So the secret is an extra theme. Thanks for the info.

Here is my "new" laptop, same as my "old" laptop.

It is a now vintage Toshiba from about 2005, Celeron 1.7Ghz. I have run a somewhat updated Slackware 12.1 on it until recently. Faced with maybe getting a new one recently, I decided to get a new hard drive (1TB) and max out the RAM (at only 2GB) instead, and installed Slackware 14.1.

I like simple and clean, and find the dark theme unobtrusive and easy on my old eyes. But I added the "S" logo and put a little color in my conky this time, just to freshen it up.

It is Fluxbox with a modified MyDefcon_1 basic theme. I put the CPU/DL/UL graphs in the lower right corner where they are visible below anything that is opened full screen above the task bar.

I spend most of my time in Tmux sessions, one example view shown.

My laptop serve me like a server lol
Slackware 14.1
Fluxbox, my style lol, a little joke on the wallpaper.
Running as Teamspeak 3 server, Samba, and a few months ago apache server, and my next achievement is create a NFS server. For control it, i use vnc server and ssh.
I'm still learning.

Add style to your rxvt! :)

Here is my rxvt entries in ~/.Xresources

I changed my ~/.Xresources like you said, but i removed scrollbar and looks better :D thanks

My simple setup.
Slackware fluxbox.

mocca, which program do you use for the icons on your desktop?

I'm using Rox-Filer.

Ah k, thanks

About the same as 10 or more years ago except then i might have been using gnome-panel instead of xfce. The bar panel and slit are all usually autohidden.

OK, I'm kind of getting to like a more colorful desktop - but still dark is my preference.

Here is one of my development machines that I decided to freshen up a bit.

Fluxbox (as always), added transparency to my urxvt defaults.

I kept a familiar conky layout - always nice to know what I am looking for at a glance.

Ok, I have used up all my play time for this week... I have polished up my first best attempt at a truly themed desktop that still meets my no-nonsense constraints, kind of. I like it!

Fluxbox, conky, tinted, transparent rxvt-unicode, a modified Fluxbox theme and an open VLC window now playing.

I hope there is another Sarah Connor Chronicles fan out there to enjoy it with me!

I like it. :twocents:

Regards.

Slackware64-multilib + xfce = The best desktop experience !!

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I've been always been bad at customizing stuff so it looks almost like default.