Desktop Customization: How much do you customize?

[daemon3]

I'm wondering if I'm the only one who can spend hours at a time customizing.

[Lord Xeb]

I spend about an hour customizing.

[LaRoza]

None. I install xmonad and dmenu and use the defaults.

[pluckypigeon]

I'm wondering if I'm the only one who can spend hours at a time customizing.

I spend about an hour customizing.

What do you customize? I don't do any. Everything is from the box human stuff with default sounds.

[Therion]

I'm wondering if I'm the only one who can spend hours at a time customizing.

You are not alone.

I love the granular degree of customization that Linux offers.

What do you customize?

I mod the default "Human" theme a little bit so it's not quite so muted (brighten it up just a smidge) then I tweak or change the cursor, fonts (both size and face), window/dialog boxes, wallpaper, make numerous panel adjustments (number, location, what's on them). That's just off the top of my head.

Then of course there's Compiz...

[rubiin]

Well I change the theme and icons... not much, I like to keep things simple

[ticopelp]

About once or twice a month I change the entire look of my computer, up to and including:

1) New wallpaper
2) New icon / Metacity theme
3) Turn avant window navigator on or off
4) Move panels around / change transparency
5) Swap around Compiz effects

It keeps things interesting and makes me feel like I have a new computer

[LarsKongo]

I create themes and stuff, so it's a lot of time spent on customizing for me. I'm always looking for new ways to create a minimalistic + beautiful + usable desktop.

[crimesaucer]

Desktop Customization: How much do you customize?

Way too much. I think I'm going to stop now.

Things I've customized:

custom kernel with zen2 patch, AMD64 settings, nice settings, cflags mflags.
recompile every app (500 apps) to use custom cflags for Turion 64 x2 TL-60
I make my All my own gtk themes, whether clearlooks, murrina, or xfce4.
I re-create All my icons themes using the UbuntuStudio icons because I like them but don't like the blue color.
I usually make my own gdm themes, or slim theme.
I always use my own gtkrc-2.0 for the xfce4 panel or an image for gnome.
I use my own conky script that I wrote.
I like to use unique icons for apps like firefox.
I love to find different wallpapers, and usually remake it to be my own.
I make all my own emerald themes, and xfwm4 window themes.
I like custom keybinding shortcuts for certain apps.
I use the nvidia-beta now becasue it works better.
I use my own UbuntuStudio icons for thunderbird.
Custom fonts....
And I like to have my compiz-fusion a special way that is super fast.....


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[billgoldberg]

Picking a new wallpaper alone can take me a few hours.