fleshyorgans

Update: Seems the original link was removed for some reason. I’ve posted a link to the new location, which is a source bz2 file.

One of the things I love about Gnome is how it doesn’t overwhelm you with options and settings for things. But one of the things I hate about it is how it doesn’t overwhelm you with options and settings for things.

Maybe it’s just the default install for Ubuntu, but there are all sorts of features that are available and tweakable, but hidden because there isn’t something as simple as “Advanced.” Example: I have several screensavers that allow various options to be set, but the screensaver interface doesn’t allow one to even see those options — one has to install and use xscreensaver to see them.

Also, and the point of this post, there is extensive theming of the desktop and user interface. However, there isn’t granularity. It’s easy as anything to change the theme, and even mix and match, say, icons from Theme B with window controls from Theme A.

But if you want to change individual color elements, such as the active title bar or the scrollbar color, you’re screwed. Thankfully, I found the application gnome-color-chooser (Gnome-look download, link to v 0.2.2 src of gnome-color-chooser).

I don’t know that it’s an official part of the Gnome experience (I think it was written by someone as frustrated as I), but so far it hasn’t broken anything for me.

So there you go.