Ask HN: What's your desktop look like?

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15 years ago

I've noticed something very interesting with my fellow hackers: they have amazingly sparse desktops but pack their machines with tons of windows and information.

For example, I can trace the evolution of my progress by looking at the pure complexity of my desktops over time.

Since many of my pictures are stashed on an old webserver I use, I'll start with those...

beware that some of my wallpapers are... risque?

Back in 2008, I had a really quite sparse layout that packed a lot of information into a small amount of space: http://sonof.bandit.name/files/morestuff/pictures/desk1.PNG

Later on, my desktop became much more mundane, and in 2009 my layout changed styles: http://sonof.bandit.name/files/morestuff/more_pictures/images/qqqqq.JPG

Here's what my machine looked back in my junior/senior year of high school: http://sonof.bandit.name/files/morestuff/pictures/xfce3.png

Once I was out of highschool my layout changed a lot: http://sonof.bandit.name/files/morestuff/more_pictures/images/desktop_2010_01_31.png

My desktops changed to lighter as my programming increased and I headed off to college

http://sonof.bandit.name/files/morestuff/more_pictures/images/scrn-25_Apr_10-180435.png

http://sonof.bandit.name/files/morestuff/more_pictures/images/scrn-10_Jul_10-003337.png

After not cataloging my desktops much for nearly a year, I have noticed that my main desktop today is much, much lighter:

http://i.imgur.com/GitGY.jpg

What's your desktop metamorphised into?

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