Flickr user David Molina wanted to bring the beauty of Android Ice Cream Sandwich to his desktop, and with a little tweaking and the right tools, we would have to say he definitely succeeded. The final result is a desktop that looks sharp and definitely has a lot in common with the mobile OS that inspired it.
If you want the same look for your Windows system, here are the components you’ll need:
- The Ice Cream Sandwich wallpaper from WallBase
- The APPOWS2010 theme for Windows 7 from DeviantArt to tweak the taskbar
- RocketDock with a blank theme to create the dock on the left side
- The Ice Cream Sandwich Icon Pack from DroidPirate
- The Rainmeter system monitor and configuration tool for Windows
- The Minimal Bar skin for Rainmeter to display the time and date
- The Lexis skin for Rainmeter to display the weather
- Simplesentencethree for Rainmeter for the currently playing music display in the lower-right corner
- The Google Search Bar for Rainmeter
- The Roboto Font (specifically Roboto Light)
The list of components for this one is pretty hefty, but you can see the results are worth it. Plus, with the base elements you can tweak the desktop to only include the components you like — you can build your own Ice Cream Sandwich desktop with just the wallpaper, RocketDock and the icon pack, and leave the rest off if you so choose. Still, if you have trouble getting everything set up the way you like, check our our tutorial to getting started with Rainmeter, or drop by David’s Flikcr page to compliment him and ask how he managed to make everything work.
ICS Desktop [Flickr]
Jimbob
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 2:37 PMOh finally! I can make windows look like an inferior OS!
What a waste of time…
LegendaryLvl1
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 2:57 PMOh look, the creator of that skin made something I don’t like and instead of respecting his work, I’m going to piss all over it
bob
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 3:50 PMOh finally, an inferior mortal has now come to a page where it clearly states ice cream sandwich and shot away his low life, incorrect statement.
Ozoneocean
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 5:55 PMThis looks really cool and fun!
Unfortunately that’s a long list of stuff to install and have running… I hate having components running on my comp in the background when I need most of that power for artwork. But this looks marvelous and I commend the effort!
GigZ333
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 9:06 PMWell everything is basically programs running the in the background such as theme Windows default theme. but i know how you feel, all those unnecessary programs, but i can tell you that the finish-end is gorgeous. oh and there is quite alot of customisation. ‘give it a try’
Jubbing
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 10:10 PMIt looks terrible in my opinion. ICS looks nice on a phone, but this.. this is bad. Room for improvement though, and perhaps down the line I’ll change my mind.
Chris
Monday, January 23, 2012 at 11:36 AMI’ll take the wallpaper, I don’t care about anything else. Whatever makes people happy though I guess.