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I stumbled upon this very good themes that can add to your existing desktop theme
First you must install Rainmeeter(google it) witch is the program for loading skins

Then you can have something like this ( rainmeeter tech skin + teal+neon ring):

http://customize.org/thumbnails/larger/101169.jpg

OR THIS :

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/214/3/8/remix_tech_desk_for_rainmeter_by_hush3r-d42g3t0.png

ETC...

Those look like pretty cool skins.

I downloaded rainmeter once but I never really got anything interesting going with it.

The rss feeds there are pretty cool.

Yep and they are totally customizable , you can make your own dream desktop come to life

The most beautiful thing is that you can load as many gadgets as you want until you are satisfied with your "command center" :D

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/299/d/8/tech_x_2_0_by_azrael4-d5j0h10.jpg

I used to use Hoverdesk a while back and that was okay as shell replacements go, but seems to have disappeared off the face of the web now.  This one looks like it has much more depth to it, so might give it a go at some point if I find the time.

Nice , post me a pic of ur creation desktop , I will make 1 soon with mine , just need to tweak it a bit more.

Rainmeter is awesome but i turn it off when i'm gaming, i need all that precious ram. haha  ;D

What? Are you trying to game with like 1 GB of memory or something? The most ram intensive game I've ever played was PA, but only on systems with a bunch of planets, and literally thousands of units. That game only took ~5.1 GB of memory. Most basic systems have 8 GB of RAM now-a-days.


Rainmeter was pretty fun for a while, just took way too long to get a decent setup using it.

It does look good, but one must ask himself this: if I've been using a basic theme/skin am I really going to need all of that?
The answer is no.  ;)

Actually, the monitoring is awesome. Having live RSS feeds going on the side as well as network monitoring stuff. It's perfect for a NOC user, or someone that monitors multiple systems.

I've had similar skins before, then I realized that I had become even more lazy with them.
Someone with multiple monitors, I could understand.

Wow that looks pretty neat actually, i will look into it later, when i have less to do.

So, you supposedly have too much to do right now, but you're browsing the bitcointalk forums. Hmm, something seems amiss.

Are any of these actually interactive with the functions shown or is it just a display? I'm currently rocking some Geektools on my Macbook displaying stuff like real-time weather/several separate timezones from work etc (all achieved using AppleScript + Curl).

They're interactive. You can actually make them do whatever function you want. For example, I did have an email feed in which I could click on the email to read it. It updated as I received the emails as well (well, it just refreshed my inbox every min).

Yes it displays accurate live information about your PC , and you can put whatever you want / or just simple stuff

Depends on what kind of person you are you can have a ton of gadgets or simple tweaked ones , like your music at 1 click with visualisation

Or your videos , you can even play multiple videos / slideshow pictures on smaller screens on your desktop

Or news feed like on TV on the bottom of your screen , anything you want you can do , fully customizable , you can load from 1 skin to 10000x skins and they don't fight with each other :)

http://i46.tinypic.com/3y5xh.jpg

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/115/7/0/halo_blue_rainmeter_skin_by_jcspartan-d62zpzs.png

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/343/c/6/skin_rainmeter_sakurasou_shiina_mashiro_by_fvze-d5njv4m.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/nfjBk.jpg

i think that rainmeter is awesome
cause you can do everything, but not everything to your desktop

well,  i have try it but i cant understand how to edit the menu itself cause i cant code it  :-\

looks pretty good, but how much does it slow your PC?

with my weak 4GB RAM PC, I don't think I can afford this :D

It uses much less RAM than you think.

Looks really cool but last time I customised my desktop windows updated and died. Had to reinstall from scratch  >:(

Has any one used ironman skin

I used to have Conky for Linux:

http://community.linuxmint.com/img/screenshots/conky-all.png

and at the time it was the best thing to make your computer desktop look cool. Looks so basic now, doesn't it?

Those rainmeter desktops look awesome, I used rainmeter in the past as well, nowhere near as good as it is today.

what is this is it some kind of a game or a windows? or theme.. well by they way the graphics are awesome.. :)

It's either a shell replacement or a desktop overlay.  They both do basically the same thing.  A shell replacement would overwrite or replace system files to make the desktop customisable, whereas a desktop overlay just covers up the desktop with something else and is less permanent.  I think Rainmeter is the latter of the two.  

Years ago when I used HoverDesk (an older desktop overlay that seems to have vanished from the web), my desktop looked like this:

http://www.teamhellspawn.com/newdesktop2.gif

Think that's from 2004, so about a decade ago now.  Just before everyone stopped using Internet Explorer and hardly anyone had widescreen monitors, heh.

Its rly not hard to understand , you just have to read the instructions in the notepad if any , if not just google it , usually they do explain on the download page how to customize it ,

You can also read the instructions on the rainmeter download page they have a manual with instructions for all http://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/getting-started

I`m new to rainmeter too , and i did not have time to do a very cool desktop but once i get a holyday i will post my desktop

Actually Windows 8 has some Rainmeter coding , for example the Metro Skin is exactly what Rainmeter is doing , i read on a forum that Windows 9 will use more Rainmeter functions , like makeing any fullscreen aplication run in a window etc.

For some reason, every time I try something new with my desktop, I end up having to switch it. Weird or new desktop configurations bug me.

If I can get past that though, it definitely looks amazing.

Good luck with that , but i feal that we must align ourselves with the future changes , i think this will be a common thing in the near future , on all devices , mby not as rainmeter , mby will be implemented as the default theme , i envy this guys that have such nice desktops , but i will find time to make myne awesome since from next week i have holiday.

Ahhhhh I've been meaning to get into this but I keep forgetting

What's a good site for themes?

I feel like Initscri, themes look awesome, but using them can be a pain. I like my old windows icons, they allow me to work fast.

Exactly. I feel like I would be "stumbling" over the entire desktop for a while and my productivity would be low.


It's that I'm not willing to align with new future changes (or technology); it is in this sense a benefit issue. The benefit of having a nice looking desktop may be outweighed by the fact that my productivity would be low due to this desktop and having to learn it.

If I ever have a new computer that I won't be using for work, then by all means, I have no issue trying this out; but not on my primary machine.
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I don`t understand how some people can say that it will lower productivity , or that they can use the normal icons better then this ....

This is fully customizable = You can have any shortcuts you need , and make them look however you want , yes it will take some time maybe 1-2-3 days to get used to your new desktop , like all new things take time getting used to , but overall i think it will be better then the old one for many reasons.

RSS feed , you can even have opened documents on ur desktop for working , like C++ , HTML , Notepads etc .

Getting used to new Technology can have benefits , and learning / getting used to will take just a few days.

This is just my personal opinion , don`t misunderstand

http://www.plomonet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rainmeter-printscreen1.png

I hate windows 8 this should solve the problem thanks