[Preston] icon themes

Richard Revis preston at mailman.lug.org.uk
Sat Jan 11 17:27:00 2003


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On Saturday 11 Jan 2003 3:36 pm, Databug wrote:

> As I'm starting to settle in to Linux, I'm starting to customize it's l=
ook
> and feel. I trained as a graphic artist so visual things are very impor=
tant
> to me. I love the Gnome Icon set but I prefer the KDE enviroment. I've =
been
> collecting all the best Gnome Icon images off the net but i was surpris=
ed
> to find how hard it is to get hold of decent Gnome icons. I have basica=
lly
> found 2 good sites. But i was wondering if anyone knows of anymore. Als=
o
> what else should I be aware of with regard to chaning icon imagery. ie.=
 is
> there some sort of pref file linking certain types of files to certain
> images. Is there any way to either specify more or less of such files.
> Basically can anyone steer me to usefull sites on creating icon themes?

http://art.gnome.org is a brilliant resource, especially for icons - look=
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under themes/nautilus and in the icons section.

Installing things for gnome use is a right PITA though, or at least it is=
 with=20
metacity... it installed the background ok but none of the other componen=
ts=20
(gtk1, gtk2, nautilus, sawfish) componenets worked. Grrr.

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Richard Revis
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