Some very interesting Linux desktop themes for GTK.

Nice themes for your Linux desktop Nice themes for your Linux desktopWindow themesIcon themesDesktop wallpapers Window themes Google Chrome Metacity theme for MATE and Gnome Shell. This is a nice Google Chrome inspired theme for MATE and Gnome Shell. This is a very good theme. https://www.opendesktop.org/s/Mate/p/1006898/. Nice colourful Windows 8.1 theme for Metacity and Gnome … Read more

Theme your Gnome or MATE desktop in interesting ways.

The MATE desktop that comes with Ubuntu is very amenable to customization. One cool theme idea is to try and make it look like Windows. There are Windows Vista icons that are very nice. They can improve the look of your desktop a lot. Download them here: https://www.securitronlinux.com/linux/files/Vista.tar.gz. That would be a great icon theme … Read more

Nice script for Arma 3 that will provide icons and player name over heads.

This is a very nice script for Arma 3 that will give each player a icon over their heads and their name and role. This is very useful for IFF and works very well. addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D", { { if ((side _x) == west) then { drawIcon3D [([_x, "texture"] call BIS_fnc_rankParams), [0,1,1,1], visiblePosition _x vectorAdd [0,0,3], … Read more

How to install a lovely Windows 7 GTK theme on Linux Mint or Ubuntu.

A lovely GTK theme that emulates the look of Windows 7. I have just found a very good Windows 7 GTK theme: https://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Win2-7+Pack?content=113264. This is a lovely GTK theme that makes your MATE or Gnome 2.32.2 interface look just like the Windows 7 Basic theme. Windows Vista icon theme: http://www.securitronlinux.com/files/Vista.tar.gz. Install this alongside the Windows … Read more

How to use the tweak tool to customise the Linux Mint MATE desktop.

MATE tweak tool for fixing the MINT desktop The MATE tweak tool is used to easily tweak the Linux Mint MATE desktop. Install this easily with the command below. jason@jason-virtual-machine ~ $ sudo apt install mate-tweakjason@jason-virtual-machine ~ $ sudo apt install mate-tweak Now we can tweak our desktop. Here, this is how to disable desktop … Read more

More lovely GTK themes for Linux and Android desktops.

GTK themes . Vertex. https://github.com/horst3180/Vertex-theme. Vertex is a theme for GTK 3, GTK 2, Gnome-Shell and Cinnamon. It supports GTK 3 and GTK 2 based desktop environments like Gnome, Cinnamon, Mate, XFCE, Budgie, Pantheon, etc. Ceti 2. https://github.com/horst3180/Ceti-theme. The GTK3 theme supports Gnome 3.8, 3.10 and 3.12, but the Gnome Shell theme only works on … Read more

How to disable desktop icons on the Linux Mint MATE desktop. Very easy with the Configuration Editor.

Remove the icons from the Linux Mint MATE desktop. This post will tell you how to disable the desktop icons on the Linux Mint MATE desktop. I prefer to have the desktop this way as it is a little faster and better looking. Just go to Applications->System->Configuration Editor in the MATE Menu as shown above. … Read more

How to remove desktop icons with MATE 1.6 on Linux Mint 15.

This screenshot shows how to remove the desktop icons with the dconf-editor on Linux Mint 15 MATE. Simply open the dconf-editor, which is in System Tools and then untick this value: org -> mate -> desktop -> background -> show-desktop-icons. This will instantly get rid of those pesky icons that cover your awesome desktop wallpaper. … Read more

New Windows 8 GTK theme available for Linux. This comes with a Metacity theme as well.

Nice Windows 8 theme for Linux http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Windows8+%28GTK+theme+2.x+%26+GTK+3.x%29?content=158560. This is a theme for GTK 3.0 that allows you to theme Unity or MATE to look like Windows 8. Sure the Windows 8 and Server 2012 interfaces are ugly; but it is kind of cool to theme Unity and MATE to resemble Windows 8. This theme also … Read more