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Title: Desktops 2015
Post by: TechPro on January 18, 2015, 08:03:19 PM
What are your Desktop wallpapers?

The first is the wallpaper I'm using on my mobile device (provided by work).

The second is what I'm considering (it's an important decision!).

After that is what they look like with the icons.

What do you think?
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: DarkWing on January 18, 2015, 09:33:10 PM
Not bad.  Wish I had an iPad of my own.

Here's my most recent wallpaper.
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: Kaiaatzl on January 20, 2015, 06:57:24 AM
I've got a couple new ones since The Master.
The best one's my monitor monitor. ;D
And I replaced the photo of my friendly neighborhood snow leopard with a better shot.
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: TechPro on January 22, 2015, 11:02:38 AM
Nice Monitor!  (I think they're pretty cool)

After many months, I finally picked a different wallpaper for my primary work system.
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: Kaiaatzl on January 22, 2015, 12:11:37 PM
Ya, if they didn't get so big I'd want one for a pet.  Beautiful lizards.
I love landscapes too, especially sunsets.
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: Scyphi on March 01, 2015, 01:52:37 PM
Took about a year (an unusually long time for me, actually) but I finally changed my desktop to something new, a pic I've long been meaning to use as a desktop for awhile now.

Unfortunately, it doesn't really fit my laptop's widescreen, but oh well.
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: Pumo on March 02, 2015, 06:43:28 PM
Mine:

(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee156/Digipumo/th_Desktop2015March_zpsiult3wav.jpg) (http://s235.photobucket.com/user/Digipumo/media/Desktop2015March_zpsiult3wav.jpg.html)

Maybe it's just me, but I find this wallpaper pretty funny lol.
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: Viper1999 on March 06, 2015, 06:49:34 PM
Recently upgraded my PC 2 days after Christmas last year.

(http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j347/Superlegoman100/2nd%20March%202015.png)
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: TechPro on March 08, 2015, 01:58:42 PM
Mine:

([url]http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee156/Digipumo/th_Desktop2015March_zpsiult3wav.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://s235.photobucket.com/user/Digipumo/media/Desktop2015March_zpsiult3wav.jpg.html[/url])

Maybe it's just me, but I find this wallpaper pretty funny lol.

I think it' the drool.   ;)
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: Sapphirus on April 08, 2015, 10:12:47 AM
I really like the idea of Pokémon based vehicles such as jets
(http://s1.postimg.org/ld0a8dj9n/Pokejets.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/ld0a8dj9n/)
Image source:
http://dekus.deviantart.com/art/Kalos-region-Air-Force-425147284 (http://dekus.deviantart.com/art/Kalos-region-Air-Force-425147284)
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: Scyphi on April 09, 2015, 07:13:16 PM
New one. The source should be obvious.  8)

Unfortunately, not quite as high a quality as I had hoped when I captured it, but it'll do for now. :)
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: Scyphi on June 13, 2015, 12:11:31 PM
Found out Descendant Studio's got some wallpaper-version screenshots available finally, so I changed mine again.

I did find a version that was a higher quality version of the last one I was doing that I nearly went with, but then I figured, might as well change it altogether while I'm at it, as it's not the only cool shot of DU available. :D
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: Kaiaatzl on June 13, 2015, 05:04:01 PM
I'm still waiting them to make the one I asked for to put on an advert in a Trackmania map...
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: D2Disciple on June 17, 2015, 03:04:18 PM
Went 100% Linux on my trusty old ASUS laptop today after running into some driver trouble with Windows 8. I could go back to Windows 7, which works great, but I've been using Linux almost 90% of the time by dual-booting anyway.

Went with Linux Mint 17.1 XFCE, my favorite distribution of Linux so far. Used one of the (both numerous and excellent) stock wallpapers, made some changes to the general appearance, and added a very cool, very simple hardware monitor.

EDIT: Added a photo of some stuff cluttering up the screen and the menu expanded in case anyone cares to see what Linux Mint XFCE looks like in action (note that by default, the taskbar is at the bottom, but I've learned that it's more intuitive up top).
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: Scyphi on August 08, 2015, 02:08:26 PM
So I went Windows 10, and since I was already going through and tweaking things, I figured I'd change the desktop background while I was at it to something new. As it'd been awhile (and because I have a bunch of desktop pics lying around that I haven't gotten around to using yet), this desktop's theme is Portal 2.

As for Windows 10, it seems to be doing ok, but it's still early. Only gripe I have thus far is that the upgrade has robbed me of my Spike-themed recycling can icon, and as of yet I haven't figured out how to get it back. But that's next on the to-do list. ;)
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: D2Disciple on August 08, 2015, 04:01:13 PM
I quite like Windows 10 so far. I don't care too much for the Cortana bar, but I get why it's there and don't really mind it either. I did notice the new task manager is boss and I totally think it was worth the upgrade just for that.  :D Otherwise it feels pretty similar to Windows 7, which it replaced. Which is good, because I love Windows 7.
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: Scyphi on August 08, 2015, 05:13:46 PM
I love Windows 7 too. Never ever have had a single complaint about it. As such, it made me hesitant to actually upgrade, because I was perfectly content with Windows 7. But, I then figured I was going to have to update eventually anyway, so since Microsoft was offering, I took it.

Windows 10 does feel very much like an enhanced version of Windows 7, so I'm well pleased by that much. :D
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: VANGUARD on August 08, 2015, 07:04:16 PM
Went with Linux Mint 17.1 XFCE, my favorite distribution of Linux so far.


I have LinuxMint 17.2, KDE; my favorite distro so far as well!

as for wallpaper:

http://imageshack.com/a/img537/2404/QClCmI.png (http://imageshack.com/a/img537/2404/QClCmI.png)

(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/QClCmI.png) (https://imageshack.com/i/exQClCmIp)
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: TechPro on August 08, 2015, 07:07:21 PM
Went 100% Linux on my trusty old ASUS laptop today after running into some driver trouble with Windows 8. I could go back to Windows 7, which works great, but I've been using Linux almost 90% of the time by dual-booting anyway.

Went with Linux Mint 17.1 XFCE, my favorite distribution of Linux so far. Used one of the (both numerous and excellent) stock wallpapers, made some changes to the general appearance, and added a very cool, very simple hardware monitor.
...
I've got a laptop I've been trying to get Win10 upgraded (currently has an out-of-date Win10 Preview), but I'm thinking I might just abort that and put Linux on it, same distro as you (it's my favorite, too).

I need a good (and simple) hardware monitore that tracks GPU temperature for my Linux systems.  Know one you'd recommend?
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: VANGUARD on August 08, 2015, 07:08:43 PM
at the end of the year, it will mark 10 years on Linux. I LOVE it so much, and I am into LinuxMint. I may buy my mom and I a laptop from ZaReason with LinuxMint preinstalled  ;D
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: D2Disciple on August 08, 2015, 07:42:51 PM
Techpro, I use Conky, which is basically a text-based hardware monitor that runs on the desktop and uses almost zero resources to do so. I keep mine simple with just CPU, RAM, and HDD bar graphs, but you can go crazy with it if you like. If I'm correct, you can program it (or find someone's pre-built monitor script) to take measurements of all temperatures, numbers, percentages, and whatnot of virtually every component on your machine. I've seen people have crazy setups where they measure upload and download speeds, individual graphs detailing each CPU core's load and temperature, amount of RAM and VRAM being used, current clock speed of the GPU, graphs showing read and write speeds of their disks, and even full weather forecast data in multiple areas of the world. Its pretty crazy what can be done with it. It just takes some time to set it up or to find someone's setup you like.  ;D

Google "install conky in Linux Mint 17" and there should be several articles giving a couple of simple terminal commands that should get it installed and started.
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: -<WillyP>- on August 09, 2015, 09:08:16 AM
I use Open Hardware Monitor - Core temp, fan speed and voltages in a free software gadget (http://openhardwaremonitor.org/)... Linux, Windows, no installation needed.

I have mine set to show CPU and GPU temp, and GPU fan speed, only because I had an issue with GPU temps. (the fan speed software for the GPU wasn't starting at boot)
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: TechPro on August 19, 2015, 08:39:01 PM
Been a while since I last posted a desktop ...

This is the brand-spanking-new installation of Xubuntu on a laptop I've been messing around with.  I had Linux Mint 17.1 Xfce on it (normally, that is my preferred distro)... but it was always being flakey, locking up, display freaking out, random loosing mouse control (but touchpad always worked).  I thought it was a problem with a memory module.

I slapped Xubuntu (my second most favorite distro) on it and thus far it has been flawless.
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: DarkWing on August 20, 2015, 06:42:04 PM
I see you've got Conky running on that system.  Did you find a GPU temp monitor?  Nothing on that Conky shows the temp.
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: TechPro on August 21, 2015, 06:25:00 PM
I see you've got Conky running on that system.  Did you find a GPU temp monitor?  Nothing on that Conky shows the temp.
A number of the Conky files I've come across include a CPU and/or GPU temp, but they typically make one of two methods to obtain that data.  Unfortunately, one makes calls to Intel chip sets, the other to NVIDIA chip sets.  This sytem uses NVIDIA chip sets, but the Conky call fails to get any data. :(

I'm still searching.
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: Matthew on August 22, 2015, 10:49:08 PM
Here's my desktop. I've got it set to span across both monitors. One of the first actual desktop backgrounds I've had in recent memory, instead of just using the default wallpaper.
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: Viper1999 on January 01, 2016, 09:39:41 AM
You guys want me to start a new desktop topic for 2016?
Title: Re: Desktops 2015
Post by: -<WillyP>- on January 03, 2016, 03:27:31 PM
Go for it!    8)