Description: WinTwin - Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon Theme Includes: Login Screen, Cinnamon Menu Theme, Gtk2/Gtk3 Window Borders and Controls. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Modification of several themes to produce a Windows 7 style theme that works on Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon Desktop.
Extras: If you want a Cairo dock sidebar with a matching background to the panel, there's a "CairoDock-Background.png" that you set up to .750 transparency.... (Right Click) CairoDock> Configure> Appearance> Background: Fill the background with an Image, then Open and navigate to the image.
To get a Windows icon on your menu button.... (Right Click) Menu button> Configure> Use a custom icon, then navigate to the windows-7.png icon (there's one in the zip package). If you downloaded the WinTwin Icon Theme, the menu icon is in: WinTwin/scalable/extras/menu-icons/windows-7.png.
It's been a few years since I've submitted any themes here, and I'm not too sure how reliable the free download links are, so I'll create a few. I'm not all that sure what Windows 7 really looks like. I don't have it on any of my computers (except my wife's), and haven't used Windows very often since Mandrake 9.0 (my first Linux distro). I came up with the theme by looking at others that did not work in LM17, and fixed them by rewriting a lot of code, and creating some new graphics. My wife uses Vista, and it's been giving her problems, so I created this theme to help her transition to Linux, maybe others have the same need, or maybe you just like the Windows theme. Try to get the icon themes I mention, they really polish off the theme.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Installation Instructions: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Complete Cinnamon Desktop Theme: Includes: Cinnamon, Controls, and Window Borders Extract the Downloaded Theme-WinTwin-LM17C.zip into a folder. For use by all users: Copy the WinTwin-LM17C folder (not the MDM Theme) into /usr/share/themes. For individual user: Copy the WinTwin-LM17C folder (not the MDM Theme) into Home/.themes (Make sure to Show Hidden Files if using Nemo file manager). After copying theme files:
1. Cinnamon Theme (Desktop, Menu and Panel Theme): Menu> Preferences> Themes Under the Installed tab, you should find WinTwin-LM17C. Highlight and click (+ Apply theme) button.
2. Controls (Colors and graphics in windows and menus): Menu> Preferences> Themes Under the Other Settings tab, under the Controls drop-down menu, you should find WinTwin-LM17C. Highlight and click the selection.
3. Window Borders (Graphics for windows borders, menubars, and toolbars) Menu> Preferences> Themes Under the Other Settings tab, under the Window borders drop-down menu, you should find WinTwin-LM17C. Highlight and click the selection. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MDM Greeter (Login Screen): You do not need to extract the MDM-Theme/WinTwin-LM17C.tar.gz since you will use root privileges to install. Main Menu> Administration> Login Window (enter password)> Theme: Style: GDM +Add Navigate to the folder (MDM-Theme) where WinTwin-LM17C.tar.gz is and select that file to install. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suggested Icon theme is WinTwin-Icon Theme: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=166142 The hosting site is a free site, so the download will be sloooooow. I'm not sure of the reliability, but if anyone knows of a good free file-sharing site for files over 100MB, let me know in the comments.
Alternatively, you can use the w2-7 icons: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Win2-7+Pack?content=113264 AND/OR the G-Xiria icons: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/G-Xiria+3.0?content=123923 To use both icon themes above, set the Win2-7 inherits to G-Xiria, install both, and select the Win2-7 set. The G-Xiria icons will be used secondary, but before the default set used by LM17. Otherwise a nice colorful set looks good with this theme such as oxygen, hicolor, and foxtrot (available from the default LM17 repositories).
Suggested Mouse Pointer is oxy-chrome (oxygen-cursor-theme available in the default LM17 repositories). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Credits & Licenses:
MDM Theme: Modified from Xubuntu List mdm GDM Theme. http://opendesktop.org/content/show.php/Xubuntu+List+mdm?content=152828 GTK-2.0 from Shiki-Colors for GDM Mint logo from: http://linuxmint-art.org/content/show.php/LM+logo+on+chrome+plate?content=152910 GPL licence
Cinnamon Theme: Modified from Faience+ Cinnamon Theme http://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/themes/view/148
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