I was just using Winodws 7 fo ra bit tjhe other day, and realized that no matter what else I may think about the operating system, it is shiny. So that led me to think: Can Linux do this?
Note: When I say Linux, I mean a usable operating system with everything I need installed. Fuck off, Stallman.
- Buttons fading in and out on mouseover events
This is controlled by the GUI toolkit. QT 4 has fade effectsWindow Previews when hovering over the window list, last I checked. GTK does not, though that may change if they introduce GTK 3 along with Gnome 3.
- Window Previews when hovering over the window list
Compiz provides a plugin for this, but with one glaring limitation: it can’t preview windows that are minimized. A Compiz developer had an explanation on his blog.
- Making windows transparent when hovering over the “show desktop” plugin
Compiz provides a transparency plugin. However, tying this in with a button on the toolbar might be a bit tricky, as I’m pretty sure there’s no way of triggering anything on a mouseover event with GTK. Dunno about QT.
- Transparent toolbars in windows
Would be handeled by the toolkit. Don’t think GTK or QT supports this.
In conclusion, I think that GTK just sucks ass, as far as shininess goes. But then, KDE (the only Desktop Enviroment created with QT) is a pile of crap. Hopefully it’ll actually be usable by the time 4.5 rolls around, which is kinda how KDE 3 went (i.e. sucked until 3.5).
More later, perhaps.
Published at
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October 27, 2009 in
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(08:52:11 PM) Kinetix: Update your damned blog
(08:52:26 PM) King_Critter: maky
(08:53:12 PM) Kinetix: you called me a maky 
(08:53:21 PM) King_Critter: I did indeed
(08:53:24 PM) King_Critter: you maky
(08:53:41 PM) Kinetix: you prostitute
(08:53:56 PM) King_Critter: whore
(08:55:48 PM) Kinetix: disease-ridden slut
(08:56:34 PM) King_Critter: cock terrorist
(09:00:52 PM) Kinetix: ass-marauder
(09:01:44 PM) King_Critter: testicle shitter
(09:02:33 PM) Kinetix: tentacle impalee
(09:04:40 PM) King_Critter: combo breaker
(09:05:09 PM) Kinetix: boosh.
(09:06:10 PM) King_Critter: this was an odd convo. :/
(09:06:24 PM) Kinetix: you can say that again =/
Right, anyways… Got in touch with the air force recruiter (after a week of waiting for a call back, I called again — he said it was someone else’s fault –_-) who told me to gather my diploma and transcripts, then call back to schedule an appointment, left a message… waited a day, left another message, waited a day and now here I sit. I’m planning on calling very early tomorrow, about 8. Perhaps this will help. If it doesn’t, I’m driving to Spokane and dropping by the recruiting offices. If he’s out on lunch break or something, I will leave my name and number… wrapped around the brick I tossed through the window.
Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.
On my way to the paintball party my car broke down. It was fixed, but it made me a few hours late. I played one rather boring, short and uncomfortable (I was lying on a gravel covered roof most the time) game, then everyone went home. I was disappointed — very much so, in fact. It was one of those days that the world seemed to be conspiring against me. It was around then that I decided I needed to do something with my life. But what? I know I’m lazy. Apathetic, even. I just drift along on the river of life, always thinking, never doing. I needed something to give me purpose, something that would tell me what to to do, when to do it, and how to do it.
I needed the military.
After about five seconds of consideration, I decided on the Air Force. So, I perused their website (nice design, by the way), read everything I could what life was like in the military, picked out a couple careers that interested me…
Now, all that remains is calling the recruiter (based in Spokane — if there was one in Colville, I’d just drop in) and scheduling an appointment. I’ve got a few questions, and according the their website the recruiter will have a few questions fore me, as well, in order gauge my sincerity. And sincere I am, though not for the reasons one might expect. But back the calling business. As I’ve mentioned before, telephones are the spawn of Satan. There was a email address provided, but that seems so… unprofessional. But sooner or later I shall gather my courage and make the call. And then… who knows?
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