Eterm

Eterm is a nice terminal with many options (random background, transparency...). -x option shows it borderless, but depending on windows manager you will have (or not) to keep Alt key pressed while mouse-dragging the terminal..

Fancy view of a log file on desktop:

#!/bin/sh # (for geeks only) get a fancy bright green real-time view # of syslog on screen in a transparent Eterm # /etc/sudoers contains appropriate line : # <username> <machine name> = (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/tail -f /var/log/syslog Eterm -O0xqC --buttonbar 0 --scrollbar 0 --no-cursor -f green \ --exec sudo /usr/bin/tail -f /var/log/syslog &