[Trihexagonal]

There are threads about computer hardware with some very nice pictures of how people have them set up, video game screenshots and the like, but it's the Operating System that makes that tower or laptop more than a lovingly assembled box 'o electronics.

Whether it be Windows, Linux, BSD, etc. it doesn't matter here. It's what you like to use and how you like it to look when you're using it I'm interested in seeing.

Do you take time in matching fonts across programs for continuity, got widgets and icons all over your desktop, like it bright and natural like looking out a window, or not so much?

Please name the programs you have showing for the benefit of those who might not be familiar with them. And be nice...

FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p3
Fluxbox for a Window Manager
rxvt-unicode for terminal emulator
Xfe as a File Manager
gKrellm for meters
Audacious for audio
Gimp for the shot
Firefox-ESR running but not shown

Lenovo Thinkpad W520
Intel Quad Core 1st Gen i7-2760QM @ 2.40GHz
8 GB RAM PC3-10600
Hitachi Travelstar 500GB HDD @ 7200 RPM
Nvidia Quadro 1000M with 2GB DDR3 and 96 CUDA cores
15.6" TFT display with 1600x900 (FHD) resolution with LED backlight
Intel HD Audio with a CX20585 codec
Serial UltraBay Enhanced DVD Burner II
UltraNav TrackPoint / Touchpad combo
Microsoft Trackball Optical USB Mouse

 

[gimmeheadroom]

I prefer just a wallpaper with no icons. Since I went to i3wm on all my BSD and Linux boxes , I have some temps and storage info in the task bar. That's it. For Solaris I use CDE just because it's way retro-cool. But if I think about it, probably I have more headless boxes than desktops.

Even on my Windows boxes (arrrrrgh!) I have a totally clean desktop.

Show me your icons! Let me see your icons!

Ahahahaha, we don't need no stinkin' icons

 

[Trihexagonal]

Here's my new/used $50 Lenovo N22 Chromebook running Kali Linux on the 16GB ESS chip with 4GB storage space still free:

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[Trihexagonal]

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One of two Lenovo N23 Chromebooks running Kali GNU/Linux 2023.1 using the 16GB storage space it comes with default for all System files and microUSB cards for the rest

 

[KcMsterpce]

Here is mine:

 

[msing539]

Lol, here's mine too

 

[gimmeheadroom]

Lol, here's mine too

Huh, I think there was a problem attaching your pic. I don't see anything

 

[msing539]

Huh, I think there was a problem attaching your pic. I don't see anything

I thought you guys said a completely black background

 

[gimmeheadroom]

I thought you guys said a completely black background

Yeah the folders and task bar icons threw me off

 

[Trihexagonal]

It all goes in your files...

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[Trihexagonal]

Kali GNU/Linux 2023.3 on a Thinkpad W520

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[Trihexagonal]

AI Generated Art using the prompt:
Beastie the FreeBSD Daemon was abandoned and declared Trihexagonal to be his one true Daemon offspring in that traitorous group of redheaded stepchildren.

Thinkpad W520 running FreeBSD 13.0 offline as my multimedia machine, playing Rob Zombie - The Devil's Rejects
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[MakeshiftApe]

Ignore the black bars, those are just there in the screenshot because of my second monitor being in portrait orientation.

 

[Trihexagonal]

Kali GNU/Linux 2023.4 with The Besties along to keep me company.
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[Trihexagonal]

Kali GNU/Linux 2024.1 on a Thinkpad W520. What I'm using now and use as my daily driver for everything from graphic manipulation of this image to shopping ebay for Hela Odinsdottir pictured here.

Hela Odinsdottir is the Asgardian Goddess of Death who serves as the ruler of Hel and Niflheim.

Eons before Odin welcomed his infant son Thor to Asgard, he had a daughter named Hela, the original wielder of Mjolnir. Proving herself to be a ferocious warrior, Odin gave her the rank and title of Executioner.
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