Hey there!

So I just got Debian installed today with XFCE, works great! Then I see sub-reddits like r/xfce and r/unixporn, and there are a lot of great desktops posted on both pages, often with all the configs/files they used. I'm super inspired to customize my own desktop cause it looks awesome, but I guess as a beginner, this is all a little confusing.

But I guess my question is, how do people actually design these themes? Where do people go to find these themes/icons/wallpapers/taskbars/widgets/window managers/etc? And how do you know where to install or place these things when you are ricing your desktop?

I've spent a couple hours today doing my own searching, and it's hard to just find any good, definitive, non-outdated "how-to" guide or "start here" for this stuff, specifically with xfce. I also watched some videos of others doing it, but I notice discrepancies sometimes, specifically as to where files should go (Example: For placing themes, I've seen some guides say to place it in "/usr/share/themes", others say "~/.local/themes", one said "~/.themes").

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!