My settings for a consistent look and feel
Posted: Fri 11 Aug 2017, 18:01
Linux is very flexible and can be configured however you like, with such flexibility however comes complexity ... many different files/programs and configuration options dotted all over the place.
Personally I like to keep things as simple as possible and on top of a basic Linux system (cli) I add xorg, jwm and pcmanfm as the base gui desktop that I can build upon.
The other day we had a bird in the house. Situation of me chasing the cat who was chasing the bird. As part of that it would appear that something got into the back of the 32" 720p TV that I had been using as a monitor. At least that's what I'm assuming as yesterday the TV just suddenly died after some fizzing noises. Anyway as a interim I've reverted back to a old acer monitor.
It struck me whilst re-jigging the settings so as to look reasonable, just how many things need tweaking, even for my simple setup, and how confusing/difficult that might seem to a noob. Fundamentally programs might be gtk2, gtk3 or qt based and each have their own defaults and look, so when you run different programs they look different ... for instance menu options when highlighted might have different coloured backgrounds around that, depending upon whether they're gtk2, gtk3, qt4 (or in the case of more recent versions of vlc even qt5).
Anyway, I've created a relatively short pdf document of my own tweaks/configuration, stored here pdf document
(EDIT: documents excludes that you might also add export QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE=GTK+ to your .profile so qt5 also picks up gtk3 style theme i.e. the likes of more recent vlc player program)
I like to use LibreOffice Calc as a initial base to work from when setting the choice of screen size (resolution) and dpi setting ... and expand from there. My own choice of using a relatively lean setup isn't the most attractive look by far, but its functional for me.
Personally I like to keep things as simple as possible and on top of a basic Linux system (cli) I add xorg, jwm and pcmanfm as the base gui desktop that I can build upon.
The other day we had a bird in the house. Situation of me chasing the cat who was chasing the bird. As part of that it would appear that something got into the back of the 32" 720p TV that I had been using as a monitor. At least that's what I'm assuming as yesterday the TV just suddenly died after some fizzing noises. Anyway as a interim I've reverted back to a old acer monitor.
It struck me whilst re-jigging the settings so as to look reasonable, just how many things need tweaking, even for my simple setup, and how confusing/difficult that might seem to a noob. Fundamentally programs might be gtk2, gtk3 or qt based and each have their own defaults and look, so when you run different programs they look different ... for instance menu options when highlighted might have different coloured backgrounds around that, depending upon whether they're gtk2, gtk3, qt4 (or in the case of more recent versions of vlc even qt5).
Anyway, I've created a relatively short pdf document of my own tweaks/configuration, stored here pdf document
(EDIT: documents excludes that you might also add export QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE=GTK+ to your .profile so qt5 also picks up gtk3 style theme i.e. the likes of more recent vlc player program)
I like to use LibreOffice Calc as a initial base to work from when setting the choice of screen size (resolution) and dpi setting ... and expand from there. My own choice of using a relatively lean setup isn't the most attractive look by far, but its functional for me.