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95 lines
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# Chicago95
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## XFCE / Xubuntu Windows 95 Total Conversion
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I was unhappy with the various XFCE/GTK2/GTK3 Windows 95 based themes and decided to make one that was more consistent accross the board for theming.
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Included in this theme:
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- New icons to complete the icon theme started with Classic95
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- Edited Redmond XFWM theme to more accurately reflect Windows 95
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- Edited Xfce-Redmond by dbbolton to be more accurate and include XFCE panels
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- Created GTK-3.0 theme from scratch (based on Win 10 and Mate themes)
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- Plymouth theme created from scratch
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## Screenshots
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I decided that the pop-overs were almost exactly as annoying/ugly as Clippy was in MS Office 97 so the buttons/coloring are matched to look exactly like that.
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## Installation
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### Themes
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Copy the folder `Theme/Chicago95` to the themes directory i.e. `/usr/share/themes/` or `~/.themes`.
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In XFCE select Settings -> Appearance. Click on 'Style' and select `Chicago95`.
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For window borders select Settings -> Window Manager. Under 'Style' select `Chicago 95`.
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Background: Just set to whatever you like, for a more authentic look try setting Style to none and color to `#008080`.
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### Icons
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To install the icons copy the folder `Icons/Chicago95` to `/usr/share/icons` or `~/.icons`.
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In XFCE select Settings -> Appearance. Click on 'Icons' and select `Chicago95`.
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### Cursors
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To install the cursors copy the folders in `Cursors` to `/usr/share/icons` or `~/.icons`.
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In XFCE select Settings -> Mouse and Touchpad. Click on 'Icons' and select `Chicago95`.
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### Fonts
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Copy the folder `Fonts/vga_font` to `~/.fonts/truetype/` if the `.fonts/truetype` folder doesn't exist just create it before you copy the files.
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Update your font cache: sudo fc-cache -f -v
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In xfce-term selet the font `Less Perfect DOS VGA` or `More Pefect DOS VGA`.
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### Terminal
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Copy the file `Extras/Chicago95.theme` to `~/.local/share/xfce4/terminal/colorschemes` (create the colorschemes folder if it doesn't exist: `mkdir .local/share/xfce4/terminal`).
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Under preferences in xfce-term select 'Colors.' Under `Presets` you should see `Chicago 95`.
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To get the MS-DOS `C:\>` prompt and startup message add the contents of `Extras/DOSrc` to your `.bashrc` file: `cat Extras/DOSrc >> ~/.bashrc`.
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### Plymouth
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Recreates the classic Windows 95 boot screen.
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To install:
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```
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sudo cp -r Plymouth/Chicago95 /lib/plymouth/themes/
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sudo update-alternatives --install /lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth default.plymouth /lib/plymouth/themes/Chicago95/Chicago95.plymouth 100
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sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth #here, choose the number of the theme you want to use then hit enter
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sudo update-initramfs -u
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```
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### LightDM:
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Attemps to recreate the asthetic of logging on to a computer in the mid 90's.
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Install instructions are in the `README.md` in `Lightdm/Chicago95/`.
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## Requirements
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GTK+ 3.16 or above
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Xfce 4.12 of above
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(preferred distro is Xubuntu)
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### Code and license
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License: GPL-3.0+/MIT
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