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by **|Erasmus|** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:33 pm UTC

Fedora running on my desktop:

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Vista running on my laptop:

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by **b.i.o** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:02 am UTC

Dr. Canadian Ninja wrote:Mine changes every morning at seven, but this has got to be one of my favorites. Spoiler'd for 1280x720.

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Where's that picture from?

by **Stormscape** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:13 am UTC

I want to know too! I want it for my background now

by **Aleril** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:25 am UTC

NEW WALLPAPER!

I know, I am just as surprised as all of you.

Website · by **Dr. Canadian Ninja** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:26 am UTC

b.i.o wrote:
Dr. Canadian Ninja wrote:Mine changes every morning at seven, but this has got to be one of my favorites. Spoiler'd for 1280x720.

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Where's that picture from?

Either you meant:
1) The actual building, which is Týn Cathedral, or Church of Our Lady in front of Týn, according to Wikipedia, in Prague, Czech Republic, or
2) Where I got it, which was here. I think. I went through several sites to get a crapload of backgrounds, but I'm fairly certain it was that one.
3) You wanted the un-iconed desktop. Here you go! It's only in widescreen format, though.

by **rolls** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:49 am UTC

24+20" monitor but I cut the 2nd one off as there was nothing worth showing.

by **Toeofdoom** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:10 pm UTC

Well, heres mine in the same theme as my avatar, except bigger. Still only target practice, not a clone though, so it should be safe.

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It's easier to just post the clean image anyway.

by **Hawknc** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:11 pm UTC

Hilltop Hoods, eh? Much respect.

by **Toeofdoom** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:20 pm UTC

Hawknc wrote:Hilltop Hoods, eh? Much respect.

Who are you replying to...?

by **Hawknc** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:34 pm UTC

Er, sorry. That was in response to rolls. I coulda sworn his was the last post when I replied...

by **rolls** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:47 pm UTC

Hawknc wrote:Hilltop Hoods, eh? Much respect.

Australia represent.

by **Gelsamel** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 3:25 pm UTC

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by **Toeofdoom** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 4:31 pm UTC

rolls wrote:
Hawknc wrote:Hilltop Hoods, eh? Much respect.

Australia represent.

I dont like their style of music that much, but Imaginitis is great, and I like Jet to a lesser extent...

Still, my desktop hasn't changed so I should leave this thread...

by **Dropzone** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:27 pm UTC

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The image is a cropped version of one of the official Freelancer wallpapers from here. I nearly always have a screenshot from some game as my wallpaper - usually it's one I've taken myself, though. The lack of desktop icons is because I use keyboard shortcuts for launching apps I frequently use, so I only really use the desktop as a place to temporarily shove files when I haven't yet decided where to put them.

by **hotaru** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:47 pm UTC

by **Cheese** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:49 pm UTC

...this thread title could do with beign updated to "Killing 56K since last January"...

by **b.i.o** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:00 pm UTC

more like 'attempting to kill', I'm viewing this on a 56k right now

by **Quadropus** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:02 pm UTC

Wheey, I finally got round to setting up user accounts on my computer, now this is how I like it:

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Spoiler'd for size/girth

by **|Erasmus|** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:26 am UTC

hotaru wrote:

That is very... pink/purple.

Also, haruhi is awesome (i mean the show, but the full name is just annoying).

by **Unicyclist** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:10 am UTC

I like it.

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by **idont_know12** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:21 pm UTC

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by **Mr. Beck** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:10 pm UTC

Isn't the "royale noir" theme great? I started running it after I first posted here.

by **Ended** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:32 pm UTC

Mr. Beck wrote:Isn't the "royale noir" theme great? I started running it after I first posted here.

Yes, same. Bye-bye tellytubby-land.

[edit: I now have the tellytubby theme tune stuck in my head. DAMMIT.]

by **Sam Knight** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:46 am UTC

idont_know12 wrote:
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desktop.JPG

YES! I love that giant octopus wallpaper!

Cephalopods unite!

by **Kabann** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:37 am UTC

Don't let the cephalopods unite... that would be worse than the raptors, as raptors can't fit through such small cracks.

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by **tylerwylie** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:54 am UTC

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Fedora 8 x86_64 on my Thinkpad T61.

by **|Erasmus|** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:59 am UTC

fedora 8 is really good.

by **niko7865** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:45 am UTC

what is that terminal based IRC client?

by **tylerwylie** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:53 am UTC

niko7865 wrote:what is that terminal based IRC client?

It's irssi.

by **bavardage** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:21 pm UTC

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Arch + Openbox + pypanel + conky + xcompmgr

by **Shabooty** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:53 pm UTC

by **Quadropus** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:49 pm UTC

I have changed mine, yet again....
here it be:

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by **DJorgensen** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:54 pm UTC

Here's my main work pc:

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I seem to change it monthly, or every couple of months at least.

My home pc's are at home. Else I would post them here too. Perhaps later.

by **niko7865** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:30 am UTC

I got bored so I copied Leopard, this is Ubuntu 7.10.

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by **Unicyclist** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:55 pm UTC

idont_know12 wrote:
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desktop.JPG

Any chance you have that original image?

Mr. Beck wrote:Isn't the "royale noir" theme great? I started running it after I first posted here.

It's awesome, though I wish I could change the base colors...

by **idont_know12** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:29 pm UTC

Here's what I have saved:

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The name of the image is "big octopus in a room", as far as I can tell. You can find it in original context here.

by **someguy** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:32 pm UTC

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I really need to get rid of XP's default 'Teletubby Theme' ... suggestions?

by **grubznug** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:53 pm UTC

you people obviously don't know the meaning of the word "taste".

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by **|Erasmus|** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:01 am UTC

grubznug wrote:you people obviously don't know the meaning of the word "taste".
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that reminds me of what my sister had her desktop looking like at one point. Needless to say I couldn't look at it without wanting to rip my eyes out.

by **EvanED** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:25 pm UTC

someguy wrote:
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Not overwhelmingly interesting, but I like to keep it simple:

I really need to get rid of XP's default 'Teletubby Theme' ... suggestions?

You can search around for XP themes and pick one you like. It requires replacing uxtheme.dll; you can find instructions for that too.

In the meantime, IMHO simply changing from the blue theme to silver makes a drastic improvement, and you also have classic view.

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