February 2005
Beginner
384 pages
9h 8m
English
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Icons
Most distributions try to design a nice icon set for the default desktop. You could use the default set of icons, but then you would be default. Default is mediocre. You don't want to be mediocre, do you? Do you want to be mundane? Unexciting? I think better of you than that. I think you want to put your own personal stamp on every aspect of your desktop. We spend so much time in our desktop these days that we should make ourselves at home there. I might be badgering you, but I think it's really fun to find new icons and design the desktop I live in.
Desktop and Panel Icons
Changing icons for items on your desktop and panel is easy. Whether you are in KDE or GNOME, you just have to right-click the item and choose the new icon that you want. ...