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Windows XP Theme

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Note

This has only been tested on Linux Mint. These customizations are not made by me and might break your system.

Run as a One-Liner​

This section provides a one-liner command to perform all the necessary setup steps in a single line. Users can copy and paste this command into their terminal to execute the setup process.

wget https://archive.org/download/bliss-600dpi/bliss-600dpi.png -P ~/Pictures && git clone https://github.com/B00merang-Project/Windows-XP.git Windows-XP-Themes && git clone https://github.com/B00merang-Artwork/Windows-XP.git Windows-XP-Icons && mkdir -p ~/.themes ~/.icons && cp -r 'Windows-XP-Themes/Windows XP Luna' ~/.themes && cp -r 'Windows-XP-Icons/' ~/.icons && sleep 3 && dconf load / < windowsXP.conf

Run as a Script​

This section provides a script that combines the above steps for ease of use. Users can save the following content into a file named windowsXP.sh, make it executable with chmod +x ./windowsXP.sh, and then run it with ./windowsXP.sh.

  • windowsXP.conf contents:

    # [org/cinnamon/desktop/background]
    # picture-options='zoom'
    # picture-uri='file://~/Pictures/bliss-600dpi.png'

    [org/cinnamon/desktop/background/slideshow]
    delay=15
    image-source='xml:///usr/share/cinnamon-background-properties/linuxmint.xml'

    [org/cinnamon/desktop/interface]
    cursor-theme='DMZ-White'
    gtk-theme='Windows XP Luna'
    icon-theme='Windows-XP-Icons'

    [org/cinnamon/desktop/wm/preferences]
    min-window-opacity=30
    num-workspaces=3
    theme='Mint-Y'
    workspace-names=@as []

    [org/cinnamon/theme]
    name='Windows XP Luna'

  • windowsXP.sh script:

    #!/bin/bash
    wget https://archive.org/download/bliss-600dpi/bliss-600dpi.png -P ~/Pictures
    git clone https://github.com/B00merang-Project/Windows-XP.git Windows-XP-Themes
    git clone https://github.com/B00merang-Artwork/Windows-XP.git Windows-XP-Icons
    mkdir -p ~/.themes ~/.icons
    cp -r 'Windows-XP-Themes/Windows XP Luna' ~/.themes
    cp -r 'Windows-XP-Icons/' ~/.icons
    sleep 3
    dconf load / < windowsXP.conf

Run Manually​

This section breaks down the setup process into individual manual steps for users who prefer to execute each command separately.

  1. Download the Bliss background image to the user's Pictures folder manually:

    wget https://archive.org/download/bliss-600dpi/bliss-600dpi.png -P ~/Pictures

  2. Clone the Windows XP theme repository manually:

    git clone https://github.com/B00merang-Project/Windows-XP.git Windows-XP-Themes

  3. Clone the Windows XP icon repository manually:

    git clone https://github.com/B00merang-Artwork/Windows-XP.git Windows-XP-Icons

  4. Create the directories ~/.themes and ~/.icons if they don't already exist manually:

    mkdir -p ~/.themes ~/.icons

  5. Copy the Windows XP Luna theme to the user's themes directory manually:

    cp -r 'Windows-XP-Themes/Windows XP Luna' ~/.themes

  6. Copy the Windows XP icons to the user's icons directory manually:

    cp -r 'Windows-XP-Icons/' ~/.icons

  7. Download the windowsXP.conf file manually:

    wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hirusha-adi/myLinuxSetup/main/desktop/cinnamon/windowsXP.conf

  8. Open the dconf config file and edit it to suit your needs (optional):

    nano ./windowsXP.conf

  9. Load custom desktop configuration settings from the windowsXP.conf file into the Cinnamon desktop environment manually using dconf:

    dconf load / < windowsXP.conf
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