
Old GNOME2
Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): Add the source-code for this project on opencode.net
I personally don't much care for the post-Tango gnome icon theme that first started coming out around the 2.16 release. The edges are much less sharp, and the changed aesthetic just doesn't appeal to me. Unfortunately, 2.16 was also the first release to use a newer icon naming system that led to many icons simply not working if you merely copied over the old icon theme. So i've taken matters into my own hands
This is the old pre-2.16 Gnome icon theme, modified and repackaged to work with modern (as of 2.32) Gnome desktops. I did not create any of these icons, rather i merely collected them from various sources (gnome-icon-theme, individual gnome apps) and threw a bunch of symlinks in for compatability. It's been a personal work-in-progress for several years, and i'm releasing it now in case anyone else shares my sense of aesthetics.
It's got pretty good (roughly 90%) coverage of even a current gnome desktop, without having drawn any new icons, though in future releases, i may attempt to modify existing icons in here (as well as scrounging up others from past software releases) to get a wider coverage. I'm also considering including details such as the pre-2.8 trash icon (The one at a 3/4 viewing angle) if anyone wants that.
I've also enclosed a small patch to Nautilus, to enable the use of the old 75% (36x36 pixel) icon zoom that was used in older releases, to get a more authentic experience :)
Reports of missing icons, or requests for more app icons (I've snagged a number of common ones already) are welcome.
9 years ago
0.1.0 - Initial release
0.1.1 - Add proper Gnome logo for panel menu, along with Force Quit and Separator applets. Also fixed icon sizes in XFce application menu.
9 years ago
0.1.0 - Initial release
0.1.1 - Add proper Gnome logo for panel menu, along with Force Quit and Separator applets. Also fixed icon sizes in XFce application menu.
Moimeme
2 years ago
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i860228
7 years ago
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Rennonz
9 years ago
But again- wonderful job!
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aubade
9 years ago
OldGNOME2 will now proudly display the classic GNOME 2 logo on your panel menu. :)
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Rennonz
9 years ago
Actually on a side note- what theme are you using in those screenshots?
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aubade
9 years ago
And i'm glad you enjoy the theme, though the credit really goes to Jimmac and the other Gnome artists :)
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Rennonz
9 years ago
Anyway, I actually realized it was your own art just before you replied as I looked into your profile but now I'll ask if you can help me to install your theme- I'm not really sure how to install the Lighthouseblue engine (I'm new to the engines business), could you please tell me how it's done?
Again thanks!
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aubade
9 years ago
First, extract the gtk-engines-lighthouseblue tarball whever you have other compiled code (I use ~/Devel myself)
Next, open up a terminal window and (assuming you're running Ubuntu), run sudo apt-get build-essential and sudo apt-get build-dep gtk2-engines
That will set up all the packages needed to compile this (which will probably be quite a bit of stuff if you've never compiled anything before)
Now, you're redady to compile. In your terminal window, cd to the directory you extracted the source tarball in (e.g. cd ~/Devel/gtk2-engines-lighthouseblue-2.7.5-eq1.1 )
now, run ./configure --prefix=/usr
Normally, you don't want to install stuff to /usr, but since this is adding something to GTK, you need it there.
That will print out a whole bunch of stuff, but assuming nothing errors our, run "make", and if that's successful, run "sudo make install"
And if nothing errors there, selecting the Neotif theme in appearance properties should look like the screenshots :)
If you need further help, please PM me, so we don't clog this comment section too much!
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aubade
9 years ago
First, extract the gtk-engines-lighthouseblue tarball whever you have other compiled code (I use ~/Devel myself)
Next, open up a terminal window and (assuming you're running Ubuntu), run sudo apt-get build-essential and sudo apt-get build-dep gtk2-engines
That will set up all the packages needed to compile this (which will probably be quite a bit of stuff if you've never compiled anything before)
Now, you're redady to compile. In your terminal window, cd to the directory you extracted the source tarball in (e.g. cd ~/Devel/gtk2-engines-lighthouseblue-2.7.5-eq1.1 )
now, run ./configure --prefix=/usr
Normally, you don't want to install stuff to /usr, but since this is adding something to GTK, you need it there.
That will print out a whole bunch of stuff, but assuming nothing errors our, run "make", and if that's successful, run "sudo make install"
And if nothing errors there, selecting the Neotif theme in appearance properties should look like the screenshots :)
If you need further help, please PM me, so we don't clog this comment section too much!
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hal68k
10 years ago
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solarfields
10 years ago
however in Xfce, there are some hiccups. The menu, for example:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/493/xfcemenu.png
and some of the old emblems are still there:
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/5038/xfceemblems.png
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aubade
9 years ago
I'm still not sure about the Emblems--Gnome has the exact same trouble.
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aubade
10 years ago
And thanks for testing this in xfce. :) I'll see if i can't get that fixed too.
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rolandixor
10 years ago
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gluser
10 years ago
Could you please upload it again, the download link is not working for me.
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aubade
10 years ago
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gluser
10 years ago
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malwk
10 years ago
Thank you! And happy new year!
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aubade
10 years ago
I'll see if i can get something into distributable shape in a couple of days
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mustai
10 years ago
I searched such theme and try to make it several times, because old Gnome icons are near perfect of art.
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gservetas
10 years ago
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aubade
10 years ago
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