Labels: Command Line Tricks, Compiz Fusion, Customization, Howto, Themes Posted by defcon on Monday, August 27, 2007 at 3:43 AM I will show how to create a conky'esque transparent shell using only gnome-terminal and Compiz-fusion. Check out the attached screenshots. First create a new profile in gnome-terminal (Edit->Profiles->New), name it "trans". Set the following characteristics: Cursor blinks
![Howto: Completely Transparent Shell on your Ubuntu desktop with Compiz Fusion](https://cdn-ak-scissors.b.st-hatena.com/image/square/b218a85a6a75aef4c075238cc1722e62cc8ad836/height=288;version=1;width=512/https%3A%2F%2Fblogger.googleusercontent.com%2Fimg%2Fb%2FR29vZ2xl%2FAVvXsEjRyeg7Sv2omH7aYrwFozRRkeK3NeUo1RyIXxkale0w1HEmvBDaonWcFmCLLHSAGmx7voKKEVrCOpHsmWIHoXj8ohmC4_v7cuyflb37-U9ZwuImYP4Qctx2FPxAzl12RDrwzvWAjYvFC7sA%2Fw1200-h630-p-k-no-nu%2Fcompizscrn1.jpg)