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9 Grub Splash Images
Below are 9 GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader) splash images freely shared and a brief explanation of how I got GRUB configured to display them. a) Find gzipped, 640×480, 14 color only, xpm images (like the ones above). b) Put the images in /boot/grub/splashimages/. c) Rename the image you wish to use to ‘splash.xpm.gz’.
d) Make a link to /boot/grub/splashimages/splash.xpm.gz and put it in /boot/grub/… Continue reading
Compiz Fusion Skydomes 4096×1024
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… Continue reading

AWN (Avant Window Navigator) Themes