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My Linux Mint desktop.

Writer's picture: bedrocklolgamebedrocklolgame

After I switched to Windows again because of my terrible experience, I've decided to give Linux a second try. Instead of installing it on my Dell laptop, I used my Acer laptop and fortunately everything works there, including WiFi.


After it finished installing, I customized it to my liking. Not gonna lie I actually like it. So I will list some of the things I changed.


[Terminal]

Text:

Custom font: Monospace Size 7

Colors:

Default BG color: #1C1E1F

Transparent background ✅

Pallette:


.bashrc modified

figlet -f 3d -c "bedrocklolgame" | lolcat

figlet -f digital -c "I use Mint BTW" | lolcat

(Put this at the last line, also you can put any messages)


[Theme]

Mouse pointer: Bibata-Modern-Classic

Applications: Mint-Y-Dark-Blue

Icons: Papirus

Desktop: CBlue

Dark mode ✅


[Extensions]

Transparent Panels (semi transparent)

User Shadows (arc theme (dark))


[Panels] (sorted left to right)

Top panel

Panel height: 35

Left zone:

2 Corner Bars (left corner bar shows windows and workplaces) (right corner shows desktop and applets)

Start Menu

Separator

Window List


Center zone:

Calendar


Right zone: (font size 6.0pt, colored icon size 24px, symbolic icon size (px) 16)

Weather

XApp Status Applet

On-Screen Keyboard

Accessibility

Trash

Printers

Removable Drives

Favorites

Notifications

Network Manager

Sound

Power Manager

User Applet


Bottom panel (intelligently hide panel)

Center zone:

Panel Launchers


[Desklets]

Analog Chronometer

CPU Load

Disk Space

System Monitor Graph

Clock Desklet


[Windows]

Buttons layout: Left

[Effects]

New windows or unminimizing existing ones: Move

Closing windows: Fly

Minimizing windows: Fade


[Programs]

Browser: Falkon (you can use any)

Important programs:

FIGlet

lolcat

Useful programs:

Htop

Cmus

OBS Studio

GIMP

Speedtest

Some fun programs:

cbonsai

Cava

ASCIIquarium

nInvaders

nSnake

Bastard Tetris

Wordgrinder

Minetest

SuperTuxKart


[Wallpaper]

Download link is at my previous blog post.

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