Here’s the first of what I hope to be a series of posts in which I publish some sort of free content under the Creative Commons license. The idea for this design originated from a
shirt in the movie “Step Brothers” with Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. Though, the design itself is based off of these Creative Commons licensed photographs by users
BigGolf and
tombothetominator. Without further ado:
In the spirit of sharing, here is a vector file so that you may build upon the work if you wish.
All-Star Wallpaper by Patrick Micka is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
Based on these two works.
Earlier this month Google unveiled yet another of it’s favicons. Though some disagree, I feel that this version is a lot nicer than any previous iteration, especially the one they released June of last year. Popular productivity blog Lifehacker recently posted instructions on how to replace the old Google icon in the search bar with the newer version. Though they didn’t provide any instructions for Linux users.
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Let’s face it. Not everyone likes orange and brown that much.
This guide will serve as a reference for future posts. Additionally, I hope that it will provide you with the framework and knowledge needed to customize your desktop in a way that reflects your personal preference. However, nothing in this post is set in stone, take as much or as little of it as you’d like. I’m open to criticism about what things you think I left off this list, so feel free to add more in the comments section. Take this as a list of ideas and suggestions to shape the feel of your desktop any way you’d like.
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