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Very useful Linux desktop tips to make it very pretty and usable.

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How to have a transparent rxvt terminal on a Linux desktop

Transparent rxvt files. This is a very useful script to create a transparent rxvt terminal for a user who likes a pretty terminal to do day to day tasks in.

#!/bin/bash
# This is a shell script that provides a more attractive rxvt terminal.
# The default rxvt is pretty ugly compared to Eterm & Aterm, so I have
# brightened it up a bit.
# Uses a pretty long command line, so I have broken it up into 3 lines for easier
# reading on a text console.
urxvt -fn "fixed" +sr +st -fg "#FFFFFF" -bg "#000033" -bd "#302c64" \
-ip +sb -title "*-Home-${HOME}-Shell-${SHELL}-Display-${DISPLAY}*" \
-tint DarkSlateGrey -fade 50 -fadecolor red
The rxvt terminal with transparent background.
The rxvt terminal with transparent background.

The above screenshot shows what the above script will give you. This is very pretty.

The above script gives you a more attractive transparent rxvt program. Very useful indeed. There is quite a demand for cool transparent Terminals, so here you go you lovely people. You get one right here. Updated for modern Linux distributions. Now with translucent rather than transparent background. Like aterm.

Run the aterm terminal emulator with a transparent background with a red tint. Still very readable.

jason@Yog-Sothoth » ~ » $ aterm -tr -sh 60 -fadecolor White -tint Red -fg white
The aterm terminal emulator with transparency.
The aterm terminal emulator with transparency.

Running aterm with the -bl option on my MATE desktop gave me a borderless window, but I was unable to focus the window to use it…

jason@Yog-Sothoth » ~ » $ aterm -tr -sh 60 -fadecolor White -tint Red -fg white -bl

Set the MATE desktop environment wallpaper from the command line.

jason@Yog-Sothoth » ~ » $ dconf write /org/mate/desktop/background/picture-filename "'/home/jason/Pictures/Ranchi_9239.JPG'"

Another example.

jason@Yog-Sothoth » ~ » $ dconf write /org/mate/desktop/background/picture-filename "'/home/jason/Pictures/wallhaven-663610.jpg'"

Have a HD movie playing with no audio as your desktop wallpaper.

jason@Yog-Sothoth » ~ » $ cvlc --video-wallpaper --no-audio Videos/baraka.mkv

This requires VLC, and plays a movie file with no sound as your wallpaper. A movie such as Baraka or Samsara would be great.

Get some lovely wallpaper images.

https://alpha.wallhaven.cc/.

Set a terminal as the desktop background.

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202249.


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