So far, this is what it looks like... Are there any other ways I could improve it? (I am planning on changing the dock icons soon) I would also like to keep as little icons on the desktop as possible (not including the dock).

Change the wallpaper definitely. Interfacelift has good wallpapers.

Do you think this any better?



What else do you think I could do?

Make it look as much like this as possible:



Seriously though, it makes it so much less resource hungry so it runs faster, i don't even get this obsession with putting as much junk as you can onto everything possible, it's just pointless. Join the club, be sensible

I'm the same. My desktop has nothing on, and even if it did, I wouldn't use it. I find accessing everything through the start menu much better.