I really was trying to mod one of the stock templates to make it how I like it, but apparently CSS works differently on Blogger than it should... I don't even know how that's even possible, but it somehow just is...
Specifically, "border-radius: 10px;" should round all four corners of the appropriate widget, but in Blogger, it only rounds the top and not the bottom. Again, how this works, I haven't a damn clue. What it seems like I'm going to have to do is to do the editing elsewhere and then copy it all over and pray that it works.
By no means am I going to give up on Blogger, but this is one of the things that frustrate me a lot - when the built-in tools are making it much more complicated than it should. Considering the nature of CSS and the fact that I don't know any CSS, I expected the theme-customising process to be slow, but it's ridiculous when it's slowed to a crawl.
I was really hoping that I can just modify a theme I liked and then go to bed, but I spent a lot more time than I wanted trying to get the CSS to work right.
Oh right, and in technicality, if I remove a property, then it shouldn't apply (as I noticed with Liveweave and Firefox's inspector, but apparently that's not the case, as I have to do something to nullify the property (e.g. changing a border from 1px to 0px to remove it).
Anyway, I need some sleep. Hopefully I can get the theme properly made and working right tomorrow.
29 October 2014
28 October 2014
First Official Post!
Testing is over, yay! Now this post will sit here as the "site" is under construction. :x (Posts dated before this are old posts from version 1.)
openSUSE Tumbleweed Part 1
Last night, I had an huge itching to tinker around, and decided to upgrade Mei-chan to Tumbleweed, seeing that she was already on. After upgrading, X broke, so I went and downgraded the packages back to 13.1. The downgrade was pretty much fine, however, the text decided to become boxes with any GNOME 3 window, which was not exactly good (luckily text inside Firefox was fine, and there wasn't any problems with the system itself).
First time in a long time that I had to ask for help, since I wasn't able to find it anywhere (especially with how tired I was), and I got an answer that the pango cache just needed to be updated with either of the commands:
It worked, and I was saved the hassle of having to reinstall (or upgrade). I'm slightly upset that I can't use Tumbleweed, but there are a couple rolling distros I can try when I feel like it.
Things I've learned:
First time in a long time that I had to ask for help, since I wasn't able to find it anywhere (especially with how tired I was), and I got an answer that the pango cache just needed to be updated with either of the commands:
sudo pango-querymodules --update-cache
sudo pango-querymodules-64 --update-cache
It worked, and I was saved the hassle of having to reinstall (or upgrade). I'm slightly upset that I can't use Tumbleweed, but there are a couple rolling distros I can try when I feel like it.
Things I've learned:
- Definitely test in a testing environment to avoid complications.
- I can't use Tumbleweed. ☹
- Downgrading causes the textual glitch.
- Update pango's cache when the above happens.
26 October 2014
openSUSE 13.2 RC1
While I wasn't exactly thorough with the beta, I did notice quite a bit of changes this time (either they were there in the beta and I didn't notice them or it wasn't in the beta).
One thing I'll mention is that hitting the "Activities" after a cold boot is still just as fast (if not a bit faster) as the beta, but "Show Applications" is now faster than it was in the beta or before it (even 13.1). On the Dell, the "Show Applications" problem I had is fixed.
While I'm here, I might as well point out the new graphical effect when you click on "Show Applications" (assuming hardware is able to support it). The icons and labels for each application floats outward from the "Show Applications" button in a similar way as the "Genie" minimize/restore effect in Mac OSX; the attached screenshot only shows the beginning part of it, as the graphical effect is pretty fast and isn't easy to capture, but I'm sure it helps make the effect a bit more understandable.
In the top-right menu, another button is added (presumably for laptops, as it did not appear on the Dell), which I haven't any clue what it's for, besides that it changes to have a lock on it when you click on it. With it being only for laptops, it doesn't really help to figure out what it is or is for. I'll see if I can find something on it later.
Confirmation dialogues are a bit different now: the pop-up greys the corresponding window (which I don't really remember from 13.1), but the most noticeable aspects is the pop-up itself - which now has no window decorations (the "x" for the close or a grab-able title bar is no longer present), and the buttons are much larger. It looks much cleaner and simple, which is a nice change.
YaST2's Software Manager also got a pretty large graphical update, which now has several tabs instead of the drop-down menu. The package info section also has tabs, which makes it easier to get to the respective section (say you're trying to get to the versions to install a specific version from a different repository). With how it's changed, the layout seems a bit more aesthetically pleasing than Synaptic.
As I had mentioned in the beta, some of the buttons have been moved to the top of the dialogue instead of being on the bottom. This was done (presumably) to utilize the extra space in the title bar, which makes the windows that much smaller.
Gedit was really graphically overhauled - some buttons placed into the title bar. Tabs appear when you click the new tab button, though there might be a preference to have tabs always shown (I didn't really look at the preferences). The "Save" button is decently large, which is nice, though I'm sure most of these changes were to accommodate touchscreen-based users. As you can see with the save dialogue, the "Cancel" and "Save" buttons are in the title bar and make the window smaller vertically. The menu button has the rest of the other functions and has the same look as Firefox's menu button. Gedit's menu on the GNOME bar is very desolate, seeing that it's something that's not going to be accessed very often.
YaST2's Boot Loader also was revamped graphically (this change can also be seen when installing RC1).
Also, the theme I've been using for 13.1 is now broken and incompatible. Mainly the radio buttons, checkboxes do not appear correctly when selected, rather they just show up empty. Luckily the "Oxygen Neon" cursor I've been using isn't broken, so that's at least something. The default dark theme isn't bad, but I prefer pink instead of blue - I may have to go looking for another dark/pink theme.
It certainly looks like everything is moving in the right directions and I can't wait to see how things turn out for the release.
One thing I'll mention is that hitting the "Activities" after a cold boot is still just as fast (if not a bit faster) as the beta, but "Show Applications" is now faster than it was in the beta or before it (even 13.1). On the Dell, the "Show Applications" problem I had is fixed.
While I'm here, I might as well point out the new graphical effect when you click on "Show Applications" (assuming hardware is able to support it). The icons and labels for each application floats outward from the "Show Applications" button in a similar way as the "Genie" minimize/restore effect in Mac OSX; the attached screenshot only shows the beginning part of it, as the graphical effect is pretty fast and isn't easy to capture, but I'm sure it helps make the effect a bit more understandable.
In the top-right menu, another button is added (presumably for laptops, as it did not appear on the Dell), which I haven't any clue what it's for, besides that it changes to have a lock on it when you click on it. With it being only for laptops, it doesn't really help to figure out what it is or is for. I'll see if I can find something on it later.
Confirmation dialogues are a bit different now: the pop-up greys the corresponding window (which I don't really remember from 13.1), but the most noticeable aspects is the pop-up itself - which now has no window decorations (the "x" for the close or a grab-able title bar is no longer present), and the buttons are much larger. It looks much cleaner and simple, which is a nice change.
YaST2's Software Manager also got a pretty large graphical update, which now has several tabs instead of the drop-down menu. The package info section also has tabs, which makes it easier to get to the respective section (say you're trying to get to the versions to install a specific version from a different repository). With how it's changed, the layout seems a bit more aesthetically pleasing than Synaptic.
As I had mentioned in the beta, some of the buttons have been moved to the top of the dialogue instead of being on the bottom. This was done (presumably) to utilize the extra space in the title bar, which makes the windows that much smaller.
Gedit was really graphically overhauled - some buttons placed into the title bar. Tabs appear when you click the new tab button, though there might be a preference to have tabs always shown (I didn't really look at the preferences). The "Save" button is decently large, which is nice, though I'm sure most of these changes were to accommodate touchscreen-based users. As you can see with the save dialogue, the "Cancel" and "Save" buttons are in the title bar and make the window smaller vertically. The menu button has the rest of the other functions and has the same look as Firefox's menu button. Gedit's menu on the GNOME bar is very desolate, seeing that it's something that's not going to be accessed very often.
YaST2's Boot Loader also was revamped graphically (this change can also be seen when installing RC1).
Also, the theme I've been using for 13.1 is now broken and incompatible. Mainly the radio buttons, checkboxes do not appear correctly when selected, rather they just show up empty. Luckily the "Oxygen Neon" cursor I've been using isn't broken, so that's at least something. The default dark theme isn't bad, but I prefer pink instead of blue - I may have to go looking for another dark/pink theme.
It certainly looks like everything is moving in the right directions and I can't wait to see how things turn out for the release.
25 October 2014
openSUSE 13.1 and Touchscreen Part 3
Was able to do the test and the OSK glitch I experienced with YaST on the Dell wasn't there, and long-pressing also worked naturally (no jitter problems).
Not much else I can really say or do, since there isn't really all that much to test that would be different than the usual mouse/keyboard input methods.
Not much else I can really say or do, since there isn't really all that much to test that would be different than the usual mouse/keyboard input methods.
24 October 2014
Ubuntu GNOME 14.10
Compared to what I remember of Ubuntu GNOME 13.10, it's a lot smoother.
Testing went pretty fast, as there wasn't a whole lot.
The Iris icon set doesn't work, which was partially expected.
The "When Laptop Lid is Closed" seems to appear correctly, but the options don't work.
Synaptic Package Manager isn't installed by default, as I'm sure Ubuntu is pushing Ubuntu Software Manager.
It's feasible for a backup distribution, but I really know how to use openSUSE a lot better - namely searching for packages with terminal.
Testing went pretty fast, as there wasn't a whole lot.
The Iris icon set doesn't work, which was partially expected.
The "When Laptop Lid is Closed" seems to appear correctly, but the options don't work.
Synaptic Package Manager isn't installed by default, as I'm sure Ubuntu is pushing Ubuntu Software Manager.
It's feasible for a backup distribution, but I really know how to use openSUSE a lot better - namely searching for packages with terminal.
Debian GNOME Part 2
I installed Debian again on Triela, trying to make a custom Xfce colour scheme to use for Taiga and Sae, but ended up with GNOME instead.
Installing FGLRX just broke the system, so I had to manually install the open-source Radeon driver, which did work.
GNOME 3.4.2 was installed, so it definitely isn't viable yet, though GNOME 3.14.0 is in testing, so it'll be the next stable when it does, and so I may do some actual testing then.
Installing FGLRX just broke the system, so I had to manually install the open-source Radeon driver, which did work.
GNOME 3.4.2 was installed, so it definitely isn't viable yet, though GNOME 3.14.0 is in testing, so it'll be the next stable when it does, and so I may do some actual testing then.
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