I'm working on creating my own some what version of Ubuntu using Reconstructor and Remastersys. These two program work great I just wanted to know if anyone knew how to change the old default theme when running Ubuntu live to a theme that I want as default.
Replacing The Default Theme
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Change these gconf keys according to your likes:
For window border: */apps/metacity/general/theme <theme_name>* For GTK elements: */desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme <theme_name>* For icon theme: */desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme <theme_name>*
Replace the bracket with the theme name you want to have, e.g. Clearlooks. Make sure the theme is installed and can be found in */usr/share/themes*, while icon themes must be located in */usr/share/icons*.
In order to make the theme default for any user of your live distro, use these lines _in your chroot environment_ to set the keys above as default, e.g.:
gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults --type string --set /desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme <theme_name>