Trying new themes

System:
Kernel: 6.13.6-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=36c93a6e-9ff6-4b7e-81b0-3e99d10522fe rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.3 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.11.0
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603ZM_GU603ZM
v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: GU603ZM v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: GU603ZM.310
date: 08/09/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 79.6 Wh (100.0%) condition: 79.6/90.0 Wh (88.4%)
volts: 15.9 min: 15.9 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: not charging cycles: 19
CPU:
Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700H bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
arch: Alder Lake gen: core 12 level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x9A (154) stepping: 3
microcode: 0x436
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 8 cores: 14 threads: 20 mt: 6 tpc: 2
st: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 1.2 MiB desc: d-8x32 KiB, 6x48 KiB; i-6x32
KiB, 8x64 KiB L2: 11.5 MiB desc: 6x1.2 MiB, 2x2 MiB L3: 24 MiB
desc: 1x24 MiB
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Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: i915 v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Xe process: Intel 10nm
built: 2021-22+ ports: active: none empty: DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:46a6 class-ID: 0380
Device-2: NVIDIA GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: nvidia v: 570.124.04 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
non-free: 550/565.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx)
arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 ports:
active: none off: HDMI-A-1,eDP-1 empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 0000:01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:2520 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-8:3 chip-ID: 13d3:56eb
class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: nouveau
alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
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s-diag: 540mm (21.28")
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Monitor-2: not-matched mapped: HDMI-0 pos: primary res: mode: 2560x1440
hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 109 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23")
diag: 685mm (26.97") modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: iris gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11:
drv: nvidia inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.6 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 570.124.04
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
GPU/PCIe/SSE2 memory: 5.86 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.304 layers: 9 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
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Graphics (ADL GT2) driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:46a6 surfaces: xcb,xlib
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device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:51c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 0000:01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.13.6-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
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Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
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IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel
port: 3000 bus-ID: 0000:2c:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: eno2 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX211 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-10:7 chip-ID: 8087:0033
class-ID: e001
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lmp-v: 12 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
RAID:
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v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:467f rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.4 TiB used: 196.75 GiB (13.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:5 vendor: Western Digital model: WD PC
SN735 SDBPNHH-512G-1002 size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 70626000 temp: 38.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 model: Predator SSD GM7000 1TB
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3.A.J.CR temp: 51.9 C
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 196.75 GiB (41.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:7
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 608 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:6
ID-3: /home raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 196.75 GiB (41.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:7
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 196.75 GiB (41.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:7
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 196.75 GiB (41.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:7
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.31 GiB used: 736.6 MiB (4.7%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842
max-streams: 20 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 45.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 60 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 1800
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.31 GiB used: 4.18 GiB (27.3%)
Processes: 458 Power: uptime: 3h 42m states: freeze,mem,disk
suspend: s2idle avail: deep wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown,
reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 6.06 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1572 libs: 501 tools: gnome-software, octopi,
pacseek, paru Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish
v: 4.0.0 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
System install date:     2025-03-05
Last full system update: 2025-03-11
Is partially upgraded:   Yes
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:

So I’m trying to download and install a new theme for my garuda installation. I’ve been browsing themes but I am clueless as far as what I have to do to install them. I downloaded a file from github but I am at a dead end. What do I do now?

Ask the developer on github, please.

I had some success going through system settings and browsing themes and installing them there. Now I’m trying to figure out how to get a smaller looking dock panel, like shown in the image previewing the theme. I figured out how to edit panels, which is pretty cool, but the selection of panels is somewhat limiting. I noticed on mokka and the other desktop environments things looked a bit different, but I picked dragonized gaming for gaming. Am I on the right trail for potentially transitioning to a different desktop environment?

Its far faster to get them on pling use paru and get the ocs-url an it will take care of it when you hit install. You can also use discover and add them under plasma addons. Anything that is not for plasma 6 will have issue so avoid them. If you still want to manually do it you can see here where all of it goes Plasma themes and plugins | Developer

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