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How to make your Linux desktop look like iOS easily. This looks very nice.

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There are some very nice themes out there to stylize your Linux desktop, the trendy Linux user may install a theme and make the Linux Gnome desktop look like iOS. This is very easy. iOS 10 theme for Gnome Shell and MATE. https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1220826/. Download this theme and place it under your ~/.themes folder. Then enable … Read more

A very useful Tampermonkey script that will fix the font on Wikipedia

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This very useful script will give Wikipedia a better font and make it use the Monobook skin. I like this theme better than the standard one. You can fit more information on the screen. wikipedia.js1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 // ==UserScript== // @name Wikipedia Monobook // @run-at document-start // … Read more

Make Ubuntu Linux look like Macintosh OSX.

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Making Ubuntu look like Macintosh OSX is very simple, this theme I found is a very good recreation of the OSX Aqua theme. Download the theme like this. git clone https://github.com/B00merang-Project/OS-X-Leopard.gitgit clone https://github.com/B00merang-Project/OS-X-Leopard.git Then copy the OS-X-Leopard-master directory to your ~/.themes folder and use the preferences dialog in the MATE desktop to set the new … Read more

How to extract the files from a GTK 3.0 gresource file to allow theme editing.

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The themes for GTK 3.0 are packaged in a gtk.gresource file that contains .css and other files for the theme. I do not understand why, but I have figured out how to extract the files on Ubuntu 19.04. The gresource utility allows the listing of files in a gtk.gresource file. jason@jason-Virtual-Machine:~/.themes/Yaru/gtk-3.0$ gresource list gtk.gresourcejason@jason-Virtual-Machine:~/.themes/Yaru/gtk-3.0$ gresource … Read more

Make the Cinnamon desktop look like Windows 10.

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The Cinnamon desktop on Linux is very themeable, I will show you how to install a nice Windows 10 theme on Linux. There is a nice theme available here: https://github.com/B00merang-Project/Windows-10. Download the Windows 10 icons here: https://github.com/B00merang-Project/Windows-10-Icons/archive/master.zip. Install the main theme under your ~/.themes directory, then select it in your Cinnamon themes dialog. If you … Read more

Make the Linux MATE desktop look just like Mac OSX.

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There is a new theme set available on Gnome Look. This makes Linux look just like Macintosh OSX High Sierra. It is very high quality and well worth installing. The GTK3 theme: https://dl.opendesktop.org/api/files/download/id/1537895905/s/a13d96c5494b48d7c715859105db2c5d/t/1537916795/u//Sierra-light.tar.xz. Icon theme: https://dl.opendesktop.org/api/files/download/id/1524634947/s/a13d96c5494b48d7c715859105db2c5d/t/1537916795/u//MacOSX-icon-theme.tar.xz. Cursor theme: https://dl.opendesktop.org/api/files/download/id/1517130771/s/a13d96c5494b48d7c715859105db2c5d/t/1537916795/u//MacOSX-cursors.tar.xz. A couple of Mac OSX wallpapers: https://dl.opendesktop.org/api/files/download/id/1517131134/s/a13d96c5494b48d7c715859105db2c5d/t/1537916795/u//HighSierra-wallpapers.tar.xz. Unpack the GTK theme under the ~/.themes folder. And … Read more

Make XfCE 4 look like a SGI O2 workstation.

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Make your XFCE desktop look as close as possible to an old IRIX machine. SGI Screen Fonts https://www.gnome-look.org/p/998527/ Xfwm4 theme that is based on the window manager for SGI OS. https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1015906/ SGI-IMD Metacity theme. This also works with MATE. https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1006689/ SGI Irix cursor theme. This works with any window manager. https://www.gnome-look.org/p/999497/ SGI IRIX icons theme. … Read more

Control which GTK theme a specific application uses on Linux.

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This post will show you how to open a certain GTK application, like Gedit or Firefox, and force it to use a certain GTK theme. This example uses the Gedit editor. I am opening the editor using the BlackMATE theme. jason@Yog-Sothoth » ~ » $ env GTK_THEME="BlackMATE" /usr/bin/pluma   (pluma:5423): Gtk-WARNING **: 09:42:13.729: Could not … Read more

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

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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

Get a classic Human theme for your Ubuntu 17.04 MATE desktop.

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Human theme for a modern Ubuntu MATE desktop The Ubuntu MATE desktop is capable of using quite a few nice themes, but not everyone remembers the classic Human theme from old versions of Ubuntu. But it can be installed on a modern Linux desktop. This is how to get it installed. jason@Yog-Sothoth:~$ sudo apt install … Read more

How to install KDE 4 on Fedora 25 easily.

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Installing the KDE 4 desktop on Fedora 25 is very easy. There are package groups that allow installation of desktop environments. This is how to install the KDE desktop environment group. [root@localhost jason]# dnf install @kde-desktop-environment[root@localhost jason]# dnf install @kde-desktop-environment This command will fetch and install KDE 4 on Fedora. Then install the KDM desktop … Read more

Lovely new OSX GTK3 theme for Linux Mint MATE.

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There is a lovely GTK3 theme available for the Linux Mint MATE desktop. This looks very nice when coupled with a good Metacity theme. https://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/OS+X+El+Capitan+%28GTK,+Unity+&+Cinnamon%29?content=174139. This is what the El Capitan theme looks like on a Debian desktop. Download the El Capitan theme here. https://dl.opendesktop.org/api/files/download/id/1474234465/OS.X.El.Capitan.v0.9.tar.gz. This is a very nice looking theme and well worth … Read more