We don't get a chance to feature dual-monitor desktops often, but archer1690's Arch Linux setup is worth highlighting. The wallpaper is a little old school, but it's great for dual monitors, and he shares all of the Conky scripts required to make your Arch Linux setup look like his.
Granted we just showed you how to make a killer Arch setup, but if you're ready to take your setup a step further, here's what you'll need:
The wallpaper from Imgur
The Openbox window manager for minimalistic windows
Compton from Github for transparant windows and panes
Conky, a lightweight system monitor for Linux systems, for the sidebar on the right
The Conky config for the sidebar
The ZIP file with the icons used in the setup
Tint2 for the taskbar at the top of the main screen
While this desktop was built in Arch, there's no real reason you can't apply the same principles to any other flavor of Linux you choose. We've had to split up the left screen (above) and the right screen (below) to highlight each of them individually, but you can see the whole thing together here. If you want to know how to make this your own, head over to the thread in our Featured Desktop forum to ask your questions!
Do you have a beautiful, creative, and functional desktop to share with the world? Now we have two ways for you to send it in to us!
Post a screenshot and a description to our Featured Desktop page for all to see!
Submit it to the Lifehacker Desktop Show and Tell Flickr Group so we can see it!
Whichever you do, please include a description of how you made it - without that, we can't tell others how to make it for themselves. Do these things, and it may just be the next featured desktop!