How do you make linux look good? It's the only reason

>>58821814
That's a silly reason.

>>58821814
If you use a GTK based desktop environment like unity in the OP pick, cinnamon, gnome, etc the most popular thing to do now if to install a flat GTK theme like numix, arc, or flatabulous and then install numix-circle-light icons.

>>58821814
That doesn't look bad in comparison with windows

>>58821814
you install macOS

Install Lumina Desktop.

>>58821814
>How do you make linux look good?
you customize it. that's the whole beauty of linuxes, you can make it look exactly like ishit or stick to text only

>>58821814
Whether a DE/WM looks good is totally subjective. For example stock awesomewm with default gtk application look looks good to me. To some people that looks ugly and they want KDE Plasma. The point of it all is that you make it look how you want to.

>>58821914
>>58821924
but what if all of it looks terrible to me?

>>58821940
why even make this thread if nothing looks good to you?
don't use computers at all then

>>58821940
>you customize it
>what if all of it looks terrible
Then you customize it in a way you do like, you retarded fucking mouthbreather.

>gnome 3
>Ark dark shell theme
>Dynamic title bar
>Pixel saver
>Numix circle icons
>Solarized theme in terminal

>>58821960
but my imagination sucks and I find it impossible to make something look good and to my liking

>>58821814
I'd just like to interject for moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!

>>58821982
Alright, then see
>>58821949

>>58822013
>>58821949
it is too late, I am forced to use computers for a living for the rest of my life

>>58822031
then use the default desktop look, get some trendy emo bangs and listen to this whenever you use a computer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd9OhYroLN0

>>58822031
Any Example of What Looks good to you?
Also >>>/wpg/

>>58822031
>use computers for a living
Then wtf are you doing trying to make it look good? How about you stop fucking about and get some work done, you lazy procrastinating fuck.

>>58822197
I can't get work done if the desktop I'm working on is a disgusting eye rape

>>58822207
You can, because if you would actually do some work, you wouldn't fucking see the desktop. This is literally why I don't hire millennials.

>>58821814

Ubuntu looks horrible.

There's not even a trace of old SUN/SGI look and feel left in linux.

>>58822207
it's time to grab the shovel and change your job

>>58822231
a slight misunderstanding
not the desktop itself, but the environment
the sort of shit that happens when you have a gtk3 theme installed but use gtk2 and everything breaks and looks ugly as sin, even obscuring most of the information in the window because the font turns to black on a black background

>>58822238

Is this thing usable?

http://5dwm.org/maxxi/screenshots.html

>>58822278
Then don't use a broken theme you moron. You're clearly too incompetent to rice anything, so just stick to whatever the default is.

>>58822298
it's like win 3.1

>>58821814
Looks good but I prefer neon green.

>>58821814
>Gnome 3
>Arc Dark Theme
>Paper Icons
>Paper Shell Theme
>Dash to Dock to move dock at bottom
>Dynamic Status Bar

>>58822363
My nigga
>>58821966
I forgot to specify bottom dash to dock as well

Arc theme can make pretty much any distro look good. I don't like it on KDE though, and Cinnamon is the same deal with icons being a little weird and out of place in the start menu.

Actually I don't know if I like cinnamon in general. It seems like some of the issues with KDE but none of the benefits.

I run Ubuntu with unity and I use flatabulous as my theme and paper icons plus paper cursors. I think it looks really nice with a comfy wallpaper. Can't post a screenshot now because I'm at work.

>amazon

>>58822319
>it's like win 3.1
Confirmed birth date after 1990. Off yourself!

>>58821814
>Fluxbox
>whatever shit you want/need to use on top of it.

With a minimal window manager and some ricing you can make it look great.

Or buy a macbook if you want true beauty,

>>58821814
>he doesn't use the Adapta GTK theme
https://github.com/adapta-project/adapta-gtk-theme

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>>58822363
forgot to post the screenshot

>>58822937
What is it with people using huge fonts? And why such a huge dock? Do you have bad eyesight or something?

>>58822963
It's a 15 inch laptop, if you see that screenshot on your big monitor, everything will probably look huge. And that dock auto hides when a full screen program is on focus.

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>>58822668
>flatabulous
wew, that looks shit mayne

>>58823023
I'm watching that screenshot on a 14" laptop actually. Four eyes confirmed.

>>58821875
Fourth reply is the best reply. Typefaces in GNU/Linux suck

>>58823080
isn't that original Evil Dead ?

Nice censor job.

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>>58821814
You must be a macfag then, because windows looks like shit.

>>58822726
nostalgiafags are the worst

>>58823374
I agree. Nostalgia however has nothing to do with being able to recognize shit properly.

>>58821814
use Tails, Fuck good looks be safe instead.

>>58823407
>Tails
Not all of us have a cp collection we need to hide.

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>>58821814
Just choose the right theme in Linux.

>>58822726
nope, sorry 1989. eat a dick made of shit

Damn, why is every single fucking theme nowadays numix/arc? Fuck this copy paste shit.

>>58821814
It's nearly impossible to make linux look good. There are some pretty themes but it's just lipstick on a retarded pig. You can get it to where the file manager will give you some really pretty screen shots but actually using it shows that nothing has any consistency, icons will often be 20 years old, the taskbar is garbage compared to windows, some things will have way too much padding, somethings will have zero padding. GUI on linux is a mistake, CLI is the only thing that looks nice on it.

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>>58823388
please tell me more how this shit doesn't look similar

>>58823894
>windows NT logo in the background
At least you tried...

The number one reason why linux looks so bad is due to the lack of good typography. Good fonts play a huge role in usability. Problem is, designing a perfect typeface is one of the most difficult, rarest skills in the world and the good ones that do exist are always commercially licensed fonts.

>>58821814
Either make it no-GUI, or bloated.
Whichever seems more natural to you.

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>>58823963
same shit, different colors

>>58823848
Its objectively the best combination

>>58823751
wat fonts you use

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>>58821814
Download KDE, best looking DE out of the box

>>58824018
But if I want to look for a theme I want something different and not just a recolour. I would use breeze/kde in that case since it's the same shit anyway and it at least supports custom colours out of the box.

>>58823992
>smaller border
>less bezels
>no retarded italic font
>no shitty tone of grey
You are legally blind son...

>>58824051
KDE is a piece of shit, windowsbabbeh speaking.

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>>58823882
>it's just lipstick on a retarded pig
>some things will have way too much padding
>somethings will have zero padding
>icons will often be 20 years old
sounds like you're describing windows 10 here to bh

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>>58822298
Looks like a shittier Nextstep circa 1989.

>>58824069
He's describing both linux and windows.

>>58821814
Linux is what you make of it, desu.

If you're have aesthetic problems I feel bad for you son, I've got 99 problems but OS looks ain't one.

>>58824064
>cosmetic changes to details
>it's completely different!
wew. you probably believe that linux distros are completely different as well

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>>58824091
Forgot my Screenshot:

I'd be happy if I could just convince loonix not to use retarded huge fonts where it shouldn't use them. I mean come on, Why do I need size 20 fonts in a goddamn browser tab, or a title bar?!

>>58824104
Yes I do.

>>58824108
>minecraft
>>>/mlp/

>>58824127
Edit the program font setting.

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>>58824127
>Yes I do.

>>58821814
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. You mess with settings until you've got something that you like the look of.

>>58824127
So, how does it feel to not be able to adjust your font sizes due to incompetence? Perhaps Windows is more suited for someone with your level of thinking.

>>58824130
Nigga fuck you.

>>58824157
>due to inexperience
ftfy

>>58824051
too bad it's shit

>>58824167
Nigga fuck you too. The key-binds to zoom in and out on most browsers are the same. Its not inexperience, a knowledgeable windows/apple use can figure this out pretty easily. Its incompetence.

>>58824188
Every other DE is shittier aside from XFCE but that looks like shit

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>>58824196
you fucking moron, zooming in and out won't fucking change the GUI FONT

>>58824251
it's slow, bloated, buggy and literally crashes in the first 3 minutes of use

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How do linukeks feel that they will never have this level of minimalist aesthetics?

>>58824282
>window controls on the left side
dropped

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>mfw everyone here uses bloated DEs

>>58824289
We read from left to right in the first world.

>>58824310
And yet, you still close the door with your right hand. Every single time you faggot.

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>>58824309
This is you.

>>58824262
Hasn't crashed for me in... 22 months? Yeah, stable since version 5.3 for me.

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>>58824282
I don't know, how do mactoddlers feel, that they will never have this kind of informative display in their finder?

>>58824259
All you have to do is go into settings and adjust your fonts, retard. Literally every DE can do this.

This is pretty much what you're saying:

>"I'm not an intelligent person enough to use google or try to induct problem solving, therefore it is the tools fault, not the user."

Incompetence.

>>58821814
How do i make Unity look like that???

>>58822298
He hasn't even uploaded it yet?

>>58824262
That's what's called a PEBKAC problem since I and many other people don't have any problems with it

>>58824282
Feels great. Because I can design a more minimal approach and not have the same shit everyone else uses. """"Thinks different""""

>>58824309
How do you know which window is active? Also do the autism window managers finally support arbitrary mousebindings, like pressing mouse button 5+ mouse button1 to drag? If they still can't do that than i must say that this shit is absolutely useless.

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>>58824339
If you will show me a setting called fonts in this picture, I will suck your feminine penis.

>>58824328
>implying I do it unironically

>>58824362
I've never looked into that, but my assumption is that it isn't possible. Awesome is meant to be used with the keyboard mostly.

>>58824362
>How do you know which window is active?
Ju... Just look at the active selected window. I mean if you're that stupid just don't use minimal design.

>Also do the autism window managers finally support arbitrary mousebindings?

Yes. In fact they always have, you just have to know how to write a script.

>>58821875
The ugliest OS interface with the exception of some obscure Linux DEs. Even WinXP looks better. Why do people fall for the "Macs look pwetty :3" meme?

>>58824376
are you incapable of googling a problem?

https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ubuntu%20unity%20change%20font%20size

>>58824376
install the tweak tool you silly willy

>>58824376
Install unity tweak tool.

>>58824407
>ubuntu unity
second hit and miss, I use arch with gnome
good talk buddy, now go and be useless in your tiling windows manager

>>58824420
thanks family

>>58824420
>>58824431
I decreased font size from 11 to 9, padding still didn't change, so my GUI still looks like I was using a 150% DPI scaling in winblows. Any tips for that?

>>58821814
depends on what you think looks good, but there's tons of guides and shit out there and you can make linux look pretty much any way you want

>>58824432
this is the first time I responded to you.

Also there's this cool trick where you can replace "ubuntu" with "arch" and "unity" with "gnome" and get a new set of search results tailored to your specific problem. Cool, right?

>>58824051
KDE is the perfect example of how to do everything wrong.

They wasted their time focusing on adding features, keeping everything configurable and creating frameworks for future technologies.

Instead they should have focused on making themes. Nobody wants to use KDE because it has no themes. GTK themes are simply just better, so GTK will always rule the Linux world.

>>58824468
*sigh*
I want fucking IDs back...

>>58824395
>Ju... Just look at the active selected window. I mean if you're that stupid just don't use minimal design.
That screenshot I replied to has the same border style everywhere. I'm aware that one can at least change the color for active/inactive windows in i3 and co.
>Yes. In fact they always have, you just have to know how to write a script.
Show me. Why do the examples from i3 documentation not work without a mod key then? I was under the impression that they fear the mouse so the support is lackluster and doesn't allow me to sit my ass back and only use one hand to arrange/close windows like I please.

As a final question since the mouse support is a deal breaker for me any way.
What happens to minimized windows? Where do they go and how can the wm call it back?

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>>58824282
>tfw your aesthetic can be aped by a simple free theme at my leisure

>>58824463
You have to change the DPI settings to a custom one.

>>58824476
This. The refusal to integrate qss with better support into systemsettings was a really fucking bad move on their part. They didn't want it just because it was "buggy". But that didn't stop them from shipping broken software themselves.

>>58824507
Doesn't go below 1.

>>58821814
CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THEME THAT IS??

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>>58824262
>it's slow, bloated, buggy and literally crashes in the first 3 minutes of use
Try turning off experimental options under compositor settings. Those 2 options made KDE crash on my machine daily. Oh, and by the way, KDE just got updated to 5.9. Allow me to point out a "bug" present on XFCE - screen tearing out of the box.

>>58824463
There's a UI scaling option, I believe. Set it to 0.75 or 0.8, usually works for me.

>>58824476
You know that tiny, tiny little problem with GTK? Not having a working file picker. And please refer to:
>>58824535

>>58824536
Google results are littered with the Hi-DPI setting in the tweak tool, but like I said, it's for _increasing_ the DPI, while I want to decrease it. It doesn't go below 1.

>>58824485
Look at the top bar. The selected window is highlighted with a pinkish color in the top bar.

>>58824335
>>58824358
>>58824535
don't get me wrong, i really would like to use KDE and I've tried it on multiple different distros, installed in multiple ways
it nevers works correctly

>>58824573
At least try doing what I advised.

>>58824485
Well you forget that i3 wasn't built around using a mouse, therefore you can either learn to customize your key-bindings for comfort, or you can write your own script that binds the mouse to i3 commands. I'm not releasing my script because its not perfect and its more for personal use. But I can assure you that its possible to even use mouse gestures as key-bindings. I wrote mine in python and C.

as for your DPI issue, use a custom one. Also in i3 the worker should know what they are working on, and you can identify windows in other ways besides a boarder color. Minimized windows aren't much of a deal breaker if you're used to the environment.

Consider this: You're not the center of the universe and not everything is built around what you want. If you're not willing to learn, then you are only limiting yourself to what you can do. Everything you've complained about is user error. I don't go into Windows environment and angry that I can't read the source files, so don't come into a linux environment and be angry that you can't figure shit out.

>>58824405
because you have poor taste in UX

>>58824310
>first world
Wow, Maoist theory is surely increasing in popularity these days.

>>58824588
sure, I'll go install it again and try
crashing wasn't that much of a problem in the latest versions, although it does still crash often when going around the system settings
the rest of the problems were still true, it feels awfully slow in navigating

>>58824605
>I wrote mine in python and C.
I wasn't aware that one can customize it to such an extend. I will keep that in mind for my next voyage beyond kwin tiling extension.

>>58824524
see
>>58824605

This thread is literally "I'm too stupid to Google: the forum".

http://askubuntu.com/questions/753018/how-to-force-dpi-settings-in-xenial

https://onetransistor.blogspot.com.ng/2014/09/change-dpi-in-ubuntu.html

>>58824652
you do realize dconf won't run on arch? stop with the fucking ubuntu/debian links

>>58822937
yo nirav if you're going to blur out your name in the terminal you should probably do it on the terminal's header too

>>58824677
Dconf in arch:
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/dconf-editor/

font config in arch:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/font_configuration

DPI and Gnome Tweak in Arch:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=120939

Google:
http://www.google.com

>>58822937
>people keep calling material design ugly
>all while using disgusting skins and icons like these
eugh

>>58824051
looks like a DE for kids, appropriate for you manchildren

>>58824282
>best looking env
>tied down to abysmal branded hardware
sucks 2 b alive 2bh

>>58824499
Hopefully that screenshot wasn't the attempt at being similar...

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>>58824636
gonna take a while
>inb4 >antergos

yea I know it's shit, especially since it ships with nouveau which doesn't even work with the 1070
had to use some guy's edited installation .iso where he replaced the drivers with nvidia's proprietary ones

>>58824889
I don't get Antegros and Manjanor users desu
takes away the par t that makes Arch uniqe

I genuinely think stock unity looks better than windows 8.

Is there a way to get the same kind of nice looking terminal on stuff like xfce or kde?

>>58824938
Might want to cure that aneurysm before thinking about any ricing.

>>58824937
I usually install Arch with architect or something, it's good enough for me
I'm trying to get antergos to work because I like the theme they have and I'm too lazy to set it up myself, since I always fuck something up

>>58824573
Try KDE Neon, the distro from KDE.

>>58824757
dconf editor doesn't go below 1 either, font wasn't what I wanted, done with it in tweak tool

as for your third link

>edit src/gnome-settings-daemon-3.0.2/plugins/xsettings/gsd-xsettings-manager.c

I followed all the instructions to the letter, installed a fuckton of dependencies that didn't make sense but did it anyway, and I don't have a plugins folder

That's enough loonix for me today.

>>58824889
I'm using Antergos myself. Using proprietary GPU drivers could be another cause of KDE crashes though. Best of luck!

>>58821814
Hackintosh. Thats the only way.

>>58821833
A usable interface is built on functionality as well as visual design. A poorly designed piece of software is a pain in the ass to use, even if it does work perfectly fine.

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>>58825185
the nouvaeu drivers literally do not work with the 1070. It boots into a black screen and my monitor just keep going berserk, going to sleep mode and turning on again instantly.
I had to load this new installation in text mode, uninstall nouvaeu and install the proprietary nvidia drivers and now it works

also hate how antergos installs the locale based on your location, now I have to go change that shit as well

>>58825320
Fuck yeah Plasma.

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>>58825340
what fonts do I use

>>58821814
Tip 1: don't use Unity.

>>58825369
Don't change anything there, but follow this tutorial to get the best text rendering possible:
https://youtu.be/Pt4LXRAmWOw

>>58825427
didn't Infinality delete his arch repo just recently?

>>58824837
>looks like a DE for kids, appropriate for you manchildren
manchildren have a anime background m8

>>58825320
As far as theming goes, I'd suggest using Papirus icon theme, KArc window decorations, KArc color scheme, Papirus desktop theme. I'm not sure if configuring all of that is really necessary right now, considering the updates in 5.9.

>>58825460
They took it down for an update. It's working now.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/freetype2-infinality/
>Last Updated: 2017-01-13 23:54

>>58821857
It looks hideous and amateur, it stinks of "free as in unpaid" software

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>>58825536
>Being proud of using Windows 10 and subjugating yourself in your own home
Whatever you say lad.

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>>58825583

WHY ARE ALL FONTS ON LINUX HORRENDOUS?

>>58825606
Please refer to:
>>58825427

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>>58825596

>>58821814

Not sure about 'looking good' but I use i3 and it is absolutely the best way to interact with a computer.

>>58822207

>Open terminal
>Problem solved

What are you even going on about? How often do you actually interact with your """""desktop""""" if you are a professional computer...er?

>>58825427
>>58825632
bohoomil is down though

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>>58824282
>Muh minimalism
>Can't do even the most basic shit

>>58825378
Unity looks great once you install a nice theme and change the ugly Launcher icon.

>>58825369
Windows 10 can only hope to look this good.

>>58825835
>Windows 10 can only hope to look this good.
You could've chosen a better example.
>>58825583
>>58825596
>>58825657
>>58824535

>>58825924
I only said that because that screenshot looks like what Microsoft is trying to do with Metro/Modern/Neon/not-MaterialAero. Those screenshots look like something else and I'm not too big a fan of Arc. It's the posterchild of overrated/babby's first rice.

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>>58825835
You realize you're showing an imitation that's trying its best (but failing) to look exactly like the thing you're criticizing, right? It's like chinks and their cars.

>>58825980
>I only said that because that screenshot looks like what Microsoft is trying to do with Metro/Modern/Neon/not-MaterialAero.
I don't use Windows 10, so I'm not really aware. Fair enough point though.
>Those screenshots look like something else and I'm not too big a fan of Arc. It's the posterchild of overrated/babby's first rice.
Please don't mention i3 now.

>>58824108
nice

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which one?

>>58824282
OS X looks good because they actually pay people that know fonts, font rendering, proper spacing etc.

>>58824837
Except you have shit font rendering which completely ruins it.

The worst part is that you can't edit these new style themes because it loads the config from the internet, so you can't change the colors like older themes.

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>>58826026
>Please don't mention i3 now.
I know that window managers are supposed to less resource intensive but I only use GNOME and Unity myself.

>>58826004
Just because it's a copycat doesn't automatically make it inferior. After using OSX and Unity for some time I honestly feel as though Unity tries to be a more refined version of OSX's DE. You don't have to rely on keyboard shortcuts for any and everything, the shitty Apple menu gets pushed to the right and is replaced with the much more useful window controls. Useless space is minimized with the titlebar merging with the top bar on maximization, etc.

>>58826196
mate

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Numix + ubuntu

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>>58822771
what about both?

>>58826196
KDE obviously.

How do you even use dark GTK themes? They fuck with Firefox badly.

>>58826476
by not using firecucks

>>58826476
>using Firefox

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>>58826476
Using Numix Blue atm and it's just fine

>>58821814
You can make it look any way you want. Are you retarded?

>>58826497
Tried that theme too, it makes checkboxes and radio buttons disappear on websites.

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>>58826546

>>58826492
>>58826495
>le sjw meme xD
Fuck off to /pol/. There's nothing wrong with firefox.

>>58826605
>strawmanning
It's bloated as fuck and has become quite the resourcehog. Firefox has fallen behind everyone else in terms of basically everything a modern browser is expected to have. Now it's just stuck playing catchup to Chrome and outside of a couple extensions (which seemingly exponentially adds to the sluggishness) there's no reason to use it. I liked Firefox, I miss Firefox, but it's just been superseded by Chromium/Chrome.

>>58826704
>not botnet
>superior addons
>same speed as chromium
>sjw developers
>open source
Why wouldn't I use it?

>>58826318
hideous
looks like material design gone wrong

>>58826497
even windows XP looks better

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>>58826589
Doesn't work on my machine desu.

>>58826867
>even windows XP looks better
You know it doesn't. Stop being an autistic microcuck.

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>>58824051
No matter how many times I see it, KDE always looks gray, lifeless, and messy to use.

>>58826959
Can't you change the colour scheme?

>>58826867
>I am also severely autistic and people should cater to my sophisticated taste of themes
Have you considered suicide yet?

>>58826883
What website?

>>58827025
Doesn't matter, it does this shit on every website and even in the desktop UI. In fact, tons of themes do.

>>58827054
You must be doing something wrong, it just works. Everytime I tried

>>58825835
what DE etc?
infos pls, alllllll

>>58827081
>You must be doing something wrong
You could easily google and see this is not a rare issue.

>>58827128
Fixed issues are not hard to find.

>>58825270
making it 'look good' has nothing to do with functionality retard

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>>58824282
It's minimalist to the point of absurdity and even so cuckos manage to waste more screen real estate than windows.

>>58824282
>minimalist aesthetics
minimal functionality

ftfy fruit

>>58827104
It's just vanilla Ubuntu (Unity). The theme is Vertex-Light. The icon pack is Faba-Mono-Dark which depends on the Faba and Moka icon pack. The cursor is DMZ-Black and the fonts are Arial (Arial Bold for the window title font). You could just use FreeSans for the font though, they look almost identical.

>>58827250
ty bro this gonna be gud

If only Arc had the Vertex colours.
I, for some reason, cant stand that blue tinted dark gray.

>>58825835
Looks pretty good, but the font is... i dunno, too chunky I guess.

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WHY IS LINUX SO FUCKING SHIT WHEN IT COMES TO DRIVERS.

I've installed Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 or some shit. There's a fucking bug where the mouse pointer is stuck in the top left corner but I can actually move an "invisible" mouse around the screen. Managed to somehow get past the installation stage doing this. Then I looked up why this bug was occurring and apparently I need the latest NVIDIA drivers. I sudo apt-get install nvidia-367 and reboot. Suddenly I'm at a login loop and my Ubuntu partition is pretty much unusable. I tried uninstalling the driver and reinstalling all kinds of different versions. Nothing works at all. Who the fuck programs this bullshit?

>>58827210
>still exceptionally functional
feel free to try again, it's very clear you're just quite envious

>>58827479
>Goyvidia
Found your problem

>>58827491
thank you for putting on a name so i can filter you

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>>58827004
You can, but all themes that come with it by default are pretty ugly. GNOME has Adwaita as its default theme, and it looks better than anything KDE comes with.

Changing themes also isn't as straightforward as any other DE either, and the things you need to go through are somewhat esoteric for anyone who just started using linux. I also do not understand why there's a need to separate Desktop theme and Window theme.

On an unrelated note, I don't like KDE either. Installing it fucked up my font configurations, freetype, or something else I don't remember. Anyway, it made the font rendering look like ass, so I also have some bias.

>>58827479
Works fine with AMD. Nvidia has shit drivers in general, this isn't a Linux only problem.

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>>58822298
Hey, the website is finally updated!

Looks so comfy.

>>58826196
cinnamon is the objectively correct choice

>>58826196
Everyone will say something different. They specifically suggest anyone switching from Windows using KDE, but having used Gnome on the live system first, I felt like KDE was a piece of inferior shit compared to Gnome, and switched in 3 days. Then I just removed the Nautilus file manager on Gnome, and installed KDE's Dolphin. Right now, 5 days into using my first Linux, it feels alright, although I'm not a fan of a shitton of things I could change, but don't know how.

>>58828793
What exactly do you want to change?

>>58827584

... but ubuntu 16.04 doesn't have FLGRX support anymore, and you have to use shit open source drivers.

NVIDIA is like the only thing you can game on with Linux until that changes.

>>58827479
that's the fault of nouveau drivers, uninstall them and install the proprietary nvidia drivers

>>58821814
another ridiculous assertion from a microshill

>>58828907
Things people tell me to google, only to find results that only fucking apply to ubuntu, then I finally get the correct instructions for arch, but they don't work, and since it's my first week using Linux, I have zero idea how to debug.

So I'm for example trying to DECREASE the DPI scaling of GUI elements (not the fonts, already did that), but google results are littered with solutions that offer ways to INCREASE it, and I can't use the same method to decrease it, because the number doesn't go below 1.

I'm also trying to find a way to have thumbnails displayed in open/save dialogues, no luck so far. When you are paid for uploading products to a webshop (among other things), and you have to use your browser to upload relevant product pictures, you can't have an OS that doesn't display thumbnails in the "browse files" dialogue.

And so on...

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>>58821814
op is right - we must compare it to the beautiful windows 10 interface

>>58827193
Not previous anon, but you didn't even read his comment.
He said usability not functionality. Aesthetics does matter to some people.

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>>58829041
holy shit, now i remember why i don't use windows anymore.

>>58829024
I'd suggest using a distro with KDE, given that you need a proper file picker. Antergos KDE and KDE Neon are good choices. They can look great, if that's your concern:
>>58825924

>>58829041
JESUS CHRIST WHAT AN ABOMINATION

>>58829187
Tried KDE, the only thumbnail support I had was in Dolphin itself, my file picker didn't show file thumbnails, only in a separate preview panel when I selected the files separately. I need thumbnails instead of file icons so I can see them immediately, without fucking around with individual files. I don't have time to mess around with individual files, else new products waiting to upload are just piling up.

So yea, so far working from home is not working out using Linux only.

>>58829229
The program needs to support the kde file picker. Chrome(ium) for example does this automatically. You need to tell us what programs are you using, but yeah, the gtk's file picker is probably the worst part of GTK. Otherwise dolphin is probably the best file manager i have used on any operative system.

>>58824071
>nextstep had miller columns since 1980s
>linux still doesn't have them 30 years later
Lunixfags are you even trying?

>>58829448
I'm pretty much using the default install of Antergos with Gnome, I just replaced Nautilus with Dolphin. I used KDE for a few days but I couldn't stand how it looked.

I'd really need OS-wide thumbnail support in every window that has files inside, no matter in what context it is viewed in.

>>58829481
GNUSTEP doesn't have this problem :^)

>>58829024
>I'm also trying to find a way to have thumbnails displayed in open/save dialogues,

That's a GNOME/Gtk problem. You'll have to endure, unfortunately.

>>58829914
Read on, it also was a KDE problem. I need thumbnails instead of file icons, not a thumbnail preview panel for a list view of files.

>>58829041
haha

wait, is that real?

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>>58829041
>lets just make a screen full of colorful blocks with icons in the middle.
>simply refined, don't you think?
>really brings the professional user to mind

>>58831670
their goal wasn't to appeal to the professional market. it was to break through to their tablet and mobile users.
microsoft just has barrel after barrel of bad ideas and no solid direction. just a board with a poor understanding of the market it's supposed to seduce.
most business and govenrment users are still on 7 or god forbid XP even. i doubt that'll change and microsoft themselves realized that which is why they extended support for both operating systems.

>>58821843
this

>>58822937
hi nirav

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>>58822937
11/10

>>58821966

> A fucking app drawer

Nope.

>>58824889
>he doesn't install the proprietary nvidia drivers

Even if you don't read the arch wiki, you can still run this

sudo pacman -S nvidia-installer

https://github.com/Antergos/antergos-packages/blob/master/antergos/nvidia-installer/PKGBUILD
https://github.com/Antergos/nvidia-installer

if you need to use a GUI to do anything you are probably retarded.

posting this with telnet

>>58827787
Looks comfy but isn't when put to practical use.

>>58834135
Terminals are GUI's you fucking retard

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just install bsd/hackintosh
pic related

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>>58827787
I like the Motive WM too. It's comfy on BSD. On Linux I like KDE.

>>58834336
sissy

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>>58834355
take that back

>>58834361
take what? my dick out of your mouth?

Unity is nice enough. It's not the prettiest. It's not the most stable and compatible. XFCE is the best, most win-like DE. Cinnamon is nice too, but isn't as good.

Unitys ability to search the menu bars of programs is not unique, but the implementation is better than anything else out there. I used i3-hud-menu for a while while on i3, but it'd only work about half the time; I think it required the programs you wanted to search to be built on a certain framework like gtk 3 or something?

Regardless, that is the main reason I switched back. Then, calendar integration and the ease of having a whole DE and not just a WM and whatever extra shit you tack on made me want to stay. i3 ricing is fun, but when it fails to exceed the utility of other DEs, that's a dealbreaker for me.

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>>58834371
>reddit question marks
lol nice try pajeet

>>58834379
huh? did my attention mess with your brain or something?

I'm running ubuntu and I want to install cinnamon, the only reason I haven't is because I'm terrified of fucking things up, particularly my installation of Adobe Photoshop, which took days to get working.

What are the odds that cinnamon breaks something on my computer?

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>>58834383
huh? huh huhuh?? huh huh huhuh?? huh ????
*puinche su in the face

>>58834399
*giggles and daps* sho shtrong!

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>>58834405
how the heck are you
ur nobody
u dont even exist anymore
get out of my sight dude

>>58834413
lol, such an angry little girl! someone needs a hug :^)

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>>58834440
REEE ROOOO REEEE ROOOO REEEE ROOOO
lets hope the mods come in and save u kiddo otherwise ur doomed nerd

>>58834448
oh no what are you gonna do? suck my cock?

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this thread is now under anime control
all jannies please delete all ontopic posts right now

>>58821885

Underrated.

>>58821814
Get i3 or i3 gaps if non shitty monitor.

Dont forget running arch with a shitty simplistic anime wallpaper.

>>58826605
Have fun having to go into privatemode because it caches everything no matter what.

>>58821814
I've used Kali a bit, looks pretty nice by default desu.

>>58834665
Oh noez, how does it dare to download information to your hard drive.
>being this retarded

Stop watching CP you freak and your browser cache will not be an issue.

>>58834376
The only thing keeping me back from GNOME is the global menu bar. Everything is right there in the open.

>>58834385
From my experience DEs are the easiest thing to install since they're all pretty much isolated from each other. The only two DEs that might (negatively) interact with each other is Unity, GNOME and Budgie because they all depend on some GNOME stuff. I've had KDE break my Ubuntu installation in the past though. The biggest issue you'll find with installing multiple DEs on one computer is them affecting each others' settings and even then, that's nothing to break your system.

Just try a Linux Mint live CD for a while.

>>58821814
>>> /r/unixporn

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You install TDE. Thats how.

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>>58836468

>>58829041
Did you manually remove the ads?

>>58829087
>you didn't even read his comment
>He said usability not functionality.

Are you dyslexic mate?

>A usable interface is built on functionality

>>58821814
I've never been interested in anything Linux until now, this looks really nice.

Can someone briefly explain what customization this is and link a guide on how to install it?

>>58827479
ure just too stupid to install drivers. better kys

>>58836819
There is no customization there, that's just stock ubuntu unity with the Arc theme installed.

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>>58836819
>a guide on how to install it
Winbabby pls

>>58836819
Looks like standard Ubuntu with Unity and a RAVEfinity theme. Just install Ubuntu and follow the instructions on the RAVEfinity website.

>>58836819
>a guide on how to install it?

Make livedisk
Shrink winshit partition
Boot livedisk
Click install
Follow the steps without being a retard
Done

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>>58821814
yeah, it's extremely nice, i find ricing shit somewhat soothing.

>>58836967
>aesthetic
Are you blind perchance?

>>58836972
no, i am not. what a weird question.

>>58825536
You really think so? Pretty reminiscent of Mac and mobile OS's, imo.

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>>58829041
Does /g/ blindly hate Windows this much or do they really not see a Windows PC often? That's very clearly a pre-release Windows 10 beta screenshot.

>2015
>IE instead of Edge
>Music instead of Groove

>>58836972
>Are you blind perchance?
Elaborate.

>>58836967
Can I download the icon theme somewhere?

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>>58821814

You're telling me that this doesn't look good?

>>58836967
This windowsbabbeh right here likes it. Fuck the other guy.

What's a good DE to use that doesn't have tons of negative useless wasted space

XFCE?

>>58837667
XFCE is my favorite DE but it has just as much wasted space as any other.

Use a tiling WM.

>>58837683
Yeah but tiling WMs are pure unfiltered autism. I just don't want it to look like >>58837513 shit like this.

>>58837667
Lumina.

>>58837683
MATE
>slim taskbar
>text focused drop down menus with super small icons

>>58836888
>>58836946
>>58836946
>>58836951
Cool, thanks guys.

>>58825270
uh oh UX developer spotted
"developer"