Occasional Thoughts

Here is my new theme for KDE: Say welcome to Troll. I admit that it looks somewhat Gnomish, but it's still 100% KDE. KDE is built upon the QT Toolkit by Trolltech. So it has more in common with Trolls than with Gnomes. That should clarify the origin of the name. Troll is a light and usable theme, which contains elements of Clearlooks mixed with fresh Green.
P R E R E Q U I S I T E S Style: QtCurve 0.34 or newer Window Decoration: Crystal Icons: Vista-Inspirate I N S T A L L A T I O N Download and extract the archive:

1. tar jxvf troll.tar.bz2

To install the theme open the theme manager:

1. Run KControl
2. Go to Appearances & Themes -> Theme Manager
3. Click on Install New Theme...
4. Go to the directory, where you have extracted the archive and choose the file Troll.kth

To install the qtcurve settings:

1. Run KControl
2. Go to Appearances & Themes -> Style
3. Select QtCurve as widget style.
4. Click on Configure...
5. Click on Import... and import the file Troll.qtcurve.

Configure kicker to use the Troll background:

1. Configure the KDE Panel
2. Go to Appearance
3. Select Enable background picture image.
4. Choose the file Troll_kickerbg.png

To install the konsole schema:

1. Go to the directory, where you have extracted the archive.
2. Copy the file Troll.schema to ~/.kde/share/apps/konsole/
3. Open the konsole and select Settings -> Schema -> Troll
4. Select Settings -> Save as Default

Configure the crystal window decoration: See the screenshots crystal_*.png contained in the archive. Have fun! Ya'ba