My New Linux Desktop Rice! (for now I guess...)

14 March 2024

Happy PI Day! I made a post on the orange app and I promised to make a video about it. Here is the post: https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/1b6v873/kde_and_cinnamon_my_super_cool_new_desktop_themes/

0:15 - HP Laptop
https://github.com/smurphos/cinnamox_themes
https://wallpapercave.com/w/wp6342757
https://pixelgalleries.blogspot.com/2012/09/amazing-linux-mint-wallpapers-hq.html

Go to web browser and search: "cinnamox themes github"
Open zip -- themes master -- extract the themes to the .themes folder in home directory (ctrl+H)
Themes -- Advanced settings
Applications -- Cinnamox-rhino // Icons -- Numix-circle // Desktop -- Cinnamox-rhino
Right click panel -- panel settings -- panel height 44 // Right zone -- 28
Right click panel -- applet settings -- configure grouped window list -- panel -- button label -- application name
Right click Mint menu -- configure -- text -- "Menu"
Right click calendar (time in the bottom right corner) -- configure -- change date format (%d.%b.%Y %H:%M:%S)
Change wallpaper
Right click desktop -- desktop settings -- uncheck mounted drives and check trash
Go to web browser and search: "Linux Mint blue wallpaper"
New window -- /usr/share/backgrounds, right click and open as root
Drag image to /usr/share/backgrounds
Login window -- select the image
Uncheck, "draw user backgrounds"

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2:37 - DELL AIO
https://github.com/Luwx/Lightly
https://launchpad.net/~mozillateam/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
https://www.cufonfonts.com/font/segoe-ui-4
https://github.com/bmFtZQ/edge-frfox
https://wallpaperaccess.com/chill-anime-girl

System settings -- Appearance
Global theme -- Layan
Application style -- Lightly (manual install)
Lightly -- edit transparency to opaque
Window Decorations -- Lavanda sea dark
Titlebar buttons -- Keep above others
Change Firefox to flatpak version
Download Segoe Ui Fonts
Change Firefox to Edge Frfox theme
Extract fonts
Font Management -- Install fonts systemwide
Close window
Fonts -- Adjust all fonts
Icons -- Papirus dark
Cursors -- Breeze light
Login screen -- Layan
Screen locking -- configure appearance -- uncheck media controls -- add anime wallpaper
Dolphin File Manager -- Configure toolbars and add: refresh, copy, and paste (add separator after paste)
Details view mode and zoom size 22 pixels
Set anime wallpaper
Trash can widget to desktop
Unpin settings and pin terminal from taskbar
Right click taskbar and configure icons only task manager
Uncheck 'mark apps that play audio' and check 'from current screen' (in behavior)
Right click and configure digital clock
Show seconds, time display 24H, date format custom (dd.MMM.yyyy)
Calendar -- Check: 'astronomical events' and 'holidays'
Holidays -- United States (or your country)
Right click taskbar and add 2 spacers, delete the margins separator and pager
Right click taskbar -- add widgets -- get new -- download new
Search up 'ditto menu' and 'win7 show desktop'
Right click menu -- Show alternative -- Ditto Menu
Configure ditto menu -- change icon -- show favorites first -- menu position center bottom
Edit mode, remove peek at desktop and add 'weather', 'win7', and 'search' widget
Configure weather widget:
Update every 60 minutes -- your location
Appearance -- show temp beside icon -- check: wind, pressure, and humidity
Units -- temp: *C, pressure: mbar, wind speed: knots
Right click taskbar -- Floating panel

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11:24 - Outro

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Music in the background:
Bathtub by Ballpoint - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7epmRz2neDU
Sans by Toby Fox - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzo6L3wsf8c
Better Days by Lakey Inspired - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXLzvo6kvVQ
Translucent City Lights by ArthurItis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSuxlI9KFHU

Video Mirrors:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA9U8EZz81k

Odysee: https://odysee.com/@KuleGuy:8/my-new-linux-desktop-rice!-(for-now-i:e

Rumble: https://rumble.com/v64gia7-my-new-linux-desktop-rice-for-now-i-guess....html

Internet Archive: https://archive.org/download/kuleguy-yt-videos-archive_202508/my%20linux%20rices%20for%20now_rendered.mp4