desktops
Design
The Ultimate Halloween Desktop
7:00AM The How-To Geek | Reader The Royal Rebel’s Windows desktop is ready for Halloween—complete with spooky wallpaper, a Halloween countdown, and a to-do list written on a tombstone. The only thing more frightening is that it could bluescreen anytime. More »
Design
The Left 4 Dead HUD Desktop
7:00AM The How-To Geek | Reader UltraBE’s Windows desktop turns mundane system statistics and application launchers into a lookalike for the popular Left 4 Dead video game. It’s not for everybody, but it’s definitely loads of fun. More »
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The “ChromeOS” LiteStep Desktop
7:00AM The How-To Geek | Reader YBoris’s Windows XP desktop uses the LiteStep alternate shell environment to show off his concept of what Google’s upcoming Chrome OS desktop should look like — and this one is fully functional right now. More »
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Gridvista Makes Organising Screen Real Estate Simple
12:30AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows: If you’ve looked at screen-organising tools before but felt overwhelmed by bells and whistles you’d never use, you’ll want to check out the simple but effective layouts and features in Gridvista. More »
Design
The Metal Wallpaper Clock Desktop
7:00AM The How-To Geek | Reader Philip’s OS X desktop not only gives him a quote of the day and tells him what happened this day in history — it also has a unique, interesting clock sitting on the background wallpaper. More »
Design
The Black Rainmeter Netbook Desktop
7:00AM The How-To Geek | Reader misandry’s netbook desktop blends Rainmeter system information gadgets into the desktop so well that you would barely know some of them are there unless you are really looking for them. More »
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BumpTop Gets Amazing-Looking MultiTouch On Windows 7
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | BumpTop, the 3D desktop overlay we’ve drooled over since prototype, has added multitouch support for Windows 7 and hardware that supports it. It’s a logical step, and it makes a neat actual-desktop-as-desktop metaphor seem truly real. More »
Design
The Samurize Stripe Netbook Desktop
6:00AM The How-To Geek | Reader szekelya’s netbook desktop keeps things simple with a dock for launching applications easily, and moves all of the useful system information into a tiny stripe at the bottom of the screen. More »
Design
The Million Years Of LiteStep Desktop
7:15AM The How-To Geek | Reader nitzua’s Windows XP desktop completely customises the interface without cluttering up the desktop with gadgets you might never see—moving launchers into the context menu using the LiteStep alternate shell environment. More »
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