So now that you’re done studying the inner workings of GeekTool, it’s time to put it into practice. Instead of starting with concepts from scratch, I’d suggest you take a look at some of the cool implementations of GeekTool, and proceed on from there.
You could click through the links, as most of the authors explain how they achieved the look. Just so you know, most of the desktops didn’t come with interesting titles, so I just filled in relevant titles.
Elegant “Ergoe” desktop
Just love the typography and design in this one.
Grungy Geek
Good use of fonts to blend with the desktop.
GeekTool + Yahoo Widgets
The weather widgets are placed just right. The rest of the desktop includes track info, a calendar, and also uses Yahoo Widgets to accomplish a few of them. A good job considering it’s an image of a city.
Spidermac
This is just GeekTool awesomeness. Beautifully executed.
Clean Type
Although more attention could have been paid to typography, it’s still a nice clean desktop.
Red and Black
Good blend of type with simple desktop.
Live Diary
Well done diary implementation.
Weathered
The weather image goes well with the rest of the desktop.
Tabbed bottom
A very common way of implementing GeekTool. Looks good if you float the Dock to one side and remove its 3D effect.
Bookshelf
From the same guy who made the Spidermac desktop, here’s one that shows commands on a bookshelf. A little impractical, and the typography could use some work. Still, awesome concept.
Teletraan
This is probably what the GeekTool devs had in mind. For geeks only.
Concealed
In this desktop there’s time, IP addresses and iTunes playlist info. Well blended.
Helvetica
A very 3D desktop. I think it uses Bowtie for the iTunes info though.
Bokeh
I wonder how he did that gradient.
Summer Desktop
Along with the floating clock, that quote is pulled from the internet.
That’s the last of it. If you have any interesting desktops, do upload them to our Flickr Desktop Pool.
