Today I thought it would be fun to show you what myself and Samsai have setup for our desks and gaming setups, and see what yours are too.
Myself
Here is my little bit of heaven, what I regularly use for all GOL work and livestreaming
Proudly still using my Linux Voice mug.
The corner when my desk sits is also quite dark, I really do need to look into a lamp as it's hurting my eyes more and more.
I'm starting to feel like my desk just isn't big enough. The pull-out tray for my keyboard and mouse certainly isn't, and I don't want them on the top of the desk as it's too high and would take up too much room. Looks like in a few months I will need to look into my desk situation again. This desk also isn't big enough to host my tower unit, as it's rather large.
Then there's also my Steam Machine situation
I do need a smaller case for my Steam Machine, but it also hosts other systems so it has a number of hard drives in it, plus the size of the Nvidia 970 inside has been a problem.
Samsai
Here is the setup Samsai uses for his weekly GOL livestream, articles and GOL Cast videos. The Coca Cola glass is an integral part of the setup.
Sobkas
Sobkas who usually does our Wine posts, some excellent Penguin graphics for us and more.
Show us yours in the comments, you can use any image hosting website you like, and link the url using the img bbcode tag in the box like so:
Myself
Here is my little bit of heaven, what I regularly use for all GOL work and livestreaming
Proudly still using my Linux Voice mug.
The corner when my desk sits is also quite dark, I really do need to look into a lamp as it's hurting my eyes more and more.
I'm starting to feel like my desk just isn't big enough. The pull-out tray for my keyboard and mouse certainly isn't, and I don't want them on the top of the desk as it's too high and would take up too much room. Looks like in a few months I will need to look into my desk situation again. This desk also isn't big enough to host my tower unit, as it's rather large.
Then there's also my Steam Machine situation
I do need a smaller case for my Steam Machine, but it also hosts other systems so it has a number of hard drives in it, plus the size of the Nvidia 970 inside has been a problem.
Samsai
Here is the setup Samsai uses for his weekly GOL livestream, articles and GOL Cast videos. The Coca Cola glass is an integral part of the setup.
Sobkas
Sobkas who usually does our Wine posts, some excellent Penguin graphics for us and more.
Show us yours in the comments, you can use any image hosting website you like, and link the url using the img bbcode tag in the box like so:
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darkone778 16 Apr 2016
Not used just for gaming, but still all have their uses. :)
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Here's a picture of my setup: 
I'm two hours east of Edmonton, also just a short ways South of 16 (6 miles south).
I'm heading to UFA today!
My mother hails from around those parts. But anyway, do not want to take this too off topic.
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Mine's really messy right now (a truckload of work), and as it's Saturday, will be cleaned later this afternoon. Sorry for the potato phone camera quality…
That's a bit like my work desktop. Two 2048x1152 monitors in portrait mode for editing source code with a 2560x1440 on the left for references.
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Stupendous Man 16 Apr 2016
I see many of you guys have (music) keyboards; what software do you use them with? I've had nothing but bad experience with Midi keyboards and Linux.
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walther von stolzing 16 Apr 2016
Here's my humble setup. I hope you don't mind the stupid ancient Mac in the background.
The only thing I can really show off is my blank keyboard; a Unicomp Model M clone:
The only thing I can really show off is my blank keyboard; a Unicomp Model M clone:
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Here's mine! I use an old CRT I got for $10 as my second monitor.. It comes in handy :DFunny thing. Most of the Linux gamers hate M$ so much that they remove Windows logo from the keyboard. You have Windows logo in your Linux system :D
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Edit: Sun came back in the morning, so you get to enjoy better lighting.
That beauty down there:
i5 6600K
EVGA GeForce 960 4GB
16 GB RAM
250 GB SSD, 3TB HDD
24" screen
Microsoft ergonomic keyboard, I quite like their hardware, they should just focus on that.
Cheapest corded no-brand mouse I could find.
32" TV is an optional second display.
Last edited by Cimeryd on 17 Apr 2016 at 7:51 am UTC
That beauty down there:
i5 6600K
EVGA GeForce 960 4GB
16 GB RAM
250 GB SSD, 3TB HDD
24" screen
Microsoft ergonomic keyboard, I quite like their hardware, they should just focus on that.
Cheapest corded no-brand mouse I could find.
32" TV is an optional second display.
Last edited by Cimeryd on 17 Apr 2016 at 7:51 am UTC
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Mine's really messy right now (a truckload of work), and as it's Saturday, will be cleaned later this afternoon. Sorry for the potato phone camera quality…
(deleted the pic link in the quote, as it's already on page 6)
That's a bit like my work desktop. Two 2048x1152 monitors in portrait mode for editing source code with a 2560x1440 on the left for references.
Indeed, portrait mode monitors are really, really nice for editing or reading stuff. I'm a sysadmin so I don't code that much (except some bash or perl scripts), but my workflow is like this on my main window group (StumpWM):
* Left screen: everything "communication related": IRC/IM/Mail
* Left portrait screen: Editing scripts, checking git logs, checking devs code, pushing in preproduction/production, various ssh sessions to preproduction/production servers in tmux sessions
* Right portrait screen: Web browser and zathura (pdf and such) for documentation or chill out
* Rightmost screen: monitoring
On my "steam" group:
* Left screen: IRC/IM/Mail
* Left portrait screen: top (small) split: $ watch -n10 sensors (I'm a bit paranoid with my CPU temperature :p), bottom split: main tmux session, HATop on my main client's front servers, so if something goes wrong while I'm gaming I can take action fastly.
* Right portrait screen: web browser
* Rightmost screen: steam UI, games.
I'm quite fond of StumpWM+windowtags plugin :)
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I see many of you guys have (music) keyboards; what software do you use them with? I've had nothing but bad experience with Midi keyboards and Linux.
FL Studio in wine with wineasio and JACK... works fine
Really like Renoise also but my brain just cant keep up with the vertical pattern/playlist editor
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TV:
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Case in Dark:
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Keyboard (bad photo though)
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sadly tux logo is not backlit :(
Adding Picture with better lighting and with cable mess under the desk :D
Specs:
CPU: AMD FX-8320 @4,4Ghz (waiting for Zen to see if its worth to upgrade)
CPU Cooler: Artic Freezer 13 Pro (not in production anymore)
GPU: Asus STRIX 970 Direct CU II
MoBo: Gigabyte GA-970-D3 (cheap and old)
RAM: Kingston HyperX 2x8GB 1866mhz
SSD(s): 128GB Samsung 850 Pro (System drive), 500GB Samsung 850 Evo (Games)
HDD(s): 3x2TB Seagate ST2000DM001
PSU: 750W Seasonic G-750 Series modular
Case: Enermax Fulmo GT
Monitor(s): Dell U2414H 24", Viewsonic VA2431w 24", Grundig 40" TV
Mouse: Roccat Kone XTD laser
Keyboard: Roccat Ryos MK Glow
Soundcard: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 USB
Speakers: Wavemaster 2.1 (old stuff)
Headphones: Superlux HD681 Evo, Koss UR-18(backup)
Microphone: Superlux E205 XLR
Midi: M-Audio Axiom Air mini 32
Gamepads: 2x Steamcontrollers
Wheel: Logitech Driving Force GT
Last edited by Xpander on 17 Apr 2016 at 9:58 am UTC
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cRaZy-bisCuiT 17 Apr 2016
Luckily, I have somewhat up-to-date pictures of my setup on imgur, so I threw together an album with some of them.Apart from the fact I do love your beautiful (I love minimalistic styles) setup I wonder where you got that glowing Arch Linux key cap from? I know it's possible to buy custom cherry mx switches - I didn't know it's possible to get transparrent ones.
If you just want a picture of my desk, here it is:
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Apart from the fact I do love your beautiful (I love minimalistic styles) setup I wonder where you got that glowing Arch Linux key cap from? I know it's possible to buy custom cherry mx switches - I didn't know it's possible to get transparrent ones.
i got mine from here: http://www.maxkeyboard.com/products/cherry-mx-keycap/custom-backlight-keycap/
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sudoaptgetplay 17 Apr 2016
Me and le brother :
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My desktop, complete with the baby messing around with the printer... She spends her time switching it ON/OFF and deploying the paper tray.
My ASUS M51AC
System Specs :
Core i7 4770S
16 Gb of RAM (Kingston)
128 Gb Samsung Pro Series SSD
3 Gb Toshiba HDD
ASUS GTX 660 DirectCU II
Running Fedora 23
The GPU is most likely to be my next upgrade... I'm also tempted to get an ASUS Xonar DX soundcard (and perhaps a pair of Audioengine A2's...)
Finally this is the computer that's plugged into my TV, and his girlfriend the Wii which fulfills my JRPG/VS fighting/platforming needs. This rig is a Phenom 2 X4 955 with 4Gb of RAM and a passive GT 620 (all ASUS as usual...)
Last edited by omer666 on 17 Apr 2016 at 4:53 pm UTC
My desktop, complete with the baby messing around with the printer... She spends her time switching it ON/OFF and deploying the paper tray.
My ASUS M51AC
System Specs :
Core i7 4770S
16 Gb of RAM (Kingston)
128 Gb Samsung Pro Series SSD
3 Gb Toshiba HDD
ASUS GTX 660 DirectCU II
Running Fedora 23
The GPU is most likely to be my next upgrade... I'm also tempted to get an ASUS Xonar DX soundcard (and perhaps a pair of Audioengine A2's...)
Finally this is the computer that's plugged into my TV, and his girlfriend the Wii which fulfills my JRPG/VS fighting/platforming needs. This rig is a Phenom 2 X4 955 with 4Gb of RAM and a passive GT 620 (all ASUS as usual...)
Last edited by omer666 on 17 Apr 2016 at 4:53 pm UTC
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I especially like the fact that my keyboard has no Windows buttonsSame. :P
Me, I have an IBM Model M, build in 1987.
I'm using Sun Type 5 with Unix layout:
I tried finding something more ergonomic, but there are virtually no other keyboards with Unix layout these days, Happy Hacking one is too minimalist to my taste.
Last edited by Shmerl on 18 Apr 2016 at 12:59 am UTC
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