Post your desktops(August)

Sapphire Wolf · Post by **Sapphire Wolf** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:16 pm

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).

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:30 pm

same as last month. ... I don't change it much.

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:34 pm

linky

I will own one someday.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:46 pm

Click for full size (2560x960, 579 KB).

Thinking about changing it soon though.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 11:16 pm

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.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:14 am

Flatlander · Post by **Flatlander** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:06 am

Vindicator wrote:linky

I will own one someday.

QFT!

FunkyStickman · Post by **FunkyStickman** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:49 am

My desktop with rain effects, fun fun!

TIGERassault · Post by **TIGERassault** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 9:50 am

Can't remember if I used this last month.
http://www.deviantart.com/view/34376671/

roid · Post by **roid** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 10:20 pm

nice stuff tiger, original.

Zantor · Post by **Zantor** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:56 pm

Vindicator wrote:linky

I will own one someday.

That's very cool.

Here's mine: (54k warning; Image is 1600x1200)

Want a fractal background the same as or like mine? Check out Blatte's Backgrounds! (Read the Terms of Use before downloading!)

Xamindar · Post by **Xamindar** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:26 am

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:

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.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:33 am

this is a Linux app that does this?

FunkyStickman · Post by **FunkyStickman** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:59 am

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?

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:39 am

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.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:35 am

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.

Kiran · Post by **Kiran** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:51 pm

I got this from my boyfriend. He has an actual poster of it.

Darkside Heartless · Post by **Darkside Heartless** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:56 pm

Mine in all it's dual monitor glory.

Images spliced from Gone with the Blastwave
Best friggen comic ever

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:27 am