Comments on: GTK1.2 doesn’t have to be ugly http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/gtk12-doesnt-have-to-be-ugly/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: More fun GTK1.2 stuff « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/gtk12-doesnt-have-to-be-ugly/#comment-37102 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:02:32 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/gtk12-doesnt-have-to-be-ugly/#comment-37102 [...] I spent a short time scraping together some GTK1.2-sized applications in Ubuntu. I’ve made GTK1.2-only desktops before, but since I had the opportunity, I thought I’d dig around a little [...]

]]> By: Some system suggestions « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/gtk12-doesnt-have-to-be-ugly/#comment-35300 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:52:54 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/gtk12-doesnt-have-to-be-ugly/#comment-35300 [...] The closer you can stick to GTK1, the better (in my humble opinion of course). Essentially those machines date back to 1996 and earlier, which means you’re running a Windows 95-caliber environment, if you want a reasonably speedy machine. (But don’t immediately assume it’s going to be ugly.) [...]

]]> By: embeddedlinux http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/gtk12-doesnt-have-to-be-ugly/#comment-19908 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:30:40 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/gtk12-doesnt-have-to-be-ugly/#comment-19908 Unfortunately kubuntu does not seem to have proper support on install. For Fiesty the best method appears to install Ubuntu then draw in the KDE desktop.

The fonts in KDE are always much better certainly more legible. Which of course pushes me to openSuSE which always has excellent legibility (and true type fonts) and most often works on a loptop. Probably why PClos2007 also has excellent reviews.

Just in regards to the NY Times article KDE has synaptic and alps support for the touchpad as well. About as refined as Synaptics touchpad drivers were in 2005.

And yes I code embedded linux firmware for a living. So I demand a easy to see font. Oddly enough my production machines are openSuSE 10.2 with KDE:/STABLE, openoffice:/STABLE and mozilla:/STABLE additional repositories on a desktop and HP Laptop with ATI/AMD cards yes with the new .41 driver;-).

Cheers

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/gtk12-doesnt-have-to-be-ugly/#comment-19902 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:24:27 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/gtk12-doesnt-have-to-be-ugly/#comment-19902 Alright, you sold me. I got started with the 0.3.1 version off the site, but the dependencies started to drag in libgnomeprint or something, and I decided against it. I see the earlier version doesn’t need the sourceview stuff; maybe I’ll try that one tomorrow.

I really love PCManFM too, I just wish it didn’t drag in fam/gamin. And I’ve seen a few strange bugs too. I hope he gets the urge to fix them, because it’s a fantastic file manager. :|

]]> By: Onyros http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/gtk12-doesnt-have-to-be-ugly/#comment-19900 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:53:46 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/gtk12-doesnt-have-to-be-ugly/#comment-19900 Yeah, PCMan has come up with great software, too bad he seems to have lost some interest in PCManFM (which is one of my favourite FM’s, btw), there were still a few bugs to iron out*, and his (true) desktop framework approach on the last versions of PCManFM was somewhat promising as well.

Also, the version of Beaver I’m using is the one I compiled in Arch (it’s in the AUR), I even use the same binary in Ubuntu (just copied it over). I really recommend it, it’s under 1MB in RAM usage, has a cool TAB implementation (really handy), some rudimentary markup if needed (HTML, PHP)… All in all, a great app (and even the icon is hilarious).

Keep on rockin’, your blog is a must-read every day, for me!

* – Major deletion bug: if one deletes without selecting a file, everything in that folder and the folder itself are deleted! And all it took was greying out “Delete” when nothing was selected ;)

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/gtk12-doesnt-have-to-be-ugly/#comment-19896 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:08:49 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/gtk12-doesnt-have-to-be-ugly/#comment-19896 Wow, gpicview is perfect! I should’ve guessed PCMan would come up with something fast and lightweight. Thanks for the tip! I’ve got it running on my Arch and Ubuntu systems now. Cheers! :D

]]> By: Onyros http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/gtk12-doesnt-have-to-be-ugly/#comment-19891 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:30:51 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/gtk12-doesnt-have-to-be-ugly/#comment-19891 Greetings, mate!

In terms of text editors, I always dig up the good ol’ Beaver. It’s a nifty little text editor which has been dropped systematically out of existence from most distros due to the fact it hasn’t been maintained in a while… but still works, and works well for me. Kinda like XMMS which is unbeatable in terms of system resources/functionality… but just isn’t maintained anymore.

In terms of image viewers, if you want the all time most minimalistic there is, feh does the trick. You can even specify folders from a terminal (eg., feh Images/) and it starts a slideshow, which you can browse through with the arrow keys. It also has a context menu accessible through a right click of the mouse, but it has few options. Other than that, there’s a new kid in town being talked about (gpicview) but I’m not too sure about dependencies. Same goes for Mirage, which is really cool, but you’ve already blogged about it.

Take care ;)

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