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Desktops Of July

Right, This month it is my turn to host the monthly desktop thread started by gmjhowe. My my July has come round so fast and so much has happened in this time.


What are you all waiting for, Get printscreening and show off your desktop. Don't be shy!

To take a picture of your desktop on a windows machine use the printscreen key on your keyboard, Open up paint, Edit, Paste and then save this as a png. then upload this onto Instructables.

To take a screenshot on a mac use the apple key, Shift and 3. This will save the picture to your desktop then you can upload it to Instructables.

To take a screenshot in Linux go to Applications>Accessories>Take screenshot. If this doesn't work blame Lithium Rain ;-)


Right for mine on my EeePC this month I'm using the Striped VS Visual Style from lassekongo83.

The wallpaper I'm using was sent to me from a user on Assembler Forums so I'll upload that below, It is of vomiting fruit, I love really random wallpapers like that. It matches my random personalty.

The icon set is Dark Theme for IconTweaker which is a free program to change your icons.

What are you all waiting for, Get them on here and if you haven't changed it from last month change it now!


Update: Nice desktops everyone, Keep 'em coming!

Desktop july.PNG
murderedfruit1680x1050.jpg
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Bigev says: Jul 28, 2009. 8:34 PM
Oops, almost missed it.
screen76.jpg
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Joe Martin (author) in reply to BigevJul 29, 2009. 1:30 AM
Very nice and clean!
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Derin says: Jul 27, 2009. 12:57 PM
Instructables background. On a side note,that screenshot is of Vista!!!!!!!! You shall wipe it and install XP.
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Joe Martin (author) in reply to DerinJul 27, 2009. 2:16 PM
Which screenshot?
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Joe Martin (author) says: Jul 24, 2009. 6:19 PM
Epic bump!
6
Kryptonite says: Jul 18, 2009. 6:52 AM
Me? Moody? Never!!!
Desktop.png
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Z1ggy says: Jul 16, 2009. 1:10 PM
heres mine.
DuckHunt.jpg
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whatsisface says: Jul 11, 2009. 4:30 PM
.
screenie.JPG
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Joe Martin (author) in reply to whatsisfaceJul 15, 2009. 4:57 AM
Oh, Very nice. Quite spooky as well, Reminds me of something but I can't put my finger on it!
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whatsisface in reply to Joe MartinJul 16, 2009. 12:23 PM
Watchmen possibly? That's where it's from...
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ItsTheHobbs says: Jul 14, 2009. 9:14 AM
Here's mine.
bgjuly.tiff
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Joe Martin (author) in reply to ItsTheHobbsJul 15, 2009. 4:55 AM
That looks amazing! I love all the lines.
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ItsTheHobbs in reply to Joe MartinJul 15, 2009. 5:33 AM
Thanks!
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Goodhart says: Jul 10, 2009. 6:52 AM
I decided I needed something fresher so in honor of one who has passed recently, I changed mine to:

FarrahDskTop.bmp
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Tool Using Animal in reply to GoodhartJul 11, 2009. 6:44 PM
I went with a woman this month also, just couldn't resist this pic of Shirley Manson.
Clipboard01.jpg
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Joe Martin (author) in reply to GoodhartJul 11, 2009. 8:37 AM
Ah, Very nice.
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Goodhart in reply to Joe MartinJul 14, 2009. 7:30 AM
now, if I could find that photo in color..... ;-)
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dombeef says: Jul 7, 2009. 4:12 PM
Here is mine
FG8O4OYFUI0SMAY.MEDIUM.jpg
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Joe Martin (author) in reply to dombeefJul 11, 2009. 8:35 AM
How original lol
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dombeef in reply to Joe MartinJul 11, 2009. 4:15 PM
Yeah lol
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DJ Radio says: Jul 10, 2009. 11:28 AM
ok, here is my desktop.
july.jpg
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Joe Martin (author) in reply to DJ RadioJul 11, 2009. 8:35 AM
Good to see you changed it from last month!
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DJ Radio in reply to Joe MartinJul 11, 2009. 8:37 AM
I will change it next month too.
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Joe Martin (author) in reply to DJ RadioJul 11, 2009. 8:43 AM
Good, Try to move away from the default vista wallpapers!
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DJ Radio in reply to Joe MartinJul 11, 2009. 9:22 AM
sure...
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ll.13 says: Jul 7, 2009. 4:50 PM
This is a great reminder to change, but I'll do that tomorrow. good night :)
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Joe Martin (author) in reply to ll.13Jul 11, 2009. 8:38 AM
NOAW ;)
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Sunbanks says: Jul 5, 2009. 8:36 PM
This is the one I'm using today. I still change it daily :P
july.bmp
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Joe Martin (author) in reply to SunbanksJul 11, 2009. 8:36 AM
Very summery
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Gjdj3 says: Jul 6, 2009. 9:39 AM
Here's mine. I stole the image, then made it my own.
desktop.png
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Joe Martin (author) in reply to Gjdj3Jul 11, 2009. 8:36 AM
I love it, That's another one I've saved!
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Atomman says: Jul 11, 2009. 7:45 AM
My Vista on PC Desktop...
ScreenHunter_10 Jul. 11 10.44.gif
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Joe Martin (author) in reply to AtommanJul 11, 2009. 8:34 AM
Nice XP ;)

You can't fool me! =D
1
Chicken2209 says: Jul 5, 2009. 5:21 PM
+1 for keeping topic going
+1 for posting a screen cap
+1 for posting original file
+1 for citing source
+1 for intro
5* topic!
my wall to come later*
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Joe Martin (author) in reply to Chicken2209Jul 5, 2009. 6:24 PM
NAOW! ;)
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Chicken2209 in reply to Joe MartinJul 5, 2009. 7:36 PM
had to change it first :D
timemachine.jpg
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Joe Martin (author) in reply to Chicken2209Jul 5, 2009. 8:03 PM
I had to save that, It may be next months wallpaper for me ;) And I may have to get the back to the future trilogy out to watch again now!
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DJ Radio in reply to Joe MartinJul 11, 2009. 6:01 AM
I saved it and made it my wallpaper myself.
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Chicken2209 in reply to Joe MartinJul 6, 2009. 7:24 AM
I think this might be one of my tshirt walls...
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Lithium Rain says: Jul 5, 2009. 4:10 PM
Purple gnome ftw!
july ss.png
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DJ Radio in reply to Lithium RainJul 10, 2009. 5:01 PM
that looks like a disco.
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Joe Martin (author) in reply to Lithium RainJul 5, 2009. 4:37 PM
I love purple, I approve very much! Hows Linux going, I thought you were on xp only a while ago?
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Lithium Rain in reply to Joe MartinJul 5, 2009. 5:48 PM
Thanks! it's going great for sooo many reasons: security, flexibility, customizablility, ease of repair... (I haven't run XP on my primary machine for more than a year now, I switched a few months ago from vista when I finally figured out how to dualboot and haven't looked back). :D I've learned a whole lot and it's just beginning...I wish I had stuck with it when I first tried it years ago.
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Joe Martin (author) in reply to Lithium RainJul 5, 2009. 6:25 PM
I'm really going to have to give Linux another go I think!
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Lithium Rain in reply to Joe MartinJul 5, 2009. 6:43 PM
I'd definitely recommend it! Ubuntu is great and not that hard to install...
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DJ Radio says: Jul 10, 2009. 11:23 AM
I cant show my desktop until I finish installing webroot security. It wont minimize.
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Goodhart says: Jul 6, 2009. 10:03 AM
Here is my current one.....I was using the DaVinci standard desk top until recently.
DeskTop.bmp
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gmjhowe says: Jul 5, 2009. 3:57 PM
Here is my current desktop! (its made up of three screens, 7" mimo screen, portrait 20" screen, landscape 20" screen.
FinderScreenSnapz003.tiff
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killerjackalope in reply to gmjhoweJul 5, 2009. 7:06 PM
Ah the little old mac plan worked then?
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gmjhowe in reply to killerjackalopeJul 5, 2009. 11:56 PM
Is working out, a taste of things to come.
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Joe Martin (author) in reply to gmjhoweJul 5, 2009. 4:35 PM
Golly! Very clever set of screens and a great use of wallpapers.

I'm thinking of getting a usb screen just for watching iplayer and 4od in bed rather than having to have the whole laptop on a tray on me. Or just a longer vga cable to reach my computer monitor, But that wouldn't be very fun! =D
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gmjhowe in reply to Joe MartinJul 5, 2009. 11:58 PM
Thanks! We were talking about dinosaurs in the IRC chatroom, and I had a moment of creativity. Yeah, I did think about running a USB cable across my room to my bed. You can get adapters for running USB of ethernet cable, which allows you to use longer cables, and gives better quality etc. I tend to use my iPod Touch for watching iplayer, not really tried 4OD yet..
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killerjackalope in reply to gmjhoweJul 6, 2009. 5:15 AM
iplayer's nicer than 4OD in my opinion, both function well it's just iplayer feels better implemented to me...
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Joe Martin (author) in reply to killerjackalopeJul 6, 2009. 6:53 AM
iplayer is much better IMO too however I much prefer channel 4's programs. I've watched all episodes of grand designs up to date :P
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killerjackalope in reply to Joe MartinJul 6, 2009. 7:23 AM
Ah mostly it's top gear that draws me to iplayer...
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Lithium Rain says: Jul 5, 2009. 3:54 PM
To take a screenshot in Linux (Only tested personally on ubuntu and fedora...I imagine all debian based distros would be the same but not sure) , go to Applications>Accessories>Take screenshot.
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