How I installed Linux Mint theme into Ubuntu Hardy

I am very impressed with the "Lightning" theme of Linux Mint 5 Elyssa on my laptop, so I installed it on my desktop which is currently running Ubuntu Hardy.

The steps:

1. Go to Linux Mint Repository site and download these two files: gtk2-engines-aurora and gtk2-engines-candido
   
   
2. Go to this website and download this file: mint-artwork_5.0-2_all.deb
   This file contains Mint Green icons and several Linux Mint themes, wallpapers and GDM themes.
   
   
3. Install those three files in point 1 and 2:
   sudo dpkg -i gtk2-engines-aurora_1.4-1nano_i386.deb
   sudo dpkg -i gtk2-engines-candido_0.9.1-2nano_i386.deb
   sudo dpkg-i mint-artwork_5.0-2_all.deb
   
   
4. Using USB flash disk, copy the Lightning directory from /usr/share/themes directory in the laptop to home directory in Ubuntu desktop.
   
   Change its permission:
   sudo chmod 755 -R Lightning/
   
   move it to ./themes directory in Ubuntu:
   mv Lightning/ .themes/
   
   
5. Go to System > Preference > Appearance > Theme and select Lightning.

Enjoy the Lightning theme, it is really fast and lightning :)

Linux Mint + Plain Gnome + Lightning = lite and fast

Linux Mint has become very popular and naturally I tempted to try it again, so recently I installed it's latest version (Linux Mint 5-r1 Elyssa) on my old laptop.

It is nice but a little bit heavy for the limited resources on my laptop.
Searching in google, I found a guide to improve the gnome performance here.

Basically it simply suggest to make gnome "plain" by turning off the menu icons, splash screen, panel animation etc, plus "using a theme which require less cpu resources".

So I did as suggested and when I was playing with Linux Mint's themes, I stumbled upon one of the included themes, named "Lightning".
When I tried this theme, suddenly everything feels lite and fast.
And I think this theme is also beautiful:



Well, thank's to Linux Mint, now I have a nice, lite and fast distro which is perfect for my old laptop.

xorg.conf - Ubuntu 8.04 for Toshiba Tecra 8200 Laptop

For my personal note, I put here the content of xorg.conf file of Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron for my old laptop.

I have to use this xorg.conf because the default one failed to give correct video resolution of the laptop.

This is also applicable on Linux Mint 5.0 Elyssa (I have tested it), and most probably on other distros based on Ubuntu Hardy Heron.

I created the xorg.conf by following a nice tips I found on Ubuntuforums.
Big thank's to ilovelinux33467 who wrote the tips ..... (and yes, he is only 14 years old !!! )


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## SOURCE: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4772671
## BIG THANK'S TO: ilovelinux33467
##
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# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Boardname "Trident CyberBlade (generic)"
Busid "PCI:1:0:0"
Driver "trident"
Screen 0
Vendorname "Trident"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
Vendorname "Generic LCD Display"
Modelname "LCD Panel 1024x768"
Horizsync 31.5-48.0
Vertrefresh 56.0 - 65.0
modeline "640x480@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
modeline "800x600@56" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@60" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1024x768@60" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -vsync -hsync
Gamma 1.0
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Defaultdepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1024 768
Modes "1024x768@60" "800x600@60" "800x600@56" "640x480@60"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
Inputdevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "GLcore"
Load "v4l"
EndSection
Section "device" #
Identifier "device1"
Boardname "Trident CyberBlade (generic)"
Busid "PCI:1:0:0"
Driver "trident"
Screen 1
Vendorname "Trident"
EndSection
Section "screen" #
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Defaultdepth 24
Monitor "monitor1"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "640x480@60"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "monitor" #
Identifier "monitor1"
Vendorname "Plug 'n' Play"
Modelname "Plug 'n' Play"
modeline "640x480@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
Gamma 1.0
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection

Mencoba Linux Mint 3.0 Xfce

Linux Mint adalah distro turunan Ubuntu yang lagi naik daun, terutama disebabkan dukungan multimedia dan driver yang lengkap.

Sudah pernah coba live cdnya di pc teman dengan ram 512 mb (Acer desktop), sangat cepat. Layar lcd dan keyboard wireless langsung dikenal dan berjalan dengan baik.
Browsing internet juga menyenangkan karena semua plugins kelihatannya juga berjalan dengan baik.

Sayangnya di pc dan laptop saya sendiri Linux Mint terasa lambat dan berat. Kemungkinan besar karena RAM yang "hanya" 256 mb.

Untunglah kemarin keluar versi Linux Mint 3.0 yang menggunakan desktop Xfce, desktop yang memang dirancang lebih ringan dan sesuai untuk RAM mulai 128 MB.

Setelah selesai mendownload iso-nya dari sini, langsung saya burn cdnya dan coba menjalankan live cd dari laptop tua.

Berikut sedikit catatannya (blog ini ditulis langsung dari live cd):

- Setting koneksi wireless menggunakan aplikasi Wicd, lebih enak dari gnome-network-manager bawaan Ubuntu: WPA langsung dikenali sehingga koneksi juga langsung tersambung tanpa masalah.
Bahkan lebih mudah dari Puppy Linux .......




- Streaming video Liputan 6 dan Yahoo Video (flash ?) langsung jalan..




- Streaming video berformat Quicktime: o.k.



- Suspend ke ram (layar ditutup dan dibuka lagi): o.k. ..

- Hybernate: belum dicoba..

- Secara umum Linux Mint 3.0 versi Xfce ini terasa cukup ringan.


Sekian dulu laporan pandangan mata dari live cd Linux Mint 3.0 Xfce di laptop tua...


Last edited: 19-08-2007


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