Five neat new Covergloobus themes


Banner

I’ll start with a dozy: ‘Banner’ is the creation of sir-nimaj over on DeviantArt. Whilst it’s minimal in features it is also beautifully designed.

eDark Covergloobus

This theme has it all: star ratings, player controls, track information, track art and stylish good looks. You almost want to envy it. Linux-purists may deride the similarity to iTunes former mini-player look but that'll be a non-issue for most.

BTX

I have love for BTX because it dares to a) have a unique shape and b) not display any cover art at all. It does have scrolling text (where text is too long) and can be resized without too much pixel-ation in the latest CoverGloobus.
bta

Smaller screen with titles

Looking for something small and discrete? Smaller screen is a minuscule CoverGloobus theme compared to others and has just gained 'track info' support.

Faenzoobus.too

Self promotion alert: I added scrollbar support and some new buttons to my Faenza-inspired CoverGloobus theme - y'know the one with the name you don't even bother trying to pronounce.

How to install CoverGloobus Themes

Once you've downloaded a theme you like the next step is to install it.
  • First you'll need to extract the theme from the .zip, .7z, .rar or .tar.gz archive you downloaded. This is a 'Right click > Extract' affair.
  • Check for any fonts within the theme folder than need to be installed.
  • Next open up your Home folder and press 'CTRL+H'.
  • Search for .CoverGloobus (Note the preceding period)
  • Enter this folder and move your extracted theme to the 'theme' folder within.
  • Right click on CoverGloobus and choose 'Configure > Theme > your installed theme'

Further

Don't have CoverGloobus installed? Click here. Want more themes? Click here.Made a theme we should feature? Click here. Looking for Google? Click here.

Conky-Faenza theme -


Styled in the vein if, but not identical to, mac widget iStat-Pro it provides a tidy and attractive way to keep an eye on system vitals, such as CPU, without needing to resort to a desktop full of screenlets or a run-of-the-mill Conky output.
The setup ships with six themes including Ambiance ( which is set as default), Elementary and Sonar.
The default configuartion will likely serve most people well but you can, naturally, tweak it to your hearts content by editing the .conkyrc file in your home folder.
Download @ gnome-look.org

Install

Got conky installed? No? Click here or search the Software Centre for ‘Conky’.
Once done extract the contents of the conky-faenza archive to your home folder and proceed to run ‘conky’ from either the terminal or via ALT+F2.
Refer to the ‘Read Me’ included for further tweaks and customization options.

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