# Customizing Maya on Linux

**URL:** https://forum.highend3d.com/t/customizing-maya-on-linux/68579
**Category:** Archived
**Tags:** linux-forum
**Created:** [January 15, 2002, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/customizing-maya-on-linux/68579 "2002-01-15T02:10:33Z")
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### Author: ![panther](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@panther](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/panther)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2002, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/customizing-maya-on-linux/68579/1 "2002-01-15T02:10:33Z")

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Does anyone know how to change the default white color of Maya's Main Window under Linux?

I used to change this using the SGI's themes (like Gotham). Working in film, the gamma of our monitors are set so high that it hurts my eyes. I can get the 3D background window to medium gray but the rest of Maya remains a glaring white.

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### Author: ![gmask](https://forum.highend3d.com/user_avatar/forum.highend3d.com/gmask/32/192_2.png) [@gmask](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/gmask)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2002, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/customizing-maya-on-linux/68579/2 "2002-01-21T22:00:38Z")

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There are preferences for the GUI colors of Maya|Windows|Setting/Preferences|colors

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### Author: ![panther](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@panther](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/panther)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2002, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/customizing-maya-on-linux/68579/3 "2002-01-22T07:50:32Z")

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> There are preferences for the GUI colors of Maya|Windows|Setting/Preferences|colors

I know about the Pref/Colors menu. This changes mostly the items that occur in the viewports but not the gui itself (usually white). I can currently only change that if I change the Theme setting on Windows/SGI boxes. So I found out a way to enforce the Theme's colors on non-KDE apps but Maya does not listen. Slim/Renderman does, however.

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### Author: ![gmask](https://forum.highend3d.com/user_avatar/forum.highend3d.com/gmask/32/192_2.png) [@gmask](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/gmask)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2002, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/customizing-maya-on-linux/68579/4 "2002-01-22T22:38:05Z")

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Do you mean the text entry boxes and the feedback panel? Yeah I guess you can't set those with the color preferences. Hmmm...

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