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Wednesday, March 14. 2007

Debian Package of the Day


Hey,

recently i discovered the Debian Package of the Day website. I suggest everybody of you to take a look around that page daily.

Debian users are writing about their favourite packages and what makes them so special. This is great to get in touch with software that was locked down in the deep crates of aptitude and apt-cache search :-).

Here's what i discovered there ...



I discovered Yakuake, that tool really makes my life easier. I just have to press F12
and a Bash is dropping from the top of my screen, the size position and
everyhting else is configurable. A really great tool which allows fast
and easy access to the Linux User's best friend, the Bash.

Read the full article about Yakuake here on debaday.

Regards,

Sebastian


Posted by Sebastian in Linux at 22:50 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)
Last modified on 2007-03-21 21:03
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Hi Sebastian,

do you know howto make YaKuake transparent to the below window? If I choose "Transparent - dark Background" it's not transparent, but shows my wallpaper in darker colors (But not e.g. the browser below the console)

Thanks!
#1 TheOne (Homepage) on 2007-03-19 08:16 (Reply)
Hey,

yes just open the "Konsole" (ships with KDE) tool and then edit the Settings for Schema. There just choose the "Transparent Konsole" and set the Transparency to "Max" (you'll see a switch on the right side in that config dialog).

Now save you're new Schema with a custom name and make it default for your Konsole sessions. Now open Yakuake and right click into the window, choose "Use Konsole Settings".

Regards,
Sebastian
#1.1 Sebastian (Homepage) on 2007-03-19 09:02 (Reply)
Thanks a lot! Will try it later :-) I'm not at home right now...
#1.1.1 TheOne (Homepage) on 2007-03-20 08:15 (Reply)
Okay, tried it now but I failed...
It seemes it's only possible to show your wallpaper as background and to make it a little bit darker (what they call transparency)
What I need is to see what's directly below my konsole. For example if I press F12 while surfing, I need to see my browser "through" yakuake, and NOT my wallpaper.

Any idea?
Thanks one more time!
#1.1.2 TheOne (Homepage) on 2007-03-20 20:57 (Reply)
Hey,

sorry dough i am not having a fitting answer but i tried transparent backgrounds as well. I got some experiences working in the bash (i have done all the coding work for fsphost by ssh and vim!).

I suggest to try the black on green Schema. I switched to this from a semi transparent background and it enhanced my bash work, really. Maybe you find a Schema which is the best for your eyes and for the daily desktop fun (i mean colors, fonts and that stuff).

Often the easier solution will give you the better results :-) keep it simple.

But if you find a solution to get your bash background transparent, it would be nice if you shoot out a email with it (sebastian (at) fsphost [dot] com) it or just post it here.

Regards,
Sebastian
#1.1.2.1 Sebastian (Homepage) on 2007-03-20 23:31 (Reply)
Thank you for your answers!
I know a solution: Activate the translucency in your control panel. You could even use the green on black sheme with that. But it slows down everything if your graphic card is not the best... So in my case it's not a "real" solution.

I thought there might be a way to activate "real" transparency only for the konsole (or yakuake), but it doesn't seem to...
#1.1.2.1.1 TheOne (Homepage) on 2007-03-21 21:03 (Reply)

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