Lovely Windows 11 GTK theme for Linux.
A lovely Windows 11 gtk theme and icons for Gnome and MATE. This will look very good indeed.
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MATE desktop still does not have icons in the file picker after all of this time.
The file picker in GTK still needs to be fixed after all of this time.
Read MoreHow to sort directories first in the MATE file manager on Linux.
How to sort directories first in Caja on Linux.
Read MoreThe MATE desktop is still a better alternative to Gnome Shell.
How to install MATE on Manjaro Linux and enjoy a nice and fast Linux desktop environment.
Read MoreSome lovely GTK MATE themes for your Linux desktop.
Some lovely themes for your Linux MATE desktop. Make it look like CDE.
Read MoreHow to make the Linux Mint 14 MATE desktop look like Windows XP Luna.
This theme from Gnome-Look will theme your MATE desktop to look just like the Luna theme in Windows XP. if that is what you want that is. Get the theme here: https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1230964/. This theme will not show up in the theme chooser for some reason, just go to the Customise…
Read MoreHow to make your Linux desktop look like iOS easily. This looks very nice.
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…
Read MoreInstall the MATE desktop on Ubuntu and enjoy a nice reliable desktop environment.
To install the MATE desktop environment on Ubuntu 20.04, run this simple command. jason@jason-desktop:~/Documents$ sudo apt install mate-desktop-environment-extras mate-common mate-desktop-environmentjason@jason-desktop:~/Documents$ sudo apt install mate-desktop-environment-extras mate-common mate-desktop-environment Then you need to logout of the desktop session and restart the desktop login manager to allow it to detect MATE. Press Control-Alt-F2 and…
Read MoreVery nice Windows 7 basic aero theme for Linux GTK apps.
This theme I found is a very nice GTK theme for your Linux machine. This themes your desktop computer to look like Windows 7 basic. With a non-transparent Windows 7 styled GTK look and Window borders. Download the theme here. https://codeload.github.com/B00merang-Project/Windows-7/zip/2.1. This is what this theme looks like. It is…
Read MoreMATE weather applet on Ubuntu 18.04 not working. This is how to fix it.
The MATE weather applet on Ubuntu 18.04 was not working on my Ubuntu 18.04 installation. This is how I fixed it with a simple patch. sudo sed -i ‘s|https://www.aviationweather.gov/adds/dataserver_current/httpparam|https://www.aviationweather.gov/adds/dataserver1_3/httpparam\x0\x0\x0\x0\x0|’ /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmateweather.so.1sudo sed -i ‘s|https://www.aviationweather.gov/adds/dataserver_current/httpparam|https://www.aviationweather.gov/adds/dataserver1_3/httpparam\x0\x0\x0\x0\x0|’ /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmateweather.so.1 The patch above will fix the libmateweather library. Then the applet will work. Log out and…
Read MoreSet a very nice Linux shell prompt and very useful aliases.
This addition to your .bashrc file will give you a very nice shell prompt and colorful output of the ls command. This looks very stylish indeed. # set variable identifying the chroot you work in (used in the prompt below) if [ -z "${debian_chroot:-}" ] && [ -r /etc/debian_chroot ];…
Read MoreMake Ubuntu Linux look like Macintosh OSX.
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…
Read MoreHow to create thumbnails of dds files in Ubuntu or Mint.
Thumbnailing for the DirectDraw Surface file format is not supported in Linux with the Caja file manager, but this is easy to fix. The /usr/share/thumbnailers/ directory contains all of the thumbnailer files that automatically create thumbnails in the file manager for Caja. Just create a file named dds.thumbnailer and put…
Read MoreHow to set various options in the MATE Cinnamon and Gnome desktops with the terminal.
The old Gconf framework allowed a user to set various options for the Gnome 2 desktop with a command-line utility or the GUI. But nowadays, we have another one. The gsettings framework for modern desktops allows a user to set various options with the terminal. This is a nice way…
Read MoreHow to extract the files from a GTK 3.0 gresource file to allow theme editing.
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….
Read MoreMake the Linux MATE desktop look just like Mac OSX.
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…
Read MoreMake XfCE 4 look like a SGI O2 workstation.
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….
Read MoreVery useful Linux desktop tips to make it very pretty and usable.
How to have a transparent rxvt terminal on a Linux desktop Transparent rxvt files. This is a very useful script to create a transparent rxvt terminal for a user who likes a pretty terminal to do day to day tasks in. #!/bin/bash # This is a shell script that provides…
Read MoreGet information about filesystem usage with the MATE Disk Usage Analyser.
The MATE Disk Usage Analyser is a very good way to get disk usage information in a graphical fashion. The above example, shows the usage on the whole Linux filesystem. MATE Disk Usage Analyser showing information about my home directory. The user can click each folder to view disk usage…
Read MoreMake the Linux MATE desktop look like Windows 8 easily with these great theme files.
There are a few Windows themes out there, I just wanted to show how to make the MATE desktop look like Windows 8.1. This is very easy, just download these theme files. Windows 8 mouse cursor theme: http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php/Win8E?content=160758. Put the contents into the ~/.icons directory. Like this. jason@Yog-Sothoth:~/.icons$ ls -hula…
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