New Cinnamon window theme not showing up in Settings
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:54 pm
So I'm trying to theme Cinnamon. I downloaded DarkCold theme http://linuxmint-art.org/content/show.p ... ent=143165 from linuxmint-art.org, and it installed fine. Simple drag and drop into usr/share/themes folder. This theme's download page also had a link to make the windows match the menu/task bar at the bottom. http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/ ... ent=148659 According to the instructions on the page, it's the same installation procedure into the same usr/share/themes folder. So I did that with his Metacity/Muffin window decorations theme pack (it contained files for both window managers). Next I went into my Cinnamon settings--->Themes--->Other Settings to switch my Window Theme from Mint-X to ColdDark. ColdDark doesn't appear, only the stock window themes that came with Mint (Adwaita, Aging Gorrilla, Mint-X, etc). What am I missing?
And while I'm asking questions about this.... do MetaCity themes work in Cinnamon? Various Linux theme sites have categories only for KDE, GTK, and MetaCity, but not Muffin. And as I now understand it, Muffin is what Cinnamon uses, and MetaCity is what Unity uses? What about GTK themes? What uses those? I didn't even know if DarkCold would install because it's a GTK theme and I'm not sure what's used by what since there are so many types out there. It was an experiment that happened to work for my menu/task bar theme.
And while I'm asking questions about this.... do MetaCity themes work in Cinnamon? Various Linux theme sites have categories only for KDE, GTK, and MetaCity, but not Muffin. And as I now understand it, Muffin is what Cinnamon uses, and MetaCity is what Unity uses? What about GTK themes? What uses those? I didn't even know if DarkCold would install because it's a GTK theme and I'm not sure what's used by what since there are so many types out there. It was an experiment that happened to work for my menu/task bar theme.