Featured Desktop
The Unobtrusive, 10-Foot Tall Heads-Up Display [Featured Desktop]
Reader Espiox spent a little time with the popular desktop customization tool Rainmeter to create a great HUD on his desktop displaying the date and time in the upper left and weather on the bottom ri ....... read more
10 days ago
Minimalist Conky Setup Ported for Windows and Samurize [Featured Desktop]
Many readers were seriously impressed with the stylish, minimalist Conky setup we highlighted last week for Linux desktops. Just as many readers, however, wanted something similar for their Windows de ....... read more
Mon,
27 Oct 2008
Beautifully Minimalist Conky Setup [Featured Desktop]
Topping off our fascination with Linux desktop monitor Conky this week, here's a remarkable setup on Ubuntu that delivers Gmail counts, Yahoo weather with graphics and system stats, all with an eye fo ....... read more
Fri,
24 Oct 2008
Old-Timey Woodworked Desktop [Featured Desktop]
Reader pixeltarian takes his desktop back in time with a beautiful woodwork-themed Windows desktop. The desktop is complete with a woodgrain dock, a wooden Windows XP theme, an embedded desktop clock, ....... read more
Sat,
18 Oct 2008
BumpTop Beta in Action [Featured Desktop]
Reader electrikjesus is beta-testing the BumpTop desktop interface that turns your desktop into a 3D space and lets you move, pile, fan, and lasso your documents the way you would on a physical deskt ....... read more
Fri,
17 Oct 2008
Who Needs Icons? [Featured Desktop]
Reader skarhead187 has submitted several desktops to the Lifehacker Desktop Show and Tell pool, and the thing that always stands out most—aside from a great eye for minimalism—is that desp ....... read more
Fri,
10 Oct 2008
The Mac Meets Windows Dual-Desktop [Featured Desktop]
Reader Dylan Boom shows how to mix operating systems environments with style in his Mac Meets Windows Dual-Desktop. Dylan is running OS X with XP in a virtual machine, and each system is completely cu ....... read more
Wed,
08 Oct 2008
Windows Vista with a Live Thumbnail Sidebar [Featured Desktop]
Reader MERSC tricked out a Windows desktop with ObjectDock's full-sized taskbar thumbnails, which previews open documents (including live video) on the dock. Above the left-docked taskbar, MERSC has ....... read more
Mon,
06 Oct 2008
Windows Desktop in Monochrome [Featured Desktop]
Windows user skarhead187 demonstrates that you don't even need color to pull together an incredible custom desktop. I put this together using ObjectDock and Rainmeter. The icon set is Porn Needs You f ....... read more
Wed,
01 Oct 2008
Google Apps on Vista [Featured Desktop]
Reader solracarevir is a heavy Google Apps user, and tricked out his Vista desktop to put his favorite GOOG services at his fingertips. He writes: Using Google Chrome I created application shortcuts ....... read more
Sun,
28 Sep 2008
Wallpaper Your Desktops by Context [Featured Desktop]
Reader karindalziel uses multiple desktops with activity-themed wallpapers to help keep each desktop organized and streamlined for that activity. Her setup uses five different wallpapers like so: "Rea ....... read more
Thu,
25 Sep 2008
Four-Faced Semi-Transparent "GeekTop" [Featured Desktop]
Reader Elderbear shows off his four virtual desktops that he switches between using previously mentioned Yod'm. On each desktop he's running Samurize to embed system and personal info in the desktop, ....... read more
Tue,
23 Sep 2008
The Icon Tray Wallpaper [Featured Desktop]
The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser. Windows user Love Underlined has an old laptop running Vista and can't afford to sacrifice system memory to desktop customizing prog ....... read more
Sun,
14 Sep 2008
XP Goes Back to School [Featured Desktop]
Windows user Nabeel Ahmed has tricked out his desktop for back to school, by embedding his class schedule and todo.txt file with Samurize and customizing his icons and theme. Here's what Ahmed's got ....... read more
Fri,
12 Sep 2008
All About the Icons [Featured Desktop]
The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser. Often we think of desktop icons as the cause of a cluttered, ugly desktop, but as Windows user ryanst24 demonstrates, when laid out ....... read more
Sat,
06 Sep 2008
Music, Stats, and Docks [Featured Desktop]
The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser. Reader hhggrr's tweaked desktop configuration sports a customized dashboard with a focus on music, system stats, and docks that leav ....... read more
Thu,
04 Sep 2008
Vista Transblack Head Up Display [Featured Desktop]
The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser. If bright colors tire your eyes and distract you from the task at hand, check out how Windows user j33f darkens Vista and subtly emb ....... read more
Wed,
03 Sep 2008
A Transparent Vista [Featured Desktop]
The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser. Reader y0himba shows off his Windows Vista desktop, which is sporting a transparent taskbar, Start menu, and instant messenger clien ....... read more
Tue,
26 Aug 2008
Lightning at Sunset [Featured Desktop]
The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser. Reader Kaelri showcases a beautifully tweaked Windows desktop in a cube. Kaelri was kind enough to include hardware and app configur ....... read more
Fri,
22 Aug 2008
The Context-Configured Desktop [Featured Desktop]
Reader math0ne flaunts his killer, totally customized Windows desktop complete with separate operating modes depending on what he's doing. There's the focused configuration (pictured above), the crea ....... read more
Tue,
19 Aug 2008