Questions about "themes" which alter the look of the interface.
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Change color of Applet context menu font or background
As seen here http://i.imgur.com/9tySBEi.png, theres little contrast between the greys.
I'm using the FlatStudio theme with Faenza Dark icons. I'm assuming it's because the icons are for a dark theme, ...
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How do you customize Xubuntu 12.10?
I am sick of the normal, themes preinstalled with Wubi. I need some help.
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lxappearance changes not sticking
Just installed 13.04, in xmonad, want to change my gtk theme. Run lxappearance, click on ambiance, everything changes in lxapperance, it all looks good. Hit apply. No change to any other app. Close ...
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How can I change Chrome's title bar text?
I have chromium web browser open and I don't want it to say Chromium Web Browser in the title bar in unity. It can be blank for any app I have open as well using 12.04
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Ubuntu Chrome browser is having any instance bug issue? Is it browser bug or Ubuntu desktop theme related bug?
When i run Chrome in Ubuntu as Kiosk mode, it open the same site twice, how can i make it one instance only? (my web application does not work if it open twice).
For example to open one site it runs ...
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Convert Ubuntu 13.04 to mac error
I'm following this tutorial http://ubuntuguide.net/how-to-make-ubuntu-12-04-look-like-mac-os-lion and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpENgOt0_JI
But I'm getting this error:-
Reading package ...
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Ubuntu tweak tool - Mouse cursor would not change theme
I tried to change the cursor theme from DMZ-White to DMZ-Black for my laptops. But it does not work for one of my laptop.
For that laptop, it does not work no matter I change the cursor theme in
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How to make virtual desktop name text in KDE more readable
I have given titles to some of my virtual desktops, but the color of the text is light gray, and it's very hard to read. The pager settings don't give any options to make the text darker/bolder. I ...
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Can I use the indicator icons from Ubuntu Touch on the desktop version?
I am re-theming my Ubuntu 13.04 laptop to use an interface which looks more like that of Ubuntu Touch. One of the last things I need to complete the look are the indicator icons being used in Ubuntu ...
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How to install the following theme on Ubuntu 13.04
I wanted to install the following theme (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?action=content&content=155582) and tried to do it like this (How can I install themes?), however, there's no .deb ...
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Oxygen-gtk theme on ubuntu 12.04
I tried to use the oxygen-gtk theme on ubuntu 12.04, but it didn't work properly, only the menus. The windows looked like win95/98 :D
I know that the best way to use that is to use Kubuntu, but I ...
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Difference between “Gtk+ theme” and “Current theme” entries in Gnome Tweak Tool
As you can see below, Adwaita is selected both as the Gtk+ theme, and the Current theme.
What is the difference? Also, some themes are available as "current" and others as Gtk+ ones.
Also, why do ...
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Setting the same theme across desktop environments
I'm currently running 13.04 Gnome-Shell. It's customised just the way I like it. However, when I switch to Unity, the desktop looks really ugly - a real mess!
How can I set one DE to look the way I ...
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burg error after removing entries
Hi I installed burg lately using commands
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/burg sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install burg burg-themes
sudo burg-install /dev/hda
sudo update-burg
and later ...
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How to make ubuntu black and white?
This might be a somewhat strange question.
I had an argument with a windows person and I told him that linux is so much more customization then he told me to prove it and I told him .....
Now I need ...
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Merge two different icons theme in Ubuntu [duplicate]
I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 and I installed 2 icon themes: Faenza-Radiance and Myelementary. I want to use Myelementary icon theme as main one and Faenza-Radiance icon theme on top system panel. How can I ...
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Icons for custom mime-type does not show up with Ubuntu-mono-dark theme
I manually installed LuxRender 1.2.1 under /usr/local/bin/ and it works fine and dandy. I then created 5 new mime-types for LuxRender *.lxs, *.lxo, *.lxm, *.lxv and *.flm file formats (scene, objects, ...
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Window buttons black on black
If I use any theme other than Ambiance with 12.04 + 2D then the window buttons (max/min/close) become an impossible to see black on black. However, this is only when the window is maximized. When the ...
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How to change the default theme for all users?
How to change the default theme to the classic theme for all users in Ubuntu 12.04?
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Restore ubuntu boot defaults [duplicate]
I've installed gnome-shell at some point and it changed the plymouth themes on boot and shutdown.
I want them restored to ubuntu's default. Tried reinstalling some packages but no luck.
Any hint?
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Unable to install themes in ubuntu 13.04
I wanted to install mediterranean dark theme, given in here and here. It always exits with the error
Cannot access PPA (https://launchpad.net/api/1.0/~killhellokitty/+archive/themes.ppa) to get PPA ...
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My unity pannel on cairo dock doesnt work
I just upgraded my Ubuntu to 13.04 and installed mac theme from Noobslab and installed Cairo Dock. The problem is when I log in I only find Cairo Gnome and I need Cairo Unity Pannel.
Please Respond,
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Theme ListView text pulled from XML?
I've been working on my msm touch app and got to a point were I get the needed info from an XML file, but it is unthemed, and not as good looking as other "direct" text is. Its black and further to ...
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How to change the ubuntu volume control slider color
Is there any way to change the color of the volume control slider?
I wish to change it from orange to light blue, or blue, but I can not find where I need to go to make the change, sine I already ...
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Ugly separators in toolbars - Ambiance - 13.04
Can I fix or change the separators' color for ambiance theme in toolbars? it's always white even if I change every value of "separator" in every config file of ambiance theme to be ...
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How to make a custom plymout theme package? [duplicate]
I want to make my own OS and I've made some good progress but I want to create a custom boot screen and technically I don't know how. So I was hoping that someone could tell me which software to use ...
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How can I fix my KDE theme after upgrading to Kubuntu 13.04?
A while back, I installed Kubuntu 12.10 and switched to the FormaN theme. Today, I completed my upgrade to Raring (13.04) and rebooted. Now all of the graphical controls appear messed up:
I've just ...
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Rebooting caused theme to look like Windows 95 in 13.04
My PC has recently received a fresh Ubuntu 13.04 install. There is nothing else on the PC apart from a very basic setup of 13.04.
After rebooting, I noticed so many problems with the way Ubuntu ...
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no window borders, can't see Unity, uninstall Mint skin
I have no windows borders. It is probably a compiz fusion issue. But I don't know how to uninstall that.
I can't see Unity, it worked in 12.04 but not on 12.10 or 13.04. And I want to uninstall the ...
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ambiance and radiance colours themes on 12.10 / 13.04
Does anybody know if these themes are compatible with the latest version of gtk yet?
I like the ambiance theme but would like the orange highlights to be blue or what ever I fancy at the time.
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How to setup high contrast theme in Lubuntu?
I can't find a high contrast theme via "Customise look and feel".
This is something similar to the high contrast theme in MS Windows.
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Ubuntu GNOME remix: how do we get traditional Ubuntu windows buttons?
After having installed Ubuntu GNOME remix we only have a windows close button on the top right corner:
From Ubuntu/Unity I got used to have the windows button on the left side including minimize ...
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Window theme won't change (gnome 3.8)
I've just upgraded from 12.04, to 12.10, to 13.04 using the software updater, and I've upgraded Gnome from 3.4 to 3.8. The problem is, when I try to change my theme using the Tweak Tool, I am only ...
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Cairo-Dock theme doesn't apply properly
I just upgraded from 12.10 to 13.04 and I'm having trouble getting the Cairo-Dock theme on my system working. I upgraded on the Cairo-Dock theme (if that makes a difference) and it was just the ...
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Why is my desktop background blank after upgrade to 13.04?
After I upgraded to 13.04 my desktop background has been a black screen, i.e.:
EDITS: Ubuntu tweak doesn't seem to be able to change the window theme either (although all other themes like icon ...
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Window Theme Not Changing 13.04 [closed]
it is in Raring Ringtail. Although the GTK theme change is working, it is not possible to change Window Theme and it is stuck with Ambiance.
Most probably it is a bug.
For the time being, where can I ...
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Faience GTK theme breaks tabs
I installed this theme in my Ubuntu 12.04 + Unity and all tabs are definitively wrong:
Any idea to make this theme work properly?
Thanks.
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How do I reduce the size of the menu bar?
I am trying to make a slim-looking radiance theme. I dont want to switch to linuxmint for slim interfaces, and I like the unity interface more.
I have been able to reduce padding from almost all ...
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Chainloader not working after theme is set in Grub?
Why won't my chainloader in etc/grub.d/25_custom work after I set GRUB_THEME?
Everything works fine before I set the theme.txt with the following 2 chainloader settings under etc/grub.d/25_custom:
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Theme with thin borders?
Q1 What themes has a thin top border?
Q2 Could I in an easy way change the size of the topborder of the default Ambiance theme
Background
I'm trying to switch to using (almost) the default Ubuntu ...
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Gnome theme background color is black
I'm having a problem with my default Gnome 3.6.0 setup on 12.10. I used to create themes in Gnome 2 and Gnome 3.0, but I'm at loss to explain why my theme is black in the background. This problem is ...
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Is there any place on the internet that houses window themes (as Ubuntu tweak calls them) and gtk themes for ubuntu?
I'm wonder if there is like a one-stop place on the internet where I can find all the window themes and gtk themes I could possibly want for Ubuntu. I would like these themes to be compatible with 32 ...
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LibreOffice : How to save themes of a presentation to use them in another?
I downloaded presentations with nice themes I would like to use myself.
The only way I found was to delete all the content and write my own.
Isn't there a better solution than this one?
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how i can go back to the original theme
yesterday i updated my Ubuntu from the updater and when it finished it required to restart after the restart the theme turn to gray and all the programs have no icons or fonts
is there any way to go ...
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How to install color themes onto Emacs 24.3?
I'm trying to install the Oblivion color theme into GNU Emacs 24.3.
I downloaded the repository as a .zip file then moved the zip folder into my ~/.emacs.d/color-theme/themes directory. I'm pretty ...
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KDE doesn't change the whole theme
The KDE themes aren’t changing right. When I change a theme, it only changes the decorations and the panels and widgets. The rest of the theme remains same.
How can I change the grey area (IDK ...
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What is icon-theme.cache?
When I run the following command on my Lubuntu 12.10
[11:09 PM] ~ $ find /usr/share/icons/ -iname icon-theme.cache -type f
I get the following (after adding the last modified date and size):
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What is the name of the icon for usb drives in Ubuntu?
I am developing a PyGtk application that I would like to display the image for a USB stick from the user's theme. However, I cannot seem to pin down the name of the icon, and Google is no help. ...
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Birds of Paradise in vim - doesn't work
I want to add this theme Birds of Paradise to vim.
I tried to it do with sudo gedit birds_of_paradise.vim in /usr/share/vim/vim73/colors. Then I tried colorscheme birds_of_paradise in .vimrc , but ...
