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[SomeGuy99]

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Download the packge at the bottom of this link

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Download the file on this page called: Shiki-Colors (MurrineSVN)

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Guide: Changing the desktop icon text colour to white.

More!

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Ubuntu Dust:

https://launchpad.ne...theme/0.5/0.5.0

You want the file described as 'Dust GTK theme'.
Install this the same way as you did for the Shiki theme.

New Wave:

You need to download two files. The original theme has the GTK portion, and the second file has the XFWM window decorations.

Whats the difference?

GTK covers all the widgets - basically everything inside the window. It's also used by Gnome as well as XFCE (both are desktop environments). Some programs use QT instead of GTK (QT originating from KDE, a different desktop environment for Linux and other systems designed to feel more like Windows). You have noticed that Aurora and Midori look completely different... that's because Aurora is using QT for all the widgets (stuff inside the window) and Midori is using native GTK.

The Window Manager covers the bar at the top of windows and any borders. XFCE has a window manager called XFWM, and so we need themes for this.

A huge array of window managers exist for Linux, and they can be interchanged for one another. We're only concerned with XFWM however...

https://launchpad.net/anton

Download and install this theme (download link is the green box to the right).

The folder you copy across should contain a 'gtk-2.0' directory inside it (amongst others).

http://xfce-look.org...?content=104935

Do the same for this file (on the page it is called 'XFWM for the New Wave theme').

This second file contains the theme info for XFWM. Directly inside the New Wave folder you copy across should be a folder called 'xfwm4'.

Once you copy both across to the '/usr/share/themes' folder, it should be available in both menus.

Cleaning up the NAND?

Folders in /usr/themes only need to have folders for 'gtk-2.0' and 'xfwm4' in them. Anything else, such as 'metacity' is superfluous to us in XFCE. If you want to free up NAND space, you can delete all these other files.

Edited by SomeGuy99, 14 June 2010 - 06:01 PM.

[dflemstr]

Awesome. VERY explicit explanations; I would probably have done it all in one paragraph, and nobody would have understood

EDIT: also, next time you type instructions in a terminal, prefix them with a comment character (#)!

Edited by dflemstr, 14 June 2010 - 12:05 PM.

[Pleng]

Might be an idea to spolier up some of those images!

[Capitano]

sticky?

why not:)

[mindlord]

Wiki, not sticky.

[Capitano]

Wiki, not sticky.

better:)

[SomeGuy99]

Awesome. VERY explicit explanations; I would probably have done it all in one paragraph, and nobody would have understood

EDIT: also, next time you type instructions in a terminal, prefix them with a comment character (#)!

I thought it would be funnier. I have a weird sense of humour

Might be an idea to spolier up some of those images!

They're all spliced into four giant images because of forum restrictions. You think I should spoiler each one of those?

[Pleng]

Might be an idea to spolier up some of those images!

They're all spliced into four giant images because of forum restrictions. You think I should spoiler each one of those?

It might be helpful. Especially if people want to use the links in the thread directly from their pandora without having to scroll through all the pictures.

[SomeGuy99]

Might be an idea to spolier up some of those images!

They're all spliced into four giant images because of forum restrictions. You think I should spoiler each one of those?

It might be helpful. Especially if people want to use the links in the thread directly from their pandora without having to scroll through all the pictures.

Done.

[Alerino]

after 13%, you ran out of battery!
solar energy??

[SomeGuy99]

after 13%, you ran out of battery!
solar energy??

I personally ran out energy after having been up all night

Nah, I just noticed it was getting near to 10%. Exaile was probably using up most of the battery.

[Vlynndar]

That is one sexy tutorial. Useful for other computers too, no?

[SomeGuy99]

That is one sexy tutorial. Useful for other computers too, no?

Yeah, XCFE themes can be universally installed this way. The step that would differ is installing Murrine (obviously you wouldn't use the angstrom repos, but whatever your distro uses).

EDIT: Added more to the guide. Check out the last two spoilers.

Edited by SomeGuy99, 14 June 2010 - 05:55 PM.

[Sphinxter]

Certainly no accounting for taste.

[SomeGuy99]

Certainly no accounting for taste.

Very constructive feedback, thanks. You've given me a lot to think about there.

This is the default theme in Linux Mint btw.

If you're on about about my wallpaper... heh... I like bright colours!

Edited by SomeGuy99, 14 June 2010 - 08:05 PM.