Brian McVicker, a loyal listener of the show (which is coming back into circulation soon) is, much like myself, a connoisseur of the ancient Japanese art of elegant desktop design. It’s the kind of thing that it takes a special breed of person to appreciate, but for us, it is akin to admiring a beautiful automobile. So, humbly, I submit the screenshots of my efforts.

Desktop

Current system setup:

ACER Aspire Laptop 9500 with an 1.5GHz Intel processor and integrated Intel graphics chipset 915

1GB system RAM

Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn

Compiz Fusion desktop effects enabled using the Emerald Window Decorator

GTK and Emerald theme NOVA gold, with icon set and suggested background by Lyrae

Font: Segoe UI ;)

Themes available at www.gnome-look.org

(Active programs in screenshot: GAIM instant messenger client, VLC media player, Terminal)

Desktop 2

Bottom shot contains desktop running Avant Window Navigator with reflections and glass engine enabled.

Screenshot 3