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xopher

Christoffer Karvonen
Hi, I am xopher and I create GRUB Themes, Icon Sub-Sets and Gnome 2 Splash Screens.

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paper penguin

Wallpaper Other by dragobeso 2 comments

Very nice idea!

And it'd be a really nice bg for my desktop too, if it'd be larger (>= 1280x1024) and sharper. Sure your camera doesn't have a 'macro'-function? :)

Just a few points that would make a real difference in my opinion. - Aug 04 2007
Blue glass 1

Wallpaper Other by abioqaas 2 comments

Actually, it's called an 'Alvar Aalto'-vase, by the designer, not Iittala, which is (only) the manufacturer ;) - May 03 2007
ubuntu-Emerald

Wallpapers Ubuntu by montemjonni 4 comments

Where's that? :) Kinda resembles Stonehenge, the style, maybe same era?

Haven't seen that exact structure before though, looks like an ancient garage. ;) - Apr 27 2007
Smoothie

Metacity Themes by fuckingbugmenot 13 comments

Metacity2-themes should support this (and that's what we are using basically, there's just no documentation so making the theme's better would require some research..) - Apr 25 2007
Ubuntu minimal grey

Gnome 2 Splash Screens by mcmugchu 1 comment

Quite nice.. Relaxing.

But to make it even better, you might want to remove the text - making it even more minimalistic ;) Just my 2.5 cents. - Apr 25 2007
OSX-Tiger theme

GTK2 Themes by Lauri 81 comments

Very nice!

Not only the theme - but the great guide too!

A sub-section for how to patch gtk, or a more detailed installation guide for the macmenubar-applet would be a nice addition though. The guy who used to maintain the applet, doesn't anymore. That's why a how to about patching and compiling would be nice, someone else might take on the task of maintaining the package - if they just know how.

Thanks! Hyvää työtä! - Apr 18 2007
Beryl-Gilouche-Grey2

Beryl/Emerald Themes by joeca18888 4 comments

Nice one.

Now, Im a minimalistic person, I like minimalistic things. How would the theme look if the border width would be changed to 0~1px? Left-, right-, and bottom borders.. I you do this, you might have to make the top border/title bar a bit smaller too though. Ok, basically I like your theme but I'd like a new version of it :D

Thanks anyway ;) - Mar 24 2007
Aqualooks 0.1.0 (Alpha)

GTK2 Themes by zammi 33 comments

Great theme! Im going to install this when I have the time.

A few pointers though. Even though the buttons are meant to be round, a version with a bit more squared button's would be nice. Im not talking about the 'OK' and 'Cancel' buttons, Im talking about the buttons in nautilus for example.

And a question ; I can't get eg. the volume-applet to use the OS X icon. Instead I have the tango one there. What to do ? :)

Thanks for the effort! - Feb 20 2007
BWEmerald

Beryl/Emerald Themes by netdur 2 comments

Sleek, kind of minimalistic. Very nice.

The buttons though, they kind of jump at you. Well me actually ;) If you could somehow make them look more integrated with the rest of the theme, then Im sure it'll look even better. The buttons are a bit 'sharp', if you at all know what I mean :)

Keep up the good work. - Feb 13 2007
MurrinaMplayer (Murrina + MPlayer)

Various Gnome Stuff by Mamooth 5 comments

Nice, though the mplayer icon resembles something not so nice ;) - Jan 31 2007
Blubuntu GRUB Splash

GRUB Themes by xopher 20 comments

.
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splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/images/blu.xpm.gz

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-10-generic Default
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=UUID=942259b3-1020-49f1-9d43-91993f3b4a65 ro$
initrd /boot/initrd.img
savedefault
boot

This is a part of my /boot/grub/menu.lst. Now, you can probably use the root hd, (hd0,0) in my case, as this is where grub most probably is installed. If you have a separate /boot partition, then the root partition and the partition for the splashimage will be different.

Anyway, the simple explanation (IIRC):
the first digit represents the IDE/SATA-channel, and the second the partition. There's a simple command to do this too, just can't think of it right now Im afraid. - Jan 24 2007
Usplash Theme - Fingerprint

Usplash Themes by Embrace 198 comments

The 'terminal' he describes in the readme is accessed by pressing CTRL+ALT+F1..F6, the test will work when run there. - Jan 24 2007
MurrinaWhite

GTK2 Themes by agentdunken 19 comments

Im pretty sure that background is included in Windoze Vista ;) - Jan 13 2007
Polar Icons - Beta 1

Icon Sub-Sets by conteXx 74 comments

Nice start, this might be the jpeg that's blurry or something, but you should strive to making the icons more sharp. They appear to be blurry in a few places..

Great work nonetheless.(!) - Dec 31 2006
Watercolor

Beryl/Emerald Themes by roberTO21 4 comments

Hehe, Im back! Don't panic ;)

Just a few criticisms though; first of all, Ill once again thank you for doing this, so you actually might read through the rest Im about to write. Okay, a few pointers, the active window is great, nothing wrong with it. But, the inactive one (Im not going to talk about the orange/red one, just the grayish one), lacks something.

Let's start with the color, it's gray, but not gray enough in my opinion, it would need a touch of white to become more transparent, not as dominant.

Now, why did you remove the nice squares from the inactive window border? They are in everyway the soul of this theme, and people (Im talking about myself :P) want to see them. Removing them makes the theme too plain to be honest.. Just a few pointers to make you think ;)


Thanks again for a great contribution! - Dec 30 2006
Watercolor 1.1

GTK2 Themes by roberTO21 7 comments

How about if we could get some more action in the status bars? (Not sure if that's what they're called but the moving thing when you eg. download something, plain blue in this theme)

What if, you could make it more alive? :) Like add those squares to it in a nice way. I don't want it too be all squares and stars and explosions, something discreetly elegant, and at the same time very clear and usable.

Hope you got my point at least :)

Great theme overall, even if it's a windoze port. I still use this theme for my windows machine. I like it way better than the 'Luna' ugliness, if that's what it's called.. ;)

Thanks - Dec 30 2006
The useless OOo plugins ! (mockup)

Various Gnome Stuff by garthh 5 comments

Nice dock indeed, have to try it out again it seems ;) - Dec 20 2006
cool screenshot

Various Gnome Stuff by data2002 3 comments

Nice, if you like Vista :) (which you obviously do) - Dec 19 2006
MyMacTheme

Beryl/Emerald Themes by rowancompsciguy 9 comments

You can change the position of the buttons yourself in emerald. Theme properties.. It's in one of the tabs, can't remember exactly what it was called, since not at my own computer atm. Hope it helped. - Dec 19 2006
Murrina-CleanEyes

GTK2 Themes by lyrae 7 comments

Very nice, clean colors!

I like ;) - Dec 13 2006
Jet Two

GDM Themes by anorexicpillow 2 comments

This is the best one of the series. The other's could be better too, if the pictures were a little more clear. The effect a bit too overwhelming. - Dec 05 2006
FBI Login

GDM Themes by elmo198 4 comments

Fun idea in a way, you should try to improve the outline of the yellow border, it looks a bit jagged at the moment. - Dec 04 2006
Ubuntulooks-cool

GTK2 Themes by juanfgs0 19 comments

The icons.. : http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=38835 - Dec 02 2006
Powered By Ubuntu

Cliparts by jkennedyjr 8 comments

You probably need some sticky paper and a printer ;) - Dec 02 2006
Murrine Y

GTK2 Themes by spookykid 12 comments

Definately looks good, on the preview picture at least ;) Giving it a try when I have the time. - Nov 23 2006
MPlayer skin - embUtronium

SMPlayer/MPlayer by embryo 20 comments

I know this is meant for a dark theme and all, but how about a contrast?

I mean a negative to this theme, white instead of black. I really think this would please a lot of users ;)

Great work btw! - Nov 23 2006
Vista

Beryl/Emerald Themes by sparXCG 9 comments

Id rather have one great vista theme, which would be used by all the vista fans, than 100, true. But for this to happen we need a theme that will satisfy everyone, which is difficult to do. In the end, we all want to have the possibility to choose between different themes.

I say good job on the Oxygen engine, and a nice looking theme too. Im more of a mac guy myself, but Ill try this out. + for you, and - to everyone who are whining about vista themes. Im not a vista fan(atic) but let the community decide what to upload. - Nov 22 2006
Ubuntu Firefox About Dialog

Various Gnome Stuff by rufuseddy 6 comments

Nice, allthough a bit too plastic for my taste. If you could make a version without adding as much plastic effect Ill use it for sure ;) - Nov 21 2006
Beryl Purple Tray icon

Icon Sub-Sets by xopher 5 comments

It seems Beryl will be released with a .svg tray icon soon. Ill try to get these updated for when it's released. - Nov 19 2006
Beryl Purple Tray icon

Icon Sub-Sets by xopher 5 comments

Ofcourse, done. :) - Nov 11 2006
Beryl Purple Tray icon

Icon Sub-Sets by xopher 5 comments

And steal all the credit from you? Nah, you keep your package here too ;) It's not like there are too many beryl tray icons around yet.

About the name, well, Ill edit my post ;) - Nov 11 2006
Tangerine Edgy Usplash

Usplash Themes by viper500 15 comments

Now if we'd only get this for amd 64 too ;)

PS. Message me with the details and I could make a 64bit deb for you - Oct 31 2006
Gnome Sensors Applet ala Tango

Various Gnome Stuff by epicbard 4 comments

thanks! Better ;) - Oct 31 2006
Gnome Sensors Applet ala Tango

Various Gnome Stuff by epicbard 4 comments

very nice, thanks!

How about changing some of the orange to green? People generally like to see that their system is running great, than almost hot ;) - Oct 30 2006
Murrine GTK+ Cairo Engine

GTK2 Themes by cimi86 370 comments

If you havent already, you should try compiling it yourself, there's nothing to it actually. Then instead of the 'make install' do a sudo checkinstall. And it'll make you a deb. Remember to change the package name to something more appropriate, like gtk2-enginges-murrine - Sep 30 2006
OpenOffice.org splash

OpenOffice Splash Screens by ferencnf 3 comments

Looks kind of nice, just dont like that thing in the upper left corner. Resembles the windows logo too much :)

But remember, this is just my 20 cent. - Aug 18 2006
Blubuntu GRUB Splash

GRUB Themes by xopher 20 comments

The screenshots I have posted here are not from the actual GRUB. Ive added the text and stuff so you can see what it'll look like. Without the text it's surprisingly hard to picture the final 'look'. The answer to your question lies between the lines.. ;) - Apr 02 2006
Blubuntu GRUB Splash

GRUB Themes by xopher 20 comments

Ill release it as the background only - That way the ones who want to can add what they want to it :) - Mar 26 2006
Candido-Graphite

GTK2 Themes by cimi86 37 comments

Up In The Air - Thats the wallpaper : http://www.deviantart.com/view/24573837/ - Mar 25 2006
Blubuntu GRUB Splash

GRUB Themes by xopher 20 comments

You mean without the ubuntu logo, or without the text and everything? - Mar 25 2006