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by **heiowge** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 4:44 pm

Ok, there have been a few cool desktops published in mags recently. Time for everyone to show off their desktops (Ok, if you run a server edition without graphical desktop, you are excused from participating! :lol:

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by **Grimnir512** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:13 pm

Nice desktop! Yhat's your background from? Looks awesome

Here's mine:

Clean:

Dirty:

Ubuntu, Openbox, conky (x3), bmpanel

GTK theme is Leaves, Openbox theme is a modification of the theme "modern"

by **heiowge** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:59 pm

I love the greyscale thing. Very swish. My wallpaper is written on it! Legacy of Kain - Defiance (from the game). I'm using standard Gnome on Ubuntu 9.04 with compiz enabled.

by **linuxgirlie** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:12 pm

This is my work laptop, will do my personal home desktop when I get home.

Thumbnail:

Fullsize(1440*900): http://linuxgfx.co.uk/linux/desktopwork.png

Work laptop is running Ubuntu Studio with KDE4, but is running the standard kernel, so I might have well installed plain ubuntu :roll:

by **LoL** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 5:40 pm

I looked into it ... But, when the Post Office told me how much it would cost in P&P, I decided not to after all

Sorry

by **1slipperyfish** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 7:54 pm

LoL wrote:I looked into it ... But, when the Post Office told me how much it would cost in P&P, I decided not to after all

Sorry

paul

by **AndyBaxman** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:12 pm

by **Rhakios** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:30 pm

Hmm, I often wonder what the point is in having one of those big desktop clocks, especially when there's another in the panel at the top. I first noticed them when Vista came out and now everyone seems to want one. Why?

by **LoL** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:01 pm

Rhakios wrote:Hmm, I often wonder what the point is in having one of those big desktop clocks, especially when there's another in the panel at the top. I first noticed them when Vista came out and now everyone seems to want one. Why?

It suits non-linear/visual thinkers better

by **nelz** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:48 pm

Despite having had a clock on screen for decades, I still tend to look at the clock on the wall.

by **LoL** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:53 pm

nelz wrote:

I have censored nelz's comment to spare his shame, but, trust me, it was embarrassing :wink:

by **Rhakios** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:27 pm

LoL wrote:
Rhakios wrote:Hmm, I often wonder what the point is in having one of those big desktop clocks, especially when there's another in the panel at the top. I first noticed them when Vista came out and now everyone seems to want one. Why?

It suits non-linear/visual thinkers better

Then why not remove the clock applet from the panel? I've yet to see a desktop where anyone has done that.

by **LoL** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:49 pm

Rhakios wrote:Then why not remove the clock applet from the panel? I've yet to see a desktop where anyone has done that.

Because most people are too lazy to go to those lengths, when they can get the same effect by adding the clock and ignoring the panel

by **AndyBaxman** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:04 am

The clock's just there as a bit of additional eye-candy for the screen shot, as is the Kaffeine window.

The wallpaper is...... Actually, as LoL likes puzzles, what is it a picture of?

by **LoL** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:11 am

AndyBaxman wrote:The wallpaper is...... Actually, as LoL likes puzzles, what is it a picture of?

Hmmmm ... Well, either it's not what it seems, or ... fiendishly ... it's exactly what it seems, no more no less - A ravine-like environment, with fern/palm-like tree(s), vines/creepers, etc.

I'm completely stumped right now and, without any clues, would have to hazard that it might be the base for some sort of bonsai, as my first guess - It looks just a bit too obviously a vegetated environment to be any kind of microscopic surface (such as that of a virus, for instance)

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