Library or program

URL

Mozilla

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/svg/

OpenOffice

http://graphics.openoffice.org/svg/svg.htm

Adobe SVG Plug in

http://www.adobe.com/svg/

Themes

Images and logos are part of the bigger topic of themes. The standard choices 

the Linux distributors or desktop projects make here (for example, Ximian 

Industrial, Red Hat BlueCurve, Mandrake galaxy II or KDE Plastik theme) are 

quite reasonable and most users are comfortable with them. 

Designing a new theme from scratch is probably not worth the effort and could be 

confusing to users reading standard documentation from the Linux distributors. If 

you really feel the need to design a corporate theme yourself then first visit the 

following Web sites to check if a theme that meets your needs is already 

designed and available:

  http://themes.freshmeat.net

  http://www.customize.org

  http://www.kde look.org

  http://art.gnome.org

  http://www.crystalgnome.org

Even when you decide to use a standard theme you can make a lot of small 

changes to refine the look even further, since not all graphics and theme 

developments (which is a very diverse area on its own) are adapted by the Linux 

distributors. 

Take a look at KDE OpenOffice integration and Mozillux projects to see what is 

possible today.

  http://www.polinux.upv.es/mozilla

  http://kde.openoffice.org

Using a Windows XP theme with KDE or GNOME is probably not a good thing 

since users will expect exactly the same behavior as with Windows, which of 

course is not the case using Linux and could be quite confusing.

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