Barney T. Administrators Posted January 31, 2016 Administrators Share Posted January 31, 2016 GNU / Linux February 2016 Desktops - Posting Guidelines - Embedded images should be smaller than or equal to 1440x900 (preferably 1024x768). - The file size for image previews should be no larger than 750 KB. - Images linked externally should be no larger than 3 MB. - If you plan to img-embed your desktop, please try to keep it under 100k (It's recommended that you link it, externally). - Stay within the board rules, no matter how yummy you may believe it to be. - If you are going to quote, there isn't a need to quote an img-embeded picture - Just don't do it. Please just reference the post by page number/page link/etc. - The desktops thread is not to be used as a means to post images of a pornographic or otherwise provocative nature. We do not support a babes forum and neither will we in an unofficial capacity. Please help to keep the thread relevant and safe to browse for everyone. - The moderators of this forum reserve the right to edit or remove your posts as necessary so they may comply with our Community Rules and so that this thread remains on topic. - In the interests of keeping the thread on topic it is strongly urged that you format your posts in the following order: Themes: Name/where you got it (with link would be nice). Wallpaper: Name/where you got it (with link would be nice). Icons: Name/where you got it (with link would be nice). Programs: Name/where you got it (with link would be nice).Linux System Stats Script - Produced by our own Neowin members, Haggis and Karl L (+xorangekiller)! For finding mystery wallpapers, consider using Google Images Reverse Search or Tineye. simonlang and Unobscured Vision 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 just went for a darker theme again. let's see how long it will last Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravensky Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 What theme, icons, etc are you suing? that looks nice! I will install Antergos for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 7 hours ago, Ravensky said: What theme, icons, etc are you suing? that looks nice! I will install Antergos for that this should work with any KDE plasma next distro. Desktop-Theme: Bailero Icons: Square-Beam-KDE Window-Decorations: KDE-Oxygen (pre-installed) Color-Scheme: Papirus Dark Wallpaper: AntergosBlack Now, if not already done, switch to the darkside theme here on neowin for a perfect fit. hope i did not forget anything, well one last thing maybe, you could switch to a brighter mouse cursor for better contrast which i will try to do now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravensky Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) 22 hours ago, Simon Lang 9047 said: this should work with any KDE plasma next distro. Desktop-Theme: Bailero Icons: Square-Beam-KDE Window-Decorations: KDE-Oxygen (pre-installed) Color-Scheme: Papirus Dark Wallpaper: AntergosBlack Now, if not already done, switch to the darkside theme here on neowin for a perfect fit. hope i did not forget anything, well one last thing maybe, you could switch to a brighter mouse cursor for better contrast which i will try to do now. I wish the neowin forums had a dark theme...so it would match the frontend... O_O oh WOW nm I just found out...how long have I been missing this? O_O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 2 minutes ago, Ravensky said: I wish the neowin forums had a dark theme...so it would match the frontend... O_O oh WOW nm I just found out...how long have I been missing this? O_O better late than never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisj1968 Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 On 2/3/2016 at 8:20 AM, Simon Lang 9047 said: just went for a darker theme again. let's see how long it will last Now that's a sweet desktop! the icons and overall theme and such are beyond words. Do you ever visit distrowatch? I find myself looking in from time to time at the latest linux distro simonlang 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 5 minutes ago, chrisj1968 said: Now that's a sweet desktop! the icons and overall theme and such are beyond words. Do you ever visit distrowatch? I find myself looking in from time to time at the latest linux distro thank you sir! and yep, being on distro watch regulary to check the latest distros. and when i find some interesting, i try them out in virtualbox. there are just so many, and because you can customize every little bit, every installation looks unique Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravensky Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Just now, Simon Lang 9047 said: thank you sir! and yep, being on distro watch regulary to check the latest distros. and when i find some interesting, i try them out in virtualbox. there are just so many, and because you can customize every little bit, every installation looks unique hmm I am having no cluck with installing square-beam icons...its telling me its an invalid theme file =/ I just downloaded the tar.gz, unzipped it to the ~/.icons and its not showing up in my icon themes... hmmm what am I missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Just now, Ravensky said: hmm I am having no cluck with installing square-beam icons...its telling me its an invalid theme file =/ I just downloaded the tar.gz, unzipped it to the ~/.icons and its not showing up in my icon themes... hmmm what am I missing? afaik you need to do the following: go to system settings, icons, chose 'install theme file' then a location finder will open and you go to the directory of the .tar.gz hit ok then it should install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravensky Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Just now, Simon Lang 9047 said: afaik you need to do the following: go to system settings, icons, chose 'install theme file' then a location finder will open and you go to the directory of the .tar.gz hit ok then it should install. I did that it fails when I point it to the Square-Beam-KED_1.0.tar.gz file I downloaded =/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 1 minute ago, Ravensky said: I did that it fails when I point it to the Square-Beam-KED_1.0.tar.gz file I downloaded =/ do you use any KDE4 based distro or plasma next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravensky Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) yeah I am running the same distro you are =) Antergos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Just now, Ravensky said: yeah I am running the same distro you are =) Antergos try to extract the icon pack to '/usr/share/.icons' (you need root-access for this) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravensky Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Just now, Simon Lang 9047 said: try to extract the icon pack to '/usr/share/.icons' (you need root-access for this) you mean /user/share/icons? Just now, Simon Lang 9047 said: try to extract the icon pack to '/usr/share/.icons' (you need root-access for this) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) '/usr/share/icons' that should it be if that won't work either, try to download the file again, however i doubt it's corrupt as you could open and extract it. p.s.: did you run a full system upgrade before trying to install the iconpack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 another option would be to use the gnome icon theme from the AUR (not 100% sure but it should be the same): 'yaourt -S square-beam-icon-theme' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravensky Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 I'm going back to gnome I don't like KDE... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 3 minutes ago, Ravensky said: I'm going back to gnome I don't like KDE... lol how? i meant the gnome theme should work for KDE too, as it's just the icons. did the above step not work for you? what about system upgrades? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravensky Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) Just now, Simon Lang 9047 said: how? i meant the gnome theme should work for KDE too, as it's just the icons. did the above step not work for you? what about system upgrades? everything was updated, and even after I installed it into the /usr/share/icons folder it did not show up, I will try another download unless you could somehow share your file with me? I am in the Antergos setup atm though, doing a clean install with gnome =) Another thing I am used to apt so pacman is going to get some getting used to =/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Just now, Ravensky said: everything was updated, and even after I installed it into the /usr/share/icons folder it did not show up, I will try another download unless you could somehow share your file with me? yep can do! i will upload it but this might take a bit of time and as i need to go shopping soon i think you ll see the link here posted in about 1 hour or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravensky Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Just now, Simon Lang 9047 said: yep can do! i will upload it but this might take a bit of time and as i need to go shopping soon i think you ll see the link here posted in about 1 hour or so Thank you sir =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 (edited) i underestimated my uploading speed. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2qibVlMc1O1aWh6a3pxZjZ2d3c/view?usp=sharing would try first the approach to install that file over system-settings, icons, import... also would be interesting if you could compare the filesize of your archive with mine and see if it's a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravensky Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Just now, Simon Lang 9047 said: i underestimated my uploading speed. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2qibVlMc1O1aWh6a3pxZjZ2d3c/view?usp=sharing would try first the approach to install that file over system-settings, icons, import... also would be interesting if you could compare the filesize of your archive with mine and see if it's a difference. Thank you I copied the icon folder to ~/.icons and its working great! not sure what was up with that first file I downloaded...thank you I appreciate it! simonlang and Unobscured Vision 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 2 minutes ago, Ravensky said: Thank you I copied the icon folder to ~/.icons and its working great! not sure what was up with that first file I downloaded...thank you I appreciate it! so i suspect it was the archive then. weird, probably only a few bytes difference so that it could be opened and extracted but would refuse to work. happy to hear it's working now! Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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