What does your desktop look like?
Here's mine. No inspiration at all taken from a certain California based company's OS ;p
I use:
I apologise if I missed anything.
fire
oh you little fucker
Dope lol
This is my my phone running Debian with XFCE:
KDE + AeroThemePlasma
Punched right in the feelings
That's an odd aspect ratio for a phone. And I can't say I love the look of that DE.
It's a foldable, unfolded. And that's XFCE with a Windows 95 theme - there's plenty of fans of the classic 90's look, in fact, people have made an entire operating system around that aesthetic.
A modern phone running Linux, riced to look like 90s Windows.
Oh that's CRIMINAL.
Oh I love it.
Jazz jackrabbit and Winamp ❤️❤️
I was born on 96' but I have to say this picture made me happy
This is so cool! I love the theme.
You have good taste in DOS games as well. Is the “CAT” folder the 1984 game “Alley Cat”?
Thanks! And yeah, CAT is indeed the old Alley Cat game.
Lol link me the phone natively displaying this
Based on the neofetch it's a Samsung Fold Z 4
how do you do that?
XFCE + Chicago95 theme + some theme tweaks here and there
Gnome + Dash to Dock + Arc Menu. Nothing too crazy.
Could you share your icon theme?
Tela icons.
(if you look at the night theme shot, there are other details of the setup in the terminal output)
You use both light and dark mode? And what's arc menu?
Yeah, so Gnome has an extension called Night Theme Switcher which automatically changes your background, icons, theme, cursor etc. based on a user-defined day/night schedule. It works great.
Arc Menu is another extension which gives Gnome a standard start menu (since it doesn't come with one by default) in the top lefthand corner. It also comes with a KRunner-like app launcher that pops up in the middle of the screen instead of using the default Gnome Overview UI.
Both these extensions make Gnome feel a little more natural for desktop use, IMO.
Stuff here is:
Workspace 3, which I actually use:
Additional stuff here:
The pretty wallpaper and Catppuccin Mocha theme terminal carry the looks quite a bit tbh.
Slime Rancher!
Beautiful.
That part: yes.
The part that I look at the most: eh
This is gorgeous!!!
Just XFCE
Did you install a theme? That looks different to the XFCE I use on my Ubuntu VM.
Yes, I installed Catppuccin theme and Bibata Modern Cursor. What I mean with "Just XFCE" was that I didn't install any other software to add features.
so cute!!
I need that wallpaper! Is there a way you could provide me that?
I never understood why people make their linux distros look like mac
The obvious answer is people who grew up using Macs tend to like the Ui and workflow.
Even though I've never enjoyed my times using MacOS, I'll still sell being able to perfectly clone it's desktop as a feature of Linux for those who do.
Its looks fancy and feels nice. Its really just a theme so everything else works the same. Everyone has different things they like.
I hate Apple but macOs is always super well.designed. if you wann know what Windows will look like in 5-6 years, look at the current macOs version.
I wouldn't use a complete macos theme with the logo and everything, but the mac design language does have some pretty nice details that even help usability.
For example, I love the double outline that macos windows have, the normal darker line and another lighter inside. To me, it really separates windows when I am working with several, and they overlap (I use mac at work), in addition to looking nice and giving some depth. That's just a little detail, but there are many like that one that is easy to see why someone could appreciate them.
Obviously it varies from person to person, there's also stuff that I don't like, but I do can see why someone would use a theme like that.
Themes and DEs inspired by Mac tend to have a very clear and consistent design language IME
Gnome also falls into the clear and consistent camp too.
I value consistency a lot
It looks nice. I still prefer the functionality and responsiveness of Linux though, and I didn't clone every feature of the macOS UI.
It kinda makes sense to me; my KDE desktop is basically set up like Windows in terms of layout (not theming). It's what I'm used to and prefer the familiarity.
I can imagine people who are used to MacOS like the familiarity of GUI layout and the aesthetics too. Also in fairness to Apple, it is an aesthetically pleasing desktop even if the layout and GUI elements (such as the dock or the top menu bar) isn't what I like.
MacOS is very user friendly (in my use-case. Everyone has different needs). I like they layout of the top bar, the dock front and center, the fullscreen "launchpad" as opposed to a start menu, etc. To each their own.
Well, here's my little piece of ugly:
Edit: And as for Termux:
Cool train! Thats in Slovakia right?
Yep.
Just to clarify (just in case), I am only the person behind camera.
vomits
Well, mine looks like Windows XP, but not.
I’m not sure that clock is big enough
It's like the XP olive theme with the vista/7 style widgets sidebar - all you need is the RPM style CPU usage gauges.
I like the widgets , how can I get them?
They are installed by default with KDE Plasma. Although, on the taskbar, you can just get them in the KDE Plasma widget store.
This is very pretty, in a unique way. Great job!
I like the widgets
Just a completely blank screen atm, I updated to plasma 6 and it has not been going well lol
Arch Linux moment
Pretty utilitarian on the ol thinkpad
devil wallpaper
not a BSD user
My brain bugged a little when I saw arch linux on the terminal.
Looks nice!
What Firefox css is that?
I honestly don't remember but I do recall it's way more of a process than it used to be
Just did a fresh install of EndeavourOS with KDE 6...still using the same theme I've been using on 5.27 for months. I call it 'Windows 7 but better'
And yes I deleted my last comment while figuring out how embedding images actually works >.>
What's that Steam theme?
You have to use SFP to use skins on Steam now sadly.
That's a nice wallpaper. Where did you get it?
I found it a while back just searching through duckduckgo images and threw it into the folder of wallpapers I've been hording
Pretty simplistic, but I really like it :)
not a fan of that font, but cool setup
It's Monocraft, monospaced version of Minecraft font, makes me very nostalgic. First tried it for fun and giggles, but it stuck
I use dracula for everything too! Thank you so much for sharing!
Here's my weeb'd out set-up. KDE Plasma 6 with the Breeze Dark theme and a slideshow of animu wallpapers.
Edit: gah I forgot to mention my OS. At the risk of sounding like a meme... It's Arch.
Terraria? Nice! And is that two monitors or an ultrawide?
Yeah I love Terraria. And I have two 1440p monitors.
Like default KDE fedora. I’ve done zero tweaks
If I ever started customizing my KDE Plasma, then that would be the last direction I'd ever go in.
Hehe, any kind of ricing can be taken too far.
Funnily enough I recently switched from WM's to DE (and KDE plasma at that) so that I don't spend entire days adjusting making pointless window border customization and autostart scripts that are already taken care of by a Desktop environment.
That said, I cant live without my keybinds so I've replicated the same on my Plasma setup.
Does your keyboard have 13 number keys? How do you have 13 work spaces?
F-keys!
I wanted more workspaces, so I decided that ~ is 0, - is 11, = is 12 and backspace is 13.
Some WM has chained-shortcuts or chorded key bonds, but it is more probably a shortcut of the style "go next workspace" and you can have as many as you want.
KDE plasma 6 on Nobara. breeze with Catpuchin theme and wall paper
Can you link the wallpaper ? :-)
try https://github.com/zhichaoh/catppuccin-wallpapers/blob/main/landscapes/tropic_island_morning.jpg
if you look in the same folder there's also ones for day, evening, and night
Pretty minimal to my habits :)
I'm basic...
Fedora Kinoite, Plasma desktop, Arc shell theme, and Catppuccin window/app theme.
I included more information about my setup on my Codeberg page.
i probably have the most boring desktop known to man
Nice, Stardew Valley :)
A fellow Undertale Yellow enjoyer, I see you're an enby of culture.
Celeste!
Default GNOME I'm a simple girl
GNOME looks nice by default, but I couldn't imagine using a device without a net speed tracker anymore.
what wm? and what is the spectrum thing
It is cava, an audio visualizer. And the wm is i3.
Is that two monitors next to each other or an ultrawide display?
Correct
Ricer Desktop Customizer enters the chat
Mine, Fedora Atomic Budgie. Materia GTK Theme. Intended to keep the focus on my windows rather than my desktop or theme.
That looks nice - clean and simple.
That's the idea! :D Clean, boring, professional without sacrificing information.
I use:
That is a really beautiful wallpaper
Thx! I found it and some others by searching "Superbrothers: Sword & Sorcery EP wallpaper"
Haha btw
I despise Apple, but ngl this looks beautiful
I also hate Apple, I just like parts of their UI. Other parts I don't like, like the long transitions on absolutely everything.
I know there's a lot of defaults in here, but this has been my daily driver for 6 years now and been loving this setup
Awesome ricing!,tired of people which bring mac os or windows ui desing in open source world.
Thanks a ton! I loved changing everything and finding what things I could or could not do without and optimize everything to my use-case. Getting off of my work Windows PC and logging into my home Linux PC feels like such a breath of fresh air
Looks very cool. Nobody could mistake this for any other OS :)
Thank you! I love the flexibility of Plasma and being able to make a uniquely me environment
Is that GNOME overview with a custom dock? The dock looks like KDE, to be honest
Wallpaper is Bing image of the day
What music player is that?
Lollypop. I also have GNOME music, but after trying a bunch of different music players, I like this the best.
I have a folder where I dump any interesting wallpaper I find, and it rotates every few seconds, so this is already inaccurate... :)
Fresh install, KDE Neon 6.0.0 user edition:
Can you actually use Microsoft Office and Google Messages, or are those just custom icons for other apps?
Btw, you're one of the only people with as many apps in their screenshot as me, lol.
lol
They're custom icons for Libre Office Write and Libre Office Calc. No MS Office here! Google Messages works perfectly as an official web app.
KDE Plasma on Manjaro Linux
do you feel weird using logos for an OS you're not using? Like, I'd find it weird to use Manjaro's logo on my KDE Neon desktop. Maybe I'm just a stickler for da roolz
I would use a GNOME logo, but I like the puzzled looks I get too much :)
Mint Cinnamon with a few tweaks.
Nice, that looks really cool. And that screen is huge, or at a tiny scale.
TY, and yes, it's a 1440p ulrawide, 34 inch.
I didn't want to post an even larger picture with, like, just my desktop, then with windows and neofetch and whatever because it'd be even larger, but there is a pretty cool detail in that my terminal is set to the exact same color and transparency as the panel so it matches beautifully when open. I kinda wish I could do the same thing with Nemo and Xed.
Custom OpenBox and tint2 setup.
KDE Plasma 5 on Wayland, Opensuse Slowroll. Big Sur theme with latte dock. 4 virtual desktops in a 2x2 grid (not visible in screenshot)
Different docks for different kinds of apps.. Slightly ugly, but very convenient.
I see you also like to pretend your device is an Apple 😂
To be honest, I've never owned an apple device: only Android phones and windows (with Linux immediately installed) laptops. However, I kind of like the icon aesthetic the most out of all the ones I've tried.
The theme also grew on me during my Gnome days, so yup, these days I pretend my device is an apple from a cosmetic sense 😂
That it i guess 🤔
Mine is pretty simple, about the same since 2008, Xfce, with a bottom taskbar with window, a little bit like in Windows XP. I added Teams quicklaunch lately, else it's only file manager, FF, terminal.
Excellent. Mature, functional, clean.
Yes
EndeavourOS (Arch-derived), Hyprland, KITTY terminal, custom furry art wallpaper(s) that I commissioned.
Pretty close to default. Using SF Compact Display fonts and Newaita reborn icons. Most of the time I have a bunch of windows open and I rarely see the desktop, except when I start the day :)
Endeavour OS KDE. Sorry ;-)
Seeing lots of discord on these. Anyone else like me and have to install updates to it a couple times a week from the package manager before it will open? I also notice it seems to close itself after a while, I think if the computer sleeps then wakes.
yeah discord is kinda fucking annoying on linux for that reason. i'd recommend something like vencord (vesktop) over discord's client
I just use discord in a browser on my machine. Cant stand the desktop client.
Mine is simply default KDE. The only visible thing I've changed is the wallpaper -- changes to my desktop mostly concentrate on the "invisible" ones like shortcut keys or setting changes or scripting.
More or less replicated the desktop layout I had used throughout childhood, sans desktop icons
Loved this one!
That is some nostalgia!
11 inch screen, so packed pretty tight. Openbox with tint2, left half of the top bar is conky. The bargraph that shows "Mem" is dynamic, it alternates between Mem/Swap/HD. I think the background image is from LXDE's very nice collection of wallpapers.
