Hello!
Have someone an idea of how to change the default theme of openSUSE 13.1? I mean that from GRUB, Plymouth and in general the overall theme koz to be frankly that wallpaper with a chameleon on a leaf looks very unprofessional…
Thx.
It is in the eye of the beholder. I think it looks great.
My suggestion would be to handle this as a professional. Switch the system on first, then say good morning to your colleages, take your coat off, get some coffee, arrange things on your desk, etc. When you then look at the screen you will see the login screen. You will never ever see boot splashes and the like. 
I rather like that theme. It may be the best ever (from my subjective viewpoint).
Anyway, there is something you can do. You can volunteer for the opensuse art department and see if you can get to design better artwork for 13.2. I’m not sure how to volunteer, but if you are resourceful, you should be able to find a way.
When I look at the definition of the theme
cat /boot/grub2/themes/openSUSE/theme.txt
ls /boot/grub2/themes/openSUSE
it looks very simple to define a new customized one.
There also are some alternative plymouth themes available in the
repositories.
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ThinkPad E320: oS 13.1 x86_64 | i3@2.30GHz | 8GB | KDE 4.11 | HD 3000
HTPC: oS 13.1 x86_64 | Celeron@1.8GHz | 2GB | Gnome 3.10 | HD 2500
I don’t really care about theme. I would prefer the simple one that Fedora has or I would be glad with the text mode like in Debian. The issue here is that if you have in mind to do an awesome theme at least you should strive for that. Do not give me an artwork made like for a child…
Until the moment to do a presentation… We have electronic boards at uni, so every time I connect my laptop on one of them it appears the default wallpaper, not the one I have it on my desktop… 
I thought about that. On Fedora was simple, but on openSUSE I searched and nothing in the repos (from what I know)…
Et tu Rickert? (btw you are writing pretty well on your blogs… 
)
I’m not into art or of any kind of design on computer, but you know what, I have great ideas though…
Am 12.01.2014 21:36, schrieb Pyrrho:
> or I would be glad with the text mode like in Debian
Then switch it to text mode, nothing stops you from doing that -> yast
bootloader gives you this option even without modifying any config file
manually.
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ThinkPad E320: oS 13.1 x86_64 | i3@2.30GHz | 8GB | KDE 4.11 | HD 3000
HTPC: oS 13.1 x86_64 | Celeron@1.8GHz | 2GB | Gnome 3.10 | HD 2500
Am 12.01.2014 21:36, schrieb Pyrrho:
> Until the moment to do a presentation… We have electronic boards at
> uni, so every time I connect my laptop on one of them it appears the
> default wallpaper, not the one I have it on my desktop…
This is a different topic, what desktop environment do you use? So that
we can tell you how to change the behavior on the second screen.
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ThinkPad E320: oS 13.1 x86_64 | i3@2.30GHz | 8GB | KDE 4.11 | HD 3000
HTPC: oS 13.1 x86_64 | Celeron@1.8GHz | 2GB | Gnome 3.10 | HD 2500
Beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder, and apparently professionalism is
too. I fell in love with the new theme when I first saw it, and I still marvel
at it’s beauty. Of course my opinion may be somewhat influenced by the fact I
can always turn my head, look out the window and compare the openSUSE lizard to
the live ones all around us.
When I look at the screen that so irritates you I see a clean, uncluttered
reminder to relax and not take life too seriously. Frankly it never occured to
me to worry about whether a short-lived splash screen was “Professional” or not.
Just one beholder’s humble opinion.
+1
If you’re talking about how the GRUB menu is displayed on boot,
I created a little script on how to change its appearance.
Although it was done primarily to widen the displayed text so that you can see the full entry (and know what it is, anyone else frustrated what kernel is loaded if you have multiple?), it also allows you to replace with any background image you wish. Although the script was created for 12.3, it should also work on 13.1.
http://en.opensuse.org/User:Tsu2/12.3/Modified_GRUB_Menu
TSU
Pyrrho wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> Have someone an idea of how to change the default theme of openSUSE
> 13.1? I mean that from GRUB, Plymouth and in general the overall theme
> koz to be frankly that wallpaper with a chameleon on a leaf looks very
> unprofessional…
>
> Thx.
>
>
Just remove plymouth using YaST{Many do it.} (OR) hit ESC key.
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openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (x86_64) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 3.11.6-4-desktop
I think this guy (or TROLL) should switch to FEDORA!
One of the things I like about openSUSE is that out of the box it looks very professional and polished when compared with most other linux distros.
The current theme was introduced in openSUSE 12.3 and was so well received it is one of the few times that the same look has been carried over to the next version.
It’s obvious you don’t like the current theme - which is fair enough - but to suggest it looks like something created by a child is very disparaging toward the artist / artists hard work that went into creating the current look.
personally, I really like the theme and think it looks very professional - as does most of the artwork in previous OS versions.
Well said. My thoughts too.
On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 02:26:01 +0000, goro goren wrote:
> I think this guy (or TROLL) should switch to FEDORA!
Guys, let’s not get personal with this.
To the OP - that includes you. You may not like the theme, and that’s
fine. Let’s not use it as an opportunity to go on the attack against
those who created it, or those who like it just fine.
If you want to ask a simple question, then instead of wrapping it in your
own disdain/dislike/disgust/whatever, just ask the simple question:
“How can I change the grub and plymouth theme?” and leave it at that.
You’ll find plenty of people who are happy to help you if you leave the
vitriol out of it. If you must, just say you don’t care for it and leave
it at that.
Consider how you would react if someone told you that something you
created was ugly or otherwise used inflammatory language to describe it.
If you’re like most people, you’d get defensive.
Jim
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openSUSE Forums Administrator
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Very well said, Jim.
As for me:
Besides the decades in Tech, I also have an extensive background in Journalism (including Editor), Advertising Design and Graphics, Commercial Printing and Graphics, Professional Photography, and more in the same vein.
I find this clean, crisp, tastefull theme to be worthy of high praise.
-fb
@martin_helm
I use KDE, that’s why I switched from Fedora/GNOME to openSUSE. I would really appreaciate if there is a solution to change the default wallpaper for every time I connect my laptop to a second monitor or an electronic board. At uni I observed until now a guy with Ubuntu and a girl with Mac. Even if I don’t mind the guy (maybe the guys at Ubuntu has more refined aesthetic tastes, but not sure…), I am feeling really shamed about what the Mac guys would say about me tbh…
@tsu2
Thanks for the script! I don’t have a problem with the GRUB theme as I find that it has been done pretty well, instead I don’t like the wallpaper and the Plymouth theme, which is the wallpaper but animated.
@farcusnz
I think that KDE’s theme it’s not so bad, even if I prefer to use its original one instead. I’m just wondering which OS these days would prefer to use such a dark theme, with so less transparency and even the icons are not so great. For example, the NetworkManager icon doesn’t indicate my wireless signal, and that sucks…
@hendersj
NO OFFENCE to the openSUSE community! I just expressed my points of view revealing this bad thing that openSUSE suffers to the community, hoping to something better. I hope I’m not the single one which sees this theme in the light as it is…
@Fraser_Bell
Impressive! As for me, I am in the realm of philosophy, so I can stick my nose into the matters of design, isn’t it Mr. Journalist? 
I just installed the solar theme for Plymouth, and now how can I change that from Yast without renaming the theme’s folder?
Thx.
Am 18.01.2014 22:06, schrieb Pyrrho:
> @martin_helm
> I use KDE, that’s why I switched from Fedora/GNOME to openSUSE. I would
> really appreaciate if there is a solution to change the default
> wallpaper for every time I connect my laptop to a second monitor or an
> electronic board.
I quickly tested with a TV connected via HDMI. Right click on the
desktop background in the second Monitor to get the context Menu and
choose to configure your workspace (I do not see it in english, so it
can have a different name) then select a different wallpaper (the same
as you would change it if only one screen is attached).
This setting survives a reboot and is applied for me when reconnectiong
to a second screen.
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ThinkPad E320: oS 13.1 x86_64 | i3@2.30GHz | 8GB | KDE 4.11 | HD 3000
HTPC: oS 13.1 x86_64 | Celeron@1.8GHz | 2GB | Gnome 3.10 | HD 2500
Of course you can. Everyone is allowed their own opinion, and everyone has different tastes.
Designers and Artists design either to please their own tastes and themselves, or to try to please the tastes of as many others as they can (Commercial goals).
You do not like the design, it does not suit your tastes, and you are entitled to your opinions on that, just as anyone else is.
But, it does not mean that it is a bad design just because you do not like it. It simply means that you do not like it.
This design faithfully adheres to the rules of graphic design, much more so than many, so it is mechanically sound.
And I think it is elegant. And you can continue to not like it, all you desire.
But surely you, just as all other Philosophers practise, certainly can not condone the use of insults to convey your personal opinions and tastes.
Now, how is that for philosophy?
-fb
Default Desktop Settings
You can also get there by:
Click on desktop background, then do:
Alt-D
Alt-S
As you now know, you don’t have to stick with the default wallpaper.
I rarely do in any system.
In openSUSE, here is my root desktop:
http://paste.opensuse.org/53198860
and here is my User desktop:
http://paste.opensuse.org/61528341
… both shots from my own cameras, of course.
My tv-out has another, but I forgot to take a screenshot of that one.
-fb