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kerryDETH Admin
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| Subject: Rainmeter? Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:19 pm | |
| Anyone ever dabbled with this magical program? Max told me about it on facebook t'other day, it's basically a reskinning program for windows that's completely open source and free. I was captivated by it after max posted an image where he'd made his computer look like android jelly bean - as I'm also a big android fan I wanted to do the same. There are countless skins though : o The result? (click to view full size) I've had soo much fun fiddling with this the last few days. Anyone else used it? |
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Will Sparrow-Saunt Part of the Furniture
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| Subject: Re: Rainmeter? Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:47 pm | |
| Wait, is this for windows computers or android phones? I'm confused lol |
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Danny H Admin
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| Subject: Re: Rainmeter? Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:54 pm | |
| ^Windows computers, to make it look like an android system I presume that there's many other skins too, not just android Looks really cool though My computer sucks enough already though, the last thing it needs is to be running more programs I need a new PC, aha. |
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Will Sparrow-Saunt Part of the Furniture
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| Subject: Re: Rainmeter? Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:55 pm | |
| ahhh right, if you don't like it can you change it back to the original desktop? I'm considering downloading it, where do you download it? |
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Bobbernaut Part of the Furniture
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| Subject: Re: Rainmeter? Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:00 pm | |
| - Will Sparrow-Saunt wrote:
- ahhh right, if you don't like it can you change it back to the original desktop? I'm considering downloading it, where do you download it?
http://rainmeter.net/cms/1 sec googling |
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lurkskywalker Blossoming FBHQer
Posts : 228 Join date : 2012-01-07 Age : 32 Location : Colorado!
| Subject: Re: Rainmeter? Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:02 pm | |
| Rain meter is cool, its just very heavy on cpu/ram processing. |
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kerryDETH Admin
Posts : 10741 Join date : 2009-11-03 Age : 36 Location : Bristol, UK Companies : Fingerboarding, Skateboarding Setup : Blosom 32.5mm
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| Subject: Re: Rainmeter? Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:12 pm | |
| - lurkskywalker wrote:
- Rain meter is cool, its just very heavy on cpu/ram processing.
it starts up in like 1 extra second at startup, then sits in the background using a 10th of the system resources firefox uses. and cpu usage is still 1% at idle if not 0.. hardly cpu intensive : o maybe if you have an old pc I guess though and to clarify, it can make windows look like anything, not just android |
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Will Sparrow-Saunt Part of the Furniture
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| Subject: Re: Rainmeter? Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:51 pm | |
| can you change it back to original though if you don't like it? |
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Bobbernaut Part of the Furniture
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| Subject: Re: Rainmeter? Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:53 pm | |
| - Will Sparrow-Saunt wrote:
- can you change it back to original though if you don't like it?
Yeah |
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Oscar V. Part of the Furniture
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| Subject: Re: Rainmeter? Fri Jan 04, 2013 2:06 pm | |
| I have it on my comp. Not that drastic of a change. I like having a minimal desktop. I try to incorporate the skins into the wallpaper. Here are 2 of of my desktops. |
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Andrew M FBHQ Beginner
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| Subject: Re: Rainmeter? Fri Jan 04, 2013 6:22 pm | |
| I also have it. This is called arch reactor very generic but i like it. Its all interactive with live weather, built in links, cpu usage and a bunch of other cool things. |
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Billy Mackean Part of the Furniture
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kerryDETH Admin
Posts : 10741 Join date : 2009-11-03 Age : 36 Location : Bristol, UK Companies : Fingerboarding, Skateboarding Setup : Blosom 32.5mm
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| Subject: Re: Rainmeter? Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:48 am | |
| ^lmao been fiddling more with this, made this today with a few skins and my first attempt at making a skin part (coded the icon launcher dock thing myself) (click to see full size) I like how minimalistic this is. might get a search bar or something for it - I'll fiddle more this weekend this or android is the question : o |
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kerryDETH Admin
Posts : 10741 Join date : 2009-11-03 Age : 36 Location : Bristol, UK Companies : Fingerboarding, Skateboarding Setup : Blosom 32.5mm
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| Subject: Re: Rainmeter? Sat Jan 05, 2013 11:14 am | |
| derble perst, sorry. but I made some more tweaks this morning: (clickforfullsize) Added a recycle bin to my homemade launcher, changed the icons, and slightly rearranged stuff. thoughts? part of me misses android but this seems soo much nicer at the same time : o |
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Bobbernaut Part of the Furniture
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| Subject: Re: Rainmeter? Sat Jan 05, 2013 11:18 am | |
| - kerryDETH wrote:
- derble perst, sorry. but I made some more tweaks this morning:
(clickforfullsize) Added a recycle bin to my homemade launcher, changed the icons, and slightly rearranged stuff. thoughts?
part of me misses android but this seems soo much nicer at the same time : o I like it But upgrade to W7, Vista sucks really hard dude! |
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kerryDETH Admin
Posts : 10741 Join date : 2009-11-03 Age : 36 Location : Bristol, UK Companies : Fingerboarding, Skateboarding Setup : Blosom 32.5mm
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| Subject: Re: Rainmeter? Sat Jan 05, 2013 11:35 am | |
| thanks. it is windows 7 though? why would it be vista? O_o |
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Bobbernaut Part of the Furniture
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| Subject: Re: Rainmeter? Sat Jan 05, 2013 11:39 am | |
| - kerryDETH wrote:
- thanks. it is windows 7 though? why would it be vista? O_o
Oh? But your taskbar looks like vista |
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kerryDETH Admin
Posts : 10741 Join date : 2009-11-03 Age : 36 Location : Bristol, UK Companies : Fingerboarding, Skateboarding Setup : Blosom 32.5mm
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| Subject: Re: Rainmeter? Sat Jan 05, 2013 11:44 am | |
| ooh, yea, I have it set to 'never combine' because the other options annoy me too much. too many years of growing up with windows ME and XP did that I guess, haha XD |
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| Subject: Re: Rainmeter? Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:58 pm | |
| This looks great, does it take up much memory, and do you think my computer will be able to handle it if it has 3gb of ram and 2.10 dual core processor? |
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Oscar V. Part of the Furniture
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| Subject: Re: Rainmeter? Sat Jan 05, 2013 3:10 pm | |
| - Jack L wrote:
- This looks great, does it take up much memory, and do you think my computer will be able to handle it if it has 3gb of ram and 2.10 dual core processor?
Of course! My comp has only 1gb of ram and a pentium and it works fine. |
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Will Sparrow-Saunt Part of the Furniture
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| Subject: Re: Rainmeter? Sat Jan 05, 2013 4:16 pm | |
| I don't know how to use this lol |
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JakeC Part of the Furniture
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| Subject: Re: Rainmeter? Sat Jan 05, 2013 4:41 pm | |
| Looks pretty cool, but I personally wouldn't use it. |
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Andrew M FBHQ Beginner
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| Subject: Re: Rainmeter? Sat Jan 05, 2013 4:49 pm | |
| - Will Sparrow-Saunt wrote:
- I don't know how to use this lol
Look up rainmeter on youtube. Tons of tutorials. |
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Will Sparrow-Saunt Part of the Furniture
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| Subject: Re: Rainmeter? Sat Jan 05, 2013 4:50 pm | |
| I know but it doesn't seem to work properly :/ |
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| Subject: Re: Rainmeter? Sat Jan 05, 2013 5:35 pm | |
| - Oscar V. wrote:
- Jack L wrote:
- This looks great, does it take up much memory, and do you think my computer will be able to handle it if it has 3gb of ram and 2.10 dual core processor?
Of course! My comp has only 1gb of ram and a pentium and it works fine. thanks Im going to download it tonight and have a look at the themes |
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