The Official Linux/Unix Desktop Screenshots Megathread

m0nt3 · May 18, 2016

My Laptop with Gnome 3.20

vectoravtech · May 22, 2016

Sabayon linux Mate 64bit running in memory

m0nt3 · May 23, 2016

I really like that wallpaper, where did you get it?

vectoravtech · May 23, 2016

m0nt3 said:
I really like that wallpaper, where did you get it?

I uploaded it here (I will be searching for the source website, reminds me of the madmax car drifting video.): https://i.imgur.com/zUr5jdu.jpg

alexsubri · Jun 6, 2016

Old picture of my Mint KDE 4.2. My shell is bash. I just bought a 64GB M.2 SSD that I will deploy Manjaro on. I will take care of that today after work! I will install KDE Plasma 5 on it.

m0nt3 · Jun 7, 2016

alexsubri said:
Old picture of my Mint KDE 4.2. My shell is bash. I just bought a 64GB M.2 SSD that I will deploy Manjaro on. I will take care of that today after work! I will install KDE Plasma 5 on it.

I like KDE, but I had weird issues with it, at least Plasma 5 not so on 4. Like when leaving a game I would get a a black outline around every window and newly opened windows until everything was closed then it would be fine. That was on nVidia (bought a second hand 660Ti on the cheap) and my Radeon cards. Running arch with I think Plasma 5.6 at the time.

alexsubri · Jun 15, 2016

KDE Plasma has been known to be buggy at times. I like it a lot, but a lot of people prefer GNOME or XFCE4 over KDE

R-T-B · Aug 30, 2016

Wow, more than half of my steam library works on my personal Gentoo 64-bit! Without Wine!

ARK and Atilla even run. Older games from the "non-linux" era run fine in Wine (I'm installing Civ4 right now, which is rated platinum!) Whoever said people who game on Linux hate gaming is nuts, I actually have too many things to install:

Nordic · Aug 31, 2016

@R-T-B My only concern is that the performance doesn't match windows even if you can technically play on linux.

Aquinus · Aug 31, 2016

So, I think I need to wait on AMDGPU-Pro for my 390. I spend a couple hours today trying to finagle into getting it to work without too much progress. I did, however, manage to fix the DPM issue with the open source radeon driver. I can at least play Minecraft at 1080p and average about 18-25% GPU usage at a steady VSync'ed 60FPS. I just got Steam installed again so, I'm going to trying something more like Cities: Skylines once I get it installed. It didn't run great on Ubuntu 14.04 with fglrx but, I'm optimistic that my changes will show some improvement since usage is way down and minecraft is much smoother than it was before.

james888 said:
@R-T-B My only concern is that the performance doesn't match windows even if you can technically play on linux.

Ehh, for me, it's about having one platform that can do everything I want in a way that I want it. I do a lot of dev work in Linux because it's what I'm used to working in professionally. I only had Windows for games and if Linux has enough of what I want, then I don't really need Windows anymore.

R-T-B · Aug 31, 2016

james888 said:
@R-T-B My only concern is that the performance doesn't match windows even if you can technically play on linux.

I haven't noticed a penalty worth mentioning in native games. If they use the wine libraries to do their porting, then yeah, it sucks. A few (actually, pretty much all DX games) do this and no, I don't mean running a game in wine (that REALLY sucks). It's actually amazing it works as well as it does considering every graphics call is being translated over from DX to OGL.

Doesn't matter to me because my Titan X is overkill for my 1080p display anyhow. But point is if they actually write it for the MESA/OpenGL stack, it doesn't do bad and is probably comparable to DX11. Unity and unreal based games that do an actual OpenGL export do fine.

Also, a lot of distros aren't the best performers. Ubuntu is bloated in my opinion, but I'm a gentoo hardliner who compiles his own lean kernel, so don't listen to me.

Aquinus · Aug 31, 2016

A little bit of an update. After fighting with Cities: Skylines settings to get it to play nicely with my 3 displays (it was trying to start in 5760x1080 mode and failing ootb,) I manage to get it to start full screen and man, just starting it up is smooth as butter. Performance might start to tank as a city starts getting built but, I don't remember ever having this kind of performance with the fglrx driver.

Edit: I loaded a bigger city and it slowed right down. GPU load was also relatively low though so, it could be a CPU bottleneck in the game.

R-T-B · Aug 31, 2016

Cities Skylines is on my "toplay" list tonight. I wonder how the nvidia-binary drivers will do. I hear they are better than the AMD binaries (and the converse is true in opensource) but we shall see. Also bear in mind that I'm on a very powerful system on a 1080p display.

Aquinus · Aug 31, 2016

R-T-B said:
Cities Skylines is on my "toplay" list tonight. I wonder how the nvidia-binary drivers will do. I hear they are better than the AMD binaries (and the converse is true in opensource) but we shall see. Also bear in mind that I'm on a very powerful system on a 1080p display.

Mine started at about 50-60% load on the GPU but, as the city gets bigger, GPU usage starts going down and performance starts to drop. I don't think it's a graphics limitation with that game because I had the same experience with fglrx on 14.04.

Either way, I've been very surprised at the performance I've been getting out of the open source radeon drivers (but once again, after I went out of my way to fix the dpm issue.)

johnspack · Aug 14, 2018

Says it all:

Dia01 · Aug 14, 2018

Ubuntu 18.04

johnspack · Aug 14, 2018

Heh, showoff! Yeah, Kubuntu 18.04 was my desktop.

StrayKAT · Aug 14, 2018

Does posting Debian via Windows App count?

johnspack · Aug 14, 2018

If you run actual linux as your desktop it counts. If you have something funky in a vm under windows, sure, let us see. I ran linux in a vm for quite awhile before I went native.
But it has to be an actual desktop you are running.

StrayKAT · Aug 14, 2018

johnspack said:
If you run actual linux as your desktop it counts. If you have something funky in a vm under windows, sure, let us see. I ran linux in a vm for quite awhile before I went native.
But it has to be an actual desktop you are running.

Not a VM.. just the official Debian app (also Kali and Ubuntu and SUSE available now). It uses Microsoft's "Windows Subsystem for Linux" (kind of a kernel layer, while the app bit is built of userland tools).

Screenshot is a joke.. I just have basic *nix console tools installed.

johnspack · Aug 14, 2018

I use wine for windows stuff... but if you can show your console, I guess that counts! Sounds like you are using a server version without x-server and no capture utils. No wait... it's an app?
No, install the full linux os first if you want a desktop, server version if you want console only. Huh?

biffzinker · Aug 14, 2018

Link to one of the apps from the Microsoft Store clear up the confusion?

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/kali-linux/9pkr34tncv07

StrayKAT · Aug 14, 2018

johnspack said:
I use wine for windows stuff... but if you can show your console, I guess that counts! Sounds like you are using a server version without x-server and no capture utils. No wait... it's an app?
No, install the full linux os first if you want a desktop, server version if you want console only. Huh?

It's a new feature of Windows.. the subsystem for linux, that allows you to run Linux in it's own app/space in a fairly transparent way. Mostly useful for developers. You could run Xserver if you want.

Here's someone running a full ubuntu unity install:

https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/imag...ity-desktop-on-top-of-windows-10-506159-2.jpg

R-T-B · Aug 14, 2018

StrayKAT said:
It's a new feature of Windows.. the subsystem for linux, that allows you to run Linux in it's own app/space in a fairly transparent way. Mostly useful for developers. You could run Xserver if you want.

Here's someone running a full ubuntu unity install:

https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/imag...ity-desktop-on-top-of-windows-10-506159-2.jpg

Technically, that isn't linux. You are running an assortment of *nix software on an MS kernel. Not a drop of linux in it without the kernel.

StrayKAT · Aug 14, 2018

R-T-B said:
Technically, that isn't linux. You are running an assortment of *nix software on an MS kernel. Not a drop of linux in it without the kernel.

Yeah, I wasn't exactly sure. Hopefully they'll keep it on par with the Linux kernel. So far, they do (that Ubuntu above is based on 18.04).

System Name	Headshot
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
Motherboard	ASUS Crosshair VI Hero ROG
Cooling	Phanteks Glacier One 360 MPH
Memory	2x16GB Corsair Vengence LPX DDR4 @ 3200 16-18-18-18-36
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon Vega64 (Linux)/Gigabyte RX 6600 (Windows VM)
Storage	Cruscial P5 1TB nVME, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, Seagate 1TBx2 (Home/Data), 2TB Seagate (Games)
Display(s)	2x Acer 1080P 144HZ
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Luxe White
Audio Device(s)	Schiit Stack (Schiit Audio Modi 2 DAC + Magni 3 AMP + Loki)
Power Supply	eVGA Supernova 1000 G2
Mouse	Razer DeathAdder V2
Keyboard	Logitech G710+
Software	Arch Linux with Windows 10 Gaming VM

System Name	Gaming PC from bestby
Processor	I7
Motherboard	Ibuypower
Cooling	Stock
Video Card(s)	Nvidia 3080
Storage	1TB shared with windows 11 and FerenOS
Display(s)	MPG ARTYMIS 323CQR
Case	nice big case with rainbow fans allover it
Audio Device(s)	realtech
Software	OS is Windows 7 home premium, sometimes I use linux mint mate or sabayon both live
Benchmark Scores	CL-RCD-RP-RAS Write Speed 2x DDR3-1333 SDRAM 9-9-9-23 CR1 10484 MB/s

System Name	Headshot
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
Motherboard	ASUS Crosshair VI Hero ROG
Cooling	Phanteks Glacier One 360 MPH
Memory	2x16GB Corsair Vengence LPX DDR4 @ 3200 16-18-18-18-36
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon Vega64 (Linux)/Gigabyte RX 6600 (Windows VM)
Storage	Cruscial P5 1TB nVME, Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, Seagate 1TBx2 (Home/Data), 2TB Seagate (Games)
Display(s)	2x Acer 1080P 144HZ
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Luxe White
Audio Device(s)	Schiit Stack (Schiit Audio Modi 2 DAC + Magni 3 AMP + Loki)
Power Supply	eVGA Supernova 1000 G2
Mouse	Razer DeathAdder V2
Keyboard	Logitech G710+
Software	Arch Linux with Windows 10 Gaming VM

System Name	Gaming PC from bestby
Processor	I7
Motherboard	Ibuypower
Cooling	Stock
Video Card(s)	Nvidia 3080
Storage	1TB shared with windows 11 and FerenOS
Display(s)	MPG ARTYMIS 323CQR
Case	nice big case with rainbow fans allover it
Audio Device(s)	realtech
Software	OS is Windows 7 home premium, sometimes I use linux mint mate or sabayon both live
Benchmark Scores	CL-RCD-RP-RAS Write Speed 2x DDR3-1333 SDRAM 9-9-9-23 CR1 10484 MB/s

System Name	2K Gamer
Processor	AMD 8370 @ 4.5GHZ
Motherboard	ASUS Pro Gaming / Aura 970
Cooling	Corsair H60 AIO
Memory	16GB G. Skill RipJaw @ 1600MHZ
Video Card(s)	Zotac AMP! GTX 1070
Storage	Samsung 600 Gig HDD (Raid 0 @ 7,500) / WD 1TB Blue @ 7,200 / PNY 128 GB SSD For Linux
Display(s)	27'' ASUS 144MHZ G-SYNC Read 1400p Gaming Monitor / 23'' LG LCD Flatron W2361VG 1080p @ 50,000:1
Case	NZXT Source 530
Audio Device(s)	Onboard 7.1 HD Realtek
Power Supply	750w Corsair HX
Mouse	Cougar Gaming Mouse
Keyboard	Saitek Eclipse
Software	Windows 10 64bit Education Edition

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System Name	Pioneer
Processor	Ryzen R9 7950X
Motherboard	GIGABYTE Aorus Elite X670 AX
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon and Corsair Maglev blower fans...
Memory	64GB (4x 16GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 7900 XTX Speedster Merc 310
Storage	2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs
Display(s)	55" LG 55" B9 OLED 4K Display
Case	Thermaltake Core X31
Audio Device(s)	TOSLINK->Schiit Modi MB->Asgard 2 DAC Amp->AKG Pro K712 Headphones or HDMI->B9 OLED
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless
Keyboard	WASD Code v3 with Cherry Green keyswitches + PBT DS keycaps
Software	Gentoo Linux x64

Processor	7800x3d
Motherboard	Gigabyte B650 Auros Elite AX
Cooling	Custom Water
Memory	GSKILL 2x16gb 6000mhz Cas 30 with custom timings
Video Card(s)	MSI RX 6750 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
Storage	Adata SX8200 1tb with Windows, Samsung 990 Pro 2tb with games
Display(s)	HP Omen 27q QHD 165hz
Case	ThermalTake P3
Power Supply	SuperFlower Leadex Titanium
Software	Windows 11 64 Bit
Benchmark Scores	CB23: 1811 / 19424 CB24: 1136 / 7687

System Name	Apollo
Processor	Intel Core i9 9880H
Motherboard	Some proprietary Apple thing.
Memory	64GB DDR4-2667
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, 8GB HBM2
Storage	1TB Apple NVMe, 4TB External
Display(s)	Laptop @ 3072x1920 + 2x LG 5k Ultrafine TB3 displays
Case	MacBook Pro (16", 2019)
Audio Device(s)	AirPods Pro, Sennheiser HD 380s w/ FIIO Alpen 2, or Logitech 2.1 Speakers
Power Supply	96w Power Adapter
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard	Logitech G915, GL Clicky
Software	MacOS 12.1

System Name	System2 Blacknet , System1 Blacknet2
Processor	System2 Threadripper 1920x, System1 2699 v3
Motherboard	System2 Asrock Fatality x399 Professional Gaming, System1 Asus X99-A
Cooling	System2 Noctua NH-U14 TR4-SP3 Dual 140mm fans, System1 AIO
Memory	System2 64GBS DDR4 3000, System1 32gbs DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	System2 GTX 980Ti System1 GTX 970
Storage	System2 4x SSDs + NVme= 2.250TB 2xStorage Drives=8TB System1 3x SSDs=2TB
Display(s)	2x 24" 1080 displays
Case	System2 Some Nzxt case with soundproofing...
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar U7 MKII
Power Supply	System2 EVGA 750 Watt, System1 XFX XTR 750 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum
Keyboard	Ducky
Software	Manjaro, Windows 10, Kubuntu 23.10
Benchmark Scores	It's linux baby!

Processor	Ryzen 9 7950X3D
Motherboard	Asus ROG X670E GENE MATX
Cooling	Phanteks Glacier One 280MPH AIO
Memory	G.Skill 48GB (2x24GB) F5-8000J4048F24GX2-TZ5RK Trident Z5 RGB 8000MHz DDR5
Video Card(s)	ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7900 XTX OC Edition 24GB GDDR6
Storage	Crucial T700 Gen5 2TB NVMe \| Crucial P5 Plus Gen4 2TB NVMe \| Crucial P5 Plus Gen4 1TB NVMe
Display(s)	AOC U3277PWQU 32in 4K
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Evolv mATX TG
Audio Device(s)	Onboard SPDIF --> Logitech Z-5500
Power Supply	Seasonic ATX 3.0 VERTEX-GX-1000
Mouse	Razer Mamba Chroma
Keyboard	Razer Cynosa V2 Chroma
Software	W11 Pro 64 bit

System Name	Grunt
Processor	Ryzen 5800x
Motherboard	Gigabyte x570 Gaming X
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A
Memory	Corsair LPX 3600 4x8GB
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 6800 XT (reference)
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 2TB
Display(s)	Samsung CFG70, Samsung NU8000 TV
Case	Corsair C70
Power Supply	Corsair HX750
Software	Win 10 Pro

Processor	Ryzen 9 5900X
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk ATX
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition
Memory	VENGEANCE LPX 2 x 16GB DDR4-3600 C18 OCed 3800
Video Card(s)	XFX Speedster SWFT309 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT CORE Gaming
Storage	970 EVO NVMe M.2 500 GB, 870 QVO 1 TB
Display(s)	Samsung 28” 4K monitor
Case	Phantek Eclipse P400S (PH-EC416PS)
Audio Device(s)	EVGA NU Audio
Power Supply	EVGA 850 BQ
Mouse	SteelSeries Rival 310
Keyboard	Logitech G G413 Silver
Software	Windows 10 Professional 64-bit v22H2