How to Customize your Desktop with Rainmeter

Rainmeter has some amazing themes, but this shows you methods to get a TRULY different look!
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[@ChrisTitusTech]

Want to do this in Linux? Try Conky Video on that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3OblJ2BpcmJh7s

[@neon_Nomad]

Thank you

[@whitneymadison1056]

Hey Chris, I just wanted to know if it is safe for me to open my PC and try remove a virus even if the virus infected my PC fan and shut it off causing it to over heat a lot and also make very strange noises that have started to get progressively worse over a few weeks. I only just realised now that my PCs decreasing slow performance was because of a virus. I really want to remove this virus without professionals charging me $100s but I think it might be too late since the pc sounds damaged. I also noticed a folder on my desktop named DX and when i opened it, there was a lot of other zipped and locked folders and files called strange things. What do you think?

[@whitneymadison1056]

I also wonder how I even managed to get this virus (if it is a virus) because I always use virus protections and never go on shady websites, I never open strange emails and I haven't downloaded anything but I really need to know how I manage to get the virus so I can make sure it doesn't keep coming back

[@whitneymadison1056]

I'd really appreciate any advice you have 😁 thanks

[@whitneymadison1056]

@Johannes Davidsen thank you!

[@TGC1775]

Don’t care what platform you use, we need more of this stuff.

[@Revenant483]

This was a blast from the past! I used to use this back in the Vista era. It can be a resource hog if you go with the super graphic skins but a minimalist skin is pretty light on resources.

[@duser]

Gosh, this was a trip down memory lane. I kinda wish some of the KDE plasmoids were as good-looking as this. I forgot i was looking for a good audio visualizer on KDE.

[@aerosw1ft]

Linux elitists rushing to the comments saying how much better it is on linux:

[@Vylpes]

Linux: Look What They Need to Mimic a Fraction of Our Power

[@skelebro9999]

not even a fraction that's like one single binary digit lol

[@meowcat5596]

@Scarlet cope harder

[@vice-108]

​@Scarlet why you wanna take your laptop or desktop to your bathroom 😶

[@pauln07]

@Aestreax I give zero fs if u care or not we all have the choice to be ignorant. But please don't force or ignorance on the rest of us especially when someone's making a joke even if it makes u look dumb.

[@mzakyr342]

@@meowcat5596 you dont know every app on our store is free

[@funxiobolic]

I remember using Rainmeter around 2003-2005. I liked how I could see my CPU, RAM, hard disk usage and other stuff on the desktop. I also used some replacement for the default Windows Shell, probably LiteStep. Great video Chris!

[@CPurdiePlays]

I haven't seen rainmeter in a really long time. To be honest I forgot it was a thing. Glad there's still options like it around.

[@DynamoNED]

Ah, Rainmeter. I remember I had a fully-customized Mass Effect Rainmeter skin I used on Windows 7 for years. I even tried my hand at writing my own skins once, but I lacked the artistic talent necessary to make them look great. Great to see Rainmeter is still soldiering on!

[@byCDMC]

I wish life had an "Edit" button

[@Jakeu1701]

Haven't seen anyone cover rainmeter in a while. I use it to display system stats, drive usage and the time/date on my media system. I combine items from about for skins, some I am looking to change out.

[@warrencarlson8801]

Beautiful background picture of Cape Raoul, Tasmania entering the Derwent Diver.

[@DenisGutjar]

Hi, Chris. I was interested in your Lin+Win desktop implementation. Tell me what to read to repeat this experience for yourself. Which video cards are better to use - I suspect AMD?

[@LF5xu]

I actually made my windows 10 pc look like windows 8 thanks to rain meter Rainmeter is AWESOME

[@alaunaenpunto3690]

Dear God, why?

[@LF5xu]

@@alaunaenpunto3690???

[@vitoru1000]

Now we need a tutorial for steam skins! Let's rice everything!

[@ChrisTitusTech]

That is a great idea!

[@Your_Degenerate]

I remember using a layers skin that would let you put different skins/elements even images with transparency on different layers. I'd use it with a second version of my wallpaper to hide the visualizer for the music behind parts of the wallpaper. For example it can go partially behind a mountain in your wallpaper if you like.

[@DastardlyDawar]

im pretty sure jaxcore has that functionality with its widgets that might be what you're thinking of.

[@tylerufen]

i have this thing called VisBubble that's a graphical analyzer for sound, can be bars, or round, Audio Changer that's an icon that allows you to switch audio output sources with a click, and the volume with the scroll wheel, and Transparent Taskbar, that makes the taskbar completely transparent, or blurry-transparent... the other ones i got are pretty generic...

[@ditchcomfort]

I know you’re not a big fan of macOS, but do you know of something relatively similar for macOS? I know you can do very minor changes to the dock etc. via the defaults command in terminal… but was thinking of more modifications/customisation. To be honest, I actually like most of the look/feel of macOS but there are some small things I would like to customize/remove. Thank you.

[@egggofff5057]

Titus, you rock, i have been using sonder skin for a while now. i tweak it to my liking. some skins can be memory hogs. try it and uninstall if you don't like any.

[@Brendanasdfdsf]

You look higher and higher with every video!!!! :P

[@x91w]

I like NIRCMD for muting/setting the volume to a fixed level and I combine it using Autohotkey across a group of machines. There still doesn't seem to be a built-in way

[@NKN82]

Debloat your windows from useless junk so you can bloat it again with another useless junk!

[@Dom_Mason]

Rainmeter Hud Vision theme is really cool. Been using Rainmeter for years. Thanks Chris for video!

[@alebu3007]

You should take a look at droptop four to reach a similar experience of your Linux environment

[@ChrisTitusTech]

I'll check it out I did a video about conky, but it is pretty dated at this point.

[@alebu3007]

@@ChrisTitusTech Sorry, I meant on windows to make something similar to your clean Linux environment

[@JessicaFEREM]

I still think windows 11 looks good, but I have turned off a lot of the effects to make my system be *that* much more snappy.

[@portman8909]

The only animation you need to turn off is opening and closing windows animation

[@neon_Nomad]

Been using this for years definitely a great tool

[@mbraun777]

Can you configure RainMeter to hide groups of icons/folder shortcuts like Fences?

[@mrderby01]

@Chris When you are doing your gpu pass through to Windows. Are you able to have dual screen when in Windows?

[@repairstudio4940]

I've had Rainmeter running on my Windows for like 5 years and I truly enjoy it's rich features and good looks! Hey so I know I'm off topic but can you do a video or give some advice for a good video editor in Linux Mint 21? I know about kdenLive but I also have windows lappy 💻 that I can run DaVinci but and truly unfamiliar with both and I keep hearing DaVinci Resolve is so much better BUT it also runs my laptop's fans at full blast while trying to edit (still pretty unfamiliar using it)....any help would be appreciated. 😔

[@FARDEENKHANQWE123]

If ever the startmenu isn't fixed yet when we are forced to go to windows 11, I will then consider using rain meter to do what I use the windows 10 startmenu to do.i usedit before in the past to try it out.i think I will stick to the honey comb grid skin to launch my different applications and emulators. Hope Linux gaming gets to where I would be comfortable using it as my main system.since I use my PC just for gaming....

[@firalia]

You can use things like StartAllBack too, I find it tends to be a bit more stable than Rainmeter for start menus

[@earnests5375]

Rain Meter consumes more system usage

[@JackupTraining]

Why everyone wants "CLEAN" desktop? What's the point of having a picture frame instead of usable desktop space for shortcuts and programs you actually use? It's like those minimalist people who live in empty apartments, because it's "aesthetically pleasing" 😂

[@legendarycheekymonkey]

I used to use a program called AstonShell and I had it dialled in with drop down menus and an interactive wallpaper that I thought was really cool then after a couple of PC's I went to get it back and it's gone! I found Rainmeter as an alternative and I still haven't learned how to use it yet, which is what brought me here. I'm kind of aware of what it can do I just haven't worked out how to do it all yet or sat down and tried to figure it out! I'm still rocking the basic system, clock and disk space skins. I did manage to update the disks for all my disks but I yearn for something a bit better looking. Anyway thanks for the video, it kind of inspires me to set something up.

[@nittani.]

blegh bbleans better but still can make fonticons work

[@almothana]

I started using JaxCore a while ago and I like it

[@GambiaTech]

Linux KDE Plasma: its cool! but its 3rd-party, and the process takes a few seconds to load.. Try out Plasmoids!

[@skelebro9999]

question: does this has any kind of cool customizable bar tho like polybar?

[@DavidGreen_au]

I have dabbled in Rainmeter a bit. But my widget engine of choice is XWidget, mainly because the widgets I develop have code to enhance their function and XWidget uses JavaScript for that; Rainmeter can use Lua, but I don't know that, so I stick to the language I know. When I was dabbling with Rainmeter, I chatted to some of the other developers, and they hated Rainmeter components being called widgets, "They're not Widgets, they are Skins!" 😁Ooops…

[@1ace1000]

Hey I used to use Rainmeter before! Also like your choice of skins~

[@danmar007]

This is perfect. I looked at Rainmeter a while back, and it sent me into EGO (eyes glazed over).

[@mfdd]

Is there any way to enable aero effects on window titles and borders in windows 10/11? i know there was a tool called aeroglass but it only works in older versions

[@DavidTheNickjrFan2003]

Is Rainmeter Legit and Free windows & mac? Haven't use it or heard of it

[@safariknight3239]

I would remove the taskbar (I use flow launcher to launch apps), but I want to keep the system tray and clock etc. I still want to remove the other stuff though, Any way to accomplish anything like this?

[@TheSast]

Searching for this one too!

[@jemheart]

Legit was just watching your new desktop environment video 😂 nice timing.

[@davehoffman515]

I haven't used rainmeter since Vista maybe? It's cool that it's still around

[@dantecruzz]

I thought I was the only one who forgets i actually have tabs on my Explorer 💀

[@justinpirate]

Love rainmeter. The reddit rainmeter community is awesome for new ideas.

[@SebastianPerezG]

this reminds me to LiteStep , was a program where you can replace the entire explorer.exe with that soft and make windows like Linux if you want.

[@nittani.]

dont worry buddy im going to be releasing a full blown customized windows in a year or two

[@Fla4less69]

it doesnt let me open the rm skin file, like when i try to open the skin it says choose an app to open this skin file

[@geoffphil]

Rainmeter is getting a bit dated now, but I still use it to out a Google search box on my desktop. One major limitation that annoys me is the inability to drag files to folders in Rainmeter docks. Plain old Windows desktop folders are more useful!

[@markselvenis7273]

How do I uninstall Get Started in Windows 11

[@mohitspg]

What is the name is skin that shows top process/ram usage?

[@MenkarX]

Like has been planted!

[@TenEXP]

Maybe change the title to include "Windows" somewhere to attract the people who truly have no idea what rainmeter is and if you're talking about Windows?

[@tamal0167]

Why any of my rainmeter skin weather is not working ?

[@msalvary]

"Prayer is about relationship" - amen!

[@drishalballaney6590]

idk if its just me but windows 11 actually feels to have a bit of jitter overall with its desktop animations ngl tbh only something like hyprland has super smooth animations

[@guy2901]

Everytime i want to hit the edit button on my clock nothing happens and i dont know why do you know how to fix this problem?

[@dianaalyssa8726]

Have done this on Linux with Conky in Arco Linux.

[@KennethIsrael_aiikendoit]

i used rainmeter since 2013 to 2017

[@Dungeon47]

What adds the extra context menu items?

[@rohanvimal2972]

Its Nilesoft Shell. Beautiful isn't it!

[@neon_Nomad]

Any kind of chromium browser you mean:p

[@xgvto5374]

Today the master debloater teaches you to install bloat

[@nellynelson965]

I come here to get rid of bloatware, not add to my missery.

[@neon_Nomad]

Wonder what api earthnullschool uses

[@asan1050]

How hard is it in memory consumption?

[@saurabhdey4014]

I think Chris is using like a custom cleaned version of windows so that's why it's not that much

[@firalia]

Depends how much you install on it. I find it's pretty good and sits under 100 MB of RAM usage, but I only have a few things installed.

[@sarathdmarar974]

can u make video of customized nilesoft shell that u showed in this video please..........................

[@nesaadet]

you are really professional I still have a few 🥶problems with Windows 7 installing the driver, for example Nvidia or Revo uninstalled, I can't install error code🥶 0xc0000005 if I de-install Regedit Wow6432Node, it goes back to the next driver if you would help me, I'm very THANKFUL👍🥶 😤

[@novellguySA]

i7-8650U CPU + 32GB RAM .. Linux with Win11 VM or Win11 with Linux VM? thanks for any advice

[@doq]

Okay but have you covered Conky yet?

[@ChrisTitusTech]

Of Course! kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3OblJ2BpcmJh7s

[@alphabasic1759]

How does someone have several clocks? I have teams working in Portugal, Denmark, India, Shanghai and the Philippines. Does rainmeter only support the desktop display of the local time?

[@radwanahmed955]

Which is The Operating system For gaming in Labtop ( core i7 ram 4GB No Graphics card)? Someone suggest please.

[@Palit0w95]

3:53 The reason is if i'm already searching for the package name I'll just click the download button on the page...

[@real_lostinthefogofwar]

If you want weather, use WeatherDesk_API

[@eyssewieringa2084]

You made me wanna switch back to windows...

[@ChrisTitusTech]

It happens... hehe

[@b4g4b3l]

I been curious about things like this for years but, how many resources do they eat ? Makeing your windows as lite as possible and then installing things like this doesnt really sound cool, i may be wrong ...

[@mtk3078]

atheros9000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@666KoXz666]

Im using tools from stardock to customize my windows :-)

[@darren537]

I feel like most applications are heavy on it

[@Revenant483]

@@darren537 They are a tad heavy. I use their Start menu in Win 10 to get back the windows 7 feel. That being said I have a ridiculous system =P

[@neon_Nomad]

Rainmeter the only program without nagwear thats been around for 20 years

[@SB-qm5wg]

If I was a win guy, I'd do this. I like it

[@spongiform]

Hugely helpful!! I just discovered Rainmeter today and this is an excellent starter guide. Thank you

[@pedreis]

Rainmeter was taking 10% of tour cpu? Not for me then...

[@Fred-oliveiriks]

oh God that terminal looks awesome! anyone knows how to make it like that? colors scheme?fonts?

[@artemisa81]

how to make it slow

[@catamaran_2073]

thx for ur help dude

[@smnl___5208]

N O S T A L G I A

[@paulohenriquedallacosta6433]

Rainmeter old and gold

[@jaopolonio5726]

Chris what version of win11 are you currently using?

[@vigil3273]

Very cool and step by step explanation! Thnx for tutorial and sources with skins)

[@FloridaVibesOfficial]

Can't even open a rainmeter file in windows

[@zkratch]

how is dwm under your GPU processes??

[@zkratch]

i actually forgot this process exist also in windows and not just linux 🤦‍♀

[@H_cked]

ohh my posh, rainmeter and vscode, you truly are a man of culture

does the rainmeter stuff overwhelm the system?

[@neon_Nomad]

To change settings after turning on click through you can ctrl click

[@morgan3625]

What is the cpu usage like is it lightweight?

[@lololalien9721]

t bo

[@dyonisis7681]

what irritates me more than anything is how these youtube video clowns drag out their video to either 15, 20, or 30 minutes, with their casual laid back gas passing, all of which could be accomplished in less than 5 minutes. Talking incessantly about nothing, not thinking that the people watching this program, have lost that 20 minutes. Not to mention, have to watch other videos to make sure this is the right choice. I'm really hating youtube clowns, burning my life away spending my valued time that could be used elsewhere, watching a bunch of riff raff trying to get answers. Starting to realize it's just so much better to have a technician do the work so I can do what I really want. 5 minutes in, while I was typing this, and he's still flapping about "skins". What a waste of space and time.

[@david.kalbermatten]

You can add -nologo to the pwsh.exe in the Terminal settings to get rid of the "Loading your personal blablabla took x milliseconds"

[@nishithawarnakualsuriya482]

is there a way i can get a clock to overlay over thing?

[@chrism869]

i use rainmeter all the time, its so cool

[@damadorpl]

Well conky for windows ;)