Re: Themes and Window Managers (was Re: [newbie] Unable to install: "Kernel Panic")
On Tuesday 25 December 2001 10:40 am, Mark Weaver wrote: > On Mon, 24 Dec 2001 15:19:39 -0500 > > Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder: > > Penguin Liberation Front > >http://lis.snv.jussieu.fr/~rousse/linux/plf/ > > Texstar > >http://www.pclinuxonline.com > > > >Painless, just install the rpm's and they show up under the > > Control Center | Look'n Feel options. Like most, I really like > > Liquid, but I use it with System++ decorations and different > > colors. > Aaaah...thank you Tom! that did the trick. as > always...you're my hero. Kind words, tho I'm sure some in these parts regard me as the village idiot ;> I noticed though that this theme doesn't > seem to have an rc file. Or, does it and I've missed it somehow. I dunno, didn't even look, I just really like Mosfet's Liquid, and Guillaume made it painless (Texstar too, MOF, I believe it's Tex's rpm I'm usin). > > And how exactly does one become a member of the P.L.F.? Because I > want to sign up and serve my Penguin! Guillaume Rousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> He's the one to contact. But I don't think he's any kind of zealous movement leader, just one of the Mandrake folks makin some stuff that can't be included in Mandrake due to evil lincensing/copywrite/closed source issues available to us peasants ;> If you can cypher French, trim his PLF URL back a bit and visit his home page. eg, http://lis.snv.jussieu.fr/~rousse/ -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Themes and Window Managers (was Re: [newbie] Unable to install: "Kernel Panic")
On Mon, 24 Dec 2001 15:19:39 -0500 Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder: > On Monday 24 December 2001 02:35 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: > > > ok...but what does one do when you "get" the theme and it doesn't > > have a themerc file in the tarball? theme no good...waste > > time...get frustrated cause theme no work. the one single thing I > > absolutely HATE about kde-2.x. the renowned theme support of the > > KDE desktop sucks in any version above kde-1.1.2. I just don't get > > it. The "why" of or the theme for that matter. > >Well, how do you really feel Mark? ;> > >My solution is to get Mandrake rpms. There's a how-to for the > tarballs, but it's been too long and I don't remember where or what > install'in .tgz themes involves. I seem to remember they're all > sort'a different. Anyhow, best places for themes are > > Penguin Liberation Front >http://lis.snv.jussieu.fr/~rousse/linux/plf/ > Texstar >http://www.pclinuxonline.com > >Painless, just install the rpm's and they show up under the > Control Center | Look'n Feel options. Like most, I really like > Liquid, but I use it with System++ decorations and different colors. > -- > Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Aaaah...thank you Tom! that did the trick. as always...you're my hero. I noticed though that this theme doesn't seem to have an rc file. Or, does it and I've missed it somehow. And how exactly does one become a member of the P.L.F.? Because I want to sign up and serve my Penguin! -- daRcmaTTeR - If at first you don't succeed do what your wife told you to do the first time! Registered Linux User 182496 Mandrake 8.1 - 10:05am up 9 days, 1:55, 2 users, load average: 0.30, 0.31, 0.34 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Themes and Window Managers (was Re: [newbie] Unable to install: "Kernel Panic")
On Monday 24 December 2001 02:35 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: > ok...but what does one do when you "get" the theme and it doesn't > have a themerc file in the tarball? theme no good...waste > time...get frustrated cause theme no work. the one single thing I > absolutely HATE about kde-2.x. the renowned theme support of the > KDE desktop sucks in any version above kde-1.1.2. I just don't get > it. The "why" of or the theme for that matter. Well, how do you really feel Mark? ;> My solution is to get Mandrake rpms. There's a how-to for the tarballs, but it's been too long and I don't remember where or what install'in .tgz themes involves. I seem to remember they're all sort'a different. Anyhow, best places for themes are Penguin Liberation Front http://lis.snv.jussieu.fr/~rousse/linux/plf/ Texstar http://www.pclinuxonline.com Painless, just install the rpm's and they show up under the Control Center | Look'n Feel options. Like most, I really like Liquid, but I use it with System++ decorations and different colors. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Themes and Window Managers (was Re: [newbie] Unable to install: "Kernel Panic")
On Monday 24 December 2001 14:35, you wrote: > On Tue, 25 Dec 2001 02:09:34 +0900 > > Doug Lerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder: > > Thanks! It is after 2am here now, so I will try this tomorrow! :-) > > > > It seems that there is more available for KDE in general than for Gnome. > > Is that true, or a mistaken newbie first impression? > > > > doug > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tuesday, December 25, 2001): > > >If you are impressed by Mandrake and also like OS X then try installing > > > the mosfet-liquid theme for KDE. It looks very much like OS X > > > > > >You can download it in a Mandrake RPM from the favorite files section of > > >www.pclinuxonline.com > > >Just click on the file name using konqueror and select 'Open' when > > > prompted and it will install 'automagically' Then use the KDE Control > > >Center>LookNFeel section to configure it. (You have to set up 'Window > > >Decoration', 'Style', and 'Colors' ) > > > > > >There are also lots of other nice themes for KDE available. I do not > > > > know why > > > > >the default one is so plain. > > ok...but what does one do when you "get" the theme and it doesn't have a > themerc file in the tarball? theme no good...waste time...get frustrated > cause theme no work. the one single thing I absolutely HATE about kde-2.x. > the renowned theme support of the KDE desktop sucks in any version above > kde-1.1.2. I just don't get it. The "why" of or the theme for that matter. For several of the themes I download them to my /home/dennis/themes directory and then in the directory add to the end of the file name, without untaring or anything, I add ".ktheme" and the theme manager seems to accept that. Don't know how well it works for some of the new themes but for the KDE 2.1 themes it worked for me. -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Themes and Window Managers (was Re: [newbie] Unable to install: "Kernel Panic")
On Tue, 25 Dec 2001 02:09:34 +0900 Doug Lerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder: > Thanks! It is after 2am here now, so I will try this tomorrow! :-) > > It seems that there is more available for KDE in general than for Gnome. > Is that true, or a mistaken newbie first impression? > > doug > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tuesday, December 25, 2001): > > >If you are impressed by Mandrake and also like OS X then try installing the > >mosfet-liquid theme for KDE. It looks very much like OS X > > > >You can download it in a Mandrake RPM from the favorite files section of > >www.pclinuxonline.com > >Just click on the file name using konqueror and select 'Open' when prompted > >and it will install 'automagically' Then use the KDE Control > >Center>LookNFeel section to configure it. (You have to set up 'Window > >Decoration', 'Style', and 'Colors' ) > > > >There are also lots of other nice themes for KDE available. I do not > know why > >the default one is so plain. ok...but what does one do when you "get" the theme and it doesn't have a themerc file in the tarball? theme no good...waste time...get frustrated cause theme no work. the one single thing I absolutely HATE about kde-2.x. the renowned theme support of the KDE desktop sucks in any version above kde-1.1.2. I just don't get it. The "why" of or the theme for that matter. -- daRcmaTTeR - If at first you don't succeed do what your wife told you to do the first time! Registered Linux User 182496 Mandrake 8.1 - 2:05pm up 8 days, 5:54, 1 user, load average: 0.05, 0.08, 0.08 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Themes and Window Managers (was Re: [newbie] Unable to install: "Kernel Panic")
On Monday 24 December 2001 19:09, you wrote: > It seems that there is more available for KDE in general than for Gnome. > Is that true, or a mistaken newbie first impression? Well, as long as the KDE libraries are present, any KDE app will run on top of Gnome, and vice versa, so don't think of it as an either-or situation. There is the occasional issue, like cutting and pasting across the K-G divide, but there are also workarounds for those issues - just ask. Also, there are many apps out there that are not advertised as either KDE or Gnome, but simply as QT- or GTK-based. -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n nx dmnstrtn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
