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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi, I'd like to add an answer to the
question here.<br>
This is GNU/Linux. You can modify your system HOWEVER you want.<br>
The way you can modify the icon to use the 'original' icon is in
the desktop files.<br>
open a terminal and type<br>
cd /usr/share/applications<br>
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Look for the program name. I'll use firefox as the example<br>
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firefox.desktop is the file you want.<br>
edit it with your editor of choice from the terminal<br>
i.e.<br>
gksu leafpad firefox.desktop<br>
(note: you have to run this as gksu it will ask for your password
since you are modifying the system)<br>
Now edit the line<br>
Icon=firefox<br>
<br>
save and voila!<br>
You have modified your system in a way unsupported by the
designers of integrated themes.<br>
The easier answer is of course to use a theme that doesn't have
integrated icons for apps, as Rafael suggested.<br>
<br>
Don't be offended by him. Sometimes it is easy to be offended
when it seems as someone is criticizing your hard work. I
understand that you expected native icons from all apps having
come from Windows. GNU/Linux is very much geared towards tight
visual aesthetics in the overall look of a DE. We are able to
customize the UI to a degree impossible in other OS, and we fully
take advantage of this. <br>
<br>
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On 06/15/2014 01:42 PM, Rafael Laguna wrote:<br>
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think my last answer was too rough. My apologies if you got
offended. It's just that sometimes the concepts of design are
difficult to understand, or even totally misunderstood. If you
are new to Linux you'd find a lot of things really different
from other operating systems.<br>
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style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">So,
I "dare" you to test other themes, desktop and systems, to see
which one fits your needs. Maybe a "changeling" desktop
metaphor is not for you. So, again, sorry.<br>
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Lubuntu Artwork Team<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2014-06-15 18:31 GMT+02:00 Rafael
Laguna <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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choose gnome icon theme. It retains "original logos". Or
maybe their icons don't resemble Windows enough and you
think the folder will become unrecognizable?<br>
<br>
Don't speak about me. Let's look to ACYL icons, totally
diferent. You should thank to people like this author
the time he spent on "modifying and screwing up" the
original logos just to bring users an homogeneous look
for their system, with no mixed balls, squares,
triangles, romboids, and infinite forms that, from a
designer point of view, as mine, is a real and complete
shit.<br>
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don't misunderstand me, I love Gnome icons and his
creator, Jimmac, but the purpose of an icon theme is
make a pleasant and smooth visual sensation. Don't give
me lessons of design, I'm a designer and Box is a
concept (not a way of destructing logos) widely
accepted. There's a thing called "creative overall
justification" or guidelines (did you read it before
using Box? I post these notes twice a year, on every
Lubuntu release: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Artwork/Guidelines"
target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Artwork/Guidelines</a>).
Every design has one to explain things, like why we
enclose logos in squares or use circles, or whatever.<br>
<br>
If you don't like a theme, just choose another. That is
freedom.<br>
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Lubuntu Artwork Team<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2014-06-15 17:13 GMT+02:00 John
Niendorf <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:john@jfniendorf.org" target="_blank">john@jfniendorf.org</a>></span>:
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Well I am new to the list, but this strikes me as,
well, silly.<br>
Is the debate really over how someone chooses to
display an icon on<br>
their system?<br>
If you like the "default" icons or are afraid of
violating a trademark<br>
then by all means feel free to use whatever icon
came with the<br>
software...as for me I prefer icons that match my
theme...<br>
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John<br>
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On 06/15/2014 04:29 PM, N. W. wrote:<br>
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> well, I think customizing icons is a fine
thing, as long as you only<br>
> customize things like folder icons or
some arrows or buttons or<br>
> something like that.<br>
><br>
> But logos? No, I think that's wrong.<br>
><br>
> Why?<br>
><br>
> Because logos are "trademarks". The app
developers probably put a lot<br>
> of thought and work into making their
logos and they probably were<br>
> striving for recognizability and identiy
and so on.<br>
><br>
> Now, look at your Audacious or Sylpheed
or Thunar logos for example<br>
> (just three examples). They are
completely different from the original<br>
> logo. You kinda damage the
recognizability and identity with that.<br>
><br>
> And that's what I do not like. I would
like the application to have<br>
> their original logos.<br>
><br>
> Regards<br>
><br>
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