Desktop meme
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magog_83 did this meme, and I wanted to play but was busy Innmooting.
Of course, I have lots of desktops on different computers and in virtual machines, so I decided to go for the four I use most often. :-)
Gnome on Mint 9, with just one bottom panel and the Mint Menu. Yes, that really is the Hogwarts Express, the Olton Hall, steaming through the Gloucestershire countryside. (It must be lost. ;-D)
Crunchbang with Conky providing system stats and a handy guide to keyboard shortcuts on the right-hand side. The wallpaper came from ewallpapers and looks just right on the small screen.
Gnome again, on Linux Mint Debian. This time the panel is autohiding at the top, with the dock provided by AWN. Yes, I did make this wallpaper, as you can probably tell.
Enlightenment(E17) on Bodhi Linux. More Conky and somebody else's lovely Merlin/Arthur wallpaper.
So, common features, a dislike of icons on the desktop (they really set my teeth on edge, for some reason) and an addiction to eye-candy. Getting my desktop just right is one of the first things I do when I start a new system.
magog_83 did this meme, and I wanted to play but was busy Innmooting. Of course, I have lots of desktops on different computers and in virtual machines, so I decided to go for the four I use most often. :-)
Gnome on Mint 9, with just one bottom panel and the Mint Menu. Yes, that really is the Hogwarts Express, the Olton Hall, steaming through the Gloucestershire countryside. (It must be lost. ;-D)
Crunchbang with Conky providing system stats and a handy guide to keyboard shortcuts on the right-hand side. The wallpaper came from ewallpapers and looks just right on the small screen.
Gnome again, on Linux Mint Debian. This time the panel is autohiding at the top, with the dock provided by AWN. Yes, I did make this wallpaper, as you can probably tell.
Enlightenment(E17) on Bodhi Linux. More Conky and somebody else's lovely Merlin/Arthur wallpaper.
So, common features, a dislike of icons on the desktop (they really set my teeth on edge, for some reason) and an addiction to eye-candy. Getting my desktop just right is one of the first things I do when I start a new system.
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Date: 2011-07-10 09:12 am (UTC)I too hate icons on my desktop, the only thing I have tucked away in the bottom right hand corner is the rubbish bin. Plus, I auto-hide my task bar *g*
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Date: 2011-07-10 04:29 pm (UTC)I used to autohide the panel/task bar but I use a lot of features in Firefox which are on the status bar at the bottom of the the window. I found that the panel would keep popping up and getting in the way, so I decided to keep it there all the time.
The docks on LMDE and Bodhi go underneath the current windows, so I still have a fair amount of screen to play with.