Verteron - a custom theme.

[directive0]

Hey all,

I've never found a theme on the Pandora that suited my tastes so recently, building off of the dusk theme I adjusted the colour values to produce this theme, which I call "Verteron".

It uses a lot of black and bright green and classy folks and those with a sense of taste need not apply. It will definitely NOT be to everyones taste, but in the spirit of sharing I offer it to you! These screenshots make it look VERY colourful and bright but things are a little more washed out on the pandora screen. Your milage may vary.

To install unzip and place the Verteron folder in

/usr/share/themes/

then select the theme from the list in the "Appearance" panel. Not sure if you need to set appropriate permissions, someone might be able to clarify that.

I have included my retro-cool grid-plan background as well for your consideration.


If you have any suggestions or tips for a noob like me please fire away. Thanks for being such a cool and informative community!

 

[levi]

Not sure I like that backdrop, but I do like a dark theme, and I am pleasantly surprised by those green highlights.

 

[FBnil]

very Transformer-ish...
backing up my previous settings...

 

[rygD]

Yours looks like it would appeal to more people than mine. Mine is generally darker, with darker greys and no white, and most of my green stuff is pure green. I also used different fonts (I prefer slab serifs, but I do have some "fun" sans serif fonts, such as in the title bar). I also shrink down the title bar and borders, and I am pretty sure I removed and relocated some of the buttons.

 

[Askarus]

More beautiful dark themes .
Nice.

In case you wonder: That's the one I'm using on my Pandora and Laptop. It's so beautiful that it's the reason to use XFCE everywhere
Slick Red

And that's some real great icons: OSDark
(Ther's a green version as well. Might fit to your color scheme)

And of course best mouse ever: Dragon's Jewel 3

Install these and you'll have my Desktop.
Have a look at OSDark. Might really fit to your theme

 

[Swordfish II]

Hey all,

I've never found a theme on the Pandora that suited my tastes so recently, building off of the dusk theme I adjusted the colour values to produce this theme, which I call "Verteron".

It uses a lot of black and bright green and classy folks and those with a sense of taste need not apply. It will definitely NOT be to everyones taste, but in the spirit of sharing I offer it to you! These screenshots make it look VERY colourful and bright but things are a little more washed out on the pandora screen. Your milage may vary.

To install unzip and place the Verteron folder in

/usr/share/themes/

then select the theme from the list in the "Appearance" panel. Not sure if you need to set appropriate permissions, someone might be able to clarify that.

I have included my retro-cool grid-plan background as well for your consideration.


If you have any suggestions or tips for a noob like me please fire away. Thanks for being such a cool and informative community!View attachment 28670View attachment 28671

Will def try it!

 

[Swordfish II]

I get an Error 256 when trying to unpack with Squeeze

 

[directive0]

I packed it with archive on a Mac. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that there's problems. Let me try recompressing it and I'll re-upload.

 

[Swordfish II]

I packed it with archive on a Mac. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that there's problems. Let me try recompressing it and I'll re-upload.

That would be great. I love black/green themes....I suppose I could always try unpacking it on a real computer too

 

[directive0]

That would be great. I love black/green themes....I suppose I could always try unpacking it on a real computer too

Hi. I used zip on the pandora for this one. Let me know if it works for you!

 

[Swordfish II]

Hi. I used zip on the pandora for this one. Let me know if it works for you!

Thanks, I'll try it this weekend!

 

[Silent-Hunter]

Do you think this will work on MATE on the Pyra? It's really pretty.
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More beautiful dark themes .
Nice.

In case you wonder: That's the one I'm using on my Pandora and Laptop. It's so beautiful that it's the reason to use XFCE everywhere
Slick Red

And that's some real great icons: OSDark
(Ther's a green version as well. Might fit to your color scheme)

And of course best mouse ever: Dragon's Jewel 3

Install these and you'll have my Desktop.
Have a look at OSDark. Might really fit to your theme

Yes, this looks amazing with the OSDark theme!

 

[directive0]

I'll give OSDark icons a try, they look awesome.

That dragons jewel cursor is totally not for me hahahaha


-EDIT

I tried OSDark icons and it broke the network manager so I had to switch back. Looks pretty cool otherwise though.

 

[Silent-Hunter]

I tried OSDark icons and it broke the network manager so I had to switch back. Looks pretty cool otherwise though.

It works fine for me, what issue are you having?

 

[directive0]

I copied the OSDark Green folder to /usr/share/icons, and in the appearance preference pane I selected it from the Icons tab.

Once I do I get a "Missing Resources" dialogue box that says:

The NetworkManager applet could not find some required resources.
It cannot continue.

[Okay]

It does actually change the icons over, but I lose network connectivity. Setting the icon selection back to GNOME fixes it after restart.

 

[Silent-Hunter]

Wow, that's really weird. I don't have that issue. Have you tried restarting WITHOUT changing it back?

 

[directive0]

I think I did and it just popped the same warning up at boot. I'll try again now.
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Wow, that's really weird. I don't have that issue. Have you tried restarting WITHOUT changing it back?

Nah still does it. Permissions all appear to be in order... weird.

 

[Silent-Hunter]

I wish I could do more to help.

 

[directive0]

No bother, I'm fine with stock icons. If I figure it out I'll let you know.

 

[Silent-Hunter]

Oh and by the way, your theme looks amazing on a desktop or laptop with XFCE too.