Post Your Desktop

[RoyGBiv]

Haven't seen one of these in awhile, and I have no life, so this is what I'm doing on Saturday night.

[OneMoreDemocrat]

1. Holy Shit, where did you get that wallpaper?.....

It's amazing.

[RoyGBiv]

2. Not sure ...

I think I got it from kde-look.org, simply because I browse through the wallpapers posted there every once in awhile and got most of them from there. But I could have got it from a site that browsing the KDE site led me to.

I have more wallpapers than any one person should. :-)

... virtual pause ...

Here's a link ...

http://www.wallpaperpimper.com/The-Rise-Of-A-Planet-wallpaper-107344

[OneMoreDemocrat]

6. Thanks for the link......

lots o' cool stuff.


: )

[Cannikin]

3. ....

[qnr]

16. Whoa... traffic jams in space! n/t

[RoyGBiv]

21. Set phasers to frappé ...

Looks like someone's about to open up a can o' whoop ass.

[SeattleGirl]

4. I don't know how, but here's the graphic I have on my desktop:

[RoyGBiv]

5. Oh, I like that ...

To get a screen-cap from Windows, assuming you're using Windows, you hit SHIFT-PrtScn. Then open the paint program, paste into the blank image, and save it. Then of course upload it to some place like photobucket.

[SeattleGirl]

9. Thanks.

I'll give that a try next time there is a post like this.

[ghostsofgiants]

17. You don't need to hold shift.

Just print screen will do the trick.

[RoyGBiv]

20. Ah ... okay ...

Thanks for the correction.

[ghostsofgiants]

22. No problem.

Holding Alt, however, will take a screenshot of just the window that is in focus.



:P

[DarkTirade]

51. Huh. Now that I didn't know.

Ya learn new things every day.

[qnr]

7. Some shots of machines running now, boring, as always (dial-up warning)

As you can see, I'm not a big eye-candy man. I didn't include the desktop machine since it's running Linux with the same wallpaper shown on the Linux laptop. I noramally scale these down, but I decided not to this time.
Linux on the UMPC - Nokia N800 running OS2008 (this fits in my shirt pocket)

Linux on a Laptop

Oberon OS on a laptop
http://www.flickr.com/photos/qnr/2204902939/"">

[RoyGBiv]

8. Eye Candy ...

I resisted eye candy for a long time. I work from the CLI a lot and just found no use for it.

Then, one day, long, long ago in a galaxy pretty close to home, I got bored and decided to mess with all this crap in the KDE appearance menu.

Ruined me, it did.

That first one is *far* more eye-candy-ish than what you normally post. You may want to be careful. The dark side beckons. :-)

[qnr]

10. LOL, well, that's one of the default themes that come with OS2008 that I just

installed on it. I've got the OS on an 8G SD Card, so I'm in the process of adding/figuring out how to add Minix, Source Mage GNU/Linux, Oberon OS and AFROS/ARAnyM (an Atari OS) on it -- some I'll have to get to work with the ARM processor :)

[Occulus]

84. You both *really* ought to check out compiz-fusion.

Here's my desktop:



:D

[RoyGBiv]

89. I've used it ...

It still has quirks to it that interfere with some of the things I do with my machine.

[Occulus]

91. It's pretty easy to disable now

I find I have to turn off desktop effects twice, once for compiz and once for the default Fedora desktop effects (using the same shutdown applet, no less!) to get rid of the effects completely- which, like you, I have to do for some things. Oddly, GL apps like Blender seem to have no issues running with the effects turned on. That said, games like CNC3 under Wine do sometimes need to have the effects turned off.

Compiz-fusion makes Window$ Aero look like a rushed, two-bit, amateur hack job by comparison. I say that in all seriousness.

[RoyGBiv]

94. Oh, I agree ...

And Windoze Aero is a rushed, two-bit, amateur hack job, emphasis on "rushed." The very idea for Aero came out of the same conference/discussion that resulted in Aero. Gates just threw money at it ... and still didn't do it well.

I see a lot of rumbling about how people skin KDE and GNOME to "look like" Aero. The reverse is closer to the truth.

[qnr]

96. :) That's ok. I'm perfectly happy with Waimea n/t

[qnr]

97. Very nice though. I like looking at the desktops of others, even if

I have no desire to doll mine up.

[zabet]

11. Mine

[qnr]

15. Well, I guess having him staring at you keeps you productive

:)

[stuntcat]

19. I like

:headbang:

[zabet]

25. Thanks!

It reminds me of a
twisted horror version
of the classic painting
'American Gothic'.

[qnr]

12. That's an excellent wallpaper, and I do like the dark theme! n/t

[RoyGBiv]

23. Thanks ...

It's difficult to make a dark theme that works well when you use native GNOME apps and KDE apps about equally.

Took me forever to work it so the text entry boxes on web forms -- like this one I'm typing in now -- weren't all squirrelly.

[Fox Mulder]

13. I can't get my print screen function to work on my laptop, so...

here's my wallpaper. Imagine that plus a trashcan and Google Earth Icon on the top left, and that's my desktop:

[qnr]

18. That's a nice, serene wallpaper. I like the star trails left by the

long exposure.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

14. Ok...

Yours is beautiful, by the way! :hi:

[RoyGBiv]

24. Gorgeous ...

I want mountains near me.

I will support the Presidential candidate with a program that will move mountains near me. :-)


:hi:

[Gonzo Gardener]

26. Here ya go...

Actual desktop from a few weeks ago


Desk and dog


The images on my desktop now


:hi:

[UrbScotty]

67. You took my idea!

Dang it!

[Gonzo Gardener]

69. I showed mine... show us yours!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7375209

:hi:

[ashling]

27. I change mine frequently

here is my current one:


a previous one denoting my love of books:

[leeroysphitz]

28. Here is my desktop.

:rofl: Sorry Sugar smack. Just kidding! :hide:

[RoyGBiv]

29. Ummm...

I think someone's in trouble. :-)

[Guava Jelly]

32. I've got that one as mine too

yum and drool. :D (I kid about everything except the yum and drool)

[Yukari Yakumo]

30. Mine

[Perry Logan]

31. Some awesome graphics. Here's my perenniel desktop image...

It's a painting by Max Ernst called "The Eye of Silence."

[qnr]

99. Nice, I recognized it when it was only about 1/8th downloaded. n/t

[blogslut]

33. Here's my most recent

I change it almost daily:

[IzaSparrow]

36. that's dali, right?

[blogslut]

55. Yep

With a wee bit of desktop enhancement...notice the globe? That's my folder icon.

[IzaSparrow]

64. nice...

i like dali

[KatyaR]

34. I normally don't like photos that cover the entire screen, but this just works.

[Deja Q]

41. "All your desktop are belong to us"?

:rofl:

[KatyaR]

49. HEY!

Don't mock the desktop!



(:sarcasm:)

[FloridaJudy]

35. OK

[IDemo]

37. ->

[graywarrior]

38. What a surprise, huh?

[RoyGBiv]

43. I, for one, am shocked ...

I had *no* idea you liked him.

:hide:

[graywarrior]

46. Like? More like "LUST"

[Deja Q]

39. Meh, okay...

Dual monitors. :P

[Deja Q]

40. My previous one:

[IntravenousDemilo]

42. I have two landscapes that I switch back and forth between.

This first one is of a road north of Biggar, Saskatchewan, where my musical Sarah Binks, The Sweet Songstress of Saskatchewan premiered. It's also the scene on the CD cover.





This second one is a shot taken near Parkbeg, Saskatchewan, just outside of Regina where I grew up. The icons don't stand out as easily when this is my wallpaper, so I use the other one more often.

[pokerfan]

44. I'm a wild man!

[catmandu57]

45. This is it right now

Zion Canyon in snow. i'll be looking for another aomewhere soon.

[Solon]

47. A freeper has defaced my desktop!

:P

[Occulus]

86. BWAAAAA

Take it to yer Freeper pals:



:P

:silly:

[Solon]

98. Looks like I'm not the only one who uses Compiz...

lol, love the message though, my flame writing sucks. :D

I do like that I can do that, just for the hell of it. Not bad on a computer with a 1.25 GHz CPU, 256MB RAM, and a 128 MB GeForce4 card. Oddly enough, it increases the performance of my computer.

[Call Me Wesley]

48. Mine today:

[RoyGBiv]

50. Awesome ... n/t

[hippywife]

52. At home it's this:

and this is the image I have on my desktop at work:



Yours is gorgeous, BTW! :hi:

[Xipe Totec]

53. I've updated mine

I just love this image...

[stuntcat]

54. mine's a mess

I have pictures icons all over the sky and the church :(

[amerikat]

56. my new winter desktop

[Lethe]

57. he's a redneck hillbilly misogynist vampiric country western singer

The king of country western troubadours himself....Unknown Hinson!

edit: that likes party liquor

[many a good man]

58. I'm tilting as usual

[Tripper11]

59. Thanks to RoyGBiv here is mine

Love that site...very cool wallpapers.



I have found a lot of really cool ones here too - http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/

[RoyGBiv]

68. That's excellent ...

I seem to have started collecting wallpapers. Didn't set out to do it, but when you have a backup DVD half full of them, I think it's time to admit I have a problem.

But I just can't stop when I see cool ones like that. :-)

[Tripper11]

73. I'm not quite that bad, but

I do have a folder with wallpapers and bookmarked sites with them. I have a particular fancy for the spacey, nightsky landscape ones...

[Blue_Tires]

60. how do you post your desktop?

[Lethe]

65. hit the "Print Screen" button at the top of your keyboard

then upload it to your webserver or pic host.

[Blue_Tires]

79. hmm...for some reason that doesn't work for me

[BlueDissenter]

61. My Desktop

[Renew Deal]

62. Here you go

[bikebloke]

63. From "TONIGHT WE DINE IN HELL!"

[Lorien]

78. Ah, finally another Mac user!

though I don't recognize a few of the icons at the bottom. Is the image from "300"? I haven't seen it yet but I might for the (rare non violent) visuals. A good friend of mine used to also be a good buddy of Frank Miller's, but he says he's gotten Freeperish since 9-11. :-(

[bikebloke]

82. Yes, "300"

The oracle scene in motion is nice to look at. They must have originally filmed it underwater. The film's stylization is pretty good. I had doubts before seeing it. You might have to leave your brain on a shelf to survive the comic book heroism and violence, though.

[Omphaloskepsis]

66. Mine..

[The Animator]

70. Well, my desktops pretty plain at the moment...

But here's one I had on there earlier

[DarkTirade]

74. That looks vaguely familiar...

:P

[qnr]

71. Just keeping the thread kicked, here's another one, that I'm doing

some work on tonight. This is ARAnyM/AFROS (Atari Running on Any Machine / Atari Free Operating System)

[RoyGBiv]

72. How does that perform?

I have a friend who grew up on Atari, and I think he would love to play with this.

[qnr]

76. It's very fast and powerful. Here's a link if he wants to investigate

http://aranym.org/features.html

[Occulus]

88. Checked it out and bookmarked it.

Truly an unexpected find, and thank you ever so much.

I already have a multi-OS machine. Do you know if it's possible to add it to the GRUB boot menu? I have a small partition asking for something completely different...

[qnr]

92. Not yet, though there will be one in the future. However, ARAnyM runs

on linux, so you can add something small like Damn Small Linux, and have it automatically run ARAnyM. There is also a Live CD version, but while it's good for exploring, it's much slower.

[DarkTirade]

75. Mine's still the same as it was last time.

And I'll only post a link to it because while there's no nudity, I wouldn't exactly call it SFW.

http://lowroad75.deviantart.com/art/Pentagram-and-stuff-65204315

[sarge43]

77. Mine for the moment

"Hey look Louie, tourists."

"Nah. I've already eaten. Thanks anyway."

[Catsbrains]

93. I stole your wallpaper!!

[ronnykmarshall]

80. An old one ...

[ronnykmarshall]

81. Me newest one

[Flatline]

83. Here's Mine =)

[SKKY]

85. Here's mine. I should change it sometime soon. I've had this one for a while now.

[billyskank]

87. I have fallen to the Dark Side.

Windows Vista desktop:

[laconicsax]

90. ok

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

95. Here's mine: