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21 fixing the system panel icons in i3

21 fixing the system panel icons in i3

At this point in time I can see just 2 options. Install the package gtk3-mushrooms coming from AUR. Or get rid of the system panel icons altogether. The reasoning is that we can reach those applications if we want to via shortcuts or terminal. We will show you the...

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35 How to install a theme from store.kdg.org called Helium

35 How to install a theme from store.kdg.org called Helium

There are lots of themes but are any of them 'good' and will they work on Plasma is a common question. I suggest you google around and see what themes pop-up and see if you like them at all. Then you can decide if you install them. There are different ways to install...

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34 Change the icon of your start menu in Plasma

34 Change the icon of your start menu in Plasma

After installing the numix-kde-theme-git we notice we have an icon from KDE and not plasma in the startmenu.Why not change it to an ArcoLinux logo?We go over all the choices you have in Sardi. Plasma Challenge You can follow our tutorials based on either...

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33 How to change the look and feel of Plasma

33 How to change the look and feel of Plasma

REBOOTING SOLVES MANY THEMING ISSUES In the system settings of Plasma we can theme our workspace. The Look and Feel is a kind of package. Icons, cursors, themes, fonts, ... anything defined in there will be applied. The idea is to make it easier for the...

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32 installation, configuration and theming of latte-dock

32 installation, configuration and theming of latte-dock

Top = Latte-Dock     Right = Plank  in all 3 images Latte-dock is an alternative you can choose for plank when on Plasma. Latte-dock is created for Plasma. You see all the dependencies when you install it on Xfce or other desktops. You can check out its github here....

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31 How to configure, set icons correct and autostart plank

31 How to configure, set icons correct and autostart plank

On our system we have already plank and the ArcoLinux themes installed. If you do not have them, you install them with sudo pacman -S plank arcolinux-plank-themes-git We start plank and we show you how to configure it: Left CTRL on your keyboard and right mouse-click...

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30 building Zafiro-icon-theme for ArcoLinux

30 building Zafiro-icon-theme for ArcoLinux

We have been making tutorials about Zafiro icon theme here. We installed it with yay. Then discovered that some of the icons were missing. We learned how to fix that with the inherits line in index.theme.  Then we learned how to make a PKGBUILD to fix this inherits...

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29 how to activate the cube animation on plasma

29 how to activate the cube animation on plasma

This cube animation can be activated IF your hardware is compatible. Plasma will not show this animation if your hardware is not suitable. The only thing to remember is to change 2 settings: the desktop effect and its animation (optional) create extra virtual desktops...

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