Desktops

The Cave Story Desktop [Featured Desktop]

Reader pyreƒyre's minimalist desktop moves everything important down into small icons in the corners of the screen, with the weather, date, and application launchers all blended together with a fun wallpaper image to make a great overall desktop look.

Use Resource Hacker to Customize Application Icons [Downloads]

Windows only: If you've got an application with a really ugly icon, or you just want to get some hard-core nerdy action with your desktop customization, Resource Hacker is the tool for the job.Over at the Tweaking with Vishal web site, he's put together a brief guide to using Resource Hacker to customize and replace graphical elements like icons, bitmaps, cursors, or even rename menu items for almost any Windows application.

Wallpaper Roundup: Axel Jumps and Bobsled Runs [Wallpaper Roundup]

The 2010 Winter Olympics are in full swing, and we've rounded up some official Olympic and Olympic-inspired wallpapers to help you fully indulge your Olympic obsession.Note: The "Full Size" link directly under the picture only shows you the sample image we uploaded for this gallery. You need to click on the name of the particular wallpaper in the right hand column to access the full range of sizes at the source site.

The Clear & Clean Desktop [Featured Desktop]

Reader A.Nonymous decided to create his own minimalist "undesktop" to keep himself productive—clearing away everything unnecessary, auto-hiding the taskbar, and using keyboard shortcuts to get things done more effectively.The desktop is a combination of:

The All-Glass Opera Desktop [Featured Desktop]

Reader t.click's desktop sports an amazing, totally transparent skin for the Opera browser that uses Aero Glass to render virtually the entire interface.

The Monochrome Grey Desktop [Featured Desktop]

Reader zalary's Windows desktop puts system monitoring tools, graphs, application launchers, a clock, and the weather into a taskbar across the top of the screen—the impressive thing is how well they are blended together.The desktop is a combination of:

Desktop Computers Edge Out Laptops Among Lifehacker Readers [What You Said]

On Tuesday we asked you which you used more regularly as your main computer—a desktop or laptop. Nearly 18,000 responses later, the results are in: And here we thought the desktop was dead!

The ChoKolate Linux Desktop [Featured Desktop]

Reader naaamo2004's Linux desktop sports a chocolate colored theme that is slick, polished, and beautiful, with an impressive Firefox theme to match. The desktop is a combination of:

Laptop or Desktop: What's Your Main Computer? [Reader Poll]

Unless you need a serious workhorse PC, modern laptops have plenty of power for most computer users; it's why laptop use has grown so much in recent years. Still, according to the New York Times, desktop's aren't dead just yet. Why?

The Reduxman Desktop [Featured Desktop]

Reader karmat's Windows XP desktop uses the Monochromatic suite to transform his desktop into an amazing piece of artwork—sure, it's got all the system stats and launchers around the corner, but it looks great too. The desktop is a combination of:

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