The Martian Desktop

Ankush is enamored with The Martian, and we can’t really blame him. He didn’t mention whether he was inspired by the book or the movie to make this desktop, but either way, we love it. Here’s how to set it up.

Ankush is running Windows here, and the visualizer at the bottom of the screen moves in time with the music he’s listening to, so look forward to that when you’re all set up. With that out of the way, here’s what you’ll need to recreate this on your system:

• The Sunset on Mars wallpaper
• The Rainmeter system tweaking and monitoring tool for Windows
• The Encoded skin for the time and date display on the desktop
• The Lano Visualizer for Rainmeter to create the visualizer at the bottom of the screen
• The Spotify plugin for Rainmeter to pull Spotify’s current track into Rainmeter
• The Cleartext for Rainmeter plugin to display the Spotify Now Playing on the desktop

That’s about it. You may need to wrangle a little to get the Now Playing stuff working in Spotify, but it’s not difficult. If you have questions though, or just want to share how much you like what you see, head over to Ankush’s Flickr page (linked below) to let him know what you think!

Do you have a good-looking, functional desktop of your own to show off? Share it with us! Post it to your personal Kinja blog using the tag Desktop Showcase or add it to our Lifehacker Desktop Show and Tell Flickr pool. Screenshots must be at least at least 1280x720 and please include information about what you used, links to your wallpaper, skins, and themes, and any other relevant details. If your awesome desktop catches our eye, you might get featured!

The Martian Desktop | Flickr

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