Solus Plasma defaults

Silversurfer

A good review of Solus KDE; https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Solus-Shines-With-Plasma-Desktop-Options-86487.html

maskarin

RE + 1 for the activation of the digital lock at startup this would suit me well because in my passwords I always include numbers. I did not have any updates this weekend is this normal ? by cons my girlfriend who is on Solus Mate had.

maskarin

Rectification!! I just received the updates this afternoon

chrisfromgreece

I was a gnome fan at the first ubuntu days, before ubuntu i was using always kde it was pretty good. Now i'm a kde fan again i just prefer it.

kshady

Girtablulu - You may check Nomad Desktop by Nitrux built on KDE...

[deleted]

Thanks for doing this. I moved back to solus and this is the first KDE env that isn’t like emptying a few tool chests at my feet.

one feedback on the default dark them is I can’t tell active from non active windows because the title bar color is the same. The font color contrast as the only visual cue is not enough of a difference. Probably a personal or monitor issue

good job. Thanks

Girtablulu

[deleted] Na, I changed it that the inactive goes darker and the active is lighter

gsbhasin123

Roboto Font would be a great choice, so would Ubuntu or Fira Sans.
Some light elements in gtk theme
GTK theme restore button is the same as maximize button. See breeze gtk for how to implement correctly.

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What I do on my Solus Plasma install:

Use icon tasklist
Use the other non-fullscreen menu (I think it's more "out of the way")
Put "show desktop" on right corner
Use "active monitor follows mouse" (I think this is the default by now)
Disable saving session

Izaic

[deleted] Plasma 5.21 will have more sane defaults, especially in regards to the icon-only task list.

JoshStrobl

Izaic What Plasma does v.s. what we do with Plasma are two different things.

Girtablulu

Izaic I know what they doing, and I try to believe they stole some of our ideas we had 🙂

Girtablulu

I was working a bit again on the theme, I added a light theme as well so anyone up for testing? after you done testing you need to run

sudo eopkg it --reinstall plasma-desktop-branding

xjdwc

Theme/style/colours

Budgie's default theming is amazing! SolusDark is on the right track.

Application Launcher/Start Icon

Like many here I think the normal Solus logo as the start icon looks tacky. BUT when the colours are changed to better compliment dark/light themes, it looks beautiful! Examples....

Dark Theme

Light Theme

Start Icons Available Here
Original Post/Source

Cursors

I really like the idea of seeing the following

Dark Theme

We10XOS Cursors

Light Theme

Hopefully We10XOS Dark Cursors become a thing to keep theming coherent. If not I'd fall back to Adwaita cursors or

Paper Cursors

Icons

Personally I love paper-esque icon sets and I think they look great on Solus Plasma.

Paper Icon Set

Link

I currently use Lüv icon theme. For me this icon set is my personal favourite.

Lüv Icon Theme

Link

Screenshot

Honorable Mentions

Flatery Icon Theme

Link

Qogir Icon Theme

Link

Side note

It's interesting that there was a Solus Icon Set once upon a time

Solus Icon Set

Link

Fonts

I haven't looked into fonts tbh....

Application selection

No issues here.

Final Thoughts

Just some ideas, regardless if any are implemented or not it doesn't bother me.
Imma continue supporting Solus/Solus Plasma 🙂

brent

xjdwc Side note
It's interesting that there was a Solus Icon Set once upon a time
Solus Icon Set

Interesting, I liked them a lot. Sensible, not cutesy. From your link: "Solus-icon-theme forked from solus-project/solus-icon-theme...Solus is the official icon set of the Solus Project. As a FreeDesktop icon theme it (loosely) follows the Tango Icon Spec....."

...I did not know we had an official icon set to fork.

JoshStrobl

brent It was something we had paid Sam Hewitt for a long time ago (like years) but he suddenly stopped working on it and never came back to completing it.

Not really interested in a dedicated icon theme at this moment though. I am pretty happy with Papirus. Only thing that is on the long list of stuff I want to get around to is a Budgie+GTK specific theme.

brent

JoshStrobl Someday when they write the history of the Solus distro, it will be full of the gems like the Hewitt contribution. Love it.

xjdwc

Thoughts and Ideas

So, after I updated my laptop to Solus 4.3, I noticed the theming for Plasma changed quite a bit. I feel like the theming for Solus was going in the right direction with SolusDark prior to the update. Then BOOM! I don't know how to explain it, Plasma just seems very fragmented when it comes to the theming side of things. Not as solid and cohesive as Solus Budgie out of the box. I believe Solus Plasma should be distinct from Budgie's theming and have it's own personality, but still be cohesive in terms of aesthetic. Allowing our at first sight impressions to group both Solus Plasma & Budgie as members of the same Family rather than complete strangers.

I would still challenge the theming even if it was the only DE available. Plasma just seems like an Experiment/WIP in the theming department.

I personally believe sticking with Opaque theming is the way to go. Transparency/translucency seems out of place for the default. Sticking with darker colour schemes is a yes, not as dark as budgie though. Solus Plasma needs it's own identity. So I don't really have much else to add. See my above post for my detailed ideas.

Plasma out of place?

My Default Plasma Theming

Final Thoughts

Like my first post, just some ideas, regardless if any are implemented or not it doesn't bother me.
Imma continue supporting Solus/Solus Plasma 🙂

I would love to hear everyone's thoughts on this topic.

Thank you @Girtablulu for all your hard work!

dalto

xjdwc

Theming is such a matter of personal preference. I actually think the plasma theming with all the transparency looks much nicer than the other desktop options but that is just my preference.

I also don't see any reason for all versions to have the same theming when the underlying technology that supports them is so different. The reality is that plasma is simply different than all the other gtk-based options.

xjdwc

dalto

Fair points indeed. Theming is very subjective. We won't be able to please everyone with theming, but I believe a solid base to work from should still be strived for. In the end we all tinker and tweak our systems to fit our personal work flow and eye.

As for the reality of differences, I agree. Differences should be celebrated and not suppressed type thing. Do you think it's possible to do so in way that still maintains a somewhat aesthetic consistency across Solus? Or don't try to at all? Probably just my personal preference....

Thank you for your thoughts 🙂

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