Subj : Re: Tastes Like Windows To : Barry Martin From : Ky Moffet Date : Fri Jun 05 2020 22:01:00 BARRY MARTIN wrote: > Hi Ky! > > > Kurious Kitty work up and started purring aorund... > KM> > KM> Kitten has no idea who its mom is, and neither do I... > > Usually it's no idea who the father is! That too! > KM> AH!! Thank you!!!!! Those places are full of little .png files, > KM> and subdirs full of little .png files -- must be at least some of > KM> 'em! > > Seems to be most -- I just did a quick look -- the 8x8's are way too > small to visually browse -- think was the 256x256's are easier on the > eyes! You need little teeny eyes to see the little teeny icons. > Oh, while I think of it, the Desktop background picture is a little > sneaky: if it's a PNG it's in one subdir and if a JPG another. Putting > the wrong filetype in the directory won't work (won't display). Why is linux so schizophrenic?? > KM> Now, does anyone know where the cursors are kept? Due to some > KM> weird bug in our incarnation of KDE, it only respects Polar, > KM> which is too ugly for words. But if I can edit Polar to be a less > KM> disgusting color (than plain white) then all will be well. > > Cursors are displayed when one drops their Pet Rock on their foot! > Where are the mouse cursors located? > > They are located in folders in /usr/share/icons, named according to the > theme, irrespective of the desktop environment: I shall seek in that location. > $ ls -d /usr/share/icons/*/cursors > /usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursors > /usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors > /usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors > /usr/share/icons/handhelds/cursors > /usr/share/icons/redglass/cursors > /usr/share/icons/whiteglass/cursors We're presently stuck with the loathesome Polar, but I'm wondering if I just moved things around and renamed... well, I'll try it on a new install, since with PCLOS that takes all of five minutes. > This post > https://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Install-New-Cursor-Themes-in-Ubun > tu-466821.shtml might give you qguiandace on how to create your own, > etc. May or may not be current as from 2014. I just need to recolor the durn thing, it would then be fine! > KM> How to install icons on KDE: > KM> Right click on the desktop, Configure, Icons, "Get more icons" > KM> and soon you're presented with the current catalog (of thousands) > KM> of icon themes, which you can browse and install on the spot. > KM> Why is Ubuntu so difficult? > > We're happy with the icons they gave us because the selected the best > ones already? > Oh sure, the ones no one but the devs liked! þ RNET 2.10U: ILink: Techware BBS þ Hollywood, Ca þ www.techware2k.com --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .