One thing that is asked of me I only see 2 sides of the cube, well it is not a cube it can be an octogon, hexagon, cube ,triangle etc. You can have many faces to your desktop. 2 is sufficient for most users unless you are a poweruser and can multi-task better then me
I typically run 15 or so programs at a time and 2 desktops is enough for me same with 2 monitors, 3 was overkill.Ok enough already how do I get more then 2 desktops!!!?
System >> Preferences >> Advanced Desktop Effect Settings
General, hmm should speak for itself...
- Selecting general options
did you say hexagon (horizontal virtual size) ?
- have a hexagon.
Settings to pay attention to... If you have a high end card you may want to set textures best under display settings, otherwise general is not all that or a bag of chips, naturally with auto detect refresh typically enabled by default.
I will continue to elaborate on this as time goes on, I would much rather answer a question openly and have many users read it and learn then help just 1 person.
Cube Caps:
This has also been a common question asked of me, I will take the time and address it now...
Cube Caps are the custom pics users set as the top of the cube err hex etc. I will not take the time to show you where not to put them this is actually somewhat confusing, it is due to the devolpment team that makes compiz replacing it with a "plugin".
- Cube caps Plugin
Selecting new image:
- Cube caps new image by clicking edit
Results:
- My logo in place ;)
Not good enough for me lets scale it...
- Scaleing cube caps
Results:
- Cube Caps After scaled
Skydome:
My, my this is a nice plugin when utilized correctly. Most users place an image of grandma here
This will not suffice unless the image of grandma is a 360 degree panoramic image of your current resolution. While as this image may look like crap on your screen, when it it set as a skydome will rock (not of grandma by the way) I have in the past used an image of a pool when viewed you hover over the pool and can look in 360 degrees just as if you were hovering over the pool. I will provide a few here so you can see what it is all about as well as point you in the right direction to get more.Lets get down to business. How do I set my skydome image?
- Visiting the cube, cube why cube...
- Setting skydome
Results:
- It gets much better then stars
Damn, I am not even close to done and posts fly in....
To be continued...
TheeMahn
