# 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:** 2
**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, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/21 "2008-05-30T18:05:28Z")
[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] I doubt it’s a big deal if someone asks you. You’re not exactly spamming the boards with advertisements, you know? But anyway, thanks for the link, **black rabbit**. And whatever you did to help with that software, great job **Desert Nomad**! ETA: thanks for the PM, **DN**. To anyone else interested, it’s actually not Xplanet, but [Earthdesk 4](http://xericdesign.com/). ---
**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, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/22 "2008-05-30T18:36:30Z")
[QUOTE=neutron star] I doubt it’s a big deal if someone asks you. You’re not exactly spamming the boards with advertisements, you know? But anyway, thanks for the link, **black rabbit**. And whatever you did to help with that software, great job **Desert Nomad**! ETA: thanks for the PM, **DN**. To anyone else interested, it’s actually not Xplanet, but [Earthdesk 4](http://xericdesign.com/). [/QUOTE] Thanks for the kind words. EarthDesk 4 works with Macs and Windows. If anyone has comments or suggestions, I’m the guy to talk to. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elysium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/23 "2008-05-30T19:54:04Z")
[This](http://flickr.com/photos/94832830@N00/2537226548/) is mine. I like to pretend I’m playing Katamari all day at work. I wish I had admin privileges on my work comp, there are too many application icons it won’t let me delete. ---
**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, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/24 "2008-05-30T19:57:59Z")
[QUOTE=Elysium] [This](http://flickr.com/photos/94832830@N00/2537226548/) is mine. I like to pretend I’m playing Katamari all day at work. [/QUOTE] Awesome. I may have to copy you whenever I’m next inspired to change. ---
**Author:** ![kellner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@kellner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellner)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/25 "2008-05-30T20:24:16Z")
It’s pretty boring but that’s the [current desktop](http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/9865/clipboard01bz5.jpg) on my notebook under Windows. ---
**Author:** ![Elysium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/26 "2008-05-30T20:29:35Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] Awesome. I may have to copy you whenever I’m next inspired to change. [/QUOTE] Go for it! I got it from a flickr set here: > **[ll$123](https://flickr.com/photos/llshibata/)** > > Explore ll$123’s 168 photos on Flickr! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/27 "2008-05-30T21:30:30Z")
[Here’s mine](https://jshare.johnshopkins.edu/mhender4/public_html/gen_images/desktop.jpg) It’s a two-monitor set-up,. and obviously the right-hand monitor is my main one. The background image is a shot of Ullwater, in the English Lakes District, that i took when i lived there in the early 1990s. The Apple-style program selector at the top of the screen is a piece of free software called [RocketDock](http://rocketdock.com/), which i highly recommend. ---
**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, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/28 "2008-05-30T21:51:37Z")
Work’s a bit boring, so [here’s](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/Al_mcspoon/Desktop.jpg) my laptop’s desktop. The young lady pointing accusingly at you all is my little girl Rosa 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WoodenTaco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@WoodenTaco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WoodenTaco)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/29 "2008-05-30T21:55:37Z")
[Widescreen livin!](http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/906/desktophe8.jpg) I keep it simple. The background is a Martian sunset, which I’m rather smitten with. I used to use [litestep](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiteStep) but it was just too buggy for me. Still got it on the laptop, though. ---
**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, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/30 "2008-05-30T22:29:20Z")
[QUOTE=WoodenTaco] The background is a Martian sunset, which I’m rather smitten with [/QUOTE] The eeriest picture from that planet I’ve seen yet, nice. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Dr.Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Love)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/31 "2008-05-31T00:03:45Z")
**WoodenTaco** , I have the same image that I use as a background sometimes. SO says it’s “bleak”, but I think it’s great. I’ve got another one of rover tracks that’s also really cool. Internet connection is acting weird right now, but I’ll try to post some pictures later. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/32 "2008-05-31T00:40:22Z")
[Here’s mine.](http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/smartaleq/desktop.jpg) As you can see, I’m kind of an icon minimalist… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Dr.Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Love)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/33 "2008-05-31T00:48:46Z")
Ok. let’s try it: [Mars Sunset Image](http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/7262/200805301653331680x1050te5.png) [Here’s an actual image of my desktop](http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/5971/200805301654011680x1050wb1.png) (don’t know why it came out so small…) And a laptop image with some [Compiz action](http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/3690/laptopub4.png) ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/34 "2008-05-31T00:56:23Z")
My desktop. It’s a mess. But I know where everything is, so I have no difficulty finding anything I want. And I like Vista. So nyah. [http://picasaweb.google.com/snrobson/Random/photo#5206338929332189490](http://picasaweb.google.com/snrobson/Random/photo#5206338929332189490) ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/35 "2008-05-31T02:04:59Z")
I like mine. His name is Butch. [Butch](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/desktop.jpg) Joe ---
**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 31, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/36 "2008-05-31T03:33:29Z")
Damn. Remind me not to get in Butch’s way. Looks like that furry little gremlin could mess me up bad if he wanted to. And it looks like he wants to… ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/37 "2008-05-31T04:15:51Z")
This print: [First Snowfall](http://www.spiritwrestler.com/Templates/swg-detail-v4.php?ref=CD2007-13),Kenojuak Ashevak. Sold out _shakes fist!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/38 "2008-05-31T04:46:14Z")
I started using [this](http://img93.imageshack.us/my.php?image=desk2tw5.jpg) when I got my widescreen monitor. ---
**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 31, 2008, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/39 "2008-05-31T05:05:43Z")
[QUOTE=wheresgeorge04] I like mine. His name is Butch. [Butch](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/desktop.jpg) Joe [/QUOTE] Woah. He looks like [Greebo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greebo)! ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/40 "2008-05-31T05:23:52Z")
[Mine.](http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/image.php?f447ec00a1.jpg) Whoever said they were an icon minimalist, I got you beat. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138.md?page=3)