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The discussion revolves around users sharing their desktop organization styles, with a focus on how they manage icons and files. Participants describe their unique methods of arranging desktop items, often reflecting their personal or professional backgrounds, such as engineering or programming. Some express frustration with operating system prompts to remove unused icons, emphasizing their preference for keeping files they might need later. There are humorous exchanges about cluttered desktops and the aesthetics of wallpapers, with some users favoring minimalism while others embrace a more chaotic arrangement. The conversation also touches on the compatibility and stability of different operating systems, particularly Windows 7, and the challenges of using industry-specific software. Overall, the thread highlights the diverse approaches to desktop management and the interplay between personal preferences and professional requirements.
  • #61
You have a dual monitor setup too I see.

I have as well, however I cut media player out of it. Not sure if a screenshot from X-Men is breaking copyright sticking it here.
 
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  • #62
I don't understand how one can tolerate a screen with the icons all on one side. I think my head would be stuck in a permanent tilt if I did that.

Balance people, balance! :biggrin:
 
  • #63
Ivan Seeking said:
I don't understand how one can tolerate a screen with the icons all on one side. I think my head would be stuck in a permanent tilt if I did that.

Balance people, balance! :biggrin:
I am right-eye dominant, and can easily ignore things in the left-hand side of my FOV. Part of the reason why I am really accurate with firearms.
 
  • #64
It doesn't matter what I do, how I organize my files; things go out of my hands and I get icons all over my desktop.
 
  • #65
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Macro picture of a damselfly.
 
  • #66
lisab said:
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But where are the memes?
 
  • #67
JaWiB said:
What is a "windows-burner"?

A machine, typically called just a "PC", that doesn't run a useful operating system such as Mac OS or Linux. They are a blight upon the face of civilization.
 
  • #68
Danger said:
A machine, typically called just a "PC", that doesn't run a useful operating system such as Mac OS or Linux. They are a blight upon the face of civilization.

...but not my wallet :biggrin:

Here's my desktop background (yes! I do have VIM up for geek cred):

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I keep all of my icons in the Quick Launch toolbar. It's nice and uncluttered.
 
  • #69
I've got a Dell at work, but this is my home desktop.
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The view from the presidential ridge (Near Mt. Eisenhower) down into Bretton Woods and the Mt. Washington Hotel. It's a shame to clutter it with icons, so I keep everything in the various "disks" which are all named after birds. (I started naming 5" floppy disks after birds back in the late 80s... HEY! WAKE UP! THIS IS INTERESTING, DAMMIT!)
 
  • #70
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I try not to have too many icons.
 
  • #71
Chi Meson said:
I've got a Dell at work, but this is my home desktop.
screen.jpg

The view from the presidential ridge (Near Mt. Eisenhower) down into Bretton Woods and the Mt. Washington Hotel. It's a shame to clutter it with icons, so I keep everything in the various "disks" which are all named after birds. (I started naming 5" floppy disks after birds back in the late 80s... HEY! WAKE UP! THIS IS INTERESTING, DAMMIT!)

Nice view. :)

Your file ordering reminds me of a way I used to follow, if my disktop is about to get full of icons I creat a new file on disktop and put them ALL in that folder, then I name it disk top 1! :biggrin:
Not any more though, I just get lost in those multi-disktops.
 
  • #72
I'm surprised the majority is running Windows, I expected other OSs among this audience.
 
  • #73
Andre said:
But where are the memes?

Ah, that's on my work machine. That lovely nudibranch is on my home laptop.
 
  • #74
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Strange as it looks - it is real.

And if you have a feeling you have already seen part of this desktop - you are right. Obviously Marzena is quite popular between PFers.
 
  • #75
Borek said:
And if you have a feeling you have already seen part of this desktop - you are right. Obviously Marzena is quite popular between PFers.
I was thinking about using one of your pictures for my desktop but then I thought better.

Remember that "work in progress" or whatever that thread was? :devil:
 
  • #76
Monique said:
I'm surprised the majority is running Windows, I expected other OSs among this audience.

I prefer Linux, but I'm currently booted into Windows because several of my online AP teachers use Windows-only conferencing programs.
 
  • #77
I prefer rich simplicity, in nature that is, anything I use regularly is on the tool bar, I hide a small number pf desktop items at all times. I deal with complexity at work, I prefer peace and simple beauty at home.

Rhody... :wink:
 

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  • #78
Rhody, your volume control icon doesn't work. Nothing happens when I click it.
 
  • #79
Chi Meson said:
Rhody, your volume control icon doesn't work. Nothing happens when I click it.

Chi,

Thanks, it is too wide, made it a thumb nail instead. BTW, I liked yours, have hiked the Presidentials, stayed at the Mt Washington hotel in winter, one week after a portion of the roof blew off (wasn't completely enclosed) from 70+ mph winds and skied Bretton Woods more times than I can count. I love the area.

Rhody...
 
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  • #80
I like to keep things on the desktop for easy access, but it's all in folders, and folders within folders. I still have 4 columns. I have the windows default desktop background.
 
  • #81
Evo said:
I like to keep things on the desktop for easy access, but it's all in folders, and folders within folders. I still have 4 columns. I have the windows default desktop background.
I can't do that. Too many levels of access, and everything goes unregulated. I don't mind a nice tree structure, from the old DOS model, but amorphous stuff makes me really mad.
 
  • #82
turbo-1 said:
I can't do that. Too many levels of access, and everything goes unregulated. I don't mind a nice tree structure, from the old DOS model, but amorphous stuff makes me really mad.
My folders make sense to me, like Recipes, Photos, with sub categories, etc...
 
  • #83
Evo said:
My folders make sense to me, like Recipes, Photos, with sub categories, etc...

That's how I do it too. There's a method to the madness :biggrin:.

I tend to remember where things are spatially. You could rename my files and I may not even notice, but don't move them or I'll be lost!
 
  • #84
lisab said:
I tend to remember where things are spatially. You could rename my files and I may not even notice, but don't move them or I'll be lost!
That's the way I am with my "stuff". I know where everything us, until it is "tidied up" and moved (even just slightly) and then it has disappeared.
 
  • #85
Monique said:
I'm surprised the majority is running Windows, I expected other OSs among this audience.

For me its a matter of third-party software compatibility. I did know someone running Windows in Linux, and then the required software under Windows, but imo, this is just an unnecessary layer of complexity.
 
  • #86
Ivan Seeking said:
For me its a matter of third-party software compatibility. I did know someone running Windows in Linux, and then the required software under Windows, but imo, this is just an unnecessary layer of complexity.

Agreed, I had Linux on all of my computers and emulated windows for various apps. I just found this to be extra work on the computer and switched my desktop back to windows. Laptop still runs Ubuntu, which is what I carry around with me.
 
  • #87
Note that I should have said software compatibility, but one esp sweats bullets when third-party software gets involved with industry-specific platforms.
 
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  • #88
Ivan Seeking said:
Note that I should have said software compatibility, but one esp sweats bullets when third-party software gets involved with industry-specific platforms.
My employers absolutely forbade 3rd party software. Like the big companies that you deal with, my company handled government accounts both US and foreign. There was NO software that wasn't designed specifically for us, and anyone required to work with us had to conform to us. I say required because in most cases they had no choice since we were the only ones with the technology.
 
  • #89
dlgoff said:
I was thinking about using one of your pictures for my desktop but then I thought better.

Remember that "work in progress" or whatever that thread was? :devil:

If I know what you mean. That was picture taken by Marzena about 20 years ago :smile:
 
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  • #90
Evo said:
My employers absolutely forbade 3rd party software. Like the big companies that you deal with, my company handled government accounts both US and foreign. There was NO software that wasn't designed specifically for us, and anyone required to work with us had to conform to us. I say required because in most cases they had no choice since we were the only ones with the technology.

For me, the nightmare scenario, one which I have been through too many times, is when I arrive on the scene after some salesman has sold the customer on the technology required for a given project. Often this will include some niche third-party device operating in conjuction with other standard platforms. This forces me to use the software for that technology or device. If things don't work properly due to software incompatibility issues, it can end up in court. I've never had to go to court [I choose to eat whatever time I have to in order to get things working, and get out as fast as possible!] but I've seen it happen in other situations.

Using anything but Windows is just begging for additional complications. Even Windows releases are a nightmare. I used to run a partitioned drive with three operating systems - all different releases of Windows - so that I could connect to various platforms without issues.

I dread the imminent leap to Windows 7 on my work computer as XP has been soooooooooo stable for so long, for all technologies of interest professionally.
 
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