What does your desktop look like?

[viking60]

Now I am curious That really looks great. I want a ring switcher. How do I get one?

[dedanna1029]

Install and start fusion-icon. Right-click it and go to "Settings Manager", which will start CCSM. Then go, CCSM-->Window Management-->Turn on "Ring Switcher" - "Shift switcher" is also there.

Tell it to ignore conflicts BUT, have only one at a time turned on.

[viking60]

What is <Super>Tab?

[dedanna1029]

The Windows key + Tab key combo.

[viking60]

Thanks! No reaction to anything here What is supposed to happen? AH got it! Need more
Nice Great stuff this Linux thing. If people think Windows looks good - then they must be in heaven with Linux

I will have to document my success with a video - How on earth did you manage your snapshots?

[dedanna1029]

Applications-->Accessories-->Take screenshot-->Time to anywhere from 10-20 seconds, depending on what I'm doing. Un-tick "Include pointer".

Very nice video, btw.

Oh! BTW: http://wiki.compiz.org/Decorators/Emerald

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yum install emerald emerald-themes

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pacman -Syu emerald emerald-themes

Then, quit fusion-icon and reload it.

Play.

That should explain a bit more to you about what Joste & I did. He did the work, we both did the playing & ended up with matching themes. LOL.

[viking60]

Thanks! You are good at this stuff! I have always used ALT+print screen (Active Window) or print screen for the desktop. That did not work here.



Must find that program in Mandriva now.
Emerald I have had installed for ages - the themes too.
Edit:
Found it Here is my Mandriva desktop:

[dedanna1029]

Yeah, alt+prnt screen won't work in compiz.

Glad you found the "Take Screenshot" - for future reference it's "gnome-screenshot", which is part of gnome-utils:

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$ yum info gnome-utils
Installed Packages
Name        : gnome-utils
Arch        : i686
Epoch       : 1
Version     : 2.30.0
Release     : 1.fc13
Size        : 11 M
Repo        : installed
From repo   : anaconda-InstallationRepo-201005130056.i386
Summary     : GNOME utility programs
URL         : http://www.gnome.org
License     : GPLv2+
Description : The gnome-utils package contains a set of small "desk accessory"
            : utility applications for GNOME, such as a dictionary, a disk usage
            : analyzer, a screenshot tool and others.

Another halfway decent one is shutter:

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$ yum info shutter
Available Packages
Name        : shutter
Arch        : noarch
Version     : 0.86.2
Release     : 1.fc13
Size        : 1.3 M
Repo        : updates
Summary     : GTK+ 2.0 screenshot application written in perl
URL         : http://shutter-project.org
License     : GPL+ or Artistic
Description : Shutter is a GTK+ 2.0 screenshot application written in perl.
            : Shutter covers all features of common command line tools like
            : scrot or import and adds reasonable new features combined
            : with a comfortable GUI using the GTK+ 2.0 framework

Both are available in Arch as well.

[viking60]

Yeah, alt+prnt screen won't work in compiz.

Prnt screen does work for the rotating cube:

[dedanna1029]

ooooooo okay! Coooooool! Thanks for the heads up! Nice!

[dedanna1029]

I've switched the two desktops, since I spend more time in Arch. Figured I'd keep my favorite one there.

A few new ones for Fedora:

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Now let's see.

Enjoy.

[dedanna1029]

I can't be the only one who cares about this thread, but guess I am.