All Desktop Screenshots of 2023

[Panther_stu]

My latest desktop

Custom conf for neofetch
and custom Conky
using Plank for dock

Conkyrc

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 # Locale, fonts and font sizes.
use_xft yes
xftfont Droid Sans:size=9
override_utf8_locale yes

# Conky performance
update_interval 1
total_run_times 0
double_buffer yes
no_buffers yes
net_avg_samples 2
text_buffer_size 1024


# Execute it in its own window
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type desktop
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
background yes
maximum_width 220


# Borders, margins.
draw_borders no
border_inner_margin no


# Font colors
default_color white
#default_color EFEEED
#2nd header Color
color 006400
# Text shadows
draw_shades yes

# Header colors
color0 lime

#Window Allignment
alignment top_left
gap_x 7
gap_y 45

TEXT
#HEADER
${goto 50} ${color lime}${font FreeMono:style=Bold:size=26}L${font FreeMono:style=regular:size=10}${color}inux ${color lime}${font FreeMono:style=Bold:size=26}M${font FreeMono:style=regular:size=10}${color}int
#
#Hello User
#
${voffset 10}${color lime}${font FreeMono:style=Bold:size=18}H${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=12}${color}ello ${execi 1800 whoami | sed 's/.*/\u&/'}${font}
#
#SYSTEM INFO
#
${color}${hr 2}
${color lime}${font FreeMono:style=Bold:size=18}S${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=12}${color}ystem Info${font}
${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=9}${color} System Name:${color}${font} $nodename 
${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=9}${color} Kernel:${color}${font}$kernel
${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=9}${color} OS:${color}${font} ${exec lsb_release -d | cut -f 2}
${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=9}${color} Uptime:${color}${font} $uptime
#
#Weather
#
${color}${hr 2}
${color lime}${font FreeMono:style=Bold:size=18}W${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=12}${color}eather
${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=9}${color} Cairns:${color}${font}${execi 1800 curl -s wttr.in/Cairns?format="%C+%t+%w"}
${hr}

#
#Offset for my screen can be removed
#
${voffset 100}
${hr}
#
#Hardware Info
#
${color lime}${font FreeMono:style=Bold:size=18}H${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=12}${color}ardware:${font}${color}
${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=9}${color}CPU:${font}${color} ${cpu}% 
${cpubar 10,100}
${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=9}${color}RAM:${color}${font} ${memperc}% 
${membar 10,100}
${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=9}${color}Hard Disk:${color}${font} / ${fs_used /} / ${fs_size /} 
${fs_bar 10,100 /}
${hr}
#
#Network Info
#
${color lime}${font FreeMono:style=Bold:size=18}N${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=12}${color}etwork Stats:${color}${font}
${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=9}${color}Upspeed:${color}${font} 
${upspeedgraph wlp2s0 10,80} ${upspeed wlp2s0}
${font Droid Sans:style=Bold:size=9}${color}Downspeed:${color}${font} 
${downspeedgraph wlp2s0 10,80} ${downspeed wlp2s0}
${hr 2}

[rossdv8]

Nice Conky and nice use of what appears to be Cairo-Dock - Tux is still looking happy after all these years
23 on Wed must have been a bit of a shock to the system!

[wxboss]

I'm finally back on Mint after having to let my wife use the computer for work (which meant installing Windows). Now she has her own computer, and so do I .

[rossdv8]

I didn't suddenly delete all my previous screenshots. Imgur is down again apparently, and links have dropped.
I just rediscovered 'Login Screens' in Mint 21.1 Xfce that change each day:

[chavic]

[rossdv8]

I finally got Mint KDE working properly again. Now I can still choose to HotSwap KDE as an overlay on Xfce, or I can Log Out of Xfce, then Log In to Plasma, in what is effectively a hybrid Kubuntu/Mint. Managed to get Activities all doing what they are designed for in the Log Out / Log In mode.
COMPIZ is working nicely in the Xfce with KDE Overlay.

It is a pity KDE and Xfce use a different Scaling system for the Desktop, but that's currently hard coded, and the main effect is that it squishes my Conky.
But the big win today, was getting LibreOffice KDE integration to play nice with Qt styling. This is LibreOffice in MInt 21.1 XfKDE looking very like the Qt KDE Theme I have for most of my other apps:

[rossdv8]

This the latest screenshot in my Mint KDE experiment. Still getting KDE sorted the way I like it - but mostly it is up and running nicely. All the bits work. Activities are working to group various collections of Apps to create collections for a task. Only a few things can't move into the Qt theming.
I still have the option to go back into Xfce, and do the HotSwap thing, but now that I'm running full KDE mode daily, I am beginning to remember why I moved to Mint KDEin the first place right up until it was killed off around Mint 17.

I've tried a number of alternative KDE based distros, but I keep coming back to Mint and just putting up with Mate or Xfce with my KDE overlay.
At last though, with KDE playing the game - Booting this feels like coming home
Screenshot_20230525_231519 by ross dv8, on Flickr

[aandmsantos0910]

Trying out EndeavorOS with Budgie DE.