Caldera's Desktop

This is a screen shot of the newest addition to my family of machines. This is Caldera, an µATX-based PC I built to be a standalone linux machine. Aside from this having been something I've wanted to do for some time, I am anticipating an actual need for a PC dedicated to one task only... programming. Over the last 2 years of school I've become increasingly annoyed with dual-booting. In the past the functionality has been more than adequate for my gaming needs, but as more and more games become co-op or multiplayer based, the more I'm finding myself rebooting my system to join in. This usually wouldn't be as much of an issue if I, as a programmer, used some kind of programming environment (IDE) when I coded, but if it's anything other than Java and C# then I'm just using a text editor that has syntax highlighting. So, because I don't use an IDE, I lose my 'set up' every time I reboot to play some video games.

Some may wonder what makes my 'set up' so special and, honestly, it's nothing specific but it's like any artist or craftsman's workshop, when things are located just right and all the right elements align (whether it was a specific album that was being listened to, maybe the layout of your windows, the organization of multiple desktops, etc.) productivity can rise significantly. This issue of mine, thankfully, has finally been solved with the creation and implementation of Caldera.

The image represents a 3200x1200 resolution desktop. On the right side I have Conky broken up into 5 separate processes. Nothing too special really, but I thinks it's pretty damn gorgeous.