LiteStep
Howdy All!
Well, my current job with the university is going well. I get to meet a lot of professors and researchers. It's pretty cool. The other day I saw a guy sitting outside my office. He was working on his laptop. Now, I really like looking at other compsci major's computer setups. It says a lot about the nerd. This guy was using litestep instead of explorer.
I was shocked!
The last time I used litestep was back in the 98/ME days (one of the few things that would make windows ME stable; lol). It was nice to see that it had come a long way since then!
I, of course, immediately went home and downloaded it. :-)
Wow, has it changed a lot since I last played with it. It now has a special theme package that automatically checks and downloads required modules with the theme you want to use. It's really awesome!
Maybe it's because I've been playing with DSL
and other liveLinux distros, but it seemed a lot more intuitive this time around. Each theme totally changes your litestep experience.
For those who are unfamiliar with litestep
Litestep is an explorer replacement. It used to be a shell replacement, back when explorer was the windows shell. Now explorer operates as a file manager and... explorer (if I'm correct).
Anyway, it changes your "Start bar" and desktop to give the end user more options. It's pretty neat. :-)
Here's what my computer currently looks like:
Now, let me explain what is, and isn't lightstep. The bottom menu is litestep and so are the right menus. The CD-cases and system information (bottom left and bottom right respectively) are konfabulator widgets. The top-right toaster is a miranda plugin called "pop-up"
Litestep does not handle windows styles.
In order to get the ability to skin your windows, you will need to use windowblinds, styleXP, or unlock your style handler to accept non-Microsoft signed styles.
The background was made by yours truly... I was bored, so I filled one of my glasses with scope. :-)
Yeah, I have an OS test Tuesday (The class is really fun, but the book is uber-boring).
later
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