General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. Year of the Linux Desktop! - Hardware & Software

[QUOTE=srobins;47674382]Where does everybody get such nice looking themes for their desktop environments / window managers? I always see nice, flat, minimalist themes floating around in screenshots but I can never find downloads for anything remotely good looking.[/QUOTE] [URL=http://gnome-look.org/]GNOME Look[/URL] for GTK themes for GTK software. Otherwise, it's just the basic configuration the window manager offers. [URL=http://dotshare.it]DotShare[/URL] has quite a good bit for those window managers. Don't ask me for advice since my desktop [URL=http://i.imgur.com/qoU5P6U.png]came straight from the '90s[/URL]. [editline]e[/editline] But I will [I]personally[/I] end you if you decide on Numix.

[QUOTE=Stonecycle;47674433]Numix[/QUOTE] Those prices...

What's wrong with Numix again? Besides being overused, it's a fine theme.

[QUOTE=Lyokanthrope;47681846]What's wrong with Numix again? Besides being overused, it's a fine theme.[/QUOTE] [URL=http://imgur.com/a/sjrJl]Overused to the point of it being the only theme anyone used[/URL] was pretty much the problem. [editline]e[/editline] Maybe this is just some hipster trait, but popularity has a tendency to ruin things for me.

[QUOTE=Stonecycle;47681900][URL=http://imgur.com/a/sjrJl]Overused to the point of it being the only theme anyone used[/URL] was pretty much the problem. [editline]e[/editline] Maybe this is just some hipster trait, but popularity has a tendency to ruin things for me.[/QUOTE] I use a [url=http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/HackaN+Flat+%28Sneaky%29+-+QtCurve?content=168200]slightly modified version of this QtCurve[/url] theme and I think it looks pretty alright

Numix is one of the only GTK theme suites that's continually updated which is probably why it's so popular. Most other themes end up abandoned after a few updates.

[QUOTE=Stonecycle;47681900] Maybe this is just some hipster trait, but popularity has a tendency to ruin things for me.[/QUOTE] Why do you care what other people use? I understand not wanting to look at desktop screenshots of all the same things over and over again, and wanting your own setup to look a little more personal than what everyone else's using, but this is neither of that. [editline]8th May 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Lyokanthrope;47682183]Numix is one of the only GTK theme suites that's continually updated which is probably why it's so popular. Most other themes end up abandoned after a few updates.[/QUOTE] It's also one of the most extensive theme suites, and one of the only ones that remain modern-looking while just fitting in everywhere, following conventions, and staying out of the way. Pick a more exotic theme and it may look pretty in screenshots, but if you actually try practically using it, things just feel... weird.

The only other theme I've used except numix that's worth anything is faba/moka

[QUOTE=DrTaxi;47682241]Why do you care what other people use? I understand not wanting to look at desktop screenshots of all the same things over and over again, and wanting your own setup to look a little more personal than what everyone else's using, but this is neither of that. [editline]8th May 2015[/editline] It's also one of the most extensive theme suites, and one of the only ones that remain modern-looking while just fitting in everywhere, following conventions, and staying out of the way. Pick a more exotic theme and it may look pretty in screenshots, but if you actually try practically using it, things just feel... weird.[/QUOTE] Paper is pretty good too.

[QUOTE=Stonecycle;47681900][URL=http://imgur.com/a/sjrJl]Overused to the point of it being the only theme anyone used[/URL] was pretty much the problem. [editline]e[/editline] Maybe this is just some hipster trait, but popularity has a tendency to ruin things for me.[/QUOTE] I feel like it's overused because it's consistent and easy. Personally I don't have any interest in building my own theme, and Numix is exactly the kind of minimal, simple and yet semi-professional theme I'm looking for. [t]http://i.imgur.com/wlG9YW4.png[/t] Anyway, I'm giving Arch another shot after having tried it like 2 years ago, briefly. Still a big fan of the sort of DIY way they do things, and I'm happy to have taken back my Macbook Pro from the wretches of Yosemite's RAM hungry bullshit. Need to figure out better touchpad drivers because it registers a lot of light taps from my palm when I'm typing.

I was thinking of shoving an Arch Linux install on this 17.3" MacBook Pro I have. [editline]8th May 2015[/editline] I'm afraid of the 2 GPUs causing unforseen issues though.

[thumb]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/29712116/2015-05-08-140134_1920x1080_scrot.png[/thumb] Here, [url=https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/29712116/SVTheme.tar.gz]my minimalism.[/url]

[video=youtube;ACsprB0r1pA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACsprB0r1pA[/video] Source: [url]https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/35boo7/lxdegnome_a_whole_new_level_of_linux_on_the_phone/[/url] [QUOTE=supervoltage;47683831][thumb]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/29712116/2015-05-08-140134_1920x1080_scrot.png[/thumb] Here, [url=https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/29712116/SVTheme.tar.gz]my minimalism.[/url][/QUOTE] You have a wallpaper of E:D, do you play it on linux?

I want Maemo back though :(

[QUOTE=DrTaxi;47686885]I want Maemo back though :([/QUOTE] There's Nemo/Mer

[QUOTE=josm;47686852][video=youtube;ACsprB0r1pA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACsprB0r1pA[/video][/QUOTE] His touch keyboard has auto completion for terminal, that's pretty cool

[QUOTE=josm;47686852][video=youtube;ACsprB0r1pA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACsprB0r1pA[/video][/QUOTE] I'd love to see this with Gnome. with how big everything is on Gnome, I imagine it'd fit really well with a touch device. might not be possible on the galaxy S2 (I'm surprised that still has active development), but maybe on a more recent phone like the Nexus 6 or LG G3

[QUOTE=PredGD;47687153]I'd love to see this with Gnome. with how big everything is on Gnome, I imagine it'd fit really well with a touch device. might not be possible on the galaxy S2 (I'm surprised that still has active development), but maybe on a more recent phone like the Nexus 6 or LG G3[/QUOTE] They did open up gedit, so that should give you an idea. In any case, Qt and GTK do support DPI scaling. [editline]8th May 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=esalaka;47687033]There's Nemo/Mer[/QUOTE] That's even less practical though. Maemo was a Linux distribution that 1. had a touchscreen-optimized UI 2. was based on GTK with patches, so you could run all kinds of desktop Linux apps, and even with *some* touch UI improvements and 3. actually worked and had some hardware and software support.

[QUOTE=DrTaxi;47687167]Maemo was a Linux distribution that 1. had a touchscreen-optimized UI 2. was based on GTK with patches, so you could run all kinds of desktop Linux apps, and even with *some* touch UI improvements and 3. actually worked and had some hardware and software support.[/QUOTE] MeeGo is a further development of Maemo and Mer is a fork of MeeGo And I guess Sailfish has at least partial support for the Nexus 5

[QUOTE=esalaka;47657627]Keepass 2 is a Mono app, not GTK - if you want a GTK version, you could try KeepassX, it supports the kdbx format already. Lacks a few features, but not enough to matter to me.[/QUOTE] slightly old, but I finally got around to try KeepassX myself, but it won't open my database. it's of the .kdbx format. my database doesn't show when using KeePass databases, but it shows when I select all files. it lets me open it, and it lets me insert a password and select my keyfile, but proceeding gives me this [IMG]http://pred.me/pics/1431124672.png[/IMG]

[QUOTE=esalaka;47687267]MeeGo is a further development of Maemo and Mer is a fork of MeeGo And I guess Sailfish has at least partial support for the Nexus 5[/QUOTE] Why is no one making a good phone OS without a bloated init system and all kinds of crazy slow GUI kits? :(

[QUOTE=mastersrp;47687380]Why is no one making a good phone OS without a bloated init system and all kinds of crazy slow GUI kits? :([/QUOTE] What's wrong with Qt

[QUOTE=esalaka;47687267]MeeGo is a further development of Maemo and Mer is a fork of MeeGo And I guess Sailfish has at least partial support for the Nexus 5[/QUOTE] I'm well aware. But Maemo actually had several devices shipping with it and a small but existent developer community. And it ran desktop applications without modification. And was [I]finished[/I].

[QUOTE=PredGD;47687304]slightly old, but I finally got around to try KeepassX myself, but it won't open my database. it's of the .kdbx format. my database doesn't show when using KeePass databases, but it shows when I select all files. it lets me open it, and it lets me insert a password and select my keyfile, but proceeding gives me this [IMG]http://pred.me/pics/1431124672.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] It's entirely possibly the version of KeepassX provided by your distro, is so old it doesn't support the newer file format. That was a consideration I took into account when I decided on what client to use.

[QUOTE=esalaka;47687404]What's wrong with Qt[/QUOTE] LXDE is being transformed into LXQt because of how lightweight QT is compared to GTK+3.

What about Tizen? :downs:

[QUOTE=esalaka;47687404]What's wrong with Qt[/QUOTE] While I realize a lot of people think that Qt is very lightweight, I disagree. While I wouldn't want to use either GTK or Qt on a phone, I'd love for something to be out there that used about as much resources as my Window manager on my desktop. Which is about 20MB or less. A distribution for phones using a containerized application environment with statically built systems wouldn't be all bad in my opinion, but it hasn't really happened in a really efficient way yet.

[url]https://www.enlightenment.org/about-efl[/url] ?

[QUOTE=mastersrp;47689446]While I realize a lot of people think that Qt is very lightweight, I disagree. While I wouldn't want to use either GTK or Qt on a phone, I'd love for something to be out there that used about as much resources as my Window manager on my desktop. Which is about 20MB or less. A distribution for phones using a containerized application environment with statically built systems wouldn't be all bad in my opinion, but it hasn't really happened in a really efficient way yet.[/QUOTE] Qt is bloated as hell I'm mostly wondering why the heck you need your phone to have ~~super performance~~ [editline]9th May 2015[/editline] (Though Sailfish is much more performant than Android on the same hardware)

So I have a laptop that can fold like 360 degrees and turn into a tablet. On windows, there's a built in application that reads information from some proprietary sensor and disables they keyboard and touchpad but still allows onscreen input. If I were to switch to linux, what would be the most similar solution for me? Some kind of terminal command I can write to a program that disables those hardware features? Do you think the linux kernel would have drivers for the sensor I mentioned?