Sonic Geekery

'Theming" LibreOffice is a little tricky with methods and file locations changing between versions and operating systems.  For example, the README.md in the example we're about to  download contains a few instructions that no longer work.  We'll be fixing that in this series of posts.   Linux, Mac OS, Windows: 1.   Download  LibreOffice BreezeDark by the awesome RaitaroH . 2. Open the .zip file and extract it's contents to a convenient location.  The Downloads folder is handy for this. Next:     Part 2: Linux    Part 3: Mac OS    Part 4: Windows

1) The desktop background appears and nothing else: Most likely the virtual machine can't access the system resources it needs.  This can be caused by: a) Applications running on the host operating system. b) Resource allocation in the virtual machine settings. c) Both a and b. a) If you're like me you have Chrome open with a large number of tabs that you have a tendency to forget about.  If that's the case, close Chrome and any other application that can be resource hungry and try again. b) Look at Memory, Processor, and Graphics settings for the virtual machine as well as the system requirements for both host and guest operating system.  If you have have more than enough to run both at the same time, gently adjust the settings and try again.  Also try turning of 3d acceleration in the graphics settings.  I have so far not seen a problem leaving it enabled, but that doesn't mean issues don't exist.  Some versions of operating systems are mo...