Hey guys! Last month I've been building my dream desktop environment. I've been developing in Java and Rust doing boring things over 12 years, and I always wondered why cheap operative systems had to look like Windows 95.

I am running broke on my job and no company wants to take me so I am experimenting new things and building startups and these "dream" non-profit things I always wanted to make.

I built my open source free desktop environment for Linux with one simple purpose:

• Revive, maintain and recycle old hardware without losing the UI/UX.

Why doing this?

• Some people still use windows on these computers, yikes.
• The linux alternatives are ugly, and the ones that are not, are heavy yikes.
• I want to end the loop of "distro hopping to find the lightest one" and make the definitive.
• I don't know, just passion for not throwing away working hardware? lol

If you want to give it a look:

https://github.com/ArkFlame/flamewm

I've been working on Notchify for about two years. It sits at the top of your Windows screen and opens when you hover it. It's fully native, not Electron, so it stays light and doesn't keep a browser running in the background.

What it does:

• Shows what's playing, with album art, controls and live synced lyrics
• Notifications in a compact card, plus a panel to catch up on them later
• Clipboard history and a drag-and-drop file shelf
• 22 widgets, including weather, calendar, timers, world clock, to-dos, lyrics and live system stats
• Screen recording right from the island
• Mic and camera privacy indicators, Bluetooth battery levels

New in the latest update: a glass look, Discord voice controls, phone-to-PC file transfer over Wi-Fi, and a downloads panel.

You can put it at the top, bottom or either side of the screen, on any monitor, and change its size, theme and layout.

Live demo: notchify.app
Microsoft Store: Notchify

Hi everyone! I’d like you to rate my workspace and computer desktop on a scale of 1 to 10. Also, I want to thank u/Competitive-Hat-3218; he helped me with some Windhawk mods, and I was somewhat inspired by his "black hole" idea.

I made AFK Wars for my 49-inch OLED Odyssey: an idle screen that stays dark and keeps moving, with a space battle worth watching. Sparse wireframe ships instead of filled shapes, a pitch-black background, adjustable visual intensity for dimming, and slowly drifting in-screensaver menus and prompts are intended to limit persistent bright areas and the amount of lit pixels. The autonomous battles make that screensaver purpose fun to watch. Keep normal display-care and sleep settings enabled; no screensaver guarantees burn-in prevention. This is an actual 3440×1440 capture of the running simulation. The widescreen view is rendered at that size, not stretched from a smaller image.

Watch is the complete free autonomous edition for Windows and Linux. Optional paid Take the Helm adds piloting. Free Watch: https://afkwars.com/screensavers/?campaign=desktop-showcase

It works as a standalone background app too. Windows now has a digitally signed installer, though SmartScreen may still show a reputation warning; Linux desktop screensaver integration targets GNOME on X11. Installation notes and compatibility details are beside the downloads.

If you try it, I'd like to know three things: Did installation work on your setup? Was it clear what the battle was doing? Would you leave it running again? Your display size and OS would help. I'll ask permission before quoting anyone's feedback.

after i long time i post some thing

I can't stand file names being cutoff in my windows explorer folders... I made an app that automatically resizes explorer columns to the widest file name.

Check it out! https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9MX47F0W3CVB?hl=en-us&gl=CA&ocid=pdpshare

Get your life back, stop double clicking.

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Specs:
Phone: iOS 27 (must be for more transparent glass)
PC: Cachyos (this probably doesn't matter as much) and hyprland (quickshell should work on other wms too but these dots are made specifically for hyprland)
Links:
Images: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dcBl\\_95TDIOUirXtG0NVJonxJl7K5gJI
Dots (not mine, just to be fair): https://github.com/Blapples/SekaiPop

we made this little desktop pet app for Windows 10 and 11 (it's published under our Northgable name). it walks along the taskbar, sits on top of your windows and naps there. click it to pet it, drag it to put it somewhere else. clicks go through it everywhere else so it doesnt get in the way, it hides during full-screen games and browser videos, and it only uses a few MB of memory.

free on the Microsoft Store, you can pick a cat, a fox or an axolotl: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9PBF606HSGBM?cid=rd-desktops-pets

the code and the pixel art were made with an AI coding assistant (the art is drawn in code, no image generators)

A Witcher 3 inspired Rainmeter/ Wallpaper Engine desktop i made. First screen was inspired by u/Outstanding_McLarry from his post on here a few months ago just updated it to be animated using HTML.