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Hi
Can anyone tell me please How i can change my Linux Appearance.

Thanks.

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A few important facts are missing from the thread: which Linux distribution and which desktop environment or window manager you’re using (GNOME, KDE Plasma, XFCE, MATE, Cinnamon, LXDE, Openbox, i3, etc.), and whether you want the change just for your user or system‑wide. correctly flagged that the distro/DE matters; ’s reply is an example of a distro‑specific GUI route but different desktops use different tools. The long post is about a web gallery and is unrelated to desktop theming.

Common, practical routes (by desktop family):

  • GNOME: use GNOME Tweaks for GTK and shell themes; GNOME Shell themes often require a shell extension.
  • KDE Plasma: use System Settings → Appearance (Global Theme, Plasma style, Icons).
  • XFCE/MATE/Cinnamon/LXDE: each has an Appearance or Theme settings panel; LXDE may use LXAppearance.
  • Tiling/stacking WMs (Openbox, i3, Awesome): change config files and theme folders, or use a small theme utility for that WM.
    Login manager (GDM/LightDM/SDDM) uses its own theme settings and is configured separately.

How to install a downloaded theme (per‑user):

mkdir -p ~/.themes ~/.icons
tar -xvzf SomeTheme.tar.gz -C ~/.themes
tar -xvzf SomeIconTheme.tar.gz -C ~/.icons

After installing, select the theme in your desktop’s Appearance tool and log out / back in (or restart the session) to apply it.

Troubleshooting tips:

  • Check whether you’re on Xorg or Wayland; some theme engines and shell tweaks behave differently under Wayland.
  • If GTK and Qt apps look inconsistent, use qt5ct/qt6ct or a matching Qt theme.
  • If a theme doesn’t appear, verify folder ownership/permissions and that the theme supports your GTK/Qt version.
  • System‑wide installs go to /usr/share/themes or /usr/share/icons (require root).

This summary fills the gaps left by earlier replies and gives the practical steps and checks needed to change appearance across the typical Linux setups.

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Member Avatar for icyshout

what version of linux are you running?
Most distro's run a window manager and you can usually download themes for it...

Member Avatar for jacobaug09

Hi friend,
To change appearance in Ubantu Linux operating system you just go to "System-> Administration-> Login Window" and enter the admin password, now a window open, chose "Local" tab from tab menu 7 select appearance screen as you like.
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Member Avatar for shifa888

In your last post, you pointed out that although I said I was using Floatrix, my system info indicated that I was using Matrix. Being new to Gallery, I didn't realize that one has to change the theme settings in multiple places. While I had set my photo albums to Floatrix, I had not set my "Default Theme" setting to Floatrix. As soon as I did that, my custom header popped up in the admin view. However, my "homepage" still did not display my custom header. After thinking about it for a moment, I realized that even though it contains no actual photos my "homepage" too is an album. (My "Root Album" is called " Featured models." It doesn't have any photos of its own. Each model has her own album and they're all nested inside of " Featured models.") So I changed the "Root Album" to Floatrix, too and now every page has my custom header.

Do you know that I've spent days looking through the documentation on this site and rummaging through every line of code in every smarty file to try and figure this out? lol.

So I guess my next issue is that I have an old version of Gallery, yes? My hosting company is Network Solutions. I installed this version through a "one-click" installer on their open-source goodies page. Is it easy to install a newer version on a Linux server? I don't have access to the server since it's not my box...
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