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Are you using KDE, GNOME, what? With KDE it is INCREDIBLY simple. Just go into your control center (or whatever it's called lol) and look for effects. I don't know about GNOME and others.
I have a similar question... I'm using Redhat 8 with KDE 3.1. In the Control Center there are settings for transparency for the konsole under Personalization >> Konsole, but all this seems to do is make the background for the terminal windows match that of the desktop... Can it be truly translucent (i.e., can I be able to see other windows, text, etc, *through* that window?
As for aterm, I can't find any mention of that on my system. (I have a feeling I'm asking a stupid question, but here goes) What is it?
i dotn believe true trasnsluceny is possible but you might want to check otu the xdirectfb project which allows you to turn any gtk app transparent www.directfb.org
Can it be truly translucent (i.e., can I be able to see other windows, text, etc, *through* that window?
My understanding is that the transparent functions of the terminal simply take a snapshot of the current desktop image and regenerate that as the console background, so you won't see application windows behind your terminal, you see through them to the desktop.
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