[clue-tech] Using a terminal/console for the desktop

[Brian Gibson]

I currently have Tilda on my Xubuntu system.  It can
be obtained via apt-get/synaptic so it's very easy to
install.  It's semi-modal and will appear over all
your windows on all your desktops.

Launch via Accessories.  Right-click for the
Preferences dialog where you can adjust a whole slew
of options.  It supports multiple tabs via right-click
or Shift-CTRL-T.  Shift-CTRL-PGUP and -PGDN navigate
the tabs.  Unfortunately it does not cycle once you
reach the first or last tab, but you can directly
access a tab via Alt-<# key>.  It supports
mousewheel/trackpad scrolling, but you can always
enable a scrollbar if you want.

A new kid on the block is Guake built with GTK so it
theoretically can run on an XFCE system.  You'll have
to install from source or the .deb package since it's
not in the Xubuntu repository yet.  I've been meaning
to look at it since it claims to support the best of
both Tilda and YuKuake.


--- Angelo Bertolli <angelo at freeshell.org> wrote:

> Yes, I got a lot of good answers and I apologize for
> not being very 
> clear.  I'm really not sure how to describe what I
> want, but Brian's 
> link is basically what I was looking for:
> 
>
http://www.stampersite.com/wordpress/20070905/how-to-create-a-transparent-terminal-session-as-your-desktop-background/
> 
> A way to make the "desktop" of GNOME (or preferably
> XFCE) more useful 
> than just a place to store icons and launchers. 
> IMO, the X environment 
> and windows useful, but the actual virtual desktop
> itself is relatively 
> "useless."  I usually always have Terminal open set
> with the "pushpin" 
> sticky to appear on every desktop.  So my thought
> was why not just make 
> the desktop a terminal?
> 
> Thanks to everyone who responded, it certainly will
> give me enough 
> things to look into and play around with.
> 
> Angelo
> 
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