# Yet Another Desktop Screenshot Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 30, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138 "2008-05-30T13:52:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/1 "2008-05-30T13:52:13Z")
Stupid conference call was supposed to start twenty minutes ago. B-O-R-E-D. Bored. Here’s mine: [http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/6761/ssdopebn5.png](http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/6761/ssdopebn5.png) ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/2 "2008-05-30T14:20:18Z")
Here’s mine (shrunk down from the original 1920x1200) [http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/240/desertnomaddesktopez7.jpg](http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/240/desertnomaddesktopez7.jpg) The Earth image is live and constantly changing. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/3 "2008-05-30T14:32:34Z")
[Here’s mine](http://www.guanolad.com/stuff/desktop.jpg), reduced in scale. I like to have my icons grouped in certain areas so I know where to find everything. I can’t understand how people can cope with the default columns of randomly placed ones. I don’t think there’s anything incriminating on there. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/4 "2008-05-30T15:00:39Z")
How do you take a screenshot like that? ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/5 "2008-05-30T15:20:50Z")
on a PC, press the PrintScreen button on your keyboard, then paste into an image program. On a Mac, press Command-Shift-3, and the screen shot will land on your desktop, in PDF form (open it to save as a different file type). Mine is NSFW, but features a lovely girl named Altea. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/6 "2008-05-30T15:27:35Z")
[QUOTE=GuanoLad] I can’t understand how people can cope with the default columns of randomly placed ones [/QUOTE] Nor do I, I like to have them grouped according to general functions. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/7 "2008-05-30T15:43:59Z")
[Mine](http://uploader.ws/upload/200805/Screenshot_6.jpg). Pretty boring to look at, but looks a lot better with all the Compiz animations running. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/8 "2008-05-30T16:14:01Z")
[Mine](http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w122/pimaspinner/screenshot.jpg) is pretty boring as well. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/9 "2008-05-30T16:25:46Z")
[Not unlike my room, mine is a freakin’ mess.](http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/2341/desktoprt1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/10 "2008-05-30T16:31:54Z")
[QUOTE=Desert Nomad] The Earth image is live and constantly changing. [/QUOTE] That’s pretty cool. Where did you get that? ETA: and is it available for Windows? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/11 "2008-05-30T16:34:55Z")
I have several hundred photos (almost all are one that’s I’ve taken), that I rotate through randomly, every 5 minutes, for my two-monitor desktop. Sometimes the machine picks a good pairing. This was my [desktop](http://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/2536009737/) a few minutes ago. I took both were taken on my honeymoon, in Venice, last October. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/12 "2008-05-30T17:00:52Z")
I’m rather fond of the background image on [my desktop at work](http://www.flickr.com/photos/asimovian/2536880824/). Five bonus points and a penny in free gasoline to the first person who can identify it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/13 "2008-05-30T17:05:05Z")
[QUOTE=black rabbit] [http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/6761/ssdopebn5.png](http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/6761/ssdopebn5.png) [/QUOTE] How come your shell prompt doesn’t have the machine name? ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/14 "2008-05-30T17:23:09Z")
[QUOTE=friedo] How come your shell prompt doesn’t have the machine name? [/QUOTE] I’ve never been able to figure it out. It really bothers me, for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/15 "2008-05-30T17:24:58Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] I’m rather fond of the background image on [my desktop at work](http://www.flickr.com/photos/asimovian/2536880824/). Five bonus points and a penny in free gasoline to the first person who can identify it. 😃 [/QUOTE] Maggots. Maggots. Maggots. Maggots. Maggots. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/16 "2008-05-30T17:27:52Z")
I’m not going to take a screenshot, but I’m using this [photo](http://www.flickr.com/photos/troubleagain/2534363813/in/set-72157605307755252/) as my wallpaper. And I don’t do icons. The only ones on my desktop are the XP ones I don’t know how to get rid of (My Computer, etc.) Everything else that I use frequently is in my QuickLaunch bar. My desktop is cleeeeeean. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/17 "2008-05-30T17:44:15Z")
[QUOTE=black rabbit] Maggots. Maggots. Maggots. Maggots. Maggots. [/QUOTE] Tell me where you’d like your penny mailed. You’re responsible for the postage, though. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/18 "2008-05-30T17:46:14Z")
[Mine](http://www.flickr.com/photos/miketurk/2536144293/sizes/o/). I took the background photo in Grand Cayman. The shadows in the water are stingrays. [QUOTE=TroubleAgain] And I don’t do icons. The only ones on my desktop are the XP ones I don’t know how to get rid of (My Computer, etc.) [/QUOTE] Right-click on the Desktop, select Arrange Icons By –\> and uncheck Show Desktop Icons. That should completely hide all of the desktop icons. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/19 "2008-05-30T17:46:16Z")
[QUOTE=neutron star] That’s pretty cool. Where did you get that? ETA: and is it available for Windows? [/QUOTE] As I am affiliated with the product, I am not really sure I can mention it here. Folks can PM me if interested. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/20 "2008-05-30T17:59:52Z")
[QUOTE=Desert Nomad] As I am affiliated with the product, I am not really sure I can mention it here. Folks can PM me if interested. [/QUOTE] [Xplanet](http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/). There. I said it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138.md?page=2)