Aside from the time, battery level, and music in the lower left corner, you might think this is just a wallpaper, but it’s not—it’s Dan C’s desktop, and he likes it empty. Every time he sits down it’s ...

My trusty four-year-old Dell Latitude D800 running Windows XP Pro SP3 is now starting up with my chosen wallpaper photo on the screen and nothing else: no start menu, no desktop icons, nothing. I have ...

We toss around the term "minimal" a lot, mostly to describe relatively spartan but still elegant desktops or workspaces, but strictly it's all about removing the things you don't need so you have ...