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sounds applied to all portions of the desktop window borders, fonts, icons, sound effects, and more as part of a single, centralized entity. Many peopleare happy to find out that themes are available in the Linux world, too. Many distributions offer collections of backgrounds you can download orthat are already included. Chapter 12 includes pointers for the downloadableones, and you can find the already installed ones usually by right-clicking onyour desktop and choosing the option similar to Change DesktopBackground. Adding themes to GNOMEA large number of themes is available on the Internet for the GNOME desktopenvironment. To find and grab these themes for your own use, follow thesesteps: 1.Point your Web browser to http://themes.freshmeat.net. You re taken to the Themes Web site, where any number of GUI cus- tomization items is offered. If you re heavy into playing with customization, you can also check outhttp://art.gnome.org. 2.Click GTK, which is part of the GNOME desktop environment. This action brings you to the appropriate section, to ensure that youchoose themes that work with your system. 3.Select the GTK 2.X area. Now you re in the section for the latest version of GNOME. 4.Browse and choose the theme you want to try. You can use the Sort Order drop-down list box to change the order inwhich the items are displayed. Keep your eye out for the requirements(sometimes called dependencies ) that go with the theme. Some themesrequire additional engines (software that runs behind the scenes), andyou want to avoid them if you re uncomfortable with finding and addingsoftware at this point. You re safe if you re looking for GTK themes and itmentions Metacity that s part of the Fedora Core GNOME setup. 5.After you have chosen your theme, click its name to go to the theme- specific page. There, you can find any comments someone has about the theme. 6.Scroll down if necessary and click the link under Tar/GZ or Tar/BZ2.301Chapter 15: Gettin Gooey with the GUIs21_