There are some really cool GeekTool desktop screenshots out there on the web. This list contains 20 screenshots uploaded in February from DeviantART and Flickr. (To view more information about the screenshot, click the link below their titles.)

FROM DEVIANTART

Geektool desktop by D-Money-16

http://d-money-16.deviantart.com/art/Geektool-desktop-124906820

Hit the Bottom by iamthejaypaul

http://iamthejaypaul.deviantart.com/art/Hit-the-Bottom-152531275

Mac desktop feb 10 by woomera

http://woomera.deviantart.com/art/Mac-desktop-feb-10-153983449

Modern X – Screenshot by FloStyler0408

http://flostyler0408.deviantart.com/art/Modern-X-Screenshot-154072937

screenshot 21-02-10 by multini

http://multini.deviantart.com/art/screenshot-21-02-10-154819762

Sing Along by Sharcuk

http://sharcuk.deviantart.com/art/Sing-Along-152549885

veritas pro by 11tsetm1

http://11tsetm1.deviantart.com/art/veritas-pro-153360965

FROM APPLEVIEWS FLICKR POOL

City by tomcraig

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33209565@N06/4264048772

Citypark Desktop by taipan_snake

http://www.flickr.com/photos/taipan_snake/4334310586

Current desktop wallpaper by KingScooty

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kingscooty/4389854481

Desktop 1-31-10 red by JediSLUzer

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jedisluzer/4326913578

Geektool Desktop by Peter Thomas Simmons

http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterorpete/4383831494

Geektool Desktop by Peter Thomas Simmons

http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterorpete/4383840322

Interloper Desktop by taipan_snake

http://www.flickr.com/photos/taipan_snake/4358157333

untitled screenshot by I2not_know

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35167705@N03/4392518048

minimal by jeffmincey

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffmincey/4372492100

My Current Desktop by DaveBinM

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davebinm/4391264252

Zoom in, there is some cool stuff going on…by Cain Novocaine

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29349409@N07/4344401351

Other Favorites

New desktop :D by Automatic Entropy

http://www.flickr.com/photos/automaticentropy/4344491243/

Peaceful (with sidebar) by TeknoFTW

http://www.flickr.com/photos/teknoftw/4369960534/

If you have any interesting or unique GeekTool desktop screenshots you’d like to share, click here to go to the Appleviews Flickr group and upload to share them with others. If you liked this article, don’t forget to spread the word and leave a comment.

Today’s desktop screenshot from the Appleviews Flickr Pool is by taipan_snake titled Interloper Desktop. I chose this desktop for the week because of the simplicity of the buildings and the setup of GeekTool and Adium.
He used GeekTool for the date and time.
The Bowtie theme he used is the Zukunft Bowtie Theme by janik at DeviantART.
Download the bowtie theme here: http://janik.deviantart.com/art/Zukunft-bowtie-theme-109443279
The icons are The Kohbens Iconset by Roberto Urso.
Downloaded The Kohbens Iconset here: http://www.robertourso.com/goodies/goodies.html
The wallpaper is interloper by ether at DeviantART.
Download the wallpaper here: http://ether.deviantart.com/art/interloper-153447829

To view taipan_snakes other work on Flickr, click his favicon (to the left).
Well done taipan_snake! Remember, to be included in the Appleviews Group Pool, you need to upload your work!

Today’s desktop screenshot is by Cain Novocaine and I must say, it is awesome! I appreciate the detailed notes that he left on Flickr as to how he did this. Here are the notes from his Flickr page.

Not a significant change, but an evolution with some more uniformity and style. I consider this a strong fusion of the best visual elements of OS X, Windows, and Ubuntu linux. Feel free to copy it for yourself. I consider this theme done, GLASS HUD:

Main Elements

-**MENUBAR: Black Menubar(s) originally seen in Sweatshop Union’s Photostream. I also inverted all of the program icons I use in the menu bar (1. Locate the Application, 2. Right Click to Show Contents, 3. Replace or invert the current black icons, and save, 4. Restart the Application). I also used SECRETS to move the dock to the left side of the screen.

-**DOCK: Mirage for Snow Leopard to make the dock transparent. I also replaced the status indicators while I was at it with the status indicators from Adium Minimal HUD. For the dock icons, I used Opacity Folders with my own personal modifications.

The Easy Parts

-Adium theme is Minimal HUD, this is also where you can extract the status indicators (1. navigate to the file, 2. show contents, 3. copy contents) for your dock.

-Bowtie theme is Snowtie

-Wallpapers are from the DUST at fiftyfootshadows.net

The Boring Part

-GeekTool is used for the bottom bar, which is a 22 pixel tall black PNG as long as the width of your resolution. Its opacity is brought down to match the top bar. I also added a 1 pixel tall white border on top.

-Instructions on time, date, day, and weather can be found at this link. Remember to use the Lucinda Grande font at size 14 to match the menubar.

**The elements of this theme require replacing many default files of Snow Leopard. You should be fine if you back up what you replace, but I can’t guarantee any result for you.

Thanks Cain Novocaine for another great screenshot. To view his other desktops, click on his icon.

This VISION desktop took hours to get just right. @philipbrunner had gone through several versions and tweaks to get to this final version. I decided that I wanted my own icons with text to create an even look on my Finder and dock, so Philip created the .psd file for me to use and I created icons for practically all the applications on my Mac, which also took several hours. So now I have almost 200 custom icons. Yay! But why stop there? I then decided that my dock wasn’t good enough. Again, Philip came to the rescue and created this dock that is sand gradients on a clear dock. Perfecto!

This week, we chose the desktop by taipan_snake titled Minimal Desktop. It has a nice and clean look and I also love the use of the dock, especially using spaces to divide certain applications. The wallpaper is ‘Minimal’ by thirteen-eightyone (http://thirteen-eightyone.deviantart.com/art/minimal-147371148) and the dock icons are Kobhens (http://www.robertourso.com/goodies/goodies.html) and he used GeekTool for the time (am/pm), and the date. Again, very nice minimalistic desktop taipan_snake.

We at Appleviews would like to wish all our readers a wonderful and prosperous New Year (2010).
The desktop above was created in Photoshop CS4 and the 2010 has most of the languages saying ‘Happy New Year.’
We look forward to the new year with more articles on Apple applications along with iPhone and Internet articles.
We would like to let our readers know that we greatly appreciate your visits and comments and look forward to the
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This weeks Appleviews flickr pool desktop is by something1138. It is titled Earth wallpaper with GeekTool. The only information he left about the screenshot is that he used GeekTool and where he got the icons. From what I can tell, he used GeekTool for the time, date, uptime, load averages, temperature, memory usage, and GT usage. He may have used GeekTool for iTunes information but I am not sure. For his dock icons, he got them from Nick Caron on Flickr (I went on the link but it was invalid). I chose this desktop because it has a unique look to it. Great job something1138! If anybody wants share feedback on the tools that you think were used on this desktop, feel free to comment and share the wealth with our fellow readers!

I love my iPhone and I must say, I’m an app junkie. Before I started using Pandora Box, I used to go into the App Store on my iPhone and go down each category by Released Date to find apps that peaked my interest. Trust me, it took at least an hour or more of my day to search for apps. Then, I found Pandora Box and it cut that time by 75%!!! Now, I check it once a day before going to bed and download away.  In this article, I will give some brief descriptions with screenshots (as usual, anything with underlines will bring up a screenshot when clicked). So, let’s get started…

Brief Description:

Pandora Box is similar to the App Store. Sometimes, app developers will have a sale or give their apps away for free (Some for a limited time and some become free permanently.) Pandora Box updates the app throughout the day keeping the lists fresh. Pandora Box is from the company AppZap and is compatible with iPhone/iPod Touch. It requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later. Oh, I forgot, it’s Absolutely FREE!

Screen Features:

What’s Hot and Wish List display cool and popular apps.
On Sale (Free/Paid) display apps that have dropped in price or are now free displaying the original price crossed out and the new price shown.
New Apps (Free/Paid) – display the latest apps available
You can also toggle between the Free and Paid tabs in both On Sale and New Apps tabs.
Favorites (is used for apps you may want to track and nab when it goes on sale)
More (is where you search or change settings)
Ability to edit categories (choosing which categories you want to be displayed) is displayed at the upper right-hand corner by clicking the lined icon.

How it Works:

Pandora Box upon opening brings up the Featured screen with a What’s Hot and Wish List tabs at the top of the screen and five tabs at the bottom of the screen (Featured, On Sale, New Apps, Favorites and More tabs) by default.
In any of the screens you are in, you just slide up and down the screen and click on an item that peaks your interest.
When you click on an item, the next screen displays a thumbnail of the app, name, company who developed the app, category, and a star rating of the app. You will also see the price of the app (FREE or the price), an Add to Favorites Button and a Tell a Friend button. Then it gives you a brief description about the app along with an image of the app opened at the bottom of the description. You can click on the image to view other screenshots of the app. If you choose to download the app, it directs you to the App Store on your iPhone. If you choose to Add to Favorites, it will add that item to your Favorites. When you choose to Tell a Friend, it opens up an email screen with the information about the app.  All you do is fill in an email address and send it.
When you click on the More tab, the next screen displays the Search tab (by default), Settings tab and another More tab which takes you back.
Search Tab gives you the ability to search for apps by name or you can browse apps by selecting from a list of categories. The search results display results start displaying as you type with a list of possible apps. Then, when you have finished entering the information into the search field, it will break the results down to a closer match.
Settings Tab brings up a screen with the Currency tab and Categories tab.
The Currency tab allows you to change the currency settings and the Categories tab allows you to decide which categories to display.
This concludes my description of Pandora Box. If anyone uses this app and has comments that will help others, feel free to comment. If you would like to download this app, click on the iTunes App Store button below to be directed to Pandora Box in iTunes. I hope that this article has helped you better understand how Pandora Box works. Thanks!
-TINA