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Mike Vaughn Georgetown, KY, United States of America
Hi, I am contrast and I create Beryl/Emerald Themes, QtCurve, Dolphin Service Menus and more.

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minimize maximize close buttons plasma 5

Plasma 5 Applets by nowardev 10 comments

I haven't yet made the full switch to KDE5 (got it installed on my barely used laptop), so it's nice to see something like this, which I use on KDE4 available. It looks like it doesn't hide itself (and take up no panel space) when there's no active window though. Any plans for adding that as an option in the future, assuming such a thing is possible within Plasma's constraints? - Apr 12 2015
Evolvere Icon theme [DUPLICATE]

Full Icon Themes by franksouza183 194 comments

This (the entire suite, icons included) is easily one of the best looking themes I've seen. I reeeaaally hope the icon theme reaches completion. - Mar 16 2014
Desktop Cube

KDE Plasma Screenshots by ion4449 2 comments

That's a very nice looking setup. Only thing I'd change is the cube caps to something that matches the wallpaper. By the way, mind posting a link to the wallpaper? - Feb 12 2014
Lightning Unified QtCurve

QtCurve by hackan301 8 comments

This is one of the better looking QtCurve themes out there. Great work!

By the way, how'd you get the resize handle in the bottom-right corner of the windows? I looked through all of QtCurve's options and couldn't find a setting for that. - Nov 19 2013
Tiling

Kwin Scripts by faho 94 comments

Did you try reinstalling it? It didn't take for me until I went back into GHNS, uninstalled it, then installed it again. - Oct 15 2013
VBox Runner

App Runners by hadeschief 24 comments

Packaged for Kubuntu here: https://launchpad.net/~mikevaughn/+archive/omnilinux
(Individual package can be downloaded here: https://launchpad.net/~mikevaughn/+archive/omnilinux/+sourcepub/3566677/+listing-archive-extra.) - Oct 15 2013
Activity Switching Effect

Kwin Effects by ivancukic 3 comments

This looks great, and it fills a major gap in KWin's repertoire. A couple small nitpicks if you don't mind:
1) Is it possible to add any configuration? It'd be nice to be able to set the duration of the effect (and even nicer if we could change the effect from a zoom to a simple crossfade or slide perhaps).
2) When switching activities, the wallpaper of the newly selected activity is briefly visible as the windows on that activity zoom in. That's fine, and I'm guessing it's the desired effect so as to serve as a quick reminder of which activity you're on, but it's not always consistent. A lot of times, the wallpaper of the activity I'm switching from will be shown instead. Is there any way to fix this?
Aside from those minor issues, this is pretty much perfect. Thanks, and keep it up! - Sep 04 2013
Fusion

KDE 4 Splashscreens by ashwinrajeev 1 comment

This is one of the best splash screens I've seen -- clean, professional, and very slick. In my not so humble opinion, this should be the default. Keep it up! - Sep 04 2013
Time Keeper

Plasma 5 Clocks by niceway 66 comments

Whenever a KDE developer brings up the beautiful interfaces being made possible by all the work going into porting stuff to QML, they need to start including a link to your profile page here. Both of your steampunk-inspired widgets look absolutely stunning, and are prime examples of what's possible. Thanks for sharing this awesome work with us, and keep it up! - Sep 04 2013
Pretty sexy brunette :) Splash Screen

KDE 4 Splashscreens by formoza 1 comment

This is just great!! When I think of beautiful, naked women, I think KDE icons splashed across them. And when I think desktop loading screens, I think of beautiful, naked women. PERFECT MATCH, BRO! /s - Jul 16 2013
Modern Elements

QtCurve by Eldarion 5 comments

Nice work. I was sure this was a Bespin theme when I was looking at it, didn't know some of the stuff in there was capable with QtCurve. - Jul 09 2013
Astrokalender

Plasma 4 Extensions by hemelwaarnemen 3 comments

Yeah, I figured as much. I was just thinking there are probably similar websites in English (and localised for other countries), for which a similar widget could be made. ;) - May 21 2013
Astrokalender

Plasma 4 Extensions by hemelwaarnemen 3 comments

Anybody wanna make something like this for English speakers? :D - May 21 2013
Sticky Window Snapping

KWin Scripts by Flupp 104 comments

Great idea. Good to see you're still active. I noticed the relative lack of commits to this project - https://bitbucket.org/flupp/smooth-tasks-fork/ - and thought you might have moved away from KDE. By the way, is that project more or less "dead?" I only ask because it was my favorite task manager widget, but this issue - https://bitbucket.org/flupp/smooth-tasks-fork/issue/22/custumizable-alignement-and-order-of-task made it unusable for me. (Sorry for the off-topic comment.) - Mar 09 2013
WorkFlow Plasmoid

Plasma 4 Extensions by Psifidotos 73 comments

Great job on the new release! All the new features seem to be working great. I just finished packaging and installing the latest version, and I'm exeriencing a (relatively minor) bug - the widget is taking up a very wide area in the panel. Here's a screenshot to show what I mean http://i.imgur.com/s2tKYXi.png. Aside from that, this seems to be the release I've been waiting for (i.e., it's pretty much perfect). Thanks for all your hard work! - Feb 23 2013
Kup Backup System

System Tools (NOT OS or ROMS) by sideshow 232 comments

This might be the best back-up system I've seen for Linux. Great work!

I installed Kup from the Ubuntu 12.10 package, and was initially having some problems. Whenever I tried to manually invoke a back-up, Kup would complain about the destination. It turns out the actual cause was bup wasn't installed. So just FYI, you might want to 1) have Kup offer to install bup if it's not found (similar to how K3B offers to install extra codecs), 2) add bup as a dependency to the Ubuntu package.

Thanks for all your hard work on this project. - Feb 20 2013
AppMenu QML

Plasma 4 Extensions by glad 167 comments

I've packaged this widget for Kubuntu in my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~mikevaughn/+archive/omnilinux.

Also, I'm still experiencing the bug that another user reported some time back: This widget is showing empty application categories in the menu. I've opened kmenuedit to confirm that the categories are in fact empty; they actually do contain some sub-categories (which are also empty), but no actual applications. I guess I could just delete those categories in kmenuedit, but this means that if I were to install an application in the future that belongs to one of these categories, it would end up in the "Lost & Found" category instead of where it's supposed to go. I took a screenshot to show that this only occurs with AppMenu-QML: http://i.imgur.com/8Bml6A7.png. - Feb 05 2013
Potenza

Icon Sub-Sets by AlessandroBompadre 22 comments

Great job on the update. I think you can now safely claim that this is the most complete (*and* beautiful) icon theme available for the Linux desktop. My only question: Where did the SVGs go? I definitely agree with your decision to remove them from the main package due to size constraints, but it'd be nice if they were still available separately for people who want to tweak and/or help out with new icons. - Jan 25 2013
Framebook

Plasma 4 Extensions by netogallo 3 comments

No problem, thanks for fixing it. - Jan 09 2013
Ketris

Arcade by Dgzt 2 comments

I'm really glad to see this exists as a KDE game. Are there any plans to pretty it up a bit? I've been pretty impressed by how good some of the native KDE games already look, and that's without the use of QML. - Dec 22 2012
Cecilia

QtCurve by lgsalvati 3 comments

...but you really should include a screenshot on this page. One might get the impression you're trying to inflate your downloads count by requiring people to click through to see what it looks like. ;) - Dec 22 2012
Framebook

Plasma 4 Extensions by netogallo 3 comments

Awesome idea, I'd love to be able to check this out (and hopefully package it for inclusion in a PPA). Unfortunately it fails to build - http://paste.ubuntu.com/1456608/. Using KDE 4.9.4 on Kubuntu 12.10, all -dev packages for listed dependencies are installed. - Dec 22 2012
SteampunK QtCurve theme

QtCurve by Paladin-MMX 15 comments

Looks great, and it's nice to finally have a QtCurve theme/color scheme that looks good with your other SteampunK works. My only complaint is the contrast of the text on the buttons is too low. Otherwise, awesome work! - Dec 15 2012
Potenza

Icon Sub-Sets by AlessandroBompadre 22 comments

Really great work! This is probably the most complete icon set I've used under KDE, which is even more impressive given it works acrosss multiple desktop environments. It's also one of the best looking. Thanks for all the time and effort you've put into this.

My only real complaint is how much space it takes up - 778 megabytes! o_O Given most of the KDE icon themes I've used (which were reasonably complete) took up no more than ~50-100MB, this is quite a drawback. I had a look in some of the directories, and from what I could tell, you're not using symlinks for identical icons at all. Given how many duplicates there are, doing so should significantly cut down on the space. For example, acroread.png, adobe-reader.png, AdobeReader.png, AdobeReader8.png, AdobeReader9.png, and AdobeReader10.png all use the exact same icon. Instead of making them 6 individual files, you could just have acroread.png, then make the others symlinks to that file (ln -s ./acroread.png adobe-reader.png; ln -s ./acroread.png AdobeReader.png; etc.); doing this would free up a lot of room since only the original file actually uses any disk space.

Lastly, extra kudos for releasing this under the GPL. There are a few tweaks that I'd like to make, but was unable to locate the sources. Could you point me to where I'd find them? Thanks!

(A note about the provided .deb file: I'm assuming it's because it's so big and contains such a huge number of files, but trying to open it with Kubuntu's .deb installer [qapt-deb-installer] brought my entire system to a screeching halt. You should probably advise users to install it via "sudo dpkg -i Potenza.deb" on the command line instead.) - Dec 05 2012
ksuperkey

Various Plasma 5 Improvements by Mogger 88 comments

I really like this. I had seen a how-to for making the Super key open the launcher, but it had the caveat of making it no longer work as a modifier key. This is much better, great job! - Oct 08 2012
Burberry DARK

Plasma Themes by sima84 3 comments

Not really to my taste, but kudos for trying something different. Perhaps it'd look better if the lines in the background contrasted a bit less? As it is now, they kind of clash with the overlaying text, making it hard to read. - Sep 29 2012
Wolfram Alpha Plasmoid

Plasma 4 Extensions by ilpianista 8 comments

PPA: https://launchpad.net/~mikevaughn/+archive/omnilinux - Sep 04 2012
PhotoKit

Graphic Apps by wangbin 11 comments

Really interesting concept. I'm sure I don't need to point out that it's a bit rough around the edges (especially the Google search interface -- after scrolling through a bunch of results, it wouldn't let me get back to the search bar or the main menu and I had to close the program), but it shows a lot of promise. Looking forward to future releases. I'd like to package it for inclusion in my PPA once it gets a bit of polish; do you think you could fix the Makefile so that it installs the program globally in the next release? - Sep 03 2012
WorkFlow Plasmoid

Plasma 4 Extensions by Psifidotos 73 comments

No problem. I just uploaded the new release; packages should be available shortly. - Sep 01 2012
WorkFlow Plasmoid

Plasma 4 Extensions by Psifidotos 73 comments

PPA: https://launchpad.net/~mikevaughn/+archive/omnilinux/ - Aug 31 2012
Knights

Board by Noughmad 92 comments

Ubuntu packages: https://launchpad.net/~mikevaughn/+archive/omnilinux

(Requires KDE 4.9) - Aug 16 2012
dockmanager-kde_and_extra

Various Stuff by gnumdk 44 comments

Ubuntu packages here: https://launchpad.net/~mikevaughn/+archive/omnilinux/ - Aug 10 2012
Eventlist

Plasma 4 Extensions by geflei 298 comments

No problem. But why not add it (along with the other repositories you have listed) to the download links section instead, thus making it more visible and keeping the download counter on this page accurate? - Aug 07 2012
TARDIS

Plasma 4 Extensions by fatg3rman 32 comments

Fixed and tested. The updated version can be found here: https://launchpad.net/~mikevaughn/+archive/omnilinux. Thanks, Mark! - Aug 06 2012
TARDIS

Plasma 4 Extensions by fatg3rman 32 comments

Not working for now, as the widget fails to launch when it's installed system-wide. Contacted the developer, will push an updated package if/when he fixes this issue. - Aug 05 2012
TARDIS KSplash

KDE 4 Splashscreens by Contrast 3 comments

Fixed. Sorry about that. - Aug 05 2012
TARDIS

Plasma 4 Extensions by fatg3rman 32 comments

Ubuntu packages: https://launchpad.net/~mikevaughn/+archive/omnilinux - Aug 05 2012
Eventlist

Plasma 4 Extensions by geflei 298 comments

Ubuntu packages: https://launchpad.net/~mikevaughn/+archive/omnilinux - Aug 03 2012
Tomatoid

Plasma 4 Extensions by ArthurTaborda 74 comments

Ubuntu packages: https://launchpad.net/~mikevaughn/+archive/omnilinux/ - Aug 03 2012
Fancy Tasks

Plasma 4 Extensions by Emdek 569 comments

Ubuntu packages: https://launchpad.net/~mikevaughn/+archive/omnilinux - Aug 03 2012
Yet Another Window Control

Plasma 4 Extensions by csslayer 59 comments

Ubuntu packages: https://launchpad.net/~mikevaughn/+archive/omnilinux/ - Aug 02 2012
Daisy

Plasma 4 Extensions by Lechio 573 comments

Ubuntu packages: https://launchpad.net/~mikevaughn/+archive/omnilinux/ - Aug 02 2012
Timoid

Plasma 4 Extensions by nehlsen 17 comments

Ubuntu packages: https://launchpad.net/~mikevaughn/+archive/omnilinux - Aug 01 2012
Activity Manager Plasmoid Wheeled

Plasma 4 Extensions by simgunz 16 comments

Ubuntu packages: https://launchpad.net/~mikevaughn/+archive/omnilinux/ - Jul 31 2012
QML animated Graphite Nowardev Splash

KDE 4 Splashscreens by nowardev 1 comment

One of the best KSplash themes I've come across. Keep it up! - Jul 17 2012
nwdSound

KDE 4 Splashscreens by nowardev 1 comment

This is awesome. Didn't know it was possible for KSplash themes to include sounds. Nice work! - Jul 17 2012
...Some more screenshots would be nice (especially ones showing how well you were able to integrate GTK3). - Jul 15 2012
I'm well aware of that, which is why I clearly stated: "Let me know if you make a package for another distro that does the same thing and I\'ll happily put a link to it here." - Jul 09 2012
Did you try downloading the .deb and extracting it? Because if you did, you might have found that it contains the source code (the preinst/postrm scripts and the slightly modified googleearth script). ;) - Jul 09 2012
Win7-orientated

Plasma Color Schemes by LEDavid90 2 comments

How about a screenshot? ;) - Jul 08 2012
TARDIS

Plasma 4 Extensions
by fatg3rman

6.5
Aug 08 2012
Plasma Panels Collection

Plasma 4 Extensions
by nowardev

8.2
Jul 17 2012
Generic Animations (BeGeneric ;-)

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements
by thomas12777

8.0
Oct 02 2011
Minitube

TV & Streaming
by zarlino

7.5
Apr 16 2011
Timoid

Plasma 4 Extensions
by nehlsen

5.8
Mar 26 2011
8.1
Aug 21 2010
Volatile

Plasma Themes
by bionegative

7.1
Aug 08 2010
K3b

Utilities
by trueg

8.2
Mar 30 2010
luckyBackup

System Tools (NOT OS or ROMS)
by luckyb

8.3
Dec 16 2009
BCache Monitor

Plasma 5 Monitoring
by agronick

6.5
9   Apr 12 2015
Minimal Clock

Plasma 5 Clocks
by DavidEdmundson

7.2
9   Apr 12 2015
7.3
9   Apr 12 2015
ZCover

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements
by Veoduendes

7.5
9   Dec 12 2014
Velours

Plasma Themes
by obnosim

8.1
9   Nov 20 2014
PortalView Live Desktop Wallpaper

Plasma 5 Wallpaper Plugins
by GoldNugget

5.7
9   Jun 25 2014
7.4
9   Jun 06 2014
Square-Beam KDE

Full Icon Themes
by EepSetiawan

7.9
9   May 26 2014
plasma Simple System Monitor

Plasma 4 Extensions
by dhabyx

7.1
9   May 26 2014
6.4
9   May 05 2014
Simplicity

Plasma Window Decorations
by Wh4tTheDeuce

7.8
9   May 05 2014
7.9
9   Apr 10 2014
7.6
9   Apr 04 2014
Etriaph

QtCurve
by Erthe

7.1
9   Apr 02 2014
6.5
9   Mar 28 2014
8.2
9   Mar 16 2014
7.9
9   Mar 16 2014
7.8
9   Mar 10 2014
6.5
9   Mar 02 2014
Blueprint

Plasma Window Decorations
by aleter

6.8
9   Feb 23 2014