Thread: [Linux] Show and Tell

2009 Linux Desktop Show and Tell
This thread is all about showing off your desktop configuration. If you can, please make links to the wallpapers, and write a quick list of apps you have (ie. AWN, Conky, gDesklets).

I have just finished building mine:
Installed:
AWN (Avant Window Navigator in Synaptic)
Conky (sudo apt-get install conky)
gDesklets (Add/Remove Programs)

My panels are just white with transparency.
Wallpaper:
Here

Spoiler for Large Image:

Also, if you have Conky installed, post your .conyrc here.

My .conkyrc:

Spoiler for .conkyrc:

Code:

# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background no
own_window transparent yes
cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 2

out_to_console no

# X font when Xft is disabled, you can pick one with program xfontsel
#font 7x12
#font 6x10
#font 7x13
#font 8x13
#font 7x12
#font *mintsmild.se*
#font -*-*-*-*-*-*-34-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
#font -artwiz-snap-normal-r-normal-*-*-100-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes

# Xft font when Xft is enabled
xftfont Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:size=8

own_window_transparent no
#own_window_colour hotpink
# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.8

on_bottom yes

# mail spool
mail_spool $MAIL

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1
# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,skip_taskbar
own_window_type override

# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 260 5
maximum_width 240

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders no

# border margins
border_margin 4

# border width
border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color white
default_shade_color white
default_outline_color white

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
alignment top_left
#minimum_size 10 10
gap_x 4
gap_y 1
#alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text

# Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer no

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no

# none, xmms, bmp, audacious, infopipe (default is none)
xmms_player bmp

# boinc (seti) dir
# seti_dir /opt/seti

# Possible variables to be used:
#
#      Variable         Arguments                  Description                
#  acpiacadapter                     ACPI ac adapter state.                   
#  acpifan                           ACPI fan state                           
#  acpitemp                          ACPI temperature.                        
#  adt746xcpu                        CPU temperature from therm_adt746x       
#  adt746xfan                        Fan speed from therm_adt746x             
#  battery           (num)           Remaining capasity in ACPI or APM        
#                                    battery. ACPI battery number can be      
#                                    given as argument (default is BAT0).     
#  buffers                           Amount of memory buffered                
#  cached                            Amount of memory cached                  
#  color             (color)         Change drawing color to color            
#  cpu                               CPU usage in percents                    
#  cpubar            (height)        Bar that shows CPU usage, height is      
#                                    bar's height in pixels                   
#  downspeed         net             Download speed in kilobytes              
#  downspeedf        net             Download speed in kilobytes with one     
#                                    decimal                                  
#  exec              shell command   Executes a shell command and displays    
#                                    the output in torsmo. warning: this      
#                                    takes a lot more resources than other    
#                                    variables. I'd recommend coding wanted   
#                                    behaviour in C and posting a patch :-).  
#  execi             interval, shell Same as exec but with specific interval. 
#                    command         Interval can't be less than              
#                                    update_interval in configuration.        
#  fs_bar            (height), (fs)  Bar that shows how much space is used on 
#                                    a file system. height is the height in   
#                                    pixels. fs is any file on that file      
#                                    system.                                  
#  fs_free           (fs)            Free space on a file system available    
#                                    for users.                               
#  fs_free_perc      (fs)            Free percentage of space on a file       
#                                    system available for users.              
#  fs_size           (fs)            File system size                         
#  fs_used           (fs)            File system used space                   
#  hr                (height)        Horizontal line, height is the height in 
#                                    pixels                                   
#  i2c               (dev), type, n  I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). dev   
#                                    may be omitted if you have only one I2C  
#                                    device. type is either in (or vol)       
#                                    meaning voltage, fan meaning fan or temp 
#                                    meaning temperature. n is number of the  
#                                    sensor. See /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on     
#                                    your local computer.                     
#  kernel                            Kernel version                           
#  loadavg           (1), (2), (3)   System load average, 1 is for past 1     
#                                    minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for   
#                                    past 15 minutes.                         
#  machine                           Machine, i686 for example                
#  mails                             Mail count in mail spool. You can use    
#                                    program like fetchmail to get mails from 
#                                    some server using your favourite         
#                                    protocol. See also new_mails.            
#  mem                               Amount of memory in use                  
#  membar            (height)        Bar that shows amount of memory in use   
#  memmax                            Total amount of memory                   
#  memperc                           Percentage of memory in use              
#  new_mails                         Unread mail count in mail spool.         
#  nodename                          Hostname                                 
#  outlinecolor      (color)         Change outline color                     
#  pre_exec          shell command   Executes a shell command one time before 
#                                    torsmo displays anything and puts output 
#                                    as text.                                 
#  processes                         Total processes (sleeping and running)   
#  running_processes                 Running processes (not sleeping),        
#                                    requires Linux 2.6                       
#  shadecolor        (color)         Change shading color                     
#  stippled_hr       (space),        Stippled (dashed) horizontal line        
#                    (height)        
#  swapbar           (height)        Bar that shows amount of swap in use     
#  swap                              Amount of swap in use                    
#  swapmax                           Total amount of swap                     
#  swapperc                          Percentage of swap in use                
#  sysname                           System name, Linux for example           
#  time              (format)        Local time, see man strftime to get more 
#                                    information about format                 
#  totaldown         net             Total download, overflows at 4 GB on     
#                                    Linux with 32-bit arch and there doesn't 
#                                    seem to be a way to know how many times  
#                                    it has already done that before torsmo   
#                                    has started.                             
#  totalup           net             Total upload, this one too, may overflow 
#  updates                           Number of updates (for debugging)        
#  upspeed           net             Upload speed in kilobytes                
#  upspeedf          net             Upload speed in kilobytes with one       
#                                    decimal                                  
#  uptime                            Uptime                                   
#  uptime_short                      Uptime in a shorter format               
#
#  seti_prog                         Seti@home current progress
#  seti_progbar      (height)        Seti@home current progress bar
#  seti_credit                       Seti@hoome total user credit


# variable is given either in format $variable or in ${variable}. Latter
# allows characters right after the variable and must be used in network
# stuff because of an argument
#${font Dungeon:style=Bold:pixelsize=10}I can change the font as well
#${font Verdana:size=10}as many times as I choose
#${font Perry:size=10}Including UTF-8,
# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen
#${font Grunge:size=12}${time %a  %b  %d}${alignr -25}${time %k:%M}

TEXT
${color lightgrey}$sysname $kernel $machine - $nodename 

${color lightgrey}Uptime:${color lightgrey} $uptime ${color lightgrey} Load:${color lightgrey} $loadavg

${color lightgrey}${execi 1000 cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name' | sed -e 's/model name.*: //'} ${color lightgrey}${freq_dyn}Mhz
${color lightgrey}Usage:${color lightgrey} ${color lightgrey}${cpu}% ${color lightgrey}${cpubar}
${color lightgrey}${cpugraph 000000 0077ff}
${color lightgrey}Proces:${color lightgrey} $processes  ${color lightgrey}Run:${color lightgrey} $running_processes ${color lightgrey}CPU:${color lightgrey} ${i2c temp 2}C${color lightgrey} ${color lightgrey}MB:${color lightgrey} ${i2c temp 1}C

${color lightgrey}RAM:${color lightgrey} $mem/$memmax - $memperc% ${alignr}${color lightgrey}${membar 5,110}
${color lightgrey}SWP:${color lightgrey} $swap/$swapmax - $swapperc% ${alignr}${color lightgrey}${swapbar 5,110}

${color lightgrey}HD IO: ${color lightgrey}${diskio} ${alignr}${color lightgrey}Temperature: ${color lightgrey}${execi 10 /home/admin/.bin/hddconky}C
${color lightgrey}${diskiograph 000000 white}

${color lightgrey}Hard Disks:
${color lightgrey} Root ${color lightgrey}${fs_used /}/${fs_size /}${alignr}${color lightgrey}${fs_bar 5,120 /}
${color lightgrey} Home ${color lightgrey}${fs_used /home}/${fs_size /home}${alignr}${color lightgrey}${fs_bar 5,120 /home}
${color lightgrey} Data ${color lightgrey}${fs_used /media/data}/${fs_size /media/data}${alignr}${color lightgrey}${fs_bar 5,120 /media/data}

${color lightgrey}CPU Usage         PID     CPU%   MEM%
${color lightgrey} ${top name 1} ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 2} ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
${color lightgrey} ${top name 3} ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}
${color lightgrey}Mem Usage
${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 1} ${top_mem pid 1} ${top_mem cpu 1} ${top_mem mem 1}
${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 2} ${top_mem pid 2} ${top_mem cpu 2} ${top_mem mem 2}
${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 3} ${top_mem pid 3} ${top_mem cpu 3} ${top_mem mem 3}

${color lightgrey}Network: ${color lightgrey}${addr eth0}

${color lightgrey}Down:${color lightgrey} ${downspeed eth0} k/s $alignr${color lightgrey} Up:${color lightgrey} ${upspeed eth0} k/s
${color lightgrey}${downspeedgraph eth0 27,120 000000 0077ff 180} $alignr${color lightgrey}${upspeedgraph eth0 27,120 000000 0077ff 25}
${color lightgrey}${totaldown eth0}           $alignr${color lightgrey}${totalup eth0}

${color lightgrey}Port(s)${alignr}#Connections
${color lightgrey}Inbound: ${color lightgrey}${tcp_portmon 1 32767 count}  ${color lightgrey}Outbound: ${color lightgrey}${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 count}${alignr}${color lightgrey}Total: ${color lightgrey}${tcp_portmon 1 65535 count}

${color lightgrey}Inbound Connection ${alignr} Local Service/Port${color lightgrey}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 rhost 0} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 lservice 0}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 rhost 1} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 lservice 1}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 rhost 2} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 lservice 2}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 rhost 3} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 lservice 3}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 rhost 4} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 lservice 4}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 rhost 5} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 lservice 5}
 ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 rhost 6} ${alignr} ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 lservice 6}

pretty much all i used was compiz, xchat, pidgin, firefox

heres one of my more showy configs for linux
http://dakun.art-pulse.net/screens/screenshot64.png

heres my most recent, ive made minor changes since this one
this shot is of compiz with expo active
http://dakun.art-pulse.net/screens/screenshot76.png

Nice. I like the first one. Where do you find your apps with that though? Are they all set to start on bootup?

I rarely trick out my desktop to be honest
(I'm a simple guy with simple needs....)

I've played around with conky & the various widget packages
but tbh, I've always enjoyed just a stock Gnome setup

so,
probably the most unexciting entry in the show & tell

http://www.snoopy.force9.co.uk/zz/01.png

No idea where I got the wallpaper from,
it's just a Gnome flaming foot

Woah, very original Ynot

When I get mine working you guys are gonna have to tell me how to trick out my Linux

I'll help you. When are you installing?

See how boring?
I really need to pimp it out.

Themes
The general look & feel

http://www.gnome-look.org/
Good resource for different themes, etc.

You'll want either GTK2 themes, or Metacity themes

Metacity just deals with the window borders (inc. top title bars of windows)

GTK2 themes do the whole kaboodle
They'll theme any combination of:
- Window borders (inc. top title bars)
- Panels
- Icons
- Wallpaper
- Login screen
- Startup / shutdown splash screens

Download a theme (it'll be a tar.gz file)
open up the appearance preferences (System > Preferences > Appearance)
Drag & drop the theme file into the Theme window


Compiz Effects
The 3D desktop stuff

In addition to themes, you can change how your desktop operates
including so called 3D effects
You'll need to have a GPU accelerated graphics card for this

Enable Compiz
System > Preferences > Appearance
under the "Visual Effects" tab, set to normal or extra

Install the compizconfig-settings-manager
Open up Synaptic
System > Admin > Synaptic
Search for the compizconfig-settings-manager
Install

compizconfig-settings-manager now under System > Preferences
you can play all day with the different plugins & settings

wow...thanks Ynot...Compiz was really simple to find, yet I overlooked it about a thousand times. thanks.

There's also a load of things you can put in the panels
right click on the top panel, and click "Add to panel"

You can also get really into customisation, and install different apps
Conky, AWN, gdesklets, etc.