Show off your desktop! [Archive]

Rob Williams

08-12-2006, 08:31 PM

Seeing that the forum is slow lately, I figure we need more interactivity here. To start things off... why not show off your desktop?

Nudity is not permitted :cool:

You can use the attachment feature to upload, instead of using some website if you like.

madmat

08-12-2006, 11:43 PM

No nudity? Waaaaaaaaaaaa....oh, wait....my current (underline current) desktop features no nudity.

What about partial nudity?

Jakal

08-13-2006, 12:20 AM

Hot time!

I usually mix it up every month or so with some new abstract art from DevArt. I'm looking at maybe getting StylesXP. There are some awesome transitions you can make with it. ON WITH THE TOPIC!

leecho7

08-13-2006, 12:06 PM

Here's mine... (that is until I find out how to take a pic of my desktop...)

leecho7

08-13-2006, 12:17 PM

Ok, got it. Here's my real one.... or is it?

Rob Williams

08-26-2006, 03:16 PM

Bump... this needs more desktops!

werty316

08-26-2006, 03:54 PM

I change themes every few days and heres my current theme:

madmat

08-26-2006, 04:00 PM

I'm not seeing anything werty...

Now I see it you sneaky monkey.

werty316

08-26-2006, 04:01 PM

Yeah I was in the process of changing the pic to a PNG format instead as a JPG looked grainy.

madmat

08-26-2006, 04:02 PM

Yep, I edited my post above...Vista?

werty316

08-26-2006, 04:05 PM

Yep, I edited my post above...Vista?
The wallpaper color kinda fits the visual theme so I just stuck with it. There are alot of wallpapers that have the "Vista" label on them. There are even visual themes to make XP look like vista.

Rob Williams

08-26-2006, 04:08 PM

What is it with you people and Internet Explorer icons :-(

werty316

08-26-2006, 04:12 PM

I prefer to have the desktop with as little icons as possible. What you see in the post is what it is with very little icons to cluttered things.

Rob Williams

08-26-2006, 04:12 PM

I meant the fact of even remotely considering clicking on that dreaded icon!! Unless it's 7.0... then it's a tad better.

madmat

08-26-2006, 04:27 PM

I keep IE around for pages that just absolutely refuse to work with Firefox and I need to access them. Since I removed all other access to IE I had to put an icon on the desktop.

Rob Williams

08-26-2006, 04:28 PM

In that rare occurrance, it would be pay off to just type 'iexplore' in the run line. But... I'm dirty like that. BTW... whenever you run into a site that doesn't work in FF... let me know. I haven't found one for a while.

madmat

08-26-2006, 04:30 PM

I find them on rare occasion but then again, I tend to hang around the seedier side of the internet.

Rob Williams

08-26-2006, 04:31 PM

Oh, pron sites. I getcha. ;-)

The only site I have ever found to not work in Firefox properly was Microbeta.net, but I think it's been since fixed. Not going to try now since I don't feel like Firefox crashing if it wasn't, heh.

Jakal

08-27-2006, 08:37 PM

I recently got Style XP and like it A LOT. Here's my current theme/background.
http://xs105.xs.to/xs105/06351/bckgrd.JPG.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs105&d=06351&f=bckgrd.JPG)

As for pages not working in FF, I found an extension that works perfectly. It's called <a href= "https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1419">IE Tab</a>. Just click the Firefox icon at the bottom right of the page and it'll automatically reopen the page in an IE tab. I keep the IE icon for the rare case I want to goto a website directly and it work.

Jen McPherson

08-29-2006, 11:23 AM

Here it is. I love Ayami Kojima's artwork, so... yeah. ^^

Kilamon

09-01-2006, 02:19 PM

Hmm, apparently I never posted mine? Odd. Here it is, then.

Yes, I'm on XP and I'm using Litestep. I'm using a slightly different theme/bar/VWM now though. I need to get a pic of the change, but it's not that significant. I still have the same background image.

madstork91

09-02-2006, 01:43 PM

Hey thanks for the post Kilamon! I looked up Litestep and I LOVE it!

What theme are you using? Some of these are hard to get working 100% correct right of the install... :( But hey it looks and works sexy!

Word.

09-03-2006, 05:50 AM

Me and my best lil buddy ( my nephew xavier) Keeping it real haha

BlindMonk

09-04-2006, 07:19 PM

My two most recent ones since they occured so close together:

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/190/untitled15vm.th.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled15vm.jpg) http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5280/untitled11rp.th.jpg (http://img155.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled11rp.jpg)

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/9879/untitledxq9.th.png (http://img508.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitledxq9.png) http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/1295/desktop072306ph8.th.png (http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=desktop072306ph8.png)

madstork91

09-05-2006, 06:42 PM

Nice bomberman64 :)

BlindMonk

09-05-2006, 06:52 PM

Multiplayer is still a real ... *blast!* (har)

THUMPer

09-06-2006, 02:10 AM

nothin fancy

http://i7.tinypic.com/2n83fx4.jpg

Rob Williams

12-01-2006, 04:27 PM

Let's keep this thread going. Near three months of inactivity!

madstork91

12-07-2006, 07:12 PM

<img src="http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/5992/untitledrw1.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a>

IMage shrunk to 80%

I like that theme for litestep. Oh and the walppaper is currently paused on that. I have a program called Automatic wallpapper Changer that changes the wallpapper at a preset time from a selected folder. :)

Kilamon

12-18-2006, 07:07 PM

@Madstork: I dont remember which one is in that image I posted, but my current one is an OTS2 Bar, Vitreolus [sic]. Are you using the wallpaper changer from litestep? There's a plugin for that. You know you can mod in whatever plugin you want from shellfront.org right? My favorite bar style no longer works in the new build but I have it in my archives. I might go back and edit it up to fix the bugs. It was more in-line with the Tron theme I have going (had blue glowy lines and stuff).

Matt Serrano

12-29-2006, 12:16 AM

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1215/screenac5.th.jpg (http://img146.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenac5.jpg) http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/5913/screen2ot0.th.jpg (http://img95.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen2ot0.jpg)

I used to be big on customizing XP's look, but it was too much work for what it was worth. I'll see if I can dig up some old screens.

EDIT: That was quick.

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/3911/screen8hnyq0.th.jpg (http://img82.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen8hnyq0.jpg) http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/1934/gantdesk4gjxk1.th.jpg (http://img82.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gantdesk4gjxk1.jpg) http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/5707/screenshot0wwxx3.th.jpg (http://img168.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot0wwxx3.jpg)

madstork91

12-29-2006, 12:56 AM

nice mods!

Im using just the program mantioned in the last post. It can be run in reg windows and has some nice custimization features that I liked. Of all the ones ive found and tried, i give it my two thumbs and a erect something up. ;) (the orgasm cometh) All joking aside, i like to change my WP OFTEN! and i mean so much to the fact that my girl friend has questioned the frequency of it. I currently have it set to every 5 min, and on a folder of ~100 images or more.

UnderRAPS

01-31-2007, 04:38 AM

I blame my gf for turning me into a wino!

madstork91

01-31-2007, 11:51 AM

everyone needs some excuse. I blame a distant ex.

UnderRAPS

01-31-2007, 04:02 PM

Kilamon

02-16-2007, 06:23 PM

Heh, I'm not complaining tho. I guess the few wines I tasted before I met my gf were cheap stuff. I now like the stuff and even do the wine tasting (which I thought was gay) which is fun. Ha! It helps she is a bartender as well..dudes, she spoils me rotten.

Put a pic of her on your wallpaper and casually leave it there for her to see. :p

@madstork91: Litestep has some new updates. Go check the news and review the themes. OTS2 is making some nice advances.

Rob Williams

02-17-2007, 01:26 AM

Let's keep this thread going. Near three months of inactivity!

You're right Rob, lets do keep this going!

(Ingame map for Asheron's Call)

madstork91

02-17-2007, 02:22 AM

you would...

Matt Serrano

02-17-2007, 08:08 PM

I'm running Ubuntu Feisty Fawn herd 4. I haven't used a Linux distribution in a long time, but now that I have Beryl running (along with pretty much everything else), I don't think any other operating system holds a candle to its looks.

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/3958/screenshoton9.th.png (http://img401.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshoton9.png)http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/571/screenshotgs9.th.png (http://img401.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshotgs9.png)http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/9134/screenshot1pi7.th.png (http://img251.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot1pi7.png)

madstork91

02-20-2007, 05:50 AM

Whats with the different res on the pics? different res on the monitors?

Rob Williams

02-20-2007, 11:21 AM

Matt Serrano

02-20-2007, 12:00 PM

Whats with the different res on the pics? different res on the monitors?
Something must've happened when they were uploaded. :confused: They should be the same size.

Rob Williams

02-20-2007, 12:04 PM

Something must've happened when they were uploaded. :confused: They should be the same size.

The forum has it's own uploading system that has a lower threshold than imageshack... and no ads/resizing. You may wish to give it a try sometime ;-)

Rob Williams

04-15-2007, 07:47 PM

I will keep this thread alive if it's the last thing I do!

KusoSamurai

04-15-2007, 08:07 PM

W00T LP PWNS!

Rob Williams

04-15-2007, 08:11 PM

And to think their new album is finally almost out. It was last January when they first announced it... so it's really about time.

BlindMonk

04-15-2007, 08:11 PM

Changes so often. Here's the latest:

http://img464.imageshack.us/img464/2825/desktop041507ms8.th.jpg (http://img464.imageshack.us/my.php?image=desktop041507ms8.jpg)

MacMan

04-15-2007, 11:49 PM

You haven't tried SabayonLinux (http://techgage.com/article/sabayon_linux_32) yet ;-) Wait until the end of the month though.. they should be releasing 3.3 then.

Most times I love to deck out my desktop with cool OSX Tiger themes, but for some reason lately I simply prefer the simplicity of the simple desktop. Main desktop is Tiger 4.9 and just loving it.

I used to love using Window Blinds on XP, but sadly, I was too cheap to pay for the shareware version. Hmmmmm.... could I be an open source guy?

Rob Williams

04-16-2007, 12:01 AM

I hear you. I refuse to buy WindowsBlinds. Call me cheap. It's a great program, but I don't need Windows-themes that badly.

+1 for you for the Nikon icons.

MacMan

04-16-2007, 12:09 AM

I hear you. I refuse to buy WindowsBlinds. Call me cheap. It's a great program, but I don't need Windows-themes that badly.

+1 for you for the Nikon icons.

Ahhh, the simple desktop... how I love thee. Hopefully, Rob, you can see those beautiful Niko icons (oh, what a beautiful camera :) ) better here, they are in 16 million byt color and look just like the real thing. I get a lot of icons from interfacelift. They originally offered Mac icons only, but now have Window icons for Vista and XP. I use the old address: www.xicons.com Check em out!.

KusoSamurai

04-16-2007, 02:47 AM

And to think their new album is finally almost out. It was last January when they first announced it... so it's really about time.

Yea, I got What ive done from their new album already and you can watch the music video on youtube if you wish :D

BlindMonk

04-16-2007, 03:21 AM

I hear you. I refuse to buy WindowsBlinds. Call me cheap. It's a great program, but I don't need Windows-themes that badly.
Psst.... Check out the Uxtheme Multi-patcher (http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/UXTheme-MultiPatcher.shtml). Then find and apply .msstyle files (http://browse.deviantart.com/customization/skins/windows/visualstyle/?order=9&alltime=yes) manually. Free, looks great, and is much faster than WindowBlinds and/or other third-party items chewing on one's RAM.

MacMan

04-16-2007, 11:10 AM

Psst.... Check out the Uxtheme Multi-patcher (http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/UXTheme-MultiPatcher.shtml). Then find and apply .msstyle files (http://browse.deviantart.com/customization/skins/windows/visualstyle/?order=9&alltime=yes) manually. Free, looks great, and is much faster than WindowBlinds and/or other third-party items chewing on one's RAM.

Thanks BlindMonk, will try later. I love about a million of the Window Blind themes, so being able to apply themes Free would be fantastic. Wish it also worked on Windows Professional 2000 too. I have that also and I really find it fast and stable. :)

Rob Williams

04-16-2007, 12:39 PM

Thanks BlindMonk, I'm curious enough to try that out later.

Ahhh, the simple desktop... how I love thee. Hopefully, Rob, you can see those beautiful Niko icons (oh, what a beautiful camera :) ) better here, they are in 16 million byt color and look just like the real thing. I get a lot of icons from interfacelift. They originally offered Mac icons only, but now have Window icons for Vista and XP. I use the old address: www.xicons.com (http://www.xicons.com/) Check em out!.

Hah, I will check it out. You need to upgrade those icons though, each one of those cameras have had upgrades (F6/D2Xs/D200) ;)

DarkSynergy

04-16-2007, 12:43 PM

I am so frickin' boring with my desktop. In both XP and Vista, I simply set my background to black. I place most of my icons in my quick launch bar so there are very few icons on my desktop. I like it clean like that.

BlindMonk

04-16-2007, 07:21 PM

"Good morning Greg and welcome to the Void."

Or maybe that quote by Nietzsche or somesuch; something like, "When you look into the abyss, the abyss looks into you."

slugbug

04-23-2007, 09:38 PM

Clean and simple XP Desktop.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/slugbug55/desktop.jpg

MacMan

04-23-2007, 09:51 PM

Clean and simple XP Desktop.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/slugbug55/desktop.jpg

Most excellent desktop slugbug. Love the pic; where did you get it? Love to add it to my collection.

slugbug

04-23-2007, 10:32 PM

Most excellent desktop slugbug. Love the pic; where did you get it? Love to add it to my collection.

Found it somewhere on ttp://search.deviantart.com/searchcraft/?section=browse&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5&q=widescreen&offset=24 (http://search.deviantart.com/searchcraft/?section=browse&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5&q=widescreen&offset=24)

Rob Williams

04-23-2007, 10:35 PM

I agree! That picture is gorgeous. Love the color.

MacMan

04-24-2007, 12:52 AM

Found it somewhere on ttp://search.deviantart.com/searchcraft/?section=browse&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5&q=widescreen&offset=24 (http://search.deviantart.com/searchcraft/?section=browse&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5&q=widescreen&offset=24)

Hey, thanks a lot SlugBug for the great link; lots of cool desktops to feast one's eyes apon.

werty316

04-24-2007, 02:10 AM

deviantART is a good place to get themes but I no longer use any as they take up resources and using the classic themes speeds things up nicely.

MacMan

05-03-2007, 08:29 PM

I will keep this thread alive if it's the last thing I do!

I love black themes! :)

KusoSamurai

05-03-2007, 10:13 PM

nice desktop man

Matt Serrano

05-03-2007, 11:18 PM

nice desktop man
+1 :D

South59

05-04-2007, 10:39 AM

Heres My Desktop

South59

05-04-2007, 10:48 AM

Corrected,i just had the picture on last time,too early i guess,lol.

South59

05-04-2007, 11:00 AM

Hope this gets to were it should be,lol.Sorry its early!:o

BlindMonk

05-05-2007, 06:10 PM

Pressing the "Print Screen" key will capture the screen for you. Go into Paint (or other image editor) and Ctrl+V that sucker in and voila: screenshot, easily saved in a number of different formats.

deviantART is a good place to get themes but I no longer use any as they take up resources and using the classic themes speeds things up nicely.
Hey werty, I mentioned this on the previous page:
Psst.... Check out the Uxtheme Multi-patcher (http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/UXTheme-MultiPatcher.shtml). Then find and apply .msstyle files (http://browse.deviantart.com/customization/skins/windows/visualstyle/?order=9&alltime=yes) manually. Free, looks great, and is much faster than WindowBlinds and/or other third-party items chewing on one's RAM.
I should also note I notice no slowdown compared to running just the classic theme (which is still a visual style, as I understand it). You sounded like you missed the themes so this is just a heads-up.

KusoSamurai

05-05-2007, 10:06 PM

W00T Battlefield2142 Glitches!!! (the surroundings have a bluish tint)

MacMan

05-05-2007, 11:06 PM

W00T Battlefield2142 Glitches!!! (the surroundings have a bluish tint)

I'm not a gamer, per say, but the game looks cool and makes for a nice desktop! I was thinking of getting that very game for my Mac. How would you rate the game; is it worth it?

Since I'm here, here is a few desktops of my own.

KusoSamurai

05-06-2007, 02:56 AM

I'm not a gamer, per say, but the game looks cool and makes for a nice desktop! I was thinking of getting that very game for my Mac. How would you rate the game; is it worth it?

Since I'm here, here is a few desktops of my own.

Yeah the games worth it, doesn't take that long to get to the highest rank playing a few hours a day but you need windows to run it. Oh and that middle background = drool.....:cool:

madmat

05-06-2007, 04:55 AM

I can't post my desktop, it has nipples. :(

madmat

05-06-2007, 05:46 AM

Here's mine after a bit of editing.

MacMan

05-06-2007, 10:41 AM

:) Yeah the games worth it, doesn't take that long to get to the highest rank playing a few hours a day but you need windows to run it. Oh and that middle background = drool.....:cool:

Thanks for the info KusoSamurai. As far as the game goes, I'm happy to say, that Macs do Windows too. I can run it natively, simply by running my copy of Window's XP Home on my Mac.

As far as my middle desktop goes, I have to admit, its those sexy big icons that really make the pic. Too bad that girl gets in the way! LOL :p

Same as Madmat's recent posting, nice chair; too bad that ugly girl is blocking most of it! :D

Rob Williams

05-06-2007, 02:20 PM

As far as my middle desktop goes, I have to admit, its those sexy big icons that really make the pic. Too bad that girl gets in the way! LOL :p

:eek:

*steps away from the pc*

KusoSamurai

05-06-2007, 03:22 PM

:)

Thanks for the info KusoSamurai. As far as the game goes, I'm happy to say, that Macs do Windows too. I can run it natively, simply by running my copy of Window's XP Home on my Mac.

Oh yer running Dual boot? youd b fine then.

BlindMonk

05-06-2007, 08:46 PM

Oh yer running Dual boot? youd b fine then.
It's not a dual-boot. Check here (http://www.apple.com/getamac/windows.html).
“You can run any combination of Mac and Windows programs at the same time, on the same screen.”

MacMan

05-06-2007, 10:57 PM

It's not a dual-boot. Check here (http://www.apple.com/getamac/windows.html).

Sorry, even though Window expert, Scot Finnie, indeed talks about running Window's via VMWare or Parallels Desktop for Mac, Apple, itself, also provides a beta program for duel booting, called BOOT CAMP, which will be a standard feature in the up-coming release of the 64-bit, Hyper-Treaded, Leopard OS.

As a Mac user for the past ten-million years, eight-months, four-weeks, 5 days, six-hours, ten-minutes and thirty-five seconds, I can assure you it is a very real dual booting system. The only let down is that you have to reboot from OSX and vice-versa, which is not necessary when using Parallels or VMWare. :)

VMWare provides gaming support, Parallel doesn't, but promises to in the near future.

http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/

Rob Williams

05-18-2007, 03:35 PM

I decided to take a few minutes and make my theme not so ugly.

MacMan

05-18-2007, 08:34 PM

Recently, I have been trying to keep a nice, tidy and clean desktop, because I read that a cluttered desktop can cause a performance hit on a computer.

Is it true that a clutter desktop, in fact, can slow down your computers performance? And, if so, just how much of a latency hit can it produce?

According to an article I recently read, but hell if I can remember where, stated that each and every icon, folder or other piece of crap on your desktop uses memory, etc. and can, if your desktop is really cluttered like my desktop, can induce a significant slow down! Question: IS THAT TRUE?

To be on the safe side, I am going to try and keep my desktops as simple as can be, like this recent shot.

DarkSynergy

05-19-2007, 03:43 PM

Aside from the theme, I love your desktop organization. I am the same way in a sense. I have everything down below in my quick start bar and virtually nothing on the desktop. I however enjoy a straight black background over any pictures.

DarkSynergy

05-19-2007, 03:47 PM

According to an article I recently read, but hell if I can remember where, stated that each and every icon, folder or other piece of crap on your desktop uses memory, etc. and can, if your desktop is really cluttered like my desktop, can induce a significant slow down! Question: IS THAT TRUE?

To be on the safe side, I am going to try and keep my desktops as simple as can be, like this recent shot.

I dont know if I buy that. If thats the case, then everything in the start menu would slow the system down since, like the desktop icons, the start menu is just made up of shortcuts. I just don't know if I can jump on board with that theory. If it is actually true though, I think I could live with the performance hit as I do not want to follow the entire file path to each and every program installed on my PC.

Rob Williams

05-19-2007, 03:57 PM

Yes a lot of icons will cause increased latency. This was more of a problem with older computers though (>2000). If you pile up your desktop with a bunch of hi-res icons, it could be a noticeable performance hit. If you don't feel one, then it's not a problem.

Matt Serrano

06-03-2007, 10:26 PM

Yes, I'm running Vista. I am so ashamed.

Rob Williams

06-03-2007, 11:49 PM

I hope you lost a bet.

KusoSamurai

06-04-2007, 12:26 AM

W00T, I want this car.

Rob Williams

06-04-2007, 01:07 AM

W00T, I want this car.

Is that a production model? I know I've seen rally cars similar to that, but nothing for sale. Looks sharp.

KusoSamurai

06-04-2007, 02:45 AM

I have no idea if it is a production model I found it online. It is a Subaru Impreza wrx.

Ben

07-17-2007, 11:18 PM

Here is my desktop:

http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/5386/desktopjv3.th.png (http://img377.imageshack.us/my.php?image=desktopjv3.png)

I shamelessly copied this idea from this Wiki page (http://en.opensuse.org/Projects/KNetworkManager) where I saw a screen shot of a similar setup.

I'm using a custom cursor from here (http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Neutral?content=28310).
I'm also using Tahoma for all my fonts.

Running KDE 3.5.6 with the Plastik theme.

Rob Williams

07-18-2007, 01:02 AM

Nice setup Ben. I see you have an Xfce kind of look going on with your KDE. I tried Tahoma and couldn't get into it.. I just like smooth fonts too much. Updated my desktop... mainly icon differences. It's hard to look at the same icons for months.