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[Armok]

Have you actually WATCHED it? Besides, internet likes irony, that causes inherent cultural anti-inertia.

[Vector]

but this is SO different from what the internet has liked before. It is just bizarre and heretical

Would you stop derailing so that I don't have to read it?  You can start your own thread for pony-hatin' if you want--I dun' give a fuck--but this is the desktop thread, not the "rail against a TV show you don't like" thread.

[dragonshardz]

Have you actually WATCHED it? Besides, internet likes irony, that causes inherent cultural anti-inertia.

And then there are there people who ironically enjoy something to the point where they come out the other side and post-ironically enjoy things that the only ironically enjoyed before.

[PremierMeridian]

Oh sorry, I didn't mean to derail this mighty thread. I just wanted to express my confusion about this new fad, not to hate or to be mean to the supporters of it, and I apologise.

[ILikePie]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Tried to set up compiz today, but I just couldn't figure it out. The usual GNOME, Openbox, and tint2 combo. Tried to have the desktop change according to the time of day, but I don't understand cron either. The launcher is called Synapse.

[The Merchant Of Menace]

Spoiler: And yet another desktop of newness (click to show/hide)

[Vector]

Oh sorry, I didn't mean to derail this mighty thread. I just wanted to express my confusion about this new fad, not to hate or to be mean to the supporters of it, and I apologise.

Hey, it's okay.  Thanks for the apology, too =)

[SolarShado]

Tried to have the desktop change according to the time of day, but I don't understand cron either.

Doing it via cron would be... possible but not easy? Pretty sure it'd require some deeeep magic (or an ugly hack) to get the right $DISPLAY...

Easier method: write a script that determines the time of day (probably easiest to use date(1)), then runs your wallpaper-setter. Wrap the functionality in a loop with a call to sleep (figure out how often your delay should be), then call the script from .xinitrc. (Since it's called from there $DISPLAY is already set)

[optimumtact]

Tried to have the desktop change according to the time of day, but I don't understand cron either.

Doing it via cron would be... possible but not easy? Pretty sure it'd require some deeeep magic (or an ugly hack) to get the right $DISPLAY...

Easier method: write a script that determines the time of day (probably easiest to use date(1)), then runs your wallpaper-setter. Wrap the functionality in a loop with a call to sleep (figure out how often your delay should be), then call the script from .xinitrc. (Since it's called from there $DISPLAY is already set)

Agreed just use date and feh (or something similar, and perhaps grep to parse the date) to set background image.

[ILikePie]

Using date and feh (or in my case gconftool) in the .xinitrc would work only when I start X. I want something to change my wallpaper at, say, 7 pm or something. I'm pretty sure gconftool can change the wallpaper from a terminal regardless of the display. (Nautilus should read gconf and update itself accordingly.)

[Max White]

Just noticed Merchant's 'Entertainment' bubble has DF separate to the rest of the games, for quick access. WIN!

[Keita]

Spoiler: SATEN-SAN! (click to show/hide)

[SolarShado]

Using date and feh (or in my case gconftool) in the .xinitrc would work only when I start X. I want something to change my wallpaper at, say, 7 pm or something. I'm pretty sure gconftool can change the wallpaper from a terminal regardless of the display. (Nautilus should read gconf and update itself accordingly.)

Code: [Select]

#!/bin/bash

#begin loop of your choice, prob a while

# format string, prints hour as 0-23 (might be 00-23)
if [ $(date +%H) = "19" ] ; then
 #set wallpaper cmd here
;
fi
#adjust the delay to your preference
sleep 60s

#end loop

not familiar w/ gconf et. al., but a crontab's fairly simple, try editing w/
VISUAL=gedit crontab -e
if you've got gedit. Read the crontab manual page for the fomat
you will may still have to write a separate script.

a word of warning about using cron: many distros "anacron" (or something similar) that "catches up" by running cron jobs that came up while the system wasn't booted, this may or may not be what you want

[Hubris Incalculable]

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Hay - what is that WM, anyway? and, how fast is it, in comparison to gnome 2.x?

[lordnincompoop]

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Tried to set up compiz today, but I just couldn't figure it out. The usual GNOME, Openbox, and tint2 combo. Tried to have the desktop change according to the time of day, but I don't understand cron either. The launcher is called Synapse.

Openbox and Compiz are mutually exclusive, as they are both window managers.