2 posts tagged “desktop art”
Hi All
Here I go with some more desktop experimentation ; with a little help from some of our Ubuntu users, I found the color gradient secret. Of course, downloading and applying wallpaper is as easy in Linux as it is in Windows. The only thing I have not seen in Windows is the color gradient additive to desktop wallpaper(it might be in some versions of Vista).
Most of the time, the wallpaper I have seen comes in a jpeg file. The one pictured (called Alien One, by Steve Hayhurst) is just such a file, so in order to change it, I opened the file up using the GIMP, went into the layers option --> transparency -- > add alpha channel. Then I select the entire picture, go to layer -- > transparency --> alpha to selection. This makes the picture somewhat transparent so that color gradient will enhance it.
After completing this process on the GIMP, I saved the file as a .png(portable network graphics) So in the instance of the Steve Hayhurst file, the effect of this process changes the above image to this.
Once again, this is just a little experimentation or playing with the software, that I sometimes do just for giggles.
Cheers!
Hi All
Currently, the main issue I am having is some slowdowns when loading the applications(such as Mozilla, Abiword, Open Office etc). The issue started occuring a few weeks ago, sometime after installing java; that might have something to do with it.
Of course, the idea behind XFCE is to have a thin OS that won eat up a lot of systemrecourses. I will get some help from the forums. In the meantime, I will display a snapshot of the desktop itself
The icons I have are a game called Dodgindaimond(which I might remove), files, the terminal and Thunderbird mail client. Most of the time, you can drag and drop icons from the main menu or you can right click and make a launcher. Of course, it has been awhile since I have done that.
One odd thing on this issue. At one point, I closed X and restarted and both panels were gone and I could not start them back up unless I went to the terminal and started them. When the panels were gone, my system was traveling at Warp 9! Therefore, I suspect, the slowdown issue may have something to do with the Xorg.config file. Again, I will post a resolution at a later date.
Still working on Bash. For info on Bash, consult Linuxcommand.org. Its a good starting point.
Cheers
PatrickXFCE.
Update; thanx to another Ubuntu user, I have found a temporary solution. I went to the terminal and typed in killall xfce4-panel and that seems to have stopped the slowdowns. In fact, I have 4 tabs open in Firefox with no signs of any slowdows at all. The user named "Happy Man" said this.
Well, it means gnome-panel has become a memory sink. Perfectly normal for some people; when it happens, open up a terminal and type:
Code:
killall gnome-panel