How exactly would I install these folder icons?

Depending on the distro you're using.

When it comes to debian/ubuntu/mint related ones, (as far as I'm concerned, I use Linux Mint),
there are 2 ways to install a theme, be it gtk2x or icons.

1 - ) Use the "Appearance Manager".
You can run it from either your Start menu [System/Preferences/Appearance Manager]
or directly from within your "Control Panel" - Open a terminal and type : gnome-control-center then hit Enter.
Once the window of the appearance manager is open, click on the Install button, show the application the path to the "theme.tar.gz" file.
Click once again.
It should install itself like a charm :), but sometimes it's buggy, especially when the theme is heavy and fat (mine is, I guess).

So,

2 - ) Use the command line.
Download your Icon.theme.tar.gz theme on your desktop. Right click on it and do an "extract here" action. It is now uncompressed on your desktop.
Then, Open a terminal.
Then type this, but without the "" of course :

sudo cp -R /home/"YOUR-NAME-BUDDY-NOT-MINE"/Desktop/"TheGreatIconThemeI'veBeenDreamingOfForAges.tar.gz" /home/"YOUR-NAME-BUDDY-NOT-MINE,Once.Again,Yep!"/.icons/

And for computer sake, pay attention to the quotes.
What is written there is AN EXEMPLE.
You HAVE TO put there YOUR NAME, or whatever name you've used for your computer and distro.

Once the copy's done, give the icon folder you've just put there the rights it need to run properly.

sudo chmod 777 -R /home/"YOUR-NAME-BUDDY-NOT-MINE,Twice.Again,Yep!"/.icons/"TheGreatIconThemeI'veBeenDreamingOfForAges.tar.gz"

Then, once you're done with the copy of the theme in the icon folder,
Go to 1 -).

The icon theme should be a choice in your appearance manager, right in the "Icons" tab.

Enjoy! ;-)

Could you please offer another download option besides rapidshare? For some reason my ISP won't allow connections with rapidshare, and I really really want your icon theme!

Here we go.
I'm right now adding a second link on GigaUp.fr.
Enjoy :)

I have had to modify the theme (see changelog), then removed the first one from the provider.
Anyway, the new and updated one is now available.
I'll soon give a second link to let people download this theme, whilst the former one, "gigaup", is still ok.
I've just tried it and it doesn't block the download.
Try again, you'll finally get it.

Hi there, your gtk theme is great...i'd love to download the icons but i can't, it says that the site is overloaded and things like that...could you please host the icons on some other site?
thank you very much, great job again

The multimedia mimetypes should be improved.
Such as differences between .flac and .mp3 and so on ; or .rm and .flv ...
And make an icon for .chm please...
But I think that is in your plan , well.

Other icons are made perfect,I like the office mimetypes.

Thank you very much .

First, thanx 4 the positive comments and attitude.

Second, yep, that's a first throw and there's still a lot to do before I am plenty satisfied with this huge icon set.

But I have to pay real attention to its size 'cause from the beginning it's getting fatter and fatter I'm afraid it becomes too fat to deal with.

Wondering if .svg for the whole thing should do the trick. I'll try anyway.

And yep, mimetypes have to be adjusted. I putted together things that are not really necessary (at least for linux users) in this folder. Got to correct it more efficiently.

'till the new one shows up, enjoy and comment if any bug appears.
Thanx.

In nautilus, the next/previous buttons of most windows xp/vista/7 based icon themes just don't look th part.

Could you make them look more alike? Within legal ranges of course.

Thanks.

Hi there. :)
Well, if I well understood you point - I've been thinking 'bout it for a long time but I'm afraid (copyright matters appart) the way gtk.2.x is buit just would'nt allow us to modify that far the way the next/previous buttons are put on the panel.
Optionally remove text beside icons (in your appearance manager) is so far the best we can do to achieve the most affordable lookalike .

I mean that the buttons in many vista inspired icon themes don't look very good. I hope you can make them look more similar. I don't care for the silhouet surrounding the buttons(like in internet explorer) so long as the buttons look better.