How to Change Hoary Cursor Theme

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Baza Wrote: 
> On 13/2/05 1:01 pm, "David M. Carney" <carney1979 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Got the old cursor back after my upgrade to Hoary.
> > 
> > This is how I did it. Follow this link:
> > 
> > http://wiki.tryphon.org/How_to_install_X11_cursors
> > 
> > You can use any cursor theme you want. Lots available at places such
> as
> > http://www.kde-look.org. Just make sure you use the directions in
> the
> > above linked web page to install them.
> > 
> > The cursor theme I used was one from kde-look that was (also?) a
> jimmac
> > theme. It looked the closest to what Warty's cursor theme was. It may
> be
> > the same theme as suggested in the install directions in the above
> > linked web page.
> > 
> > Enjoy!
> > 
> > David
> 
> 
> Thanks for posting that, the, erm.. 'New' theme is awful, looks like
> Linux
> did five years ago.
> 
> I know Hoary is not, 'out' yet, but I really do think the guys working
> on it
> need to change the theme before it hits the streets because you don't
> have
> to be a mind reader to know what the reviewers will make of it.
> 
> With the aim of updating Ubuntu every six months, at which release is
> the
> aim of having a Linux Desktop that is as easy and config file editing
> free
> as Windows?
> 
> Baza
> 
> 
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The change of cursor theme is an upstream bug I believe, and the devs
are aware of that. Meanwhile, if you want to change it back without
messing with any config files, have a look at this post:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=66507#post66507

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