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Show Us Your Desktop, 2009 Edition

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A long time ago, we asked everyone to show their desktops, and we figured it would be nice, on this (for me) cold and dreary Monday to do that all over again, over two years later. The questions remain the same: cluttered or clean? Icons or no icons? Dual or single panel layout in GNOME? How free-form is your Plasma desktop? Are there any real computer users in here (as in, using CDE)? Read on for my own two desktops.

This is my Windows 7 desktop on my main machine. Fairly clean, even though I do use the desktop as a dumping ground for files I’m currently working on.

My test machine can run anything it wants, but the stable factor is Ubuntu 8.10, running GNOME.

Show us yours!

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  1. 2009-02-04 3:06 am
    apjas

    I use my LMAC (Linux Mint 4.0 “Daryna”) desktop at home

    Desktop:

    http://i43.tinypic.com/2vlsnkx.png

    Internet Apps:

    http://i40.tinypic.com/nltmdt.png

    Office Apps:

    http://i40.tinypic.com/20hk1g1.png

    Compiz Cube:

    http://i40.tinypic.com/10mveh5.png

    My UbuntuSE (Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy Heron)for work

    http://i42.tinypic.com/f1dqjd.png

    http://i40.tinypic.com/k4eb9i.png

    http://i44.tinypic.com/2v9682x.png

  2. 2009-02-04 4:11 am
    Quietleaf

    http://www.savefile.com/files/1993995

    Simple and minimal. Windows 2000 SP4 + SmoothText for better text.

    • 2009-02-05 8:16 am
      sj87

      http://www.savefile.com/files/1993995

      Simple and minimal. Windows 2000 SP4 + SmoothText for better text.

      Wouldn’t call that amount of junk frames and borders etc “simple” nor “minimal”.

  3. 2009-02-04 5:26 am
    lihong

    http://tinyurl.com/cl4q8t

  4. 2009-02-04 10:57 am
    PocoO

    do you now awesome?

    http://es.tinypic.com/view.php?pic=iyzt3r&s=5

  5. 2009-02-04 12:47 pm
    diacritica

    Running Ubuntu 8.04.1

    http://flickr.com/photos/angelaypablo/3188947022

    Edited 2009-02-04 12:48 UTC

  6. 2009-02-04 2:10 pm
    DBAlex

    Since last time I got a new laptop (C2D T5670, 2GB) + I’m running Vista + Xubuntu dual boot, the vista side isn’t that interesting (Windows Classic, plain background…) but i’ve been playing about with Xubuntu, I’ve always liked XFCE since the first time I installed it on Ubuntu (before Xubuntu existed), and since getting an Aspire One I’m liking it even more so decided I wanted it on my main machine, hence the 8.10 install:

    http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/6255/osnewsdesktopgrab2vs4.jpg“&g…

    Edited 2009-02-04 14:11 UTC

  8. 2009-02-04 7:25 pm
    lxstoian

    http://img98.imageshack.us/my.php?image=deskou0.png

    OpenSuse 11.1

    Edited 2009-02-04 19:26 UTC

  9. 2009-02-05 3:42 am
    rcsteiner

    I have a lot of desktops, but this is one of the better LiveCDs I’ve found. VestaPup, based on Puppy Linux 3.01:

    http://www.visi.com/~rsteiner/Puppy-Vesta-2009-02-03.png

    I’ve installed it on the hard drive and added a few games, but this is actually pretty close to vanilla.

    And of course I have to add this. Yes, I actually still use it from time to time. I’ve opened up a few of my Launchpad trays … see how many icons from the past you might recognize. 🙂

    http://www.visi.com/~rsteiner/Warp4-2009-02-04.png

    You can tell from some of the icons on the desktop that this installation has been around for a while. I think I installed this one as a secondary installation back in 1997 sometime. 🙂

    Edited 2009-02-05 03:56 UTC

  10. 2009-02-05 8:31 am
    acid_head

    Debian GNU Linux

    Gnome 2.22

    Customized Clearlooks theme

    TigertCrack Metacity window decorations

    Debian Gnome Default Icons

    Unknown pixelart background

    http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/2392/screenshot3ib4.png

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