Can anyone make a "hacker desktop"?

[hoppipolla]

I was just listening to I'm So Sick by Flyleaf, which I downloaded coz it's in that cool scene in Die Hard 4.0 where Bruce Willis first meets Matt, and it got me thinking... has anyone attempted to create or successfully created a desktop that looks as crazy as that in the past? I mean people like that exist... I wonder if they run Linux! :D

But yeah here's his desktop anyway, there are pictures on the net where people have attempted to recreate it with Linux with varying success, I mean it CAN be done definitely! :)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1425/1047729870_28daaed6b0.jpg http://i49.tinypic.com/sxgp6s.jpg


Just wondering if anyone has attempted it or just anything else they would describe as a "hacker" or super techie desktop! I have, but it never looked as good as his or as good as I can imagine one looking!

Anyway, it might be a cool little challenge, post some screenies if you have them!


Hoppi!

[Exodist]

LOL look like your average Linux desktop.

BTW, XFCE's window manager can make a WM like shown in you pic. In addition without headache coding!

[hoppipolla]

LOL look like your average Linux desktop.

haha yeah, I wonder what it actually IS... that's got me thinking!

[phrostbyte]

I think I literally had that exact desktop a year or two ago. I think there might be a Emerald theme that emulates it. :)

[t0p]

What is it about that desktop that makes it "hacker"-ish?

[Skripka]

LOL look like your average Linux desktop.

BTW, XFCE's window manager can make a WM like shown in you pic. In addition without headache coding!

Meh, it looks neat, but it is a usability nightmare.

Transparent terminal windows are neat...until you can't read what is there-due to the neat background image getting in the way.

Lots of icons are neat...until you try to find anything.

[The Real Dave]

Not sure about the desktop, but if you like Hackers, try finding a copy of this movie, aptly named Hackers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_%28film%29). The soundtrack makes great late night computing music and can probably be found in a torrent somewhere, not supporting that sort of thing though :)

[Exodist]

haha yeah, I wonder what it actually IS... that's got me thinking!
Not sure, but you can make XFCE look just like that. XFCEs window manager is super flexible compared to GNOME's.

[markp1989]

What is it about that desktop that makes it "hacker"-ish?

its from die hard 4, matt farrels (sp?) pc in it hes a known hacker,making it hacker ish :P

i had the same set up a while ago it was a emerald theme i think from gnome - look

[Exodist]

Meh, it looks neat, but it is a usability nightmare.

Transparent terminal windows are neat...until you can't read what is there-due to the neat background image getting in the way.

Lots of icons are neat...until you try to find anything.
I agree, I hate desktop icon nightmares and the transparency of the term must compliment the desktop background.

[hoppipolla]

Meh, it looks neat, but it is a usability nightmare.

Transparent terminal windows are neat...until you can't read what is there-due to the neat background image getting in the way.

Lots of icons are neat...until you try to find anything.

Personally I love mess, like on my desktop it's a STATE:

http://i46.tinypic.com/169gwaw.jpg


but I absolutely love it, it means I've got everything I could ever want a click away and presented in a way that I think looks really cool! :)

[Skripka]

Personally I love mess, like on my desktop it's a STATE:



but I absolutely love it, it means I've got everything I could ever want a click away and presented in a way that I think looks really cool! :)

"This is the WORST Pig-Sty I have EVER seen in my life. And I want it clean'd up RIGHT NOW. How anyone can live in such FILTH is BEYOND me."

Guess that comedian.

[phrostbyte]

I use a transparent Tilda, but my console windows are opaque.

[steveneddy]

I started to think it was Flux, but I see a bar on top in the photo on the left.

I think it is Gnome with a dark theme and dark wallpaper.

I don't understand all of the desktop icons. Basically I feel desktop icons are a waste of space and the desktop is for working. I use the blank desktop when photo editing, downloading and other temporary file storage and when finished put it away in the proper folder.

I think that with Slicknesss Black Gnome theme and a dark wallpaper you could achieve this look.

You might also look at Fluxbox because some of those themes are truly "Hackers" inspired.

I was looking for slickness black on gnome-look.org when I saw this theme:

http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Black+%26+Blue?content=117403&PHPSESSID=ea5f6b5f357ea621bfc89b11e80412cc

Here is Slickness Black theme:

http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Slickness+Black?content=73210

Here is the themes page for Fluxbox:

http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/themes.php

[crimesaucer]

Try a tiling window manager using console apps for a "hacker" look (and a fast and productive desktop).


In those pictures all I see is 3 open terminals that are blue, with a fancy window decoration..... in fact, it doesn't look like a hacker desktop at all. (with it's cluttered desktop icons)


This is how I think a hacker desktop would look: http://haskell.org/sitewiki/images/a/aa/Screen-triplehead-galois.jpg


Xmonad home page with videos and other pictures: http://xmonad.org/

[hoppipolla]

lol I think you guys may be putting a little bit too much focus on the icons - I think everyone uses them differently, I mean I always end up with a ton of icons because I like to access things quickly and icons are a very immediate way to do that! :)

And yeah as we've established I like mess! lol

[glnerd]

ok forget about the "hackerish desktop" the only thing i want it that kool skin for the im....bad***

[hoppipolla]

ok forget about the "hackerish desktop" the only thing i want it that kool skin for the im....bad***

rofl ok! you can get the skin Matt used in DH4 if that's what you meant, it's on teh googles!

[monkeyKata]

So here's an Emerald theme I like and use sometimes:

http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Die+Hard+4.0+-+Matthew+Farrel%27s+theme+%28E?content=66714

and with this thread I just now figured out the meaning of its name.

It looks like there's also a gtk theme. Not hating on any particular KDE preferences.

[joey-elijah]

Personally I love mess, like on my desktop it's a STATE:

http://i46.tinypic.com/169gwaw.jpg


but I absolutely love it, it means I've got everything I could ever want a click away and presented in a way that I think looks really cool! :)

+1 for The Starting Line
-1 for the mess

:P

[hoppipolla]

So here's an Emerald theme I like and use sometimes:

http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Die+Hard+4.0+-+Matthew+Farrel%27s+theme+%28E?content=66714

and with this thread I just now figured out the meaning of its name.

It looks like there's also a gtk theme. Not hating on any particular KDE preferences.

that's seriously cool! It looks just a LITTLE polished for the theme from Die Hard (Gnome is very clean and anti-aliased, and his desktop was quite rough around the edges and like, gritty and stuff) but other than that it's very nice!


+1 for The Starting Line
-1 for the mess

:P

haha it is however a very coordinated mess! No icon is out of place! ^_^

[Greg]

http://omploader.org/tMzFvOQ (http://omploader.org/vMzFvOQ)

Does this fit your standards of looking unnecessarily complicated?

[Simon17]

http://omploader.org/tMzFvOQ (http://omploader.org/vMzFvOQ)

Does this fit your standards of looking unnecessarily complicated?

I think it falls a bit short. However, it meets or exceeds my expectations of looking unnecessarily fugly.

[AllRadioisDead]

http://omploader.org/tMzFvOQ (http://omploader.org/vMzFvOQ)

Does this fit your standards of looking unnecessarily complicated?
I like it. I'm not a fan of the colors though, too purple for me, and I'm not a fan of the background.

[Mornedhel]

The DH4-style theme is interesting. I like flat themes much more than glossy themes, and I think it's still eye-candy-ish.

Does anyone know good flat dark semi-transparent themes other than the DH4 one ?

[hoppipolla]

http://omploader.org/tMzFvOQ (http://omploader.org/vMzFvOQ)

Does this fit your standards of looking unnecessarily complicated?

hehe yeah it looks OK, but I don't think it needs to be referred to as unnecessarily complicated! Sometimes you just want to do a LOT with your desktop and do it very fast! :)