UPDATE: If you use the Avant Window Navigator, I have just posted 9 AWN Themes. Also see 9 GRUB Splash Images here on Queer Visions.
My frequent trips to the Ubuntu forums often bring me in contact with posts about the visual wonder that is the Beryl composite window manager (now known as Compiz Fusion). I decided to take the plunge and see if my experience lived up to all the hype. In short, it has. I now find working with a regular desktop window manager limiting. Though I love the Gnome desktop environment, 3D desktops are so freeing it’s difficult to go back to anything less.
See for yourself!
(hat tip: BastionPL)
Installing XGL + Beryl on Ubuntu Edgy Eft with an ATI card is relatively easy once you get the fglrx video driver working properly (that can be the tricky part). By the way, I use Trevino’s Beryl SVN repository. However, when I tried to enable the ANIMATED SKYDOME feature in Beryl-Manager under Desktop / Desktop Cube / Skydome, I had trouble. Browsing the Beryl forums led me to the realization that I needed to use a PNG image with a specific resolution ratio. I’m still at a loss as to the specifics beyond that but I have found a formula which works for me on my laptop with a screen resolution of 1280×800. The formula: a PNG image at a resolution of 4096×1024. That’s it.
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Apr 07
9 Grub Splash Images
UPDATE: If you use the Avant Window Navigator, I have just posted 9 AWN Themes. You might also like Compiz Fusion Skydomes 4096×1024 here on Queer Visions.
Below are 9 GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader) splash images freely shared and a brief explanation of how I got GRUB configured to display them. (I dual boot Ubuntu and Windows Vista.)
(image sources: TheMattrix, pscott, Metzgermeister, t_graye, stewie, firinel, e-things, Slayer)
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