Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 21:52:00 -0700 From: Don Wilde <dwilde1@ibm.net> To: Robert Watson <robert@cyrus.watson.org> Cc: Joey Garcia <bear@pacificnet.net>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ideas and Stuff (Promoting) Message-ID: <353982F0.DE8D3AA0@ibm.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980418225355.16484C-100000@trojanhorse.pr.watson.org>
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> desktop theme :P. Actually, it would be nice to have a .tgz file > somewhere which has FreeBSD wallpaper, various icons, a cute > spinning-Beastie screen saver in 3d and so on. We've already got something that blows Winblows out of the water. X-Windows root window, what MS fools call the backdrop, is actually capable of running programs on the fly. Do the following from an Xterm: $ xscreensaver -timeout 3 & $ bubbles -3D -root & $ galaxy & You might not have enough colors in your video, but you'll get the idea. ANy of the programs that xscreensaver runs can be run in the root window or in a window, and you'll be pleasantly surprised how many things a lowly Pentium with 32MB can run. Try starting a 'top' program window, and observe what's using up CPU time and memory as you start and kill PID's. I don't think I've seen a spinning logo, but I did hear rumors of a rippling JKH... The icons and stuff already exist in the -ports collection, I'm not sure where it puts them when you install it. > ---- > Carnegie Mellon University http://www.cmu.edu/ > Trusted Information Systems http://www.tis.com/ TIS? Can you tell me what's going to happen to the availability of the fwtk code from now on? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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