Neowin's 2026 GNU/Linux Desktop Thread

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On 04/04/2026 at 11:00, Nick H. said:

Sorry, only just seen this post. Can I ask what made you tired? I love KDE and its customisation, and obviously to each their own, but I'm curious why you decided to switch?

I just noticed that too, just now.

Even KDE Wayland is pretty neat, too.

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On 08/04/2026 at 11:42, SfIsHeR1701 said:

Hence "Just your average" 😛 I was just going for functional, but still thought i'd share.

Yeah, but you could of done a little work on it at least..

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On 08/04/2026 at 16:41, Mindovermaster said:

Kinda boring, but as long as it works for ya, I'm happy. :) 

 

On 08/04/2026 at 16:44, Mindovermaster said:

Yeah, but you could of done a little work on it at least..

The thread isn't, "Wow us with your customisation!" It's "Show us what you're running with."

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On 08/04/2026 at 12:13, Nick H. said:

 

The thread isn't, "Wow us with your customisation!" It's "Show us what you're running with."

Yeah, but a lot of people customize their desktops.

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On 08/04/2026 at 18:28, Mindovermaster said:

Yeah, but a lot of people customize their desktops.

No. We customize our desktops because we're geeks with apparently too much time on our hands. :laugh: 

Would you chastise someone that was just running through the terminal, no DE?

The joy of Linux is being able to customise it how you want it to look. If the default and a couple of widgets on the desktop is all you need, I say fair play to you.

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On 30/04/2026 at 20:09, Nick H. said:

That's a nice wallpaper! Where is that from?

Thanks! My desktop is a rip-off of this one, I got it from here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/1rywwhh/my_ubuntu_desktop/

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On 05/05/2026 at 16:55, Mindovermaster said:

If I didn't see that neofetch, I'd think it's Vista.. LOL

Arch has become what it was to me windows xp. Indeed, I like Vista more and hence the icons. Bring bang skeumorphism!

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On 06/05/2026 at 00:04, Arceles said:

Arch has become what it was to me windows xp. Indeed, I like Vista more and hence the icons. Bring bang skeumorphism!

I do thhat with my jriver media center themes!

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,143334.0.html

 

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On 05/05/2026 at 18:46, Arceles said:

And here is mine:

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Neofetch? That project was abandoned almost six years ago. Check out Fastfetch which is well faster and more accurately identifies newer hardware.

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On 07/05/2026 at 10:58, Good Bot, Bad Bot said:

Neofetch? That project was abandoned almost six years ago. Check out Fastfetch which is well faster and more accurately identifies newer hardware.

Will do, thanks!

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