Desktop.. Everyone has one of these!

[Misaka_Mikoto 4]

My desktop at my primary account on my laptop. It changes every 15 minutes, but this is one of my favs.

[bluemoose 223]

Mac FTW:

[Eʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ 273]

Still need to do that CAM.

[Eʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ 273]

New operating system (LinuxMint), new (old) desktop image.

Linux Mint? Looks very similar to ubuntu. Are there any other differences besides the appearance?

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

^ not many. It comes without the top panel, so since I like it, I made it. The original is more like Win 7, but Linux desktops are pretty flexible. Mint seems to be some kind of Ubuntu partner. It uses most of the repositories of the current release, with some changes. I bailed out of Ubuntu rather than monkey around with it to get rid of the unity desktop. If I wanted to be Dick and Jane'd I'd have stayed there. 11.10, the new release, is a forced putt to unity unless you go through the handsprings to install a different decor. Too much like work for an old guy. I don't play around with operating software any more. Been there, done that. I just want to keep on with the same old applications and not struggle with a new desktop layout.

I like your new desktop. Is it a worm's eye view looking up through the grass?

[Terring 6,476]

Here is mine, waiting for Anno 2070. Notice that I translate in Greeks the names of some of the programs and games

Translation...

Σελέστια = Celestia

Αστική Παράνοια 2 = Midtown Madness 2

Γαλαξιακοί Πολιτισμοί 2 - Αιώνιο Σύμπαν = Galactic Civilizations 2 - Endless Universe

Πύρινη Αλεπού = FireFox

Ταχυχρονικός Παίχτης = Quick Time Player

Άχρηστη Αηδία! = Useless piece of junk!

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

^ Terring, does your O/S do that because you are domiciled in Greece, or do you have to do it manually?

[Terring 6,476]

The basic translations, like Start = Έναρξη and My Computer = Ο Υπολογιστής μου, was automatic because of the domiciled in Greece. The other translations, like in FireFox and Celestia, made by me just for fun

[Alejandro24 575]

The same OS. Linux Mint 11:

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

The same OS. Linux Mint 11:

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Yep. I see you wanted a top of screen panel as well. Saves putting a lot of junk on the desktop. Did you notice that Mint uses most of the Ubuntu repository?

BTW, I tried Debian, but I didn't like it. Too fundamentalist.

  Edited October 4, 2011 by A Nonny Moose  

[Eʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ 273]

^ not many. It comes without the top panel, so since I like it, I made it. The original is more like Win 7, but Linux desktops are pretty flexible. Mint seems to be some kind of Ubuntu partner. It uses most of the repositories of the current release, with some changes. I bailed out of Ubuntu rather than monkey around with it to get rid of the unity desktop. If I wanted to be Dick and Jane'd I'd have stayed there. 11.10, the new release, is a forced putt to unity unless you go through the handsprings to install a different decor. Too much like work for an old guy. I don't play around with operating software any more. Been there, done that. I just want to keep on with the same old applications and not struggle with a new desktop layout.

I like your new desktop. Is it a worm's eye view looking up through the grass?

Yeah it is. I like it because its really simple. I'm not sure about you but I can't stand huge amounts of desktop clutter.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

I like your new desktop. Is it a worm's eye view looking up through the grass?

Yeah it is. I like it because its really simple. I'm not sure about you but I can't stand huge amounts of desktop clutter.

They are all insane saving thee and me, and sometimes I wonder about thee.

[Rymac91 15]

My Ubuntu desktop. I like Unity, but I had to make a few modifications.

(Should a shrink the image?)

[Alejandro24 575]

The same OS. Linux Mint 11:

<image omitted>

Yep. I see you wanted a top of screen panel as well. Saves putting a lot of junk on the desktop. Did you notice that Mint uses most of the Ubuntu repository?

BTW, I tried Debian, but I didn't like it. Too fundamentalist.

Actually the base of Linux Mint is the current version of Ubuntu.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

The same OS. Linux Mint 11:

<image omitted>

Yep. I see you wanted a top of screen panel as well. Saves putting a lot of junk on the desktop. Did you notice that Mint uses most of the Ubuntu repository?

BTW, I tried Debian, but I didn't like it. Too fundamentalist.

Actually the base of Linux Mint is the current version of Ubuntu.

Circles within circles. I hope they don't want to adopt that ugly unity desktop.

[Alejandro24 575]

The same OS. Linux Mint 11:

<image omitted>

Yep. I see you wanted a top of screen panel as well. Saves putting a lot of junk on the desktop. Did you notice that Mint uses most of the Ubuntu repository?

BTW, I tried Debian, but I didn't like it. Too fundamentalist.

Actually the base of Linux Mint is the current version of Ubuntu.

Circles within circles. I hope they don't want to adopt that ugly unity desktop.

Of coure not, I used Unity with Ubuntu and I don't liked. Linux Mint 11 is based in Ubuntu 11.04, that uses Unity, but the OS don't use Unity and GNOME Shell.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

^ I ran the 11.10 Beta, and if you didn't want unity under that release, you had to switch decor to something like Kubuntu (Kfce) or another desktop decor which wasn't clearly easy. Rather than flog around in the O/S, I simply downloaded the DVD for Mint.

I also pulled in Debian, but that outfit is so afraid they might stumble over something, they use alternate versions of common applications. For exaample they use the ice decor for Mozilla stuff. It is just too much for me to bother to cope with. Its a triviality, but I just don't want to be bothered.

  Edited October 8, 2011 by A Nonny Moose  

[Alejandro24 575]

^ I ran the 11.10 Beta, and if you didn't want unity under that release, you had to switch decor to something like Kubuntu (Kfce) or another desktop decor which wasn't clearly easy. Rather than flog around in the O/S, I simply downloaded the DVD for Mint.

I also pulled in Debian, but that outfit is so afraid they might stumble over something, they use alternate versions of common applications. For exaample they use the ice decor for Mozilla stuff. It is just too much for me to bother to cope with. Its a triviality, but I just don't want to be bothered.

Fortunately I don't use Ubuntu, I never tests the Beta's (And I should do it). I never tried Debian, that was the next OS when I was looking to use Linux. But Linux Mint is just... the best. I don't like KDE, it is too complicated or abstract, but the visual effects are awesome. I preffer GNOME. Did you know that GNOME was designed by two mexicans: Miguel de Icaza and Federico Mena.

Today I've hear some comments from my friends about this new wall: It is a Nazi Gay? Well, I Answered: No, Isn't Nazi or Gay. I don't have nothing against the Gays and Nazis, but it is nothing about they. It is Romatically Apocalyptic:

Linux Mint 11:

Zee Captain, you're the best. Also Snipper is great too...

  Edited October 10, 2011 by Alejandro24  

[Misaka_Mikoto 4]

^The image above is pretty funny.

Anyways, my desktop atm (I set it to change every 15 minutes):

Well, I have to hide the taskbar to make the lower text visible

[Ionic-Elm 13]

Just got Ubuntu. And being in the middle of a Homestuck obsession, I just had to make this my background:

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

The biggest problem with 11.10 is that they have done away with panels. I like panels, they are very useful. I also hate being shoehorned into a breadbox.

[Superbacon 380]

Wish I'd seen this thread sooner.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

^Very nice. it would have been good of you, however, to convert it to jpg format for speed. These png files take forever to load, even on my broadband line.

[Ocram's Razr 964]

What a coincidence!

Here is my desktop:

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Nice. Puget Sound?

[Ocram's Razr 964]

It's the same picture as Terring's on post #2197. It is a futuristic wallpaper of cities from Anno 2070 though the background city seems to have a couple of Seattle skyscrapers.

[Alejandro24 575]

Reconfigured the desktop, new order. Another wallpaper. This is Linux Mint 11, I'm going out to Windows 7 to get a shot of the acutal desktop there.

And this is in Windows 7 Ultimate. I don't use too often this system, only for play SC4 and to use Scientific Workplace or Wolfram Mathematica. Sometimes I get tired of this OS, the simple action to take a screenshot and upload taked around 10 minutes, while in Linux only used less than 2 minutes. Anyway, this is the actual desktop:

  Edited October 28, 2011 by Alejandro24  

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

^ Anything implied by the SS staff car in the Windows 7 decor? Achtung! Raus!

[Alejandro24 575]

^ Anything implied by the SS staff car in the Windows 7 decor? Achtung! Raus!

I have many wallpapers with that kind of topics: SS, Nazi, Fascist... including I tried to change the logo of Windows in the Start Menu to a SS or Schwarze Sonne (But I thinked, for what? Is more easy in Linux!). But I have too some anarchist, maderista and communist, I really like this one. But the important here is: The wallpapers

Dont' get hysterical people, I don't have nothing against some people or kind.

[TekindusT 3,809]

@Alejandro24: OMG, the "It's Free" meme in Simtropolis!! "It's Free" from Barcelona to the World!!

Here's mine, a bit untidy lately...

Windows XP, New York and a bunch of stuff I don't know where to place; common things in all my desktops.