We keep trying and enjoying Linux themes, this time we had the joy of trying one of the many macOS inspired themes It has very well accomplished customizations. osXFCE which is the chosen theme, manages to customize the arc flatabulous to achieve cleaner finishes and also equips it with a great configuration for plank that will surely give a new image to our XFCE desktop environment.
What is osXFCE?
osXFCE is a theme for XFCE inspired by MacOS, designed by Ian McCausland based on the theme arc flatabulous and mixing them with your own finishes. The original theme has been extensively modified in order to have excellent integration with vala-panel-appmenu and XFCE.
This theme also comes equipped with a plank configuration that matches the style perfectly, which will make you combine two graphic elements of your desktop environment in a pleasant way, achieving quite striking results.
Although it is true, it is not a theme that innovates in its finishes if it is a faithful reflection of what MacOS offers us, for which users who wish to enjoy a desktop similar to those of the Manzanita family should give themselves the opportunity and test osXFCE.
In addition, this theme includes an excellent drop-down menu, window controls, rounded corner effect, effects in gtk applications and extra settings.
How to install osXFCE
We can install this theme in the usual way, in the case of my manjaro xfce the installation steps that I followed were the following:
- Clone the theme repository
git clone https://github.com/imccausl/osXFCE.git
- Copy to theme directory
cp -r ~/osXFCE /usr/share/themes/osXFCE
- Copy the osXFCE plank configuration to the application directory
cp -r ~/osXFCE/plank/flatabOSX-Theme /usr/share/plank/themes/osXFCE
- Select the corresponding theme from the appearance, run plank and start enjoying.
Hope this topic offers you another customization option for your XFCE desktop environment.
It is more efficient to use a second panel than Plank in XFCE.
How do I run plank? Not specified
First you must install plank, in arch linux and derivative it is as simple as executing the following command yaourt -S plank, in other distros it is in the official repositories, then from the menu (in the application's shortcut) you execute plank
Very good article…..
hey friend I tried it on debian 9 and everything works, only none of the 2 panels I have turns white, do you have any idea how to solve that?
If you do it that way, it doesn't start automatically. Lara, you can make it run automatically if you configure it from the configuration center. In the start and session option add it as a program that runs at startup
I have a problem with the subject, I already tried it in debian 9 xfce and manjaro xfce and the panel does not change to white, it stays black, restart and nothing, does anyone have an idea how to improve that?
What icons are they?
Hello, a query?
How do you get the Chromiun menus to appear on the panel ????
Can someone detail how to uninstall this. I do not like or remain consistent colors after doing everything.
It depends on which folder you installed it, if you followed the tutorial (usr / share / themes), enter that address as root and use the command: rm -r "folder name", (without the quotes)