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Desktop Customization

This guide focuses on improving your Mint desktop aesthetics with themes, Conky system widgets, and other UI customizations.

🖼️ Current Theme Preview​

Screenshot​

Current Theme Setup

Current Theme Setup

Cinnamon Theme Settings​

# Theme Configuration (Prathamesh Jakkula)
Mouse Pointer: Bibata-Modern-Classic
Applications: Tokyonight-Dark
Icons: Papirus
Desktop: Tokyonight-Dark

(You can copy this configuration into your “Themes” settings in Cinnamon to replicate the same look.)

🪞 Conky Customization (Sirius Theme)​

A personalized Conky setup by Prathamesh Jakkula, built on top of the Sirius Theme. It displays live system info such as CPU, RAM, network, and clock widgets.

📦 Source Repository​

👉 Prathamesh01110/configs

🔧 Install Conky Manager 2​

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/conkymanager2
sudo apt update
sudo apt install conky-manager2 -y

🎨 Import and Apply Sirius Theme​

  1. Open Conky Manager 2
  2. Click Import Theme Pack
  3. Select the Sirius Theme .zip
  4. Apply and enable desired widgets
  5. Customize colors and layout as you prefer

🌈 Cinnamon Theme Customization​

Download New Themes​

Visit Cinnamon Look to find community-created Mint themes. download Tokyonight-B-MB-dark.tar.xz

Apply a Theme​

  1. Extract the downloaded file.

  2. Move the parent folder (contains gtk-4.0) into:

    ~/.themes

  3. Go to:

    System Settings → Themes → Advanced Settings

  4. Apply the theme to Application and Desktop sections.

🧩 Recommended Visual Enhancements​

  • Enable Dark Mode
  • Adjust Panel Opacity under “Themes → Panel”
  • Use Conky Auto-Start via Startup Applications for persistent widgets

✅ Tested on Linux Mint (Cinnamon Edition) 🎨 Theme Base: Closebox73’s Sirius 🔧 Customization: Prathamesh Jakkula