I love to play around with things personally and sometimes I get results that
are not what I was intending but are so unique and interesting I keep them
for use. This is one of those times.
The Kpager applet would allow me to switch between desktops on my cube with
Beryl but it was ugly and I wanted something else. The Kpager-compiz package
just took to much space and was just as ugly so I decided to see if I could
get kpager2 to do what I wanted. It didn't but I ended up with something
completely unexpected and really cool.
Using a combination of 3ddesktop, kpager2 and beryl I somehow ended up with
multiple cubes, each cube having the ability to have its own background. I am
currently using four cubes which gives me a total of sixteen virtual
desktops.
To start you will need to have Beryl up and running. If you do not have beryl
running then this how to will be useless.
Get 3ddesktop: In Kubuntu use the following command;
sudo apt-get -install 3ddesktop
Download kpager2 for Ubuntu from here:
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show...?content=31604
In the folder you downloaded it from use the following command;
sudo dpkg -i 31604-kpager2-0.6.0b-1_i386.deb
Now run kcontrol;
Under Desktop select Multiple Desktops and set this to any number you choose
though 4 is usually the standard.
Right click on an open spot of kicker and select Add Applet to Panel, scroll
down to Kpager2 and select it. Close the Add Applet window when done.
Right click on Kpager2 and select Configure Kpager2. Put check marks in both
Use 3D and Zoom. Click Apply and then OK.
Go back to Kcontrol and under Appearance & Themes select Background. There at
the top is a drop down allowing you to select the background for each
individual Desktop. However, in our case each desktop is now a cube and this
allows you to select a different background that will be used on the face of
each side of that cube. I highly suggest you do this so you don't get your
cubes mixed up and that you can readily tell which cube you are using.
Once you have selected what backgrounds you want simply click on the pane in
kpager2 to select what cube you want to go to. The desktop will refresh on
each cube as you select and there will be a neat little picture in kpager2
showing each cubes desktop.
Walla you now have mutiple virtual cubes.
are not what I was intending but are so unique and interesting I keep them
for use. This is one of those times.
The Kpager applet would allow me to switch between desktops on my cube with
Beryl but it was ugly and I wanted something else. The Kpager-compiz package
just took to much space and was just as ugly so I decided to see if I could
get kpager2 to do what I wanted. It didn't but I ended up with something
completely unexpected and really cool.
Using a combination of 3ddesktop, kpager2 and beryl I somehow ended up with
multiple cubes, each cube having the ability to have its own background. I am
currently using four cubes which gives me a total of sixteen virtual
desktops.
To start you will need to have Beryl up and running. If you do not have beryl
running then this how to will be useless.
Get 3ddesktop: In Kubuntu use the following command;
sudo apt-get -install 3ddesktop
Download kpager2 for Ubuntu from here:
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show...?content=31604
In the folder you downloaded it from use the following command;
sudo dpkg -i 31604-kpager2-0.6.0b-1_i386.deb
Now run kcontrol;
Under Desktop select Multiple Desktops and set this to any number you choose
though 4 is usually the standard.
Right click on an open spot of kicker and select Add Applet to Panel, scroll
down to Kpager2 and select it. Close the Add Applet window when done.
Right click on Kpager2 and select Configure Kpager2. Put check marks in both
Use 3D and Zoom. Click Apply and then OK.
Go back to Kcontrol and under Appearance & Themes select Background. There at
the top is a drop down allowing you to select the background for each
individual Desktop. However, in our case each desktop is now a cube and this
allows you to select a different background that will be used on the face of
each side of that cube. I highly suggest you do this so you don't get your
cubes mixed up and that you can readily tell which cube you are using.
Once you have selected what backgrounds you want simply click on the pane in
kpager2 to select what cube you want to go to. The desktop will refresh on
each cube as you select and there will be a neat little picture in kpager2
showing each cubes desktop.
Walla you now have mutiple virtual cubes.
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