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PerturbedPenguin

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Hi, I am PerturbedPenguin and I create Beryl/Emerald Themes, Icon Sub-Sets, Wallpaper Other and more.

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Vox Populi

Beryl/Emerald Themes 6 comments

by PerturbedPenguin
Score 65.6%
Sep 21 2010
You know, that is an extraordinarily good idea that I can't believe I didn't think of at some point. :) I think I'll do that. Thanks for the tip! - Sep 18 2010
If you still have the regular, default Gnome notification applet running in the Gnome-panel up top or wherever you keep your default panel then it will cause this issue. If you search on how to get rid of Gnome-panel altogether or even if you just get rid of the notification applet on the Gnome-panel then AWN should be able to use its replacement notification applet properly. Hope this helps, cheers! - Aug 17 2010
It is the 'notification daemon' applet; just like any other applet it can be added and moved to wherever you want it. ;) - Aug 15 2010
Blue Sparks - Emerald window theme

Compiz Themes 7 comments

by krewetki
Score 76.0%
Oct 31 2012
I like it! I also like your desktop, especially the dock. Out of curiosity is that dock you're using just a screenlet or is it a modified theme of one of the many actual docks out there? - Sep 16 2010
UbuntuFrost

Beryl/Emerald Themes 23 comments

by PerturbedPenguin
Score 46.0%
Sep 16 2010
It truly is a very big shame, I know exactly what you're saying. Linux gives people lots of choice but many of those choices are pretty much hacks and/or can destroy your computer. Also as you said hardware support is definitely lacking. I really hope Linux will improve in the near future but I'm not holding my breath. Sorry to hear about all your troubles! :(

If you ever try to use this theme on another machine you should check out my Vox Populi theme as it is in fact the continuation of the UbuntuFrost project and imho looks much nicer. :) - Sep 16 2010
Did you get it to work? - Jan 28 2010
Ok, I'll upload it... I am sporting a 9800GTX+ though so just be aware that if you import these settings it may bring some computers to a screeching halt - you should be alright so long as you've got a decent graphics card with drivers installed. ;) - Jan 28 2010
In fact I have been rather active on this site lately, good job noticing? Since I took that screenshot I have actually removed gufw simply because I do not need it and it interferes with giver which I use rather often - I do not think it can be considered paranoid though to simply look into having a firewall... even if you are running Linux. G'day. - Jan 26 2010
Hmm, and you did NOT include the quotes, right? Are you running Mint with the default 'Mint menu' by chance? In Ubuntu the main menu transparency depends upon the 'dropdownmenu' string but in Mint this may be different as the Mint menu was written separately from the normal Gnome menu and is unique to Mint. Also I just discovered today that you can make the actual gnome-panel and its applets(such as the calendar) transparent by using the string 'name=gnome-panel' if you want to try that out too. I am sorry I can't be much more help but I am not certain why you are having such issues. Good luck! - Jan 18 2010
Thank you, I'm glad you like it! You will want to open up your CompizConfig settings and navigate to 'opacity, brightness and saturation'. Under 'window specific settings' click 'new'. In the dialog that pops up enter "Menu | PopupMenu | DropdownMenu | Utility | Tooltip" or the equivalent in Russian if ccsm is translated I s'pose, you may have to look that up. Next I have my 'window value' set to 83 but of course you can use whatever you like best - it is simply an alpha-channel measure of sorts with 100 being no transparency and 0 being invisible(I recommend not setting it to 0 but if you do, and all else fails, you can switch to Metacity and fix things up). Now just make sure that the 'opacity, brightness and saturation' effect is enabled and you should be up and running. ;) - Jan 17 2010
After doing a bit of searching I think I have found the problem - unfortunately it sounds fairly conclusive that this is an ATI driver issue. From what I've read the blur plugin worked fine on ATI cards back in the Ubuntu Hardy timeframe but the driver has since had a regression of sorts. Below are posted some links I found for evidence - doesn't look like there is any fix yet, sorry mate!!

One thought I do have is that perhaps some other theme that uses a different rendering engine would work(this one uses vrunner 0.2) but I quite doubt it.

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-954252.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479443

http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1488 - Jan 16 2010
Alright, I uploaded my GTK theme 'Tourmaline'. There is now a link to it above. Enjoy! - Jan 09 2010
Simple Purple

GTK2 Themes 6 comments

by sxmaxchine
Score 58.0%
Sep 04 2010
Wow, that is really purple! Haha. I'm not a huge fan of Ubuntu's switch to purple but I am a fan of your notification theme and the transparency you've got in there. Keep up the good work! ;) - Aug 31 2010
The Last Amazing Grays Iconset

Full Icon Themes 26 comments

by deusnova
Score 74.0%
Jun 29 2010
These will be sick! - May 30 2010
WoW

GTK2 Themes 90 comments

by nale12
Score 76.0%
Jun 27 2010
Finally a very nice theme for Gnome! There are a number of issues I would like to report and some suggestions to give though. Note I am running Ubuntu 10.04 and of course these may or may not appear in other distros or releases.

1) I would prefer 32x32px icons in the menus like most themes have.
2) The clock applet has rounded edges which is awesome but the hard, rectangular edges still exist on the outside. It would be awesome if you could get rid of these outer, rectangular edges.
3) The volume menu in Ubuntu Lucid is having some issues with the background colour of the slider not matching the black menu.
4) The theme by default seems to refer to an icon theme which you probably have on your computer but that no one else has by default and which doesn't seem to be included in the folder with your theme. Perhaps you could at least add another link to your gnome-look page linking to where that icon set can be downloaded from?
5) On Nautilus and nautilus-like apps a little rounded arrow looking thing shows up in the lower right corner in the location where you would drag the window to enlarge it. I don't know if it is there intentionally or not but my opinion, for what its worth, is that it would look a lot nicer not having anything there.
6) Also in Nautilus when you click on the 'Icon View' tab its menu is a black menu like all the rest of the system menus. This seems to be a common issue in all dark themes I've seen so far. If it would be possible to change just that specific nautilus 'menu' to something lighter that matches the greyish colour of the rest of that interface instead of having it be black I think it would look a lot better.
7) Would it be possible to make all the drop down menus rounded sort of like you did with the clock-applet? I have never seen it done but if you could I think it would look great for just the bottom two corners of all the menus to be rounded!

I love this theme though, it is great! I just hope that it can become even better! If you need any screenshots or clarifications from me let me know.

Thanks for such an awesome theme,
Brian - May 30 2010
Homosapien Metacity Customizer 0.4.5

Metacity Themes 98 comments

by zacbarton
Score 62.5%
Mar 17 2010
I really like:
*the current thicker titlebar
*the current rounded bottom edges
*everything else I can think of

Could be improved:
*Could you possibly make the buttons such that it is more obvious when you move the mouse over them, not too much of a colour change or glow but just a slight hue change or something.
*could you make the menu selection look more like it does in this theme and other related themes:
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Tourmaline?content=118287
...I just am not a big fan of the default selection look for menus... keep in mind I am not saying your theme should have a dark look but just that the shape of the selection area shouldn't attempt to be glossy imho.
*When you open up an 'about' dialog in an app - something that only has the close button - is it possible in this situation to use a fully rounded close button instead of the usual one?

Fabulous work mate! I am simply pointing out what I notice so it can be improved even more! Thanks a ton! - Feb 04 2010
I don't even remember if I have already commented but wow this would be a fabulous default theme... I really hope Canonical chooses this one! Nice work! - Feb 04 2010
Plasma Oxygen-Transparent

Beryl/Emerald Themes 7 comments

by garthecho
Score 58.0%
Jan 15 2010
I think I like this one the best of all your themes, absolutely fantastic!! - Feb 04 2010
SlimGlow for Emerald

Beryl/Emerald Themes 5 comments

by garthecho
Score 50.0%
Feb 04 2010
Seems like I just posted a similar comment on one of your previous works a short while ago! This is a fabulous theme - unique, clean, slim, dark. Absolutely love it! - Feb 04 2010
GIMP 2.6 Custom Splash Screen

Gimp Splashes 5 comments

by devvv
Score 50.0%
Oct 16 2008
I know this is a long time after your post but this is how: in terminal type in 'sudo nautilus' then navigate to that location and do your dirt work... afterwards exit the nautilus browser first and then the terminal. I think technically you are supposed to use gksudo but I always just use sudo and it works fine. - Feb 02 2010
Humanity Weather Icons

Icon Sub-Sets 29 comments

by piotrekp
Score 50.0%
Feb 01 2010
Hmm, well imho those aren't as good as your version but they are pretty good too and will integrate much better! Thanks for the link, great work! - Feb 02 2010
These are great! These ought to be default in Lucid, is there any word on this happening? - Feb 01 2010
Montana caterpillar

Wallpaper Other 2 comments

by PerturbedPenguin
Score 46.0%
Sep 18 2010
Thanks! Great recommendation as well, now I will be able to upload full quality images! :) - Feb 01 2010
OSX Pear

Icon Sub-Sets 1 comment

by bearbearbearb
Score 50.0%
Dec 27 2009
Hahahaha that is extremely funny! Whether it was intentional or not I'm liking the play off of an apple. Good work. - Feb 01 2010
WinFlag

GnoMenu Skins 11 comments

by amoob
Score 50.0%
Jan 31 2010
I agree that it is a blatant copy of Windows and I am not even certain it is legal... nevertheless give him a break - he is only helping - contributing to the community. The more choice the better. - Feb 01 2010
UbuntuSpring

Beryl/Emerald Themes 2 comments

by PerturbedPenguin
Score 46.0%
Sep 16 2010
Thank you! Always nice to know one's work is appreciated! ;) - Jan 31 2010
PerturbedPenguin's Compiz settings

Compiz Themes 4 comments

by PerturbedPenguin
Score 46.0%
Jan 31 2010
Are you using an ATI card? I did some research after someone previously was complaining they couldn't get the blurring to work and found that the ATI drivers have had some sort of regression that causes the blur plugin not to work. Perhaps this is the issue, sorry I did not think of this earlier. - Jan 31 2010
No problem, hope it helps. Good luck! - Jan 29 2010
Ubuntu splat

Wallpapers Ubuntu 5 comments

by linuxbrother11
Score 50.0%
Jan 26 2010
lol - Jan 29 2010
Another Suse Branch

Wallpaper Other 3 comments

by linuxbrother11
Score 50.0%
Jan 29 2010
I love the design but is it supposed to be so low res? ...Is that what you are referring to above? ...I also think it could do without the big red signature in the lower right corner but that is the artists choice I suppose. ;) Nice work! - Jan 29 2010
Impressions

Wallpaper Other 8 comments

by Lemonade
Score 50.0%
Aug 13 2009
Jk, Jk, JK! But really - very nice wallpapers!! ;) - Jan 29 2010
Natural Network

Wallpaper Other 1 comment

by fcartegnie
Score 50.0%
Jun 28 2009
Very nice photo! - Jan 29 2010
Splatted Dark Ash

Wallpaper Other 3 comments

by kestal
Score 50.0%
Oct 02 2009
I like it - for the moments when I feel like taking a break from my more colourful wallpapers. ;) - Jan 29 2010
LinuxAbstract 2010

Wallpaper Other 1 comment

by danieljucan
Score 50.0%
Dec 27 2009
especially like the green/yellow (top) one! - Jan 29 2010
Martian Spider

Wallpaper Other 5 comments

by noisedsn
Score 50.0%
Jun 08 2008
MMMM... Blender. ;) - Jan 29 2010
ice leaves

Wallpaper Other 2 comments

by fwxyz
Score 58.0%
Jan 26 2010
Just had to say this is an absolutely fabulous photo, it is an actual photo and not computer generated correct? It is great! Thanks! - Jan 29 2010
Dust Emerald Theme

Beryl/Emerald Themes 13 comments

by Aristarh
Score 50.0%
Feb 09 2010
Yeah, that looks a little better now... you can still see where the glow gets cut off though which is mostly what I am referring to. No worries though maybe I'll get to editing it a bit myself one of these days... a bit too busy right now though. ;) Thanks! - Jan 28 2010
...but could you possibly make the buttons less... 'blocky'? As in make just the x and the triangle things glow instead of that rectangle area? Very nice though! - Jan 27 2010
forssitia suspensa

Wallpaper Other 2 comments

by fwxyz
Score 50.0%
Apr 23 2009
WOW, very impressive - all of your work! Keep it up! :) - Jan 27 2010
UbuntuSolstice

Beryl/Emerald Themes 8 comments

by PerturbedPenguin
Score 46.0%
Sep 16 2010
Haha, it happens. Once again thanks! - Jan 27 2010
Reload the page? ...I make duplicate posts like this all the time. lol ;) - Jan 27 2010
Hehe, yes indeed! Merci! I will change that right away. - Jan 27 2010
Thank you. ;) Did I make a mistake? If so please do let me know what I did, currently I don't see anything wrong with it - but that doesn't mean much. - Jan 27 2010
Penumbra

Beryl/Emerald Themes 5 comments

by graphreak
Score 46.0%
May 04 2008
I think I discovered something that may help in fixing this issue, I think it has something to do with the 'Titlebar object layout' settings. The current theme has all the extra buttons using this setting:
A()Y():T:H()S()N()X()C

If I change the setting to more of a normal layout the issue goes away:
(4)I(6)T::HNXC

So maybe something in there is just formatted incorrectly? Or perhaps this is a universal Emerald issue when a theme uses the extra buttons such as what you used in this theme. Hope this helps. - Jan 26 2010
Green Wind

Wallpaper Other 1 comment

by UCLAlax
Score 50.0%
Jan 25 2010
Good, maybe it could use something more in the background though? Idk, it just seems to be missing something. Good work though! - Jan 25 2010
Ubuntu Celtic Wallpaper

Wallpapers Ubuntu 2 comments

by rore
Score 50.0%
Dec 04 2008
Very good looking, very original, I like it a lot! Is there any chance you could create a widescreen version? ...Say, perhaps 1680x1050? Awesome though! ;) - Jan 25 2010
SpoonsLite for Emerald

Beryl/Emerald Themes 9 comments

by garthecho
Score 50.0%
Jan 21 2010
Funky, but I like it. Nice work! - Jan 20 2010
OpenOffice.org Ubuntu Studio Splash

OpenOffice Splash Screens 1 comment

by Azraelthe7th
Score 50.0%
Aug 17 2009
This is fabulous! The default Ubuntu OpenOffice splash is pretty much despicable - this is the best replacement I have seen yet. Awesome work, Thanks! - Jan 10 2010
Ubuntu's Sun

Wallpapers Ubuntu 6 comments

by blackloader
Score 50.0%
Mar 15 2010
Mine is actually 16:10 1680x1050 if you could accomodate that it would be great but any widescreen format would work. Again this is just a SICK background! Thank you! - Jan 09 2010
+1 for a widescreen version, thank you!! This is a SICK wallpaper! - Jan 09 2010
Gnome Machine

Wallpapers Gnome
by ceebeebg

Score 58.6%
Sep 23 2010
Score 70.0%
Sep 23 2010
New Wave

GTK2 Themes
by dilomo

Score 72.2%
Feb 04 2010
Plasma Oxygen-Transparent

Beryl/Emerald Themes
by garthecho

Score 58.0%
Feb 04 2010
SpoonsLite for Emerald

Beryl/Emerald Themes
by garthecho

Score 50.0%
Feb 04 2010
Score 62.5%
Feb 04 2010
Score 50.0%
Feb 01 2010
GNOME HD

Wallpapers Gnome
by Kmurat

Score 73.1%
Feb 01 2010
Impressions

Wallpaper Other
by Lemonade

Score 50.0%
Jan 29 2010
LinuxAbstract 2010

Wallpaper Other
by danieljucan

Score 50.0%
Jan 29 2010
ice leaves

Wallpaper Other
by fwxyz

Score 58.0%
Jan 27 2010
Ubuntu Celtic Wallpaper

Wallpapers Ubuntu
by rore

Score 50.0%
Jan 25 2010
Ubuntu's Sun

Wallpapers Ubuntu
by blackloader

Score 50.0%
Jan 09 2010
Score 67.1%
Jan 09 2010
Penumbra

Beryl/Emerald Themes
by graphreak

Score 46.0%
Jan 08 2010
New Dejavu

GTK2 Themes
by Asturbal

Score 67.4%
9   Oct 27 2010
Black Atlas

Beryl/Emerald Themes
by panopticon36

Score 58.0%
9   Sep 27 2010
Home Atlas 3

Beryl/Emerald Themes
by panopticon36

Score 58.0%
9   Sep 27 2010
Gnome Machine

Wallpapers Gnome
by ceebeebg

Score 58.6%
9   Sep 23 2010