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Is there any way to surf the web with pictures and have a background(wallpaper) in the linux console? I don't want to use X but I still want my "desktop" to look good. If so, how would I do that?
Last edited by notapplicable; 04-03-2006 at 11:27 AM.
check out bootsplash.org as well as having bootup iamges, it will also put images acrossyour consoles once loaded. gentoo.org actaully has a very good guide on confifugring it i beleive.
Does this mean that I have to recompile the kernel? Last time I recompiled the kernel (the kernel I'm using right now), I had to wait 7 hours until it was done. My configuration was even as light as possible!
yes but it's the ability to load a splash image and control the things like how big the input area is and where it is on the screen, what colour fonts to use and such, that's a lot more than a framebuffer and a tux header logo.
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