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@Aravisian,

Thanks alot!

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You are welcome

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Your own void theme ?

I make Cinnamon / XFCE / GTK themes, so I can have any theme I want :smiley:

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That one looks very cool too. I wish i could make themes :joy:

You can.

Thanks. That window is "Antares" theme which I have not uploaded.

A shame that the void you have send is not working fully like in this picture

https://www.deviantart.com/luisrafaelgalvez/art/Void-Cinnamon-310742162

When i open the start menu it's black

Perhaps the themer had not updated his image - or it may be due to the opactiy.
We can fix that, though and here is a chance for you to get your hands wet with theming - You said you wish you could make themes. Here's you chance to take your first steps into learning how.

In the cinnamon.css file, these are the lines that determine that appearance and color:

.applet-box:hover {
color: #000;
border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
background-gradient-direction: vertical;
background-gradient-start: rgba(55,55,55,0.05);
background-gradient-end: rgba(55,55,55,0.21);
}
.applet-box:active {
color: black;
border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
background-gradient-direction: vertical;
background-gradient-start: rgba(55,55,55,0.11);
background-gradient-end: rgba(55,55,55,0.41);
}

Let's change the rgba value to a Lighter Color. Use a Color Picker tool or just use:
https://www.google.com/search?q=rgb(55%2C55%2C55)&client=ubuntu&hs=NhY&channel=fs&sxsrf=AOaemvL6dgMNeTFKZL78-qM-PIKxehALrg%3A1631950793557&ei=yZdFYba6IeynqtsPtoeGkA4&oq=rgb(55%2C55%2C55)&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBAgjECcyCAgAEAcQChAeMgYIABAHEB4yBQgAEIAEMgYIABAIEB46BwgAEEcQsANKBAhBGABQ1yFY1yFg9CNoAXACeACAAYABiAGAAZIBAzAuMZgBAKABAcgBBcABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz&ved=0ahUKEwj2wty6gojzAhXsk2oFHbaDAeIQ4dUDCA0&uact=5

.applet-box:hover {
color: #000;
border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
background-gradient-direction: vertical;
background-gradient-start: rgba(197,197,197,0.05);
background-gradient-end: rgba(197,197,197,0.21);
}
.applet-box:active {
color: black;
border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
background-gradient-direction: vertical;
background-gradient-start: rgba(197,197,197,0.11);
background-gradient-end: rgba(197,197,197,0.41);
}

Test different values to define the color and the opacity to achieve the desired effect.

Holy haha, will try it out later. The theme (void) is indeed from 2012, 9 years old.

Themes need have no age. :wink:
If something looks good and it pleases you - It is doing its job.

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@Aravisian, Cinnamon came with Nemo. I want to use Nemo as default in Zorin OS (when i am not using cinnamon). How can i use Nemo as default ? because when i create a new folder nautilus is taking over.

Is this still working ? When i hit in terminal "startup applications" it's not there

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This guide will serve your needs:

I also always keep Nemo as default.

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Nemo came with the cinnamon installation i did a few days ago.

When logged into your Cinnamon Desktop, then Nemo should already be default.

If you want to set Nemo as default for when logged into Gnome (Zorin Desktop), then the above guide should work perfectly.

Great! so i followed this part

xdg-mime default nemo.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons false
gsettings set org.nemo.desktop show-desktop-icons true

it works, if i want to refert back what do i need to do next ?

The reverse is true. To revert:

xdg-mime default gnome.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons true

gsettings set org.nemo.desktop show-desktop-icons false

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Just as i thought...thanks again, 1 more question. I also used this command nemo-desktop& and it throws errors here. Is this needed and what does it do ?

** (nemo-desktop:12923): WARNING **: 14:04:32.714: The theme appears to have no nemo support. Adding some...

** (nemo-desktop:12923): WARNING **: 14:04:32.715: Desktop already managed by another application, skipping desktop setup.
To change this, modify org.nemo.desktop 'ignored-desktop-handlers'.

These are normal.

This one merely means that certain classes are not directly assigned in the the theme css. Fortunately, Nemo (and Nemo is unusual in this), will use its own Nautilus code to grab the properties outlined in the css file anyway.

You can manually change desktop handlers using dconf-editor:

sudo apt install dconf-editor

Then navigate the path it shows - /org/nemo/desktop/ignored-desktop-handlers and set the settings as you wish.

The reason for the 'error' is that Gnome-Shell is installed and running.
It's handling things, though, and is not a big deal. Again, this just falls to user preference, especially if you use Desktop Icons (I don't. I like my desktop completely clean and uncluttered, myself).

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