Chicagofier
As seen on Michael MJD's video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5UeSj2F-yc!
Unofficial fan-made script for transforming a system with the Chicago95 theme (currently only supports Xubuntu)
Chicago95 is an AMAZING theme for XFCE, however its held back by its Terminal-heavy installation procedure for getting the full transformation*. This script is a script that transforms an install of XFCE with very little user interaction required, making the whole transformation more noob-friendly to pull off. Additionally, it also includes some patches for the Chicago95 experience, and integrates Chicago95 Plus into the applications menu.
*You can also use the repository and .deb packages, though, if that suits you. No idea how much of the transformation happens when doing this method in Xubuntu, though. If anyone wants to contribute distro-agnostic-ness to this script, however, I guess it'd have the additional point of being a noob-friendlier method for other Linux Distros there aren't yet Chicago95 packages for (e.g.: Solus).
Patches to Chicago95:
- The 'No CSD' CSS is enabled for Chicago95 GTK3 (since this installs gtk3-nocsd)
- Chicago95 Plus's storage has been moved to a hidden folder in your Home Folder instead of populating Pictures with its files
Requirements
- Xubuntu 18.04 or newer (only tested on Xubuntu 20.04 LTS)
- Being logged in as an administrator account (first user's an administrator)
Notes
- Firefox will be (with your permission) replaced with Epiphany during installation since Firefox looks bad/unfitting for one (especially in this theme) and two Epiphany fits better in this theme
Installation
Step 1
Download Chicagofier from Releases (a 'Source Code' download).
Step 2
Extract the downloaded file with your archive manager (right-click, Extract Here).
Step 3
Open a Terminal in the current folder.
Step 4
Run the script in the Terminal window (bash ./chicagofier.sh) and then read the message shown, followed by pressing ENTER and inputting your password after.
Step 5
Leave the Terminal to do its thing. Eventually it'll end up asking you if you'd like to replace Firefox with another browser. When it does, choose as you'd like. It is your choice if you replace Firefox or not.
Step 6
Leave the Terminal to do its thing, again. Eventually it'll end up showing the screen shown in the image below.
Step 6
Go through the Setup process while leaving everything on their defaults.
Step 7
Again, let the installation happen.
Step 8
Once it's done, you'll see this page of Setup, and a Text Editor window. Click 'Finish'.
Step 9
Now you're done, if you choose to keep Firefox or chose to install Pale Moon, you'll now need to wait for the respective browser(s) to open up automatically so that you can install their appropriate themes to match Chicago95's theme.
Once you're done, close the browsers and press ENTER in the Terminal window.
Step 9
Your computer will restart. But you're not done yet.
Step 10
To finish things off, open the "Chicago95 Post-Install" file on your Desktop, and follow the instructions on there ("XFCE Settings Manager" is the Settings window).
TIP: In the Browse Icons dialog, change the 'select icons from' to "Image Files" and then right-click the files pane and select "Show Hidden Files" to see the .themes folder when applying the icon for the Whisker Start button.
Step 11
You're done, enjoy Chicago95!
Screenshots
Code and license
License: GPL-2.0 (check Chicago95's own repository for their own license)