Learning blender: Made simple Arch Linux wallpaper

Hi,
a few days ago I started to learn blender and I made a very simple wallpaper:
I guess there are lots of similar wallpapers around but I wanted to show mine off anyway
Hope you like it

Thanks for the tip, but I was thinking about making the shadow less overpowering at the beginning, but decided to let it this way, you will notice, that the shadow is centered and the actual logo is a bit off. That gives balance while moving the motive away from the center. I learned that images most of the time look more interesting when the motive is not exactly centered.
Maybe I exaggerated the shadow a bit^^
About the light source: It's actually above the logo, what you see at the bottom is the reflection on the ground. Seems it's not placed very well.
From your post it seems to me you think I did draw this, but this is a 3d model.

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Simple Arch Linux Wallpaper Generator

Hello everyone. I was always annoyed about nice looking, but old wallpapers not available in my resolution. So I wrote a wallpaper generator in C, which can create the same, sharp impression of my simplistic wallpaper on nearly every possible screensize.
You can grab the code at https://github.com/thillux/WPGenerator and create my wallpaper in your favourite resolution.
For a first look, visit http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/553/wallpaperrj.png (1920x1200, 2 MB) or
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/8862/wallpapersk.png (1920x1200, 161 KB).
Last edited by thillux (2012-08-27 23:06:23)

I implemented only one wallpaper. You can only change the amount of lines and circles.
Edit:
I've made some parameters for that in the recent version.
./WPGenerator --width WIDTH --height HEIGHT --circles NUM_CIRCLES --waves NUM_WAVES
With
./WPGenerator --width WIDTH --height HEIGHT --random
you can choose them randomly.
I wrote this to get myself in touch with the cairo library. Thought it would be nice to have the possibility to create the wallpaper in your resolution without asking the wallpapers creator to do it for you, even in some years with new screen resolutions. I'm not pleased to see cool stuff created in 2001 only in 1280x1024. For sure, such a generator may never can output what others are capable of to do with Gimp, Photoshop and friends. If you are interested in other wallpapers, I can generate some more.
It would also be possible implement a feature to create a wallpaper with a monthly calender or a field for news from something like an RSS feed and call the program every $(your time here) to update it.
So if you like the basic idea, please let me hear about your criticism or provide feature requests.
Last edited by thillux (2012-08-27 10:44:32)

Arch Linux Wallpaper 1080p (Rendered with Blender Cycles)

Title pretty much says it all. I've included the source .blend (Blender) file for those that want to tweek it.
Wallpaper:
Blender Source File: Download

Haikarainen wrote:
This is really beautiful! I read you rendered it using blender, is this available for linux also or is it windows/mac only?
Criticism: Tux stands out too much, doesn't feel like he fits in. I think it would be really cool and better if you worked on his materials, perhaps making him look like a plushy? You know a little furry.
Thank you Yes, Blender works very well on Linux, you can get it from the official arch repo ($ sudo pacman -S blender). This image was modeled and rendered entirely on Arch Linux using Blender + Gimp for some touch-ups (I would never make an Arch Linux wallpaper on Windows/Mac, that's sacrilege ).
Thanks for the criticism as well. Like I mentioned above, I'm working on a couple improvements and different designs already. I'll keep your suggestion in mine while designing them.

Arch Linux wallpaper pack #1

I've put together a pack of wallpapers with the new logo, using the excellent wallpaper designs from Venom339. The pack sports 15 different designs (preview), all 1680x1050 widescreen. We may add this to an official section eventually, but in the meantime you can grab it here:
http://dev.archlinux.org/~thayer/art/ar … ck1.tar.gz
These are all released under a Creative Commons license (Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike). If you like the colourful patterns, be sure to check out Venom's gallery because these are just the tip of the iceberg.
Last edited by thayer (2008-01-19 19:34:43)

Thanks for the comments, everyone but the credit really goes to Venom339. His wallpaper designs were top notch long before I added the Arch logo
zyghom wrote:but what about 1920x1200 ?
My goal was just to get the ball rolling for the community. The original (logoless) versions of these wallpapers are at Venom's deviant site, and he's made them available in all sizes. Feel free to grab your favourite patterns and have at it!
kasa wrote:are we gonna get also GDM - KDM artwork in the future?
I still have some stuff that I haven't had a chance to get to...they might appear in the near future. Similar to what I said above though, the logo SVG's are available here, so everyone has the opportunity to make whatever they fancy.
Thanks again everyone and if you really like the wallpapers, be sure to leave a comment for Venom339. I'm sure he'd appreciate it!
Edit: stupid typos!
Last edited by thayer (2008-01-18 17:41:30)

Arch Linux Wallpaper

Made using photoshop, i have windows purely for the reason that i use photoshop. Afraid i dont have time to learn GIMP, eitherway heres the image :D
Last edited by brova (2010-06-04 21:58:53)

graysky wrote:@toxygen - is that conky on your desktop? Can you post your .conkyrc if so. If not, what is it?
that's actually kde's cpu/network/ram monitor plasmoids,with transparent themes. i miss conky sometimes though weather is lcd weather plasmoid, and now playing plasmoid on top.
i do use conky for the smallish hostname/uptime/package list at the bottom
and my laptop, which is where i think the wallpaper looks best:
thanks again brova
Last edited by toxygen (2010-06-08 06:27:01)

Another Blue Arch Linux Wallpaper

ive just made a little wallpaper for archlinux users ^^
check it out and tell me what you think
http://eldamar.deviantart.com/art/ArchL … e-82040857

eldamar wrote:Yeah its 1280x1024, i'll make some more versions for other resolutions later.
Yeah; it is now, but when I posted, it really was 600×480
It looks nice, but it seems you used another font?

Caledonia Arch Linux Wallpaper

Hey guys, I made this quick Arch wall paper to match my KDE theme which is called Caledonia (created by Malcer, not me at http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/?content=142424).
Let me know what you think and if you'd like to see any changes.
Last edited by MikeEnIke (2012-01-24 21:01:03)

kdar wrote:maybe make a variant with smaller logo?
I was actually thinking the same thing. I think I'll put a small one up in the top right. Also, I just realized imgur uploaded that as a jpg and it looks like garbage. I'll reupload tonight with a PNG version.

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As a result of the poll I created the new Wallpapers. Here is the preview (I couldn't resist and added the one with the "new" logo too):
Different resolutions are available here (original logo) and here ("new" logo).

freigeist wrote:
stonecrest wrote:The top wallpaper is super sexy. Btw, clicking on the gnome-look download links gives a "Not found" error
Are you sure? I have just verified the links...
It must just be me, someone else said it worked fine too. I don't know why, but this is all I get.

Default Arch Linux wallpaper?

How about it?
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/ … tent=78028

dyscoria wrote:The next iso release should definately be called 'Taco', no doubt about it! Every other thread has a mention of either tacos or burritos
omg, he's not here yet? where is he? ;-)

Arch Linux Carbon Wallpaper

Hi everyone,
just wanted to share this wallpaper I made with GIMP, following a tutorial I found on abduzeedo.com (or http://abduzeedo.com/rawz-light-effects-photoshop, to be more specific), a blog for graphics design. The tutorial was originally intended for Photoshop and with me being not at all experienced with GIMP (or Photoshop, for that matter), the result turned out to be a lot more simplistic than it was meant to be at first. But then again, I guess that suits an Arch Linux Wallpaper better anyway.
The Arch Linux logo is taken from http://www.archlinux.org/art/.
I opened a new thread for this as I couldn't seem to find a thread dedicated to wallpapers.
Anyway, enjoy!
http://www.imgbox.de/users/public/images/8ga47Lm0SM.jpg
Last edited by cimple (2011-11-06 00:59:48)

Sure, go ahead and do whatever you want with it! I'd even add it as a theme myself, I don't know how to add stuff to the AUR though and right now I'm a little too busy to get involved in that. A GDM theme would be awesome as well (mainly because that's what I use) but I think I'll give that a shot myself later. I've always (always as in "for about a year") wanted to do a theme for GDM anyway - the wallpaper would have to be changed a little for that though (put the logo off-centre).
If you need to apply changes to the image, tell me and I'll upload it in GIMP's editable format!

Iceland Thermal Springs Lava Cave Arch Linux Desktop Wallpaper

It's been a long time since I've contributed anything to Arch. Very disappointed in myself. Something I've never done is artwork. Never considered myself an artist.
Daniel Isenmann, on the other hand is an artist, with fantastic photography skills. On seeing his iceland photo I immediately saw potential for an Arch Linux wallpaper. I don't have the gimp skills I would like, but I'm not unhappy with how it turned out:
http://buchuki.deviantart.com/#/d48n3cf
I've posted a few resolutions here:
http://archlinux.ca/art/
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Dusty
Last edited by Dusty (2011-09-03 07:26:11)

Hey, that's kind of neat. How did you do it?
Can I suggest that you make the URL less conspicuous/different font and closer to the bottom of the screen?

Wallpaper: "Arch Linux garden"

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Here I have just used Arch Linux color scheme.
1280x1024
1920x1200
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Not bad... I like that it's dark but with colour. Seems a bit "sad" to me though.

Security in Arch Linux

Hello Everyone,
I have a question.... I have been searching informations about iptables and Linux Security (mostly Ubuntu and Fedora's Security with AppArmor for example). But there is something I just don't understand... Arch Linux use "vanilla" software, kernel etc... and to use apparmor, iptables etc... we have install them manually using pacman..
So my question is : Is there any kind of "native" security when using a simple Arch Linux instalation ? (In the kernel for example), Or I just need to install and configure it myself ?
Thanks in Advance,
Luis Da Costa

aliasbody wrote:
R00KIE wrote:
clovenhoof wrote:Why I need firewall on server if it is behind a router?
If you mean home routers one good reason is that you don't know how many security holes they have, some which might be remotely exploitable and used to try and compromise the local network.
Didn't kind about that either :S
If you poke hard enough, you can find a whole range of problems, it's like going to the zoo and see all the different animals. Stuff I've seen, and I haven't seen much, includes (and these are unmodified original firmwares from well known brands):
- port redirection from incoming connections (nat) to the router itself, where a service is listening
- router accepting connections to a range of ports, examples include tcp 1863:1864, 4443, 5190, 5566, 40000:40099, this may be intended to make some things work better but I still find it dubious since I've disabled all helpers and services I could and these get reinserted into iptables every time the router renews the external IP (router with adsl modem)
- services that keep running, accepting connections and prompting for username and password after being disabled via web interface, namely tr-069, which from my limited knowledge of the subject, seems to point that it can be used to remotely manage the device
- services accessible from the wan side without the user explicitly knowing it, not sure what it is but accepts connections on port 25
- hidden default username/password combinations which cannot be deleted/removed/disabled, but at least login is not allowed from the wan side.
So yeah, I really don't trust home routers that much. Like .:B:. says, if you are lucky enough to own a router that can have it's firmware replaced by one of the alternative firmwares you may be better of doing it if you feel brave enough.

Arch Linux has helped me learn and I am grateful.

I am going to tell you what sparked this thread first: I was reading your wiki on installing a 32bit bundled system into a 64bit system. And NO, I did not know what the heck was going on as usual. The thing is I am always curious. That is why I end up learning. Here is what sparked me... I got to the 'sed' command and did NOT understand what was going on and I dove in! What a wonderful and amazingly, useful tool. Instead of just copying commands such as:
# sed -e 's/\$arch/i686/g' /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist > /opt/arch32/mirrorlist
# sed -e 's@/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist@/opt/arch32/mirrorlist@g' -e '/Architecture/ s,auto,i686,' /etc/pacman.conf > /opt/arch32/pacman.conf
I took the command apart, tried it in various ways, made test files and learned what it all meant. This type of thing is happening over and over again while using Arch. Arch was extremely overwhelming at first but, I really like it that way, I tend to learn really fast this way. In the beginning it is REALLY hard though.
i have read about said and I know about substitute and global (s///g) but what through me off was -e '/Architecture/ s,auto,i686,' So I made a test file with Architecture in it.
echo "Architecture = auto" > test
then ran
cat test | sed -e '/Architecture/ s,auto,i686,'
Wow! Guys, I was so excited when I finally figured out what was going on. Through trial and error, I just learned some really cool things about said and also got better at seeing that you can use any character as the separator - like @ instead of /. See this makes me happy, when I figure something out like this. It is SO rewarding. Im like a kid at Christmas
So what is happening is I am getting this phenominal understanding of Linux by diving deep into Arch Linux. I have now swithced over my only computer to Arch Linux. I only really cared about a few windows programs and with wine I have one of them running!!
I just want to thank you all for such a great experience. I didn't know how much I love this stuff until I started with Arch Linux. Thanks again!
Last edited by AcousticBruce (2015-05-21 16:21:18)

firekage wrote:
I wanted to learn too...so i have question.
Could somebody explain this? Also, what this is exacly
'/Architecture/ s,auto,i686,'
Let me show you by example...
echo "hello world" | sed 's/world/universe/'
echo "hello world" | sed 's,world,universe,'
echo "hello world" | sed 's@world@universe@'
Notice all of these are the same result. This is because you can use any character you like in place of the separator.
So when you look at this '/Architecture/ ***s.auto,i686,*** that is replacing the word 'auto' with 'i686'
The /Architecture/ is like using grep.
so if you have a file that looks like this
color1 = red
color2 = red
Easy way to make this in one command. Make sure and use $ and ' ' instead of " "
echo $'color1 = red\ncolor2 = red' > test
and run this
cat test | sed -e '/color1/ s,red,blue,'
same thing...
cat test | sed -e '/color1/ s@red@blue@'
also to prove its like grep
cat test | grep color2 | sed -e 's/red/black/'
sed is very powerful and awesome. There is WAY more than this.
Last edited by AcousticBruce (2015-05-21 18:39:28)

Arch linux - creation (wallpaper)

Creation:
from nothing comes substance, bulk, core, mass, phenomenon,
Arch Linux.
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/ … tent=98356

ArchGh0ul wrote:
hatten wrote:feel for making a 1280*1024? Then it would be even more awesome! (As if that would be possible)
It already is at 1280x1024...
Here it is without the logo
http://omploader.org/tMWYzZQ
i meant the one in the first post =P

Learning blender: Made simple Arch Linux wallpaper

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