Customizing the Window Manager in Linux Mint 18 xfce
I've found some of the articles and tutorials out there to be either confusing or lacking in detail. So I'm making this post to show how to install a custom Window Manager in Linux Mint, specifically for the XFCE light-weight edition. The reason why you'd want to do this is if you find the out-of-the-box window controls (minimize, maximize, close) to be too small or not to your liking. In XFCE I personally find this to be the case, though the Kokodi window manager provides decent controls. First, you'll need to find and download a custom window manager . Once you decide on one you like, download it from the Files section: Then, in a terminal window, uncompress the downloaded file to the /usr/share/themes (or ~/.themes if you're not allowed or don't want to make changes to /usr/share/themes) directory. user@linux-mint18 ~/Downloads $ sudo tar xvzf 43023-LiNsta-Black-Plastic.tar.gz /usr/share/themes [sudo] password for user: LiNsta-Black-Plastic