Tiny Core Linux
Tiny Core Base => TCB Talk => Topic started by: ricepickereu on November 05, 2012, 04:27:04 AM
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Hello people,
Could not find any thread regarding this, I just installed TC on my netbook and loving it. However, I am very curious to see what you people have done to your TC boxes.
I haven't done anything to my box yet, what have you done? show me! :)
/Ricepickereu
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Hi ricepickereu
Welcome to the forum. There are some screenshots in the Wiki:
http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/wiki:screenshots
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Though this was a good time to pep up the gallery with a shot of my conky, so uploaded a favorite desktop screenshot. Alas, uploading the image "mycoredesktop.jpg" to the wiki doesn't automatically include it to the gallery. Looks like that is a separate directory on the wiki server and a job for an admin ?
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http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,12783.msg71549.html#msg71549
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I'm always trying new windows managers. Am really impressed with Xfwm4 (in repo, thanks bmarkus for this) replace thunar with fluff and you have one of the most useable and pleasing desktops yet.!!
http://db.tt/f8NXWOFQ (http://db.tt/f8NXWOFQ)
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Obviously had too much free time today.. with just a little tweaking my new desktop took on a whole new feel
(http://db.tt/Dgl8XK0i)
http://db.tt/Dgl8XK0i (http://db.tt/Dgl8XK0i)
http://db.tt/ukOIpDzL (http://db.tt/ukOIpDzL)
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I'm always trying new windows managers. Am really impressed with Xfwm4 (in repo, thanks bmarkus for this) replace thunar with fluff and you have one of the most useable and pleasing desktops yet.!!
http://db.tt/f8NXWOFQ (http://db.tt/f8NXWOFQ)
I finally got around to trying dwm the other day, then Xfce and lxde. I didn't expect to like dwm as I'm not a tiling wm kid of guy. Xfce and lxde both seemed ok and I couldn't say anything about either of them was a real show stopper... but neither of them really got me excited in the least, so I'm sticking with jwm:
(http://lmuller.net/LeePc.jpg)
Some of the old timers might remember the background - I've gimped it out to 1920x1080 for the big screen but I use it on the 1024x768, too. The "Core" button on the tray brings up a custom menu that's mostly static, though parts of it are built at boot time based on what physical host Core is running on. Wbar is there but about 95% transparent until mouseover.
BTW: How -does- one post a screen shot to the wiki screen shots page? And are there specific rules or conventions for screen shots posted? Taking for granted, of course, that they should be legal and in reasonably good taste.
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I added instructions to the screenshots wiki page. Seems a bit weird compared to the old wiki system, but should work. Please report if there are any issues.
@Lee:
Yeah, I remember that pic :)
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Lee:
I'd be interested to see your .jwmrc-tray
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The problem with wiki screenshots is that you can't really share any information about your setup or ask someone else questions about theirs? (what window manager, theme, etc, how'd you get the funky meters in your conky, blah blah).... And on that topic, I'd be really interested in seeing your conky config, Lee!
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I added instructions to the screenshots wiki page. Seems a bit weird compared to the old wiki system, but should work. Please report if there are any issues.
Thanks for the instructions - but I don't see the image. I thought at first it was because I uploaded it as a .jpg so I uploaded it a second time as LeePc_screenshot.png but I still don't see it. It shows up in the file list on the upload page, but not in the screen shots page (even after a refresh).
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Lee:
I'd be interested to see your .jwmrc-tray
I'll be happy to post it but I'd better look at it closely first - I seem to recall it has some user names and passwords embedded in it that I'll need to redact. I'll post it this evening.
It has some bits in it that roberts probably won't care for. :) Like webb http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,14350.msg81032.html#msg81032 (http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,14350.msg81032.html#msg81032), I did not initially understand the ondemand system and I implemented a rudimentary ondemand system of my own, which is hinted at in the .jwmrc-tray file.
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Thanks for the instructions - but I don't see the image. I thought at first it was because I uploaded it as a .jpg so I uploaded it a second time as LeePc_screenshot.png but I still don't see it. It shows up in the file list on the upload page, but not in the screen shots page (even after a refresh).
The refresh link is special, it refreshes the cache. Another dokuwiki quirk.
I can see both of your pics in the gallery.
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The problem with wiki screenshots is that you can't really share any information about your setup or ask someone else questions about theirs? (what window manager, theme, etc, how'd you get the funky meters in your conky, blah blah).... And on that topic, I'd be really interested in seeing your conky config, Lee!
I'll be happy to share my conky config file - but its a bit verbose as it contains a section like this
${if_existing /mnt/sdb1}\
${if_mounted /mnt/sdb1}\
hdb1 ${fs_bar 4 /mnt/sdb1}
${else}\
hdb1
${endif}\
${endif}\
for every one of sd?? and hd?? that I'm ever likely to have. I'm thinking maybe some day I'll find out what kicks of rebuildfstab and have it rebuild that part of the conky config on the fly. In the mean time, the file is pretty big.
Rather than post it here on the forum, how about if I paste it on my "My Talk" page on the wiki? I'll have to figure out how to attach files to the wiki but it shouldn't be too hard - looks like there's a button for that.
Just click on my web url below my avatar (at left) - its pointed to my "My Talk" wiki page. (but wait until this evening).
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The refresh link is special, it refreshes the cache. Another dokuwiki quirk.
I can see both of your pics in the gallery.
Thanks - I can see them now, too.
Can I, or can you, delete the .png version of the file - its identical except for the file format and its much bigger than the .jpg. I didn't see an obvious way to delete a file.
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I can see Lees screenshots now too, but 15 minutes ago when I checked they didn't show up. Maybe my browsers
cache got in the way.
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Oops!
What I really wanted to see is .jwmrc and not .jwmrc-tray, in particular the part which refers to virtual desktops and the pager - to see how to get 2 rows in the pager
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Oops!
What I really wanted to see is .jwmrc and not .jwmrc-tray, in particular the part which refers to virtual desktops and the pager - to see how to get 2 rows in the pager
Here's the pertinent part. Some of the comments are mine and some came with the default file.
<!-- Virtual Desktops -->
<!-- Desktop tags can be contained within Desktops for desktop names. -->
<!-- prior to jwm.tcz update of 2011-09-29, used: <Desktops count="8"> -->
<Desktops width="4" height="2">
<!-- Default background. Note that a Background tag can be
contained within a Desktop tag to give a specific background
for that desktop.
Valid types: solid gradient image tile command
<Background type="solid">#4f5f82</Background>
Note: Tiny Core uses a generic setbackground program
-->
</Desktops>
If your mouse is at all sloppy - moves a little when you click - the double row pager is a pain (at least if you keep the tray fairly narrow, as I do)
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Well, I continue to upload screenshots even three today which include the word shot in their name, but so far no luck. Selected the refresh link, cleaned my browser cache etc etc but still no joy
:(
anyhow, how do we delete the shots that do not have " shot " in their name please ?? since they are just duplicates
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Thank you very much, Lee :)
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Ok I give up..!
I've uploaded screenshots with changed names, refreshed, rebooted, hit the refresh link 50 times if not more, yet the wiki still refuses to participate..
:(
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The problem with wiki screenshots is that you can't really share any information about your setup or ask someone else questions about theirs? (what window manager, theme, etc, how'd you get the funky meters in your conky, blah blah).... And on that topic, I'd be really interested in seeing your conky config, Lee!
Rather than post it here on the forum, how about if I paste it on my "My Talk" page on the wiki? I'll have to figure out how to attach files to the wiki but it shouldn't be too hard - looks like there's a button for that.
Just click on my web url below my avatar (at left) - its pointed to my "My Talk" wiki page. (but wait until this evening).
That .conkyrc file is posted - its an external link http://lmuller.net/.conkyrc_.txt (http://lmuller.net/.conkyrc_.txt). I added <pre> ... </pre> tags to it to make it display right in my browser - let me know if it doesn't in yours.
The screen shot and link are posted together (as external links) on the wiki at http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/talk:wiki:user:lee (http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/talk:wiki:user:lee)
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That .conkyrc file is posted - its an external link http://lmuller.net/.conkyrc_.txt (http://lmuller.net/.conkyrc_.txt). I added <pre> ... </pre> tags to it to make it display right in my browser - let me know if it doesn't in yours.
The screen shot and link are posted together (as external links) on the wiki at http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/talk:wiki:user:lee (http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/talk:wiki:user:lee)
Actually, I wget'ed the file, and it didn't have any pre tags. But surely most browsers would pick up on it being a .txt file and display accordingly?
The bits I was primarily interested in were how you got TC specific things in there (backup size, tce dir, etc) but I guess those are just envvars set by a separate script.
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Ok so much for giving up !!
{{gallery>wiki:?*shot*&120x120&crop&lightbox}}
This code I assume makes 120x120 thumbnails of any file with shot in it's name (per *shot*). Ok got it, only I have two (actually more) jpg files with the screenshot in the name yet the gallery module is blind to these screenshots.
if I edit the wiki and place this code
{{:wiki:coreplayer2_fav1_screenshot.jpg}} and
{{:wiki:coreplayer2_fav2_screenshot.jpg}}
in the page, the screenshots show up immediately, unfortunately doing so messes up the gallery so I didn't leave it that way.
This is driving me nuts.. :| it can't be that hard ?
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Can I, or can you, delete the .png version of the file - its identical except for the file format and its much bigger than the .jpg. I didn't see an obvious way to delete a file.
Deleted. But I think you should be able too, there's a trash can icon next to the file name in the "upload files" page for me.
I'm not that familiar with this wiki though.
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Deleted. But I think you should be able too, there's a trash can icon next to the file name in the "upload files" page for me.
Thanks.
There's a little magnifying glass icon to view the file, and a pencil icon to edit the metadata (for jpg files but not png), but no trashcan for me.
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YAY what happened?? more then four days I've been trying to post a screenshot in the gallery without success, then this morning every image shows up, go figure...!!
No trashcan either, I think that is only available for admins. Also curaga if you could delete my older experimental screen shots would be appreciated. hang on I'll get a list for you
please delete these images
mycore_shot.jpg
mycoredesktop.jpg
xfwm4_fav_shot.jpg
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My problem with these screensoths is lack of information, e.g. kind of desktop, window manager. For me it is nearly useless except visual joy.
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@gutmensch
I couldn't find if dokuwiki allows users to delete their own uploads, or for the gallery plugin to auto-refresh after new uploads.
I think we agree these shouldn't be manual actions.
@coreplayer2
Deleted.
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My problem with these screensoths is lack of information, e.g. kind of desktop, window manager. For me it is nearly useless except visual joy.
I agree. There are some nice looking desktops in the gallery w/o much evidence of how they were achieved.
Perhaps users posting screen shots could be encouraged to post a wiki article describing the pictured desktop. Maybe even make the screen shot a link to said article. I'm not so sure the article should be required for posting a screenshot, but it seems likely that those posting the pic would be willing or even eager to post the description as well.
Also, in posting any kind of code or configs to the wiki, it would be nice to have a scrolling code box similar to what we have in the forum. I posted my .conkyrc on the wiki but decided to post it as an external link instead of just pasting it into the wiki page - its so big it just looked terrible when pasted in.
That reminds me - I tried to upload the .conkyrc file to the wiki but got an error message indicating the filename extension wasn't allowed. I tried naming it with and without the leading dot and with and without a trailing .txt. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
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There are some nice looking desktops in the gallery w/o much evidence of how they were achieved.
??? I thought that was what this thread was for.
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Thanks curaga, and looks like I just needed more patience as all images showed up eventually
I'd be all over providing more info, but the gallery doesn't provide for another link from the image to where more info could be presented, though have added some additional meta data to the images
My conky is just a few lines long and made an extension of it. Actually made several each with varying colored text which only requires a change to the onboot.lst I removed the conf file from conky itself making a modded conky extension out of it, because sometimes it takes precedence over a custom conf file. The custom conf file when loaded by it's own extension simply resides in place of the original, simple and effective.
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??? Does not having a .conkyrc file in your home directory work?
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I luv the conky app/extension but I found no other method reliable enough. Complete removal of default conf files which is ultimately replaced with my custom conf (via a second small extension) proved 100% successful on every boot, so I've stuck with this method ever since.