![]() ![]() Log out and log back in, to let Gnome detects your new theme.Decompress the downloaded theme in your ~/.themes folder.It’s called Gnome-Tweaks and you’ll find it in your package manager, no matter which one you’re using. So, tyou’ll either need to use a command line or - that’s what I’d suggest - to install a small utility to be able to change its theme. Under Fedora (Gnome)īy default, Gnome is not about tweaking and personalizing it much. You don’t want some windows using the old titlebar while others are using the new one. This will avoid some of your windows keeping on using the old title bar/buttons layout while others are using the new one: Once again, select Obsidian-2 so all windows should now be using your theme’s titlebar. Click All Settings to get back to the settings and open Window Manager.Done? Almost, there is one last change to make. If the list of themes disappears, don’t panic (its a known Xfce bug that has recently been corrected): just close and reopen the Appearance window. Open Settings→Appearance and drag your obsidian folder on the list of themes, when you let go it will be added to the list, simple as that.But it’s easy.ĭownload Obsidian2 here, and decompress it. It is slightly different under Gnome and Xfce. No more squinting at the screen, no more guessing if a button is pressed, or not.Īs soon as I figure out how to make a one-time donation (not a recuring one, as what is put forward on the Gnome-look website), I’ll gladly thank its dev. I’ve been using it for around a week and, if it is not perfect, it’s really great. Nothing too dark and nothing that will blind me either. It offers an anthracite background with contrasted enough darker and lighter grays for every stuff in the foreground. Obsidian 2 is developed for Gnome/Mint (gtk 3) and also supports Xfce. So, I’m always on the lookout for a ‘better’ dark theme - better as in ‘more accessible’ and ‘more to my liking’ ) I can’t see well, ok, but I still can see well enough to appreciate a nice looking theme, and since I spend so much time in front of my screen I’d rather enjoy what I’m looking at. Save that I’m not complaining, I’m explaining what I’m looking for and why. That’s exactly what they’re made for: helping people with a bad eyesight like me. Sure, I could use some high-contrast theme. Where it becomes more of a problem is that even the default dark themes that come with Manjaro and/or Fedora aren’t that well suited to my needs, either. But since they seldom take accessibility into consideration, or not in a way that suits my specific needs (and since I could not find an easy way to tweak them, that would not involve me learning to create a theme from scratch), they’re not of much use to me. Don’t get me wrong: this is perfectly fine, obviously, and many of those themes are great looking. Unfortunately, many of the themes I tried seem to have been built for their creator own personal enjoyment only. Simply put: without the right dark theme, I can’t use a computer. Maybe it is, I don’t know and I don’t care, why would you? Everyone is free to have fun. Many consider themes (dark themes being the latest fad in this trend) as something a little bit silly and useless that amuses some geeks and kids. Any font is too small or too thin for me? I will use another font, that’s all.Īnother strength of Linux is the ability to change your desktop’s theme, no matter what version of Linux and what ‘desktop’ you are using, there are many themes available. That’s one of the first things I immediately liked about it: not feeling like a second-grade citizen because of my bad eyesight and my inhability to fully appreciate a pretty design. Not great, isn’t it?įonts are easy to customize under Linux. Now, imagine having to do that all the time, all day long. Imagine failing to read a menu because of its colors being the wrong ones, or because its font is too small or too thin to be read. Think about this for an instant: having to stop doing whatever you’re doing to stupidely squint at the screen, trying to guess where (and what) is a button and if it is pressed or not, or is that checkbox checked? Trying to move a slider that’s oh-so-pretty-but-so-damn-tiny that you can’t see or click it. You may like transparency a lot, with effects everywhere? I love pink and gray colors, do you? But defining a ‘good theme’ becomes much more complicated the moment you take accessibility into consideration.įor me, a good accessible theme is a theme I can… read, and there aren’t that many. I like simple designs, with no effects at all. Discussing accessibility with a friend, I realized how difficult it can be for someone with a ‘normal’ eyesight to understand the importance of a good (dark) theme for users that do not have a ‘normal’ eyesight, and what a difference an apparently insignificant change in color can make.Įvery single one of us will have his/her own idea of what is a ‘good theme’. ![]()
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