mindplay
Thu Jan 09, 2020 10:35:36 am
As a life-long Windows user transitioning to Linux, the stock Ubuntu experience was quite unbearable to me, and Zorin was a regular life-saver! ![Smile :-)](https://zoringroup.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
But for various reasons, I have to run a newer Ubuntu 19.10 - for one, because I'm using very new hardware that isn't supported by the Ubuntu 18 distro that Zorin is based on.
So I've been following the instructions here to get a more Zorin-like experience with the various Gnome extensions that come pre-installed and pre-configured with Zorin:
https://bigdaddylinux.com/zorin-os-them ... tribution/
With the Gnome extensions set up, the experience is actually very much like Zorin and I feel much more at home already!![Smile :-)](https://zoringroup.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
Now, the last step is the theme, which isn't critical to me, as I have the overall experience I wanted - so this is mostly vanity, but I really love the slick, clean looks of the Zorin theme!
Unfortunately, it doesn't quite seem to work when applied to a stock Ubuntu 19.10 - here's a screenshot:
https://imgur.com/a/gx91kzX
As you can see, the switch controls have these peculiar symbols on top of them?
Is this an incompatibility with a (likely newer?) version of Gnome that ships with a newer Ubuntu?
Does the theme have some missing dependencies that aren't bundled with the theme itself?
Or is there some other explanation?
(I know this may be a bit off-topic, but I don't know where else to ask - ideally, I'd be running the Zorin distribution itself, but as explained, that's not currently an option for me, since there's no Ubuntu 19-based edition.)
![Smile :-)](https://zoringroup.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
But for various reasons, I have to run a newer Ubuntu 19.10 - for one, because I'm using very new hardware that isn't supported by the Ubuntu 18 distro that Zorin is based on.
So I've been following the instructions here to get a more Zorin-like experience with the various Gnome extensions that come pre-installed and pre-configured with Zorin:
https://bigdaddylinux.com/zorin-os-them ... tribution/
With the Gnome extensions set up, the experience is actually very much like Zorin and I feel much more at home already!
![Smile :-)](https://zoringroup.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
Now, the last step is the theme, which isn't critical to me, as I have the overall experience I wanted - so this is mostly vanity, but I really love the slick, clean looks of the Zorin theme!
Unfortunately, it doesn't quite seem to work when applied to a stock Ubuntu 19.10 - here's a screenshot:
https://imgur.com/a/gx91kzX
As you can see, the switch controls have these peculiar symbols on top of them?
Is this an incompatibility with a (likely newer?) version of Gnome that ships with a newer Ubuntu?
Does the theme have some missing dependencies that aren't bundled with the theme itself?
Or is there some other explanation?
(I know this may be a bit off-topic, but I don't know where else to ask - ideally, I'd be running the Zorin distribution itself, but as explained, that's not currently an option for me, since there's no Ubuntu 19-based edition.)