LaurieA opened this issue on Sep 16, 2013 · 54 posts
LaurieA posted Mon, 16 September 2013 at 5:59 PM
After a long absence, I've finally got my computer set back up the way I like it. Since I'm an afficionado of neat and tidy (and cool looking) desktops, I thought "what the hey" and started this thread after spending three days recustomizing Linux the way I like it ;). So, if you're like me and like a nice classy desktop, let's see it (If you show me yours I'll show you mine). What's your favorite OS and how do ya have it set up? :)
As some added info, I dual boot Windows 7 and Xubuntu 12.04. In Windows I've been using Rainmeter for desktop widget things for years now. The conkys on Linux are pretty much the same thing ;). It helps assuage the control freak in me that needs to know what's going on at all times...lol.
Anyway...
Laurie
SAMS3D posted Mon, 16 September 2013 at 6:55 PM
Your's is so neat, I will take a screen shot in give you a peak tomorrow, cute idea buy the way!
LaurieA posted Mon, 16 September 2013 at 6:58 PM
Quote - Your's is so neat, ...
I really hate a messy desktop. LOL.
Laurie
TrekkieGrrrl posted Mon, 16 September 2013 at 7:01 PM
Mine. No it's - for once - neither Snape nor Alan Rickman L
I hate a cluttered desktop so I TRY to keep mine tidy (as opposed to my REAL desktop where I can barely find place for my mouse L)
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WandW posted Mon, 16 September 2013 at 7:02 PM
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"Oh - the manual says that? I have never read the manual - this must be why."Vaskania posted Mon, 16 September 2013 at 7:05 PM
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TrekkieGrrrl posted Mon, 16 September 2013 at 7:06 PM
Sinsation, that one is GREAT! Fun idea. And well.. Who doesnt' love Portal (EVEN if I had to have my KIDS (of all) help me through a couple of levels where I was completely stuck LOL)
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You just can't put the words "Poserites" and "happy" in the same sentence - didn't you know that? LaurieA
Using Poser since 2002. Currently at Version 11.1 - Win 10.
Vaskania posted Mon, 16 September 2013 at 7:09 PM
Quote - Sinsation, that one is GREAT! Fun idea. And well.. Who doesnt' love Portal (EVEN if I had to have my KIDS (of all) help me through a couple of levels where I was completely stuck LOL)
Hah, thanks! It was so simple that I almost physically kicked myself for not thinking of it first.
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Cage posted Mon, 16 September 2013 at 7:35 PM
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Cage can be an opinionated jerk who posts without thinking. He apologizes for this. He's honestly not trying to be a turkeyhead.
Cage had some freebies, compatible with Poser 11 and below. His Python scripts were saved at archive.org, along with the rest of the Morphography site, where they were hosted.
LaurieA posted Mon, 16 September 2013 at 7:38 PM
Quote - My desktop is completely hidden by open stuff...
LOL...mine, most of the time ;)
Laurie
Sabby posted Mon, 16 September 2013 at 10:28 PM
Quote - I'm a huge gamer. I came across this looking for dual monitor specific wallpapers. :P
I have that exact wallpaper... ;) YAY for gamers.
vitachick posted Tue, 17 September 2013 at 3:09 AM
I normally use my Poser graphics as desktop scene..My icons are on the left. Have folders with various items in them
Win10 Poser 2014/Poser 11 Daz3D
seachnasaigh posted Tue, 17 September 2013 at 4:01 AM
Quote - I normally use my Poser graphics as desktop scene... Have folders with various items in them
Me too.
My laptop Valkyrie is the only 'pooter running at the moment. The Eldar house as the background, and the top row of icons includes projects underway. I have a program which makes those transparent-background icons.
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Snarlygribbly posted Tue, 17 September 2013 at 4:08 AM
The black bit is 'cos the monitors aren't the same size ...
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raven posted Tue, 17 September 2013 at 4:16 AM
Snarlygribbly posted Tue, 17 September 2013 at 4:44 AM
My office space ...
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vitachick posted Tue, 17 September 2013 at 4:49 AM
My current one..
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randym77 posted Tue, 17 September 2013 at 5:47 AM
Wow. Your desktops are so neat and bare.
Mine is totally filled up with icons. I'm a "stacker" in real life - everything stacked in piles on my desk. Out of sight is out of mind, so I like to leave things where I can see them. (My dad is the same way, only worse. The piles on his desk are eye-high.)
I don't even have any image for a wallpaper. No point, since it would be covered by icons anyway.
vilters posted Tue, 17 September 2013 at 7:33 AM
Ha-ha-ha-, and then complain "Why is my PC so slow????"
All you put on your desktop has to be loaded in memory.
All toolbars in your browsers consume memory and CPU power.
Every icon and/or toolbar comes with a CPU and memory cost.
And then complain. LOL, "Why is Poser sooo slow on my machine".
Time for some serious clean up my dear boys and girls.
Then run some clean up apps, and Poser will fly. . .
High in the Sky. .
Like a fresh born.
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RedPhantom posted Tue, 17 September 2013 at 7:33 AM Site Admin
I have 2 monitors but only use the second one if I'm using poser or watching tv online while I'm working on the computer so I keep most stuff on the main monitor. My desk is not set up well for using 2 monitors so the second isn't the most comfortable to use.
Snarly that can't be a real house, that's got to be a magazine photo. There's no clutter. How can use have a desk (and a room) with out clutter?
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WandW posted Tue, 17 September 2013 at 8:20 AM
Quote - Ha-ha-ha-, and then complain "Why is my PC so slow????"
All you put on your desktop has to be loaded in memory.
All toolbars in your browsers consume memory and CPU power.Every icon and/or toolbar comes with a CPU and memory cost.
And then complain. LOL, "Why is Poser sooo slow on my machine".
That's why I do my browsing, typing, and such on an old laptop with a KVM switch to my desktop monitor. My Poser machine still has the stock Windows wallpaper; very boring.
Gigabit LAN makes transfering files between machines pretty trivial...
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"Oh - the manual says that? I have never read the manual - this must be why."vilters posted Tue, 17 September 2013 at 8:27 AM
Thats why I have 8 PC's here. ( 2 dedicated to Poser testing)
And I clean them all.
LOL.
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P8 and PPro2010, P9 and PP2012, P10 and PP2014 Game
Dev
"Do not drive
faster then your angel can fly"!
LaurieA posted Tue, 17 September 2013 at 8:33 AM
Just for info:
Like I said, I do a dual boot of Windows 7 x64 and Xubuntu 12.04 x64. On opening Windows 7, before I open anything else, more than a quarter of my meager 6 gigs of ram is used by the OS and nearly 20% of my cpu. In Xubuntu, less than 6% of my ram is used and the cpu stays consistently at 2% until I open something ;). A marked difference. Windows is a hog when it comes to system resources, and even if I disable Aero, I can't even come close to the efficiency of Linux. If only more of my programs came in Linux versions...
Did I mention that Xubuntu boots in mere seconds next to the over a minute for Windows? ;). I'm not a Linux lover per se either...I've only just been using it seriously for maybe just under a year. But the difference is really noticeable. In Linux, Wings3D is open nearly instantly, and Blender isn't very far behind. Unfortunately, those are only two programs I used that even have Linux versions. Most companies don't even bother. Shame.
Laurie
randym77 posted Tue, 17 September 2013 at 9:06 AM
I actually find more of slowdown from having wallpaper than from having icons. That's why I originally punted the wallpaper, and now I'm used to it.
In any case, Poser is just a hobby for me. I do a lot more than Poser on my computer, and I'm not going to make it less convenient to do other things just for Poser.
I don't have any complaints about Poser being slow, anyway. At least, not since I upgraded to Pro. 64 bits made a world of difference.
LaurieA posted Tue, 17 September 2013 at 9:21 AM
I stopped using wallpaper on Windows too. Just seemed like one more thing for Aero to gobble up memory for LOL. Having said that, Windows 7's Aero is a WHOLE lot less of a hog than it was in Vista ;).
On a side note, using Rainmeter in Windows took up very little memory. I had better luck with it than using Windows gadgets ;).
Laurie
TrekkieGrrrl posted Tue, 17 September 2013 at 10:06 AM
Yea well your house would be easier to clean if you had no furniture, no carpets, just a bare room.. But then where's the fun?
Granted, my desktop is rarely visible IRL, but I like to have something pretty to look at WHEN it's there.
I run all applications in full screen, smaller windows annoys me, and I always hit the wrong one. So I alt-tab a lot :)
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You just can't put the words "Poserites" and "happy" in the same sentence - didn't you know that? LaurieA
Using Poser since 2002. Currently at Version 11.1 - Win 10.
EClark1894 posted Tue, 17 September 2013 at 10:50 AM
Snarlygribbly posted Tue, 17 September 2013 at 11:15 AM
Quote - Snarly that can't be a real house, that's got to be a magazine photo. There's no clutter. How can use have a desk (and a room) with out clutter?
Ha ha! It is real enough. I don't do clutter.
I did once think about putting some clutter in my house, but in the end I decided I probably wouldn't have much use for it :-)
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randym77 posted Tue, 17 September 2013 at 11:33 AM
I love Windows 7. Skipped Vista, and hope to avoid Windows 8.
But I don't love Aero. The first thing I do is with a new computer is disable Aero. Not so much because it's a memory hog (though it is), but because I don't like how it looks. I'm easily distracted, and don't like animations, transparency, etc. if not needed. I've got all animations blocked in Firefox; I have to intentionally drop shields to see anything that moves. No way am going to have that crap on my own desktop.
I do put up a slideshow of wallpapers when my parents are visiting. I use my own photos, and it keeps the 'rents endlessly fascinated and out of my hair. ;-)
For me, wallpaper is more for other people to see. I don't even notice it after the first day or two, so it's a waste for just me.
DarthJ posted Tue, 17 September 2013 at 3:53 PM
LaurieA posted Tue, 17 September 2013 at 4:49 PM
Hehehe...I don't have a clue which one is the most rare, but....nice cameras ;).
Laurie
shvrdavid posted Tue, 17 September 2013 at 8:41 PM
Quote - Guessing game : which of these cameras is most rare ?
The Hanimex Praktica that doesn't say Hanimex on it?
I should dig out my Marumi stuff, it's been put away for years.
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DarthJ posted Wed, 18 September 2013 at 12:57 AM
There is no Hanimex Praktica. The cameras are (back to front) :
Praktica FX2
Exakta RTL1000 (with TTL prism)
Canon AV-1
Praktica BC1
Praktica B200S
They are all fully functional ... except the Canon.
Markus-3D posted Wed, 18 September 2013 at 5:12 AM
So on the desktop is no folders, files or so, theme is old, without screen savers, effects like mouse shadows... Programs installed only Poser 7 in addition to system itself and needed drivers.
NanetteTredoux posted Wed, 18 September 2013 at 6:41 AM
I can't take part in this competition. I have clutter stacked to the ceiling.
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vilters posted Wed, 18 September 2013 at 6:52 AM
Poser 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7,
P8 and PPro2010, P9 and PP2012, P10 and PP2014 Game
Dev
"Do not drive
faster then your angel can fly"!
vilters posted Wed, 18 September 2013 at 7:04 AM
Thats are a 21", a 25", a 43.5" and a 32" lined up. LOL.
Happy Posering, Tony
Poser 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7,
P8 and PPro2010, P9 and PP2012, P10 and PP2014 Game
Dev
"Do not drive
faster then your angel can fly"!
shvrdavid posted Wed, 18 September 2013 at 7:56 AM
Quote - There is no Hanimex Praktica. The cameras are (back to front) :
Praktica FX2
Exakta RTL1000 (with TTL prism)
Canon AV-1
Praktica BC1
Praktica B200S
They are all fully functional ... except the Canon.
The Praktica FX2 is the rareset. And it looks to be in excellent shape.
My Marumi is just about as rare (possibly even rarer, dunno), it doesn't even show up in the camera wiki's as ever having been produced. Which makes sense since the plant was destroyed in WWII.
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DarthJ posted Wed, 18 September 2013 at 8:14 AM
Quote :
"The Praktica FX2 is the rareset."
Wrong, it is the oldest one though, about 1957-1958.
shvrdavid posted Wed, 18 September 2013 at 10:22 AM
Um...
Praktica FX2. 29,000 produced.
Exakta RTL1000 86,000 produced
Canon AV-1 50,000 on first production run
Praktica BC1 91,000 produced
Praktica B200S 80 first run, 100,000 second run.
Technically the FX2 is the rarest.
If you do indeed have a first run B200S, you have a nice collectors piece. The serial number will show if it is indeed from the first run.
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LaurieA posted Wed, 18 September 2013 at 10:46 AM
LOL Vilters..that's a big desk ;).
I have two monitors and between those and the tower I have enough room for maybe a coffee cup and a pen (but not really at the same time). LOLOL.
Laurie
seachnasaigh posted Wed, 18 September 2013 at 11:05 AM
That's a Vue render of a Poser environment (Lothlorien), which I had imported into Vue and set up materials for. One of the big desktop computers has the corresponding Poser render of Lothlorien.
But the only computers I've had on this morning have been the laptops, Valkyrie and Pixie.
Poser 12, in feet.
OSes: Win7Prox64, Win7Ultx64
Silo Pro 2.5.6 64bit, Vue Infinite 2014.7, Genetica 4.0 Studio, UV Mapper Pro, UV Layout Pro, PhotoImpact X3, GIF Animator 5
DarthJ posted Wed, 18 September 2013 at 11:50 AM
quote :
Praktica B200S 80 first run, 100,000 second run.
You are confounding with the ordinary B200, of which there were 2 series :
http://www.praktica-collector.de/218_Praktica_B200.htm
http://www.praktica-collector.de/218a_Praktica_B200.htm
Officially only 80 B200S were made :
http://www.praktica-collector.de/218b_Praktica_B200S.htm
Not counting the special unusable (microscope, endoscope,...) and "undocumented" (East-German secret service) versions this must be one of the rarest Praktica cameras.
If anyone else owns one and wants to give it away or sell it I'm always interested.
seachnasaigh posted Wed, 18 September 2013 at 12:00 PM
Poser 12, in feet.
OSes: Win7Prox64, Win7Ultx64
Silo Pro 2.5.6 64bit, Vue Infinite 2014.7, Genetica 4.0 Studio, UV Mapper Pro, UV Layout Pro, PhotoImpact X3, GIF Animator 5
seachnasaigh posted Wed, 18 September 2013 at 12:11 PM
Poser 12, in feet.
OSes: Win7Prox64, Win7Ultx64
Silo Pro 2.5.6 64bit, Vue Infinite 2014.7, Genetica 4.0 Studio, UV Mapper Pro, UV Layout Pro, PhotoImpact X3, GIF Animator 5
A_Sunbeam posted Wed, 18 September 2013 at 3:42 PM
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Here's mine - some time ago; it's a bit tidier now ...RedPhantom posted Wed, 18 September 2013 at 5:47 PM Site Admin
Vilters and Seachnasaigh, what do you do with all those machines? I know with some software you can use multiple machines to do renders but still. That many?
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seachnasaigh posted Wed, 18 September 2013 at 9:04 PM
By a large margin, it would be preferable to have one powerful multi-core workstation than to have several lesser machines. I didn't set out to get several machines, it's just that every 2-4 years I'd buy a new one in order to keep up with my increasingly demanding Poser habits (and as I learned more about computers), and so I inadvertently accumulated them. Few people would be interested in a 4yr-old hot rod computer, so here they sit. I do employ them for network rendering, so they earn their keep. My first PC, Sarit, which I bought along with Poser 6, is still in service; she has a HyperThreaded single core Pentium-D and 2GB RAM.
The black Dozer chassis (partially visible in bottom right corner of photo) used to be my main machine, and I took the laptop Valkyrie to work with me so I could get some modeling done in the quiet time of the evening at the firehouse (well, if it was quiet). But they are both 32bit. Maxed out, but 32bit. So after a few years, I got 64bit core-i7 Galadriel (silver Alienware in left foreground), then later the 64bit laptop Pixie (glowing blue and red keyboard in photo) so that I could work on bigger scenes at the firehouse. Since the Dozer chassis was savaged in a storm, I rebuilt her in 64bit with 8 GB (the most the mobo will read). She'll happily render for days at a time; she has three 120mm fans and liquid cooling. The Boxx desktop (center background of photo) is Cameron, 96 GB and dual HyperThreaded hex-core processors.
Now, I tend to model/map and do scene set-up on the older/lesser computers, and use the newer more powerful ones to render final images. For rendering animations of reasonable pixel dimensions, I'll network all of them.
Poser 12, in feet.
OSes: Win7Prox64, Win7Ultx64
Silo Pro 2.5.6 64bit, Vue Infinite 2014.7, Genetica 4.0 Studio, UV Mapper Pro, UV Layout Pro, PhotoImpact X3, GIF Animator 5
LaurieA posted Thu, 19 September 2013 at 1:13 AM
I do the same seachnasaigh...I used to have four of them, but thru natural computer death, am down to two. LOL. And of those two, my dual core needs a new power supply ;).
Laurie
seachnasaigh posted Thu, 26 September 2013 at 11:07 AM
Poser 12, in feet.
OSes: Win7Prox64, Win7Ultx64
Silo Pro 2.5.6 64bit, Vue Infinite 2014.7, Genetica 4.0 Studio, UV Mapper Pro, UV Layout Pro, PhotoImpact X3, GIF Animator 5
seachnasaigh posted Sat, 28 September 2013 at 7:52 AM
Poser 12, in feet.
OSes: Win7Prox64, Win7Ultx64
Silo Pro 2.5.6 64bit, Vue Infinite 2014.7, Genetica 4.0 Studio, UV Mapper Pro, UV Layout Pro, PhotoImpact X3, GIF Animator 5
seachnasaigh posted Sat, 28 September 2013 at 7:54 AM
Poser 12, in feet.
OSes: Win7Prox64, Win7Ultx64
Silo Pro 2.5.6 64bit, Vue Infinite 2014.7, Genetica 4.0 Studio, UV Mapper Pro, UV Layout Pro, PhotoImpact X3, GIF Animator 5
Paul Francis posted Tue, 01 October 2013 at 11:21 AM
My
self-build system - Vista 64 on a Kingston 240GB SSD,
Asus P5Q
Pro MB, Quad
6600 CPU, 8 Gb Geil Black Dragon Ram, CoolerMaster HAF932 full
tower chassis, EVGA Geforce GTX 750Ti Superclocked 2 Gb,
Coolermaster V8 CPU aircooler, Enermax 600W Modular PSU, 240Gb SSD,
2Tb HDD storage, 28" LCD monitor, and more red LEDs than a grown
man really
needs.....I built it in 2008 and can't afford a new one,
yet.....!
My
Software - Poser Pro 2012, Photoshop, Bryce 6 and
Borderlands......"Catch a
r--i---d-----e-----!"
LaurieA posted Tue, 01 October 2013 at 12:18 PM
Quote - I just discovered something called Rainmeter; I'm always the last to find out about cool stuff! I always thought that a PC desktop could be made more functional, and now I have a tool to make it so Having seen what other people can do with Rainmeter, I'm dying to dive in and have a proper go with it. This is just my first exploratory attempt; please excuse the nudity.
Been using Rainmeter for years ;). Easy to customize and change to your liking too :)
Laurie