The Official Linux/Unix Desktop Screenshots Megathread

lexluthermiester · Dec 21, 2023

remixedcat said:
Thanks! I use cinnamon so those are cinnamon desklets...
cpu ones
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Are they Cinnamon only or can they be used on XFCE as well?

Ja.KooLit · Dec 21, 2023

remixedcat · Dec 21, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
Are they Cinnamon only or can they be used on XFCE as well?

nope I tried and gave up on that lol sucks... cuz xfce is lean and nice

lexluthermiester · Dec 21, 2023

remixedcat said:
nope I tried and gave up on that lol sucks... cuz xfce is lean and nice

Yeah that does suck. I love XFCE for the reasons you just stated. I also like the interface better. It just "feels" better to me. However, we're meandering from topic a bit, so I digress.

lambda · Dec 21, 2023

An old setup inside a VM (Xubuntu/XFCE) with a simple theme (Dracula iirc).

I have since moved to a mostly stock Ubuntu (Gnome) system.

remixedcat · Dec 22, 2023

omg omg omg

wNotyarD · Dec 22, 2023

remixedcat said:
omg omg omg
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Good old customizability. Reminds me of when I used OpenSUSE KDE (KDE 4.xx at the time), so heavily customized that made some classmates of mine (when I was still studying computer engineering) be awed and asking me what sorcery that was. Every Linux I used since then (until Garuda) I used as vanilla as possible (and MATE is great as that, as simple as can be), because that OpenSUSE got me a little tired hahaha

remixedcat · Dec 22, 2023

wNotyarD said:
Good old customizability. Reminds me of when I used OpenSUSE KDE (KDE 4.xx at the time), so heavily customized that made some classmates of mine (when I was still studying computer engineering) be awed and asking me what sorcery that was. Every Linux I used since then (until Garuda) I used as vanilla as possible (and MATE is great as that, as simple as can be), because that OpenSUSE got me a little tired hahaha

I got bored of the too close to default look lol...

wNotyarD · Dec 22, 2023

remixedcat said:
I got bored of the too close to default look lol...

It's a cycle hahahahaha

remixedcat · Dec 23, 2023

Prettyfied my main rig to match my laptop!!!

SchumannFrequency · Dec 26, 2023

GhostBSD and MATE

remixedcat · Dec 26, 2023

SchumannFrequency said:
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GhostBSD and MATE

Mate is cool but it's not as lean as gnome 2 was..

Tried it on a Lenovo x140e netbook and it was very laggy... what's the specs on that system you got it on??

SchumannFrequency · Dec 26, 2023

remixedcat said:
Mate is cool but it's not as lean as gnome 2 was..

This was what the latest versions of GNOME 2 looked like.

I would say that MATE is functionally an exact copy of GNOME 2.
However, GNOME 2 did have the advantage that you could use emerald themes, which sometimes had quite spectacular looks.

Tried it on a Lenovo x140e netbook and it was very laggy... what's the specs on that system you got it on??

Intel 12600KF -- Kingston dual-channel CL40 @6000 -- GTX 650 1GB -- EVO 850 500GB

The experience is very snappy on this hardware, especially for file browsing.
For loading folders that contain hundreds of other folders or files on ZFS drives, I don't notice any difference in experience with XFS or F2FS.

remixedcat · Dec 26, 2023

I had some very nice emerald/beryl themes on gnome 2 back in the day!! I'll have to see if I can find my old screenshots...

lexluthermiester · Dec 26, 2023

SchumannFrequency said:
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GhostBSD and MATE

I wasn't aware Mate could be installed on BSD. Interesting.

Super Firm Tofu · Dec 27, 2023

Back to Debian. Back to Cinnamon.

SchumannFrequency · Dec 27, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
I wasn't aware Mate could be installed on BSD. Interesting.

GhostBSD and FreeBSD are rich in software. In terms of desktop environments and window managers, you have 90% of the capabilities of Ubuntu, Fedora and Arch Linux.

GhostBSD and FreeBSD have more capabilities in this area than e.g. Alpine Linux and Clear Linux. This may still make sense since Alpine and Clear do not focus on desktop.
But GhostBSD and FreeBSD also have bspwm and PeKWM, although mageia, a desktop Linux system, does not have these window managers.

Although Ubuntu is the most popular system for the cloud, there are many popular and important packages that are easier to install on FreeBSD than on Ubuntu. For example, Nextcloud used to be fairly cumbersome to run on Ubuntu. Whereas installing Nextcloud on TrueNAS and FreeBSD is child's play.

Timbaloo · Dec 27, 2023

Ja.KooLit said:
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Which bar is that? eww?

lexluthermiester · Dec 27, 2023

Timbaloo said:
Which bar is that? eww?

Why is that "eww"?

remixedcat · Dec 27, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
Why is that "eww"?

This!! I think it looks cool

Super Firm Tofu · Dec 27, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
Why is that "eww"?

remixedcat said:
This!! I think it looks cool

GitHub - elkowar/eww: ElKowars wacky widgets

ElKowars wacky widgets. Contribute to elkowar/eww development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

remixedcat · Dec 27, 2023

Super Firm Tofu said:
GitHub - elkowar/eww: ElKowars wacky widgets

ElKowars wacky widgets. Contribute to elkowar/eww development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

so it's an ackronym lol

Ja.KooLit · Dec 28, 2023

Timbaloo said:
Which bar is that? eww?

Its waybar

Its alot easier to move it around.. be it on top side, bottom, left or combination

Plus, I have tried ewww before and its too complicated for me to understand lmao

Timbaloo · Dec 28, 2023

I might have to check your dots then

Ja.KooLit · Dec 28, 2023

Timbaloo said:
I might have to check your dots then

cool. let me know if any improvements needed... atm, still on dunst.. but I am changing over to swaync for notification

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