Unleash the Power of Ubuntu 6.06!!

[JGuru]

There's no such thing called 'art-manager' in Ubuntu!! @Venom if you don't know
better keep quiet. Don't give wrong answers!!

 

[Venom]

JGuru, cared to open Synaptic? Am sorry if the art-manager was a wrong thing, thats the name of the app I got.

The actual name I now remember is,
sudo apt-get install gnome-art

Ok, I shall keep quiet JGuru, thanks for that.

 

[JGuru]

@Venom, Please double-check your answers before you post. That applies to all
including me. Wrong answers if given will lead to confusion & loss of trust.
Earn a good name & keep it that way. People should appreciate & respect you.
That's more important. I hope you understand what I mean. I'm giving this advice
for your welfare & well-being. Take it in the right spirit.

 

[arunks]

thanx jguru again for pm.i will try it

 

[shaunak]

@kalpik from where did you get your vista theme. can you post the links please?

And can this post be made sticky?

 

[Vishal Gupta]

I think its the same theme, which JGuru posted here

And Yes! This topic deserves to be Sticky

 

[JGuru]

@Shaunak, @Vishal is right. You will get the GNOME Vista theme automatically
if you install XGL/AIGLX. You can also install GNOME Vista theme only without XGL/AIGLX.

 

[niks999]

oh man !!!!
A Bulky post!
Nice one dude!!!

 

[nishant_nms]

My Vista theme

*img121.imageshack.us/img121/1130/screenshotpx4.th.png

I am using VIA K8M800 onboard graphics will I be able to install it and my ubuntu is 64 bit

Plz explain in detail

 

[JGuru]

@Nishant, Your VIA K8M800 onboard graphics isn't supported by Beryl. You need a
good NVidia Graphics card (ATI Radeon gives more problems!!). Anyway you can
install the GNOME Vista theme in your 64-bit Ubuntu.

NOTE : Beryl is a fork of XGL

Here the procedure for installing the GNOME Vista Theme in Ubuntu:

First download the GNOME Vista theme from here ( File size 2.2 MB)

Right-click on the gnomevista.tar.bz2, choose "Open with Archive Manager",
Now click on the 'Extract' button. A dialog by name 'Extract' pops up. Click on 'Extract'
Now close the 'Archive Manager'. A directory by name Gnome-Vista is created
in the same directory. Now open the Terminal Window & type :

$ cd Gnome-Vista
Or where ever you have extracted the file , cd <directory path>
$ sudo mv glass-icons /usr/share/icons

$ sudo mv LiNsta2 /usr/share/themes

$ sudo mv Almon-dark-blue.wsz /usr/share/xmms/skins

Now from the menu , go to 'System' -> 'Preferences'-> 'Themes' or type:

$ gnome-theme-manager

This opens the Theme Preferences dialog.
Now choose any Theme from the list, click on 'Theme Details' button. In the Theme Details
dialog, click on the tab 'Controls'. Scroll down a bit & select 'LiNsta2', now click
on the tab 'Window Border', select 'LiNsta2'. Now click on the tab 'Icons'. Select
'Glass-Icons'. Click on 'Close' button. Now Your GNOME Vista theme is configured
& you can see the theme for yourself!!

Now we need to configure the skin of XMMS player. Install XMMS player in case you haven't installed it.

$ sudo apt-get install xmms xmms-skins

Wait until the installation is complete.

$ xmms

Right-click on the XMMS player, 'Options'->'Skin Selector' ->'Almond Dark Blue'.

Also change the 'Ubuntu' wallpaper to 'rotterdam_vista.jpg'. From the Ubuntu Desktop,
right-click ,select 'Change Desktop Background' . In the Desktop Background Preferences dialog
click on 'Add Wallpaper' & select 'rotterdam_vista.jpg' Click on 'Finish'.

 

[gary4gar]

@JGurugreat guide
but unusable to me
as i dunno hav a gfx card

 

[JGuru]

@Gary, you don't need a GFX card for installing GNOME Vista Theme!!!
Just follow my instructions. It will work. GFX card is needed for 3D desktop (Beryl) only.

 

[gary4gar]

ok
but these are for ubuntu will it work in fc5??

 

[JGuru]

@Gary, GNOME Vista will work in any distro running GNOME!!!

Installing GNOME Vista theme in Fedora, Suse or other Non-Debian Linux distros:

If you use distros that are not based on Debian. Then you need to Open the Terminal Window & login as root:

$ su -
(Enter password)
Instead of 'sudo mv' use 'mv', Since you are logged in as 'root' in Terminal Window!!
For eg.,
# cd Gnome-Vista
or cd <path where you have stored GNOME-Vista theme>.

# mv glass-icons /usr/share/icons

# mv LiNsta2 /usr/share/themes

# mv Almond-dark-blue.wsz /usr/share/xmms/skins

# exit
(Logout)

& so on.
Use the Theme Manager that comes with Fedora 5 or Suse Linux to make the changes.
In the 'Controls' tab select 'LiNsta2', 'Window Manager' tab select 'LiNsta2',
In the 'Icons' tab select 'Glass-Icons'. Click on 'OK'. That's all!!

 

[praka123]

Hey dont take pains downloading themes manually

run

sudo apt-get install art-manager (or maybe artmanager)

it'll preview all available themes and you can install it via there! A visual theme collector!

@JGuru:
infact ubuntu/debian got this package called "gnome-art" which fetches all themes from sites like gnome-look.org etc.Venom is right.Desktop>Preferences> menu in ubuntu showed art manager item.dont fire n00b...he posted that bcoz he is sure...
so the new command will be:

sudo apt-get install gnome-art

may be jguru should check his /etc/apt/sources.list
BTW my dapper sources.list FYI:

prakash@etch:~$ cat /mnt/dapper/etc/apt/sources.list

deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 6.06 _Dapper Drake_ - Release i386 (20060531.2)]/ dapper main restricted
deb *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted universe multiverse

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse

deb *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb *security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse

deb *archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-proposed main restricted universe multiverse

#Unofficial
# If you get errors about missing keys, lookup the key in this file
# and run these commands (replace KEY with the key number)
#
# gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv KEY
# gpg --export --armor KEY | sudo apt-key add -

# Penguin Liberation Front (packages)
deb *packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/ dapper free non-free
# Bleeding edge wine packages (packages)
deb *wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt dapper main

deb *archive.canonical.com/ubuntu dapper-commercial main
prakash@etch:~$

 

[mehulved]

<snip>.dont fire n00b...</snip>

Noob? Really. Venom isn't a noob. Anyways whatever it was it has been taken care of.

 

[gary4gar]

Noob? Really. Venom isn't a noob. Anyways whatever it was it has been taken care of.

but me is a total n00b in front of u guys

 

[JGuru]

@Prakash, I know that gnome-art package in Debian & Ubuntu.
I tried that also. The problem with 'gnome-art' is that you can't have a Unified theme!!
Suppose you want to install a Mac theme. 'gnome-art' offers themes separately for
'Window Borders' , 'Application Icons' etc., & You don't get a Mac theme in totality!!
See my reply for Installing themes in Ubuntu, click here
I have already mentioned gnome-art package!!!

 

[red_hat]

@JGuru :nice efforts for compilation .
Its really very helpfull for noobs as well as any linux user

 

[subratabera]

How about updating this thread....