Let me start by saying this is a work in progress.
It's also something that maybe fifty people will ever see, a half dozen will actually try, maybe only two will ever likely use. I realize that. But I'm putting it up here anyway. Such is the nature of open source. If the Gnome-Gnuts can do it ... so can I. <....>
For the purposes of this thread/tutorial there will be some nominal ...
Conventions:
- <....>Items marked with a caution symbol need careful attention.
- <....>Items marked with a stop sign should not be done.
- <....>Items marked with a question mark are items subject to personal discretion and taste.
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Mandatory Cautions and Warnings
- Make back up copies of any and all files and folders you'll be working with before you edit or replace them. I will only mention this once, here. After that, you are on your own.
- Caveat Emptor. Install and use this at your own risk. It works for me, but your results may vary.
- The current documentation in e16 is out of date. It was written around version 0.6.x, and the version in the fedora repos is 1.0.11. I am updating that documentation as I go, but it s also a work in progress.
- If you're not overly fond of the color blue, this will never be a favorite for you.
- At least one operation listed here may effect other DE/WMs. It will be marked as such. These are all just inconvenienced electrons, so I recommend trying it at least once, and then reverting the change before loging back into that other Gnormal fedora desktop environment. If you don't use that other Gnasty thing, and you like the added color ... meh. I'd just leave the change there until you find a real good reason to reverse it.
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Pre-requisites
- An installed copy of e16
- A working non-Gnome* file manager (Thunar/PCmanFM etc.)
- A terminal
- Some basic terminal skills.
- Root/sudo Access
*You can use nautilus/caja IF you start then from a terminal with the "--no-desktop" switch. <....>
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Resources:
The Fedora Blued Glass Theme:
The Gkrellm2 theme:
The GTK-2.0 theme:
Before this is all over we will be replacing or editing or adding files in the following directories.
Code:
/home/(your home directory)/.e16/themes/
/home/(your home directory)/.gkrellm2/themes/
<....> /usr/share/themes/Adwaita/gtk-2.0
Initial setup:
Download the theme itself, and unpack it into:
Code:
/home/(your home directory)/.e16/themes/
Download the Gkrellm2 theme and unpack it into:
Code:
/home/(your home directory)/.gkrellm2/themes/
The next two steps are optional, and may have consequences for your Gnome sessions. Both are quite easily reversible, but if in doubt, skip these two steps.
<....> As root: Open a file browser and drill down to:
Code:
/usr/share/themes/Adwaita/
Rename the existing "gtk-2.0" folder to "BU-gtk-2.0".
<....> Download and unpack the new gtk-2.0 theme into
Code:
/usr/share/themes/Adwaita/
thus replacing the original, but leaving the backup file intact.
Lighting off the burners.
Once all that is done, it's time! Start or re-start e16. Then use the right click menu to select the theme, "fedora blued glass".
If all went according to plan, after a few seconds of winding clock, the theme should change. I'll let you figure out how to change the theme in Gkrellm. For right now, though, let me guide you to the other stuff you may need or want.
In a file browser (Thunar is my choice) surf nto:
Code:
.e16/themes/fedora-blued-glass/
and note two files of interest.
Pretty much follow the breadcrumbs from there. Click on READ_ME_FIRST, and that should bring you up to speed on the rest.
The HELP link is also clickable, and is the new documentation I've completed so far.
Theme wallpapers (for F18 - Spherical cow)
So that's about it. I've used serif fonts because with my eyes, I can see them best. There's instructions in the READ_ME_FIRST to change that to taste, or just hit the last e16 intro thread I did and follow the bread crumbs there.
Have fun exploring your choices. That's a whole lot of what Linux is all about.
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