Official August 2007 Desktop Thread

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here is my precious..hehehe
pretty lame but gets the job done

*farm2.static.flickr.com/1087/973008353_87d622e0a4_m.jpg

click here to see high res version

visual style : aero-clone (www.gnome-look.org)
icon theme : nuoveXT-aero (www.gnome-look.org)
wallpaper : bioshock bigdaddy and little sister (*www.2kgames.com/bioshock/enter.html)

Here r mine Desktop Shots for August ::

1. Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate

*img182.imagevenue.com/loc213/th_78662_August_Vista_122_213lo.jpg

Resources Used ::

(i) Sucriato OS Theme - DeviantART

(ii) Rocket Dock 1.3

(iii) Gadgets Downloaded From Live Gallery

(iv) Wallpapers - DeviantART

(v) Stardock Icon Packager 3.2

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2. Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2

*img164.imagevenue.com/loc641/th_77859_August_XP_122_641lo.JPG

Resources Used ::

(i) Jaadero 1.4 - DeviantART

(ii) Rocket Dock 1.3

(iii) Yahoo Widget Engine

(iv) Wallpapers - DeviantART

(v) Stardock Cursor XP

(vi) Stardock Icon Packager 3.2

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blackberry awesome is your desktop !!

hold on i will put mine.....but i dont think that good

*img27.picoodle.com/img/img27/9/8/1/t_deskm_e5e15db.jpg

i hv used Vista VG by vishal gupta
and stardock object dock
and recycle bin deletion reg hack !! that's all

I posted it yesterday night so I guess it still counts as August

. its 100% Windows Vista.

*img260.imageshack.us/img260/3356/vista1nt8.th.jpg

Yahoo Widgets & various widgets
Windows Vista
Rocketdock

off topic : sorry guys !!

which 1 is better stardock or rocket dock ??

@BlackBerry7100g nice desktop

aks_win said:
off topic : sorry guys !!

which 1 is better stardock or rocket dock ??

Free = RocketDock

Paid = Objectdock, if u need taskbar & system tray functionality

Thnx Buddies For appreciating my desktop !

gx_saurav said:
Free = RocketDock

Paid = Objectdock, if u need taskbar & system tray functionality

ok thanks !!

My WinXP SP2 Desktop

No Fancy Stuff !

*s2.supload.com/thumbs/default/august.JPG

Tech Genius said:
My WinXP SP2 Desktop

No Fancy Stuff !

*s2.supload.com/thumbs/default/august.JPG

nice fresh look..where are the tray icons other than those 2

a lot of games on ur desktop, are u in high school ?

*img329.imageshack.us/img329/5306/untitledvp3.th.jpg

imav which OS ?? XP or Vista ?? if XP how did u get the transparency ??

^Thats Vista

^ Hey Tech , u haven't posted ur Vista desktop this month !

^I don't have vista now

^ n wat abt Ubuntu ? ...btw , y did u remove Vista

I don't have ubuntu too.
Removed both operating systems due to less hdd space.

*farm2.static.flickr.com/1060/1023478595_0b7dca7d34.jpg

My K508i

Here goes mine...

*img184.imageshack.us/img184/3324/6thaug2007desktopxa9.th.png

no good themes for vista basic to show off. so here i am wid my ubuntu installation.

clean:
*img300.imageshack.us/img300/9374/screenshotvw2.th.png

dirty:
*img300.imageshack.us/img300/5305/screenshot1hp1.th.png

infra_red_dude said:
no good themes for vista basic to show off. so here i am wid my ubuntu installation.

clean:
*img300.imageshack.us/img300/9374/screenshotvw2.th.png

dirty:
*img300.imageshack.us/img300/5305/screenshot1hp1.th.png

hey nice one.

can u tell me how do u installed that song notification script and for which player.

^it is the feature(OSD) of players like rhythmbox,exaile etc to show dialogues of current playing tracks.

*www.exaile.org/trac/wiki/OSD

offtopic: ^^^ praka has said it all

i'm using exaile. check this thread for installing the bleeding edge version: *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64553

been working on it for quite sometime now. here's mac os leopard for free!

clean:
*img401.imageshack.us/img401/2193/screenshotum1tg7.th.jpg

dirty:
*img524.imageshack.us/img524/7193/screenshot1uj9uz0.th.png

distro: ubuntu 7.04
wallpaper: leopard
composite manager: beryl
emerald theme: leopard
gtk theme: leopard-gtk
cursors: jaguar os x
icon set: OsX_Mod self modded
dock: avant window navigator
custom distro logo, custom top gnome panel background
clock: cairo clock
tray icons: lotsa hard work!

apps running: pidgin 2.1.0, exaile 0.2.11svn, nautilus, terminal

^ ur desktop looks more cleaner the os x itself :lol:

Windows XP SP2

*s2.supload.com/thumbs/default/augustnew2007.JPG

infra_red_dude said:
been working on it for quite sometime now. here's mac os leopard for free!

clean:
*img508.imageshack.us/img508/4816/screenshotum1.th.jpg

dirty:
*img120.imageshack.us/img120/440/screenshot1uj9.th.png

distro: ubuntu 7.04
wallpaper: leopard
composite manager: beryl
emerald theme: leopard-tish
gtk theme: kougyoku-leopard
cursors: jaguar os x
icon set: OsX_Mod
dock: avant window navigator
custom distro logo, custom top gnome panel background
clock: cairo clock
apps running: pidgin 2.1.0, exaile 0.2.11svn, nautilus, terminal

cool desktop , looks better than real mac osx

ahve u tried that kyro(or something like that) dock which has realistic physics, u can shatter and bounce the dock icons, it ran a lot more sluggish for me

T159 said:
cool desktop , looks better than real mac osx

ahve u tried that kyro(or something like that) dock which has realistic physics, u can shatter and bounce the dock icons, it ran a lot more sluggish for me

i use avant window manager and it has the bounce effects. its just like the mac os dock. try it

and thats cairo (not kyro) dock. it has been transformed to gnome dock now which is still under development.

must- mac guys shud see @infra's Desktop

infra_red_dude said:
i use avant window manager and it has the bounce effects. its just like the mac os dock. try it and thats cairo (not kyro) dock. it has been transformed to gnome dock now which is still under development.

got any how tos to install avant window manager? is this especially for beryl desktop since i got some black patches when i used cairo clock without beryl.
I got a feeling to revamp my linux desktop like ur Macish style

^^^ check this: *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61020&page=3

you'll get all ur answers there (thats for ubuntu, tho)

ps: yes that requires composite manager to be installed (beryl/compiz)

*farm2.static.flickr.com/1060/1099892492_df47aff357.jpg

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infra_red_dude said:
^^^ check this: *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61020&page=3

you'll get all ur answers there (thats for ubuntu, tho)

ps: yes that requires composite manager to be installed (beryl/compiz)

yeah am too an ubuntu user

thanx mate

R

Heres Mine, XP SP2, using: -
VistaVG, Stardock Iconpackager, Cursor XP, Rocket Dock.
p.s.-CS Forever!! Fragging Forever!!

*img404.imageshack.us/img404/9995/augdeskmm7.th.jpg

here is mine on xp xp2.
couldnot get rocket dock on vista due to some problems.

i used rocket dock,stardock icon packager and a nice wide screen wallpeper.

*img407.imageshack.us/img407/5179/untitled81dk9.th.png

*farm2.static.flickr.com/1290/1170052458_47f5a0d796.jpg

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R

^^^Bwahahahahahahahaa.....

Intel_Gigacore , Really nice desk !

^ thanks buddy

^^^ nice desky there

btw, what are those apples doing on the panel??!!

Kenshin said:
hehe those are links for my fav folders red apples are on ntfs and green apples on fat32 hehe

can i hav one apple

hey what is the use of POPT2T dvd in linux

Are u trying to make a linux port for it

Kenshin said:
*i18.tinypic.com/6bu19uh.png

Hey Kenshy , Nice Desk !

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Intel_Gigacore said:
*farm2.static.flickr.com/1290/1170052458_47f5a0d796.jpg

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Lolzzzzzz.

i went into xp after months and decided to pimp it:

*img119.imageshack.us/img119/2112/mydeskaugux6.th.jpg

^^^ thats a nice clean desk

wid some transparencies.

R

@iMAV Thats cool..

Would you care to tell what things u used..

1. object dock - bottom
2. rocket dock - left
3. winamp skin named sprirt
4. the clock and temperature are yahoo widgets: clock is neon clock, the temperature widget is set to show no background

R

^^Great!! All other things i guessed, except the Winamp skin...

Will get it too..

Here is my pimped OS X desktop ...

*img205.imageshack.us/img205/5654/screenshot01fq7.th.jpg

mine
*img33.picoodle.com/img/img33/9/8/23/f_picm_570d064.jpg

^^^ that looks like a nice DOS skin for ur windows!!

the darkness lurks inside

since i hv to learn lots of C prog....i hv to keep staring at the monitor for lots of time...that's y set it to black !

iMav said:
i went into xp after months and decided to pimp it:

*img119.imageshack.us/img119/2112/mydeskaugux6.th.jpg

nice desktop

wud u mind gving me the wallpaper link

aks_win said:
since i hv to learn lots of C prog....i hv to keep staring at the monitor for lots of time...that's y set it to black !

so u r a noob in C now

A long road ahead for u, and get the pointers concept clear
**p = ???

btw, @imav - ur latest winxp desky looks like a dehydrated mac!!

lol...

^^ coz of the dock

.. well thts coz i didnt change the theme basic blue theme so i auto-hid the start bar and shifted the dock down ...

Ok these are not my current desktops, but some old desktop mods i had done.. I had the screenies saved so uploading them...

An Avedesk mod..

*www.imgx.org/pthumbs/small/1547/avedesk1.JPG

Another Avedesk mod..

*www.imgx.org/pthumbs/small/1548/mac2.JPG

Simple Window Blinds n Styler mod..

*www.imgx.org/pthumbs/small/1549/mac11.JPG

Mac Login..

*www.imgx.org/pthumbs/small/1550/mac%20tiger%20login.JPG

Stuff used :

WindowBlinds
Logon Studio
StylerToolbar
Avedesk/DesktopX
Object Dock/RK Launcher
YzShadow
Wallpapers frm DevianArt

Got some XP to Vista mods as well.. will post those laterz...

Sylar said:
Ok these are not my current desktops, but some old desktop mods i had done.. I had the screenies saved so uploading them...
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Stuff used :

WindowBlinds
Logon Studio
StylerToolbar
Avedesk/DesktopX
Object Dock/RK Launcher
YzShadow
Wallpapers frm DevianArt

Got some XP to Vista mods as well.. will post those laterz...

cool ones

Back on xp now and so i haf something to show off, jus before the month ends:

*img510.imageshack.us/img510/2412/59811731vh6.th.jpg

Resources used:
MS Visual Style: VistaVG by Vishal
Icons: Icontweaker with Vista Theme
Transparencies: XP Visual Tools
Toolbar in Explorer: Styler with Vista Theme
Sidebar: Thoosje's Sidebar (Can be used on Vista too!)
Vista Start Menu: ViStart (Though I don't use it as I haf problems with some of its features)