Linux Dummies 9th

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Part I: Getting Your Feet Wet
Depending on the theme, your new theme may be added to the
themes list. If you don’t see it there, click the Customize button. In the
Customize Theme dialog box, you see three different types of themes:
• Controls for themes affect how the controls on your desktop look.
• Window Borders for the themes change how your window borders
look.
• Icons for themes change how your icons look.
Your new theme may be listed in one or more of these locations.
12. If you haven’t already, select your new theme from the list.
Whether you choose the theme in the main list or in the Theme Details
dialog box, your desktop changes to match your choice. If the theme is
not in the main list, you’ll see Custom Theme at the top of the choices.
Click Save Theme and assign a new name to your desktop’s new look.
13. Click Close when you’re happy with your desktop’s look.
The Appearance Preferences dialog box closes.
The background
The background on the desktop is an important feature because it’s what
you end up staring at the most. Both Ubuntu and Fedora allow you to use an
image as the background (called wallpaper) or use a color background.
The Background tab controls what’s on the background of your desktop. You
can use the images that are loaded by default, select a color for the background,
or load your own wallpaper image. To set your background, open
the Appearance Preferences dialog box, click the Background tab, and then
follow these steps:
1. Click the Add button.
2. Use the browser to find your image file.
GNOME supports using any image file type as the background image.
3. Click the Open button.
The image is imported into the backgrounds list, and it is automatically
selected as the background wallpaper.
The No Wallpaper option allows you to select either a single color for the
background or a gradual shading from one selected color to another color
(either horizontally or vertically). GNOME uses a cool color wheel from
which to select the color, as shown in Figure 4-7.