There is just a little problem in using Rainlendar with Ubuntu. Probably you would like your Rainlendar calender to start at the startup. In order to do this you probably did the following:

System->Options->Sessions->Add (Name: rainlendar, Command:rainlendar2, Comment: whatever you want)

this action is supposed to make Rainlendar start at the startup. It's actually the right way, and it actually starts in the majority of cases. But in a non-trascurable number of cases, it doesn't start properly. This mean that Rainlendar could not start at all or that it maybe starts but it's interface is splitted over the whole desktop (there is typically a small number in the upper left corner of your Desktop).

This happens if Rainlendar starts before some important elements of the GNOME toolbar has been initialized.

An easy and powerful way to resolv this issue is quite obvious: delay the startup of Rainlendar.

Creating the script
As you maybe already know the Terminal is really, really powerful. For an advanced user it's basilar to have a terminal to use, because it gives you the full (well, almost :D) control on your machine. As this tool is really useful, it also provides a nice function which can be used in our case: sleep. As the name states, this function make the script sleep (wait) for X seconds before going on executing the script content). So these are the steps to take:

1. Open a terminal
2. Move to the directory where you want to create the script (maybe you home directory it you just want to modify the behavior for your user, otherwise you can put it in /home). To move between your directories, the command to use is cd. For example: cd ~/Desktop will lead you to your user's desktop as the tilde (~) stays for home directory;
3. If you are in your home directory you don't need any particular permission to move. If you on the other hand are in the /home directory you need to get the rights of administrator. In order to do this you can try sudo su. After this command you will be asked for your password. If you are among the sudoers (administrators) you should immediatly gain the administrator rights. If you are not among them, well... you can only act in your home directory;
4. Create the script. Now type nano startRainlendar.sh. Nano is a small but very powerful command-line writing tool. This command will open the newly created startRainlendar.sh file;
5. Now fill in this file! As we discovered before we need to use the sleep command. So these are the rows you have to insert:#!/bin/sh
   sleep 10
   rainlendar2
   
6. Now save the file. To do this type CTRL+O and then ENTER;
7. We now have the file we need. Making this file start at the startup should solve our problem. But there is just another issue: we must make our file executable! To do this the command to use is chmod. I'll probably tell you what I know about this command in another post some day. So far you just need to execute this command chmod 700
8. The last thing to do is to make this script start at the startup. You should already have a rainlender2 entry in your startup list. To modify this (or to add a new one) go on System->Preferences->Session. Find the rainlendar2 entry and change the "Command" to /home/startRainlendar.sh or /home/USER/YOURDIR/startRainlendar.sh depending on where you decided to create your startup script. If you don't have a rainlendar2 entry, click on the "Add" button and simply create a new entry (the important field is "Command", the other two fields are just your your usage.

This should solve the issue. Hope this helps.

Now let's go on with studies.

• Firefox 3: Well, I think many of you use Firefox, as it comes pre installed on Ubuntu. This new Firefox 3 has really improved from the former version. I expecially like the new address bar which seems to be kind of "intelligent", trying to recognize where you want to go while you type the address; Together with Firefox I use GMAIL notifier, a small add-on which keeps constantly controlled my e-mail address. You can find it here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/173;
• Rainlendar2: This program is a really nice desktop calendar. As I tend to forget a lot of stuff it's really useful for me to have this small application on the right side of my desktop. I use it really much: exams, things to do, birthdays, everything. Rainlendar2 comes with 2 skins. I don't like the default one, but the second one is... really nice! Rainlander2 has plenty of useful feauters. There are two version avaiable: the free one and the pro one, which costs some dollars. You can read more about this program on it's official website: http://www.rainlendar.net. I suggest you to have a loot to the FAQ section, really useful expecially for Linux users. The installation for Ubuntu users is really simple: you only have to download the *.DEB package, click on it, insert your admin password (sudo password) and install it. There is a version for Windows;
• BMPX: I love it's simply, light and complete interface. This player lets you play your own music from your hard disk (library), listen to internat radios (shouthcast, icecast), listen to lastfm (if you don't know what it is I suggest you do discover it: http://www.last.fm), Podcasts, CDs and finally Jamendo, a really intresting music database on internet (http://www.jamendo.com). It is still in a quite early stage of the developement and it sometimes crashes (it happens to me when I listen for hours to lastfm) but I'm sure that if a lot of people will download and use this software the community will fix the bugs and provide new intresting and useful features. To get this software: http://bmpx.backtrace.info/site/BMPx_Homepage;
• Pidgin: this IM (Istant Messaging) comes preinstalled (If I'm not wrong) with Ubuntu. If it doesn't you can install it via terminal typing sudo apt-get install pidgin. I love it because it easily lets me to use different accounts (Messenger, GMAIL, ICQ) at the same time. It's interface is really simple, so that this software is nothing for you if you love spectacular effects and complex interfaces. It still doesn't support audio/video call and this is really a pity. But for the rest is really nice. It functions without problems even behind proxy: it can use the system's (GNOME's) settings (System->Settings->Proxy). Website: http://www.pidgin.im;
• Skype: not much to say about this software. I use it quite a lot, both for calling other computer and normal phones to good rates (expecially cheap if you have to call fix mobile numbers around the globe). As for Rainlenard2, you can install Skype downloading the *.DEB package from the official website. With this newer versions, Skype starts a good support of webcams. http://www.skype.com;
• OpenOffice: it's simply a wonderfull application, containing a really powerful set of tools to handle many kind of documents (databases, written documents, excel files, presentation and much more). You simply have to try it out, as it comes preinstalled with Ubuntu. If you were used to Microsoft Office it will take you a while to understand how OpenOffice really works (there are some differences, of course) but after that you will love it. On the net there is a lot of material and tutorials teaching you everything you need. If you want, try to go on Youtube and type "OpenOffice" to get some tutorials! Website: http://www.openoffice.org;
• Stardict: a really powerful dictionary on your desktop. It can both function with local and remote databases. I make it start automatically when the computer stars and if I don't know a word I just have to select it and click the WIN button (you can set this behavior in the options window). Stardict opens a small window telling me what the word means (of course, I installed some dictionaries on my computer). To check out more about this software visit: http://stardict.sourceforge.net/. There is even a version for Windows.

That's it, if you liked my description the best thing to do is to go and get the software and to try it out yourself!These are just opinions and you maybe like other software better than these ones! :)

Now, back to my studies.

"Phil, I just got new computer, which programs should I install?"

Well, both times I kind of mumbled a few things off the top of my head, but here is a more extensive list of a few free programs that I recommend. They are in no particular order.

WinSCP: secure 'explorer-like' ftp/ssh connections

Winamp: music player that has many useful plug-ins

Peerguardian: protect your computer from known IP addresses

µTorrent: download torrents using a very simple & friendly client

AVG Free Edition: simple anti-virus

Spybot S&D: simple spy ware detection/removal

Firefox

• StartAid: saves all bookmarks to a server so they are accessible from more than one location
• Downloadthemall!: chops up downloads into chunks and downloads them concurrently

Thunderbird

• Lightning: calendar app
• Minimize to Tray: minimizes Thunderbird to tray
• Minimize to Tray Enhancer: starts Thunderbird with Windows

RocketDock: an unobtrusive aesthetic launch bar

Paint.NET: a much more sophisticated Windows Paint

Notepad++: quick and convenient development tool

Putty: quick and dirty terminal

Foxit Reader: small and quick pdf reader without all the Acrobat Reader plug-in junk

CutePDF: convenient PDF creater

Rainlendar: desktop calendar and task organizer

FinchSync: free PDA/Thunderbird calendar and contact sync

Digsby: instant message protocol that supports Facebook messages

Skype: inexpensive way to call others

Este es un almanaque que se funde sobre nuestro escritorio, quedando muy estilizado. Debajo del almanaque encontraremos dos cuadros, [To Do] y [Events].Podemos marcar distintas fechas, de cumpleaños, eventos, reuniones, o lo que queramos.

En el primero de los cuadros aparecerán las cosas que hayamos puesto para hacer que ocurriran en la próxima semana(o la cantidad de días que uno decida), como si fuera una agenda. Y el día en cuestión nos aparecerá una alerta en la PC al encenderla. Para personas como yo (olvidadizas, que no prestan atención y ese tipo de cosas) es una aplicación genial; y para las otras personas, también, porque nunca está de más algo así.

En el segundo cuadro, Events, aparecen las fechas de cumpleaños que hayamos marcado y ese tipo de cosas. Usa el mismo sistema que To Do, o sea, aparece desde una semana antes (o lo que uno decida), y ese día nos alerta al encender la PC.

Tiene infinidad de skins para que elijamos cual se adapta mejor a nuestro escritorio, aunque yo personalment, uso uno de los que vienen por defecto, que tiene fondo transparente.

Existe una versión PRO (paga), con un valor de 15 Euros.

Está disponible tanto para Windows como para Linux. Podemos descargar distintos idiomas, según nuestras necesidades (o sea, lo podemos tener en español).

• Página de descarga.

• Descarga de Skins.

• Descarga de lenguajes.

No, saman asian ajaa mikä tahansa muistitikku, jolle voi tallentaa portable-muodossa esim. Firefoxin, Thunderbird´n, OpenOfficen, Notepadin, K-meleonin, 7-Zip´n, Rainlendarin ja paljon muutakin.  Kun kerran on siirtänyt myös esim. kirjanmerkit tikulle ja aina käyttää tikkua, on omat kirjanmerkitkin aina mukana. Turhan usein muistitikku on vain varastona tiedoille. Muista kuitenkin myös varmuuskopiointi...

Across-platform calendar software, Rainlendar is chockfull of all those much-needed everyday features like to-do lists, alarms, search capabilities, and printing support, apart from the expected calendar. The software uses the official standard for calendar data exchange set by the Internet Engineering Task Force Calendaring and Scheduling Working Group, called iCalendar, so you can easily import and export entries between calendars. You can set up recurrent alarms, to-do entries, and calendar entries to record recurring events like birthdays, anniversaries, or the signing of an attendance register at work. The Lite version is free; Pro costs 􀀀15 (Rs 850). The difference is that in the Lite version, there is no support for Outlook, Google Calendar, or calendars shared on a network. Both versions support the Lua scripting language, thereby allowing you to extend the calendar’s functionality. Eye-candy comes in the form of the tons of skins available. Find Rainlendar Lite on our May 2007 DVD.

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Para você que necessita recorrer ao calendário freqüentemente, o Rainlendar traz uma solução moderna e interativa para agendar tarefas, compromissos e lembretes, além de exibir e localizar datas.

A praticidade do programa começa pela sua interface, que além de proporcionalmente pequena em relação a área de trabalho, é totalmente flexível, podendo ser colocada em qualquer lugar na sua tela. Se o tema (skin) padrão do programa não lhe agradar, você pode facilmente alterá-lo.

Agende compromissos com apenas dois cliques!

Para adicionar um compromisso, é só clicar duas vezes com o botão esquerdo do mouse sobre a data desejada. Caso você queira criá-lo em uma data fora do mês corrente, o programa oferece duas setas, localizadas acima do calendário, possibilitando que se alterne rapidamente entre os meses do ano. Selecionada a data, uma janela é aberta para você colocar todas as informações e configurações para aquele compromisso.

Eficiência sem atrapalhar seu trabalho.

Equanto você estiver executando outros programas, o Rainlendar trabalha perfeitamente em segundo plano, disponibilizando um ícone na barra de sistema (systray, ao lado do relógio) para acesso rápido.

Não deixe de ter este prático calendário interativo na sua área de trabalho para conferir datas e agendar seus compromissos.

Tamanho: 3,4 MB

Download: Rainlendar v 2.3

Wichtige Termine lassen sich eintragen und mit kleinen Symbolen kennzeichnen. Wiederkehrende Ereignisse wie Geburtstage kann man natürlich auch einstellen. Neben dem Kalender erscheint zudem eine Aufgaben- und eine Terminliste.

Ein Termin lässt sich mit einem Alarm versehen, damit Sie rechtzeitig daran erinnnert werden. Das Aussehen und der Anzeige-Zeiraum lässt sich beliebig verändern. Ist Ihnen das nicht genug, können Sie per LUA-Skripte die Funktionen von Rainlendar erweitern oder gar neue hinzufügen.

Für größere Kalender-Dateien steht eine Suche parat. Per Backup- oder mit der Druck-Funktion können Sie Ihre Termin-Daten entweder auf dem Computer oder auf Papier sichern. Zahlreiche Skins erlauben Ihnen, Ihrem Kalender ein individuelles Äußeres zu verpassen.

In der kostenpflichtigen Pro-Version können Sie Kalender-Daten aus Outlook und Google Calendar importieren oder einen Online-Kalender abonnieren bzw selber veröffentlichen.

Rainlendar Lite steht für Windows und Linux zum kostenlosen Download bereit. Die Pro-Version kostet 15 Euro.

Fazit: Schicker Mini-Kalender für den Desktop.

Download:

• http://www.rainlendar.net/cms/index.php?option=com_rny_download&Itemid=32
• http://www.rainlendar.net/cms/index.php?option=com_rny_localization&Itemid=34 (Sprach-Dateien)

Daten:

• Version: 2.3

Rainlendar là phần mềm lịch đầy đủ chức năng nhưng lại dễ dùng và không chiếm nhiều không gian màn hình desktop. Ứng dụng này không phụ thuộc vào hệ điều hành nên có thể chạy trên cả Windows và Linux. Giao diện có thể tùy biến với nhiều skin, và bạn còn có thể phối hợp các đặc điểm của nhiều skin lại với nhau.Thật dễ để sử dụng Rainlendar kết hợp với các phần mềm lịch khác.. Rainlendar sử dụng định dạng iCalender chuẩn để lưu thời khóa biểu nên bạn có thể dễ dàng chuyển thông tin qua lại giữa các ứng dụng. Bạn còn có thể xem lịch trực tuyến và xem những cuộc hẹn đã lên lịch trong Outlook bằng Rainlendar.

Rainlendar là một ứng dụng unicode hỗ trợ đa ngôn ngữ nên bạn có thể sử dụng nó bằng ngôn ngữ của mình.

Rainlendar is a full of features calendar tool which is quite simple to use and doesn’t take much space on your desktop. The application is platform independent so you can run it both on Windows and on Linux. The appearance can be customized with skins and you can even mix different skins together.

It is possible to use Rainlendar with other calendar applications too. Rainlendar uses the standard iCalendar format to store its events and tasks so you can easily transfer them between applications. You can also subscribe to online calendars and see your Outlook appointments directly in Rainlendar.

Rainlendar is an unicode application and support localization so you can use it on your own language.

Here are some key features of “Rainlendar Pro”:

• · Platform independent
• · To do list
• · Localized
• · Standards Compatible
• · Alarms
• · Recurrence
• · Scripting
• · Backups
• · Printing
• · Search
• · Shared calendars (Pro only)
• · Outlook support (Pro only)
• · Look’n'feel
• · Highly Customizable
• · Multiple Calendars
• · Import & Export

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Size: 3.91 MB

En este caso os cuento mi método para mantener una agenda/calendario organizado y sincronizado, accesible en cualquier lugar. He probado varias alternativas a lo largo del tiempo, pero las he ido desechando todas pues no cumplían mis expectativas. Algunas, tipo Outlook, son demasiadas complejas para lo que yo necesito, y otras, como las tipo web, no me convencían, Sunbird no lo veo maduro. Finalmente he encontrado una solución sencilla que se adapta perfectamente a lo que yo buscaba combinando dos herramientas: Google Calendar (lado servidor) y Rainlendar (lado cliente).

Rainlendar es una pequeña aplicación de escritorio que instala un calendario sobre el escritorio (valga la redundancia) en el que puedes programar eventos y marcar una lista To-Do (tareas por hacer). Es muy sencillo, consume pocos recursos, no es intrusivo y es muy configurable. Además posee una gran cantidad de skins para cambiar su aspecto y por supuesto es libre y gratuito. Lo llevo usando mucho tiempo y me encanta. Yo sigo usando la versión 0.22, aunque ya ha salido una versión 2.2 (estoy un pelín desfasado).

Supongo que Google Calendar es suficientemente conocido. Además de darte acceso a tu agenda en cualquier lugar con conexión, permite hacer públicos los calendarios que quieras y compartirlos.

La idea general es usar Google Calendar para gestionar el/los calendarios (muy sencillo, como cualquier aplicación de Google), e instalar Rainlendar en los equipos que uses habitualmente (casa/trabajo, en mi caso) para ver las citas en el escritorio sin necesidad de abrir el navegador. Para conectar ambas aplicaciones usamos un pequeño programita llamado WGet que se encarga de descargar los calendarios de Google al disco duro. Necesitamos conocer la URL del calendario que queremos usar. Para ello, vamos a la configuración del calendario en Google Calendar y buscamos el botón ICAL. Habrá dos, uno para la URL privada y otro para la pública. Copiamos la dirección del enlace que nos interese (generalmente la privada).

El proceso es el siguiente:

• Descarga wget y descomprímelo en una carpeta, por ejemplo C:\Archivos de programa\Rainlendar\WGet
• Ejecutar la siguiente línea: wget -O ical.ics url_calendar, donde ical.ics puede ser un nombre cualquiera, que se asigna al archivo que guarda el calendario descargado, y url_calendar la URL que obtuvimos en Google Calendar.
• Vincular el archivo ical.ics a Rainlendar. En la configuración, ir a Plugins, y en la opción iCalendar Plugin añadir el archivo descargado por wget. Marca la casilla "Actualizar cuando cambia el archivo".

Importante: puede ser necesario sustituir "%40" por "@" en la URL que copiamos desde GCalendar.

Por supuesto, no es nada cómodo tener que escribir en un terminal esa línea cada vez que queramos actualizar, asi que tenemos dos alternativas: crear una tarea programada de Windows (ver anotación de Mundo Geek) o crear un archivo de lotes que ejecute ese comando. Crea un archivo de texto plano, copia la línea anterior y guardalo con la extensión .BAT, por ejemplo en el escritorio para tenerlo a mano y así podrás realizar la sincronización cuando quieras. Por supuesto, puedes añadir tantas líneas (con nombres de calendario diferentes) como quieras.

Para personalizar el aspecto se pueden descargar muchas pieles en Customize.org. Aunque yo me quedo con la original, que es la más simple, en la versión en español.

Y si utilizas Linux también puedes usarlo, ya que Rainlendar tiene versión para el pingüino.

Vía: una anotación antigua de Mundo Geek.

Rainlendar - tai darbastalio kalendorius, neryjantis resursų.

Privalumai:

1. Jo nereikia ieškoti - sėdi darbastalyje
2. Gali būti daug kalendorių - pvz darbinis, asmeninis ir t.t.
3. Darbų sąrašai, įvykiai įvedami tiesiai iš darbastalio, pele užėjus ant datos, matosi dienos įvykiai. Yra priminimo funkcija.
4. Platus "skinų" pasirinkimas, lietuvių kalba - dalinai, nors liet. raides rodo
5. Tinka Windows, Linux OS
6. Modifikuojamas

Man gavosi taip:

Plačiau - Rainlendar svetainėje.

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W około zaczęły krążyć ostatnio Visty, OSX i inne Beryle kusząc efektami i ciesząc oko. Co jednak ma zrobić użytkownik posiadający Windows XP, nie mający ochoty na zmianę systemu, a chcący go odświeżyć wizualnie i dostosować interfejs całkowicie do własnych potrzeb i wyobrażeń? Szybki przewodnik do szczęścia przedstawiam poniżej :)

Wiele czasu i prób zajęło mi znalezienie odpowiedniego oprogramowania, które byłoby plastyczne i jednocześnie nie obciążyło znacznie systemu. Sprawdzałem różne możliwości takie jak: DesktopX, Talisman 2, czy Aston. W końcu znalazłem to czego szukałem - Litestep. Po kilku miesiącach eksperymentowania postanowiłem podzielić się z Wami moim doświadczeniem.

1. Zmieniamy interfejs pulpitu

LiteStep, to program zastępujący explorera w kwesti obsługi całego pulpitu. Zastępuje go właściwie dosłownie, ponieważ przy starcie systemu proces explorera nie jest w ogóle uruchamiany. Zamiast niego ładuje się nam LiteStep używający, o dziwo, mniej pamięci operacyjnej niż środowisko pierwotne (LS 10-20MB w zależności od wybranego tematu, a explorer 20-30MB). Co ciekawe - samo zalogowanie się i ujrzenie pulpitu jest znacznie szybsze.

LiteStep do niedawna nie posiadał instalatora - trzeba było samemu grzebać w rejestrze itd. Jednak te czasy już mamy za sobą. LiteStep na starcie oferuje bardzo duże możliwości konfiguracyjne. Jako, że program korzysta ze skórek, możliwe jest również stworzenie własnego interfejsu.

Po zainstalowaniu widoczny jest temat będący hybrydą klasycznego Windows i Linuxa (a raczej środowiska KDE). Skórka ta jest bardzo funkcjonalna, posiada ciekawe możliwości, takie jak obsługa wirtualnych pulpitów, statystyki, sterowanie winampem i inne. Wizualnie nie jest niestety spełnieniem moich marzeń designerskich, dlatego jakiś czas temu zabrałem się za stworzenie własnej.

Tworzenie tematów graficznych jest jednak dosyć skomplikowane i wymaga zapoznania się z dokumentacją odpowiednich plików, przez co przeznaczone jest raczej dla zaawansowanych użytkowników. Prawdę powiedziawszy bardziej przypomina (proste) programowanie niż pracę z grafiką, ale to pewnie dlatego sama aplikacja jest bardzo szybka i wydajna. Poświęcając trochę czasu możemy uzyskać naprawdę ciekawe efekty i sporo satysfakcji :) Można oczywiście używać gotowych tematów jak choćby stworzonego przeze mnie "pmGlassDark" (UPDATE: proponuje najnowszą wersję pmGlassDarkSlim 2).

Dlaczego warto używać LS:

• szybsze logowanie do systemu
• mniejsze zużycie pamięci niż explorer
• skórki - tworzenie, dowolna edycja, plastyczność
• dowolne menu start i prawego klawisza myszy (kliknięcie na pulpicie)
• hotkeys - uruchamianie programów/plików po wciśnieciu przypisanego klawisza np. u mnie: WIN+W uruchamia przeglądarke www lub WIN+E klienta e-mail itd. Oszczędza to naprawdę dużo czasu i klikania.
• efekt końcowy może być mocno "dżezi" :)

To by było Litestep w pigułce. Możliwości są naprawdę szerokie.

2. Zmiana wyglądu okienek

Litestep ogranicza się do zastąpienia pulpitu i dodania różnych ciekawych funkcjonalności. Co jednak zrobić kiedy chcdmy pójść dalej - zmienić wygląd okienek? No właśnie. Czy nie jesteście znudzeni dwoma wartymi uwagi skórkami Windows (klasyczna i niebieska XP)? Ja owszem. Dlatego skorzystałem z aplikacji UX Theme Multi Patcher, która odblokowuje w Windows XP możliwość instalacji nieautoryzowanych przez Microsoft tematów graficznych dla okienek. Jest ich całe mnóstwo, ale ja po miesiącach skakania z jednej na drugą w końcu znalazłem tę jedyną - Luna Element 5 Black. Piękna, stonowana, estetyczna, dopracowana. UX Theme Multi Patcher nie wpływa na zasoby systemu, podmienia jedynie odpowiedni plik Windows na taki bez blokady, po czym znika.

3. Gadżety

Kochamy je (prawie) wszyscy. Są to niewielkie, miłe dla oka programy, dostarczające wszelkiego rodzaju informacji. Ja wybrałem SysMetrix mając na celu stworzenie odpowiednika Vistowego sidebaru.

Sysmetrix, to bardzo dobrze napisana aplikacja pozwalająca uzyskać moc informacji o systemie, pogodzie, poczcie itp. Program daje się łatwo i intuicyjnie ubrać w skórkę własnej produkcji, dając przy tym jednocześnie bardzo duże możliwości i satysfakcję.

Drugim bardzo przydatnym, malutkim programikiem, jest znany wielu osobom Rainlendar - kalendarz widoczny na pulpicie. W tym przypadku nie bawiłem się w tworzenie skórki ponieważ znalazłem idealnie pasującą do moich potrzeb temat "Lucid" i "Lucid Smoked".

Trzecim i ostatnim programem, o którym chciałem wspomnieć jest RocketDock. Co robi RocketDock? Wiernie kopiuje ideę znaną z komputerów Apple. Tzn. tworzy pasek z ikonami programów, które zgrabnie powiększają się po najechaniu myszą. Dodatkowo można za jego pomącą opróżniać kosz itp. Programik jest bardzo efektowny i działa naprawdę zgrabnie.

4. Efekt końcowy

Efekt końcowy, moi drodzy, to właściwie nowy Windows. Coś pomiędzy Vistą, a OSX. Oczywiście nie do końca, bo sama zasada działania systemu pozostaje naturalnie bez zmian. Jednak odbiór interfejsu i praca w tak zmodyfikowanym systemie jest  nieporównywalnie bardziej przyjemna, komfortowa... i dżezi :)

Info: Pasek zadań, menu start, tray oraz data z godziną pojawiają się po najechaniu myszą na stosowny obszar. Sidebar posiada dynamiczne moduły np. klikając na zegar zmieniamy jego wygląd; na strzałkę w prawym górnym rogu zmieniamy tło całego sidebarka; na pogodę zastępujemy ją sprawdzaniem poczty i z powrotem. Kosz opróżniamy prawym przyciskiem myszy itd. Miłej zabawy :)

5. Pliki do pobrania

• LiteStep Installer
• LiteStep pmGlassDark skin
• LiteStep pmGlassDarkSlim skin
• LiteStep pmGlassDarkSlim 2 skin
• UX Theme Multi-Patcher
• Luna Element 5 Visual Style
• SysMetrix Installer
• SysMetrix pmWinVistaSidebar1024 skin
• SysMetrix pmSimpleStat skin
• Rainlendar
• Rainlendar Lucid skin
• RocketDock
• Tapety ala Vista

6. Podsumowanie

Powyższe informacje są tylko ogólnym i dość szybkim przedstawieniem możliwości jakie stawia przed nami taki zestaw aplikacji (głównie Litestep), dlatego po więcej odsyłam Was do Google i dokumentacji powyższych programów. Powodzenia i dobrej zabawy! :)

Strona LiteStep: http://www.litestep.net/
SysMetrix: http://www.xymantix.com/sysmetrix/
Rainlendar: http://www.rainlendar.net/
RocketDock: http://rocketdock.com/

PS.: Zobaczcie również update wpisu.

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My current desktop looks pretty awesome. After chatting a bit about ObjectDock with Paul and discovering that my new nVidia drivers somehow allow me to push my desktop resolution past what I thought was my monitor's max 1024x768 resolution, I decided to give the Mac OS X ripoff dock another shot. My issue previously was that trying to run a window maximized would allow you to see through the dock to the desktop, and in some cases overlap the dock, and it would look really bad, so I got rid of it. Now that I'm magically running 1280x960, maximizing windows isn't at all necessary, so it doesn't look like crap anymore. And of course, I am still rocking my Rainlendar. For anyone who is like me and can't remember basic things like what day it is and when you work next, Rainlendar is a godsend. It's simple, customizable, and looks snazzy as hell. I'm really going to miss it when I make the jump to Mac in a few months' time. From what I've heard, iCal is not quite the same, but hey, I guess I'll just have to deal.

Speaking of the great Mac leap and the Macbook I plan to purchase, I think I'm going to wait at least until Apple speaks a peep of some sort regarding the Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, which is due out in the next few months. They haven't had any sort of event or press release for months--their last public peep was regarding the iPhone--so who knows what kind of goodies they have in store. Alot of people are predicting a refresh to most or all of the Mac lineup, as every version of their machines is either nearing the end of a normal Mac life cycle or is already overdue for a hardware refresh. So until that happens, I think I'll keep on keepin' on with old PC (which actually seems to be running better these last couple of days since I removed a ton of software and scoured the shit out of it), at least until there's a fresh batch of info from Apple regarding the OS or new models.

It looks like the second job at HMV didn't go through as they wanted someone that could work 40 hours a week long-term, and I wasn't really wanting to leave my position at Staples, seeing as I enjoy it there, the people are cool, and I can probably get a transfer to a Vancouver location in the fall when moving time comes. However, I'm still on the potential lookout for a second (part time) job to supplement my current cash flow, so if your work is cool and hiring, let me know.

Something else I should mention: if anyone out there has got some furniture (particularily a futon, coffee table, dining table, chairs, end tables) or some appliances (particularily a cheap barbecue) they want to get rid of, let me know. We're trying to horde as much cheap furniture as we possibly can before we go so we don't have to get everything new and thus spend a ton of money. We've already got a few things, but if your family has got some crap taking up room in your crawlspace that is in relatively good condition, I'd love to take it off your hands.

There is also a whole crop of pictures from New Years' up to the present that I got off Brie's camera that are now on Flickr. Go.

That's about it for today. I need to get around to writing reviews for 300, and the new Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire and Explosions in the Sky album. Expect those... tommorow. Oh, and my maneki neko still needs a name. Seriously!