• @ummthatguy
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    7914 days ago

    While I love the background, the cluttered mass of icons makes my eye twitch. A modicum of organization, please.

    • sino
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      3914 days ago

      The only perfect background is to disable all icons and keep it black

        • @[email protected]
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          1714 days ago

          I run a Windows operating system on an m.2 SSD on the latest generation AMD CPU and GeForce graphics card. My name is Patrick Bateman. I’m 27 years old. I believe in taking care of my operating system and a balanced power profile and rigorous maintenance routine. In the morning if my game is a little laggy I’ll put on a memory optimisation program while running benchmarks. I can score 1000 now. After I remove unused programs I use a file clearing tool such as CCleaner. On the desktop I audit all my shortcuts , remove any I haven’t opened for a while and sort the rest into folders. Then I apply any driver or software updates before powering off my PC which I leave off for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use a keyboard cleaning wipe with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your fingers out and makes you type slower. Then screen cleaning, then wiping down my desk mat followed by a final system boot.

        • @jenny_ball
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          -414 days ago

          seriously. you guys are the same freaks that hide all their wires on your workstation for those lame pictures you like posting

          • @Crowfiend
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            Yeah, imagine having a not-cluttered-as-fuck workstation that looks nice?

            Fucking savages don’t organize their cables.

      • Rob T Firefly
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        613 days ago

        I see a background

        And I want it painted black

        No icons anymore

        I want my desktop black

      • @[email protected]
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        113 days ago

        I’ve used and enjoyed that kind of setup a while back, but my new favourite is to have something that rotates different backgrounds. macOS has their dynamic wallpapers which you can set to cycle through different ones on a regular basis, which I really like. I still don’t like having any icons, though.

        On Android, I use Muzei to get a different artwork as my background every day. It’s also very nice.

    • @ickplantOP
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      1814 days ago

      Same. I would go insane with a desktop like that.

    • gregorum
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      1114 days ago

      The icons made your eyes twitch, but the Vista didn’t?

      • @ummthatguy
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        514 days ago

        The lesser of problems, I’d wager. Managed to bypass Vista… and 8. shudders

        • gregorum
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          414 days ago

          Lol, dude should just slip in some skinned-up Linux Mint. Dad’s mind would be blown because OMG it’s so fast now!

            • gregorum
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              14 days ago

              Funny, because this looks a lot like how Longhorn did/was supposed to. Very pretty for its time.

              Longhorn broke my heart, and I haven’t used Windows since (except to play Fallout)

                • gregorum
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                  114 days ago

                  Beta testing Longhorn, and it’s failure, just killed my last ounce of faith in MS. I went and bought a Mac after that, lol.

                  TBH, being into Macs are what got me into UNIX and Linux, though, so that’s something.

      • DaGeek247
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        414 days ago

        You’re sure it’s not 7? I loved the glass that 7 had.

    • peopleproblems
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      314 days ago

      Hah, as if you’d ever see the icons behind the millions of things I have running

  • @BottleOfAlkahest
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    3614 days ago

    It looks like he has chrome pinned to his task bar in the bottom left.

  • @TastyWheat
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    1814 days ago

    I’d nearly forgotten all about Vista.

    • @Hiro8811
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      2513 days ago

      This meme is old as fuck, he has GTA SA and windows 7

        • @Hiro8811
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          212 days ago

          I know, finished the story again a few days ago

          • @DreamlandLividity
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            012 days ago

            Its been a long time since I finished the story, I mostly played multiplayer

        • @Malfeasant
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          212 days ago

          I remember that being the one where you can headshot someone and their head explodes with a spurt of blood and their arms reach up and flail around briefly before they die… Wonder why they didn’t keep that around with the later sequels? Oh and finding the double ended purple dildo in the police station…

    • HEXN3T
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      413 days ago

      It’s like a “water this way” sign in the middle of a desert. The better solution is to get Librewolf and replace the icon with a Chrome one.

      • @Custodian1623
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        Good way to end up with passwords written on sticky notes

  • @Blue_Morpho
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    1514 days ago

    Right click desktop, create new, folder: Junk

    Drag drop everything but that chrome icon into Junk.

  • @benderbeerman
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    If you really wanted to have a good time, you could screen-shot everything as is and make that the desktop, then put all the real shortcuts into a folder on the desktop anywhere and watch the fun ensue

    Eta: for extra entertainment, don’t forget to hide the Taskbar

  • @AA5B
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    713 days ago

    Instead of fixing the symptom, maybe you could address the underlying problem of all that clutter on the desktop. ….or pin it somewhere it won’t be encroached by new files

  • @[email protected]
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    614 days ago

    Didn’t think about icons being on a grid, eh? Whoever made this had to turn it off to place the Chrome icon there. Amateur move

    • @ickplantOP
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      413 days ago

      Legit makes my day to make someone smile :)

    • @ickplantOP
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      513 days ago

      Here - you should be able to download the full res by clicking “Download the original image”

      • volvoxvsmarla
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        212 days ago

        Thank you! I don’t know what I’ll put in the middle yet, that’s such a big decision