{"id":685,"date":"2008-11-24T15:42:29","date_gmt":"2008-11-24T20:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/news\/?p=685"},"modified":"2009-02-09T12:20:39","modified_gmt":"2009-02-09T17:20:39","slug":"my-linux-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/news\/2008\/my-linux-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"My linux desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What do I want out of my linux desktop?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Full access to any KDE and Gnome applications I need<\/li>\n<li>Ability to devote 100% of my real estate to what I&#8217;m working on<\/li>\n<li>Keyboard shortcuts for every common task<\/li>\n<li>Fast access to multiple workspaces<\/li>\n<li>Quick access to system monitors, date and time (and perhaps rss, weather&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>Prettiness \ud83d\ude1b<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Fluxbox has delivered this functionality with great efficiency.  That&#8217;s a mixed blessing &#8211; I haven&#8217;t had a need to shop around, so I&#8217;m not sure if there&#8217;s something I&#8217;m missing out on.  Certainly compiz-fusion will be a blast to play with some day, albeit not (yet) necessary.  A lot of my linux friends have defected to Macs, but that&#8217;s too rich for my blood.  Go ahead and rant at me if you&#8217;re from another desktop planet.  I&#8217;m eternally curious.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m using the following with fluxbox to keep me happy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/themes.freshmeat.net\/projects\/yax\/\">YAX theme<\/a><\/li>\n<li>slit apps: gkrellm, wmsmixer, wmtop, wmweather+ (replace this!)<\/li>\n<li>a tricky fluxbox keyboard macro to allow me to pop up the &#8220;slit&#8221; sidebar &#8211; I believe you need fluxbox 1.1.1 or better to do this:\n<pre><code># MDM Key to toggle autohide of slit.  Pop it!\r\nNone F10 :ToggleCmd {MacroCmd {SetResourceValue session.screen0.slit.autoHide false} {Reconfigure}} {MacroCmd {SetResourceValue session.screen0.slit.autoHide true} {Reconfigure}}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>conky; really sweet looking, but sits on the desktop, which I hardly ever see; I keep it simple (date, time, machine name)<\/li>\n<li>and of course, a custom background and customized keys, menu and startup config files<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>UPDATE: I got Hua to play with compiz-fusion on his new laptop, so I could live vicariously.  3D cubes with windows hovered by z-order, cylinders, flipping windows stuck back-to-back&#8230; now I&#8217;m burning with desire.  But it sounds like I won&#8217;t be able to use fluxbox with it, so I&#8217;ll have to save that project for a rainy day for now&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do I want out of my linux desktop? 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