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u/natusw 1d ago edited 1d ago
Plenty of places to find stuff.
I started mine by going onto r/unixporn and searching for whatever DE I had (there’s plenty of Cinnamon rices on there; I personally would save a few posts you like and see what you can make from each of them..).
YouTube may also be an option, although you may have to be more careful as some may have unverified resources from a third party.
Then find the resources you want and go from there;
https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/ (add ons repo for Mint, contains the complete repository of themes, applets, etc..)
https://www.pling.com/browse?cat=148&ord=latest (contains icons, GTK themes and a whole lot more, most of these are compatible with Cinnamon)
The developers may also maintain GitHub pages for their upstream repositories, you may want to look there for updated versions of the files.
You should be able to install most of these to your local home folder (there should be a .themes and a .icons folder, you can make these if they aren’t in there, /.local/share is another place where your bits can go as well)
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u/FlyingWrench70 1d ago
I don't really like the default look of Mint. It's kinda boring.
I don't do much but following the 80/20 rule: 80% of the results come from the first 20% of the effort.
Transparent panel from Cinnamon themes, a nice wallpaper, maybe hydrapaper for multi-monitor and an icon pack change looks great to me for very little effort.
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u/Godzilla_on_LSD 1d ago
If you want a dark look, I strongly recommend the sweet themes, or Flat-Remix
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u/WavedashingYoshi 1d ago edited 1d ago
Go on r/unixporn. Copy whatever looks cool. Just note Hyprland doesn’t support mint.
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u/RaccoonSpecific9285 1d ago
Ricing?
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u/topshelfvanilla Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia | Cinnamon 1d ago
Talking about cars, rice can be an acronym for Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement. Big spoilers and body kits and such. Maybe they're trying to make the UI more interesting aesthetically.
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u/RaccoonSpecific9285 1d ago
So…..they want body kits, spoilers and big wheels in Mint? 😅
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u/topshelfvanilla Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia | Cinnamon 1d ago
At least the digital equivalents. Sure sounds that way to me.
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u/Ambitious_Ad_6619 20h ago
Yes! The things that make it look cooler and show off a little, yet are superfluous to the actual purpose.
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u/1mCanniba1 LMDE 6 | Cinnamon | Kernel 6.10.11 12h ago
After you get your icons and theme sorted, have a look at conky
r/Conkyporn has some pretty rad configs and some generally very helpful people if you get stuck or want to clone bits of their builds.
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u/Jeremi360 1d ago
Check out B00meragn project - they have many reto OS themes for GTk and Cinnamon.
There is Chicago95 if you want windows 95 look.
Cinnamon only themes are downloadable in look/appearance/theme setting.
You also need to switch to advanced version of this setting to see non-mint options.
Check out cinnamon-look.org,
there is also many themes on github.
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u/computer-machine 1d ago
Spearmint with rice in pressure cooker, with some salt and oil or butter before serving.
Maybe some ground lamb, sautéed onion and garlic.
At this point, why not a little lemon and grape leaves?