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Screenshots - KDEtastic

I haven't done much with my GUI for a good long while. I've been more focused on making it functional rather than pretty. I decided to see what I've been missing the the realm of KDE theming. Apparently I've been missing a lot. This Domino theme is on par with anything in Gnome. It's the complete opposite of the bulky, cartoonish look KDE has by default. Very subtle and soft and I think it looks tasty. The rounded menus and slightly 3D text almost make it look like Englightenment.

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12 Responses to “Screenshots - KDEtastic”

  1. May 10th, 2007 at 11:04 am
    Quoth tante:

    I've been using baghira in the milk look for a while now for the little Qt needs I have, will check domino out, doesn't look as bad as most Qt styles.

  2. May 10th, 2007 at 11:26 am
    Quoth numerodix:

    I'm not one for dark themes, but that looks very nice.

  3. May 10th, 2007 at 11:38 am
    Quoth Brian S. Stephan:

    That looks really nice. Do you think you could detail everything you're using (fonts, icons, color, style+config), or roll up one of those crazy KDE themes, for a constant tinkerer such as myself? :)

  4. May 10th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
    Quoth Brian:

    Here's a try at making a .kth file. Not sure if it'll work. Try downloading this, it's a configuration for Domino that I didn't edit much, and it comes with a color scheme and Amarok theme and all kinds of stuff. The font is Trebuchet MS 9. Wallpaper. Icons.

  5. May 11th, 2007 at 7:42 am
    Quoth marb:

    Could you say what html/php syntax highlight are you using in vim? Looks nice and clear.

  6. May 11th, 2007 at 8:50 am
    Quoth Brian:

    It's ps_color . Font is ProggySquareTT 12.

  7. May 11th, 2007 at 11:06 am
    Quoth marb:

    thank you

  8. June 14th, 2007 at 3:55 am
    Quoth funkz:

    After all these years, you've converted me to using dark colours for more than a glance before switching back. :) I like using the Buuf icons with these dark colours.

  9. June 14th, 2007 at 10:06 am
    Quoth Brian:

    I don't normally like dark schemes either, but this one works. Normally any kind of white page (i.e. web pages) would burn my eyes because of too much contrast with a dark background, but maybe this shade of dark grey solves that problem.

  10. June 15th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
    Quoth funkz:

    Yeah, the selection of dark greys and artsy-looking icons really work well together. I'm using OpenSUSE 10.2 and even the main Suse menu looks great (though it has a light grey bar at the top, but its not too bad). It is as you said, easy on the eyes. However my LCD (I use a notebook) shows LCD-ish kind of reflections when I turn the screen back too far (open up the notebook) more than having the screen perpendicular to my eyes), which is definitely more apparent for dark colors than whites. I guess it shows LCD's are designed to show whites better. :)

    Nonetheless, I love this theme so I'm going to stick with this for a while. Keep working on Buuf icons, they are great - but there are a few icons on my system that still show up as non-Buuf. Like in my system tray, NetworkManager, the Kerry Beagle search icon, Klipper and the Kpowersave icons are all non-Buuf.

    Cheers. :)

  11. August 18th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
    Quoth Tryke:

    I'm enjoying this. Thought you should know that I googled for “crazy kde screenshots”, and this was the first hit. :)

    What firefox theme is that?

  12. August 19th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
    Quoth Brian:

    It's called Mint. I think you can get it from the official Firefox theme site.

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