My terminal icons

[rado84]

Some time ago I created a custom icon for the terminal and shared it somewhere (I don't remember where and it probably wasn't here cuz I can't find anything containing "terminal icons" on this forum). Surprisingly enough, people liked it (it's surprising because people usually DON'T like the things I do and call them ugly) and some downloaded it, others requested different colors which led to the creation of a repository on github. But due to a misunderstanding with a co-admin at the time, I deleted it and forgot about it. Now I decided to restore the repository on github and to share it with you. The main icon (the one which started this whole thing) and which I'm using since then is the orange one.

If you don't like the available colors, all you need to do is ask for a new color. You can ask here in this topic OR simpy by posting a new issue marked with [request] in the title (along with the square brackets) and as soon as I have the spare time, I'll make you an icon with the color you want and I'll add it to the collection.

If possible, use tools like KColorChooser, Pinta or KolourPaint to identify the color you want and then request for it in HEX or RGBA format, like this: #123456 OR rgba(integer, integer, integer, floating number).

Before I post the link to my first and only repo on github, I must say that I have ZERO idea how to make github generate a new readme.md file, so until I figure it out OR someone tells me how to do it, the links in the readme file will be invalid and the only way you can see each icon is to open it directly (not through the readme file).

The icons are PNG only, nothing else, so I'm 99.999% sure they'll work with any linux distro.

So, here's the link: https://github.com/rado84-github/my-terminal-icons

 

[ron.alan]

I think they look good. It took me a little bit to figure out how to download them . . . the individual links don't work.

 

[JasKinasis]

I’ve always manually created my own .md files for my git repos. Just manually edit the .md file in a text editor and update the links to the image files.

All of the icons are in the root of the repo, as is your README.md. Just replace the existing URLs with ./name-of-icon.png, where name-of-icon.png is the name of each icon.

 

[MikeWalsh]

@rado84 :-

Ah, there's nowt wrong with them at all. Not bad! Very neat...

TBH, I always find the simplest way to modify colours of an existing file that I want to look different is just to use the GIMP. Open your file, then Colours -> Hue/Saturation. Use the Hue slider to get the colour you want, then Saturation to alter the intensity of that colour.

Have confidence in yourself! If YOU think something looks good, it's a fair bet others will, too. Mind you, I am talking from the perspective of someone for whom graphic design has been a consuming passion for over 40 years. I did graphic design as a special project for for my art 'A'-level at school back in the late 70s, and it just snowballed from there.

I design my own background wallpapers from scratch; I create my own 'docks' - for grouping similar apps together - by the simple expedient of drawing them directly on top of the wallpaper......a task for which I use a single Windows app called PhotoScape, from a Korean outfit called Mooii Tech, running under WINE. I got so handy with it under XP, I was chuffed to find it worked more or less 100% under WINE when I started my Linux journey over 10 years ago.

I also create most of my own custom desktop icons from scratch, too. I download images from the 'net via DuckDuckGo-fu, and then add these to 'blank' buttons which you can also find online.....again using PhotoScape. I detest the modern 'flat' icon look, and always preferred the Vista/Win 7-era style, more '3D' than anything, with appropriate shadows/highlights. I like an icon to show me what it's for, rather than some 'generic' representation of what it MIGHT be for...

It's an engaging hobby......and one where you can develop your skills at your own pace. Take your time, and above all, enjoy yourself!

Well done. Keep 'em coming!

@ron.alan :-

I don't know how you downloaded them, but I just hit the green 'Code' button up top, then chose 'Download .zip'. This gets you the whole collection at once, and is the usual way to obtain stuff on Github where there are no 'published packages' (which will then link to their own download page).


Mike.

 

[rado84]

I think they look good. It took me a little bit to figure out how to download them . . . the individual links don't work.

As I mentioned in the readme file - those link there don't work. But if you click on each icon above the readme file, they do. Then it's just a matter of right click, "save as..." and that's it.