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(admirable) these images did incredible psychic damage to kde designers i used the catalina bg until late last year, when they started shipping the former appl

by ruined 3y ago

(admirable) these images did incredible psychic damage to kde designers i used the catalina bg until late last year, when they started shipping the former appletv video backgrounds as the default, because it was just so good. seriously, after that on a 5k display, i thought i would never enjoy another desktop background

_benj 3y ago
> (admirable) these images did incredible psychic damage to kde designers made me chuckle :-) But for real, there is something about a good wallpaper, at least for me, the wallpaper being the first thing I set on a new linux install. I fully believe that a solid default wallpaper can help with desktop manager adoption (i.e. kde, gnome, xfce4), at least for the bohemians types like me!
- dylan604 3y ago
  > the wallpaper being the first thing I set on a new linux install For me, that would be the last time I ever see it. I have so many windows open providing me quick access to whatever I need without flipping spaces or whatever, that I just never see the desktop. It's just one of those things that over time of using computers, I just don't care about it any more. I don't begrudge anyone that does, but it is just one of those funny things one realizes how time changes one's outlook
- Affric 3y ago
  Do you have a recommendation for a good place to source wallpapers? With the photography it’s one of the things Apple get so right about UX.
  - SSLy 3y ago
    unsplash perhaps?
  - _thisdot 3y ago
    Always loved the default wallpapers on Ubuntu too. I still have some old Ubuntu default wallpapers on my Mac!
- archargelod 3y ago
  > the wallpaper being the first thing I set on a new linux install That's something I also always do. Even though I use i3 with 100% opaque windows (transparency is ugly and distracting IMO). I could only see wallpaper after startup and maybe 2-3 times during the day if I'm switching from my usual workflow. But for some reason I always set the background. Perhaps an old habit from Windows XP days (Autumn is the best XP wallpaper, fight me).
  - 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 3y ago
    I'll fight. Vortec Space is the best, after Bliss, and Red Moon Desert is a close third
pkaye 3y ago
I don't use KDE but recently came upon some wallpapers on store.kde.org that I really liked. Particularly the Ketsa Color ones. https://store.kde.org/browse?cat=299&ord=latest https://store.kde.org/browse?cat=299&ord=latest
neoberg 3y ago
Years ago in one of my previous jobs, we started to have issues with the internet connection multiple times a day. After a couple of days someone noticed that the issues happen whenever I go out for smoking. When they first introduced those aerial videos for Apple tv, someone made a screensaver out of them for MacOS and I was using that. It turns out whenever I went to smoke, my screensaver would activate and choke the network with 4k (5k?) glory.

by ruined 3y ago

_benj 3y ago

> (admirable) these images did incredible psychic damage to kde designers made me chuckle :-) But for real, there is something about a good wallpaper, at least for me, the wallpaper being the first thing I set on a new linux install. I fully believe that a solid default wallpaper can help with desktop manager adoption (i.e. kde, gnome, xfce4), at least for the bohemians types like me!

dylan604 3y ago
> the wallpaper being the first thing I set on a new linux install For me, that would be the last time I ever see it. I have so many windows open providing me quick access to whatever I need without flipping spaces or whatever, that I just never see the desktop. It's just one of those things that over time of using computers, I just don't care about it any more. I don't begrudge anyone that does, but it is just one of those funny things one realizes how time changes one's outlook
Affric 3y ago
Do you have a recommendation for a good place to source wallpapers? With the photography it’s one of the things Apple get so right about UX.
- SSLy 3y ago
  unsplash perhaps?
- _thisdot 3y ago
  Always loved the default wallpapers on Ubuntu too. I still have some old Ubuntu default wallpapers on my Mac!
archargelod 3y ago
> the wallpaper being the first thing I set on a new linux install That's something I also always do. Even though I use i3 with 100% opaque windows (transparency is ugly and distracting IMO). I could only see wallpaper after startup and maybe 2-3 times during the day if I'm switching from my usual workflow. But for some reason I always set the background. Perhaps an old habit from Windows XP days (Autumn is the best XP wallpaper, fight me).
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 3y ago
  I'll fight. Vortec Space is the best, after Bliss, and Red Moon Desert is a close third

pkaye 3y ago

I don't use KDE but recently came upon some wallpapers on store.kde.org that I really liked. Particularly the Ketsa Color ones. https://store.kde.org/browse?cat=299&ord=latest https://store.kde.org/browse?cat=299&ord=latest

neoberg 3y ago

Years ago in one of my previous jobs, we started to have issues with the internet connection multiple times a day. After a couple of days someone noticed that the issues happen whenever I go out for smoking. When they first introduced those aerial videos for Apple tv, someone made a screensaver out of them for MacOS and I was using that. It turns out whenever I went to smoke, my screensaver would activate and choke the network with 4k (5k?) glory.