The Linux Desktop Thread – 3322 days old

[BobGuy]

Post your linux desktop snapshots here.

This is my mandrake 10.0 desktop.
It's installed on my obsolete 1999 abit BP6 dual 366mhz celeron system.

Many thanks to the artists and developers that contribute to the linux community, it's what makes linux so enjoyable to use.

[mlangdn]

Slackware 9.1 2.4.25

[Grogan]

Here's my current one (XFCE4). It's a 1280x1024 png and around 300 kb so I'll just post a link

xfce4_new.png

[Zema Bus]

Slackware 9.1

[Alakazam]

Mandrake 10.0 Official, kernel 2.6.3-7, running KDE 3.2 with transparency enabled. I just got this installed tonight.

[whipat]

that's neat, Zammy, creepy, but neat rest of you guys are looking good also....

[Walden]

here's my Fedora Core2(kde 3.2.2)
borning, i know

[ralpha6]

Looks mighty familiar Zammy, Same exact desktop I have, also with transparancy

[Alakazam]

Neat Ralph, great minds think alike, haha!

[phicks]

This is Mandrake 10.0
Thanks BobGuy

[Alakazam]

With Firefox .9 coming out, I found a wallpaper for it, so here's my MDK DT for now.

[whipat]

[labatts]

not my primary desktop,but kde isn't to bad to play with.

this is :
-kde 3.2.3
-kernel 2.6.7
-slackware current(about 6 packages from being slackware 10 rc1)

[Alakazam]

Looking good whipat & labatts, I think the wife would like that purple wallpaper Miss Whip, I'll have to have a look around for it.

[whipat]

I did it by mistake....I d/l about 30 wallpapers..not one of which I chose....hitting the wrong button...it tooks so long that I'll just use the darned things anyway

[labatts]

xfce my desktop of choice.....

[mlangdn]

All nicely done!

[binskipy2k4]

here's mine, well one of 10 of them

[binskipy2k4]

another of my fav..
suse 9.1 pro

(someday when iget my hardware modem and new scanner ill tackle slack10 and be done with windows)

[whipat]

really like that last one, skipy

[BobGuy]

Time for a wallpaper change.

This time I posted a link to it, the shot is almost a 1 meg... phew.

Camping desktop.

Here is a article for new users, customizing virtual desktops, to help get you going.

[whipat]

way good desktop... and thanks for the article

[ralpha6]

Now that I finally got Linux From Scratch done, here's mine with KDE 3.3

[Lyran]

Hey recently switched to knoppix 3.6

- kernel 2.6.7
- KDE 3.2.1

Heres my desktop:

[Walden]

I like that, but then again i like simple and clean

[Lyran]

ive got the kde effects level at its second lowest so its more responsive.

[ralpha6]

I found a new wallpaper. Can anyone tell me the significance of the picture?

[Alakazam]

Linux is made of parts that need to be put together for the whole kitandkaboodle to work?

[ralpha6]

Nope.

[Zema Bus]

It's simplier and easier to get it working than you'd think? Even for someone with plastic hair and no chin?

[ralpha6]

[Zema Bus]

Oh, now I get it - no Windows!

[Grogan]

To me, it says RTFM

[ralpha6]

nope he's building Linux from scratch.

[BobGuy]

The latest.

For those on dial-up, be forwarned... it's a 1.6MB .png

[Lyran]

Linux wasnt built from scratch it was based on the unix system minix.

[mlangdn]

Originally posted by Lyran
Linux wasnt built from scratch it was based on the unix system minix.

Google "Linux from scratch", then you will see what Ralph was referring to.

[Grogan]

No, minix was just the initial development environment used. See Andrew Tannenbaum's writings:

http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/brown/

It is in fact quite the opposite from what the FUD stooges at the Assholis de Suckville Institute conned you in to believing. Tannenbaum admonished and ridiculed Torvalds for NOT making Linux a microkernel based OS like Minix. Moreover, Minix deliberately was lacking in functionality... it was only ever intended as an educational tool to teach programming concepts.

Get a clue before you spew.

[BigFoot]

Originally posted by Grogan

http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/brown/

Very interesting reading G!!!

Funny how a little education from someone who knows the ‘real’ story can change your whole outlook on the subject.
Thanks for the link… read several pages, will most likely read more.

[Walden]

That was a very good read G, thanks