Grey with pink-highlights theme

August 01, 2026 — BarryK

EasyOS version 7.4.6 has a new theme. I posted about it in the latest YouTube video, Part-24:

"EasyOS Part24: Themes"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KY1up1JhXM

There have been previous blog posts showing the themes in earlier releases of EasyOS, for example:

Another look at EasyOS themes — April 27, 2026

Screen snapshot:

...this is the same theme as used in QV (Quantum Vis) -- another experimental Linux distribution, development currently on-hold.

The file in woofQ2, woofq2/configure/x86_64/default-theme, which becomes /root/.packages/default-theme in a running EasyOS, has this for 7.4.6:

#gtk, jwm, wallpaper: names of pet pkgs, which may actually have more than one
# theme inside, hence the : separator with actual theme name.
DEFAULT_THEME_GTK2='gtk_2_3_theme_flat-grey-rounded3:flat-grey-rounded3'
DEFAULT_THEME_GTK3='gtk_2_3_theme_flat-grey-rounded3:flat-grey-rounded3'
DEFAULT_THEME_JWM='jwm3_theme_easygrey:EasyGrey'
DEFAULT_THEME_WALLPAPER='desk_background_galah_pink_grey1:galah-pink-grey1.jpg'
DEFAULT_THEME_DESK_ICONS='desk_icon_theme_treepata_black_pinkish:treepata-black-pinkish'
DEFAULT_THEME_ROX_TEXT_FOREGROUND='#15150b0b0000' #very dark brown
DEFAULT_THEME_ROX_TEXT_SHADOW='0' #0=none
DEFAULT_THEME_ROX_TEXT_FONT='Open Sans Semi-Bold 13'
DEFAULT_THEME_XORG_TEXT_DPI=102
#20240117 3buildeasydistro: write these into /etc/gtk-3.0/settings.ini:
# ${DEFAULT_THEME_GTK3##*:} and
DEFAULT_GTK3_FONT_NAME='Open Sans Semibold 13'
#20240118 set to one of these: blue green grey orange (default orange)
DEFAULT_THEME_BASE_COLOR='grey'
#20260426 text colors in rox window... very dark brown... 7.4.6 go back to default black...
#DEFAULT_THEME_ROX_UNKN_COLOR='#303000000000'
#DEFAULT_THEME_ROX_BDEV_COLOR='#303000000000'
#DEFAULT_THEME_ROX_FILE_COLOR='#303000000000'
#DEFAULT_THEME_ROX_DIR_COLOR='#303000000000'
#DEFAULT_THEME_ROX_CDEV_COLOR='#303000000000'
#DEFAULT_THEME_ROX_PIPE_COLOR='#303000000000'
#20260617 choose chromium theme (default is blue). allowed values: "orange", "yellow", "grey", "green"
DEFAULT_THEME_CHROMIUM='grey'
#20260618 xcursor themes are in /usr/share/icons
# exs: blue_animated_36 blue_animated_48 magenta_animated_36 magenta_animated_48 simple_blue_28 simple_white_28 simple_white_32 simple_yellow_28
DEFAULT_THEME_XCURSOR='magenta_animated_36'

I'll be traveling extensively in the countryside soon, and expect to take photos, one of which may end up as the next wallpaper.

Do you like the grey theme better than the previous orange theme? Or would you prefer a more soothing blue theme? Let me know in the forum.

Tags: easy