Note: the theme assumes you have installed the XFCE Desktop Environment in advance.
Open a terminal (Ctrl Alt T).
Create required directories: Run:
mkdir -p "$HOME/.themes" "$HOME/.icons" "$HOME/.local/share/xfce4-panel-profiles" "$HOME/.config/menus/menu-backup" "$HOME/.local/share/desktop-directories" "$HOME/.config/autostart" ~/.icons/default
Also create system-wide theme/icon directories (requires sudo):
sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/themes /usr/share/icons /usr/local/share/fonts/tahoma
Copy to your home:
cp -r Theme/MENT2K "$HOME/.themes/"
cp -r Icons/Idk2k "$HOME/.icons/"
Copy system-wide (sudo):
sudo cp -r Theme/MENT2K /usr/share/themes/
sudo cp -r Icons/Idk2k /usr/share/icons/
Update lightdm greeter CSS file (sudo):
sudo cp -v Lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.css /usr/share/themes/MENT2K/gtk-3.0/apps/lightdm-gtk-greeter.css
Install required packages (Debian/Ubuntu):
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y lxappearance marco mate-control-center mate-tweak gtk2-engines-pixbuf xfce4-panel-profiles picom wget unzip
Install panel profile and back up current panel config: Create profile dir (if not already):
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/xfce4-panel-profiles
Copy xfce-panel profile archive:
cp -r Misc/Panel-profiles/MENT2K.tar.bz2 ~/.local/share/xfce4-panel-profiles/
Back up current panel XML:
mkdir -p "$HOME/.config/menus/menu-backup"
cp -r "$HOME/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml" "$HOME/.config/menus/menu-backup/xfce4-panel.xml.bak"
Install desktop-directory files:
cp -v Misc/xfce-games.directory ~/.local/share/desktop-directories/xfce-games.directory
cp -v Misc/xfce-office.directory ~/.local/share/desktop-directories/xfce-office.directory
cp -v Misc/xfce-settings.directory ~/.local/share/desktop-directories/xfce-settings.directory
cp -v Misc/xfce-accessories.directory ~/.local/share/desktop-directories/xfce-accessories.directory
Load the XFCE panel profile:
xfce4-panel-profiles load ~/.local/share/xfce4-panel-profiles/MENT2K.tar.bz2
If that didn't work: right click the xfce4-panel, go to Panel preferences and click "Backup and restore". Click on "MENT2K" and "apply configuration".
Set GTK and icon themes for GNOME/MATE/Xfce:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'MENT2K'
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface icon-theme 'Idk2k'
gsettings set org.mate.interface gtk-theme 'MENT2K'
gsettings set org.mate.interface icon-theme 'Idk2k'
xfconf-query --channel xsettings --property /Gtk/ThemeName --set 'MENT2K'
xfconf-query --channel xsettings --property /Net/ThemeName --set 'MENT2K'
xfconf-query --channel xsettings --property /Net/IconThemeName --set 'Idk2k'
xfconf-query --channel xsettings --property /Gtk/IconThemeName --set 'Idk2k'
Change cursor theme: Copy index.theme:
cp Misc/index.theme ~/.icons/default/
Install cursor set system-wide and symlink for user:
sudo cp -r "Cursors/Chicago95 Standard Cursors" /usr/share/icons
ln -s /usr/share/icons/"Chicago95 Standard Cursors"/cursors ~/.icons/default/cursors
Backup and replace menu files:
mkdir -p "$HOME/.config/menus/menu-backup"
mv "$HOME/.config/menus/applications-merged" "$HOME/.config/menus/menu-backup/" 2>/dev/null || true
mv "$HOME/.config/menus/xfce-applications.menu" "$HOME/.config/menus/menu-backup/" 2>/dev/null || true
sudo cp -r Misc/menus/* "$HOME/.config/menus/"
Copy desktop shortcuts to Desktop:
cp -r Misc/desktop-shortcuts/ "$HOME/Desktop"
Make marco the default session/window manager:
sudo update-alternatives --set x-session-manager /usr/bin/marco
Install and apply Redmond97 window theme: Clone repository:
git clone github.com/matthewmx86/Redmond97.git
Copy theme to your user themes directory (note: sudo may be required to write to /usr/share/themes; this copies to ~/.themes):
cp -r "Redmond97/Theme/no-csd/Redmond97 Millennium" ~/.themes/
Remove the cloned repo:
rm -rf Redmond97
Configure picom and startup script: Copy picom config:
cp -r Misc/picom.conf ~/.config/
Copy startup script to /etc and make executable:
sudo cp -r Misc/.startup/.startup-marco.sh /etc/
sudo chmod +x /etc/.startup-marco.sh
Create autostart desktop entry:
cat > ~/.config/autostart/startup-marco.desktop <<'EOF'
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=startup-marco
Exec=/etc/.startup-marco.sh
X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
NoDisplay=false
EOF
sudo chmod +x "~/.config/autostart/startup-marco.desktop" || true
Apply Marco theme and fonts:
gsettings set org.mate.Marco.general theme 'Redmond97 Millennium'
sleep 0.2
gsettings set org.mate.interface font-name 'Tahoma 8'
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences titlebar-font 'Tahoma Bold 8'
gsettings set org.mate.Marco.general titlebar-font 'Tahoma Bold 8'
Change XFCE desktop background to a solid color and install Background.png:
cp -r Misc/Background.png ~/.themes/
xfconf-query --channel xfce4-desktop --list | grep last-image | xargs -r xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -s ~/.themes/Background.png -p
Right click on your desktop background (xfdesktop) and click "Desktop settings"
Set style to "None".
Click on the color box and click on "+" under "Custom".
Paste in this color tag: #3D6FA2 and click "select".
Go into the "Desktop Icons" tab and change the icon size to 32.
Set the "Show icon tooltips: Size:" to 4.
You can optionally set the label background colour to "#3D6FA2".
echo '(gtk_accel_path "<Actions>/ThunarWindow/view-location-selector-entry" "true")' >> ~/.config/Thunar/accels
Configure the Thunar toolbar to match this screenshot:
Download and optionally install Tahoma fonts:
wget "www.dafontfree.co/wp-content/uploads/download-manager-files/Tahoma-4styles-Font.zip"
unzip -o "Tahoma-4styles-Font.zip" -d ./Tahoma-4styles-Font
Install font files system-wide:
sudo cp ./Tahoma-4styles-Font/TAHOMA_0.TTF /usr/share/fonts/truetype/
sudo cp ./Tahoma-4styles-Font/TAHOMAB0.TTF /usr/share/fonts/truetype/
sudo cp ./Tahoma-4styles-Font/TAHOMABD.TTF /usr/share/fonts/truetype/
sudo cp ./Tahoma-4styles-Font/"Tahoma Regular font.ttf" /usr/share/fonts/truetype/
sudo fc-cache -fv
Set Xfce font settings:
xfconf-query --channel xsettings --property /Gtk/FontName --set "Tahoma 8"
xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Xft/Antialias -s 0
xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Xft/Hinting -s 1
xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Xft/HintStyle -s hintfull
xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Xft/RGBA -s vgbr
Replace LightDM greeter configuration:
sudo mv /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf.bak
sudo cp -r Lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf /etc/lightdm/
Replace Whisker menu icon and label: Copy icon:
sudo cp -r Misc/windowsstart2.png /etc/
Set panel button title and icon (adjust plugin number if different):
xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /plugins/plugin-5/button-title --create -t string -s "Start"
xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /plugins/plugin-5/button-icon --create -t string -s "/etc/windowsstart2.png"
xfce4-panel -r
Configure compositor (no window shadows) and start picom: Replace current window manager with marco no-composite:
marco --replace --no-composite &
Restart picom:
pkill picom || true
picom --config ~/.config/picom.conf &
Final steps: The script recommends rebooting. If you want to reboot now:
sudo reboot
Otherwise log out and log back in (or reboot) to ensure all theme and session changes take effect.
Download and extract:
wget "https://www.yohng.com/files/TerminalVector.zip"
unzip -o "TerminalVector.zip" -d ./TerminalVector
sudo cp ./TerminalVector/TerminalVector.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/
sudo fc-cache -fv
Go into "Terminal Preferences" and into the "Appearance" tab.
Pick a font and pick the font "Terminal Vector Normal" and set the value of "Size" to 9.
Go to the "General" tab and set Dynamically-set title to "Isn't displayed" and "Initial title" to:
Administrator: C:
Then set cursor shape to "Underline" and check "Cursor Blinks".
Add this line of code to the end of your .bashrc file (located in ~/):
function msdos_pwd
{
local dir="`pwd`"
echo $dir | tr '/' '\\'
}
export PS1='C:`msdos_pwd`> '
echo "Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00]"
echo "(C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp."
echo
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk3-nocsd.so.0
Your terminal should now look something like this:
Go to the menu-editor (often called menulibre)
Make it match this image:
rename "Games" into "Shutdown..." and create a logut shortcut (xfce4-session-logout), rename "Office" into "Help", rename "Accesories" into "Programs".
Run most commands as your normal desktop user (not root) except where sudo is explicitly used. If gsettings or xfconf-query commands fail when run from a script or at login, ensure the commands run in your graphical session with DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS set. Adjust monitor names in xfconf-query lines to match your system (use xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -l to inspect existing properties).
I (The maintainer of MENT2K) won't take any responbility for broken systems. A restore point is recommended. Install MENT2K at your own risk.