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It's just a slideshow of wallpapers anyway. The majority of Linux desktops here is Ubuntu, and you can only do so much with it.

Plus, in the Mac version of the thread, it's just a slideshow of Killa Aaron's goofy layout over and over (with changed wallpapers/dock icons).

NO NEED FOR THIS.

It's just a slideshow of wallpapers anyway. The majority of Linux desktops here is Ubuntu, and you can only do so much with it.

Plus, in the Mac version of the thread, it's just a slideshow of Killa Aaron's goofy layout over and over (with changed wallpapers/dock icons).

NO NEED FOR THIS.

You are trolling that's all, why even come into threads like this to make inane comments?

What is so different about this as opposed to the equivalent Windows threads????

Well, someone has to be the first to post their desktop lol

I had to re-installed Linux...I was playing around with the dd command, to install Mandriva 2011 Alpha onto a flash drive...I messed up...

Did you know you can format a Linux drive while using it...? I do now...lo

Luckily, I didn't lose much.

But, gave me an excuse to try KDE.

I refer Gnome's default file manager (Which I switched), image viewer (Also switched), weather (Panel. Doesn't show the temperature unless hover over it..) and system monitor (Panel. I like Gnome's graph...)...

But otherwise, it's nice. More options :)

Anyways, here is mine for now. Still more playing to do lol

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I used to customize the living **** out of my desktop because the defaults have always been terrible save for a few exceptions, like Kubuntu back in the 6.06 days.

Ubuntu's latest release however looks gorgeous out of the box, and although there are many stellar themes out there, this one is so well integrated with the icons and the overall feel that I just prefer it to anything else I've seen so far.

I've only made a few changes. The fonts are huge by default so I shrunk them down to 9 point, and I'm used to Windows 7's taskbar so here I have a taskbar just like the one from Windows 7(it's DockbarX).

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Mine at the moment. Most likely to annoy the Mac zealots. I don't really care. I like it. And no - I'm not deliberately going for a Mac look. I feel that Elementary is one of the only VSs for Gnome at the moment that is of high quality. And that's something that matters to me.

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Nothing too fancy, just changed the background and added this conky script (kinda useless though, as I hardly ever get to see my wallpaper).

To be honest I hate how there's different padding between the icons in the notification area and those in the indicators applet, it looks messy :crazy: and the icon theme could use a change, but then it's just the laptop at work... oh well :p

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@home (clicky for biggie)

Faenza icons, theme is equinox (IIRC). Overall the kind of stuff most people seems to be using these days :laugh:

Wallpaper from somewhere in the internet, years ago :unsure:

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I just discovered minitube... quite cool :p and Android Notifier, which would be awesome if it integrated with both the messaging indicator (to keep track of missed calls and SMS's) and my google account (to show contacts' images when receving calls and messages). As it stands now it's barely useful: if I'm not hearing the phone nor watching the screen right when it's ringing I'll be missing the call anyway :(

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@home (clicky for biggie)

Faenza icons, theme is equinox (IIRC). Overall the kind of stuff most people seems to be using these days :laugh:

Wallpaper from somewhere in the internet, years ago :unsure:

screenshot047a.png

I just discovered minitube... quite cool :p and Android Notifier, which would be awesome if it integrated with both the messaging indicator (to keep track of missed calls and SMS's) and my google account (to show contacts' images when receving calls and messages). As it stands now it's barely useful: if I'm not hearing the phone nor watching the screen right when it's ringing I'll be missing the call anyway :(

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wallpaper please!

It's just a slideshow of wallpapers anyway. The majority of Linux desktops here is Ubuntu, and you can only do so much with it.

Plus, in the Mac version of the thread, it's just a slideshow of Killa Aaron's goofy layout over and over (with changed wallpapers/dock icons).

NO NEED FOR THIS.

I think these threads really took off thanks to Windows XP, its theming culture, and the surge in popular minimalism. These days, though, desktop customization doesn't move as rapidly, and even the most intense alterations can never seem to shake off that feeling of "I swear I've seen this before..."

As far as Linux desktops, they can be pretty drab in screenshots, and the best customizations I've seen can really only be appreciated in motion (transition effects, etc). Not a lot of people embedding YouTube videos here, though, sadly.

Even where you'd expect the most interesting desktop shots (Android) thanks to having the largest custom desktop variety of probably any computing platform, I'm growing weary of pretty much the same metro-style clock widgets/livewalls, Sense weather imitations, and the same old Launcherpro/ADW look. Those threads, too, have been reduced to showing off wallpaper, your BAMF 9+ homescreens, whatever color/opacity your notification bar gives you a hardon for this week, and a generic, mindnumbing shot of your status screen so we can see whatever kernel you're rocking.

But I still come here for the wallpapers. :D It's a shame so many geeks feel the need to splash 1920 x 1200 pixels worth of ###### across their screens all day, though. They're always the least impressive shots, and just make me feel like I'm looking at some 14 year old's desktop while he's in between pr0n sites.

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