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Post your desktops(August)

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:16 pm
by Sapphire Wolf
Post yer desktop for August here!

Mine's all... Officers' Battlepod...ish, AKA in Battletech, the \"unseen\" Marauder.
I took various screenshots of it while watching Robotech: The Macross Saga volume 2 on Power DVD(the software that plays DVDs on your computer).

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:30 pm
by Duper
same as last month. ... I don't change it much.

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:34 pm
by Vindicator
linky

I will own one someday.

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:46 pm
by Krom
Click for full size (2560x960, 579 KB).
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Thinking about changing it soon though.

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 11:16 pm
by Top Gun
Current one on the family PC is Rake's shield orb render. I think the one on my own machine is a kickass FS2_Open screenshot of the HTL Elysium model in front of a nebula, but since it has no Internet connection for the summer, it's been several days since I last turned it on. :P

Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:14 am
by CDN_Merlin
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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:06 am
by Flatlander
Vindicator wrote:linky

I will own one someday.
QFT!

Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:49 am
by FunkyStickman
My desktop with rain effects, fun fun!

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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 9:50 am
by TIGERassault
Can't remember if I used this last month.
http://www.deviantart.com/view/34376671/

Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 10:20 pm
by roid
nice stuff tiger, original.

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:56 pm
by Zantor
Vindicator wrote:linky

I will own one someday.
That's very cool.

Here's mine: (54k warning; Image is 1600x1200)
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Want a fractal background the same as or like mine? Check out Blatte's Backgrounds! (Read the Terms of Use before downloading!)

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:26 am
by Xamindar
Wow August already.

Here is mine. I just watched through Elfen Lied again. I had forgotten how good the story was! Back to Elfen Lied wallpaper:
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Hey Stickman, nice to see you got the water working. I just got this radeon working too, but sadly it is not nearly as stable as my old geforce4 was in xgl. The water does work for me now as well but it kills performance. There must still be something wrong with my config.

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:33 am
by Duper
this is a Linux app that does this?

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:59 am
by FunkyStickman
Duper wrote:this is a Linux app that does this?
Indeed. Linux has the capability to draw the whole desktop entirely in 3D (using a version of X called Xgl) and you can run a window manager called Compiz which has tons of effects, like the cube, water splashes, wobbly windows, zooming, transparency, and a bunch of others. That's why Xam and I were laughing when everybody started ranting about Windows Vista... we're already using 3D desktop effects with half the hardware specs that Vista requires.

BTW, Xam, I've never heard of Elfen Leid, looks interesting. Where should I start watching?

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:39 am
by Sirius
Er... *cough* It's actually very controversial. Never watched it myself, but from the reactions I've heard, some people like it, but others find it disgusting.

Extreme levels of violence and nudity, basically.

If you can tolerate that, though, you might like it, who knows.

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:35 am
by Duper
FunkyStickman wrote:
Duper wrote:this is a Linux app that does this?
Indeed. Linux has the capability to draw the whole desktop entirely in 3D (using a version of X called Xgl) and you can run a window manager called Compiz which has tons of effects, like the cube, water splashes, wobbly windows, zooming, transparency, and a bunch of others. That's why Xam and I were laughing when everybody started ranting about Windows Vista... we're already using 3D desktop effects with half the hardware specs that Vista requires.

BTW, Xam, I've never heard of Elfen Leid, looks interesting. Where should I start watching?
Ahh cool. I'm JUST getting into linux myself, but I'll wait on something like this until I get a better handle on it. Very cool.

heh. Kinda funny how MS is suddenly playing "catchup" with everyone else.

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:51 pm
by Kiran
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I got this from my boyfriend. He has an actual poster of it.

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:56 pm
by Darkside Heartless
Mine in all it's dual monitor glory.

Images spliced from Gone with the Blastwave
Best friggen comic ever

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:27 am
by BUBBALOU
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