Some awesome Windows 7 styled KDE themes. Make the KDE desktop look like Windows. These themes for your Linux desktop will make it look like a Windows 7 desktop. This is cool if you wish to have a pretend Windows desktop on Linux. http://kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=141539 This is one very good color theme for KDE that makes it … Read more
This is a photograph I took a while ago of a flooded river in the evening. The long exposure blurred out the water and gave a nice effect. http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Smokey+SVG?content=62338. This is my old Metacity theme I made in 2007, this uses some original graphics for the window buttons. This wallpaper is the oldest one on … Read more
Useful KDE 4.8.0 tips. Useful tricks to make working with KDE easier. To open a small run prompt to open any program, just press the Windows key and “r”. This will open a prompt at the top of the screen allowing you to type a command such as ‘xterm’ and the requested application will be … Read more
These are some more good quality KDE 4.8.0 themes I have discovered. Androbit: http://opendesktop.org/content/show.php?content=123524. Celedonia: http://opendesktop.org/content/show.php?content=142424. Oxywin: http://opendesktop.org/content/show.php?content=112004. Wave: http://opendesktop.org/content/show.php?content=117875. These themes are easily installed with the system settings menu, just sort by rating and the themes list will be displayed. I gave Unity a fair trial yesterday with all of the latest updates and … Read more
My current KDE Plasma theme Arezzo. http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Arezzo?content=84403 And my current Kwin KDE 4.8.0 theme. http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Chrome+Grayscale+Aurorae?content=119168 These two themes are easily installed with the Workspace Appearance option in the System Settings panel. These are very stylish themes for the KDE desktop, this is the advantage of running KDE vs Unity. HUD or no HUD, it is … Read more
The Gnome configuration GUI seen in Gentoo that Gnome 3 is missing.Sure the Gnome 3 desktop with some additions is very nice indeed, it is my preferred Linux desktop now, over Lxde & Fluxbox. I have some additions that make the desktop look like the Gnome 2 desktop of old, whilst keeping the Gnome 3 … Read more
I have decided to try this desktop out once again, even though it is not to everyone`s taste. I have switched to The Mist metacity theme and the Raleigh GTK theme. Pop up dialog windows appear and disappear very quickly indeed and the desktop is quite responsive after all. The only gripe I have with … Read more
This is the GDM theme I am using on Gentoo, this theme is the best amongst the many themes I got with this ebuild. And it looks very nice and professional. I used the login in a new window option in Gnome which uses Xnest to open a window displaying the Gnome desktop manager to … Read more