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someguydude

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Hi, I am someguydude and I create GTK2 Themes and Openbox Themes.

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GTK2 Themes

Conte Blue

GTK2 Themes Sep 22 2009
Score 50.0%
Openbox Themes

Conte Openbox

Openbox Themes Apr 21 2009
Score 50.0%
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Conte Blue

GTK2 Themes 8 comments

by someguydude
Score 50.0%
Sep 22 2009
Thanks! That quote actually is part of my conky, it's a script that pulls quotes from tinybuddha.com and then plops them on the desk. I'm not too familiar with Tolle, sadly. - Dec 27 2009
Yeah the widget-factory screen doesn't do it justice, especially in thumbnail form. It's just a simple theme that doesn't do anything fancy. Stays out of your way and looks smooth.

Thanks for the feedback! - Apr 27 2009
Thanks! There are a few more things I'd like to do, but I'm not positive they can be done solely with the Murrine engine.

Plus I probably need to learn how to make a metacity theme so the GNOME folk aren't left high and dry. - Apr 27 2009
Thanks!

I'm no GTK expert so I'm not sure how much I can mess with the geometry, but if there's any way to improve it let me know. - Apr 21 2009
Silent Night II

GTK2 Themes 100 comments

by nale12
Score 67.1%
Mar 10 2010
Overall an amazing theme, but the buttons and scroll bar on the dark version are pretty rough. They look great on the light one, but I'd like them on the dark as well. - Dec 17 2009
spacedust

GTK2 Themes 7 comments

by aMADme
Score 50.0%
Oct 23 2009
PERFECTION. Azenis comes in a close second, but the dark blue Laga icons just suit this amazingly well. I put it with the Digital Blasphemy wall with the sort of neon-blue mushrooms and holy crap. - Oct 24 2009
WAY nice, man. I like it a lot. Compact, too. Well done, my friend. - May 22 2009
Crystal

Full Icon Themes 18 comments

by juandejesuss
Score 72.2%
May 06 2011
Some people like the look of KDE without wanting the big bloated mess that is "everything that comes with it." - Jul 16 2009
Smokikons Flare

Full Icon Themes 27 comments

by evilkastel
Score 50.0%
Aug 01 2009
What's with the hate on this? It looks great, fills in a lot of holes from the original Smokikon. - May 21 2009
Footwork

Full Icon Themes 37 comments

by Nachtarbeiter
Score 63.3%
May 14 2009
CRAZY cool theme. Keep the blue tone, it looks GREAT. - May 17 2009
Paper Cut

GTK2 Themes 5 comments

by ElTimo
Score 50.0%
May 22 2009
Easily amongst the best "simple" themes I've been around here. Normally I don't like the high-contrast black lines around things but it definitely works well here. - May 10 2009
Overglossed Black

GTK2 Themes 19 comments

by jameshardy88
Score 50.0%
Jun 02 2009
Looks a little plastic, but off to a great start. Check out Neutronium DeepBlack for some ideas on how to smooth it out. Can't wait to see this thing develop! - Feb 13 2009
Pittsburgh Steelers

GTK2 Themes 3 comments

by fredbird67
Score 58.0%
Jan 27 2009
Yeah boy!

Voted good, even though I'm not sure it works as a GTK theme. - Jan 27 2009
Elegant for Rent

GTK2 Themes 18 comments

by rent0n
Score 63.3%
Sep 13 2009
I keep seeing updates, but I dunno what's getting changed. Trying to decide if I have a need to try the new version. - Jan 26 2009
Mac Final

GTK2 Themes 12 comments

by wyliam
Score 58.0%
May 23 2009
...but this is easily the nicest looking I've seen. I dislike the overly-glossy and shiny OSX ports we generally see, this is incredibly smooth. - Jan 18 2009
Minimum Suite

GTK2 Themes 26 comments

by thibaut28
Score 58.0%
Jan 15 2009
It's all good, I came across as more abrasive than I meant to. My bad, there. - Jan 17 2009
No I agree, and I really like the overall design here, it just has a lot of unused blank space and that's keeping me from using it full-time. I'm currently using the ASN Suite I found here (http://visionsofart.deviantart.com/art/ASN-SUITE-95339568), and I think a really compacted theme here would be pretty spot-on.

I didn't mean to come across like I was insulting ya or anything, on the contrary I never comment on themes I outright dislike, only the ones that I really like but would love to see one or two tweaks on. - Jan 15 2009
Tell me, though, what's inherently minimalist about that theme. That seems "minimalist" because it's on a desktop with no panels, no icons, no conky, no screenlets, and a blank wallpaper. The GTK itself is just lacking gradients and sharp contrasts.

The reason I brought up the compact versions of those themes is because that aids in minimalism. I'm an Arch/Openbox user that likes to have things as seamless as I can with as much real estate usable as possible. What you've done here is eliminate constrast and sharp edges, which is less "minimal" and more "eye-straining".

And as for TWF, all I know is that when I use Aurora Compact, Clearlooks compact, and a few others of the same ilk, buttons are smaller. This one has large 'uns. Also the toolbar row in the file manager is way bigger. - Jan 07 2009
Yeah, it's threadbare and doesn't have a lot of glitz all over, but it's pretty fat. Wide scrollbars, big buttons, a lot of wasted space. Take a look at something like Clearlooks-Flat-Compact or Aurora-Compact.

The idea of a minimalist GTK theme is no wasted real estate, and unfortunately I see a lot here, although I -really- like where it's headed. - Jan 06 2009
Rhaps-Examples

Full Icon Themes 8 comments

by decadentgray
Score 50.0%
Jan 12 2009
Take the apple icons off those things. I like the folder design a lot, but I'm totally not feeling the obvious OSX pieces. - Jan 12 2009
Vibrant SVG

Icon Sub-Sets 34 comments

by yetzero
Score 70.0%
Jul 11 2009
mostly reverts to the GNOME standards. Naming peculiarities? Was this done mostly in Ubuntu? - Dec 29 2008
Vamox Icons

Full Icon Themes 40 comments

by vamox
Score 81.9%
Sep 01 2019
Just throw in an icon for executable files and this style is perfect. Excellent work. - Dec 18 2008
ClearLUX

GTK2 Themes 8 comments

by paraboy
Score 50.0%
Apr 12 2009
EXCELLENT theme. I'm always looking for unified but easily readable dark themes and I believe we've got one of the best here. - Dec 10 2008
BiMetallico

GTK2 Themes 29 comments

by Argirox
Score 58.0%
Dec 02 2008
Error -> ".themes/BiMetallico/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:110: error: unexpected identifier `style', expected character `}'"

Fix -> Simple. Open up the gtkrc in gedit/leafpad/nano and go down to line 110. Change the word 'style' to 'profile'. Bam.

I'm on Arch Linux and using the theme right now. It works fine. - Dec 02 2008
Thanks, but still no go. Ah well.

Glad someone recognizes the avatar, though! - Nov 17 2008
I'm trying to use this in Arch but, like ALL of the Dust themes, it doesn't appear to work. Is there some engine I need or a version or something I need for it? - Nov 17 2008
Synth Suite

GTK2 Themes 20 comments

by techwizrd
Score 50.0%
Nov 30 2008
Gwahahah! I are the victor.

Incidentally, I'm using the Synth Blue right now on a slightly more colorful appearance. However, I'm going back to monochrome now. Thank ya sir! - Nov 30 2008
Whoa, for real? Sweet. I loved the Bard Suite, can't wait to take this one for a spin. - Nov 09 2008
I'm an openbox user, so editing GTK themes means opening up the gtkrc file and tweaking it manually. I'm mostly lazy, but I also don't fully understand how the file works. :P

But yes, my point was that I love the theme but would love an all black/gray version of it (I'm currently using Agray but it's not QUITE compact enough for me). In the meantime I'll see if I can re-color this without breaking it. - Nov 08 2008
DO WANT. - Nov 06 2008
SimplyGrey

Full Icon Themes 48 comments

by Scnd101
Score 76.7%
Jun 03 2009
Well now that's just plain sexy. Can't wait for the final. - Nov 23 2008
Orbit47 1812,08

GTK2 Themes 6 comments

by thibaut28
Score 50.0%
Dec 18 2008
I don't like two things: the button borders and the scrollbar. The buttons don't blend because of that sort of "lip" or bevel around them, it takes away from the great sleek, flat look. Also I'm just not a fan of that scrollbar.

Otherwise we're off to a great start! - Nov 06 2008
Al(l)Most Black

Full Icon Themes 1 comment

by derma
Score 63.3%
Mar 26 2011
Great combo of two awesome themes, but I'm not big on some of the icons having non-black colors thrown in (such as the MP3 icon), at least not at the moment. It may grow on me. - Nov 03 2008
MiniWhite

GTK2 Themes 34 comments

by Pakos
Score 50.0%
Jun 15 2010
Using this with a modified elachisto OpenBox theme and MonoBlack icons. Fantabulous work. - Nov 03 2008
Ghost

Cursors 6 comments

by fnaax
Score 58.0%
Sep 01 2008
No idea why it's got such a low rating. It's like Entis only professional. - Oct 27 2008
Agray

GTK2 Themes 17 comments

by Pakos
Score 50.0%
Jun 15 2010
I disagree. It makes it look unified rather than as though the bars are separate pieces glued together. One reason I like such themes. - Oct 26 2008
Sorry, I tend to use odd phrases like that.

Anyway, I mean things like make the blank space in tabs smaller, push the menu headers together, things like that. Shrink the blank space. Take a look at, for example, Clearlooks-flat-compact for an idea of how one can reduce "wasted space".

It's just a thought, if you find it takes away from the aesthetic of the theme, leave it the way it is. I'm using the theme now and loving it regardless. :) - Oct 23 2008
It's excellent in general, but do you think it could be crunched down a little? - Oct 22 2008
Fearless

Openbox Themes 6 comments

by urukrama
Score 46.0%
Jan 05 2008
I use it with the GTK theme Clearlooks-flat-compact. It's monochrome but not dark, and this just fits perfectly. Easy on the eyes and classy. I don't get why people think Openbox themes have to be flat and dull. - Oct 21 2008
Smokikon

Full Icon Themes 33 comments

by magnussuther
Score 63.3%
Oct 20 2008
Absolutely amazing. I like the rather new approach, rather than just finding a new way (for example) to color a manila folder.

My desk is monochrome but not dark, and this blends fantastically. - Oct 20 2008
hydroxygen_iconset

Full Icon Themes 508 comments

by deviantdark
Score 80.0%
Dec 25 2008
This is the most amazing thing I've seen on Gnome-Look so far. From being able to customize the colors of folders to changing the icons for half of the apps, I'm just floored. There is no reason this theme couldn't work with ANYONE's desktop. - Oct 09 2008
Can't do that, they're too vibrant! The vast bulk of these icons match perfectly with a more colorful theme, just the folders seem plain by comparison.

Love the Firefox icon by the way. - Sep 24 2008
I love the theme overall... EXCEPT the folders. Too much gray. Put on a gray background (I use MurrineGlow Brave) and things all kinda mush together.

Otherwise, amazing. - Sep 22 2008
Ubuntu Dust

GTK2 Themes 125 comments

by rico-ambiescent
Score 70.0%
Sep 08 2008
That new scrollbar is just awful. I mean, it's a big fat thing that spoils an otherwise pretty sleek theme. I'm using it now, but I had to delete the scrollbar folder entirely and modify the GTKRC to trim it down a la ClearGlow. Now it's good stuff. - Sep 19 2008
Chrome Glass

Cursors 23 comments

by fnaax
Score 75.5%
Sep 01 2008
What version of Linux are you using?

If it's Ubuntu Gutsy (I had this problem in there as well) you have to go into your Compiz manager and manually change the cursor theme to CG. - Sep 04 2008
MurrineGlow

GTK2 Themes 24 comments

by fmrbpensador
Score 50.0%
Oct 12 2008
Well that just sealed it. Fantastic work, my friend. It combines with the Oxygen-Refit icon theme VERY well. - Sep 03 2008
Very nice. First Murrine theme I've ever found usable.

Any way to use the ClearGlow scrollbar though? I really like how compact those things are. I'm not asking to put that in the next version, just wondering what I'd do in the gtkrc to make it happen. - Sep 03 2008
BlackFate

GTK2 Themes 33 comments

by danielzupo
Score 67.1%
Nov 16 2008
Well I'd say the Slickness Black scrollbar is a good one to lift, probably the best one for a theme like this. Metacity-wise, I'm not sure. Vision black is a great emerald theme though, as is Technix. - Jul 11 2008
What's up with the blue? It looks good... except for the Overglossed scrollbar and the blue in the Metacity theme. I don't get why those are there. - Jul 10 2008
Crude

GTK2 Themes 7 comments

by deadbum
Score 50.0%
Jul 10 2008
Hey, I forgot about this.

Anyway, the funny thing is that I never installed this theme. I looked at the preview and noticed that you have the Slickness menubar with a non-slickness border, which looks bad. I commented, you assumed I was talking about something on GNOME and went on the offensive.

Nice job. - Jul 10 2008
morpho icons

Full Icon Themes
by conteXx

Score 63.3%
Jun 30 2009
spacedust

GTK2 Themes
by aMADme

Score 50.0%
May 22 2009
Smokikons Flare

Full Icon Themes
by evilkastel

Score 50.0%
May 21 2009