This homage to Skyrim doesn’t disappoint, and it’s chock-full of features: A battery life bar, a clock, system stat widgets, a 10-button launcher, a music player, and more.

We’re starting to veer away from minimalist designs and jumping straight into more ornate ones. The best part? The gate will rotate to “match the speed of your computer fan.”ĭeveloper: Zeog2010 Skyrim Rainmeter Suite v2 Axerron/DeviantArt The app-launcher buttons are particularly interesting because they not only open certain apps, but they can display RSS feed updates about those apps if you mouse over the launchers.ĭeveloper: BassSpleen Zelda Timegate Rotator zeog2010/Īre you a Legend of Zelda fan? Then you might enjoy this Rainmeter skin that prominently features a Gate of Time from the popular video game series. This skin comes with computer system stat widgets, a visualizer, and four app-launcher buttons, among other features. Doctor Whoĭoctor Who fans can celebrate their favorite show and get updates on their favorite apps as well, all in one Rainmeter skin. In terms of features, you’ll also get the time and date, a weather widget, a music player, and a visualizer.ĭeveloper: HipHopium (name listed on ), but the DeviantArt profile link leads to ApexXx-SenSei. You can still keep track of the inner workings of your computer with this skin, but the look is clutter-free overall.

If you still want something minimalist but you’d rather have a bit more color, Robik is for you. The skin itself is customizable: You can change its background and text colors, use a different temperature unit, and even change the language.ĭeveloper: HipHopium (name listed on ), but the DeviantArt profile link leads to ApexXx-SenSei. There’s also a music player, a time and date widget, a visualizer, and a weather widget. You can keep track of what’s going on with your computer with widgets for CPU and RAM usage and Wi-Fi.

Nelamint is a great skin for those who want an elegant, minimalist desktop background but don’t want to cheat themselves out of having a few useful widgets on hand to help keep them updated on the world around them and on the world inside their machine. Always use your chosen antivirus software to scan anything you download, and make sure to do so before you choose to install a skin or anything else you download. A word of caution: Be careful about downloading and using skins from third-party websites and vendors (even the ones featured on this list).

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