The Jagged Desktop

Sharp points and angles are the theme of Mahmoud’s desktop, and while it’s certainly dramatic, we also love the way he’s customized it to fit his style and his workflow. Here’s how he set everything up.

Mahmoud mentions right out of the gate that he customized a lot of what you see here, so if you try to duplicate it you may not have quite the same effect, but if you have questions, you can hit him up at the link below. Here’s what you’ll need if you want to bring the same look to your Windows machine:

• The Rainmeter system tweaking and monitoring tool for Windows
• The Sharpen suite for Rainmeter, which includes the wallpaper, icons, diagonal toolbar across the top of the screen, and monitoring widgets on the right side of the screen
• The Winter skin for Rainmeter for the quick access buttons in the top and bottom left side of the screen
• The ZeroFour skin for Rainmeter to create the clock in the center of the screen
• The Origami skin for Rainmeter to create the analog clock hands behind the center clock, and for the mail and weather tiles at the bottom right corner of the screen
• The Reflection skin for Rainmeter for the tiny power button in the bottom right of the screen
• The VU Meter skin for Rainmeter for the active audio visualizer at the very bottom center of the screen
• The Spinning Doge skin for Rainmeter because, well, doge.