Linux How To - V1

How to install a wallpaper

Open the KDE-Menu and start the Control Center
Click on “Look and Feel” and “Background”
Switch to the “Wallpaper” Tab
Select “Single Wallpaper”
Click on “Browse…” and choose your new wallpaper
Select the Mode you like and press “Apply”
Have fun! :-)

How to install a theme/style

Install the Theme/Style by either extracting and compiling it, or installing an RPM.
Open the KDE-Menu and start the Control Center.
Select “Look and Feel”.
Select “Style” if the package you installed was a style, or select “Theme Manager” if the package you installed was a theme.
Select your theme or style.
Click “Apply”
Have fun! :-)

How to install a GTK theme

Create a file under your $HOME directory called .gtkrc-2.0
Specify font and theme like this:
gtk-font-name = “Bitstream Vera Sans 12″
include “$HOME/.themes/XLiquid_GTK-1.0.3/gtk-2.0/gtkrc”
Restart your GTK apps
Have fun! :-)

How to install a X11 mouse theme

Create the directory ~/.icons/default
Place index.theme into ~/.icons/default
Place cursors into ~/.icons/default/cursors
Restart KDE
Have fun! :-)

How to install a splash screen

Open konqueror
Create the directory ~/.kde/share/apps/ksplash/Themes
Browse to ~/.kde/share/apps/ksplash/pics
Move and uncompress your new splash screen file into the konqueror window
Have fun! :-)
For questions check: http://docs.kde.org/en/HEAD/kdebase/ksplashml/index.html

How to install a color scheme

Open konqueror
Browse to ~/.kde/share/apps/kdisplay/color-schemes
Move your new .kcsrc file into the konqueror window
Open the KDE-Menu an start the Control Center
Click on “Look and Feel” and “Colors”
Choose your new color scheme and press “Apply”
Have fun! :-)

How to install system sounds

Browse to ~/.kde/share/
Create a folder called “sounds”
Extract your sounds to this folder
Open the KDE-Menu an start the Control Center
Click on “Sound and Multimedia”.
Click on “System Notifications”
Click a desired action and click the folder to the right, below the list of actions.
Browse to your ~/.kde/share/sounds folder.
Click Ok.
Repeat the last 3 steps for each sound notification you wish to change
Have fun! :-)

How to install a IceWM Windowdecoration

Open the KDE-Menu and start the Control Center
Click on “Look and Feel” and “Window Decoration”
Select “IceWM”
Switch to the “Configure [IceWM]” Tab
Open konquerer by clicking on the “Open Konqueror…” Link
Move and uncompress your new IceWM theme file into the konqueror window
Close konqueror and select the new theme on the “IceWM Theme Selector”
Click “Apply”
Have fun! :-)