Oxygen Blue Air

Oxygen Blue Air Plasma Theme
PJ Singh, 2009-06-19

This is a theme for Plasma that uses the KDE 4.2 color scheme, instead of the black Oxygen plasma colors.

The Oxygen plasma style is an excellent look for KDE, but I found that the black color was a stark contrast to the rich blue hues of the default color scheme and the "Air" background.

To remedy this, I modified the original Oxygen Plasma/Desktop Theme to create this "Blue" version. This theme keeps the shapes and styles of the plasmoids but adopts the KDE 4.2 color scheme.

Most of the plasmoids have been updated. Even the moon image on the logout/shutdown dialog has been made brighter, compared to the original dull gray color, and now looks more appropriate against the new blue background. The button hover-over effects also nicely match the new color scheme.

The new K-Menu ties everything together with coordinated blue hues, giving KDE a signature appearance. (Note that the kicker panel is actually transparent, but may appear blueish if you use the Air background as I do).

Overall, I find this theme gives KDE a very cohesive, professional, and brighter look.

Please note that this theme currently only works with compiz or desktop effects enabled (K | System Settings | Enable desktop effects).


This theme has been tested on Kubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope.


Instructions:


((1))
Install this theme...

# Navigate to the download location and extract the theme.
$ tar -zxvf OxygenBlueAir_PlasmaTheme.tar.gz

# Copy the theme tho the correct location.
$ cp -rf "./Oxygen Blue Air" ~/.kde/share/apps/desktoptheme

# Optionally remove the downloaded file and the extracted theme folder...
$ rm OxygenBlueAir_PlasmaTheme.tar.gz
$ rm -r "Oxygen Blue Air"


((2)) Chose the new Desktop Theme...
1. Right-click on your desktop
2. Select Appearance Settings
3. Click the drop down next to "Theme:"
4. Select "Oxygen Blue Air"
5. Click OK button


Notes:

This theme is a part of the following set...
Oxygen Blue Air Grub Botsplash
Oxygen Blue Air KDM Theme
Oxygen Blue Air KSplash Theme
Oxygen Blue Air Plasma Theme
Oxygen Blue Air Emerald Theme