Unusual Linux Desktops? 89
sparrow_hawk asks: "I'm doing a presentation on Linux, sort of a basic education about what exactly it is and isn't. One of the points I'm trying to hammer home is the idea that Linux can look and act pretty much however you want it to. I'd like to know what's the most unusual Linux desktop you've seen, preferably with screenshots -- the one that looks like the helm of an alien spaceship, or the one that mimics a 50's radio?"
3 diff os(s)! (Score:2, Informative)
themes.org (Score:5, Informative)
Ive been most impressed by the 'other' WMs though, the little guys. Some of the Fluxbox or icewm 'minimalist' desktops are cool.
Also dont forget that you can do most of this stuff to XP as well, with a few hacks that is.
Well if you want neat looking computers... (Score:2, Informative)
Re:I have seen a WINDOWS THEME!! (Score:5, Informative)
They did a series about it on Userfriendly.org [userfriendly.org] a bit ago.
look at different window managers (Score:5, Informative)
also look at 3dwm.org [3dwm.org] a 3d window manager that's used at the 3D-CUBE [chalmers.se]
another good one is the Mozilla based desktop over at OEONE.com [oeone.com]
Re:themes.org (Score:3, Informative)
fluxbox does this too, actually.
The one in my dashboard... (Score:4, Informative)
Re:themes.org (Score:2, Informative)
Re:not sure if this is unusual (Score:3, Informative)
Opera uses an MDI (multiple document interface). All of the browser windows (i.e. tabs in Moz or Konq.. at one time, when Opera was the only one with tabbed browsing it just referred to them as "windows".. the terminology changed slightly later when the other browsers came along) are contained within the main Opera window. Opera manages these all itself, so you can just run Opera without a window manager and it will be perfectly useable.
This is actually kind of neat; it would make a better choice for a Linux-based kiosk than Mozilla.. since you can easily lock down Opera by editing it's INI files, you can run it without a desktop environment or window manager and not worry about kludging it to work properly with pop-ups.
Re:themes.org (Score:3, Informative)
It didn't on the versions I tried (pre-3.2).
You could switch virtual desktop with the mouse wheel, but only if the mouse pointer was over the virtual desktops in the toolbar.