[solvegas]

Mongolians?

No, Tibetans.

[Palomine]

I recently changed computers and operating systems. My preferred desktop background, from an Adult $wim bump some years ago, remains constant: easy on the eyes and a soothing positive affirmation. Here it is (scaled down to 50% of actual size) on my current/temp PC running Linux Mint 15 (64-bit with Cinnamon GUI):

[Nimrod]

For a while Kithara and I attempted to use a wallpaper / desktop background changer that would update each day to a new file from a master list. It only sort of worked. Almost all of these types of changers are some manner of random or every X minutes sort of thing which was not what we wanted.

In the end we just manually change the backgrounds. Not as cool but it gets the job done.

The ancillary benefit of all this is it gave Kithara something to do when she was not feeling well and resulted in 3650 (ten years worth) of indexed and seasonally appropriate (think snow in the winter, fall leaves in autumn, etc.) backdrops - one for each day. I should point out she did this for both of our computers so it is actually 7300 indexed images.

Below is from the year 3 set / Nimrod's screen / November 29:

[Pinderman]

What pic do you have on your desktop? (Not at work obviously). I used to have Lucy P in her black pineapple top on the dt, when this one from miriam caught my eye -- outstanding!

Mod edit: please use the search function to append to existing threads instead of fragmenting the forum with redundant ones. I'm merging this now. Thanks. -Palomine

[3deroticer]

my desktop without icon in case anyone wants it!

[Palomine]

Same background but a new OS following the system fustercluck described here: http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php/topic,9983729.msg10282854.html#msg10282854

PalDesktop50%

[Palomine]

Same background but a new OS following the system fustercluck described here: http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php/topic,9983729.msg10282854.html#msg10282854

PalDesktop50%

And this is the desktop from the oldest/lowest-spec PC I have/use regularly (P4 CPU w/<half GB of RAM and just a 40GB HD). As soon as I get a big SD card for it (256GB or better yet, 512GB) it'll be the only PC I have that's running 24/7. It had Windows XP on it originally, but was basically unusable that way (with modern apps and websites) so I wiped that and installed the 32-bit/non-PAE version of Crunchbang Linux instead, with it's minimalist Openbox GUI... it takes just a little time to get used to it, but then it's wonderful.

Edit: the dark grey background is one of the few built-in choices and it suits this little netbook fine. By default, the desktop GUI itself is very clean and mostly monochrome (with little splashes of color for some icons, etc...) which helps keep it usable on such a small screen. Thus, the dark grey works fine... that text at right are system stats (CPU usage, etc...) and shortcuts... I'm sure there's some way to turn them off, just as there's some way to replace the desktop with an image file, but most of that stuff requires editing config text files and why bother?

Before you ask: neither Ubuntu nor Mint have non-PAE/32 bit versions available anymore for really old PCs like this. #! is one of the few distros that enable you to run a current OS/apps on such an old PC, God bless it.

CrunchBang Linux on early 2006 netbook Screenshot - 01182015

[Hiram]

Here is mine.  Nothing special.

[solvegas]

Here is mine.  Nothing special.

Is that Hadrian's wall ?

[Hiram]

Is that Hadrian's wall ?

I believe it is.  It is about 10 miles north of here. So, seemed apt as a wallpaper. It isn't the best picture of the wall, but I liked the sunset and the countryside.

George RR Martin took inspiration from Hadrain's Wall for the wall in Game if Thrones apparently.

[Sawyer90]

 

[ROUNDandHEAVY]

  "Whaddaya say, whaddaya know?"

[Shara]

pfff, like I can find it

[Bramlet]

Mine!

[MaxBigfoot]

My current desktop.  I'll be changing the wallpaper fairly soon now.