So you’ve followed the latest series on KDE 4.5 (see Ghacks KDE 4.5 content) and you are now using the spectacular latest release from the KDE team. You want to use Compiz, but quickly realize that it is not necessary as KDE has it’s own built-in compositing effects. What you will find is that the [...]

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Recently I had a request to illustrate how I managed to get a particular theme working in GNOME. The article referenced was my article on “What will Ubuntu 10.04 bring to the table“. The image in that article was using a number of cool tricks to get the look they had. So I thought I [...]

Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic

So you’re enjoy the series on Xfce4. What’s more, you’re enjoying Xfce4 itself! It’s a fantastic desktop environment that should get far more attention than it does. And because Xfce 4 is so lightweight, you might get the idea that you could easily add more to it and hardly feel the hit. You are very [...]

Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Software, Tutorials Basic

Recently I covered the addition of RGBA support in Ubuntu (see my article “Enable RGBA support in Ubuntu“). I’ve had a lot of people contact me about various tweaks to that desktop to further refine the look. So I thought I would take the time to show you just how to tweak a Ubuntu desktop [...]

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As I have said repeated, I like eye candy. One of the aspects of eye candy I like more than any other is transparency. With the right Linux desktop there is almost no limit on how you can configure the look and feel of your desktop. And that means you can  have as transparent a [...]

Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic

I am a fan of eye candy. I have been for a long time. And, thankfully, Linux does eye candy better than any other operating system. Windows Aero? Linux has been doing that for year. Transparency? Linux has had that for years. And with Linux there are so many ways to add eye candy to [...]

Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Software, Tutorials Basic