July 26, 2009

MAC4LIN Theme v1.0 Released

The authors of the famous MAC4LIN theme package have released version 1.0. This is the closest you will get to a MAC Leopard Theme for Linux. Below are my desktop screenshots with this wonderful theme along with a link where to get it. The theme also includes a Firefox MACOSX special theme. You can get the MAC4LIN GTK Gnome theme here: http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Mac4Lin?content=108478
















Anyone interested in watching some Harry Potter with the excellent VLC movie player?

July 10, 2009

Dust Theme

With Ubuntu v9.04 the Dust theme and its variations were added. Here is where you can add it to your existing builds from the Ubuntu forums: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/DustTheme
What an improvement over the standard pale brown. Enjoy.










July 9, 2009

Another Windows 7 Theme with Beryl Title Bar

From Gnome-art.org shown is the Win-7 Basic GTK theme along with the Vista Q Beryl title bar theme. The wallpaper is part of the genuine Windows 7 offering. Songbird default feather/skin is also shown. Enjoy.











July 4, 2009

Linux Windows 7 Theme

I came across a few Windows 7 Themes on Gnome-Art.org and gave them a try. Below is the Distant Light GTK theme, Gnome Win menu, and Songbird WMP skin. Below is the link to find it.
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Distant+Light+(Vista+Inspired)?content=107673






July 3, 2009

July Desktop - the return of Linux Vista




Linux Music Players

I've been exploring the available music players to find out which one works best. I'm interested in Internet Radio stations, playing my ripped CDs, and playing my general MP3 library. I have tried Audacious, Rhythmbox, Banshee, and Songbird. It's kind of mixed bag of sorts. For the best sound, the plugins in Audacious are tops. For the best music library management Songbird excels. Songbird also has some excellent skins, called feathers. Rhythmbox and Banshee are similar, with a slight edge to Banshee for support for various MP3 VBR variable bit rates. So right now, Songbird seems to fill the bill. Below are screeshots of:
1) Rhythmbox
2) Banshee
3) Songbird and a few skins



Rhythmbox-



Banshee-



Songbird Aero-


Songbird Default Grey-



Songbird Dark-



Songbird Aero Blue-



Songbird WMP-



Songbird NABS white silver-