Remember the other day when I said I themed my laptop to a more Mac-like look and added a dock program? Well, this experience has taught me that I don't like the whole dock thing. I used avant-window-navigator on my desktop and now on my laptop as well, and it just doesn't do things the way i want to do them. The simple panels work way better for me. I think part of the issue that I like gnome panel applets better than the awn applets. It's the little things, like how the clock and calendar syncs with my appointments in Evolution (synced from my Palm Zire71). It all just works together. Maybe there is an environment where I would awn, but I haven't found it yet.
So, today, I decide to undo the Mac thing, which meant I needed to pick a new theme. I decided to try out the default Ubuntu Human theme, just for kicks. The brown and orange turned me off initially, so I never used it much. I preferred Crux in my early days and in the absence of anything interesting, will still go back to Crux. this time, I thought I'd see what it would be like with Ubuntu as the art team would have me see it. And you know, I was surprised at how much I liked it. The browns have gone in a darker direction, which tones down the orange as well. I picked an brown-orange emerald theme, and the overall effect is quite pleasing. It's dark without sharp contrasts, very mellow, and very not what other desktop environments look like right now. I even found an ubuntu firefox skin to complete the immersion. I don't know how long I'll keep it like this, but it's really good for now, and I'll keep it in mind next time I decide to shuffle themes on my desktop.
In other computer-related news, my laptop feels especially fast compared to my desktop, and I think the culprit is Azureus. It's in my list of programs to run each session, and it just eats memory. i should shut it down more often and start it up again when I'm just going to encode a dvd (another memory-heavy process) or go to sleep.
I'm also thinking about trying out KDE again. There's been so much buzz about KDE 4, it's tempting to see what the early adoptions in Kubuntu look like.
I thought about most of this in connection with grading my logic class's final exams at the coffeeshop today. I still have to average their grades and report the totals. After that, I'll be done with Dillard for the semester, and I'll only have the exam and essay to grade for Buddhism. Of course, I still need to read more of the books for Philosophy of Religion next semester, make a syllabus for that, and rework my Buddhism syllabus for the spring. It never ends, but at least it's all work that can largely be done while high.
So, today, I decide to undo the Mac thing, which meant I needed to pick a new theme. I decided to try out the default Ubuntu Human theme, just for kicks. The brown and orange turned me off initially, so I never used it much. I preferred Crux in my early days and in the absence of anything interesting, will still go back to Crux. this time, I thought I'd see what it would be like with Ubuntu as the art team would have me see it. And you know, I was surprised at how much I liked it. The browns have gone in a darker direction, which tones down the orange as well. I picked an brown-orange emerald theme, and the overall effect is quite pleasing. It's dark without sharp contrasts, very mellow, and very not what other desktop environments look like right now. I even found an ubuntu firefox skin to complete the immersion. I don't know how long I'll keep it like this, but it's really good for now, and I'll keep it in mind next time I decide to shuffle themes on my desktop.
In other computer-related news, my laptop feels especially fast compared to my desktop, and I think the culprit is Azureus. It's in my list of programs to run each session, and it just eats memory. i should shut it down more often and start it up again when I'm just going to encode a dvd (another memory-heavy process) or go to sleep.
I'm also thinking about trying out KDE again. There's been so much buzz about KDE 4, it's tempting to see what the early adoptions in Kubuntu look like.
I thought about most of this in connection with grading my logic class's final exams at the coffeeshop today. I still have to average their grades and report the totals. After that, I'll be done with Dillard for the semester, and I'll only have the exam and essay to grade for Buddhism. Of course, I still need to read more of the books for Philosophy of Religion next semester, make a syllabus for that, and rework my Buddhism syllabus for the spring. It never ends, but at least it's all work that can largely be done while high.
Looks like things have gone well for you of late.