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My friend posted this picture of his desktop on Facebook:

http://i.imgur.com/7TDer.jpg

Now I kinda want my desktop to look like that as well. Can anyone tell from the visuals what he's using or have an idea how I can get started moving in that direction?

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Use an android device supporting 3.0.x...? – sdolgy Jul 12 '11 at 13:46
@sdolgy: Wait, what? That looks like a Windows desktop computer, not Android. (Unless, of course, "use Android" is the Universal Answer) – Piskvor Jul 12 '11 at 13:55
ah, you're right. reminded me of the motorola xoom interface. looked too clean to be Windows ;) – sdolgy Jul 12 '11 at 14:00
Can you ask your friend where he got the theme from? – music2myear Jul 12 '11 at 14:12
Probably a Rainmeter skin, or similar. – Shinrai Jul 12 '11 at 14:25
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You would need to use one of the Windows customizers in order to make your Windows look and (maybe) act like Windows 8.

Here is a good video explaining how to do that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJHYahxzo6M

Links to programs described in the video:

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I've added the links to programs described in the video. – Mehper C. Palavuzlar Jul 12 '11 at 14:53
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That is the Windows 8 desktop. Since you're probably not running Windows 8, you'll need to choose a desktop skin/theme system which someone has built a Windows 8 theme for.

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It looks like the windows phone theme for Windows.

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Completely incorrect. It's just customized and likely running another application that displays things graphically – Simon Sheehan Jul 12 '11 at 14:06
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