Setting Linux Desktop Appearance

ref:

Icon Setting

Appearance includes icon and gtk-theme.

Icon is included in FreeDesktop Icon Theme Specification, that means it’s generally usable.

the icon path:

  1. /usr/share/icons/
  2. ~/.icons
  3. ~/.local/share/icons/

Configure Cursor

  1. Download Cursor file to icon path.

  2. Setting gsettings set cursor theme, but it only work for gtk program

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-theme '<THEME_NAME>'
  1. For it work on all appliaction, config sway configure:
seat seat0 xcursor_theme <THEME_NAME> 24

Theme Setting

gtk-theme configure the gtk style and behavior, it is only for gtk applications.

the theme path:

  1. /usr/share/themes/
  2. ~/.themes
  3. ~/.local/share/themes/

If theme not include gtk config, you can config them in ~/.config/gtk-3.0/, ~/.config/gtk-4.0/ etc.

Specify the Theme

For GTK applications, you can specify the theme name and icon name by gsettings.

by System Environment

export GTK_THEME=Adwaita:dark

by Gsettings

ref: GTK4 Settings

On the X window system, this sharing is realized by an XSettings manager that is usually part of the desktop environment, along with utilities that let the user change these settings.

On Wayland, the settings are obtained either via a settings portal, or by reading desktop settings from GSettings.

In the absence of these sharing mechanisms, GTK reads default values for settings from settings.ini files in /etc/gtk-4.0, $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/gtk-4.0 and $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gtk-4.0.

  1. install gsettings-desktop-schemas

  2. set as the following:

    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Adwaita-dark'
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface icon-theme 'Adwaita-dark'
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface cursor-theme 'Adwaita'
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name 'Noto Sans Nerd Font 12'

by GTK Config file

[Settings]
gtk-theme-name=Adwaita-dark
gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme=1
gtk-button-images=true
gtk-cursor-theme-name=Adwaita
gtk-cursor-theme-size=24
gtk-decoration-layout=icon:minimize,maximize,close
gtk-enable-animations=true
gtk-font-name=Noto Sans, 10
gtk-icon-theme-name=Adwaita
gtk-menu-images=true
gtk-modules=colorreload-gtk-module:window-decorations-gtk-module
gtk-primary-button-warps-slider=false
gtk-toolbar-style=3
gtk-xft-dpi=196608

Get Theme

GNOME Look

Deviant Art

Open Desktop

Gnome Official Themes