I was asked (yet again) what wallpaper image I use for my desktop, seen in several of the screencast videos I do, which is this:Originally the image was on DeviantArt, but the user deleted the image. However if you perform a Google Image search for Abstract Light Beam, you can download it that way. Now stop pestering me about my wallpaper. ...

If you are looking for a nostalgic desktop wallpaper from the 8/16-bit game “glory days”, then take a look at the site: desktopgaming.com. The site features full size images of complete levels and opening scene graphics from many classic video games on the NES/Sega/SNES/Playstation/etc. platforms. As the name implies, many of them are formatted to be...

If you use multiple monitors and are tired of seeing your background wallpaper repeated on both screens, a utility you might be interested in is DisplayFusion. With DisplayFusion you can add a taskbar to every monitor that works and looks just like the Windows Taskbar. Or take advantage of advanced multi-monitor wallpaper support, Flickr integration for image...

Using background images for web pages is something most people do not know how to do correctly. Typically most will use an image that is not suitable for the text on the web page, as some parts of the image will be light and others dark. In addition, the image looks terrible tiled. A small tiled image is by far the best thing to use if you want a background...

Two web sites that are all about eye candy for for Linux are KDE-Look and GNOME-Look. You get your pick of the litter when it comes to.. well.. everything in a desktop environment using Linux. Wallpapers, themes, styles, window decorations, icons, cliparts, system sounds, splash screens, bootsplash, VLC themes, Xine themes.. the list goes on and on and on. So if...

For fans of the movie Blade Runner, it doesn’t get much better than this. And heck, even if you’re not a Blade Runner fan you’ll still like this. On the Blade Runner Wikipedia page there is an image from the movie of the "2019 Los Angeles" cityscape panorama seen here. It is an incredible widescreen image with a resolution of...

My Ubuntu desktop looks like this (click any image for full size):When I have an app open it looks like this:The way to get Ubuntu to look like this is fairly simple. 1. Download Microsoft core fonts to get Arial Like it or not, the Arial font looks good on Windows just as Helvetica looks good on a Mac (unless you’re some typography nerd that insists...

First and foremost: This is not a new idea. Others have made wallpaper before purposely put into a grid-like fashion in this manner. Why would you use wallpaper like this? Simply put, it’s easier to organize your stuff with it. If you’re the type who has a ton of icons on your desktop, you will find these wallpapers very handy to use. Each wallpaper...

I’m currently working on a digital photography course for PCMU, so this week’s wallpapers are all real-life photos I’ve taken using a very inexpensive digital camera. In the course materials you will find out how to take photos like the ones shown below. In addition, all the photos below will be available as super-size wallpaper. One will be...