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pyratebeard pyratebeard Offline | 20-05-2024, 07:43 AM | #1741
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my laptop is currently out of service so have been using an old Asus EeePC netbook running the latest Debian (32bit FTW!)

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handy handy Offline | 09-09-2024, 10:46 AM | #1742
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(20-05-2024, 07:43 AM)pyratebeard Wrote: my laptop is currently out of service so have been using an old Asus EeePC netbook running the latest Debian (32bit FTW!)

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I also used the debian and my old laptop is dead.
And I need new one to install debian.
pfr pfr Offline | 07-10-2024, 10:47 PM | #1743
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(01-04-2022, 02:57 PM)Shrek Wrote: What's old is what's new again. I'm working on a Motif based desktop.

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SHREK... Any update on the progress on this? I want this desktop!

As for my current setup, my primary system is now a desktop PC with a 16:9 1440p monitor.. so, gone are the days of tiling window managers! I now have a dedicated mouse with a large mouse pad...

I decided to give LQXt/Openbox a try. I still have lots of window snapping key bind's in my obconf so I'm not that far removed from the tiling life... but my goodness it is nice to finally have space to freely float some terminals and enjoy drop shadows again!

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VMS VMS Offline | 06-01-2025, 06:27 AM | #1744
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This is my take at a 4Dwm inspired Motif desktop, using Emwm. It's not as advanced as Shrek's, considering I just applied some X11/Xm resource tweaking, but it works nicely.
Dotfiles available at https://sehnsucht.multics.org/dots/mwm/

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movq movq Offline | 03-05-2025, 01:37 PM | #1745
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Hello, it’s been a while.

Here’s another attempt at making a “bright” color scheme, that I can use on my laptop when I’m outdoors:

[Image: 2025%2D05%2D02%2D%2Dkatriawm%2Dbright%2Dlaptop.png]

Just on the laptop, though. I want a comfortable dark scheme on my normal workstation.

As usual, katriawm, bevelbar, infofeld2.
venam venam Offline | 06-05-2025, 04:10 AM | #1746
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(03-05-2025, 01:37 PM)movq Wrote: Just on the laptop, though. I want a comfortable dark scheme on my normal workstation.

Looks amazing as usual.
The only thing that's bugging me is the bold inverted colors in ncmpcpp, it scrambles it too much for my taste.
movq movq Offline | 06-05-2025, 09:38 AM | #1747
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(06-05-2025, 04:10 AM)venam Wrote: The only thing that's bugging me is the bold inverted colors in ncmpcpp, it scrambles it too much for my taste.
My problem with bright color schemes is this: They lack contrast, especially when colors are involved. It gets better if the font is more bold. One obvious idea is to use non-bitmap fonts, but I cannot stand them at all. As a workaround, I took the bold variant of my font (“fiamf3”), made it the “normal”/Medium variant and added another even more bold variant.

Comparison:

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Code:
fiamf3         |  fiamf3 bold          <-- What I used so far
----------------------------------
fiamf3heavy    |  fiamf3heavy bold     <-- What I use now
= fiamf3 bold  |

But since this is a 7x15 bitmap font, there are only so many pixels you can work with, hence that new heavy bold version is not all that great. :/
oui oui Offline | 21-05-2025, 11:02 AM | #1748
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[cwm] My quiet space

Dots are available here

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venam venam Offline | 21-05-2025, 11:15 AM | #1749
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(21-05-2025, 11:02 AM)oui Wrote: [cwm] My quiet space

I see you've set border width as zero, and set the terminal color the same as your background. I'm curious, how do you know what's happening in your terminals and their sizes/delimitation?
oui oui Offline | 21-05-2025, 12:15 PM | #1750
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Quote:I see you've set border width as zero, and set the terminal color the same as your background. I'm curious, how do you know what's happening in your terminals and their sizes/delimitation?

I see it as interacting directly on text rather than on windows containing text, so I'm fine not knowing the exact size nor the edge of my terminal windows.

However, I'm mainly using a single window workflow. Either 64ch wide terminal centered on the screen or fullscreen. In rare cases where I have 4+ windows and they overlap, I do have a 16px padding on my terminal to give me some visual clue.
thedaemon thedaemon Offline | 10-06-2025, 12:03 PM | #1751
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[Image: vncandfont.png]

9front screenshot with FreeBSD in 2 windows, pcmanfm has gruvbox light and using openbox with a custom theme to look like rio/cwm.

More screens are here.
santafe santafe Offline | 18-11-2025, 10:11 AM | #1752
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This is my private NAS, it is accessible from LAN and via a VPS with public IP using reverse proxy with SSL. The VPS act as SSH jumphost aswell.
It have whitelist for some IP zones, so accessibly only from some selected countries.
Szorfein Szorfein Offline | 02-12-2025, 05:46 AM | #1753
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Swayfx with Eww

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All config on https://github.com/szorfein/dotfiles
Dobbie03 Dobbie03 Offline | 20-12-2025, 12:57 AM | #1754
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Gentoo, dwm.

3 days from 12 months of running Gentoo.
jkl jkl Offline | Yesterday, 01:44 AM | #1755
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That's a lovely dwm setup. How did you do the bar?
Dobbie03 Dobbie03 Offline | 3 hours ago | #1756
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(Yesterday, 01:44 AM)jkl Wrote: That's a lovely dwm setup. How did you do the bar?
Thanks, it's just a one liner Conky.

Code:
conky.config = {
    --##  Begin Window Settings  #####################
    own_window = true,
    own_window_type = 'override',
    own_window_transparent = false,
    own_window_argb_visual = true,
    own_window_alpha = 240,
    own_window_colour = '#141414',
    own_window_hints = 'undecorated,below,skip_taskbar,skip_pager,sticky',
    own_window_class = 'conky',
    own_window_title = 'Horizontal Bar',
    alignment = 'top_middle',
    minimum_width = 1800,
    maximum_width = 1800,
    minimum_height = 25,
    gap_x = 0,
    gap_y = 15,
    border_inner_margin = 10,
    border_outer_margin = 10,
    --###############################################

    --## Font Settings ##############################
    use_xft = true,
    font = 'Roboto Condensed:size=9',
    xftalpha = 1,
    override_utf8_locale = true,
    uppercase = false,
    --###############################################

    --## Colour Settings ############################
    draw_shades = true,
    default_shade_color = '#141414',
    draw_outline = false,
    default_outline_color = '#141414',
    default_color = '#c6c6c6',
    color0 = '#7a7a7a',
    color1 = '#9d5b61',
    color2 = '#838d69',
    color3 = '#b38d6a',
    color4 = '#606d84',
    color5 = '#C6C6C6',
    color6 = '#766577',
    --###############################################

    --## Borders Section ############################
    draw_borders = false,
    stippled_borders = 0,
    border_inner_margin = 0,
    border_outer_margin = 0,
    border_width = 0,
    draw_graph_borders = true,
    --###############################################

    --## Miscellaneous ##############################
    background = true,
    use_spacer = 'none',
    no_buffers = true,
    short_units = true,
    pad_percents = 2,
    imlib_cache_size = 0,
    double_buffer = true,
    update_interval = 1,

    lua_load = '/home/dobbie/.conky/LUA/width.lua',
    lua_draw_hook_pre = '',
};

conky.text = [[
${font UbuntuSans NF:size=9}${voffset 3}${offset 10}${color4} ${color} ${kernel}   \
${color4}  ${color} ${lua_parse fix_width cpu 2}%   \
${color2}  ${color} ${lua_parse fix_width memperc 2}%   \
${color6} 󱑠 ${color} ${processes}   \
${color1}  ${color} ${lua_parse fix_width downspeed enp34s0 5}/s   \
${color1}  ${color} ${lua_parse fix_width upspeed enp34s0 5}/s   \
${color3}  ${color} ${exec amixer get Master | grep -o '[0-9]*%'|head -n1} \
${lua_parse update_mpd_status}${alignr 10}${font UbuntuSans NF:size=9}${lua_parse mpd_icon}${lua_parse mpd_colour} ${execpi 5 mpc current}${color}${offset 10} \
${color1}󰥔 ${color}${time %H:%M} ${time %a} ${time %d %b}
]];


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