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by **TheTankengine** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 4:49 pm UTC

EvanED wrote:
TheTankengine wrote:It's not necessary to spoiler images here. By coming into this thread, users acknowledge they are ready to see huge pictures and large files in general.
Plus spoilers cut off the images.

What browser do you use? They don't for me... (Firefox, either 2 or 3, and under either Windows or Linux (3 under Linux untested, but the other three combinations work))

Computer-lab-IE7, unfortunately.

b.i.o wrote:
TheTankengine wrote:It's not necessary to spoiler images here. By coming into this thread, users acknowledge they are ready to see huge pictures and large files in general.
Plus spoilers cut off the images.

Prosilver cuts images off anyway if they're too large though.

Regardless, it's not necessary to spoiler images here.
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I really like the default Hardy Heron background!

by **b.i.o** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:11 pm UTC

EvanED wrote:What browser do you use? They don't for me... (Firefox, either 2 or 3, and under either Windows or Linux (3 under Linux untested, but the other three combinations work))

Do you use subsilver?

Prosilver defines a fixed width for posts (the width of your browser window) and won't allow anything to stretch beyond that. Subsilver by comparison allows images and long unbroken streams of text (i.e. extremely long links) to stretch the frame that holds the post body, and so nothing gets cut off, but you may have to scroll sideways sometimes.

by **EvanED** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:54 pm UTC

b.i.o wrote:Do you use subsilver?

Prosilver defines a fixed width for posts (the width of your browser window) and won't allow anything to stretch beyond that. Subsilver by comparison allows images and long unbroken streams of text (i.e. extremely long links) to stretch the frame that holds the post body, and so nothing gets cut off, but you may have to scroll sideways sometimes.

Yeah. It seems to do this even in Firefox 2 now, but last summer I switched to using FF3 alpha because when there was a wide image or long line it would only stretch the post containing that, while FF2 would stretch EVERYONE'S post, which was extremely annoying.

(At least if my memory serves. LiveJournal had the same problem, and I think it fixed it there too, so I might be getting things confused.)

by **marcas** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:00 am UTC

Used to have a Vista-based visual theme but disabled it for performance reasons. Still experimenting with windows classic theme and dark colours. Don't see the desktop much, so most frequently used apps are pinned to the start menu.

Waiting to do a fresh install of Ubuntu on other partition when Hardy final is out so not much point posting that desktop yet.

by **GuitarFreak** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:12 am UTC

Multiple desktops FTW!

by **Shizo** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:42 am UTC

Just the image, my icons don't change.

by **SecondTalon** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:02 am UTC

My current wallpaper will knife fight your current wallpaper.

And win.

Spoiler:

by **Shizo** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:04 am UTC

Shit.

by **Istrom** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:22 am UTC

I used startkiller to get rid of that start button, it's so lame

Spoiler:

by **Arsin** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:57 am UTC

I don't know why Maple Story is on there. I think my cousin installed it on my computer while I was asleep.

by **DJorgensen** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:27 am UTC

Half size is still rather large...

Spoiler:

Huzza, Dark Lady for the Sailor Moon win

I've had this one up for a couple of months... probably will be changing it shortly.

by **b.i.o** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:45 am UTC

Arsin wrote:I don't know why Maple Story is on there. I think my cousin installed it on my computer while I was asleep.

AEEIIEIIGEIGIEIGH!

Holy icon mess!

by **Pandercolour** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:03 pm UTC

I have a thing for apocalyptic landscapes.

Spoiler:

Let's try this again

by **Shizo** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:05 pm UTC

Istrom wrote:startkiller

dude, sweet. i seriously hate the start button.

by **EvanED** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:24 pm UTC

b.i.o wrote:
Arsin wrote:I don't know why Maple Story is on there. I think my cousin installed it on my computer while I was asleep.

AEEIIEIIGEIGIEIGH!

Holy icon mess!

For a while my compy was like that. Except I run at 1600x1200. And had a ton of files that didn't have room on the desktop and you could only access if you opened the desktop folder.

by **Sam Knight** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:29 am UTC

My last five wallpapers from oldest to latest.

EDIT: Couldn't help myself, changed it again and posted it up at the end.

by **|Erasmus|** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:14 pm UTC

New background and tidied up my desktop again:

by **idont_know12** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:42 pm UTC

Cleaned up icons a little, changed backgrounds, a couple other tweaks...

by **tylerwylie** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:44 pm UTC

The amount of Vista screenshots is disheartening.

KDE in Fedora 8.

by **b.i.o** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 5:13 pm UTC

|Erasmus| wrote:New background and tidied up my desktop again:

Oooh, where's that from? It's beautiful.

The amount of Vista screenshots is disheartening.

The constant Vista bashing is annoying. The amount of general OS bashing is annoying, actually--this is a desktop screenshot thread. If you're going to critique a screenshot because you don't like it's OS's visual style that's one thing, but just generally insulting OS's you see other people using is obnoxious. We all have our own preferences, and we have a religious wars forum if you really feel the need to prove something...

KDE in Fedora 8.

I like the background in the top one a lot...although I do wish the KDE bar at the bottom wasn't white. Doesn't fit in with the darker image, in my opinion.

by **tylerwylie** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 5:44 pm UTC

No bashing, I prefer Vista to Windows XP, etc. Just saying I'd rather look at a lot more Linux screenshots as there's a chance to be more creative instead of just different backgrounds.

I like the bar being white, provides good contrast to the background. I see my desktops as 2 entities, the foreground(Icons, applications, and windows) and the background, which is like an image under the glass.

by **Socal Swimmer** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:14 pm UTC

I would add more Mac OS X screenshots to the mix but mine hasn't changed.

can people please post the source of their background images when they post?

by **Zanik221** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:49 pm UTC

tylerwylie wrote:No bashing, I prefer Vista to Windows XP, etc. Just saying I'd rather look at a lot more Linux screenshots as there's a chance to be more creative instead of just different backgrounds.

Clearly you are not looking hard enough for windows customization options.

Observe my (edit: severely shrunken) XP desktop.

Website · by **The Cosmic Fool** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:15 pm UTC

b.i.o wrote:
|Erasmus| wrote:New background and tidied up my desktop again:

Oooh, where's that from? It's beautiful.

It's a new piece of concept art of Kerrigan from Starcraft 2.

Here is the link to the high res version.

by **|Erasmus|** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:05 am UTC

tylerwylie wrote:No bashing, I prefer Vista to Windows XP, etc. Just saying I'd rather look at a lot more Linux screenshots as there's a chance to be more creative instead of just different backgrounds.

I like the bar being white, provides good contrast to the background. I see my desktops as 2 entities, the foreground(Icons, applications, and windows) and the background, which is like an image under the glass.

but you're using kde...

also, downloading the fedora 9 beta today... I need to reinstall linux on here, so I'll post some screenshots once i get it set up.

by **niko7865** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 3:37 am UTC

Zanik221 wrote:
tylerwylie wrote:No bashing, I prefer Vista to Windows XP, etc. Just saying I'd rather look at a lot more Linux screenshots as there's a chance to be more creative instead of just different backgrounds.

Clearly you are not looking hard enough for windows customization options.

Observe my (edit: severely shrunken) XP desktop.

What game is that? Maybe Sins of a Solar Empire?

by **Sam Knight** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:17 am UTC

My desktop, and then with a media player open.

by **Shizo** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 6:10 pm UTC

by **SoapyHobo** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:07 pm UTC

My current desktop:

by **Andrew** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:47 pm UTC

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by **Qoppa** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 10:15 pm UTC

By Jove, that desktop is incredible.

by **idont_know12** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:51 pm UTC

Zanik221 wrote:Observe my (edit: severely shrunken) XP desktop.

Probably been asked before, but what software are you using to achieve that magical taskbar?

by **Unicyclist** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:34 am UTC

It's not vista, TinyXP Platinum two. Private distro, with the vista skin.

Also, hidden start menu for the win.

by **Chrismclegless** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 7:30 pm UTC

Spoiler:

This backdrop made lots of people think my computer was really buggy until they noticed it was just a wallpaper.

by **villadelfia** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:38 pm UTC

My current desktop. Nice and empty :p

by **semicolon** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:54 pm UTC

Holy shit! I didn't know sows people posted here. I'm Wang.

What game is that? Maybe Sins of a Solar Empire?

Homeworld 2, or maybe 1. You can tell by the design of the mothership on the left side. If you like SoaSE you should definitely check out Homeworld.

by **Quadropus** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:51 pm UTC

Here be my latest desktop. I like to keep it nice and tidy....

by **niko7865** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:25 am UTC

semicolon wrote:Holy shit! I didn't know sows people posted here. I'm Wang.
What game is that? Maybe Sins of a Solar Empire?

Homeworld 2, or maybe 1. You can tell by the design of the mothership on the left side. If you like SoaSE you should definitely check out Homeworld.

I've had Homeworld 2 for a few years, it's my favorite RTS of all time. It really doesn't look like homeworld to me, the planet looks rendered and not just a back drop, and theres some ships/stations that look unfamiliar. I'm still going with SoaSE.

by **'; DROP DATABASE;--** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:53 am UTC

Andrew wrote:
desktop graph.png

You, sir, win.

by **Toeofdoom** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:35 am UTC

niko7865 wrote:
semicolon wrote:Holy shit! I didn't know sows people posted here. I'm Wang.
What game is that? Maybe Sins of a Solar Empire?

Homeworld 2, or maybe 1. You can tell by the design of the mothership on the left side. If you like SoaSE you should definitely check out Homeworld.

I've had Homeworld 2 for a few years, it's my favorite RTS of all time. It really doesn't look like homeworld to me, the planet looks rendered and not just a back drop, and theres some ships/stations that look unfamiliar. I'm still going with SoaSE.

You're right, it's sins of a solar empire. Homeworld looks way different... (yes, I am sure of this)

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