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OftenBen  ·  2973 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What does your desktop look like, Hubski?





kleinbl00  ·  2973 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's really cool! What am I looking at?

OftenBen  ·  2973 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Rainmeter, a few addons, and a scan of a tattoo concept sketch by some Japanese artist.

The speaker/headphone button switches audio between headset and TV, the weather text at the bottom changes based on some local reporting station.

The D: drive is my mass media and program storage, X: drive changes based on what removeable media is installed.

I want to find a good icon set for chrome, VLC, few other things, and get a better scan or photoshopped version of the background, it's a little blocky for big screens.

But I love the fuck out of it.

user-inactivated  ·  2973 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Rainmeter. So how about shortcuts? How do you launch apps?

OftenBen  ·  2973 days ago  ·  link  ·  

At the moment, taskbar. I'm passively searching for an icon set for chrome, steam, etc that I like, so far they all look weird when paired with the art.

user-inactivated  ·  2973 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Have you tried Bayden slickrun? It's pretty neat. Can create your own shortcuts for applications and websites.

OftenBen  ·  2970 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think I might be in love.

user-inactivated  ·  2970 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Pretty cool, hey?

I think my favourite feature is being able to hide it. I have it set up to only be active when I hit CtrlAltSpace. It's so much faster than taskbar!

I also run Taskbar Eliminator. Auto-hide is great, but it annoys me if I accidentally mouse over and bring it up.

OftenBen  ·  2970 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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OftenBen  ·  2973 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'll give it a look! Thanks!

user-inactivated  ·  2973 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Taskbar - as in, the default Windows taskbar?

OftenBen  ·  2973 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yep. But set on auto-hide so that I only see it when I want it, or when I use Cortana.

kleinbl00  ·  2973 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Maaaan. The things you miss when you haven't been on Windows since 2001. BRB installing on the monster.

OftenBen  ·  2973 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I didn't think I would like 10 at all. I got convinced to not just get a clean windows 7 install by a very knowledgeable guy who wasn't on microsofts payroll. Aside from some advertising issues I had to fix a few settings to get rid of, it's pretty responsive, and things are arranged pretty ergonomically, for windows anyway. Also I get a kick out of using Cortana because I'm a Halo buff, even if the new games are shit.

kleinbl00  ·  2973 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm sitting at 101 keys, 36 faders, 7 audio monitors, 3 video monitors, a Mac Mini, a Mac Pro and a fire-breathing 5960x clocked at 4.5GHz all connected with a 4x2 DVI KVM. I've been on Macs for fifteen years.

And after last week, I can honestly say that I find configuring Win10 to be easier, less headache-inducing and more likely to be successful than OS X.

veen  ·  2973 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What addons do you use? I love the minimalist look.

OftenBen  ·  2973 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This is the link to the 'do i need a jacket?' addon.

I'll get you the full list later. On a different machine at present.