Lakes The Guy

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do i miss having aero glass audio player skins so much that i'm willing to make a spotify account just to use spicefy's wmp11 theme? maybe, maybe not, but i'm considering it
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frutigeraeroarchive's avatar frutigeraeroarchive 1 month ago

Btw, what DE is this even for?

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lakestheguy's avatar lakestheguy 1 month ago

@frutigeraeroarchive it's for the emerald window manager instead of a de

frutigeraeroarchive's avatar frutigeraeroarchive 1 month ago

Oh I didn't even know that was a thing

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found this theme for linux: https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1012735/
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kuroi's avatar kuroi 1 month ago

nooooo stop making me want to switch to linus because they have really cool themes D; haha jk, but i just looked around the themes they offer and there are many with such a cool and retrovibe, i love it

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lakestheguy's avatar lakestheguy 1 month ago

@kuroi yeah the themes are cool. it's unfortunate that the retro ones kinda get buried in the results by the flat "modern" ones & sometimes gtk3 themes don't look exactly like the image on xfce. but it's still great that linux has software for such detailed themes by default

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i sent a software recc for the resources list. the password is still Abc123456789
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frutigeraeroarchive's avatar frutigeraeroarchive 1 month ago

added those too hehe

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i figured out how to make the windows titlebars transparent. apparently you gotta go into window manager tweaks and then compositor
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i figured out a trick so that images from discord don't save as webp. go to photopea in another tab, copy paste the image link into "open with url", then "export" the file as either a png or a jpg. you're welcome
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kkbkkb's avatar kkbkkb 1 month ago

i actually just change the file format on my own when saving the image; select from the file type dropdown “all file types” and add “.jpg” or “.png” or “.gif” to the end of the file name ☺️

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lakestheguy's avatar lakestheguy 1 month ago

@kkbkkb thanks for the advice

draggianuniverse's avatar draggianuniverse 1 month ago

I've found that opening Discord images in a new tab returns them to their native file format. I also have a browser extension that converts WEBPs which I use if that doesn't work.

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draggianuniverse's avatar draggianuniverse 1 month ago

(I do use Discord for web, though. I'm not sure if either of those would work for the desktop app.)

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i found out you can change the window theme while having another theme for the taskbar & start menu!! i'm gonna abuse this
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i feel like i'm posting too much about linux mint lmao
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inthemeantimewecry's avatar inthemeantimewecry 1 month ago

as you should! (no, but seriously the catch of having your very own personal website is posting whatv interest is in you mind right now! if that's linux mint then let it be it ദ്ദി(˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧

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lakestheguy's avatar lakestheguy 1 month ago

@inthemeantimewecry thanks!! that's true!! i may be cringe but i am free

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unexplainedsightingsofcowboys's avatar unexplainedsightingsofcowboys 1 month ago

I like reading about what people are up to when they post on their walls, KEEP IT COMING HOMIE!

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fleasonrats's avatar fleasonrats 1 month ago

i like it as someone who's curious ab linux!!! (i tried mint years ago) keep posting man!

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lakestheguy's avatar lakestheguy 1 month ago

i'm glad you all seem to enjoy it!! :)

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kuroi's avatar kuroi 1 month ago

i remember the first time i used linux mint, it was such a nice feeling xD finished college and my graduation project using it, oh the memories

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lakestheguy's avatar lakestheguy 1 month ago

@kuroi one thing i'm really happy with is that my computer boots faster. but idk if that's because it's so lightweight or because it's less cluttered or both (probably both)

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kuroi's avatar kuroi 1 month ago

probably both xD i switched to mint back then because my laptop was SO slow with windows, i added mint as a dual boot and i was so surprised by how fast it worked, felt like i had a new computer xD

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