ERiK DuBoiS https://www.erikdubois.be Learn how to create icons and icon themes Sat, 07 Mar 2026 04:49:38 +0000 en hourly 1 noLearn how to create icons and icon themes Creation of Surfn-numixs https://www.erikdubois.be/creation-of-surfn-numixs/ https://www.erikdubois.be/creation-of-surfn-numixs/#respond Sat, 09 Dec 2023 08:31:30 +0000 https://www.erikdubois.be/?p=34957
  1. SSD and Rolling Releases: The speaker mentions an SSD used since May 2018 for the development of Sardi and Surfing icons, emphasizing the long-term, rolling release nature of their setup.
  2. Firefox and Script Utilization: They highlight using Firefox for accessing scripts and tools necessary for icon customization, indicating a need for flexibility and modularity in icon theming.
  3. Git and GitHub: The process involves cloning from GitHub, specifically the Numix icon theme Circle, to update and change icon sets. This demonstrates the use of Git commands (git clone, git pull) for maintaining up-to-date icon themes.
  4. Icon Customization: The speaker details steps for mixing icon themes, creating a new theme (referred to as Surf Numix), and customizing icons for specific applications, like changing the Firefox icon. This part underscores the granularity possible in icon theming, from single icons to complete sets.
  5. Inheritance and Modification: The creation of Surf Numix involves modifying the .index theme file to adjust inheritance and theme names, illustrating the technical aspect of theme development.
  6. Nemo File Manager: Using Nemo, the speaker navigates through icon directories to replace specific icons, showcasing practical file management in theme customization.
  7. Symbolic Links: The use of symbolic links (ln -s) to create shortcuts or aliases for icons, such as for network folders or the trash bin, is explained, highlighting a method to efficiently manage icon resources.
  8. Icon Theme Cache: The importance of creating an icon theme cache to ensure all icons are correctly displayed and accounted for is mentioned, pointing to a crucial step in theme deployment.
  9. Decision Making and Repository Management: The speaker contemplates whether to include the new icon theme in a default set or a personal repository, demonstrating the decision-making process involved in open-source development and personal project management.
  10. Pushing to GitHub: Finally, the process of updating changes to GitHub is outlined, including checking for broken links and ensuring all new additions are correctly documented and pushed to the repository. This marks the conclusion of the theme customization process, ready for community use or personal enjoyment.
]]> https://www.erikdubois.be/creation-of-surfn-numixs/feed/ 0 Creation of ArcoLinux-Candy-Beauty-Arc – combination of Arc folders with Beautyline icons https://www.erikdubois.be/creation-of-arcolinux-candy-beauty-arc-combination-of-arc-folders-with-beautyline-icons/ https://www.erikdubois.be/creation-of-arcolinux-candy-beauty-arc-combination-of-arc-folders-with-beautyline-icons/#respond Sat, 25 Dec 2021 10:42:37 +0000 https://erikdubois.online/?p=34865

What if you like the folder icons from Horst3180 and want them to combine with the BeautiLine icons from Sajjad.

We are going to combine these two. In the meantime we have changed many things since their release and we will use our own packages.

  1. Sardi Icons Customization: The speaker starts by expressing a desire to explore and modify the Sardi icons, emphasizing the project's focus due to his workload. This indicates a concentrated effort on a specific aspect of his broader work.
  2. Tutorials and Scripts: He mentions the availability of tutorials and scripts for customizing icons, suggesting that users have the resources to make personal adjustments to their icon themes. This democratizes the customization process, encouraging users to explore and modify icons according to their preferences.
  3. Variety and Flexibility: The discussion includes various icon themes like Flat Color, Flat Mint, Ghost, and Arc, highlighting the diverse aesthetic choices available to users. This variety showcases the flexibility and modularity inherent in Linux icon theming.
  4. Customization Process: Detailed steps are provided for changing icon folders, illustrating the process with examples like changing colors of specific icons and mixing different icon sets. This hands-on approach underlines the speaker's commitment to teaching through doing.
  5. Use of Tools: Tools like Pacman for installation and Nemo as a file manager are mentioned, showcasing their utility in managing and navigating icon themes. Nemo, in particular, is recommended for its ease of use and functionality.
  6. Practical Demonstrations: The transcript includes practical demonstrations of creating new icon themes, such as Arch Linux Candy Beauty with Arc folders, illustrating the step-by-step process of icon theme customization. This practical approach emphasizes learning by doing, encouraging users to experiment.
  7. Theme Management: Towards the end, the speaker discusses managing and preserving customized themes, suggesting saving them on platforms like GitHub, GitLab, or external storage. This advice is geared towards ensuring that users can retain their customizations and share them with others.
  8. Overall Message: The overarching message is one of empowerment and creativity in the Linux ecosystem, encouraging users to explore, customize, and share their icon themes. The speaker's detailed walkthroughs serve as both instruction and inspiration for users to engage deeply with their desktop environments.

 

]]> https://www.erikdubois.be/creation-of-arcolinux-candy-beauty-arc-combination-of-arc-folders-with-beautyline-icons/feed/ 0 Modularity of Sardi icons explained with the application Numix-folders-git https://www.erikdubois.be/modularity-of-sardi-icons-explained-with-the-application-numix-folders-git/ Tue, 10 Jul 2018 10:08:49 +0000 https://erikdubois.online/?p=33311

Sardi icons are modular.

It means you can mix icons together from different icon themes. But there are some elements you should know before even trying to avoid frustrations and failure.

  1. never mess with the original icons - make a copy to your ~/.icons
  2. delete the icon cache file
  3. rename your folder and index.theme - use the same name
  4. use the power of the inherits line in index.theme
  5. delete whatever folders/icons you do not like and reload the icon theme until you are happy

It will make more sense after the video.

Download Sardi icons from Sourceforge.

Download Numix-folders-git from ...

Arch based distro's from AUR : numix-folders-git

Source : https://github.com/numixproject/numix-folders

  • Introduction to Numix Folders: The speaker introduces Numix Folders as a versatile application available on Arch Linux-based distributions, like ArcoLinux. This tool enables users to easily change folder icons among six or seven styles, showcasing the modularity of Linux icon theming.

  • Installation and Use: The process begins with installing Numix GTK icons and Numix Folders. The speaker demonstrates how to apply a selected style and color (e.g., Style 5 with blue color) using Numix Folders, highlighting the simplicity of customizing folder appearances.

  • Combining Icon Themes: The core idea is to combine Numix folder icons with Sardi mono icons to achieve a cohesive and personalized look. This involves copying Numix folder icons to a new directory and then configuring the icon theme to use these folders alongside Sardi mono icons for other icon types.

  • Resulting Appearance: After applying the changes, the desktop environment uses the chosen Numix folder icons, with all other icons provided by the Sardi mono theme. This results in a visually consistent and personalized desktop theme.

  • Flexibility and Modularity: The discussion emphasizes the flexibility and modularity of Linux theming, allowing users to mix and match icon sets to create a desktop appearance that fits their preferences. The Numix Folders tool exemplifies this by offering an easy way to change folder styles and colors.

  • Encouragement for Experimentation: The speaker encourages users to experiment with different icon combinations, underscoring the vast possibilities for customization within Linux environments. This encourages a DIY (Do It Yourself) approach to desktop personalization.

]]> Sardi Flexibility – the creation of Sardi Mono Numix Mexican https://www.erikdubois.be/sardi-flexibility-creation-sardi-mono-numix-mexican/ Sun, 15 Jan 2017 17:26:10 +0000 https://erikdubois.online/?p=29513 As pointed out in this article Sardi aims to achieve several objectives. This article proves how flexible Sardi icons can be.

Let us create Sardi Mono Numix Colora Mexican from Sardi Mono Numix Colora.

The procedure to create any new icon theme using the modularity is as follows

  1. Copy/paste and rename the folder
  2. Change the index.theme – name and inherits
  3. Create new icon-theme.cache
  4. Select new icon theme with theme manager

This tutorial is created on Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon but Sardi is distro independent.

You can create this icon theme on any distro.

Sardi Mono Numix Colora Mexican

It all started with a sample of the colour of her hair as idea to colour the icons.

 

 

 

 

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]]> Sardi Flexibility – the creation of Sardi Mono Numix Hot Pink https://www.erikdubois.be/sardi-flexibility-creation-sardi-mono-numix-hot-pink/ Sun, 15 Jan 2017 17:13:45 +0000 https://erikdubois.online/?p=29505

As pointed out in this article Sardi aims to achieve several objectives. This article proves how flexible Sardi icons can be.

Let us create Sardi Mono Numix Colora Hot Pink from Sardi Mono Numix Colora.

The procedure to create any new icon theme using the modularity is as follows

  1. Copy/paste and rename the folder
  2. Change the index.theme - name and inherits
  3. Create new icon-theme.cache
  4. Select new icon theme with theme manager

This tutorial is created on Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon but Sardi is distro independent.

You can create this icon theme on any distro.

Sardi Mono Numix Colora Hot Pink

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJGGyXcEBZY

 

 

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]]> Sardi Flexibility – the creation of Sardi Mono Numix Colora Violet https://www.erikdubois.be/sardi-flexibility-creation-sardi-mono-numix-colora-violet/ Sun, 15 Jan 2017 17:03:32 +0000 https://erikdubois.online/?p=29499 As pointed out in this article Sardi aims to achieve several objectives. This article proves how flexible Sardi icons can be.

Let us create Sardi Mono Numix Colora Violet from Sardi Mono Numix Colora.

The procedure to create any new icon theme using the modularity is as follows

  1. Copy/paste and rename the folder
  2. Change the index.theme – name and inherits
  3. Create new icon-theme.cache
  4. Select new icon theme with theme manager

This tutorial is created on Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon but Sardi is distro independent.

You can create this icon theme on any distro.

Sardi Mono Numix Colora Violet

 

 

 

 

 

 

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]]> Sardi Flexibility – the creation of Sardi Mono Numix Tropical Blue https://www.erikdubois.be/sardi-flexibility-creation-sardi-mono-numix-tropical-blue/ Sun, 15 Jan 2017 12:58:49 +0000 https://erikdubois.online/?p=29495 As pointed out in this article Sardi aims to achieve several objectives. This article proves how flexible Sardi icons can be.

Let us create Sardi Mono Numix Tropical Blue from Sardi Mono Numix Colora.

The procedure to create any new icon theme using the modularity is as follows

  1. Copy/paste and rename the folder
  2. Change the index.theme – name and inherits
  3. Create new icon-theme.cache
  4. Select new icon theme with theme manager

This tutorial is created on Arch Linux Budgie but Sardi is distro independent.

You can create this icon theme on any distro.

Sardi Mono Numix Tropical Blue

 

 

 

 

 

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]]> Sardi Modularity and Flexibility – the creation of Sardi Luv Red https://www.erikdubois.be/sardi-modularity-flexibility-creation-sardi-luv-red/ Sat, 14 Jan 2017 16:17:47 +0000 https://erikdubois.online/?p=29442

As pointed out in this article Sardi aims to achieve several objectives. This article proves how modular Sardi icons can be and in this article we will show you also the flexibility. With the use of scripts we can change the colour of the icons.

Let us create Sardi Luv Red combining Sardi Flexible Luv Colora and Sardi.

The procedure to create any new icon theme using the modularity is as follows

  1. Copy/paste and rename the folder
  2. Change the index.theme - name and inherits
  3. Create new icon-theme.cache
  4. Select new icon theme with theme manager

This tutorial is created on Linux Mint 18.1 Xfce but Sardi is distro independent.

You can create this icon theme on any distro.

Sardi Luv Red

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3nMHS_lyvs

 

 

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https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlloYVGq5pS6-sSu5YBCYwi1dmWqgGiCK

]]> Sardi Modularity – the creation of Numix Circle Arc https://www.erikdubois.be/sardi-modularity-creation-numix-circle-arc/ Sat, 14 Jan 2017 15:47:57 +0000 https://erikdubois.online/?p=29439 As pointed out in this article Sardi aims to achieve several objectives. This article proves how modular Sardi icons can be.

Let us create Numix Circle Arc combining Numix Circle and Sardi Arc.

The procedure to create any new icon theme using the modularity is as follows

  1. Copy/paste and rename the folder
  2. Change the index.theme – name and inherits
  3. Create new icon-theme.cache
  4. Select new icon theme with theme manager

This tutorial is created on Linux Mint 18.1 Cinnamon but Sardi is distro independent.

You can create this icon theme on any distro.

Numix Circle Arc

This time we combine elements from Sardi Arc and an external icon theme Numix Circle.

Installation script for Numix and Numix Circle can be found on my github.

 

 

 

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]]> Sardi Modularity – the creation of Sardi Orb Numix https://www.erikdubois.be/sardi-modularity-creation-sardi-orb-numix/ Sat, 14 Jan 2017 15:25:07 +0000 https://erikdubois.online/?p=29434

As pointed out in this article Sardi aims to achieve several objectives. This article proves how modular Sardi icons can be.

Let us create Sardi Orb Numix combining Sardi Orb Colora and Sardi Mono Numix.

The procedure to create any new icon theme using the modularity is as follows

  1. Copy/paste and rename the folder
  2. Change the index.theme - name and inherits
  3. Create new icon-theme.cache
  4. Select new icon theme with theme manager

This tutorial is created on Linux Mint 18.1 Cinnamon but Sardi is distro independent.

You can create this icon theme on any distro.

Sardi Orb Numix

 

 

We are on a quest to figure out what combinations are possible and stick with Sardi Orb Numix.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJhbRtq-CiM

 

 

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https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlloYVGq5pS5-rJtWYDpyGX4tAcRsy1Vh

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