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[Phillip Whiteside <phillw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

glad you like it :-) The styles, wallpaper, button order etc. etc. Can be
found at Preferences --> Openbox Configuration. Gtk2 themes can be found
with any search engine, a couple of good places to head for free ones are
http://art.gnome.org/themes/gtk2  http://www.deviantart.com/ (search for
gtk),

The preferences for the panel can be found by right-clicking on it, and
selecting 'Panel Settings' (I always have mine at the top).

I also run Deadbeef, but it is not in the repositries as yet so has to be
maunally added (We can't include it by default).

As you seem interested in art-work, themes etc. why not join the artwork
area? Where they're up to is at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Artwork this
mailing list will put you in touch with them.

I'll put onto my list to get some documentation written up and posted on the
adding / changing themes etc. (Unless some one already has some).

There was some further discussion at
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1445641 which has to alter your
desktop picture.

Please note !! All the above is for desktop version, but the programmes
should all be the same, just some settings will be different !

Regards,

Phill.

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 1:43 AM, Sylkis <sylkis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Today I have downloaded the iso from lubuntu.net, that is the one supposed
> to be used by ordinary users, I suppose. Generally it makes great impression
> (however it has to be personalised in my opinion to become fully useable,
> but I guess that can be said about any operating system) and have some
> suggestions about netbook desktop of lubuntu.
>
> I really love it, it works basically in the same way as UNR, but it's
> lightweight of course :) but it has few drawbacks.
>
> First of all - I couldn't find anywhere how to personalise it. I mean from
> the menus, what can I find in them, to the way how it looks like. No
> wallpaper, no changes in colour scheme, etc - and it surely WILL scare away
> new users from this mode.
> I know that making it transparent menu (the bottom panel can do that,
> right? so I guess it should not be a big problem to do the same thing
> here?) or wallpaper-able in any other way and customizeable in terms of
> colours, etc would make it a bit heavier, but still I think it's really
> worth it. Now it looks potentially unattractive for random ordinary user,
> especially for newbies,  as the only thing that is great about it is
> usefullness and convienience. But in today's world of eye-candied
> Ubuntu-Unity, macOSX and windows7 it's not enough, as it lacks really basic
> features, that non-netbook lubuntu desktop DOES offer. I'm not saying that
> it should become something like that heavy animated openGL netbook-launcher
> thing, but I believe most people would prefer to look at some favourite
> photo (or sth) rather than on plain light blue screen.
> OR if there is a way how to customize the looks of the netbook menu, you
> should make it easily accesible, cause I couldn't find it, and if I didn't -
> then I bet no newbie would either.
>
> Another thing that I think would be nice is that the top panel of the
> netbook desktop menu would be somehow always on top, I mean never covered
> with windows, and clicking on it while some window is maximized would
> minimize everything and let user jump to desktop same as one icon in the
> bottom panel does (and that one would be unnessesary then). BUT - as I have
> mentioned, there IS an icon in panel that makes user jump to naked desktop
> menu anyways, so that change is just an idea that is unlikely to do, as it's
> not needed. I guess i't somehow because I'm use tod UNR, there clicking on
> the left side of the panel worked like that.
>
> Oh, and non-netbook-menu matter; it would be GREAT if the standard black
> LXDE background of the bottom panel would be included. It looked just great,
> i don't understand why was it changed for such ugly gray one, but well -
> that's a matter of taste, and the general artwork looks really fine, so I
> guess it was part of a larger concept. Still, while customising I wanted to
> change the colour of the panel and found no alternative graphic, only the
> deafult gray one, or the possibility of plain and/or transparent colours. I
> belive such graphic weigths just a few KB, so wy not give people choice?
>
> And last but not least, I didn't see deadbeef in defaultly installed apps,
> there was still aqualung in there. Is it still supposed to be like that? and
> will the bottom panel be moved to top, and [minimise]/[maximise]/[close]
> buttons moved to the left corner of window, like in new ubuntu? I'm just
> curious about consistence of general ubuntu idea and the if that the iso
> from lubuntu.net is and up-to-date one, or shall I download newer one from
> somewhere else?
>
> Phew... I think that's all for now, I'm getting back to lubuntu as my main
> system of everyday use, after quite a long break.
>
> If I come up with anything, I'll let you know for sure.
>
> Cheers, Kuba
>
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