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Overheard In #ubuntu-artwork last night

“kwwii: I have never done artwork before and probably won’t ever really help in any way but I wanted to suggest that ubuntu go pink and green”

Not surprisingly, the idea wasn’t very well received. :)  

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Chuck Norris Widget Download Link Fixed

I’ve fixed the link to download my Chuck Norris widget. Thanks to all of you that pointed out the broken link.

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Repository For Ubuntu Updated

I’ve updated my repository for Ubuntu PowerPC. Its located here. It contains cutting edge versions of Compiz Fusion and Awn.

1) Adding the repository

Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and add the following line for Feisty:

deb http://repository.theesylum.com feisty eyecandy

For Gutsy:

# Compiz Fusion
deb http://repository.theesylum.com gutsy compiz-fusion
# Awn and other eyecandy goodness
deb http://repository.theesylum.com gutsy eyecandy

Update your list of packages with

sudo apt-get update

2) Removing the old packages (Gutsy only)

If you’re on Gutsy then run this command first to get rid of the official packages:

echo "aptitude -y remove" `sudo dpkg -l | egrep '(beryl|emerald|compiz)'| awk '{print $2}'` | sudo bash

3) Installing Compiz Fusion
To install Compiz:

sudo apt-get install compiz  # compiz-gnome AND/OR compiz-kde

To install CompizConfig configurator:

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager # libcompizconfig-backends-* ?!

To install all of the assorted plugins:

sudo apt-get install compiz-fusion-*

4) Running Compiz Fusion
Eventually I’d like to package fusion-icon. Fusion-icon is a starter script that will pass different options to compiz depending on your configuration. Until I do so, you can simply start compiz with the following:

compiz --replace

5) Installing Awn
Run the following:

sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator

I’m going to also add a package for awn-extras soon.

The thread on the forums is located here.

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Blog From The Command Line

I’m not sure how many people would want to blog from the command line (its a bit too geeky for me) but its now possible with the Bash blogger. Check it out.

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Awn/ OS X Dock Backgrounds

Leoparddocks.com has a great collection of dock backgrounds that can be used both for Leopard and Awn. Thanks to Triberious on the Awn forums for pointing them out.

I found some additional textures for Awn on this website. Some of the nicer ones are below.

 tiger texture for awn

cheeta texture

white tiger texture

 cow texture

Leopard texture

giraffe texture

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