...

/sbin - This directory contains all the binaries that are essential to the working of the system. These include system administration as well as maintenance and hardware configuration programs. Find lilo, fdisk, init,
ifconfig etc here. These are the essential programs that are required by all the users. Another directory that contains system binaries is /usr/sbin. This directory contains other binaries of use to the system administrator. This is where you will find the network daemons for your system along with other binaries that only the system administrator has access to, but which are not required for system maintenance, repair etc.

/bin - In contrast to /sbin, the bin directory contains several useful commands that are used by both the system administrator as well as non-privileged users. This directory usually contains the shells like bash, csh etc. as well as much used commands like cp, mv, rm, cat, ls. There also is /usr/bin, which contains other user binaries. These binaries on the other hand are not essential for the user. The binaries in /bin however, a user cannot do without.

/boot - This directory contains the system.map file as well as the Linux kernel. Lilo places the boot sector backups in this directory.

/dev - This is a very interesting directory that highlights one important characteristic of the Linux filesystem - everything is a file or a directory. Look through this directory and you should see hda1, hda2 etc, which represent the various partitions on the first master drive of the system.

/etc - This directory contains all the configuration files for your system. Under this directory will be X11 sub-directory which contains the configuration files for X. More importantly, the /etc/rc.d directory contains the system startup scripts.

/home - Linux is a multi-user environment so each user is also assigned a specific directory which is accessible only to them and the system administrator. These are the user home directories, which can be found under /home/username.

/lib - This contains all the shared libraries that are required by system programs. Windows equivalent to a shared library would be a DLL file.

/opt - This directory contains all the software and add-on packages that are not part of the default installation.

/usr - This is one of the most important directories in the system as it contains all the user binaries. X and its supporting libraries can be found here. User programs like telnet, ftp etc are also placed here.

/var - This directory contains spooling data like mail and also the output from the printer daemon. The system logs are also kept here in /var/log/messages.
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KangooVanMan said:
True linux users will cringe, but if you are used to windose and until the terminal doesn't scare you, you can double click on any file, you just get more options. Example if you double click on xorg.conf (you would need to be root)

One step at a time :)

kang0o dons his asbestos pants ready for the flaming :D
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Nowt wrong with a double click, especially as Linux interfaces do seem to offer so much choice in how you do things, if that's what you prefer but I suppose the problem is how you edit xorg.conf as root if you're logged on as a normal user.

I have Fedora Core 7 on a desktop machine at the moment, and there was actually no need to edit xorg.conf to install either Compiz-Fusion / Beryl (I tried both) or even the 3d Nvidia driver, or double click anything (i prefer the single-click method :)). To that extent I think it's slightly dissapointing if you have to do any text editing to instal Beryl on Ubuntu (given its ease of use reputation), alhough in the long run it's better for certain people to learn the command line, file structures etc.

Nice asbestos pants but I prefer the lead ones (from a health & safety point of view :p), though they have there drawbacks as they are difficult to move in at a reasonable walking speed, and attract attention in crowded areas ;)
 
I agree you need to learn, but in the beginning it can seem very daunting and if your used to dragging dropping and copy pasting go with what you know.
Like I said the terminal is your friend and once you've mastered a few basics you just couldn't do without it.
I too am using F7 and to install beryl only had to yum install kmod-nvidia-96xx,yum install beryl* . it worked first time off the bat. When I was using FC6 I used the nvidia proprietary driver 9629 and that did need some xorg tinkering. I'm sure there must be a packaged driver for ubuntu.
 
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been playing with Feisty after leaving linux alone for awhile, the desktop feels great compared to a few years back.

Here's some compiz fuzion screens.

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Una said:
September Desktop (Decided to switch to openbox instead of gnome)

http://www.alexjp.com/images/Sept.png[IMG][/QUOTE]

Nice. I think simplistic desktops, and transparency like that works well on bigger resolutions, just seems like so much space.
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It's been a while since this thread was bumped, so I figured I might as well show off my new (for me at leaast) Dell X300 ultraportable.


It's really really slick. With Intel graphics Compiz Fusion worked right out of the box with Ubuntu 7.10. The restricted manager picked up the broadcom wlan card and had it working in 30 seconds. It's tiny, light, and portable. It was cheap too, cheaper than a new Asus Eee PC. I love it.

What you see there is the UbuntuStudio desktop theme with Tango icons and Clearlooks with a Cherry on Top window borders and an Interfacelift wallpaper. I don't like to futz with the UI much since I have so many different boxes I must standardize to some extent. :p


Let's see your desktops these days, lads.
 
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