xkcd

by **Zohar** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 10:57 am UTC

Hmm, maybe my calculation was wrong. I'm not positive how pixels in LCD displays work. I was thinking: 1920x1080 pixels in the display, multiply that by possible colors (256x256x256). but if every pixel is specifically R, G or B, then it should only be 1920x1080x256.

by **Thesh** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:00 am UTC

Each pixel is made up of three subpixels, which are either red green or blue. So it is Height * Width * 2^(color depth), or in this case 1920 * 1080 * 2^24

However, my desktop is 2560x1024 (2 monitors @1280x1024). You have to take into account multiple dekstop resolutions

by **Zohar** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:04 am UTC

Well that's why I said assuming the same resolution. And anyway it's completely rubbish because we're counting images which are completely black except for one pixel which is dark-gray, and images which are just noise etc.

by **Thesh** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:08 am UTC

To expand on that, there isn't an even distribution of desktop backgrounds. For solid color backgrounds, there is a mere 2^24 assuming there isn't some rare case with a guy having a 48 bit background.

by **Whistling Nixie** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 12:48 pm UTC

[Desktop has since been changed... see my next post]

by **nqdp** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 8:44 am UTC

I hate desktop icons.
I love the Adobe CS4-style icons in my taskbar.
I don't remember where I got this image from, but the stars look fake. I'll have to Photoshop that eventually.

Spoiler:

by **LinuxPenguin** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 1:44 am UTC

by **konaya** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 12:01 am UTC

Just reinstalled Ubuntu on my laptop (well, technically I also swapped drives, so I new-installed). Clean, nothing fancy, just the way I like it.

by **Vaskafdt** » Sat Dec 25, 2010 12:11 pm UTC

Amishdemon wrote:
poxic wrote:Graciously created by vaskafdt:

Spoiler:
xkcd_desktop.jpg

Hey that's mine too

Mine as well

by **CHR1110** » Fri Dec 31, 2010 1:26 am UTC

Been using both of these lately:

Spoiler:

Self-made, and yes, I did intend for the words to be just barely visible.

Spoiler:

Need to do a little more antialiasing on this one, as it was an upscale to its current size, but for now, I'm happy with it.

by **You, sir, name?** » Fri Dec 31, 2010 1:44 am UTC

CHR1110 wrote:Been using both of these lately:
Spoiler:

Self-made, and yes, I did intend for the words to be just barely visible..

It's hard to do barely readable on a background like that. It's like you can see that there's text and you need to read it, but someone attacks your eyes with a cheese grater when you try to make it out.

by **CHR1110** » Fri Dec 31, 2010 9:57 am UTC

You, sir, name? wrote:
CHR1110 wrote:Been using both of these lately:
Spoiler:

Self-made, and yes, I did intend for the words to be just barely visible..

It's hard to do barely readable on a background like that. It's like you can see that there's text and you need to read it, but someone attacks your eyes with a cheese grater when you try to make it out.

Yes, that's the idea!

by **LinuxPenguin** » Fri Dec 31, 2010 2:54 pm UTC

New one for me...

I find it oddly calming.

by **Brace** » Fri Dec 31, 2010 5:41 pm UTC

Desktop is a commission of my fursona. Yeah, kinda self-centered, but I make up for it by not looking in the mirror.

Edit: Click for full pic

by **nowfocus** » Fri Dec 31, 2010 7:35 pm UTC

e^iπ+1=0 wrote:[citation needed]

(That is, where'd you get that number?)

1920*1080*256*256*256

by **rapturemachine** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 8:46 pm UTC

LinuxPenguin wrote:New one for me...
Spoiler:
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/5665/picture1fzb.png

I find it oddly calming.

InterfaceLIFT background, right? I love that site.

Also, I had to take out the [img] tags because I can't use them for some reason. Probably 'cause I'm still a noob.

by **felltir** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 10:45 am UTC

My background is a slideshow, but here're some of my favourites.

Also, I have auto-hide taskbars, so with no windows open it's just a big picture

It think 5 of 43 is enough, really

by **Giant Speck** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 11:01 am UTC

I really love those first two.

by **reflex** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 11:46 am UTC

Going by the fact that I liked all of those, I can only assume I'd have a good chance of liking some of your other ones. Would it be a terrible hassle to show us some more?

by **sarahthegeek** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:16 pm UTC

I usually circulate between these three (links because they're on the largish side):

http://i56.tinypic.com/11uf9l1.jpg
http://i54.tinypic.com/8xu1wm.jpg
http://i56.tinypic.com/2h6d0zd.jpg

~~trololo, which one of these is not like the others~~

by **You, sir, name?** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:44 am UTC

sarahthegeek wrote:I usually circulate between these three (links because they're on the largish side):

http://i56.tinypic.com/11uf9l1.jpg
http://i54.tinypic.com/8xu1wm.jpg
http://i56.tinypic.com/2h6d0zd.jpg

~~trololo, which one of these is not like the others~~

Hahahaha, the last one is hilarious.

by **Hope_** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 1:30 am UTC

I switch between:
A big collage I made on photoshop of my latest holiday with my friends (which you probably don't need to see

)
And this also made by me on photoshop, it's doctor who related and I think it's gorgeous.. (it was originally for tumblr and I never tweaked it to make it a proper desktop because I like it the way it is

)

I love all the natural ones, so beautiful.

by **LinuxPenguin** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:31 pm UTC

rapturemachine wrote:
LinuxPenguin wrote:New one for me...

(SNIP)

I find it oddly calming.

InterfaceLIFT background, right? I love that site.

Yup. I get pretty much all of my backgrounds there these days.

by **J the Ninja** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 2:48 am UTC

Haven't posted here in awhile.

Display 1:

Display 2:

Phone:

by **Whistling Nixie** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 1:44 pm UTC

[Updated since this post]

by **LinuxPenguin** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 3:05 pm UTC

This is what mine is as of this posting. Now i'm off to go and change it.

EDIT: This is what i've just changed it to.

by **Kaelri** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:28 am UTC

Spoiler:

by **LinuxPenguin** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:01 pm UTC

Click to enlargify.

by **Giant Speck** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:04 pm UTC

That wallpaper makes me all nostalgic for that one autumnal wallpaper that ships with Windows XP.

by **Phrozt** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:46 pm UTC

Felltir wrote:My background is a slideshow, but here're some of my favourites.

Also, I have auto-hide taskbars, so with no windows open it's just a big picture

It think 5 of 43 is enough, really

Chronus the world dragon?

by **Velict** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:20 am UTC

by **micco** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 6:17 pm UTC

I decided that my desktop could use some colour, so I added some.

Spoiler:

by **TimelordSimone** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 6:54 pm UTC

I have a slideshow of wallpapers. This is it at the moment (one of my favourites, I think).

by **You, sir, name?** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 8:15 pm UTC

TimelordSimone wrote:

I have a slideshow of wallpapers. This is it at the moment (one of my favourites, I think).

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by **TimelordSimone** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:47 am UTC

Yeah I don't understand. I am pretty ignorant?

by **You, sir, name?** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:52 am UTC

Maybe it's a hotlinking thing? Or the image has been removed?

by **TimelordSimone** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:58 am UTC

Is that better? Is it visible now?

by **e^iπ+1=0** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:59 am UTC

To me it is (and it wasn't before).

by **TimelordSimone** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:00 am UTC

Success hopefully!

by **You, sir, name?** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:06 am UTC

Yeah, I can see it too now.

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