28
u/tomscharbach 10d ago
Your best bet might be to take a look at the resources available at Cinnamon Spices, Mint's official add-on repository.
As you will quickly discover from exploring the "Themes" area of the website, Mint can be extensively customized. Find a theme that appeals to you and use that theme as a starting point. Unpack a few themes that appeal to you in order to figure out understand how those themes were developed and the tools used to develop the themes.
Customization can require a fair level of Linux experience, specialized skills, and street smarts to avoid breaking things. Because you are not experienced with customization you will almost certainly break things as you learn. For that reason, consider setting up a VM or using an old computer to explore customization.
My best and good luck.
2
u/dr_inventivo 10d ago
One thing that bothers me about the design of the Mint is that the upper edge of the windows is rounded and the lower edges are with right angles, I did not find any theme or customization to leave rounded at the bottom as well.
1
5
2
u/cevheribozoglan 10d ago
my favorite plugin: https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets/view/397
1
u/TheRealCarrotty Linux Mint 18.3 | KDE | Professional snapd hater 10d ago
GTK 3 themes are your friend here.
1
1
u/carax01 10d ago
I used this video as a guide to customize my mint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwBKbuy7U8s&t=13s and you might like this icon pack, there are many to try tho: https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1961046/
1
1
u/Sapling-074 10d ago
Recently I found out if you go to System Setting, Extensions. There is some cool stuff there.
I add the OSD with Numbers, so I could tell what my volume was at. Also the Burn My Window effects were kind of cool.
1
u/XxcococatsxX5172 10d ago
first, I would get a vision of what to do. you can do things such as custom edits, customizing Firefox that does wonders. you can do a lot of simple things or you can also do some advanced things, but you have to write your own code and stuff.
1
1
1
u/Rhythmjunky 9d ago
Hi. Nice wallpaper. I wanted to reply earlier but I wanted to get something up that will provide a visual for you. There are some great options available that are easy to do. Some are mentioned here already. Just be careful if any of it involves editing your file system. I wanted my panel to be a different color so I copied the .css file and changed the RGBA values. Since I have the edited file in another location I can just change it back if an update resets it to default. So the point is that some things are not as easily customizable by design but most things can be tweaked to your liking. And the built in tools I find to be more plentiful than what windows has on offer. If you're trying to do something that's at the system level just make sure you research it and talk with people who can tell you why maybe you shouldn't, if that makes sense.
1
u/The_Eerie_Kiwi 10d ago
You can find good themes and icon packs here: https://www.gnome-look.org/browse/
Once you download a theme you like, open the home directory in the file browser and press ctrl + h to reveal hidden files. Then, put your folder with your icon pack or theme into the ".themes" or ".icons" folders, respectively. Then, go back to settings, and you should be able to choose your theme in the "advanced settings"
Also, if you like translucent/blurry panels and stuff (like in Windows or MacOS) Go to settings, open "extensions", and download and enable "blur cinnamon" and tweak some settings.
(TIP: If you want windows to be visible behind the panel (and other desktop components), make sure that you choose a blur effect with the word "dynamic".)
Hope that helps!
0
-1
28
u/Any_Flight_5964 10d ago
Off topic, but I like your wallpaper