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Offline MerReady

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Pink KDE theme requested
« on: May 07, 2013, 08:49:22 PM »
Hello,

I am trying to move my wife's Dell laptop away from Ubuntu/Unity to PClinuxOS/KDE. The show stopper is that I can not find a pink theme for KDE. That is why she is using Ubuntu. I was able to find a pink GTK3 theme for Unity. Can anyone help me?

And yes it has to be pink! ::) Believe it or not, that's how I got her to start using Linux when she decided that she hated using Windows 8. Because I could make Linux Pink to match the laptop, she would be happy. Also the fact about not getting some of those nasty windows virus helped a little too. But only a little! ::)
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Re: Pink KDE theme requested
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2013, 11:17:38 PM »
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Re: Pink KDE theme requested
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2013, 12:26:57 AM »
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Re: Pink KDE theme requested
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2013, 05:10:49 AM »
System Settings > Application Appearance > Colours > Get New Schemes...
Search for "pink" and you get quite a selection:

« Last Edit: May 08, 2013, 05:42:12 AM by Bald Brick »
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Re: Pink KDE theme requested
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2013, 06:52:11 AM »
System Settings > Application Appearance > Colours > Get New Schemes...
Search for "pink" and you get quite a selection:




There's my mistake. I was searching for pink in themes!  :-[

Thanks for the replies!

I did find a pink theme at KDE.org that does not come up in the theme switcher search. I would I manually install it?
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Re: Pink KDE theme requested
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2013, 07:13:26 AM »
Yes, you can manually install a theme.
Be sure to read the instructions provided by the theme author...
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Re: Pink KDE theme requested
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2013, 08:29:50 AM »
Yes, you can manually install a theme.
Be sure to read the instructions provided by the theme author...


You may want to first use  Bald Brick suggestion as that way they easy to install and remove.

Bald Bricks way also gives you the option of modifying the actual colours.

On the Scheme Tab I've selected the Frothy Pink (gulp  :)  ) theme. See first screenshot




If you now choose the Colors Tab (see next screenshot) it gives greater control over which colour you can apply to "individual" parts of a theme.

May want to experiment with a Theme you don't want to use and it will give you an idea of how it works
« Last Edit: May 08, 2013, 08:34:19 AM by menotu »
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Re: Pink KDE theme requested
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2013, 04:50:48 AM »
I was already ahead of you on that, but thanks for posting the info as it will help other who my want to tweek there color schemes.

The funny thing is that my wife came into the room as I was tweeking the colors to pink on my test machine and she said "Pink! I want that!". So I think she is hooked!  :D
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Re: Pink KDE theme requested
« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2013, 01:39:18 AM »
Before this thread disappears I got a request several years ago for pink wallpaper, and it was hard to find anything suitable. Rescue came from this section and was well received.

Perhaps as a routine have a pink theme with wallpapers available on any new install.

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Re: Pink KDE theme requested
« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2013, 02:56:09 PM »

Perhaps as a routine have a pink theme with wallpapers available on any new install.


I don't know if I would go that far but maybe have a pink theme available in the repos.

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Re: Pink KDE theme requested
« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2013, 03:02:44 PM »
You could try to match this theme

« Last Edit: May 14, 2013, 03:04:27 PM by Crow »
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Re: Pink KDE theme requested
« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2013, 05:51:36 PM »
Let me recommend a nice PCLinuxOS themed background for you:

http://myphotos.mypclinuxos.com/images/ruel24/blacknmodernpink.png


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Re: Pink KDE theme requested
« Reply #12 on: May 14, 2013, 05:58:43 PM »
Excellent ruel24   ;D
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