Darth Vader Feels Blue
Friday, 17. October 2008, 17:56:16
Opera 9.6 Qt4 versus NewHuman theme Round 2
Monday, 29. September 2008, 02:35:41
Hello,
It's me again, it appears that Opera Software has answered our calls about a shared QT4 build and for that I'm thankful. Of course, we will be discussing here, ways to customize QT4.
In time, I found one bug, it appears that using qt4-qtconfig to customize the theme I found out Opera is not respecting the "ButtonText" color and it's using the regular "Text" color for the text inside the buttons. That's not cool.
Thanks,
Cyro
*UPDATE*
It appears Opera has dropped support this shared QT4 version, and they are back to static. Shame on you, Opera Software
It's me again, it appears that Opera Software has answered our calls about a shared QT4 build and for that I'm thankful. Of course, we will be discussing here, ways to customize QT4.
In time, I found one bug, it appears that using qt4-qtconfig to customize the theme I found out Opera is not respecting the "ButtonText" color and it's using the regular "Text" color for the text inside the buttons. That's not cool.
Thanks,
Cyro
*UPDATE*
It appears Opera has dropped support this shared QT4 version, and they are back to static. Shame on you, Opera Software
9.6x Skin updates
Monday, 15. September 2008, 19:02:22
I've updated most of my skins to better integrate Rijk's toolbar layout and Opera 9.6x new icons.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Opera 9.6 Qt4 versus NewHuman theme
Thursday, 11. September 2008, 20:54:15
This NewHuman theme for Ubuntu is fantastic, isn't it?
What happens if you use it in a daily basis? Well, OpenOffice.org, Firefox and most of the software behave normally to it. Except for our little friend Opera 9.6(who just became a beta!).
Ok. First, I'm talking about Opera 9.6 beta 1 GCC4, QT4 (i386) on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (but it applies to Hardy Heron as well). The same issues were verified with the Ubuntu Studio theme (which is dark too)
Sharp (Non-native Skin, default to Opera 9.6)
First screenshot shows us a barely unreadable disclaimer screen, which makes it impossible to read. Unless you select all the text.
Then, we get the very fist screen. The addressbar is ugly brown and the sharp skin gets deformed. The Edit boxes and dropdown boxes get all mixed up. In white and brown. Eww.
Random Native Skin
Now, I want to use QT4 to check if it fits the OS better. But, hey, wait. Check out this address bar. It keeps alternating between brown and white background. And you can't see anything. Eww. Again, very ugly. I feel like disabling it at opera:config.
Also, what's wrong with the Speed dial?
This is skin is a native skin made by me, while attempting to change the address bar background colors, I realized only the text-color allows modifications. Tsk, tsk.
It's not over yet. The tooltip also is unreadable. The background is yellow but the text iswhite gray? And not even opera:config can fix it because since this is a native skin, it's a system setting rule.
To conclude, I wish we had more control over qtconfig in the QT4 build. But I guess we will have to wait until they found about this. I leave a question for all of you: How does Openoffice.org and Firefox can manage that well while Opera cannot?
What happens if you use it in a daily basis? Well, OpenOffice.org, Firefox and most of the software behave normally to it. Except for our little friend Opera 9.6(who just became a beta!).
Ok. First, I'm talking about Opera 9.6 beta 1 GCC4, QT4 (i386) on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (but it applies to Hardy Heron as well). The same issues were verified with the Ubuntu Studio theme (which is dark too)
Sharp (Non-native Skin, default to Opera 9.6)
First screenshot shows us a barely unreadable disclaimer screen, which makes it impossible to read. Unless you select all the text.
Then, we get the very fist screen. The addressbar is ugly brown and the sharp skin gets deformed. The Edit boxes and dropdown boxes get all mixed up. In white and brown. Eww.
Random Native Skin
Now, I want to use QT4 to check if it fits the OS better. But, hey, wait. Check out this address bar. It keeps alternating between brown and white background. And you can't see anything. Eww. Again, very ugly. I feel like disabling it at opera:config.
Also, what's wrong with the Speed dial?
This is skin is a native skin made by me, while attempting to change the address bar background colors, I realized only the text-color allows modifications. Tsk, tsk.
It's not over yet. The tooltip also is unreadable. The background is yellow but the text is
To conclude, I wish we had more control over qtconfig in the QT4 build. But I guess we will have to wait until they found about this. I leave a question for all of you: How does Openoffice.org and Firefox can manage that well while Opera cannot?
Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex theme on Hardy Heron
Tuesday, 19. August 2008, 17:06:09
AS you may know, the alpha releases of Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) have shown us a brand new theme. It's called "New Human" and it's a brown version of the Ubuntu Studio theme.
It's very easy to update your stable-release Ubuntu to this theme. all you have to do is add this following lines to your "/etc/apt/sources.list":
Then, "sudo apt-get update" & "sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-murrine human-theme ubuntu-artwork"
After that, reboot it and you will now be able to pick up "New Human". Easy, isn't it?
Screenshots: http://phorolinux.com/ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex-alpha-1-screenshots.html
Note: It does not work in older versions of Ubuntu like 7.10, 7.04, 6.10 and 6.06.
UPDATE: I'm updating my O7 skin to use with this new theme. It'll be a great alternative for eeePC-Opera 9.5x - Ubuntu Hardy heron users. Who would love to use a native theme.
It's very easy to update your stable-release Ubuntu to this theme. all you have to do is add this following lines to your "/etc/apt/sources.list":
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kwwii/ubuntu hardy main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/kwwii/ubuntu hardy main
Then, "sudo apt-get update" & "sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-murrine human-theme ubuntu-artwork"
After that, reboot it and you will now be able to pick up "New Human". Easy, isn't it?
Screenshots: http://phorolinux.com/ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex-alpha-1-screenshots.html
Note: It does not work in older versions of Ubuntu like 7.10, 7.04, 6.10 and 6.06.
UPDATE: I'm updating my O7 skin to use with this new theme. It'll be a great alternative for eeePC-Opera 9.5x - Ubuntu Hardy heron users. Who would love to use a native theme.
Asus eeePC - First Impressions!
Wednesday, 28. May 2008, 18:21:12
I bought it last week, here comes the review.
First thing, I replaced Xandros with Ubuntu Hardy Heron. Why? Because Xandros is not the best choice. XP was another option (There is a CD with the XP drivers on it). But I picked up Ubuntu because I knew there were tons of customizations to get the best experience.
Hardware:
Processor: Celeron 900 Mhz in overclock mode (650 Mhz is the default);
Memory: 2,048 GB (expanded from the original 512 MB);
Storage: 4GB internal (flash), 2GB external (SD card), 16GB Pendrive;
Video: Intel, 800x480 (wide). There is an external VGA output to connect to an external monitor;
Sound: Yes, integrated;
Mike: Yes, integrated;
Camera: Yes, integrated;
Battery life: 3 hours & 50 minutes (w/ Wifi turned on);
Network: LAN & WLAN;
Bluetooth: No, but I've got a bluetooth dongle which is working;
USB ports: Three.
Outside:
So, I've connected an external CDROM drive and booted the ALTERNATE version of Ubuntu Hardy Heron, which is way better than the Live CD version. I also didn't create a SWAP partition, since I'm not interested in hibernation and it's pointless, since I have 2GB of RAM and there will not be enough room for it. Then, I've followed the instructions on several websites on how to install the drivers correctly, and how to optimize the battery and some other minor tweaks like small fonts, and window resizing (since the resolution is low).
Then, of course, I removed Firefox. Why? Because I don't like it.
Besides Opera, I have OpenOffice.org 2.4, Filezilla, PuTTY, Compiz (always enabled), Pidgin (temporarily because I hate it as well), Skype Beta(Camera enabled), Totem (with all plugins), FrozenBubble, DosBox, and many others. Since it's installed in the 4GB internal drive, I only got 1,5 GB left. But that's ok, because I have the external storage drive and the pendrive as a last option for documents, videos, games, etc.
Inside:
First thing, I replaced Xandros with Ubuntu Hardy Heron. Why? Because Xandros is not the best choice. XP was another option (There is a CD with the XP drivers on it). But I picked up Ubuntu because I knew there were tons of customizations to get the best experience.
Hardware:
Processor: Celeron 900 Mhz in overclock mode (650 Mhz is the default);
Memory: 2,048 GB (expanded from the original 512 MB);
Storage: 4GB internal (flash), 2GB external (SD card), 16GB Pendrive;
Video: Intel, 800x480 (wide). There is an external VGA output to connect to an external monitor;
Sound: Yes, integrated;
Mike: Yes, integrated;
Camera: Yes, integrated;
Battery life: 3 hours & 50 minutes (w/ Wifi turned on);
Network: LAN & WLAN;
Bluetooth: No, but I've got a bluetooth dongle which is working;
USB ports: Three.
Outside:
So, I've connected an external CDROM drive and booted the ALTERNATE version of Ubuntu Hardy Heron, which is way better than the Live CD version. I also didn't create a SWAP partition, since I'm not interested in hibernation and it's pointless, since I have 2GB of RAM and there will not be enough room for it. Then, I've followed the instructions on several websites on how to install the drivers correctly, and how to optimize the battery and some other minor tweaks like small fonts, and window resizing (since the resolution is low).
Then, of course, I removed Firefox. Why? Because I don't like it.
Besides Opera, I have OpenOffice.org 2.4, Filezilla, PuTTY, Compiz (always enabled), Pidgin (temporarily because I hate it as well), Skype Beta(Camera enabled), Totem (with all plugins), FrozenBubble, DosBox, and many others. Since it's installed in the 4GB internal drive, I only got 1,5 GB left. But that's ok, because I have the external storage drive and the pendrive as a last option for documents, videos, games, etc.
Inside:
The Dancing CTO
Friday, 23. May 2008, 19:43:18
Check out this cool animation of Håkon Wium Lie (a.k.a HowCome) who is the Chief Technology Officer of Opera Software and of course, father of Cascading Style Sheets.
Source:
Opera 9.5 Beta 2 for Linux - Native skin Bug
Saturday, 26. April 2008, 03:32:57
The picture says it all. It appears that the native skins are not native enough.
How to reproduce it? Just run Ubuntu, install Opera 9.5 beta 2 and then download the ubuntu-studio theme pack (or any other black theme), apply the theme and then run Opera.
Opera becomes unreadable and almost unusable. I'm talking about menus, context menus, buttons and everything else. All dark. Background and foreground (text) does not contrast like other applications such as OpenOffice.org, Firefox, GIMP, Pidgin, etc.
Filled as bug #326332
Opera 9.5 Linux
Monday, 31. March 2008, 21:24:46
The following post was written in Portuguese. This is some quick reference guide I wrote about Opera 9.5 on Linux. I had to do it, because of the lack of material about it in my mothertongue. I apologize for any incovenience caused.
Instalação do Opera 9.5 no Linux
Como sabemos há pouquíssimos esclarecimentos sobre a instalação do Opera no Linux, principalmente por causa da popularização do Ubuntu.
Antes de fazer o download do pacote de instalação, primeiro é necessário conhecer as diferenças entre os mesmos e para isso é necessário saber algumas informações sobre o seu Sistema Operacional.
São três coisas: versões do SO, GCC e QT.
SO 32 bits ou 64 bits
Existe um comando que mostra qual está instalado.
"uname -m"
- Se exibir x86_64 você tem um SO de 64 bits.
- Se mostrar i686 você tem um SO de 32 bits.
GCC
Depende do Sistema Operacional. Somente os SOs mais novos vem com gcc 4.
Exemplos dos que vem: Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn), 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon), Fedora Core 7 e 8.
Existe um comando que exibe qual a versão que está instalada, "gcc -v"
QT: Interface gráfica que o Opera utiliza no Linux.
No Opera existem duas versões. A antiga (3), usada até o Opera 9.26 e a nova (4) usada a partir do Opera 9.5.
Qual a diferença entre essas versões de QT?
A interface versão 3 é bem rudimentar e quadrada.
A interface versão 4 é bem customizável e se integra mais ao Sistema Operacional. Exemplos dessas interfaces:
- opera -style plastique
- opera -style motif
- opera -style cde
- opera -style windows
- opera -style cleanlooks
Agora que já foram ditas quais as versões do QT, GCC e SO podemos agrupá-las e numerá-las corretamente em pacotes:
intel-linux (i686)
.1 static - qt3 static build, gcc 2.95
.5 shared - qt3 shared build, gcc 3
.6 shared - qt3 shared build, gcc 4
.9 static - qt4 static build, gcc 4
.10 static - qt3 static build, gcc 4
x86_64-linux
.2 shared - qt3 shared build, gcc 4
Agora, com um pacote selecionado. Você deve selecionar o método de instalação.
São três tipos de arquivo.
- .DEB (Padrão Debian e Ubuntu)
dpkg -i opera-*.deb
- .RPM (Padrão Redhat, SuSe, Mandriva e Fedora)
rpm -ivh opera-*.rpm
- .TAR.GZ (Arquivo compactado, similar ao zip do Windows)
tar -zxvf opera*.tar.gz
Será criado uma pasta com o mesmo nome do arquivo, aí é só entrar na pasta e rodar "./opera"
- .TAR.BZ2 (Similar ao de cima, outro método de compactação)
tar -bxvf opera*.tar.bz2
Instalação do Opera 9.5 no Linux
Como sabemos há pouquíssimos esclarecimentos sobre a instalação do Opera no Linux, principalmente por causa da popularização do Ubuntu.
Antes de fazer o download do pacote de instalação, primeiro é necessário conhecer as diferenças entre os mesmos e para isso é necessário saber algumas informações sobre o seu Sistema Operacional.
São três coisas: versões do SO, GCC e QT.
SO 32 bits ou 64 bits
Existe um comando que mostra qual está instalado.
"uname -m"
- Se exibir x86_64 você tem um SO de 64 bits.
- Se mostrar i686 você tem um SO de 32 bits.
GCC
Depende do Sistema Operacional. Somente os SOs mais novos vem com gcc 4.
Exemplos dos que vem: Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn), 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon), Fedora Core 7 e 8.
Existe um comando que exibe qual a versão que está instalada, "gcc -v"
QT: Interface gráfica que o Opera utiliza no Linux.
No Opera existem duas versões. A antiga (3), usada até o Opera 9.26 e a nova (4) usada a partir do Opera 9.5.
Qual a diferença entre essas versões de QT?
A interface versão 3 é bem rudimentar e quadrada.
A interface versão 4 é bem customizável e se integra mais ao Sistema Operacional. Exemplos dessas interfaces:
- opera -style plastique
- opera -style motif
- opera -style cde
- opera -style windows
- opera -style cleanlooks
Agora que já foram ditas quais as versões do QT, GCC e SO podemos agrupá-las e numerá-las corretamente em pacotes:
intel-linux (i686)
.1 static - qt3 static build, gcc 2.95
.5 shared - qt3 shared build, gcc 3
.6 shared - qt3 shared build, gcc 4
.9 static - qt4 static build, gcc 4
.10 static - qt3 static build, gcc 4
x86_64-linux
.2 shared - qt3 shared build, gcc 4
Agora, com um pacote selecionado. Você deve selecionar o método de instalação.
São três tipos de arquivo.
- .DEB (Padrão Debian e Ubuntu)
dpkg -i opera-*.deb
- .RPM (Padrão Redhat, SuSe, Mandriva e Fedora)
rpm -ivh opera-*.rpm
- .TAR.GZ (Arquivo compactado, similar ao zip do Windows)
tar -zxvf opera*.tar.gz
Será criado uma pasta com o mesmo nome do arquivo, aí é só entrar na pasta e rodar "./opera"
- .TAR.BZ2 (Similar ao de cima, outro método de compactação)
tar -bxvf opera*.tar.bz2
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