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Beautiful MediterraneanNight GTK 3.6 Theme Pack Updated

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>MediterraneanNight is a pack of 3 <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/2-beautiful-dark-themes-for-gtk-36-or.html" title="2 Beautiful Dark Themes For GTK 3.6 Or 3.4 [Ubuntu PPA]"><i>darkish</i> GTK3 themes</a></b> based on <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/zukitwo-adwaita-cupertino-themes-ported.html">Gnome Cupertino</a> available for both GTK3.4 (Ubuntu 12.04) and GTK3.6 (Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04) as well as for Xfce.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The beautiful theme pack has been updated yesterday,</b> getting some interesting changes, but only for the GTK3.6 version:</div><ul><li>new switches,</li><li>more rounded buttons,</li><li>improved Rhythmbox sidebar color,</li><li>Nautilus 3.6 changes: pathbar better spacing, improved icons sidebar color, changed the style of tabs (better readability),</li><li>many fixes and details like fixed OSD widget, checkbox and radiobutton symbols in menus, fixed Synaptic GTK3 toolbar and more.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Below you can see a few screenshots featuring the latest MediterraneanNight, MediterraneanDark and MediterraneanLight for GTK 3.6:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-night1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanNight GTK3 (3.6) theme"><img alt="MediterraneanNight GTK3.6 theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-night1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanNight</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-night-twf1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanNight GTK3 widget factory"><img alt="MediterraneanNight widget factory" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-night-twf1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanNight</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-dark1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanDark GTK3.6 theme"><img alt="MediterraneanDark" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-dark1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanDark</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-dark-twf1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanDark GTK3 widget factory"><img alt="MediterraneanDark widget factory" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-dark-twf1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanDark</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-light1.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanLight GTK3.6 theme"><img alt="MediterraneanLight gtk3 theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-light1_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanLight</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As you've can see in the screenshots above, Nautilus 3.6 uses a different toolbar with smaller buttons and rounded pathbar (like Gnome Cupertino), but you can get the old style back using the configuration script I've packed with the theme, which you can use to customize any of the three Mediterranean themes. To do this, simply run:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo mediterranean-config</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">Then select the theme you want to customize, and when you reach the "Select style for Nautilus" step, select "3" which is "Nautilus 3.4 with light sidebar and pathbar" and even though the description says it's for Nautilus 3.4 it should work with Nautilus 3.6. Then, restart Nautilus (sometimes a logout is required to fully apply the changes):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>nautilus -q</code></pre><br />And you should have the old MediterraneanNight toolbar/pathbar for Nautilus 3.6:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-night-old-style-nautilus36.png" rel="image_group" title="Nautilus 3.6 - old MediterraneanNight pathbar style"><img alt="Nautilus 3.6 old MediterraneanNight pathbar style" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-night-old-style-nautilus36_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><h2>Install MediterraneanNight themes in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The theme pack is available in the WebUpd8 Themes PPA so to add the PPA and install the MediterraneanNight themes in Ubuntu 12.10 or 13.04 (for Ubuntu 12.04, the version is slightly older), use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/themes<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install mediterraneannight-gtk-theme</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, apply the theme using a tools such as GNOME Tweak Tool, Ubuntu Tweak or <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/tweak-unity-with-unsettings-008-now.html">Unsettings</a> and if you want to tweak the themes, don't forget to use our configuration script, especially since you'll have to select the desktop environment style (with or without a global menu), so once you've installed the themes, run:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo mediterranean-config</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, get MediterraneanNight from <a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=148398">Gnome-Look</a>.</b></div>

Beautiful MediterraneanNight GTK 3.6 Theme Pack Updated

MediterraneanNight is a pack of 3 darkish GTK3 themes based on Gnome Cupertino available for both GTK3.4 (Ubuntu 12.04) and GTK3.6 (Ubunt...

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2 Beautiful Dark Themes For GTK 3.6 Or 3.4 [Ubuntu PPA]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><i>We've got quite a few requests to post some dark GTK3 themes, so here it is: DeLorean Dark and MediterraneanNight are two great dark GTK3 themes that support both GTK 3.6 (Ubuntu 12.10) and 3.4 (Ubuntu 12.04).</i></div><br /><br /><br /><h3>DeLorean Dark</h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>DeLorean Dark</b> is a beautiful GTK3 theme that supports the latest GTK 3.6. There's also a GTK2 theme available, which has been completely redesigned recently.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, the theme isn't just for GNOME (this includes Unity, Cinnamon, etc.), there are Xfce and Openbox themes available as well.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here are some DeLorean Dark screenshots:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/delorean-dark.png" rel="image_group" title="DeLorean Dark GTK 3.6 theme"><img alt="DeLorean Dark theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/delorean-dark_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/delorean-dark-twf.png" rel="image_group" title="DeLorean Dark GTK3 Widget Factory"><img alt="DeLorean Dark theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/delorean-dark-twf_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install DeLorean Dark in Ubuntu 12.10, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:killhellokitty/themes.ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install delorean-dark-theme-3.6</code></pre><br /><b>The theme is also available for GTK 3.4 / Ubuntu 12.04. To install it in Ubuntu 12.04, instead of the last command above, use:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install delorean-dark</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions</b> and some extras which include Firefox, Thunderbird or Chromium themes, tweaks and fixes, see the DeLorean Dark DeviantArt page: for <a href="http://killhellokitty.deviantart.com/art/DeLorean-Dark-Theme-3-6-vs-2-56-328859335">GTK 3.6</a> | for <a href="http://killhellokitty.deviantart.com/art/DeLorean-Dark-1-55-318612217">GTK 3.4</a>.</div><br /><br /><br /><h3>MediterraneanNight</h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>MediterraneanNight</b> is a <b>pack of 3 <i>darkish</i> GTK3 themes</b> that's available for both GTK 3.4 and 3.6: MediterraneanDark, MediterraneanLight and MediterraneanNight as well as for Xfce. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The theme is a variation of Adwaita Cupertino (now called <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/zukitwo-adwaita-cupertino-themes-ported.html">Gnome Cupertino</a>) with dark colors, which not only looks very nice, but it's also relaxing for the eyes.</div><br />Here are a few Mediterranean* screenshots:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/meditarrean-night.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanNight GTK 3.6 theme"><img alt="Mediterranean Night theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/meditarrean-night_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanNight</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-night-twf.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanNight GTK3 Widget Factory"><img alt="Mediterranean Night theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-night-twf_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanNight</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-dark.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanDark GTK 3.6 theme"><img alt="Mediterranean Dark theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-dark_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanDark</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-dark-twf.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanDark GTK3 Widget Factory"><img alt="Mediterranean Dark theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-dark-twf_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanDark</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-light.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanLight GTK 3.6 theme"><img alt="Mediterranean Light theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-light_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanLight</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-light-twf.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="MediterraneanLight GTK3 Widget Factory"><img alt="Mediterranean Light theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-light-twf_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MediterraneanLight</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The theme is highly customizable, but it requires editing some theme files. To make it easier for the users, <b>I've uploaded MediterraneanNight to the WebUpd8 Themes PPA along with a script I've created that lets you customize the theme</b>: you can select the environment used: GNOME Shell / Cinnamon or Unity, the style used by Nautilus, the Unity panel, tabs style, choose between regular and glossy window buttons and more:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-config.png" rel="image_group" title="MediterraneanNight configuration script"><img alt="Mediterranean Config script" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mediterranean-config_thumb.png" /></a></div><br />Note that the Nautilus 3.4 styles seem to also work with Nautilus 3.6.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install the MediterraneanNight theme pack  in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 (GTK 3.6) or 12.04 (GTK 3.4), use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/themes<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install mediterraneannight-gtk-theme</code></pre><br />Then, if you want to configure the theme using the script I've created, run:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo mediterranean-config</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Or, you can manually edit the theme yourself - see the readme inside each Mediterranean theme folder under <i>/usr/share/themes/</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, download MediterraneanNight via <a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=148398">Gnome-Look</a> (available for both GTK 3.4 and 3.6).</b></div><br /><br /><br />Also see:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/zukitwo-adwaita-cupertino-themes-ported.html">Zukitwo, Adwaita Cupertino Themes Ported To GTK 3.6</a></li><li><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/8-gtk-36-compatible-themes-available-in.html">8 GTK 3.6 Compatible Themes Available In PPAs For Ubuntu 12.10</a></li></ul>

2 Beautiful Dark Themes For GTK 3.6 Or 3.4 [Ubuntu PPA]

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How To Customize GDM 3.6+ Login / Lock Screen (Change Theme, Wallpaper)

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://github.com/Nano77/gdm3setup">GDM3Setup</a>, a tool to tweak the GDM3 login screen / lock screen, has been updated recently to support the latest stable GDM 3.6.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC3DUJ83n3IsZ7ykWbqh7JyFMH-ueOoz7vOUAOYR0hQ6mACjpe-p9uzfgcOVLxc4SxfqTFcQPolBFC7JXVgsmHBKKDlXmheykfgZrCmkvkr9LIf5KsmZ0Fy3JfBKuwE5M7dQcbwQSub1hk/s1600/gdm3setup.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC3DUJ83n3IsZ7ykWbqh7JyFMH-ueOoz7vOUAOYR0hQ6mACjpe-p9uzfgcOVLxc4SxfqTFcQPolBFC7JXVgsmHBKKDlXmheykfgZrCmkvkr9LIf5KsmZ0Fy3JfBKuwE5M7dQcbwQSub1hk/s320/gdm3setup.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b>GDM3Setup features:</b><br /><ul><li>Change the GDM3 GNOME Shell / GTK theme</li><li>Change icon theme, wallpaper, cursor theme</li><li>Enable/disable automatic login</li><li>GNOME Shell: change logo, show date in clock, show seconds in clock</li><li>GTK: change font, disable user list, disable restart buttons</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>In my test, some GNOME Shell themes didn't work properly with GDM and caused it not to start,</b> so I suggest you don't change the GDM GNOME Shell theme! Also, an user has reported that the <b>automatic login feature causes issues too</b>. Only use these features if you know how to restore everything to default without a working login screen.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyLszYc0npY1nEAjSk8NytARYITeJ8H6zqdO8geNJNp2QhVD0Cr228BpvBL2iHKpSrmumBjbRBSDGhQ75qbcRKBEIsTeoTjP_j4s-Se3LtjoOdZrC-Ar-V90m7XuitYMR6j4FKvYlwXE5t/s1600/gdm3.6-login-screen-background.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gdm3 3.6 login screen" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyLszYc0npY1nEAjSk8NytARYITeJ8H6zqdO8geNJNp2QhVD0Cr228BpvBL2iHKpSrmumBjbRBSDGhQ75qbcRKBEIsTeoTjP_j4s-Se3LtjoOdZrC-Ar-V90m7XuitYMR6j4FKvYlwXE5t/s320/gdm3.6-login-screen-background.png" title="gdm3 3.6 login screen" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download GDM3Setup</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">GDM3Setup is available for Ubuntu, Debian, openSUS, Fedora and Arch Linux and can be downloaded from GitHub:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://github.com/Nano77/gdm3setup">Download GDM3Setup</a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: even though the GDM3Setup page says the Ubuntu deb package is for Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot, it works with Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal and the latest GDM 3.6.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>How to change the GDM 3.6 background image</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUchXTwX9LKWh_4ZQ71PngEpRJjwC1tpsuzYI8iGjKgCf69Bup9F5OjOKOeOpZwQRo4OUGczrnmgB7Yl19MedBrjB2WzmYC32skfhCFPnXAHgGwuzG8XIQjZhiS8tCtu2blwEDADIBjE3/s1600/gdm-3.6-lock-screen.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gdm3 3.6 lock screen" border="0" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUchXTwX9LKWh_4ZQ71PngEpRJjwC1tpsuzYI8iGjKgCf69Bup9F5OjOKOeOpZwQRo4OUGczrnmgB7Yl19MedBrjB2WzmYC32skfhCFPnXAHgGwuzG8XIQjZhiS8tCtu2blwEDADIBjE3/s320/gdm-3.6-lock-screen.png" title="gdm3 3.6 lock screen" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">GDM3Setup supports changing the GDM 3.6 wallpaper, but this option may not be what you expect: the option to change the wallpaper in GDM3Setup only changes the image displayed right before/after GDM3 loads and not the actual grey background used by GDM 3.6 for the login / lock screen.</div><br />Until GDM3Setup gets an option for this, you can manually change the GDM 3.6 grey background image. The image used by default is located under <b><i>/usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/</i></b> and is called <b>noise-texture.png</b>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Like its name says, the grey image used by GDM 3.6 is a pattern, but you don't have to use a pattern and a regular wallpaper image works too. To change it, open Nautilus as root:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>gksu "nautilus --no-desktop /usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/"</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">then make a backup of the original "noise-texture.png" image and replace it with the image you want to use as a background for the GDM 3.6 login / lock screen.</div>

How To Customize GDM 3.6+ Login / Lock Screen (Change Theme, Wallpaper)

GDM3Setup , a tool to tweak the GDM3 login screen / lock screen, has been updated recently to support the latest stable GDM 3.6. GDM3Setup f...

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New Cinnamon 1.6 Release Adds 2D Session, New Applets And More Customization Options

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEpbZPBHubLR4F14ei8I8vf6hA7tIc22vYbi0vjNpmlJhX0bCMnI3ABCXBo9Z9su2_MHJYOND8AZmjxfhEEg6zVYNJVYPlGppNf1uyGD72fqYz4AI47zCGtMq0JInzvGCTEO3PUoY6JUN/s1600/workspaces.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="cinnamon 1.6" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEpbZPBHubLR4F14ei8I8vf6hA7tIc22vYbi0vjNpmlJhX0bCMnI3ABCXBo9Z9su2_MHJYOND8AZmjxfhEEg6zVYNJVYPlGppNf1uyGD72fqYz4AI47zCGtMq0JInzvGCTEO3PUoY6JUN/s320/workspaces.png" title="cinnamon 1.6" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Workspaces can be named in Cinnamon 1.6</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/">Cinnamon</a>, the GNOME Shell fork used by default in Linux Mint 13 (Cinnamon Edition), has reached version 1.6, getting many new features: a new 2D session, workspace OSD, new applets and lots more!</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><b>Major changes in Cinnamon 1.6:</b><br /><ul><li>Cinnamon 2D session (uses software rendering)</li><li>Workspace OSD: you can now name the workspaces (which are persistent in Cinnamon)</li><li>ALT + Tab improvements: you can now use thumbnails or previews</li><li>Improved sound applet: larger album cover, mute buttons for speakers and microphone and more</li><li>Grid View in Expo</li><li>The panel is fully customizable: options to configure auto-hide delay and the panel height have been added to Cinnamon Settings.</li><li>many other improvements and bug fixes </li></ul><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcyEr-UmiM_Vyb7AnAyXGrNJV4mbj1K5QqWFHeTyJXoDmpB1B-NO9UFC7ZhjS21a3JNCPYRo1WWmy_6mtP_-xmyd6Aq257IvdbR3spgmVI15oS-CjmGXh9n7bQQdxIJ6rZfkxd9rzVhwD/s1600/alt-tab.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="cinnamon 1.6" border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcyEr-UmiM_Vyb7AnAyXGrNJV4mbj1K5QqWFHeTyJXoDmpB1B-NO9UFC7ZhjS21a3JNCPYRo1WWmy_6mtP_-xmyd6Aq257IvdbR3spgmVI15oS-CjmGXh9n7bQQdxIJ6rZfkxd9rzVhwD/s320/alt-tab.png" title="cinnamon 1.6" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ALT + Tab with window thumbnails</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In my test, the Cinnamon 2D session was very slow, even though my computer is pretty fast, so it seems this feature isn't ready yet. And in fact, in the Cinnamon 1.6 <a href="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?p=207">release notes</a> it's mentioned that Cinnamon 2D is used to "<i>troubleshoot compatibility problems  with Cinnamon</i>", so it doesn't look like it's intended for everyday use just yet.</div><br /><br /><b>There are also some new applets in the latest Cinnamon 1.6:</b><br /><ul><li>window quick-list: lists all open windows across workspaces</li><li>brightness applet</li><li>notifications applet: like the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/07/recent-notifications-indicator-keeps.html">"Recent Notifications" appindicator</a>, this Cinnamon applet keeps a history of desktop notifications so you never miss important notifications again. </li></ul><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDX7IrKrQGj1d0zRJmLiqigZ6KAomxu9sOEkZOvzLhC0eAhruPMObHmVBK0I9aSKWDIXXvJiRrdf6LclEje9gb0MUthmtdE_RoOXPxIXQuOKk1fvn-GhdYRIYyacQ0SKszss195wpg3KTq/s1600/notification-applet.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="cinnamon 1.6" border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDX7IrKrQGj1d0zRJmLiqigZ6KAomxu9sOEkZOvzLhC0eAhruPMObHmVBK0I9aSKWDIXXvJiRrdf6LclEje9gb0MUthmtdE_RoOXPxIXQuOKk1fvn-GhdYRIYyacQ0SKszss195wpg3KTq/s320/notification-applet.png" title="cinnamon 1.6" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new notifications applet</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlmnQQWseJVOlLM-LoomKvXVz4KJnuUg0Oh6UCspLfQGBxxdjxKrKZPoS-h8uTqeGadRKB5Yi8iP9XcbQEhfIPgFvLeEKw5LMG3Rl2n3MHIQyL0J7h9pUSkE8cIP7X8A8uvFZtgBQqC6M/s1600/sound-menu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="cinnamon desktop 1.6" border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlmnQQWseJVOlLM-LoomKvXVz4KJnuUg0Oh6UCspLfQGBxxdjxKrKZPoS-h8uTqeGadRKB5Yi8iP9XcbQEhfIPgFvLeEKw5LMG3Rl2n3MHIQyL0J7h9pUSkE8cIP7X8A8uvFZtgBQqC6M/s320/sound-menu.png" title="cinnamon desktop 1.6" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Improved sound applet</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Qos35oe8uP_uXfzyABfGVTB7StXbMae0V4djUVsf6KiGRilaL-zGALC2QvGHMrFzP9Ly5sAxvLOKk6y5SIUHncjaz44TRsHD1mR1XZySq_yiU3bQ7QxKMsVjzW5bqXcPSsFxQlSG6UjA/s1600/nemo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="cinnamon desktop 1.6" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Qos35oe8uP_uXfzyABfGVTB7StXbMae0V4djUVsf6KiGRilaL-zGALC2QvGHMrFzP9Ly5sAxvLOKk6y5SIUHncjaz44TRsHD1mR1XZySq_yiU3bQ7QxKMsVjzW5bqXcPSsFxQlSG6UjA/s320/nemo.png" title="cinnamon desktop 1.6" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nemo file manager</td></tr></tbody></table>Also, <b><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/nemo-linux-mint-team-forks-nautilus.html">Nemo</a>, the Nautilus 3.4.2 fork has been integrated with Cinnamon</b>, replacing Nautilus. This of course doesn't mean you can't use Nautilus or other file managers if you want to, but by default, Cinnamon will use Nemo (e.g. for drawing the desktop, etc.).</div><br /><br /><b>Want to see the latest Cinnamon 1.6 in action? Check out the video below:</b><br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PxSA9Rg4L_8" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxSA9Rg4L_8">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>Get Cinnamon</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install Cinnnamon 1.6 in Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04, you can use the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/alternative-cinnamon-ppa-for-ubuntu.html">Cinnamon stable PPA</a> which has just been updated with the latest Cinnamon:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install cinnamon</code></pre>Once installed, log out and select Cinnamon in the GDM / LightDM / MDM login screen.<br /><br />For other Linux distributions, see the Cinnamon <a href="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?page_id=61">download page</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?p=207">Cinnamon</a></i></div>

New Cinnamon 1.6 Release Adds 2D Session, New Applets And More Customization Options

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Customize GTK3 / GTK2 Theme Colors Using `GTK Theme Preferences`

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-oQz0KZzmlYPoP2Kja00tkr54uYwIeIBHJBOUE9m5pt2P-VlhIz12TaN0w9BPrhqTO9GT3M4ZdDr_5rwqgCPpzyOZRvuj6QmU8PpCYYXH5u2sjOINLKN_9jQEfG807xxWdtegxYxy5ao3/s1600/gtk-theme-prefs.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gtk theme preferences" border="0" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-oQz0KZzmlYPoP2Kja00tkr54uYwIeIBHJBOUE9m5pt2P-VlhIz12TaN0w9BPrhqTO9GT3M4ZdDr_5rwqgCPpzyOZRvuj6QmU8PpCYYXH5u2sjOINLKN_9jQEfG807xxWdtegxYxy5ao3/s320/gtk-theme-prefs.png" title="gtk theme preferences" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://satya164.deviantart.com/">Satya</a>, who's behind some beautiful GTK and GNOME Shell themes, has created a cool new tool that lets you customize GTK theme colors.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Right now, `GTK Theme Preferences` (that's the name of the tool) works with any GTK2 and GTK3 theme and lets you customize the following:</b></div><a name='more'></a><ul><li>selected background color</li><li>Xfce panel, Gnome panel and Unity panel: background and text color</li><li>menu background and font color</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Even though this is a brand new tool, it seems that GTK Theme Preferences might be <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Roadmap/Specifications/R/ThemeEditor">included</a> by default in the upcoming Xubuntu 13.04.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A similar feature was available in GNOME 2 by default, but unfortunately it wasn't included in GNOME 3 and since then, GNOME (this includes Unity) users who like to customize the GTK theme colors had to do it manually, by changing configuration files. Well, that's not the case anymore thanks to GTK Theme Preferences. The application comes with a limited set of features for now as you can see (which are still very useful), but hopefully it will gain even more customization options in the future.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ax5EjQHtU038iznfxq0-ZAkzz-PKvbluWTUe_xMbmT4kVkyyL7x__G1ew187mVDhlYbKCEcS8JOt1DWXmKy0lwF9Z5wOD80RetKtraZI-99qF2UYLSR0eiS74VCj3tsg442h3FdW0vg3/s1600/gtk-theme-preferences.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="gtk theme preferences" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ax5EjQHtU038iznfxq0-ZAkzz-PKvbluWTUe_xMbmT4kVkyyL7x__G1ew187mVDhlYbKCEcS8JOt1DWXmKy0lwF9Z5wOD80RetKtraZI-99qF2UYLSR0eiS74VCj3tsg442h3FdW0vg3/s320/gtk-theme-preferences.png" title="gtk theme preferences" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Here's an example: in the screenshot above you can see <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/greybird-default-xubuntu-theme-gets.html">Greybird</a> GTK theme which by default uses blue for the selected background color and comes with a light panel and light menus. Using GTK Theme Preferences, I've tweaked it to use a dark panel, a purple selected background color and dark menus.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install GTK Theme Preferences</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://github.com/satya164/gtk-theme-config">GTK Theme Preferences</a> is available in the Shimmer Project PPA for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin and 12.10 Quantal Quetzal. Add the PPA and install it using the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:shimmerproject/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install gtk-theme-config</code></pre><br /><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install GTK Theme Preferences via <a href="http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=62561">AUR</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, launch GTK Theme Preferences from Dash / the menu, make any changes you want, <b>make sure the "Custom widgets" toggle switch is turned on</b> (or else the changes won't be used by your GTK theme!) and click Apply. </div><br /><b>Then, you'll have to log out and log back in to see the changes.</b> Unity users can also run "setsid unity" in a terminal instead of logging out. <br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to download the source, you want to report a bug or want to help implement translations support, visit GTK Theme Preferences on <a href="https://github.com/satya164/gtk-theme-config">GitHub</a>.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Satya for the tip! </i></div>

Customize GTK3 / GTK2 Theme Colors Using `GTK Theme Preferences`

Satya , who's behind some beautiful GTK and GNOME Shell themes, has created a cool new tool that lets you customize GTK theme colors. Ri...

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