Change backgrounds and themes in E17 openSUSE 12.2

 This is a continuation of an earlier article, openSUSE trying to offer E17 as mainline desktop. Read the linked article to know more about installing E17 (Enlightenment) on top of openSUSE desktop. This article focuses on changing desktop backgrounds and themes.

Change Backgrounds

 I chose to download static backgrounds from E17 oriented site e17-stuff.org. I download the background files in *.jpg or *.png formats and placed them in default "Backgrounds" folder :-

/home/<UserProfileName>/.e/e/backgrounds (Or) ~/.e/e/backgrounds

 To change background on E17 I open the relevant settings through Dock ==> Up arrow ==> Settings ==> Wallpaper. 

 In the background changer tool I "Turn Off" the checkbox ("Use Theme Wallpaper") and then chose the background and when I pressed the "Apply" button i get an error stating "Enlightenment was unable to import the picture due to conversion errors."

 Then i click on the "Advanced" button and again chose the required background and click "Apply" . This time it complies and changes the background. It is kind of weird but it works !!!

Animated Backgrounds

 The animated backgrounds for E17 can be downloaded from this link. Usually these files are of file pattern "*.edj" . I downloaded Cracked Earth and placed it inside themes folder :-

/home/<UserProfileName>/.e/e/themes (Or) ~/.e/e/themes.

  I restart E17 desktop using the menu Dock ==> Up Arrow ==> Enlightenment ==> Restart. After restarting desktop I change theme using the menu Dock ==> Up Arrow ==> Settings ==> Theme ==> "Animated Background"

 After setting the background we can see the new background as shown below. Cracked Earth background looks polished and the golden E17 logo is animated.

Change Theme

 I downloaded the theme files from here  which are also of file format "*.edj" and then placed them in themes folder . The steps for changing theme are similar to that of using "Animated Background" described above. The below screenshot is E17 with Camou theme. E17 themes are cool because they change window themes, backgrounds and icons in a single click.

 Also checkout :- Weather forecast gadget,much more about E17 on openSUSE 12.2