Recently "Back To Basics" with Ambience Theme + Faenza Variants + Covergloobus 1.7 RC + HTC Inspired Clock Widget



Luving it

@-Hzu- & Acid_RuleZz & praveenmarkandu

here's a simple .scrotwm.conf, .Xdefaults and .bashrc
http://ompldr.org/vNmx2cw

All 3 are DOT files, so you'll need to enable your file manager to show hidden files (Ctrl + H in Nautilus, Thunar, etc)

Important:
Back up your existing .scrotwm.conf, .Xdefaults (if you have one) and .bashrc first
Then paste the .scrotwm.conf and .Xdefaults included in the zip into your home folder.

I've set both of them to use URxvt as the terminal emulator, so make sure you install that first (you can also edit the configs to make it use your preferred terminal if you know how, but if you're still learning and unsure, just use my suggestion first)

URxvt can be found in your repos under the "rxvt-unicode" package.
Also make sure you install terminus fonts, "xfonts-terminus" (I think Ubuntu pulls this in automatically when you install a ScrotWM or DWM, but I'm not 100% sure, so do it anyway (your package manager or Synaptic should tell you if it's installed already)

Note: If you don't understand this paragraph, don't worry... just ignore.
The .bashrc, don't touch until you're more familiar with bash. I don't use bash myself (I prefer ZSH) so I'm a bit behind with bash prompt editing. If you open it in a text editor, go to line 84 and 85 for your bash prompt. Just replace "User" and "Host" with whatever nick you want as a start. If you do some reading on Bash (Archwiki is a good place to learn), then you can do much more if you want.... or change to Zsh one day =P

That should be enough to get you started. Remember to read the .scrotwm.conf first to give you an idea of the keybindings. I've changed the Mod/Meta key to Mod4 (the Windows/Super key on your keyboard), to prevent conflicts with certain apps that use Mod1. I've also added quirks for Nautilus (which I assume is your file manager) and Firefox (at the end of the file)

Cheers.

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Added on December 18, 2010, 4:52 amAh, are you using Network Manager as your default network app?
I'm not sure, cos I've not used network manager in a looooong time.

I prefer Wicd, and wicd-curses (the cli/terminal version) is what I use for my setups.
Wicd is actually better and lighter than network manager, but the disadvantage is that it doesn't support 3G USB dongles (maxis, celcom,etc) If you're just connecting via wifi to your router, it should work fine.

You can install wicd and wicd-curses and without removing network manager (I think). that way, your Gnome session will default to network manager and you can run wicd-curses from the terminal in scrotwm to configure your wireless connection. (note, if you install wicd from Gnome while network manager is running, it will give a message saying initialization failed, but ignore that... you can still run it as stand-alone from Scrotwm)

Disclaimer:
Like I said, I don't use Ubuntu/Fedora or Gnome or Network Manager, so I'm not 100% sure what your package management will do (sometimes Ubuntu will remove stuff), so pay attention to the output. Don't kill me if you bork your wireless



This post has been edited by G-17: Dec 18 2010, 09:11 AM

Thanks for the config man. Now my terminal is sexy as hell
Setting for wifi connection outside gnome is quite pain in the ass.
I think need to create my own script for stopping the networkmanager service and auto join ap on startup.

Any moar tips on tilingwm?

That's a beautiful clock widget. Conky or screenlet or something else?



Haha.
Wifi outside Gnome is easy, man. Just not easy with network manager. (sorry, I really have little experience with nm)
If you know the proper syntax to connect network manager and need help for the script, just leave me a note.

What tips do you want? More apps, other tiling wm recommendations, URxvt add-ons? ... there's so much out there, I don't know where to start unless you can be a bit more specific.

Okay, enough off-topic.... got drunk and felt like theming my netbook again, so here's a screenshot.

Since some people recently robbed me of my configs, I decided to change my colorscheme.

ScrotWM on the netbook.


Maybe I should change to another tiling WM. I have a feeling there's gonna be more ScrotWM screenshots here soon.
Next time I'll try to post some wmii, dwm or ratpoison screenies.

But now, I sleep

This post has been edited by G-17: Dec 18 2010, 09:26 AM

hi.. my SS


Using bt 4- r1 + + Compiz + emerland blue theme....

Thanks for taking your time doing this for us G-17. I'll install ScrotWM and try to configure it.

That will be screenlet.
Here is the sauce: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/12/flip-st...s-clock-widget/

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Added on December 18, 2010, 3:54 pmCool dude.. nice and simple...

This post has been edited by scarxxx: Dec 18 2010, 03:54 PM

Thanks all for the comments =)

Im installing Ubuntu @ my another lappie now XD

Porting all apps into place n recreate my desktop identical to my main lappie

Alot of works @@

nice bro....

what distro u use??

if not mistaken is BackTrack...

Phew , succesfully transform my second lappie to Ubuntu



Finally ==

i'm Using bt 4- r1 + + Compiz + emerland blue theme.
bt = backtrack , but now there was new release... backtrack 4 r2
thus pic above are backtrack r1....

Rev #2


Attached thumbnail(s)

GG , might wanna download bt for "TESTING" purposes

Penetration purposes?

Backtrack is recommended for security auditing purposes. If you just want to take a peek at it's desktop effects, then no, they're just the same.

I have my ways

yup, but too bad most ppl go for this distro just to learn how to intrude into someone else wireless encryption and surf the internet for free. Things gone worst when the extended wireless device sold shipped together with the backtrack life cd c/w with manual and tutorial how to invade for just few commands and click. I experienced once, pretty much easier than aircrack-ng.

Looks interesting to me

just a bit off topic here, true you'll find tonnes of apps in back|track on how to penetrate and security purpose. But if you buy any wireless extended devices from the bulk section, you'll get back|track life cd and that would be super easy to configure as they already include the apps that is newbie friendly, even those not from linux background also can do it.