Comments on: iDesk completes the look http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/idesk-completes-the-look/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Lookalike Windows XP Classic « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/idesk-completes-the-look/#comment-44830 Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:49:32 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=2951#comment-44830 [...] the screenshots that get the most traffic are ones of a Windows Classic theme knockoff I created about a year ago. And still fine-tune now and [...]

]]> By: Five distros for “fast” machines « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/idesk-completes-the-look/#comment-44731 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:11:39 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=2951#comment-44731 [...] I have no problem with that. In fact, I have a history of clumping together my own Windows-ish setups, and turning them loose on the world. And it’s not such a dead ringer that anyone would feel [...]

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/idesk-completes-the-look/#comment-44363 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:30:05 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=2951#comment-44363 Well, let’s see. The themes go in respective directories inside .icons, so the GnomeXP folder will be at ~/.icons/GnomeXP. Same for the cursor theme.

Redmond is usually a GTK style that comes with the default GTK engines; if it’s not there check your distro for a gtk-engines package, or something similar to that.

rxvt-unicode has a title flag that lets you change the title of the window without changing the TERM variable, because yes, changing TERM to “Command Prompt” makes it unhappy. ;) Try this instead:

urxvt -icon /path/to/.icons/MS-DOS_icon.png -title MS-DOS

You can get an MS-DOS icon off Wikipedia. Change PS1 with

PS1='C:${PWD//\//\\\}>'

And it might be a little more usable, but still look like the old Windows prompt. If it works for you, thank Peter, since he e-mailed me with it a long time ago and I am lazy and forgot to add it to this page. :oops:

]]> By: Foz http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/idesk-completes-the-look/#comment-44348 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:46:04 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=2951#comment-44348 Ok, I dared…

I hate to sound like a newbie, but the additional downloads – where do you place them for IceWM to pick them up?

I guessed the WinClassic2 in the ~/.icewm/themes/ directory from the adjustments that you made, but where do the other ones go (including the ttf please!)?

When I’ve tried to duplicate your success, I’ve ended up with the window borders being super chunky and the minimise, maximise and close buttons are corrupted, no windows-esque look to the start bar, and I have no idea about idesk with the My Computer icons – it’s just a blank blue…

Oh, and the “Command Prompt” window… the TERM is set to Command Prompt in the .Xdefaults? Are you sure? I get complaints about “Command” not being a valid term when trying to run anything that requires the term info.

]]> By: Five distros for “slow” machines « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/idesk-completes-the-look/#comment-44323 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:07:22 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=2951#comment-44323 [...] Wouldn’t you know it, when all hope of a full-blown graphical system is lost, Debian comes crashing through to save the day. That’s Lenny installed off the netinst image, and running IceWM and Xfe and so forth, in attempt to make you think it’s a Windows system. I do that sometimes. [...]

]]> By: I heard the news today, oh boy « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/idesk-completes-the-look/#comment-44253 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:42:23 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=2951#comment-44253 [...] In the mean time, I’ll stick with Linux. And maybe keep faking it. [...]

]]> By: The OpenDisc, and graphics puzzles « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/idesk-completes-the-look/#comment-43737 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:07:49 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=2951#comment-43737 [...] Arch Linux is back on that machine now, ironically in that same pseudo-Windows Classic look that I cobbled together a year ago. It was interesting to see how XP behaved on a machine that [...]

]]> By: A quick swing past autofs « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/idesk-completes-the-look/#comment-43611 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:57:52 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=2951#comment-43611 [...] really conquered. Other things like international keyboards, switching languages and even mimicking a decade-old desktop layout are all old hat. But automounting I just don’t bother [...]

]]> By: Nothing to scoff at: Arch Linux, 300Mhz Celeron « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/idesk-completes-the-look/#comment-42755 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:58:11 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=2951#comment-42755 [...] have no rationale for installing a full WindowsXP Classic-ish IceWM desktop, except that it was the quickest way to get the applications in place and see if the graphical [...]

]]> By: What Linux needs « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/idesk-completes-the-look/#comment-42487 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:40:38 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=2951#comment-42487 [...] Yes, I know, there is another level of irony at work here: Windows XP Classic makeover for IceWM, [...]

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