{"id":15663,"date":"2016-10-07T14:05:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T13:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15663"},"modified":"2016-10-07T14:06:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T13:06:26","slug":"tweaking-the-raspberry-pi-desktop-pixel-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15663","title":{"rendered":"Tweaking the Raspberry Pi desktop PIXEL environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 948px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/raspi.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Appearance-Settings.png?resize=560%2C555\" width=\"560\" height=\"555\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">PIXEL desktop grab by Alex Eames<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Alex Eames has been playing about with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15588\">PIXEL, the new desktop environment for the Raspberry Pi<\/a>. He&#8217;s\u00a0documented how to change\/remove the splash screen, how to disable menu tooltips, how to change the background graphic and how to find the desktop icons. <a href=\"http:\/\/raspi.tv\/2016\/pixel-tips-and-tweaks-how-to-tweak-aspects-of-the-new-raspbian-skin\" target=\"_blank\">Read here if you want to customise your experience<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Eames has been playing about with PIXEL, the new desktop environment for the Raspberry Pi. 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