How to Customize your Desktop with Rainmeter

[@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!

[@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.

[@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!

[@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!

[@TGC1775]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@Dom_Mason]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@H_cked]

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

[@jemheart]

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

[@neon_Nomad]

Been using this for years definitely a great tool

[@spongiform]

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

[@mrderby01]

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

[@byCDMC]

I wish life had an "Edit" button

[@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???

[@1ace1000]

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

[@vitoru1000]

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

[@ChrisTitusTech]

That is a great idea!

[@justinpirate]

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

[@1steditiongamer276]

I've been using Rainmeter for years, it's amazing.

[@warrencarlson8801]

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

[@skelebro9999]

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

[@mbraun777]

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

[@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

[@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

[@vigil3273]

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

[@Brendanasdfdsf]

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

[@almothana]

I started using JaxCore a while ago and I like it

[@Mister-Gee-9999]

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

[@mohitspg]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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?

[@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.

[@Dungeon47]

What adds the extra context menu items?

[@rohanvimal2972]

Its Nilesoft Shell. Beautiful isn't it!

[@nishkabobb2448]

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

[@aerosw1ft]

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

[@davehoffman515]

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

[@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!

[@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

[@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

[@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. 😔

[@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?

[@danmar007]

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

[@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

[@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.

does the rainmeter stuff overwhelm the system?

[@spunky1682]

Hey Chris, I need your serious help man I am using your windows debloat utility from last 2 years no issues so far But from last 1 week I am stumbled upon a major problem (already clean installed ws10 pro 3 times but still stucked) I am using windows 10 pro The moment I clean install (with all windows update and drivers update) alongwith debloating everything works fine for exactly 2 days after that Internet access for windows app is gone like crazy no access to internet Whereas it is working fine for everything just fine like chrome, spotify etc also working fine on windows sandbox I am on ethernet connection on a DEsktop I dont know whether it is something wrong with scheduler or what that it restricts internet to native apps after like 2 days. I tried plugging in an external usb wifi dongle still same issue I am very frustated tried each n every fix available on internet but can't resolve it please help Please I don't want to use windows without debloating PLease help 😫😫😢😢

[@moejoth]

probably debloat utility is disabling something in windows that after sometime messes with windows recognizing that there is internet access while you can still use the internet fine , i'd guess it's something to do with either updates. try using it with no debloat and see what happens then

[@spunky1682]

@@moejoth No NO I got the issue and resolved it. Basically there is a thing called active probing which disabled automatically.

[@morgan3625]

What is the cpu usage like is it lightweight?

[@EZDOGSS]

how did you swap from windows to linux so fast? i really wanna do that but cant find a video on that

[@tristen_grant]

Running windows in a VM in Linux. He has videos on this.

[@sylvaniathehacker]

​@@tristen_grant LMAO. You might be correct but a professional KZbinr would use something like KVM Switch rather than a VM.

[@sylvaniathehacker]

If you have two towers you can buy a KVM switch for less than 20 USD. No need for a VM. But, ofcourse a normal citizen wouldn't have two or more towers so, kinda irrelevant.

[@jaopolonio5726]

Chris what version of win11 are you currently using?

[@drishalballaney]

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

[@chrism869]

i use rainmeter all the time, its so cool

[@catamaran_2073]

thx for ur help dude

[@tamal0167]

Why any of my rainmeter skin weather is not working ?

[@neon_Nomad]

Wonder what api earthnullschool uses

[@novellguySA]

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

[@firalia]

JaxCore is a fantastic suite of skins for Rainmeter. It's got custom audio mixers, audio flyouts, screensavers & start menu (tho it's a bit buggy in my experience) with more stuff I've probably never even touched haha

[@zkratch]

how is dwm under your GPU processes??

[@zkratch]

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

[@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…

[@radwanahmed955]

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

[@neon_Nomad]

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

[@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 ...

[@msalvary]

"Prayer is about relationship" - amen!

[@sarathdmarar974]

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

[@markselvenis7273]

How do I uninstall Get Started in Windows 11

[@GambiaTech]

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

[@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...

[@MenkarX]

Like has been planted!

[@doq]

Okay but have you covered Conky yet?

[@ChrisTitusTech]

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

[@carlosdantenicolasdelafuen1293]

👏👏👏 Gracias 👍

[@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

[@DavidTheNickjrFan2003]

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

[@dianaalyssa8726]

Have done this on Linux with Conky in Arco Linux.

[@Fred-oliveiriks]

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

[@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?

[@dantecruzz]

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

[@Mlohava-Palacinka]

Ohh i remember the days when i used this 😁,wasting hours to make a perfect desktop. Deviant art was my main source of skins

[@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👍🥶 😤

[@SB-qm5wg]

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

[@sametsahin-eh3qj]

Is it safe tho?

[@KennethIsrael_aiikendoit]

i used rainmeter since 2013 to 2017

[@chad5090]

is rainmeter safe?

[@eyssewieringa2084]

You made me wanna switch back to windows...

[@ChrisTitusTech]

It happens... hehe

[@neon_Nomad]

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

[@real_lostinthefogofwar]

If you want weather, use WeatherDesk_API

[@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

[@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" 😂

[@earnests5375]

Rain Meter consumes more system usage

[@nellynelson965]

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

[@xgvto5374]

Today the master debloater teaches you to install bloat

[@smnl___5208]

N O S T A L G I A

[@damadorpl]

Well conky for windows ;)

[@FloridaVibesOfficial]

Can't even open a rainmeter file in windows

[@laptoplivegaming]

how to make it slow