etiennealaurent

Etienne Alaurent Nantes, France

Hi, I am etiennealaurent and I create Gnome Screenshots, Conky, GDM Themes and more.

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Last time active : Nov 18 2019

Joined : Sep 27 2005

Gnome Screenshots

Like Mac OS X Mojave

Gnome Screenshots Mar 17 2019

Score 63.3%

LiNsta (LiNsta is Not Vista ;-) Gray

Gnome Screenshots Jun 04 2006

Score 50.0%

LiNsta (LiNsta is Not Vista ;-) Black

Gnome Screenshots Jun 04 2006

Score 50.0%

LiNsta - LiNsta is Not Vista ;-)

Gnome Screenshots Oct 28 2005

Score 50.0%

Conky

LiNsta-Photo

Conky Aug 27 2007

Score 50.0%

LiNsta-XCPUMeter

Conky Aug 27 2007

Score 50.0%

GDM Themes

LiNsta Gnome GDM Theme

GDM Themes Nov 20 2005

Score 50.0%

LiNsta GDM Theme 0.1-LiNsta is Not Vista

GDM Themes Nov 12 2005

Score 50.0%

GTK2 Themes

Murrina-LiNsta (LiNsta is Not Vista ;-)

GTK2 Themes Jun 26 2007

Score 50.0%

LiNsta (LiNsta is Not Vista ;-)

GTK2 Themes Jul 16 2006

Score 50.0%

Metacity Themes

LiNsta (LiNsta is Not Vista ;-) Pack

Metacity Themes Jun 18 2006

Score 58.0%

LiNsta Black Plastic & Alu Metacity them

Metacity Themes Dec 08 2005

Score 50.0%

Wallpaper Other

Aqua Matrix

Wallpaper Other Nov 04 2005

Score 50.0%

LiNsta (LiNsta is Not Vista ;-) wallpaper

Wallpaper Other Nov 04 2005

Score 50.0%

Gnome 2 Splash Screens

LiNsta Ubuntu Splash screen

Gnome 2 Splash Screens Feb 13 2008

Score 50.0%

Various Gnome Stuff

LiNsta GKrellM theme

Various Gnome Stuff Dec 14 2005

Score 50.0%

Enso-gnome

GTK3 Themes 8 comments

by paulxfce

Score 73.8%

Nov 11 2019

Found it
Thanks ;-) - Nov 17 2019

What is your wallpaper ? - Nov 11 2019

10 the best
Definitely, I love your themes !!
A dark version would be appreciated.
And what about GTK2 ? - Nov 11 2019

Prof-Gnome-theme

GTK3 Themes 15 comments

by paulxfce

Score 75.0%

Nov 16 2019

10 the best
I am completely fan of your GTK themes - Nov 04 2019

Flexi-Gnome

GTK3 Themes 12 comments

by paulxfce

Score 76.7%

Nov 05 2019

10 the best - Oct 27 2019

McOS-themes

GTK3 Themes 204 comments

by paulxfce

Score 89.1%

Nov 05 2019

Hi PAULXFCE, Will there be a version for GNOME 3.28 (Ubuntu 18.04)? - Sep 22 2019

10 the best - Aug 23 2019

Aero

GTK3 Themes 73 comments

by elbullazul

Score 73.8%

Jul 12 2019

++ - Mar 17 2019

Plasmatic

GDM Themes 14 comments

by novomente

Score 67.1%

Mar 16 2019

I missed the link ... sorry :-(
http://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=11550 - Mar 16 2019

The way to change background in Ubuntu 17.10 and 18.04 explained ;-) - Mar 16 2019

Mavericks

GTK3 Themes 2 comments

by elbullazul

Score 58.0%

Feb 18 2019

+ - Feb 18 2019

McOS-Color-Concept

GTK3 Themes 21 comments

by paulxfce

Score 82.6%

Feb 02 2019

Round corners for windows and some widgets would be a +.
In Nautilus : poor icon rendering in the side panel ... for me.
I prefer more shade under windows (like with your PRO-DARK-GTK theme ;-) - Feb 03 2019

+ - Feb 02 2019

black-blue-vista

Gnome Screenshots 1 comment

by michael1985

Score 50.0%

Jul 16 2009

Please comment your screenshot :-( - Jul 15 2009

GnoMenu - consolidated menu for gnome

Various Gnome Stuff 146 comments

by Whise

Score 70.0%

Aug 29 2011

On an Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz, the menu is also very slow. - May 12 2009

Windows 7 clone

Gnome Screenshots 14 comments

by abhinavhardikar

Score 50.0%

May 08 2009

What I am interested in is your panel : the gfx file and the gtkrc to see how it is coded, because I have some problems to make one with a good look. Yours has a very good one. - May 07 2009

Hello,

Very good job :-)

I made LiNsta themes, witch are vista-like, and I would like to make one for Win 7. And you made it. Good, very good.

Can you send me your files (gtkrc and gfx files) ?

I saw you can send a password to download the files from your site. It's a good idea.

Tell me the procedure. - May 06 2009

Folderview Screenlet

Conky 163 comments

by Whise

Score 78.6%

Aug 06 2010

+1 - Apr 16 2009

Vista/Aero Menu image

Various Gnome Stuff 5 comments

by megasasquatch

Score 50.0%

Dec 15 2008

If someone want to copy this "stupid" interface, he can do it. You don't have to be so sectarian. You have to respect everybody. - Dec 15 2008

Summer is almost gone...

KDE Plasma Screenshots 9 comments

by neverrust

Score 50.0%

Oct 21 2008

Your work is great.
Can't find your wallpaper on deviantART.
What is its name or its path on deviantART ?
Thank you. - Oct 27 2008

~Ice~

GTK2 Themes 59 comments

by Smlymn707

Score 50.0%

Sep 26 2010

You can look at LiNsta themes for inspiration ;-) - Oct 18 2008

ModernNight

Metacity Themes 2 comments

by happygl

Score 50.0%

Mar 08 2008

I like your theme. Very good ;-)

A version for Emerald in preparation ?

Cela fait bien longtemps que quelqu'un n'a pas proposé une bonne variation autour de Vista. Bravo ! - Mar 10 2008

Cerebro GNOME

Gnome Screenshots 2 comments

by Izo

Score 50.0%

Nov 26 2007

It's the best Mac port I've ever seen.
Very good work ;-)

Where can I find your wallpaper, please ? - Nov 26 2007

[AWN Theme]Glass-colourless White-border

AWN Themes 3 comments

by farthest

Score 50.0%

Feb 01 2008

Good work :-)
What is you icon theme ? - Oct 03 2007

MadeForYou

Icon Sub-Sets 19 comments

by happygl

Score 50.0%

Sep 19 2007

Great work ;-)

What is your GTK2 theme ? - Sep 18 2007

Murrina Dreamy

GTK2 Themes 57 comments

by uel

Score 50.0%

Oct 27 2007

The Icon theme is LiNsta-icons 0.3, I think (http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/LiNsta-icons?content=62759) - Sep 16 2007

LiNsta-XCPUMeter

Conky 13 comments

by etiennealaurent

Score 50.0%

Aug 27 2007

Please edit the LiNstaXCPUMeter.py file.
Add the next line before the line 293 with the good indentation (1 tab, I think) :

print "Total swap :", stats["total"]

Run LiNstaXCPUMeter.py again in a terminal as a test (in the main dir, run ./LiNstaXCPUMeter.py --nautilus if you are in GNOME).
If the swap is detected, you can see your swap size.
Otherwise, there is someting wrong with pystatgrab module.

Please, tell me.

Thank you. - Sep 10 2007

Do you have a swap partition ? This part of the code is about swap. If you don't have swap, you have this error.

I supposed there was always a swap partition in any linux box. Am I wrong ? - Sep 08 2007

I never tested LiNsta-XCPUMeter on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon AMD64 nor any other AMD64 distro.
If adesklets can be installed on any AMD64 distro, with pystatgrab module, then I think you can use LiNsta-XCPUMeter. - Aug 27 2007

LiNsta-Photo

Conky 10 comments

by etiennealaurent

Score 50.0%

Aug 27 2007

What enhancements would you like to see ? - Sep 06 2007

Adesklets works fine with python 2.4.
I didn't test it with python 2.5, but it should work.
Adesklets requires Imlib2 python lib to work.
It's seems that your ~/.fonts.conf is bad. I have no ~/.fonts.conf file in my home dir. So try to remove it (or rename it) and test again.
Did you try an other desklet with your Adesklets instal ?
Look at ubuntu 7.04 forums for help. - Sep 06 2007

About the size of the photo/picture, it's defined in the theme's config file ('photo_height' and 'photo_width'), as explained in the README file. - Aug 28 2007

About Configure in the menu : You must define an environment variable called "EDITOR" with the path of your favorite editor.
Then when you select Configure in the menu, your editor is launched with config.txt. You can modify it and save the file. Then the desklet is updated.
It's not the best way to change the config. I'm working on a GTK+/GNOME plugin to configure the desklet. But, for now, I have not the competence to do it. So if someone can help me ...

About the size of the photo, you can't change its size simply. For now, there are only 2 sizes defined : 120x90 and 320x240.
-120x90 for LiNstaBlack and LiNstaTranslucent themes;
-320x240 for LiNstaBlackLarge, LiNstaTranslucentLarge, BlueWood, RedWood, Pile, and Metallic.
It's because the background is a picture.
In future version, I'll change this to be able to modify the size of the picture.
But, as I said, if you are working on a new theme/skin, you can share it. - Aug 28 2007

First, sorry : it was not '/pass/to/Images/dir' but '/path/to/Images/dir'.

I'm french ... so, my english ... :-)

'/path/to/Images/dir' is the path to your images (photos or anything else) directory.

You have to change this path in the config.txt file, at the line begining with : 'file_path'.

I wrote that in the description of this adesklet. But, I forgot to say it in the README file. Sorry. - Aug 27 2007

Net Monitor Screenlet

Conky 21 comments

by Whise

Score 58.0%

May 14 2008

It seems that this is not a gdesklet but a screenlet (compatible with Compiz Fusion).

So don't think to install it with gdesklet. - Aug 21 2007

Vista desktop --- ubuntu

Gnome Screenshots 5 comments

by Whise

Score 50.0%

Aug 22 2007

As you saw (I'm the LiNsta creator), I like the Vista look.
I must admit that your work is really great ;-) - Aug 20 2007

OrangeLiNstaBlackPlastic

GTK2 Themes 63 comments

by xlcheese

Score 67.1%

Jan 28 2008

Interesting "deviation" ;-) - Jul 17 2007

Murrina-LiNsta (LiNsta is Not Vista ;-)

GTK2 Themes 57 comments

by etiennealaurent

Score 50.0%

Jun 26 2007

I didn't test my theme with a more recent version of Gnome (I'm on Gnome 2.14). Perhaps, it's that raison. I don't know. With Gnome 2.14, all is fine.

Tell me more. - Jun 30 2007

Thank you :-) - Jun 29 2007

I remember I had this kind of problems. I don't know how it occurs. I think it's Murrina engine, but really I'm not sure. I don't have this problem on my Ubuntu Dapper box, with Murrina engine 0.53.
Can you try using Murrina 0.53 ? and tel me if it's bad. - Jun 29 2007

Oh ... Thank you ... I don't know what to say ... - Jun 29 2007

I created and tested this theme with Murrina engine version 0.53 (not 0.53.1 because of a bug).
I forgot differences between 0.52 and 0.53 but this can explain the bad rendering.
I also noticed Murrina engine had strange and unexpected reactions.

If someone using 0.52 version has also this kind of reactions, please tell me. - Jun 27 2007

Did you install murrina and pixbuf engines ? You need them to apply this theme.

About the window borders, you won't find them in Murrina-LiNsta because Murrina-LiNsta is a GTK2 theme, not Emerald nor Compiz nor Metacity theme.

To have the same look, you have to install Beryl and Emerald, and to go in the Beryl section of this site and find a "vista-ish" theme, like "VistaBlack", "Vista-Linux", or "True-Vista Experience" or an other one.

If you don't want (or if you can't) install Beryl/Emerald, or Compiz, you can use the Gnome default windows manager aka Metacity. I posted some "vista-ish" themes in a LiNsta Pack (http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/LiNsta+%28LiNsta+is+Not+Vista+%3B-%29+Pack?content=41090).

About Firefox bug, Firefox needs a specific theme because it is partially incompatible with Gnome ones. - Jun 27 2007

I don't think so. Perhaps I'm wrong. What is your version of Murrina engine ? Are you using Gnome-Color-Chooser ? - Jun 26 2007

I had these same difficulties.
In this new theme, with this gtkrc (without your code), the panel stuffs are modified and, in my case, there are no longer these problems.

I tried your code and I noticed the font color is not good (black), and some applet backgrounds are white.

If anyone else has the same difficulties, let me know. I will work on. - Jun 26 2007

You have to install Beryl or Compiz, and change some parameters to make panels, dropdownmenus and popupmenus more translucent. - Jun 26 2007

Oh, I understand ... not like Win...XP.
The best thing I have to say to you is to experiment yourself customizing Gnome (oops, my english is not as good as I would like ... I'm french, and everybody knows french people don't speak English ;-)

In fact, and I'm very sorry, I haven't time to explain you how to do to improve your computer look.

But, here is a good link where you will find a lot of explanations : http://www.taimila.com/

Good luck for this exploration :-) - Jun 25 2007

Seriously, I am impressed to see the succes of this theme.
So, many thanks for you, and for all those who like my job, and support me.

I'll publish soon other things to improve vista-ish look.

My best icon themes to use with are, in my opinion :
- nuoveXT (http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/nuoveXT?content=26448)
- Complexity (http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Complexity?content=29443) - Jun 25 2007

First, many thanks for your support and your interest

The icons theme seen on screenshots is not part of Ubuntu distro.

So you can delete the "Murrina-LiNsta" file in the ~/.themes/Murrina-LiNsta folder. The complete LiNsta-Murrina theme won't be seen in the theme pref window, and you'll be able to access it via theme-detail button. - Jun 25 2007

In nautilus, go to "Backgrounds and emblems" sub-menu in "Edit" menu.
The "Backgrounds and emplems" window appears.
Now, you can add a new pattern : select the folder where your bkg img is, then select that img.
The new pattern is now in the pattern list you can use to change nautilus backgrounds.

You can find my backgrounds in the sub-folder "Nautilus-background" in the Murrina-LiNsta archive. - Jun 25 2007