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MHInstalling Themes in Linux
This guide works for the gnome desktop manager (used by Ubuntu and other Linux distributions).
First we go to Gnome-looks. This is a large collection of themes and other artwork that can be used to make gnome look any which way you like. From there we select and download a theme. Since many people have asked what theme I use, I chose my theme, SlicknesS-black, for the example. Once we’ve downloaded our theme and saved it to the desktop, we will then extract it to the desktop.
Once it is extracted, in the terminal we enter the following commands to copy the theme files to the shared theme directory (where the themes manager looks for it) and change the permissions to make it available to all users of the computer:
$ sudo cp -r $HOME/Desktop/SlicknesS-black /usr/share/themes
$ sudo chmod 755 /usr/share/themes/SlicknesS-black/Sluckness-black.jpg
Remember, file and directory names are case-sensitive in Linux, so be careful to use the correct case.
Next we open the theme manager (in this case System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Themes) and we should see our new theme listed there!
For Ubuntu users only – you may notice if you choose to install SlicknesS-black an error that states the engine “ubuntulooks” is not found. If that is the case enter the following command in the terminal to install the missing theme engine:
$ sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-ubuntulooks
Enjoy your new theme!
(The wallpapers I use can be found at beautifulfractals and are available under the Creative Commons license)
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For the non-haxors, simply drag the downloaded theme into the theme window to install it.
Good dress though!
Nice to see you’ve made the jump to wordpress, it simply kicks ass :P.
Great vid too!
awesome! \o/ see my comments from twitter! ;)
beautifulfractals link is not set correctly. click on it and you’ll see :-)
> sudo chmod 755 /usr/share/themes/SlicknesS-black/Sluckness-black.jpg
Uhm… you really want to make this image executable? I guess you rather meant
sudo chmod 644 /usr/share/themes/SlicknesS-black/Sluckness-black.jpg
to give read access to all users.
Nice theme, only thing with it is that I don’t like what it does to the inside of Windows i.e eclipse. Is there a better way of altering it than using customise in Appearance? Does that make sense?
- Jonny (@DevJonny)
Gnome is decent for chics (my girlfriend runs Gnome haha), but real mean use DWM ;)
http://www.nullamatix.com/images/v/screen-shots/2009-06-17-194343_3840x1080_scrot.png
Seriously, check it out. It will change the way you think about computing. A group who calls themselves “suckless” are responsible for DWM. Small, ultra efficient code does only what you want and nothing more.
Plus, people can’t help but double take when they walk past your monitor when DWM is up, it just looks awesome. Good reading, thanks for sharing! Keep up the great work.
-Guy
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@Patterson: don’t tell me you also use RatPoison! ;) DWM is great too! even MWM! (at Ubuntu repositories, MWM is hidden somewhere in the Lesstif packages, and you need to create the GDM .desktop file by hand…)
I’m using also Fluxbox since around 8 years ago (i’m using it now) – since it’s minimal enough, and takes low ram-memory room. Also using JWM (knew that from DamnSmallLinux), and PekWM sometimes.
I use also LXDE a lot – it’s very close to Gnome (you can use gnome-color-chooser colour schemes there, for example), since it’s also based on GTK libraries, but it’s very simple, small and efficient – i think LXDE were made focusing netbooks at first
@nitrofurano:
RatPoison? Please explain.
Thanks for the suggestions, I’ll check them out. I’m pretty content with DWM at the moment, especially considering they’re working toward Xinerama support.
-Guy
@Patterson – i think you knew RatPoison, it’s another window manager, very minimal – http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/ – and i’ts a bit hard to use on newbies
Actually, as someone already said, you could just drag and drop the zip theme file to the Appearance Setting windows that you reach with System->Preferences->Appearance
Lol :) girl you use an unusual method to recruits new Linux fellow! But it surely works far better then any other :D! You are trying to suggest connection between words Linux and Sexy, aren’t you? :)
@Mastro come on, please respect NixiePixel, she is doing a lot on making GNU/Linux more popular and accessible on newbies, she shown she is hugelly efficient on what most of us (like me) are not. I really think she should be hired from Canonical as public relations (if she wants, of course…)! ;)
@Nitrofurano
I didn’t said anything disrespectful or rude.
I think that her attitude is well studied to construct that effect on people who watch their tutorial.
I, myself, did a lot on making GNU/Linux more popolar in my italian blog (until some month ago to be honest) but in a completely different way. A less efficient way.
Anyway if there is something I said that NixiePixel found offensive I apologize, that wasn’t my intent.
@Mastro – i know were not your intention to affect her this way, but on other side, she is a very enthusiast newbie, recently migrated from that crappy ms-Windows we know well, and doing a lot with her videos and blog posts encouraging all people on doing the same, and that’s really wonderful from her. I’m a GNU/Linux user since 10 years ago (i’m from RedHat5, Mandrake6 and Ubuntu4.10 time), and i hope she can keep this enthusiasm 10 years later as well, as i am still GNU/Linux enthusiast after all this time.
@NixiePixel – be welcome commenting! ;)
What a surprise – how this webpage works that fine with identi.ca posts? :O
First, enjoyable video as always. However, a couple things: In your second line of code, you have “Sluckness-black.jpg.” That should be “Slickness” (unless it was a slick way to give us a lesson on checking things over before pasting them in the terminal willy-nilly).
Also, Slickness Black needs the “Black White 2 Style” Icon theme, which can gotten by clicking on my name. I think it looks better without it the Icon theme, but some folks are troubled by error messages.
goods
Didnt work my linx looks nothing like that on my eee pc
buraya ne yazsam acaba?
Nixie are you marred? Can I buy you dinner?
Awesome vid! I just found this site and I’m going to watch all of the vids, learning a lot. Nixie is really cool!
Excellent article!
i wish i had found this years ago when i was getting into ubutnu it would of been a great help anyway good guide (y)
Great theme! I’d love to try it out if/when I go back to Ubuntu
it’s not good to mess with /usr/share/themes.
instead use /usr/local/share/themes.
/usr/share/XXXXX is used by system packages and has priority. /usr/local/XXXXX is used when you add your custom files.
same for fonts or other files.
helps you keep a clean system.
Holy crap. I saw your desktop wallpaper and for a second there i thought it was something off my own desktop. like this: http://monkeyshack.deviantart.com/art/Fractal-Goodness-48097629
nice video, great collection