Slackware9, Gnome, roundy-cornered windows

[bgeer]

My employer's Linux boxen are all RedHat machines. Default Gnome
startup comes up with those roundy-cornered window decorations.

At home I installed Slackware9 w/ Gnome & I can't find any
roundy-cornered windows. I kinda like them, so how do I add them -
they don't seem to be available with any of the themes in the Slack
version of Gnome (2.2, I think).

Much obliged, Bob

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[Mauriat]

bgeer wrote:

> My employer's Linux boxen are all RedHat machines. Default Gnome
> startup comes up with those roundy-cornered window decorations.
>
> At home I installed Slackware9 w/ Gnome & I can't find any
> roundy-cornered windows. I kinda like them, so how do I add them -
> they don't seem to be available with any of the themes in the Slack
> version of Gnome (2.2, I think).
>
> Much obliged, Bob
>
> <> Robert Geer & Donna Tomky | [email]bgeer@xmission.com[/email] <>
> <> 1327 Camino Ecuestre NW | [email]dtomky@xmission.com[/email] <>
> <> Albuquerque, NM 87107 | [url]www.xmission.com/~bgeer[/url] <>
> <> 505-343-8894 | [url]www.thuntek.net/~bgeer[/url] <>
>
>
>

Those "roundy-cornered window decorations" are part of the hotly debated
part of Redhat known as "Bluecurve" added first with Redhat 8.0. It is a
modification of both Gnome and KDE with themes and many changes to make
both environments have a consistent Redhat look and feel. It seems to be
a love it or hate it issue among many users. Hence I doubt you can get
it specifically for your Slackware. Unless someone has ported it, which
I seriously doubt.

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[Juha Siltala]

In article <XFadnZbdsolgI8aiXTWJkQ@comcast.com>, Mauriat wrote:

> bgeer wrote:

>> My employer's Linux boxen are all RedHat machines. Default Gnome
>> startup comes up with those roundy-cornered window decorations.

>
> Those "roundy-cornered window decorations" are part of the hotly debated
> part of Redhat known as "Bluecurve" added first with Redhat 8.0. It is a
> modification of both Gnome and KDE with themes and many changes to make
> both environments have a consistent Redhat look and feel. It seems to be
> a love it or hate it issue among many users. Hence I doubt you can get
> it specifically for your Slackware. Unless someone has ported it, which
> I seriously doubt.

You can easily find Bluecurve style themes from art.gnome.org, usually
renamed to Wonderland -- variations like Wonderland-Okayish and such.
Remember to get themes for all, gtk1 and gtk2, metacity and icons to mimic
the RH environment :)

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[Achim Linder]

On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 22:02:56 +0000 (UTC), bgeer wrote:

> My employer's Linux boxen are all RedHat machines. Default Gnome
> startup comes up with those roundy-cornered window decorations.
>
> At home I installed Slackware9 w/ Gnome & I can't find any
> roundy-cornered windows. I kinda like them, so how do I add them -
> they don't seem to be available with any of the themes in the Slack
> version of Gnome (2.2, I think).

Depends on your window manager, there are similar themes for
icewm (TrueCurve), sawfish (Bluecurve-Prion), metacity (e.g. Variance),
xfwm4 (e.g. curve [url]www.xfce.org/en/xfwm4_themes.html[/url]) and oroborus
(Bluecurve Oroborus). -> [url]http://themes.freshmeat.net/[/url]

Achim

[bgeer]

bgeer <bgeer@xmission.com> writes:

>>At home I installed Slackware9 w/ Gnome & I can't find any
>>roundy-cornered windows. I kinda like them, so how do I add them -
>>they don't seem to be available with any of the themes in the Slack
>>version of Gnome (2.2, I think).

>Achim mentioned: sawfish...[url]http://themes.freshmeat.net/[/url]

Ok, that works. I now remember first seeing roundy cornered windows
on a screenshot from a sawfish window-managed box. I had already
downloaded & installed sawfish but the included themes weren't the
roundy cornered one even tho sawmill.org has a roundy cornered
screenshot. So, I downloaded a few more themes - roundy cornered
brushed metal ii, that ever neat acow, & several minimalist themes, &
now I'm havin' fun!

Personally, I'd be happy with a hacked fvwm to include the roundy
corners. I'm configuring & using gnome to get some experience so I
can wean my wife away from MicroQuack.

>Mauriat wrote: hotly debated part of Redhat known as "Bluecurve"

I'm ignorant of the issues involved in the "hot debate"...I'd
appreciate offline email detailing them.

Thanks to all who responded. Bob

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