i hope i don't get tarred and feathered for posting this here, but i just thought i'd share how nice you can make an openbsd workstation look these days. the following shots show openbox 3.4.11.1, tint2, conky, and netwmpager which isn't in ports but i'll do one up this week.
http://ryan.slipgate.org/img/desktop/insomniac/desktop_100417.png http://ryan.slipgate.org/img/desktop/insomniac/desktop_100417_irc.png http://ryan.slipgate.org/img/desktop/insomniac/desktop_100417_apps.png this laptop is a thinkpad t41p (1400x1050 lcd) with an ATI FireGL T2 (128mb dedicated video :D) graphics chip in it, xcompmgr is used and seems to be far more stable these days (using EXA). besides the great ports around for the most fantastic os, i am tickled pink at how well hardware is supported. i noticed some updates for UVC webcams and decided to test the theory. i work as a tech for a retail outlet and grabbed a logitech quickcam c200 and a microsoft lifecam cinema from the shelf just to plug them in and see what happened, within 5 minutes i have ekiga installed and excellent smooth video from either camera was a non-issue. congratulations to the openbsd team (core, ports, everyone!) on continuing to improve a fantastic operating system. cheers! -ryan
