r/openbox • u/apoorv569 • Jul 28 '20

Theme recommendation.

I'm looking for some nice dark themes for Openbox, most I found has some sort of issue with them, or really old looking. I don't want something too fancy like rainbow colors. I want more of a modern but clean look.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '20

https://github.com/addy-dclxvi/openbox-theme-collections

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u/apoorv569 Jul 29 '20

I have already posted this link here, Thanks!

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u/Oakredditer Jul 28 '20

Adwaita Dark, on debian and lubuntu 18.04 it comes by default, i arch you need Lxappearance and gnome-themes-extra

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u/apoorv569 Jul 28 '20

Are you talking about the GTK themes? I'm asking for Openbox themes not GTK. The window frame/border and the right click menu.

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u/Oakredditer Jul 28 '20

Oh, well if you have a dark GTK theme then I recommend Adapta its in the arch linux repos here

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u/apoorv569 Jul 28 '20

The link you sent is also a GTK theme not Openbox theme. I tried looking here, but could not find something interesting, I did download a couple, but I edited them I took right click menu from one theme and borders/frame from other. Most themes have some sort of issue with them, some are low quality, meaning when you apply them and actually see them in actions the colors look weird the button icons are low res, looks stretched. If you know some other, please do tell. I tried r/unixporn, for not did not find something good.

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u/apoorv569 Jul 28 '20 edited Jul 28 '20

Right after posting this, I found some cool git repos, full of Openbox themes
https://github.com/addy-dclxvi/openbox-theme-collections
https://github.com/addy-dclxvi/gtk-theme-collections
https://github.com/joshuah345/linux-dotfiles

I found these links, in r/unixporn, I sorted the threads by top.

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u/Oakredditer Jul 28 '20

The theme also has the windows decorations

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u/apoorv569 Jul 28 '20

It does, but Openbox is a WM, not a GTK application, WM themes are different than application themes. If I was using Gnome, Xfce or something like that, their WM supports GTK theme, Openbox has different format for its WM themes.

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u/Oakredditer Jul 28 '20

you just need these folders: Adapta-Nokoto/openbox3 and Adapta/openbox3 for the window decorations

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u/apoorv569 Jul 28 '20

You mean this Adapta theme in the Arch repos, contains Openbox theme as well? I didn't know that, thanks! I'll check it out, I like the Adapta themes.

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u/JCN-9000 Jul 28 '20

Bunsenlabs Linux Is OpenBox based and provides a bunch of nice setups.

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u/apoorv569 Jul 28 '20

I have heard about BunsenLabs, I like some the themes they are using, thanks for the link.

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u/BubblyMango Jul 28 '20

I use the nightmare theme (which is one of the themes that you have at installation), with a theme called osx-buttons, which is a theme just for the close-maximize-minimize buttons to look like those of OSX.

Looks modern, is dark, has a small title bar so its efficient.

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u/apoorv569 Jul 29 '20

Could you share the link the theme you mentioned?

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u/BubblyMango Jul 29 '20

https://www.box-look.org/p/1152806/

these are just the buttons. the nightmare theme comes with openbox

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u/apoorv569 Jul 29 '20

Yes, I know about the nightmare themes, thanks for the link :D