Martian Desktop
Ankush is in love with the Martian and we cannot blame him. He didn’t mention if his book or movie inspired this desktop, but we love it anyway. Here’s how to set it up.
Here Ankush is running Windows, and the renderer at the bottom of the screen moves according to the music he is listening to, so wait for that when everything is ready. After that, here’s what you need to recreate this on your system:
- Sunset on Mars Wallpaper
- Tool setting and monitoring system for Rainmeter for Windows
- Coded skin for displaying time and date on the desktop
- Lano Visualizer for Rainmeter to create a visualizer at the bottom of the screen.
- Spotify Plugin for Rainmeter to Extract Current Spotify Track to Rainmeter
- Cleartext Plugin for Rainmeter to Display Spotify Now Playing on Desktop
That’s all. You may need to hurry up a bit for Now Playing to work in Spotify, but it’s not hard. If you have questions or just want to share what you like about what you see, head over to Ankusha’s Flickr page (link below) to let him know what you think!
Do you have a beautiful and functional desktop to show off? Share with us! Post it to your personal Kinja blog using the Desktop Showcase tag, or add it to our Lifehacker Desktop Show and Tell Flickr pool . Screenshots must be at least 1280×720 and include information about what you used, links to wallpapers, skins and themes, and any other important information. If your wonderful desktop catches our attention, you may be on our favorites!
Martian Desktop | Flickr