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Share Your Desktop!

  • 03-03-2017 09:05PM
    #1
    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,242 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    I thought I'd post this, as I see an awful lot of these pop up in Linux Groups on Facebook and thought it might be of interest to some here.

    410827.png


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  • #2
    opus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,132 ✭✭✭opus


    Nothing too exciting going on in my desktop although Variety changes the background every 20 mins or so.

    2lo1ag0.jpg


  • #3
    Worztron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,995 ✭✭✭Worztron


    2 Fedora setups. Are they both MATE?

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • #4
    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,242 Mod ✭✭✭✭L.Jenkins


    Mine is Cinnamon


  • #5
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,216 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose 


    # uname -a
AIX lameduck 1 6 00C7A4264C00
# ulimit
unlimited
#


  • #6
    opus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,132 ✭✭✭opus


    Worztron wrote: »
    2 Fedora setups. Are they both MATE?

    Yup MATE for me, used to use Cinnamon after Gnome went to the dark side but it took to crashing regularly in some previous version of Fedora so I hopped over to MATE & haven't looked back.


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  • #7
    Worztron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,995 ✭✭✭Worztron


    opus wrote: »
    Yup MATE for me, used to use Cinnamon after Gnome went to the dark side but it took to crashing regularly in some previous version of Fedora so I hopped over to MATE & haven't looked back.

    I never liked Cinnamon -- it reminded me too much of KDE. I started my Linux journey on Gnome2 and the switch to MATE was a natural step. :-)

    Just wondering -- do you upgrade with each Fedora release or do you do a fresh install? I use Debian Stable.

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • #8
    opus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,132 ✭✭✭opus


    Worztron wrote: »
    Just wondering -- do you upgrade with each Fedora release or do you do a fresh install? I use Debian Stable.

    Clean install via kickstart each time as I need to be using as an identical install as possible to the other punters at work.


  • #9
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,951 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojLiUdj6I0M


  • #10
    me_irl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭me_irl


    Johnboy1951 wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojLiUdj6I0M

    That's not your desktop, it's just a 12 year old going through why his is so 1337 h@X0rz.

    By the way, for people watching it, mute!

    I'm not at home, but am running Peppermint 7 (will attach a screenshot later).

    No other themepacks or iconpacks installed. Quite boring really! (aw)

    EDIT... as I said "boring"

    Oj1wxsG.png


  • #11
    source
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,361 ✭✭✭source


    A very very very vanilla install of ubuntu 16.10.

    I just re-installed after trying out gnome and mate. Mate was great to go back to the gnome 2 style desktop, but I found I have become too used to unity and found it hard to go back to it.

    411287.jpg


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  • #12
    Keplar240B
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 888 ✭✭✭Keplar240B


    Arch Linux with XFCE desktop environment

    uc?export=download&id=0B3_RVJ50UWFAb2RHSU1MNFdfbE0


  • #13
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74,611 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    jimgoose wrote: »
    # uname -a
AIX lameduck 1 6 00C7A4264C00
# ulimit
unlimited
#

    I can out-obscure that with stuff I have to support...
     Welcome to HP OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 Operating System, Version V8.4

    *shudder*


  • #14
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,216 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    L1011 wrote: »
    I can out-obscure that with stuff I have to support...
     Welcome to HP OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 Operating System, Version V8.4

    *shudder*

    No problem: STOP /ALL

    :D


  • #15
    PropJoe10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,481 ✭✭✭PropJoe10


    411684.pngArch Linux with Cinnamon desktop environment on this laptop


  • #16
    Worztron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,995 ✭✭✭Worztron


    411744.jpg

    I censored some personal/sensitive info. ;-)

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • #17
    PropJoe10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,481 ✭✭✭PropJoe10


    Worztron wrote: »
    411744.jpg

    I censored some personal/sensitive info. ;-)

    Love the desktop background! :D


  • #18
    Worztron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,995 ✭✭✭Worztron


    PropJoe10 wrote: »
    Love the desktop background! :D

    Thank you Joe. It's The Lord of the Rings.

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • #19
    PropJoe10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,481 ✭✭✭PropJoe10


    Worztron wrote: »
    Thank you Joe. It's The Lord of the Rings.

    Yeah I got that. Thanks though ;)


  • #20
    Worztron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,995 ✭✭✭Worztron


    PropJoe10 wrote: »
    Yeah I got that. Thanks though ;)

    It could have been The Hobbit. ;-)

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



  • #21
    PropJoe10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,481 ✭✭✭PropJoe10


    411825.jpgDebian Jessie with MATE 1.8.1 and Variety wallpaper changer on my Mac Pro 1,1.


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  • #22
    me_irl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭me_irl


    PropJoe10 wrote: »
    Debian Jessie with MATE 1.8.1 and Variety wallpaper changer on my Mac Pro 1,1.

    Sorry if this is off topic, but why Iron and not Chromium?

    I thought SRWare were caught out with being dubious about their code (would be handy with a source link, but can't find the article!)


  • #23
    PropJoe10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,481 ✭✭✭PropJoe10


    me_irl wrote: »
    Sorry if this is off topic, but why Iron and not Chromium?

    I thought SRWare were caught out with being dubious about their code (would be handy with a source link, but can't find the article!)

    No specific reason really, just remembered using Iron a few years back and thought I'd give it another go. Hadnt heard that about their source code, if you can find a link to an article on that I'll check it out! :D


  • #24
    me_irl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭me_irl


    PropJoe10 wrote: »
    No specific reason really, just remembered using Iron a few years back and thought I'd give it another go. Hadnt heard that about their source code, if you can find a link to an article on that I'll check it out! :D

    Found this (quite old so can't attest to any changes that were made since)... http://www.insanitybit.com/2012/06/23/srware-iron-browser-a-real-private-alternative-to-chrome-21/

    I went from using Iron, to Firefox, to Brave (really recommend that!), to Vivaldi, to Opera to Chroimium. So my current browser setup is Firefox + Chromium with Brave installed just to see how it fares.


  • #25
    PropJoe10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,481 ✭✭✭PropJoe10


    me_irl wrote: »
    Found this (quite old so can't attest to any changes that were made since)... http://www.insanitybit.com/2012/06/23/srware-iron-browser-a-real-private-alternative-to-chrome-21/

    I went from using Iron, to Firefox, to Brave (really recommend that!), to Vivaldi, to Opera to Chroimium. So my current browser setup is Firefox + Chromium with Brave installed just to see how it fares.

    Cheers, never heard of Brave. Will check it out. I'm a bit of a browser hopper myself, always used Firefox but it seems to get slower and slower over the years. Chromium is always a solid choice. Vivaldi always intrigued me but I never really gave it a proper go!


  • #26
    Anesthetize
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭Anesthetize


    Screenshot%20from%202017-04-11%2022-14-44.png

    Mint 18


  • #27
    Worztron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,995 ✭✭✭Worztron


    @Anesthetize Very nice setup there.

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



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