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Sardi icons

Sardi icons are a versatile icon theme for Linux desktops, known for their high degree of customization and variety. Created with the idea of allowing users to easily tweak and change their appearance, Sardi icons come in multiple variants and styles, catering to different tastes and desktop environments.

The Sardi icon set includes various themes, each with its own unique design approach, from flat and minimalist to more detailed and realistic representations. These icons are designed to be easily modifiable, encouraging users to experiment and create their own custom versions. This flexibility makes Sardi icons particularly appealing to users who enjoy personalizing their desktop environments to match their preferences.

Surfn icons

Surfn icons are another intriguing aspect of user interface design, particularly within the Linux community. These icons are celebrated for their vibrant colors, rounded shapes, and modern aesthetic, making them a popular choice for users looking to add a fresh and lively look to their desktop environment.

Key Features of Surfn Icons:

  • Vibrant Colors: Surfn icons are known for their bright and vivid color palette. This characteristic makes them stand out and adds a dynamic look to the desktop.
  • Rounded Shapes: The icons feature rounded corners and soft edges, contributing to a friendly and approachable user interface.
  • Modern Aesthetic: With a design that emphasizes simplicity and cleanliness, Surfn icons align well with contemporary UI trends.
  • Compatibility: Surfn icons are designed to be compatible with a wide range of Linux desktop environments, ensuring that they can be used by a broad audience.
Creation of Surfn-numixs

Creation of Surfn-numixs

SSD and Rolling Releases: The speaker mentions an SSD used since May 2018 for the development of Sardi and Surfing icons, emphasizing the long-term, rolling release nature of their setup. Firefox and Script Utilization: They highlight using Firefox for accessing…

Sardi Flexibility – the creation of Sardi Mono Numix Mexican

Sardi Flexibility – the creation of Sardi Mono Numix Mexican

As pointed out in this article Sardi aims to achieve several objectives. This article proves how flexible Sardi icons can be. Let us create Sardi Mono Numix Colora Mexican from Sardi Mono Numix Colora. The procedure to create any new icon theme using the modularity is…

Sardi Flexibility – the creation of Sardi Mono Numix Hot Pink

Sardi Flexibility – the creation of Sardi Mono Numix Hot Pink

As pointed out in this article Sardi aims to achieve several objectives. This article proves how flexible Sardi icons can be. Let us create Sardi Mono Numix Colora Hot Pink from Sardi Mono Numix Colora. The procedure to create any new icon theme using the modularity…

Sardi Modularity and Flexibility – the creation of Sardi Luv Red

Sardi Modularity and Flexibility – the creation of Sardi Luv Red

As pointed out in this article Sardi aims to achieve several objectives. This article proves how modular Sardi icons can be and in this article we will show you also the flexibility. With the use of scripts we can change the colour of the icons. Let us create Sardi…

Sardi Modularity – the creation of Numix Circle Arc

Sardi Modularity – the creation of Numix Circle Arc

As pointed out in this article Sardi aims to achieve several objectives. This article proves how modular Sardi icons can be. Let us create Numix Circle Arc combining Numix Circle and Sardi Arc. The procedure to create any new icon theme using the modularity is as…

Sardi Modularity – the creation of Sardi Orb Numix

Sardi Modularity – the creation of Sardi Orb Numix

As pointed out in this article Sardi aims to achieve several objectives. This article proves how modular Sardi icons can be. Let us create Sardi Orb Numix combining Sardi Orb Colora and Sardi Mono Numix. The procedure to create any new icon theme using the modularity…

Sardi Modularity – the creation of Sardi Polo

Sardi Modularity – the creation of Sardi Polo

As pointed out in this article Sardi aims to achieve several objectives. This article proves how modular Sardi icons can be. Let us create Sardi Polo combining Sardi Mono Colora and Sardi. The procedure to create any new icon theme using the modularity is as follows…

Sardi Modularity – the creation of Sardi Vertexed

Sardi Modularity – the creation of Sardi Vertexed

As pointed out in this article Sardi aims to achieve several objectives. This article proves how modular Sardi icons can be. Let us create Sardi Vertexed combining Sardi Mono Vertexed and Sardi. The procedure to create any new icon theme using the modularity is as…

Sardi Modularity – the creation of Sardi Papirus

Sardi Modularity – the creation of Sardi Papirus

As pointed out in this article Sardi aims to achieve several objectives. This article proves how modular Sardi icons can be. Let us create Sardi Papirus combining Sardi Mono Papirus Colora and Sardi. The procedure to create any new icon theme using the modularity is…

Sardi Modularity – the creation of Sardi Numix

Sardi Modularity – the creation of Sardi Numix

As pointed out in this article Sardi aims to achieve several objectives. This article proves how modular Sardi icons can be. Let us create Sardi Numix combining Sardi Mono Numix and Sardi. The procedure to create any new icon theme using the modularity is as follows…

Sardi Modularity – the creation of Sardi Mint-X-Grey

Sardi Modularity – the creation of Sardi Mint-X-Grey

As pointed out in this article Sardi aims to achieve several objectives. This article proves how modular Sardi icons can be. Let us create Sardi Mint-X-Grey combining Sardi Mono Mint-X-Grey and Sardi. The procedure to create any new icon theme using the modularity is…

Sardi Modularity – the creation of Sardi Evopop

Sardi Modularity – the creation of Sardi Evopop

As pointed out in this article Sardi aims to achieve several objectives. This article proves how modular Sardi icons can be. Let us create Sardi Evopop combining Sardi Flat Evopop and Sardi. The procedure to create any new icon theme using the modularity is as follows…

Sardi Modularity – the creation of Sardi Luv

Sardi Modularity – the creation of Sardi Luv

As pointed out in this article Sardi aims to achieve several objectives. This article proves how modular Sardi icons can be. Let us create Sardi Luv combining Sardi Flexible Luv Colora and Sardi. The procedure to create any new icon theme using the modularity is as…

Sardi Modularity – the creation of Sardi Mono Arc

Sardi Modularity – the creation of Sardi Mono Arc

As pointed out in this article Sardi aims to achieve several objectives. This article proves how modular Sardi icons can be. Let us create Sardi Mono Arc combining Sardi Mono and Sardi Arc. The procedure to create any new icon theme using the modularity is as follows…

Creation of Sardi Mono Numix Colora Vampire

Creation of Sardi Mono Numix Colora Vampire

Following the colouring of the conky Aureola Acros I wanted to know if I could match those colours to the folder icons. Sardi Mono Numix Colora has a script to change the colours. Each of the parts can be changed via these colour codes. Follow the steps in the video…

Mixing icons of Sardi and Breeze dark and make Sardi Breeze Dark

Mixing icons of Sardi and Breeze dark and make Sardi Breeze Dark

When I was testing the sardi icons on the 40+ distro’s I came across the icon theme Breeze from the KDE or Plasma desktop environment. I wondered if I could combine those icons with the sardi icons and whether it would look good. That is the topic at hand in the…

Mixing icons of Sardi and Faba and make Sardi Flexible Faba

Mixing icons of Sardi and Faba and make Sardi Flexible Faba

On my personal github @ https://github.com/erikdubois/themes-icons-pack I want to collect (and easily install) all the best icons and themes out there. When I was updating this github repository I remembered I like the faba icon folders and wondered if I could combine…

Make it yourself icon theme : Sardi Numix

Make it yourself icon theme : Sardi Numix

Sardi has an icon set named Sardi Mono Numix which combines monochrome applications with yellow folders.  Like so. BUT you can as easily mix them with Sardi icons instead of the Sardi Mono icons. That is the topic at hand in the tutorial. OR Just download all the…

Make it yourself icon theme : Sardi Ghost Flexible Heavy Metal

Make it yourself icon theme : Sardi Ghost Flexible Heavy Metal

In the Sardi Ghost Flexible folder you will find a script to change all white colored icons to any colour you want. We start with the white colour (#ffffff) and will change it to this colour (#42453c). We end up making a new icon theme with the name Sardi Ghost…

Make it yourself icon theme : from Sardi Colora to Sardi Gothic

Make it yourself icon theme : from Sardi Colora to Sardi Gothic

In the Sardi Colora folder you will find a script to change all orange colored icons to any colour you want. The standard new colour is a dark red from the old icon theme Sardi Red. Sardi Red is no longer included since you can now make it via this script. We start…

Make it yourself icon theme : Sardi Flexible Heavy Metal

Make it yourself icon theme : Sardi Flexible Heavy Metal

In the Sardi Flexible folder you will find a script to change all blue colored icons to any colour you want. We start with the blue colour (#1793d1) and will change it to this colour (#42453c). We end up making a new icon theme with the name Sardi Flexible Heavy…

Make it yourself icon theme : Sardi Flexible Froly

Make it yourself icon theme : Sardi Flexible Froly

In the Sardi Flexible folder you will find a script to change all blue colored icons to any colour you want. We start with the blue colour (#1793d1) and will change it to this colour (#e16b79). We end up making a new icon theme with the name Sardi Flexible Froly. 16…

Make it yourself icon theme : Sardi Flexible Quicksand

Make it yourself icon theme : Sardi Flexible Quicksand

In the Sardi Flexible folder you will find a script to change all blue colored icons to any colour you want. We start with the blue colour (#1793d1) and will change it to this colour (#af847d). We end up making a new icon theme with the name Sardi Flexible Quicksand….

Make it yourself icon theme : Sardi Flat Arc

Make it yourself icon theme : Sardi Flat Arc

Mid august 2016 I have discovered the arc folders from horst3180 and I have mixed them with Sardi in two icon themes. Sardi Arc Sardi Flexible Arc You can as easily mix them with Sardi Flat icons. That is the topic at hand in the tutorial. OR Just download all the…

How to fix those icons that do not change with any icon theme

How to fix those icons that do not change with any icon theme

After you downloaded the Sardi icon collection that is hosted on Sourceforge and after following the steps how to install the Sardi icon theme, you will see that some of the icons in any distro will NEVER change. Download the Sardi Icons Content of the tutorial select…

Mixing icons of Sardi and Papirus and make Sardi Papirus

Mixing icons of Sardi and Papirus and make Sardi Papirus

The fun in linux is that you can actually change any aspect of the desktop and more… In this tutorial we combine parts of the Sardi icons with parts of Papirus Dark icons. You can follow or change the choices I made. Endresult Requirements Download the icons…

Make it yourself Sardi icon theme playlist

Make it yourself Sardi icon theme playlist

In this playlist the Sardi icons are central. There are many scripts included to make the sardi icons your own personal icon set. You can change colours and mix different icon themes. How to make your own personal icon theme is explained in these movies. The Sardi…

Sardi Flexible

Sardi Flexible

Sardi Flexible was an idea that was slumbering in my head and never got around to do it due to lack in time but also lack in knowledge of scripting. I wanted to make a script that could achieve that all icons in Sardi would change quickly and easily. No manual labor…

How to personalize the Sardi icon theme an overview

How to personalize the Sardi icon theme an overview

1. Use the scripts from Sardi You can use the Sardi scripts that are available in the folders to change them of colour. Flexibility is one of the objectives in Sardi. Sardi Flexible is a great example. This is just one icon theme but we changed the colour depending on…

How to make a new Sardi Icon theme based on gray folders of Numix

How to make a new Sardi Icon theme based on gray folders of Numix

We found out that Numix comes in different folder colors. What if we use the gray colors in combination with Sardi Mono. Or how to make a new icon theme. Let us make a new icon set with gray Numix folders and Sardi Mono icons Contents of movie other colors are…

How to make a new Sardi Icon theme based on orange folders of Numix

How to make a new Sardi Icon theme based on orange folders of Numix

The idea is to combine the yellow folders from Numix theme and the Sardi Mono icon theme of the icons. Contents of movie mixing themes download the Numix theme copy/paste code the codes in a terminal to have the numix icon theme /usr/share/icons is where all the icons…

How does the index.theme in Sardi Icons works part 3

How does the index.theme in Sardi Icons works part 3

This movie is explaining how inherits works, how we can change icon themes the way WE WANT THEM TO WORK. We do not like the small icons that are in the menu’s of Sardi Mono Mint-X-Grey and we want to change theme. How can we proceed? Let us do this exercise and…

How does the index.theme in Sardi Icons works part 2

How does the index.theme in Sardi Icons works part 2

You will need to tell your theme what folder to include and what their purpose is. We will go over that briefly in this movie. Contents of movie what does example do? Structure of your icons Directories list Properties of the different directories  

How does the index.theme in Sardi Icons works part 1

How does the index.theme in Sardi Icons works part 1

Let us analyze the Sardi theme and any theme for that matter. I do not pretend to know all there is to know about themes in linux. I am taking some baby steps here and explain what I have learned so far. Contents of movie How to make a new theme Rename the name…

How to change the Sardi icon set yourself

How to change the Sardi icon set yourself

Working with the sardi icon set and opening each and every svg file made me understand that these icons were just files. If I change a number on the same place in all the files it resulted in all the icons being red or black or orange. Here is how. Watch out from what…