Neowin's 2026 Desktop Thread

[Barney T. Administrators]

Welcome to Neowin's 2026 Desktops Thread

 

Posting Guidelines

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*Off Topic Posts will be edited or removed. Please support our rule set no matter how yummy you think your desktop is.

*The desktops thread is not to be used as a means to post images of a pornographic or otherwise provocative nature. We do not support a babes forum and neither will we in an unofficial capacity. Please help to keep the thread relevant and safe to browse for everyone.

*The moderators of this forum reserve the right to edit or remove your posts as necessary so they may comply with our Community Rules.

 

*In the interests of keeping the thread on topic it is strongly urged that you format your posts in the following order:

*Themes: Name/where you got it (with link would be nice).

*Wallpaper: Name/where you got it (with link would be nice).

*Icons: Name/where you got it (with link would be nice).

*Programs: Name/where you got it (with link would be nice).

 

There are specific desktop threads for Linux and Mac OS, so if you are using these platforms, we have other desktop threads for them.

 

Important Note: Any image posted that is over the established guidelines will be removed! Use a thumbnail or use a text link to your image. If your image is removed, this is why.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

[SidVicious]

Default Windows 11 theme with the anniversary wallpaper.

Zune software and Rodel Reader (epub reader) running.

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Clean:

Dirty:

[riceBox]

[Barney T. Administrators]

On 03/01/2026 at 06:11, riceBox said:

Link to wallpaper?

Thanks!

[riceBox]

On 04/01/2026 at 01:37, Barney T. said:

Link to wallpaper?

Thanks!

https://wallhaven.cc/w/p97q73

[Barney T. Administrators]

On 04/01/2026 at 00:28, riceBox said:

https://wallhaven.cc/w/p97q73

Thank you!

[DaVoodoo]

Linux Mint

[threesixtyflip]

My Win 11 desktop :)

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[Steven P. Administrators]

Philips Evnia 49-inch Ultrawide (49M2C8900)

Custom wallpaper by @TarasBuria

[xrobwx71]

[thisdude]

Monitor: Philips 346E2CUAE 34'' Curved 

OS: macOS Tahoe

Wallpaper: Geek I think I originally download it from Neowin back in the Windows XP days. This is a widescreen version that wasn't a thing way back then

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

On 08/02/2026 at 16:54, Steven P. said:

Philips Evnia 49-inch Ultrawide (49M2C8900)

Same monitor, absolute bargain!

[TheReaperMan]

Monitor: Acer EI491CR 49"
current wallpaper: I found some place, a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away and can not remember where it was from now!

 

[thisdude]

On 19/03/2026 at 10:19, TheReaperMan said:

Monitor: Acer EI491CR 49"
current wallpaper: I found some place, a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away and can not remember where it was from now!

 

That's a bad ass wallpaper! Do you have a link for it?

[TheReaperMan]

On 19/03/2026 at 15:27, thisdude said:

That's a bad ass wallpaper! Do you have a link for it?

I dropped it on google drive

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DHzT8HD7WQUYs7Vs0E6ogoUJHnzgRDwI/view?usp=sharing

[thisdude]

On 19/03/2026 at 11:07, TheReaperMan said:

I dropped it on google drive

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DHzT8HD7WQUYs7Vs0E6ogoUJHnzgRDwI/view?usp=sharing

Sweet, apprecaite it!

[remixedcat]

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X (6C12T @ 3.9Ghz /5.2Ghz)//AsRock B650E Steel Legend//32GB Gskill Trident Z5 DDR5//500GB Seagate Firecuda 530 NVME/16TB Seagate Exos X18 HDD//SuperFlower Leadex 3 750w//Montech Air 903 Max//Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE      

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

Clean:

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[Wannes]

On 12/04/2026 at 22:58, Raphaël G. said:

Clean:

Dirty:

 

Do you have a wall link?

[darkz]

too lazy to type in password, so while I haven't built myself a magic trackpad with a fingerprint sensor for the iMacs (https://www.printables.com/model/1198982-hidden-touch-id-for-apple-magic-trackpad#preview.sdA21), I will share only the laptop. they all look just about the same anyway. 

[+Raphaël G. MVC]

On 14/04/2026 at 12:00, Wannes said:

Do you have a wall link?

Yes of course. My desktop is a rip-off of this one 😝. It contains a link to the wallpaper: https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/1rywwhh/my_ubuntu_desktop/

 

 

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