What do you think about Rainmeeter - AWESOME SKIN for Windows

[KamyKira]

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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...

[Este Nuno]

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.

[KamyKira]

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"

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

[DooMAD]

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.

[KamyKira]

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

[Rapido]

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

[bluefirecorp]

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

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.

[Lauda]

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. 

[bluefirecorp]

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.

[Lauda]

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.

[zimmah]

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

[bluefirecorp]

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.

[Jamie_Boulder]

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).

[bluefirecorp]

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).

[KamyKira]

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).

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

[Richard213]

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 

[ShibaWow]

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

[Lauda]

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

It uses much less RAM than you think.

[FFrost]

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

[sj2199]

Has any one used ironman skin