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Productive Geek Forums » Forum: Featured Desktops - Recent Topics http://productivegeek.com/forums/ The Geeky Way to Get Things Done en Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:23:45 +0000 nintendofan345 on "The 7zone Desktop" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/the-7zone-desktop#post-1786 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:48:12 +0000 nintendofan345 1786@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ This is my customized, optimized, finalized, terrificalized desktop. [attach=f547f6d85eb9d1a6] Comment if you like, constructively criticize if you don't. I Used: ObjectDock Plus by Stardock, $19.95 Yahoo! Widgets Engine by Yahoo!, FREE Coquette Iconset by Dryicons.com, FREE for non-commercial use Sound Wave by Vladstudio, FREE with watermark Aero ObjectDock Theme by Stardock, included with ObjectDock Plus All Yahoo! Widgets are included with the software. tbvnz on "Technical 10 Desktop" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/technical-10-desktop#post-1783 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:55:57 +0000 tbvnz 1783@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ Wallpaper(grayscale mod):Technical 10 by ~thesuper @ deviantart Yahoo Widgets: Yet another scrolling banner, Ikonic, Neon gauges,Disk monitor, CPU Monitor Rainlendar:Vista Aero Cursor FX: Dark theme Crosshair Cursor Dexpot Uptime Tclock <a href="http://productivegeek.com/forums/attachments/desktop_screenshot_1279928349.jpg" rel="fancybox1779"><img src="http://productivegeek.com/forums/attachments/thumb_desktop_screenshot.jpg" alt="" /></a> <div class='attachments' style='margin-bottom:5px'></div> chainbullet on "Minimalistic Dark Desktop - Rathalos" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/minimalistic-dark-desktop-rathalos#post-1780 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:51:19 +0000 chainbullet 1780@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ Any Monster Hunter fans out there? :] Just inherited an old tablet laptop and decided to overhaul it. <a href="http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/204/e/d/The_Monster_Hunter_by_chA1nBull3t.png" title="Rathalos by chainbullet, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4139/4821991075_d430f7d349.jpg" alt="Rathalos" /></a> Wall: Rathalos | by: me VS: <a href="http://jg-visuals.deviantart.com/art/base-124067665">Base</a> | by: jg-visuals // (<a href="http://albinoasian.deviantart.com/art/Myriad-Base-Suite-SHOWCASE-131214497?moodonly=1"> 7 Alternative</a> by: AlbinoAsian) LiteStep:<a href="http://gersoncarvalho.deviantart.com/art/Styllz-Suite-171861164"> Styllz</a> | gersoncarvalho MOD Firefox: <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&global=1&q=firefox+startpage#/d2ap80o">Start Page</a> | by: =Folter-x MOD Icons: <a href="http://cha1nbull3t.deviantart.com/#/d1awiae">cqlipse 2</a> | by: chrfb ImageViewer: ZeeD | by: ??? Portrait: Monster Hunter | by: ekoputeh Winamp: <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=winamp&order=9&offset=24#/dbites">Exceed</a> | by: Nylons MiniLyrics A.Nonymous on "Clear & Clean" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/clear-clean#post-1468 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:18:13 +0000 A.Nonymous 1468@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ [attach=83c3ab2b040317bf] Well this is my Desktop Setup which I made a few days ago, it is a combination of: Customized <a href="http://redmile.deviantart.com/art/dESATURATED-for-Windows-Seven-139519425">dESATURATED Windows 7 theme</a> by Redmile (Thats makes the window borders like below) <a href="http://www.sxc.hu/photo/442672">The Lime Light wallpaper by Matchstick</a> <a href="http://rainmeter.net/RainCMS/">Rainmeter</a> <a href="http://www.espiox.net/uploads/10-Foot_HUD.zip">with 10-Foot HUD</a> and the integrated RSS Reader (which is set to fade in when moused over). Edit: I forgot to mention that I have tweaked the 10-Foot HUD clock a bit, I changed the font and distances between the time and date a bit to look good with the other font, I included that one in the attachments, just rename the .txt file extension to .ini <a href="http://www.launchy.net/">Launchy</a> <a href="http://karl-moik.deviantart.com/art/MinimaLaunchy-97162149">with the Minimalaunchy skin.</a> I also use <a href="http://www.autohotkey.com/">Autohotkey</a> with some scripts to <a href="http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic5727.html">control iTunes from anywhere</a> and I also use the <a href="http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/06/use-caps-lock-for-hand-friendly-text-navigation/">CapsLock remapping script from LifeHacker.</a> Here are some more screenshots: [attach=fc1c1fac78f171bc] [attach=58c3287994e58078] cashman3000 on "Year 2052" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/year-2052#post-1756 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:29:36 +0000 cashman3000 1756@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ [attach=fd72c82c8c93c0fa] Hello every one this is my very first post here so I am happy to show off my custom desktop. The Dock I use rocketdock, which can be found here --> <a href="http://rocketdock.com/">[Link]</a> Wallpaper The wallpaper I got from <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/">deviantART</a>, Its called Land of Dogs by Akajork. You can get it here --> <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/customization/wallpaper/?q=planet&order=9&offset=264#/d1563k1">[link] </a> Other Rainmeter for system stats. <a href="http://rainmeter.net/RainCMS/">[link]</a> The weather is a windows 7 gadget. The Skin for rocketdock is Vivid by Troyenne. <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/customization/skins/applaunchers/rocketdock/?order=9&offset=24#/d1fmb9c">[link]</a> And Finally the icons are called Token made by brsev. <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/customization/icons/dock/#/d24gow2">[link]</a> P.S. I am trying to find a good "now playing" display thing for rainmeter. If you know any good ones plz let me know. I would also prefer one with out player controls. thxs OptimusComposite on "Icy Undertow" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/icy-undertow#post-1504 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:09:12 +0000 OptimusComposite 1504@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ <a href="http://s266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/BlackOps1941/?action=view&current=IcyUndertowRSSHidden.png"><img src="http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/BlackOps1941/IcyUndertowRSSHidden.png" alt="Photobucket" /></a> <a href="http://s266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/BlackOps1941/?action=view&current=IcyUndertowRSSVisible.png"><img src="http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii273/BlackOps1941/IcyUndertowRSSVisible.png" alt="Photobucket" /></a> This is what my first experiences with Rainmeter have lead me to so far. It's a work in progress, but most things I do usually are. Most of the skins are based around the <a href="http://customize.org/rainmeter/skins/61120">GeoSans 2.0 Skin</a> by gberger. I'm using his skins for the drive icons, and have modified a few others to use the GeoSans font, which I've come to love. Other skins used include: - <a href="http://customize.org/rainmeter/skins/64456">SimpleMeter V1.02</a> by Chewtoy. I modified his clock setup pretty heavily to fit my needs. - <a href="http://customize.org/rainmeter/skins/61532">Yboris' ToDo List Skin</a> from yboris. Again, modified heavily to fit the theme. The font used here is <a href="http://glue.deviantart.com/art/Eight-One-45198536">Eight One</a> by =glue, another nice font. - The default Enigma RSS Reader skins. There are four of them used total - one for HowToGeek, one for ProductiveGeek, one for Lifehacker, and one for a basketball blog. They're all customized to use the Eight One font and are set to a high transparency, fading in when I mouse over them. - A custom built date skin, again using the GeoSans font set. I also modified the icons of my pinned Taskbar programs to a set called <a href="http://brsev.deviantart.com/art/Token-128429570">Token by brsev</a> in order to stick with the subdued color theme. The wallpaper used is <a href="http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper_beta/details/2122/icy_undertow.html">Icy Undertow</a> from TheReal7. I'm pretty happy with it so far. It's more minimal than I'm used to, which is nice. I use a fair amount of Autohotkey scripting to allow me to use the keyboard for mostly everything. I built a quick script to let me easily add a task to the ToDo list using an Input Box and the FileAppend command, making adding a task very quick. The next thing I want to do is change the start button to a darker one, as I feel it kind of stands out right now. I'd love to hear your opinions and suggestions, though. What do you think? ~ Optimus ktrom3894 on "Compact Monochrome" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/compact-monochrome#post-1758 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:12:41 +0000 ktrom3894 1758@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ Desktop (with registry-hacked right click menu shown) [attach=c45c2ef1f1732566] Bottom bar with sections opened [attach=7df75b395d3bbc81] Alright, basic stuff first. My desktop can be found <a href="http://wallbase.net/wallpaper/164934">here</a>. I'm using the Ka7ana Stealth theme, <a href="http://killaaaron.deviantart.com/art/Ka7ana-Stealth-Alpha-X86-X64-135175965">here</a>. Excluding the weather icons in my Samurize config, all icons are from the <a href="//brsev.deviantart.com/art/Token-128429570">Token icon pack</a>. And finally, my start orb is the <a href="http://ap-graphik.deviantart.com/art/steelOrb-for-Windows-7-139708279">steelOrb</a>. As for programs: I'm using the <a href="http://kaelri.deviantart.com/art/Enigma-for-Launchy-140641113">Enigma skin</a> for <a href="http://www.launchy.net">Launchy</a>, and the <a href="http://customize.org/rainlendar/skins/63524">Statica EN skin</a> for <a href="http://www.rainlendar.net/cms/index.php">Rainlendar</a>. Running happily and silently in the background is my own <a href="http://www.autohotkey.com/">AutoHotkey</a> script. I'm using a cutom <a href="http://www.cdartdisplay.com/">CD Art Display</a> skin, that I based on the default skin. I've chosen <a href="http://www.samurize.com">Samurize</a> over Rainmeter, because for me, putting together a good-looking Samurize config is relatively easy, and I like being able to dock my config. No love lost for Rainmeter, however, I just prefer Samurize. I've created a series of custom configs for it. The main one is the bar visible in the top screenshot. It displays some basic info, including system and network info, as well as weather. It also has a few buttons on the right for various folders and other actions. The inovative part of this desktop, however, are the expanded sections in the second screenshot. Sitting in a hidden folder on the desktop are a series of shortcuts and small AutoHotkey scripts, which allow me to click parts of the main bar config, and open the smaller configs pictured above. For instance, clicking the System section of the bar opens a small window that displays the used space on 3 drives, more information about my memory and CPU usage, as well as uptime and processes. Down at the other end, clicking the bookmark icon opens a small menu of bookmarks, etc. As a result, I have a very simplistic desktop, but with a click or two can access any information I need about my system, or the world around me. PS: Yes, that is an apocalypse countdown clock on the bar. XD zero_cool on "my ubuntu desktop......" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/my-ubuntu-desktop#post-1753 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 11:59:03 +0000 zero_cool 1753@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ this is my new ubuntu 10.04 desktop which i made a few days agoooooooooooooooo.. and i am so excited.. if u want the wall paper or anything else leave a comment..`[attach=44752f91f98d4e0e] Aogu on "Team Fortress 2 Hud (+MK2 Added)" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/team-fortress-2-hud#post-1742 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:58:56 +0000 Aogu 1742@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ Hello all, This was the result of my first full go at rainmeter (own configs+own wallpaper) obviously its based on Team Fortress 2. I thought I'd post it up just to get some thoughts, I'd be grateful for any input! [attach=c4a359d93494f330] For an annotated version see: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aogu/4662803691/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/aogu/4662803691/</a> (The configs were largely adapted from those of the themes "Three", "Enigma" and "GeoSans", font provided by Valve) nuuva on "Gravity" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/gravity#post-1701 Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:32:13 +0000 nuuva 1701@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ <a href="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/114/d/b/Hello__Spring_by_MangoSango.png">Version 1</a> <a href="http://pixelfuckers.org/assets/submissions/previews/690/original/GRAVA_SHOT1.png?1272136812">Version 2</a> Same shot, but different walls. Everything aside from the open windows is done in Litestep. the media player slides up and down revealing some extra info and the albumart hides accordingly. Credits: VS | Appows2010 by neiio LS | GRAVA WIP - NFR at the moment FF | 00.1 by AKIHIR0 Obvious inspiration from AMANA + Sona. pixauth on "Springy Dual Monitor Desktop" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/springy-dual-monitor-desktop#post-1573 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:12:41 +0000 pixauth 1573@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ [attach=243819afa56a7a9f][attach=e29a0c596798d778] This is my Mac Pro Work desktop. Honestly, I can't remember where I found the desktop background. Update: A.Nonymous found it for me - thanks!! Get it <a href="http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper_beta/details/2154/stand_alone.html">here.</a> For the desktop functionality, I'm using Geektool for most of it, which is just several shell scripts running at the desktop level. It has integrated daily calendar items, date, weather (including icon) most recent twitter post, and hard drive and trash info. I modified the dock to be an ipod touch theme at the system level, using custom icons I gathered from a lot of sources, and a custom dock background I designed myself. The itunes display/controller is called Bowtie, and I'm using a custom theme I did myself, based on the "Geeky 2.0" theme by Laurent Baumann. Here are the links for Geektool and Bowtie: <a href="http://projects.tynsoe.org/en/geektool/" rel="nofollow">http://projects.tynsoe.org/en/geektool/</a> <a href="http://bowtieapp.com/" rel="nofollow">http://bowtieapp.com/</a> Like I indicated, the majority of the customization is done through geektool. Here are the geektool shell scripts I use, for those interested: iCal daily events (this also requires installation of <a href="http://hasseg.org/icalBuddy/">iCalbuddy</a>) <pre><code>/usr/local/bin/icalBuddy -nc eventsToday | sed -e "s/*/--/" | sed -e "s/!/!!/"</code></pre> Weather icon (This requires two geektool modules - one that is invisible to contain the shell, and another that contains the icon png that is retrieved by the shell. Remember to use a SHELL module for the shell, and an IMAGE module for the image). Invisible Shell script: <pre><code>curl --silent "http://weather.yahoo.com/united-states/idaho/-12793714/" | grep "forecast-icon" | sed "s/.*background\:url(\'$.*$\')\;\ _background.*/\1/" | xargs curl --silent -o /tmp/weather.png</code></pre> Weather Icon: <pre><code>file:///tmp/weather.png</code></pre> Day of the week: <pre><code>date "+%A" | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'</code></pre> Real-time Weather (remember to enter your local yahoo weather id into the script by going to weather.yahoo.com, entering your zip code into the search tool, and then clicking on the "RSS" button - the local id will be reflected in your local rss URL, like in this example "feed://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?p=USIL0228&u=f" <pre><code>curl --silent "http://xml.weather.yahoo.com/forecastrss?p=YOURLOCALID&u=f" | grep -e "Current Conditions" -A 1 | tail -n 1 | sed -e 's/ //' && echo && curl</code></pre> Two Day forecast Again, remember to enter your yahoo weather id here: <pre><code>curl --silent "http://xml.weather.yahoo.com/forecastrss?p=YOURLOCALID&u=f" | grep -e "Forecast:" -A 2 | tail -n 2 | sed -e 's/ //' -e 's/ //' | sed "s/$.*$\.\ $.*$/\1\?\2/" | tr "?" "\n" | sed "s/High\:\ $.*$\ Low\:\ $.*$/\?H\: \1\ L\:\ \2/" | sed "s/\?$.*$/\\1/"</code></pre> Twitter feed This uses another utility called twitterbuddy, which needs to be installed beforehand. Be sure to use version <a href="http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=2654">0.4.4</a> of the gem, for assorted reasons the newer versions are inconsistent at best. Here's a <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/two-geeky-methods-to-do-some-quick-tweeting-mac/">good explanation</a> of the installation process. <pre><code>/usr/local/bin/twitterbuddy -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD -i -n 1</code></pre> Hard Drive space (Total, used and remaining): <pre><code>df -h | grep disk0s2 | awk '{print "Macintosh HD:", $2, "total,", $3, "used,", $4, "remaining"}'</code></pre> Trash Size: <pre><code>du -sh ~/.Trash/ | awk '{print "Trash: " $1}'</code></pre> Feel free to ask any clarifying questions! GN1006 on "Ultra Simple Desktop" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/ultra-simple-desktop#post-1681 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:29:01 +0000 GN1006 1681@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ Gets the job done, super clean and provides me with just the information I need. <a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/4479496183_7aef045ea2_o.png"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/4479496183_aa4c2b9062_m.jpg"></a> Emerge Desktop is running in the background Ankaku on "The Grey Rainmeter Desktop" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/rainmeter-grey#post-1646 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:30:18 +0000 Ankaku 1646@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ This is my current desktop, it has taken a long time for it to evolve into this. All of it is rainmeter. My taskbar is at the top, set to auto-hide. <a href="http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/079/b/d/Desktop_20_03_2010_by_MrAnkaku.jpg">Screenshot</a> Okay here we go, all the things that make up my desktop. Wallpaper: <a href="http://mrankaku.deviantart.com/art/Weave-155945801">Weave</a> By MrAnkaku (me) Themes that I took from: <a href="http://r3ginald.deviantart.com/art/Arachnid-in-Black-140216574">Arachnid in Black</a> by <a href="http://r3ginald.deviantart.com/">r3ginald</a> - C: Drive bar (lower left) - iTunes art display (right sidebar) - Right sidebar backdrop - Lifehacker RSS box (right sidebar) <a href="http://r3ginald.deviantart.com/art/DarkStep-v1-0-FREE-155210545">Darkstep 1.0</a> by <a href="http://r3ginald.deviantart.com/">r3ginald</a> - System gauge (left side) - Top and bottom taskbar - Battery icon (top taskbar) - Google box (top taskbar) - System info (top taskbar) - Time & date (bottom taskbar) - Trash button (top taskbar) - Current network (bottom taskbar) - Available networks (left) - Weather box (left) Enigma (included with rainmeter) - Clock (right sidebar) Note: the clock part is just covered by the larger clock. It is just used to the time and date - Network address (lower left) - Uptime (lower left) <a href="http://georgeharrison.deviantart.com/art/VAtch-for-Rainmeter-151490962">VAtch clock (right sidebar)</a> by <a href="http://georgeharrison.deviantart.com/">GeorgeHarrison</a> You may notice that I have a couple of the same things in different forms. I put those because often I have a window covering part of the desktop and having it in more than one place makes it easier to see things that I often look at. I wrote this at 3:30 AM so it may not be completely clear. If you see any mistakes please say so. Also, I look forward to hearing what you think of my desktop. Phoshi on "Plain Text Simplicity" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/plain-text-simplicity#post-1611 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:29:09 +0000 Phoshi 1611@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2502059/Desktop/Text.png">Apparently pages don't stretch. Oh well!</a> There's a lot to be said for just simple, plain text (Calibri 12pt) on a mostly white background. It's informative, readable, nothing fancy, and doable for people such as myself - that sector of humanity with almost no artistic talent at all :) OS is Windows 7, taskbar on the side to make a little better use of the whole "Widescreen Monitor" thing. Text embedded into the desktop with <a href="http://www.samurize.com">Serious Samurize</a>, which has a lovely GUI editor that, IMO, makes it much easier to use than rainmeter. Text is generated using <a href="http://python.org">Python</a>, one of my favourite languages -ever- (Indeed, writing the timetables to files is launched by a silent python scheduler I wrote just for occasions like this), and features my college timetable - always useful to know. We simply couldn't forget AutoHotKey, either! My 1420-line script makes using my PC one heck of a lot easier, controlling everything from my media player (Foobar 2000) to my web browser (Firefox), to simple window manipulation (Moving, resizing, closing, so on). An absolute godsend. Another point (That I'm -slightly- guilty about) is the lovely Powershell script I found a good while ago that "excludes" processes from aero peek, allowing me to see samurize through it. I'll <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2502059/Misc/aerofix.ps1">link</a> to it, but if the author happens to come across this and would rather I didn't, they only have to ask. Overall, my desktop was made to simplify my daily life. Not to look pretty (Though IMO it's not that bad), but simply to be -useful-. And I think it does that quite well. kre8 on "pioneer dj desktop" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/pioneer-dj-desktop#post-1599 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:52:04 +0000 kre8 1599@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ [attach=dd0c6c839e33eba1] kjtriplett on "The Sparrow Desktop" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/the-sparrow-desktop#post-816 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:59:02 +0000 kjtriplett 816@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ <img src="http://imgur.com/QXVxll.jpg"> Link to the wallpaper: <a href="http://customize.org/wallpapers/58617">http://customize.org/wallpapers/58617</a> TFeld on "Lego Desktop" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/lego-desktop#post-1570 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:25:00 +0000 TFeld 1570@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ My new desktop. All icons are made to fit the wallpaper. I have modified the icon grid size to allow the icons to snap to the bricks... [attach=96d20fa137bd52cc] SunyiNyufi on "Spring Colours Desktop" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/spring-colours-desktop#post-1578 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:34:41 +0000 SunyiNyufi 1578@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ <a href="http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/926/20100304150404.png"><img src="http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/6914/20100304150404th.jpg"></a> I was so glad that it's starting to get warmer here, and I love spring so much, that I had to make a spring desktop :) Unfortunately I couldn't find the original of the wallpaper (even TinyEye failed me), but here is a <a href="http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/395405/cloud-grass-highres-long_hair-scenery-sitting-sky">link to the site where I found it</a>. Windows theme: <a href="http://zainadeel.deviantart.com/art/Win7-Blend-For-Windows-7-v1-4-143124007">Win7-Blend by zainadeel</a> Start button: <a href="http://ap-graphik.deviantart.com/art/steelOrb-small-for-Windows-7-141635507">steelOrb small for Windows 7 by AP-GRAPHIK</a> Icons: <a href="http://brsev.deviantart.com/art/Token-128429570">Token by brsev</a> Rainmeter skins: HDD, CPU - <a href="http://darkpain-akh.deviantart.com/art/Dreamer-Anywhere-40438174">Dreamer Anywhere by DarkPain-AKH</a> Date&Time - <a href="http://customize.org/rainmeter/skins/63474">Simple Rain by Janbure</a> Weather - <a href="http://albinozz.deviantart.com/art/ToxxWeather-125347819">ToxxWeather by albinozz</a> btw weather looks like this when maximized: <img src="http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/7961/snagprogram0017.png"> romanx on "My Work Desktop" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/my-work-desktop#post-1574 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:15:13 +0000 romanx 1574@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ Linked it as the image size is too big. I have a 24" HP LP2475w monitor at work. HD, comes with HDMI in as well which was awesome, and display port. <a href="http://www.theskywaspink.com/upload/desktop.png">http://www.theskywaspink.com/upload/desktop.png</a> It doesn't look like a lot, but hidden under all that is Microsoft Office 2010, Adobe CS4 suite, and a lot of applications that are used on our network. I spend a lot of my time in remote sessions to servers as well so I don't get nice desktop pictures all the time. AjWasHere on ""Moonshadow" Rainmeter Desktop" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/moonshadow-rainmeter-desktop#post-1561 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:27:24 +0000 AjWasHere 1561@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ Here's my new desktop config. One photo has 10 foot hud in the center, the other's got Arcs. The other skins are Hud Vision and Enigma. I've got launcy, stardock fences, and object dock running. The icons are the <a href="http://toffeenut.deviantart.com/art/Black-Neon-Agua-iPhone-Theme-85452072">Black Neon Agua iPhone theme</a> converted to pngs. The background is "<a href="http://www.neosurrealismart.com/modern-art-prints/?artworks/ghost-ship-series-the-ninth-wave-remake.html">The Ninth Wave Remake</a>" by George Grie.[attach=855424cfdfc476c9][attach=e685bde02ef4e75c] Ratshasa on "Dragon Age: Origins themed desktop, clean" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/dragon-age-origins-themed-desktop-clean#post-1564 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:37:55 +0000 Ratshasa 1564@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ I greatly enjoyed <a href="http://www.dragonage.com">Dragon Age: Origins</a>, a multi-platform RPG game developed by Bioware. It was released in November 2009 on PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 and received significant praise from critics. Whether you're a fan of the genre or a newcomer to RPGs, you should definetely check it out. I wanted a simple, clean Dragon Age themed desktop, and this is what I came up with: [attach=4bfd84c6840fed4a] I got the wallpaper off of the official Dragon Age: Origins website (here's a <a href="http://na.llnet.bioware.cdn.ea.com/u/f/eagames/bioware/dragonage/assets/media/gallery/wallpapers/downloads/BloodDragon_wallpaper_full_1600x1200.jpg">link</a> to the 1600x1200 version, they have it in different resolutions). As you can see, it has several logos on it and some text. I didn't want that, so I removed those elements with the help of Photoshop's healing tools (Healing Brush Tool and Patch Tool). I don't know of any free image editing programs that have similar tools. Without the logos and text, there's more white space, useful for people who use icons. For the time and date I'm using <a href="http://rainmeter.net/RainCMS/">Rainmeter</a> with a modified version of the <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5084412/configure-your-own-rainmeter-10+foot-hud">10-Foot HUD</a> skin. I changed the font, it's called <a href="http://www.dafont.com/morpheus.font">Morpheus</a> and I think it looks pretty good, some x and y coordinates, font size and colors (if you want the exact color codes: 157, 0, 0 for time; 140, 0, 0 for date; 100, 0, 0 for month; and 70, 0, 0 for day - these are all shades of red). I don't have any icons on my desktop. To launch programs, I use the multimedia keys on my keyboard and <a href="http://launchy.net/">Launchy</a>, with the <a href="http://kaelri.deviantart.com/art/Enigma-for-Launchy-140641113">Enigma</a> skin. I also use a little program called <a href="http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhancements/Other-Desktop-Enhancements/TaskBar-Hider.shtml">TaskBar Hider</a> which, as its name implies, hides the Windows taskbar. I can still access the start menu by hitting the WIN key on my keyboard. matteotom on "GEEK desktop" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/geek-desktop#post-1563 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:43:43 +0000 matteotom 1563@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ [attach=4c44ff35dfdfbc26] wallpaper: <a href="http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper_beta/details/1514/photoshop_geek.html">Photoshop geek</a> left side dock: <a href="http://rocketdock.com/">Rocket Dock</a> Rainmeter skins: clock: <a href="http://customize.org/rainmeter/skins/64844">Loxx</a> weather: <a href="http://customize.org/rainmeter/skins/69473">Lexis</a> CPU, RAM, HDD, WINAMP now playing: <a href="http://customize.org/skins/63347/">Simple Rain</a> Icons: most of them I made and some I downloaded (from unknown sources) HM4 on "Cliff Side" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/cliff-side#post-1551 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:46:20 +0000 HM4 1551@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ [attach=c818269926e0e621] Here's my first crack at Desktop Mods. I used <a href="http://projects.tynsoe.org/en/geektool/">GeekTool</a> for the majority of the mod. For the iTunes player in the corner I used <a href="http://bowtieapp.com/">BowTie</a> with the <a href="http://janik.deviantart.com/art/Zukunft-bowtie-theme-109443279">Zukunft</a> theme. zalary on "Monochrome Grey Desktop" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/monochrome-grey-desktop#post-764 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:18:23 +0000 zalary 764@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ <a href="http://zalary.me/img/public/zaldeskjan2010.png" title="Zalary's January Desktop. Click to enlarge."><img src="http://zalary.me/img/public/zaldeskjan2010-thumb.png" /></a> Wallpaper: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andriel/2841781095/">Approaching midnight</a> Other: Launchy, a slightly modified <a href="http://itunesnowplayin.sourceforge.net/">iTunes Toaster Plugin</a>, a very modified BottomBar for Rainmeter, <a href="http://jimcofer.com/personal/?p=208">Deskview</a>, and RocketDock. 0dyss3us on "Obsolescence Desktop" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/obsolescence-desktop#post-1350 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:47:53 +0000 0dyss3us 1350@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ <img src="http://productivegeek.com/forums/attachments/thumb_Obsolescence_Desktop_Screenshot.png" alt="" /> This is my newest desktop, just finished a few minutes ago and would love your thoughts. Wallpaper found at <a href="http://www.wallbase.net">Wallbase</a> Rainmeter skins: Enigma\Sidebar\Clock, \Music, \Notes \Taskbar\Clock, \Moon, \Rain, \Sun, \System-Compact Running Windows 7 taskbar with a very transparent pale bluish white window theme All configurations to the skin code were custom made and the font is Planned Obsolescence. Hope you enjoy it! Let me know if you love it or hate it, you know, for constructive criticism's sake. Digi on "Serenity Desktop" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/serenity-desktop#post-1318 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:41:03 +0000 Digi 1318@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ <a href="http://s987.photobucket.com/albums/ae359/Digi_2010/?action=view&current=mixitup-1.jpg"><img src="http://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae359/Digi_2010/mixitup-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" /></a> simple and clean calming theme....customizations used: Rainmeter (diffrenet skins) Rocket dock with ecqlipse_2 ico by chrfb hope u like 0dyss3us on "The Azure Desktop" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/the-azure-desktop#post-1104 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:00:38 +0000 0dyss3us 1104@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ <img src="http://productivegeek.com/forums/attachments/thumb_Azure_Desktop_Screenshot.png" alt="" /> Azure: Minimalist Desktop, and quite calming if you ask me. I like pretending its a piece of art sitting on my desk. Wallpaper : <a href="http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper_beta/details/2134/azure_serenity.html">Azure Serenity</a> at InterFaceLift <a href="http://rainmeter.net/RainCMS/">Rainmeter Skins </a>: Big Clock with an edited clock face, by myself and Notes without the icon. I just click the text to edit it. Font is Segoe Print. No mods except for my own configuration to the code files. Windows 7 Taskbar : hidden, simple, and effective. It has all my programs and favorite folders pinned to it, along with the recycling bin. Hope you like it, -0dyss3us- Digi on "Terminator Salvation desktop" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/terminator-salvation-desktop#post-1186 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:52:48 +0000 Digi 1186@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ <a href="http://s987.photobucket.com/albums/ae359/Digi_2010/?action=view&current=terminatorsalvation-1.jpg"><img src="http://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae359/Digi_2010/terminatorsalvation-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" /></a> Terminator Salvation desktop..... all custom info done by rainmeter.... hope you like alexajo89 on "My Laptop" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/my-laptop#post-1127 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:29:28 +0000 alexajo89 1127@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ This is my machine that I use mainly for homework or just general web browsing. I'm not as concerned about things like Rainmeter taking my horsepower away from gaming since I don't really do much gaming on this machine. It's usually on a dual screen setup with Outlook running on my second monitor (a small 15") and the main screen (the one you see) as is or with a browser on it. Right now I've got it set as a dark blue for the taskbar/titlebar/etc. I'd like to have the taskbar be a light gray and keep the rest of it blue. If anyone knows how to do that let me know. <a href="http://s552.photobucket.com/albums/jj336/alexajo89/?action=view&current=Untitled-2.jpg"><img src="http://i552.photobucket.com/albums/jj336/alexajo89/Untitled-2.jpg" alt="Photobucket" /></a> matteotom on "Beach Desktop" http://productivegeek.com/forums/topic/beach-desktop#post-1111 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:23:34 +0000 matteotom 1111@http://productivegeek.com/forums/ <img src="http://productivegeek.com/forums/attachments/thumb_screenshot.png" alt="" /> To make this I used: <a href="http://rainmeter.net/">rainmeter</a> Rainmeter skins: <a href="http://customize.org/rainmeter/skins/61120">GeoSans 2.0 Rainmeter Skin </a> <a href="http://www.espiox.net/uploads/10-Foot_HUD.zip">10 foot HUD</a> Wallpaper: <a href="http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper_beta/D680ab4b/01356_crepuscule_2560x1600.jpg">Crepuscule</a> Docks: <a href="http://ap-graphik.deviantart.com/art/steelOrb-for-Windows-7-139708279">Steel orb</a> (only works w/ win 7) <a href="http://rocketdock.com/">rocketdock</a> dock icons:<a href="http://brsev.deviantart.com/art/Token-128429570">Token by bsrev</a> edit: music via Rainmeter- Enigma- Winamp