CBlue

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A semi-transparent Cinnamon theme with wallpaper, Conky and Plank's theme (see 'more info' for details). Inspired by the CBlack theme.

README

CBlue

A semi-transparent Cinnamon theme, with wallpaper, Conky and Plank's theme. Inspired by the CBlack theme (author: cloweling).

If you want a panel that is not transparent, modify the line 276 of the file ~/.themes/CBlue/cinnamon/cinnamon.css. For example: background-color: rgba(53, 57, 69, 0.50); . A value of 0 is equivalent to total transparency and 1 is totally opaque. Restart Cinnamon (Ctrl+Alt+Esc) for immediate modification.

If the theme's font is too small, you can modify Cinnamon's settings:

System settings>Accessibility>Display>Large text or/and
System settings>Font selection or/and
System settings>Font settings>Text scaling factor

Don't hesitate to bring up inconsistencies in the theme here.

Wallpaper

It is located in the directory ~/.themes/CBlue/cinnamon/Wallpaper.png.

Conky

Install the conky or conky-all package, depending on the GNU/Linux distribution. curl must already be present, if it isn't, you should install it as well.
Download the Brizel font here, then unzip into ~/.local/share/fonts. The fc-cache -f -v command may be needed to update the fonts.
Copy the file located in ~/.themes/CBlue/cinnamon/TimeFull and paste it into ~/.conky (these are hidden folders: Ctrl+h to show them). You must also allow the file to run with the command chmod 750 ~/.conky/TimeFull. More informations can be found at the beginning of the file.

Prevent your conky from flickering

Increase the update interval in the TimeFull file.

If this is not enough:

Check that the dbe module is loaded with the grep LoadModule /var/log/Xorg.0.log command If the module is not present,
Create the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/01-conky.conf and add

 Section "Module
 Load "dbe
 EndSection

If you have the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, don't create the previous file but look for the Section "Module" line, then add after that line Load "dbe".
Then restart X (control+alt+backspace).

Plank's theme

Copy the file ~/.theme/CBlue/cinnamon/dock.theme to ~/.local/share/plank/themes/CBlue/.
I recommend the following settings:

License

This theme is distributed under the terms of the GPLv3.0 license.

CHANGELOG

Open

Versions

4.0: compatibility with Cinnamon 6.6.
3.4: switch button touch-up.
3.3: removal of Firefox Extra and appearance of weather applet.
3.2: fix #837.
3.1: improvement for Cinnamon 6.4 that I hadn't seen in the previous version.
3.0: compatibility with Cinnamon 6.4.
2.12: weather applet touch-up.
2.11: increase font size, small changes to menu appearance, calendar, panel-lauchers...
2.10: fixed a display bug in workspace names.
2.9: fixed two small bugs (in menu and when restarting Cinnamon) and modifications to calendar/notifications and Plank theme.
2.8: new wallpaper, add of Plank's theme and minor calendar touch-up + panel.
2.7: increase virtual keyboard font.
2.6: color for pointer location with Ctrl (system settings>mouse) and README update (conky).
2.5: modification of the calendar (Cinnamon 5.2) and notifications.
2.4: better visibility of non-work days in calendar.
2.3: conky update (flickering correction…).
2.2: minor modifications.
2.1: tooltip shadow, visual indicator Lock/Num and special vowel characters of the virtual keyboard.
2.0: corrected the calendar applet and removed obsolete codes.
1.22: deleted a variable following the update of the weather applet.
1.21: non-work-day calendar in bold.
1.20: touching up the weather applet and the slider bar.
1.19: thumbnail outline (window list preview) and overview retouching (Ctl+Alt+Down).
1.18: editing the grouped-window-list applet.
1.17: OSD, panel editing and userChrome.css update.
1.16: instruction for the extra from Firefox 77 and update userChrome.css file.
1.15: correction of the menu display (official and alternatives) + modification of the IP URL in Conky.
1.14: add conky.
1.13: fixes the workspace-switcher offset.
1.12: fixed a bug in the panel-launchers applet for vertical panels, magnification of some panel elements.
1.11: workspace-graph editing.
1.10: slight panel touch-ups.
1.9: instruction for the extra from Firefox 69.
1.8: color arrows calendar, modification of the workspace applet (visual representation).
1.7: modify categories in the menu and menu items, change of the sound player applet buttons.
1.6: change of background color.
1.5: support for Weather + BAMS applets and photoframe desklet.
1.4: hover color, visual lock indicator Num/Shift, desklets decorations supported.
1.3: slight modification of the panel and transparency.
1.2: some corrections and improvements + Firefox extra.
1.1: fixed a bug: list of grouped window applets for the left/right panels.
1.0: first version (Cinnamon 4).

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31 Comments

C3lly91-5 months ago

it seems like cinnamon is abadoned software, rarely updates, widgets installing and stuff complicated. probably dead... gonna switch to KDE

VictorVolt-2 weeks ago

that's just the way the distro works, mint team is small so they are really slow in updates, cinnamon will probably receive more love from power users once they have a wayland session ready, meanwhile i do recommend you switching to KDE, it's an amazing desktop environment and pretty customizable

Hookedon3D-1 year ago

I've tried for two hours and could not get this to work on Linux Mint 22. I wish there was easier way to install this.

Bundy01-1 year ago

How did you proceed? Did you try it with Cinnamon's settings? * System settings * Themes > Add/Remove * CBlue Search > Install

Gabriel Guedes-2 years ago

Amazing theme! Can u describe your cairo-dock settings please?

Bundy01-2 years ago

Thanks :) I replaced cairo-dock by plank. If I remember correctly, I had made settings to make the theme transparent.

timvalen-4 years ago

This theme is a breath of fresh air. The provided desktop background is a great match.

Bundy01-4 years ago

Thank you for your comment.

leandropezz-5 years ago

To solve the conky problem, what I did was open the terminal and run the command "sudo xed /etc/conky/conky.conf", paste the lines of text "~ / .themes / CBlue / cinnamon / TimeFull" and save

Bundy01-5 years ago

Hi, I don't have the '/etc/conky' folder on Arch. Can you tell me the problems you're having with Conky without your modifications?

mobygis-5 years ago

Sorry but ~/.themes/CBlue/cinnamon/TimeFull file is missing.

Bundy01-5 years ago

Hi, it's a cache problem on this site. You can download the latest version here: https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/files/themes/CBlue.zip? or use the 'Spices Update' applet.

Keith Gardner-5 years ago

what is the system overview desklet at bottom left and how to customize it to add disk use? i like that it includes an ip address too.

Bundy01-5 years ago

Hi, it' s a conky. I'll be updating it soon to incorporate it into the theme.

Jean-5 years ago

Installed firefox extra theme but address bar colour does not seem to change

Jean-5 years ago

Nevermind, turns out the file was in the wrong folder

ASTAgold-5 years ago

who can i unstal it??

Bundy01-5 years ago

It's in system settings>themes>tab 'add/remove'.

SokolovGIT-5 years ago

How can I use dock with your interface?

Bundy01-5 years ago

Hi, if you're thinking about the dock at the bottom, you have to install 'cairo-dock' and then run it every boot (in Cinnamon's settings).

namia713-5 years ago

What is the name of the icon?

Bundy01-5 years ago

Hi, the icon theme of the screenshot is Numix-Circle.

Aliaksei Labotski-6 years ago

What is the name of the panel, which is located in the bottom?

Bundy01-6 years ago

Hello, it's cairo-dock :)

AndrosSilva-6 years ago

I love this theme, could you do the same but in green?

Bundy01-6 years ago

Thank you. For the green theme, I created CGreen :) .

PizzaDude-6 years ago

nice :)

MTBlog-6 years ago

Hei, how to install it ?

Bundy01-6 years ago

Hi, To install a theme: Download it and decompress it in ~/.themes. You can also download and install themes straight from within Cinnamon, using the "Themes" configuration tool in the "System Settings"

Bundy01-6 years ago

Thank you :)

nguyenthanhtungn5-6 years ago

very nice