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The thread focuses on sharing personal desktop screenshots among members of the Physics Forums community, discussing various operating systems, wallpapers, and desktop environments. Participants share their experiences and preferences related to desktop aesthetics and functionality, as well as sources for wallpapers.

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  • Some participants provide instructions on how to take screenshots and upload images, emphasizing the importance of image size and format.
  • Several users share links to their desktop images, showcasing different operating systems such as Redhat, Mac, Debian Linux, and Gentoo Linux.
  • Discussion includes preferences for desktop environments like KDE, IceWM, Window Maker, and Fluxbox, with some participants expressing nostalgia for older systems.
  • Participants inquire about the sources of wallpapers, with recommendations for websites like DeviantART and Hubble's site for nature-themed images.
  • Some users express a preference for minimalistic or "old school" desktop setups, while others showcase more complex arrangements.
  • There are mentions of specific images and themes, including references to H.R. Giger's artwork and programming-related content visible in screenshots.
  • Participants discuss the challenges of finding good wallpapers and the limitations of file attachments in posts.

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There is no clear consensus on the best desktop environment or wallpaper sources, with multiple competing views and personal preferences expressed throughout the discussion.

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Some participants reference specific software and configurations that may not be familiar to all users, indicating a range of technical knowledge and experience levels within the community.

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This discussion may be of interest to users looking for inspiration for their own desktop setups, those seeking recommendations for wallpapers, and individuals interested in different operating systems and desktop environments.

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Remember to keep the picture size small and use compression if your uploading to physicsforums. No 1600x1600 bmps.

For those who don't know how to take a screenshot in windows, press the Print Scrn button located to the upper right of the backspace. Then go into paint or your favorite drawing application and paste the picture. Save as JPEG or PNG.

Linux users can use the screen capture tool located in the graphics folder with the gimp.

Happy Posting!

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Here is my desktop:

http://umsis.miami.edu/~dduardo/desktop.png

Redhat 9
KDE 3.1
Window Decoration: IceWM - Acqua
Icons: Connectiva Crystal - MacOSX
Super Karamba - Liquid Weather , Evolution Biff , skRSSreader, Micromon
Winamp: xTunes
 
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Doesn't anyone have a pretty desktop they want to show the world :frown:
 
my current desktop at home:
 

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my current desktop at home:

Very nice. A Mac user.

By the way, I go to UM.
 
Originally posted by dduardo
Very nice. A Mac user.

By the way, I go to UM.

cool . . . i use a PC all day long at work, so at home i prefer a Mac.

i've been on the UM campus only once, to see coldplay when they were in miami 6 months or so ago . . .
 
Okay, here's mine. It's a bit busy.

http://www.redowl.net/mydesktop.html

Cheers.
 
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Cool desktop. Where did you get that picture?

What is all that text...were you programming at the time?

And, heh, what OS were you running? I've only used Windows (95, 98, 98 SE, XP).
 
Here is mine...Has a lot of sentimental value
 

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I would like to find out where you all go some of your wallpaper ... They are COOOL!
 
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I like to get to get wallpaper from http://www.deviantart.com/

They also have good artwork in general
 
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Here is my current wallpaper with the only difference between my desktop and this photo is the addition of the recycle bin icon (I run a tidy ship...you should see my programs folder);

http://www.clarence.com/contents/tecnologia/wallpapers/natura/deserto/images/029.jpg

I rotate my wallpaper frequently and here is good souce I found for nature photos;

http://www.clarence.com/contents/tecnologia/wallpapers/
 
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Originally posted by SDNess
Cool desktop. Where did you get that picture?

What is all that text...were you programming at the time?

And, heh, what OS were you running? I've only used Windows (95, 98, 98 SE, XP).

Well, I'm running the window manager called Window Maker on top of Debian Linux on my old x86 333MHz machine which I had used as a workstation before moving to one of my Ultra 5s, leaving the Debian box as a firewall only. It's a relatively old picture as one can see the Jakarta Tomcat version is old and I'm still running Netscape.

In one window, I was looking over some old code written by another group of open source coders for a streaming media framework, (hence references to the RTP protocol in the code) so that I could see how it worked. This project (www.danubio.org[/URL]), btw, has been resurrected with newer running versions of the code.

In another window I was viewing a Tomcat configuration file so that I could run a Java servlet framework on my internal site and in another window I'm running my mail client, Mutt ([url]www.mutt.org[/url]).

The background jpeg came from a themes package created solely for WindowMaker. I downloaded it from [url]http://themes.freshmeat.net/browse/918/?topic_id=918[/url], but the main site is [url]www.themes.org[/url] where they feature themes that other people have put together for various UNIX window managers such as Window Maker, Enlightenment, Afterstep, Blackbox, KDE, Sawfish,...etc.
I prefer WindowMaker as its very similar to the old NeXTSTEP GUI interface.

The picture in the background is dubbed "Giger Li" by H.R. Giger.
 
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yes, win - zip, ace, rar, etc all decompress tgz archives.

redrogue, that is a pretty old desktop. I remember when my dad ran window maker on his old unix machine back in the day.
 
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this is a pretty old site, but i love it: www.webshots.com

they r just good pictures.

i'll get some website later to post it too!
 
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Originally posted by dduardo

redrogue, that is a pretty old desktop. I remember when my dad ran window maker on his old unix machine back in the day.



I agree WindowMaker has barely changed since its inception and I run it out of habit because I like its simplicity and relatively small footprint compared to the likes of Enlightenment. I know there are newer and lighter window managers, but I use this one out of habit. I do need to expand my collection of themes, though ..they are dated.

I sort of like the "old school" look despite being a Gen-Xer.
 
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Mine is the coolest of them all :)
 

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Btw, that is from DeviantART too :)

as you can guess, the name of the wallpaper is strange_beauty_strange_beauty I tried searching their website for a link, but they are too busy and have dedicated their bandwith to their subscribers for the time being.. it is a real good site :)
 
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HERE SHE IS!

http://www.deviantart.com/view/1765143/



I am amazed with how organic that strange organism looks, it really seems to be contemplating the nature of the flowers.. pretty :)
 
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Slackware 9.1 & Fluxbox

-HBar
 

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Ugh, you can only attach one file per post

Anyway, who says linux doesn't have games?

-HBar
 

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Originally posted by Nereid
try Hubble wallpaper ...

http://hubblesite.org/gallery/wallpaper/

All natural, some even organic.
Cool! It is so hard to find good website, but that one is really cool :)
 
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I either use a picture of E.coli, a sequencing gel of a part of the Human Genome Or the Battle of Hoth

There are on my website
http://www.geocities.com/ytremb1/
 
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Originally posted by HBar
Slackware 9.1 & Fluxbox

-HBar

Now that looks cool! Think I'll check out Fluxbox..

Cheers.
 
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Originally posted by iansmith
I either use a picture of E.coli, a sequencing gel of a part of the Human Genome Or the Battle of Hoth

There are on my website
http://www.geocities.com/ytremb1/
Nice! Where did you get those from??

Never mind! I found the link to chromosome.com on your homepage
 

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