MAKING YOUR KDE LOOK LIKE A MAC OS X
Many people are interested in getting their linux or BSD desktop
interface to look as much like Apple's very successful OS X gui as
possible. Now, I am well aware that many others are not thus enamored,
and in fact profess a real dislike for the look. This article is NOT
being written for the latter, and please if you don't like the OS X,
don't write and/or comment and put it down. Just ignore this article.
But for those of you who are interested in reproducing that look on
your linux desktop, here is a step by step method for doing so on the
KDE desktop environment. It is not definitive, nor the final word on
the subject, but it will give you a pretty good start. Here are a
couple of examples:
If you are interested, here's how I did it on KDE-3.4 and 3.5:
1. You must first install the latest version of baghira (http://baghira.sourceforge.net/)and any necessary dependencies using packages appropriate to your version of linux or BSD.
2. Now open the KDE Control and expand the Index tab headings, 'Appearance & Themes', and 'Desktop'.
3. Click on 'Style' on the Index tab (on the left) under 'Appearance & Themes'. On the right side of the Control Center, under the Style tab drop down the 'Widget Style' menu-bar and select 'baghira' from the choices available. Click the 'Configure' button beside it.
4. A configuration window will open:
Set all of your settings on the 'General Design' tab to match mine on the screen above. You can change the settings to whatever you like later, but for now, use mine. Set the 'Background' coloring (top-right) to #B4B4B4.
5..Now click the 'Special Widgets' tab and the window will look like this:
Set all of your settings to match mine. You can change the settings to whatever you like later, but for now, use mine. Set the 'Use Custom Color' coloring (center-left) to #B4B4B4.
6. Now click the 'Menus' tab and the window will look like this:
Make sure 'Background' is set to 'Plain' and 'Color' is set to 'Background'. At this point you will need to click the 'OK' button (bottom-right) to close the window. Now click the 'Apply' button (bottom-right).
7. Next, click the 'Configure' button again (top-right) to reopen the configuration window and select the 'Menus' tab at the top.
8. One of the background colors (center-right) will be blue. Set it to #B4B4B4. Now click the 'OK' button (bottom-right), and then the 'Apply' button (bottom-right).
9. Click on 'Window Decorations' on the Index tab (on the left) under 'Appearance & Themes'. On the right side of the Control Center, under the Window Decoration tab drop down the menu-bar and select 'baghira' from the choices available. The window will change:
10. Set all of your settings to match mine. You can change the settings to whatever you like later, but for now, use mine. Now click on the Buttons tab (center-right) and the screen will change again:
11. Set all of your settings to match mine. You can change the settings to whatever you like later, but for now, use mine. The second screen shows the bottom of the right side of the Control Center scrolled down. You get the window decorations here to look like the colored ones on the bottom by dragging them in the blue titlebar until the match. Then click the 'Apply' button (bottom-right).
12. Next, click on 'Behavior' on the Index tab (on the left) under 'Desktop'. The screen will change again:
Set all of your settings to match mine (on the right). You can change the settings to whatever you like later, but for now, use mine. Then click the 'Apply' button (bottom-right).
13. Next, click on 'Window Behavior' on the Index tab (on the left) under 'Desktop'. The screen will change again:
Set all of your settings to match mine (on the right). You can change the settings to whatever you like later, but for now, use mine. Then click the 'Apply' button (bottom-right).
14. Now - you can use any iconset you like. The ones I'm using can be found
here. This is a buildset for the icons, so you must untar the file and run the 'buildset' script within to build your icons.
NOTE: This task will require that the package ImageMagick be installed.
NOTE1: If you are using a BSD - FreeBSD or DesktopBSD, etc., you will need to replace the 'buildset' script found in the 'OS-L-IconSet-Buildkit.tar.bz2' package with the one found here. Run the script with the following command:
~: sh buildscript
When the script finishes, you will have a file in that same directory as the script called 'OS-L.tar'.
15 Next, click on 'icons' on the Index tab (on the left) under 'Appearance & Themes'. The screen will change again:
The 'OS-L' iconset won't show yet. Click the'Install New Theme ...' button (bottom-center) and navigate to the directory where 'OS-L.tar' is located - select it - and click the 'OK' button. This will install the 'OS-L' iconset. When the install is complete, select it to use the icons and click 'Apply' (bottom-right).
16. Next, click on 'Panels' on the Index tab (on the left) under 'Desktop'. The screen will change again:
Set all of your settings on the Arrangement tab (on the right) to match mine, but set the 'Length' percentage to about 56% for now. You can change the settings to whatever you like later. (ignore the wallpaper shown on the right - yours will show) Then click the 'Apply' button (bottom-right).
17. Now click the 'Hiding' tab (center-top). The screen will change again:
Set all of your settings to match mine (on the right). You can change the settings to whatever you like later, but for now, use mine. Then click the 'Apply' button (bottom-right).
18. Now click the 'Menus' tab (center-top). The screen will change again:
Set all of your settings to match mine (on the right). You can change the settings to whatever you like later, but for now, use mine. Then click the 'Apply' button (bottom-right).
19. Now click the 'Appearance' tab (center-top). The screen will change again:
Set all of your settings to match mine (on the right). You can change the settings to whatever you like later, but for now, use mine. Then click the 'Apply' button (bottom-right).
You can now close the KDE Control Center.
Now we will add some applications to the panels.
20. Right-click on the top panel and select 'Add Applet To Menubar' (KDE-3.5), or 'Add To Panel' and 'Applet' from the fly-out menu (KDE-3.4).
21. First add 'Baghira Starter'. Move it to the far-left of the panel.
22. Next add 'Clock'. Move it to the far-right of the panel. Right-click the clock and configure it to the look you like.
23. Next add 'Desktop Previewer & Pager'. Move it to the right of the panel just left of the clock.
24. Next add 'Taskbar' to the center of the panel. Now run the following command from a terminal:
~: dcop kicker default restart
This will restart the kicker and panels.
25. Now add applications and applets of your choice to the bottom panel. Be sure to add the 'Trash' applet to the far-right of the panel.
26. Finally, reopen the KDE Control Center and click on 'Panels' on the Index tab (on the left) under 'Desktop'. Click the 'Appearance' tab (center-top). The screen will change again:
Click the 'Advanced Options' button (lower-center-left). A small window will open:
Under 'Applet Handles' select 'Hide' and click the 'Apply' button (bottom-center), and then the 'OK' button.
You can now close the KDE Control Center.
That's pretty much it. Now you can change your wallpaper to get a more aqua look and enjoy the desktop. Tweak it further as you like and enjoy!
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