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Rocketing-warp9
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Nice!
Now then; further refinements...
This is my "older" - though hugely customized - Xenialpup64:-
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As of about an hour ago, she's now on k7.0.0.....and it is running sweet as a nut!
She got a bump from her original glibc 2.23 / k4.9.58 about 7 years ago....to glibc 2.27 / k4.19.23. Three years later, that climbed to glibc 2.31 / k5.4.53.....and 8 months later, she went 6-series with the 1st LTS kernel @ k6.1.137.
Glibc achieved its present incumbent of 2.39 about 2 months back.....and now she's running the brand-new 7-series kernel (compiled just 2 days ago). And I gotta admit; it does just seem that bit 'snappier' than it has done for a long while...
I have just 2 Pups in the entire "kennels" where I can test out new kernels. All the others have official Nvidia drivers.....and the buggers won't compile against anything past mid 5-series. So they're mostly sticking where they are.....mainly using k5.4.53, and running a 460-series driver. Which works fine for me.....so I ain't complaining!
Eee, what a life....
Mike.
This is my "older" - though hugely customized - Xenialpup64:-
As of about an hour ago, she's now on k7.0.0.....and it is running sweet as a nut!
She got a bump from her original glibc 2.23 / k4.9.58 about 7 years ago....to glibc 2.27 / k4.19.23. Three years later, that climbed to glibc 2.31 / k5.4.53.....and 8 months later, she went 6-series with the 1st LTS kernel @ k6.1.137.
Glibc achieved its present incumbent of 2.39 about 2 months back.....and now she's running the brand-new 7-series kernel (compiled just 2 days ago). And I gotta admit; it does just seem that bit 'snappier' than it has done for a long while...
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I have just 2 Pups in the entire "kennels" where I can test out new kernels. All the others have official Nvidia drivers.....and the buggers won't compile against anything past mid 5-series. So they're mostly sticking where they are.....mainly using k5.4.53, and running a 460-series driver. Which works fine for me.....so I ain't complaining!
Eee, what a life....
Mike.
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....so; having treated her to the brand-new 7-series kernel, I felt this deserved a new wallpaper.....for the first time in more than 3 years!
What do y'all think? Better? Worse?
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I've been putting the GIMP to good use, and took the opportunity to 'modularise' all the various desktop 'components'.....the main 'dock' up top, the drive icon panel (bottom centre), my 'running puppy' logo widget (over on the left), plus the main 'Infocentre' panel on the right.....so that desktop construction will be faster & simpler in future.
Since I've long since achieved my ideal layout for everything, all are now individual PNG images (with background transparency), which just need copy/pasting - via the use of my old favourite PhotoScape - on top of whatever background I wish to use, then positioning where I want 'em.
I'm full of wee time-saving tricks like this! Takes a while to set up properly the first time around, but it'll save me a ton of time in the future...
Mike.
What do y'all think? Better? Worse?
I've been putting the GIMP to good use, and took the opportunity to 'modularise' all the various desktop 'components'.....the main 'dock' up top, the drive icon panel (bottom centre), my 'running puppy' logo widget (over on the left), plus the main 'Infocentre' panel on the right.....so that desktop construction will be faster & simpler in future.
Since I've long since achieved my ideal layout for everything, all are now individual PNG images (with background transparency), which just need copy/pasting - via the use of my old favourite PhotoScape - on top of whatever background I wish to use, then positioning where I want 'em.
I'm full of wee time-saving tricks like this!
Takes a while to set up properly the first time around, but it'll save me a ton of time in the future... Mike.
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johnblackwood1
Member
System:
Kernel: 6.14.0-37-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.41 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 with: xfce4-panel
tools: light-locker,xfce4-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena
base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Apple product: iMac14,1 v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Core i5-4570R bits: 64 type: MCP smt: <unsupported> arch:
bogomips: 21550
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel vendor: Apple driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-7.5 ports: active: DP-3
empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0d22
No worries, mate. Thanks for sharing
@johnblackwood1 :-
Y'know, from what I can understand it appears that what I do is called "ricing". It's a term I only became aware of last year, as it happens.
Now in my mid-60s, I've had a passion for graphic design ever since my mid-teens. I incorporated a portfolio of poster-style advertising in my final-year 'A'-levels at school when I was 17....from which I walked away with a 'B+' grade. The only reason I didn't get an 'A' grade was entirely due to being crap at History of Classical Art (my worst subject in the course).
For me, it's always been a hobby. Around 2003-4, I actually shelled out the asking price for a copy of Adobe's CS2 suite. I became quite adept with it, and also taught myself to use the G.I.M.P at the same time.....both raster graphics editors, and both at the "top of their class", so to speak. I became so good with both of 'em, I can do the one thing many aspiring artists seem to have the greatest of difficulty with.....I can switch back-and-forth between Photoshop and the G.I.M.P, often mid-project, and carry on without missing a beat.
Sure, the workflow is somewhat different, but they both basically do the same things in very much the same way, when it comes down to it. Each has its strengths, and both can do certain things the other can't....so I still use CS2 alongside the G.I.M.P to this day, running it under a period, 'date-sympathetic' build of WINE that I have set-up just FOR this.
To me - as stated above - it's only ever been a "hobby". I enjoy it, find it very relaxing, and will use it to help me unwind if I get fed-up with things during the course of my day.
I've always built my own desktops, right from scratch, and enjoy the whole process of designing a suitable layout, followed by the 101 little things that truly make it the way I want it, and how I am used to doing stuff on the desktop. It's not everybody's cup of tea, not by a LONG chalk......so don't feel you have to apologise for anything. You don't.....and there's nowt wrong at all with what you've posted. I've seen far worse than that, believe me!
Mike.
Heh.
Y'know, from what I can understand it appears that what I do is called "ricing". It's a term I only became aware of last year, as it happens.
Now in my mid-60s, I've had a passion for graphic design ever since my mid-teens. I incorporated a portfolio of poster-style advertising in my final-year 'A'-levels at school when I was 17....from which I walked away with a 'B+' grade. The only reason I didn't get an 'A' grade was entirely due to being crap at History of Classical Art (my worst subject in the course).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For me, it's always been a hobby. Around 2003-4, I actually shelled out the asking price for a copy of Adobe's CS2 suite. I became quite adept with it, and also taught myself to use the G.I.M.P at the same time.....both raster graphics editors, and both at the "top of their class", so to speak. I became so good with both of 'em, I can do the one thing many aspiring artists seem to have the greatest of difficulty with.....I can switch back-and-forth between Photoshop and the G.I.M.P, often mid-project, and carry on without missing a beat.
Sure, the workflow is somewhat different, but they both basically do the same things in very much the same way, when it comes down to it. Each has its strengths, and both can do certain things the other can't....so I still use CS2 alongside the G.I.M.P to this day, running it under a period, 'date-sympathetic' build of WINE that I have set-up just FOR this.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To me - as stated above - it's only ever been a "hobby". I enjoy it, find it very relaxing, and will use it to help me unwind if I get fed-up with things during the course of my day.
I've always built my own desktops, right from scratch, and enjoy the whole process of designing a suitable layout, followed by the 101 little things that truly make it the way I want it, and how I am used to doing stuff on the desktop. It's not everybody's cup of tea, not by a LONG chalk......so don't feel you have to apologise for anything. You don't.....and there's nowt wrong at all with what you've posted. I've seen far worse than that, believe me!
Mike.
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Cyberbleuet
Active Member
Fedora 44
So, Mike...Please define ricing for this old fart@johnblackwood1 :-
Heh.
Y'know, from what I can understand it appears that what I do is called "ricing". It's a term I only became aware of last year, as it happens.
Now in my mid-60s, I've had a passion for graphic design ever since my mid-teens. I incorporated a portfolio of poster-style advertising in my final-year 'A'-levels at school when I was 17....from which I walked away with a 'B+' grade. The only reason I didn't get an 'A' grade was entirely due to being crap at History of Classical Art (my worst subject in the course).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For me, it's always been a hobby. Around 2003-4, I actually shelled out the asking price for a copy of Adobe's CS2 suite. I became quite adept with it, and also taught myself to use the G.I.M.P at the same time.....both raster graphics editors, and both at the "top of their class", so to speak. I became so good with both of 'em, I can do the one thing many aspiring artists seem to have the greatest of difficulty with.....I can switch back-and-forth between Photoshop and the G.I.M.P, often mid-project, and carry on without missing a beat.
Sure, the workflow is somewhat different, but they both basically do the same things in very much the same way, when it comes down to it. Each has its strengths, and both can do certain things the other can't....so I still use CS2 alongside the G.I.M.P to this day, running it under a period, 'date-sympathetic' build of WINE that I have set-up just FOR this.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To me - as stated above - it's only ever been a "hobby". I enjoy it, find it very relaxing, and will use it to help me unwind if I get fed-up with things during the course of my day.
I've always built my own desktops, right from scratch, and enjoy the whole process of designing a suitable layout, followed by the 101 little things that truly make it the way I want it, and how I am used to doing stuff on the desktop. It's not everybody's cup of tea, not by a LONG chalk......so don't feel you have to apologise for anything. You don't.....and there's nowt wrong at all with what you've posted. I've seen far worse than that, believe me!
Mike.
.@VP9KS :-
Probably the best way to do that, Paul, is a few links to definitions from others that seem to know more about it than I do....
itsfoss.community
....linked further to here:-
Here's another:-
....and here's a complete modern guide to the whole subject:-
dev.to
However; if you really wanna see someone truly do justice to the term - which originated in the car modding scene of the late 90s/early 2000s, BTW! - then take a few minutes out from your routine, and have a look at these two YT vids.....created around 15 years ago, courtesy of a German "ricer" by the name of Philip J. Bugsington, and featuring the whole gamut of the immortal Compiz Fusion effects 'stack'.....including the famous desktop 'cube' & the well-known 'wobbly windows'.
Fusion 1:-
Fusion 2:-
Is it any wonder that Linux has always been able to rain all over Windows' "parade"?
Mike.
Probably the best way to do that, Paul, is a few links to definitions from others that seem to know more about it than I do....
What the hell is the definition of "ricing" in Linux?
Silly definition, of that I agree. No idea why it’s called “ricing”. The following is a direct quote from a bit of research I found online: "Ricing is a term that has been used in the computer and technology world to describe the act of customizing the appearance of Linux. The term originated...
itsfoss.community
....linked further to here:-
Here's another:-
....and here's a complete modern guide to the whole subject:-
Complete Beginner's Guide to Linux Ricing
In the Linux world, 'Ricing', refers to the process of customizing your machine, and create a custom...
dev.to
However; if you really wanna see someone truly do justice to the term - which originated in the car modding scene of the late 90s/early 2000s, BTW! - then take a few minutes out from your routine, and have a look at these two YT vids.....created around 15 years ago, courtesy of a German "ricer" by the name of Philip J. Bugsington, and featuring the whole gamut of the immortal Compiz Fusion effects 'stack'.....including the famous desktop 'cube' & the well-known 'wobbly windows'.
Fusion 1:-
Fusion 2:-
Is it any wonder that Linux has always been able to rain all over Windows' "parade"?
Mike.
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Beauty, eh? Welcome to the group. Have you posted an introduction yet?
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johnblackwood1
Member
Got KDE (and my os) working (for now.)
Did my best. Kinda wanted a 3d cube desktop but too hard.
Turns out dragging and dropping actually works on kde! while i was using xfce it would not work and would just while i am in my browser it would just put the image in a new tab. Thanks kde!
Did my best. Kinda wanted a 3d cube desktop but too hard.
fresh install, used the 13gb win11 rescue partition, typing, from cmds in my phone. laptop, so wifi 1st. then did the basic cmd-line archinstall. did the basic & ufw, then got mouse & sound. rebooted and went after xorg/xfce/firefox, rebooted into graphic enviroment, fired up youtube, everything works. now gonna try to install my 19 year old Brother laser printer with drivers that work so far my other ARCH gives me shitty drivers.
