[Georg]

So how can I install custom skins from dev-art ?
Kinda new with this linux scene

[butre]

What desktop environment or window manager are you using?

[Georg]

ubuntu 10.04 LTS beta 2

[Metanoia]

I'm gonna assume you're using GNOME then.

Assuming the theme comes in the form of a tar.gz :
Go to System>Preferences>Appearance. Click 'install'. Select the tar.gz file

[Georg]

thanks but what about icons and fonts ?

[Metanoia]

same thing with icons

i think you can also extract icons to usr/share/icons.

not sure about fonts

Edited:
I'm reading that for fonts, you can go to your home directory, enable viewing hidden files (with CTRL+H), and create a folder called '.fonts' if it doesn't already exist. Fonts can go in there & are usable upon restarting (maybe upon logging out, not sure)

[Georg]

How can I get that sysinfo gadget on my desktop ?

[Metanoia]

that's probably conky. i don't use it & am not sure how to install themes for it, but there's probably instructions for one of the many that are on deviantart (or in a google result somewhere)

[Cluckyx]

Yes, it's conky. It 90% text based. It's done with a basic markup language with simple formatting syntax and you keep it in a file called .conkyrc in your filefolder. The icons are Wingding fonts.

Google "conky configs" or just ".conkyrc" to get some good examples. If you want to have a go at making your own, there's a list of the vars you can use here and here

[Georg]

thanks for help everybody :love: