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| Question: | Hi everybody!
I'm not so new to linux, but I am completely new to "good look" in Linux. I'm using Debian. And for last 2 days I'm trying to figure out how to install new themes from this great site.
So...I download the theme and...what? I know I sound like a retard but I really don't know what to do..When I go to Appearance preferences->Themes->Install, there are no files in my downloaded theme that I can use.
If there is somewhere explanation that I've skipped, I apologize.
Thank you!
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| | Answer: | Hey.
First off I would start by making sure that you have all available theme engines that you can have.
open root terminal or open normal terminal and type su root and give you root password there.
then apt-get install gtk2-engines-*.
Ok if all went fine you should have every available debian theme engine. When you find your icon theme/or gtk2 theme or mouse theme that you would like to use open appearance and drag and drop the theme file you downloaded to the appearance window. Now it should be installed.
To apply themes you like hit the "customize" button and there you can mix different window borders with for example different mouse themes.
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As you are new to debian I give you one nice tip that I have found useful over the years.
To enable composition in metacity which uses low amount of system resources do the following
open terminal
type: gconf-editor
apps-->metacity--> general
there you shall find an entry composition_manager enable it and you have basic composition manager.
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Have a nice day and feel free to ask if you have any more questions
-Zack
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