Knowledge Base

Because self-promotion (erm, I mean... learning!) is the purpose of this blog, here is a package I have assembled from a nifty upstream: Chicago95! You can go get it from the OBS repository now.

![screenshot of XFCE with chicago95 theme in

use](/2020/01/chicago95_desktop.png) Screenshot from https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95 project

chicago95-theme-all is a metapackage that pulls in all the elements needed to configure your Devuan GNU+Linux system to look like a classic non-free OS from 1995!

$ apt-cache search chicago
chicago95-theme-all - XFCE Windows 95 Total Conversion
chicago95-theme-cursors - Mouse cursor themes for Chicago95
chicago95-theme-doc - Documentation for Chicago95
chicago95-theme-fonts - Fonts for Chicago95
chicago95-theme-greeter - Lightdm webkit greeter for Chicago95
chicago95-theme-gtk - GTK and WM themes for Chicago95
chicago95-theme-icons - Icon themes for Chicago95
chicago95-theme-login-sound - Login sound for Chicago95
chicago95-theme-plymouth - Plymouth theme for Chicago95
$ apt-cache policy chicago95-theme-all
chicago95-theme-all:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.0.1-1+devuan
  Version table:
     0.0.1-1+devuan 500
        500 http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/bgstack15/Debian_Unstable  Packages

Of course, like any other theme, you need to manually change your settings to use the theme. But these packages make it easy to install it so you can control the files with the package manager.

Backstory

I was helping a family member set up a system to look like a particular non- free OS, and an old one was acceptable, and even preferred. After some research, I discovered a few good places to look for themes:

• https://www.xfce-look.org/
• https://www.gnome-look.org/

There were multiple options for the type of theme I wanted, but Chicago95 was the most cohesive and cleanly-installed set.