Hi again,

Olaf Meeuwissen writes:

> Hi,
>
> golinux@??? writes:
>
>> This is the best answer of all.
>>
>> Yes, just remove desktop-base to eliminate all styling you find
>> objectionable and recreate it as you wish.
>
> Seems a bit drastic just to get rid of the default theme. On my system
> this wants to remove 438 packages covering most if not all of Xfce, the
> only desktop I have installed.

Sorry, I have set APT::Get::AutomaticRemove to true, hence the large
number of packages to be removed. When set to false, the default, it's
only three.

desktop-base task-desktop task-xfce-desktop

> The problem is that desktop-base has an explicit Depends: on
> clearlooks-phenix-darkpurpy-theme where alternatives could be provided
> or a meta-package to pull in a theme so that admins can control the
> system-wide default more easily.
>
> That said, I like darkpurpy so have no intent to improve the current
> situation.

Apart from getting the clock in the Xfce systemtray to display in a
colour that contrasts with the darkpurpy theme rather than the dark
shade of grey that is used now.

>> On 2018-03-10 07:14, Chillfan wrote:
>>> One way to remove it all would be:
>>>
>>> apt-get purge desktop-base
>>>
>>> Or don't install it to begin with.
>>>
>>> Try the xfce gradient wallpaper, which is blue. Or..
>>>
>>> apt-get install gimp
>>>
>>> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
>>>
>>> On March 9, 2018 8:34 AM, Edward Bartolo edbarx@??? wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear All,
>>>>
>>>> I would like to ask the Devuan Distribution to provide a means to
>>>> permanently remove the purple wallpapers (golinux's creation). I would
>>>> like to have either wallpapers that users can individually choose or
>>>> some light blue/green gradient wallpapers.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you all.
>
> Hope this helps,

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