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In this video, you will learn how to install additional themes in Ubuntu 18.04 to make

it look different from the default.

For example, you can make it look like this

like this

or even like this.

You can also change Ubuntu's theme and layout to resemble windows

Or Mac OS X

Hello everyone, It's Average Linux User helping you to install,

configure and use Linux.

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Let's install some Ubuntu themes.

First, let's start with the simplest – Ubuntu Communitheme.

This is how it looks.

It is available in the software center Simply search for communitheme

and install it.

Restart your system.

and at the login screen, click on this setting icon and select communitheme session.

Your new Ubuntu theme is here.

This communitheme is not complete yet, some icons may be missing.

But most of the icons are present and overall this theme looks really great.

check it out I believe many of you will like it.

Next, let's install some themes from gnome-look.org

There are themes for everything.

You primarily need to look at Shell themes, GTK3 themes, Cursors, and Icons.

You can scroll down and see the ranking here.

Select what you like just make sure the theme is not too outdated.

I have already pre-selected a few themes.

The first one is Canta theme

You can read this description on your own.

To install it, go to Files.

And download the theme files.

I will download the standard theme, but you can also download some modified versions.

I will also download icons theme

And Wallpaper

To make this theme look coherent.

Go to your downloads folder

and extract these archives.

Move wallpapers to pictures.

The content of the icons folder needs to be moved

to the .icons folder in your home directory.

You can also run this script to do the same,

but I think a manual way will give a better idea how to install it.

and similarly, the content of the theme folder is moved to .themes folder.

In case you don't find .icons and .themes folders, create them in your home directory.

To be able to see hidden folders, in other words folders which names start with a dot,

go to Nautilus menu and enable "Show hidden files"

Now, when the themes are installed you need to select them in settings,

But you won't find anything like that in the standard Ubuntu settings.

You need to install Gnome Tweaks.

You can install it from the Software Center.

Let's install it.

Launch it.

Tweaks is a very powerful application.

You can change a lot of things here besides themes.

But let's focus on theme settings.

You can select the newly installed Canta theme for Applications

and Icons.

However, as you see here, currently we cannot change Shell theme

because user-theme extension is not enabled.

you can install it from the Software Center.

Search for user themes and install it.

Restart Tweaks.

Now, you can select Canta shell theme.

Let's check how this theme looks.

Unfortunately, not all icons have been changed.

This is because Canta uses some icons from Numix Circle pack.

I found this information on Canta's GitHub page.

This is the page of Numix Circle icons.

To install it, we need to run these commands in the terminal.

Let's do that

Now, the icons look as expected.

Finally, change the wallpaper

Go to pictures and select the downloaded wallpaper.

Canta theme is complete.

It is a very nice theme.

Give it a try!

Using the same approach you can install many other themes.

For example, have a look at Flat Remix theme.

It is one of the most popular icon themes.

Sometimes icons and themes can also be provided as deb packages.

For example, Masalla icon theme.

The installation of such icons or themes is pretty simple.

Download the deb packages

and install them through the software center.

I have shown the installation process for Masalla and Flat remix themes in my

Thing to do after installing Ubuntu video.

I highly recommend you to watch it.

If you are curious, this cursor theme you see is also installed from gnome-look.org

by copying the cursor theme into the .icons folder.

But what if you don't like having this dock panel on the left.

Well, you can move it to the bottom pretty easy and it will look like this.

To get that layout

Open settings and select Dock.

Here you can move the dock panel to the bottom.

You can also change its size to your liking.

The only problem with this layout the application menu is on the right.

Let's move it to the left.

You can do it through dconf editor.

If you don't have it, install it through the software center.

 Simply, search for Show-apps-at-top

and turn it on

Now, the application menu is located on the left side.

Ok, this layout still may not be exactly what you want.

What if you prefer the simplest layout with a single panel at the bottom?

Like this one.

You can achieve it with Dash to panel extension

which can be installed through the software center.

Install it.

Now, there is a single panel at the bottom.

You can go to the settings of this panel and tweak it even further.

Personally, what I don't like about this panel is this dash menu.

It is cumbersome for this minimalist style.

Let's replace it with a smaller menu.

Currently, Arc menu is probably the best option.

Install it.

Here it is.

In my view this menu fits this panel better.

You can go to Gnome Tweak Tools and change its settings.

For example, you can change its appearance.

You can rename it.

And change its icon to Gnome Icon.

The only problem left is this redundant Dash menu.

Let's remove it.

Open Tweaks Go to Extensions

and in the settings of Dash to panel

go to Behavior Tab

disable the Application icon.

Now there is only one menu button

Finally, add some matching this theme wallpaper.

and you have a rather classical but modern-looking desktop.

Many users are also fans of Mac OS like theme and layout

with a top panel and a dock.

You can even get a Dark Mojave Theme on Ubuntu.

Do you wonder how?

Well, you need to do a few steps.

First, let's disable Dash to panel and Arc menu in Tweaks.

Now, open software center and install Dash to dock

It is placed on the left side by default.

Open its settings And select the bottom position.

Next, download Mac OS icon theme

as well as Mac OS shell

and GTK themes

Extract the archives

and move them to the corresponding .icons and .themes folders.

Open Tweaks and select MacOS11 icons and MacOS theme

I have installed only Mojave themes.

There are dark and light versions.

I prefer light.

You also need to change the shell theme to match your application theme.

You can also move these window buttons to the left.

Go to windows

And select left placement.

Finally, change the wallpaper.

and your Ubuntu desktop looks almost like Mac desktop.

But there is still a few things you can add, to make it look even closer to Mac OS.

for example, fonts and some effect.

To do that, I recommend watching the video by Shivam ashtikar.

He provides many more details on how to get the closest possible Mac OS look.

Ileave the link in the description

What was your favorite theme and layout?

Please, leave a comment below.

If you want to learn more about how to install extensions and themes as well as some other Ubuntu tweaksand tips

Watch my 30 things to do after installing Ubuntu video.

Thank you for watching.

For more infomation >> Ubuntu 18.04: Themes, Icons, Layouts - Duration: 11:00.

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eBags Pack it Flat Toiletry Kit - Duration: 3:59.

hey cruisers welcome back to Gear-Athon 26 days of gear reveals and reviews

we're getting towards the end here and we're getting a little bit sad about it

I want to keep going but it's hard to keep that much stuff on hand right today

we are actually featuring a product that we have known and loved for a little

while now and I am loving it so much that I actually wanted to finally do a

review on the product and that is the e bags packet flat toiletry kit it comes

in a variety of sizes and of course we will link to it below but I have been

using it so much that I never unpack it so this little guys literally living in

my closet remaining fully packed and I'm gonna tell you why why I'm using it so

much why I like it and why I think this might be a good investment for you if

you're trying to save a little bit of space in your suitcase so the first

thing that I'm loving about it is that it is by the name you already know it is

flat there is definitely something satisfying about laying this thing on

your on the top of your clothes in your suitcase or in with your packing cubes

and it just doesn't feel boxy it doesn't feel like it takes up a lot of space I'm

loving it and right now it's a little over stuff too so you could even take a

few things out of it if you wanted it to lay a little bit more flat but as you

can see it's probably only about 3 inches fully full thick and that is

wonderful another thing that I'm liking about it is the quality of the zippers

you know I'm fussy about zippers and these zippers are top quality you really

do notice that when you're getting in and out of them quickly hanging it up in

your stateroom all that good stuff another thing that I am loving about it

is that it hangs beautifully on the back of a door in either a hotel or a cruise

cabin you can hang it on your towel rack the back of the door anywhere and this

little hanger is really nice it's top quality and it's tiny it doesn't take up

a lot of space you just simply hang it up just like that you've seen it in my

videos I'm taking it everywhere with me and I'm really crazy about it I even

used the mirror that it comes with here a few times taken it out propped it up

somewhere while I was doing my makeup and it's been fantastic another thing

that I liked about it is it has a few clear compartment so you know that I you

generally pack toiletry bags that have clear plastic viewers in them well these

mesh ones are working just as well for me

here I have a little medicine type kit chapstick band-aids earplugs and a few

basics things like that small travel packet size pain reliever for myself and

my son things like that down here I have some very small sample sample size

bottles for travel things that are about this size and I'd probably have five or

six of them in there along with that little teeny tiny nail file and they fit

beautifully and I just leave them packed all the time for short little weekend

trips and things like that in these other mesh containers as you can see

right here mesh pockets I've got my toothbrushes for the whole family

razor deodorant a bar of soap and some hair gel for the boys so these are

working out great so loving the mesh I also really like these separate

compartments you kind of have to remember what you put where but as you

can see I have kind of cotton balls and q-tips here along with some more

medications and I'll lift that right back up over here I just keep a simple

little thing of travel tissue and then on the other side this is the larger

compartment there's really one zipper on this side this is where I'm keeping some

Clorox wipes for the stateroom and sample packets of shampoo and things

like that so it is really just working out well it's serving me well and I

wanted to come back and give you kind of a post cruise and post use double thumbs

up for this product you can buy it on Amazon you can buy it directly on eBags

website and we will put some links in the description box below to not only

this size but some of the other available toiletry kits from eBags if

this one isn't right for you thank you so much for tuning in for Gear-Athon we

so appreciate all of you be sure to follow cruisetipstv on Instagram

Facebook and Twitter and until next time get in gear and get cruising see you

next time

For more infomation >> eBags Pack it Flat Toiletry Kit - Duration: 3:59.

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Pickleball Blocking Basics - Duration: 4:20.

Depending upon where you play a drive can be just as popular if not more

popular than a third shot drop into the kitchen. If you're going to defend a drive

you need to have some good blocking skills and that's what we're going to

cover today. Stay tuned.

Hey everybody it's CJ Johnson. If you wouldn't mind hitting the

subscribe button over here. What it does is it's going to give you a little

notification anytime that I post a new video and it makes it easier for other

people to find this channel and for me to keep making these videos.

Today you're seeing more drives than ever before. It's not replacing the drop shot but it

certainly is something that you need to be ready for and a good effective block

is going to help you to do that. The first thing we want to talk about when

we talk about blocking is getting in your ready position. What you want to

do is you want to make sure that your weight is up on the balls of your feet.

That way you can move from side to side. So you've utilized your split step and

you're ready to go. The next thing that you want to do is make sure that your

paddle is up here out in front of you because when we contact the ball we're

going to contact it out in front of us. Now typically it's a little easier for

most people especially if you're just starting out with this - to do the block

on your backhand side and that's kind of what I'm going to show you today. With

the block what I'm going to do is I'm going to take and my paddle is either

going to be straight up and down or maybe just slightly tilted. The feel

of the block is that I absorb the power of the shot coming to the paddle so it's

almost like it comes back and forward. It's just a very short little motion

back and forward. I'm not trying to necessarily hit this deep I'm just

trying to put it back into the court and take the power off of it. It looks a little

something like this.

Now if you've just started playing pickleball and you're new to blocking I

really recommend the motion being just straight back and straight through. And

again it's very small it's probably only about an inch to two inches type of a

motion for this block. If you've been playing for a little bit and you're

trying to really deaden the ball, you're starting to learn how to soften the ball

what you can do is tilt the paddle back just a little bit and make this, again

it's still gonna be a very small motion, make this a little high to low. So we're

moving the paddle down about an inch. Now there's no wrist. I'm not flicking my

wrist at it. It's still the same motion but the paddle goes a little bit more

like this. So again beginners you can go straight forward and if you've been

doing this for a while feeling fairly confident with it try and move the

paddle high to low. That's going to put a little backspin on the ball help to deaden

the shot and make it even more effective.

I am super fortunate that I have a great training partner and we can fire balls

that are basically a paddle high or so above the net to each other and that we

can practice this drill a lot. And one of the things I love about training with

her is she will intentionally hit one high every once in a while so I have to

get out of the way. So it also challenges me to make sure that I just don't get

into the habit of hitting the ball back that I let the ball go out if it truly

is out. If you got value from this video if you wouldn't mind giving a little thumbs

up. Tell me how do you practice your blocking. What are the things that you do?

Put it down in the comments below because together we can

Train Smart, Live Bold and Age Well.

For more infomation >> Pickleball Blocking Basics - Duration: 4:20.

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দান করলে সম্পদ ৭০০ গুণ বৃদ্ধি হয় || মুখলেসুর রহমান মাদানী || Bangla Waz Short Video 2018 - Duration: 7:13.

For more infomation >> দান করলে সম্পদ ৭০০ গুণ বৃদ্ধি হয় || মুখলেসুর রহমান মাদানী || Bangla Waz Short Video 2018 - Duration: 7:13.

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Web Design: Part 1 - Good vs. Bad | Design: The Series - Duration: 14:08.

For more infomation >> Web Design: Part 1 - Good vs. Bad | Design: The Series - Duration: 14:08.

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✔️EDM 8D Thái Lan Dành Cho Dân Quẫy 2018 | Nhạc Leo Rank Mùa Hè - Duration: 1:05:33.

For more infomation >> ✔️EDM 8D Thái Lan Dành Cho Dân Quẫy 2018 | Nhạc Leo Rank Mùa Hè - Duration: 1:05:33.

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#MachineGunMilly what's up - Duration: 1:14.

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So Clean !!! Fortnite Battle Royale Highlights #96 - Duration: 7:47.

Shields are gone on you

Just so clean dude

You'll watch this much as watch this is called out playing and outmaneuvering outplayed

See you trapped up Joe. That was clean

That was actually so clean

Using the map to my advantage right there baby. I love that it my guys time for some myth

cosplay

Coming out way that we already know what time it is

Yeah, this is the basketball from snobby shores

Brought all the way to the goal

And we're going to see if it makes a confetti when you hit it and cooking your gunshots

I'm I'm I'm horribly disappointed

Is it really yep, I'm sure

Hundred percent 100% Yup. Yup. Yup blow it he's getting him up

You killed them whether they raise he wouldn't even show

Easily he's laying now boys, you know, he's pissed bro

Someone call the helicopter. I need a pickup fro-yo Oh

God

What the fuck

Kill him shoot him you're dead

That's why no you're the worst I'm fucking places I try to put a fake wall and the wall didn't work it didn't go off

Hey brother, how you doing, man?

Hey you good brother

You got now that's a nursery right there. Hey bad. No that seemed to be kind of good man. You know, I

See any knives man and me. Yeah, I grew up in this town man, you know

Right in the middle building, you know, they called the Trump Tower but you know really mess with him like that

But it's all good, man. You know, it says it's all good, man. I get you I get you man

It's looking all nice and shit. You see them trees right there, man. I think your grandma planted the trees

Oh, yeah, my grandma planted all of them tree man, the whole goddamn town man every tree you see in there man. That was

My grandma man my MA grandma

All right, man. Well, imma had to let you go. Okay?

All right, trying to grind out for tonight and get my get my shit out there in that

Yeah, otherwise, I got to go back to World of Warcraft mate and I'm very over that game. So pretty much

I'm in a fucking first world dilemma problem where you know I make too much money and I complain about it because I

Want to make it in a different genre than I already did

So basically, it's like if Microsoft sold fucking pcs

I'm trying to now turn Microsoft into a company that sells fucking dildos

You understand and for some reason my viewers don't want to fucking buy the dildos

Oh

My god, I thought that was me

I see you I see

Click that nice skirt. Hey, Lena wailing. Oh my god

No thirty-seven for a guy about 200 meters away just like oh shoot

I'll fucking hit him looking at you. See on your name

Wait, they're fighting each other

We pretty stupid if I would actually

Fuck him

In Finnish you didn't finish because I moved it

Fuck you Timothy your doodles

For more infomation >> So Clean !!! Fortnite Battle Royale Highlights #96 - Duration: 7:47.

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Guerra na Síria - Enormes colunas das 'Forças Tigre' vão para o sul - 19.06.2018 - Duration: 4:07.

For more infomation >> Guerra na Síria - Enormes colunas das 'Forças Tigre' vão para o sul - 19.06.2018 - Duration: 4:07.

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YG - Big Bank - Duration: 3:57.

For more infomation >> YG - Big Bank - Duration: 3:57.

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Пока Лена Проблем | "animation" meme - Duration: 1:03.

i have many things to do

im gonna pay (what?)

TAXES(x69)

and here such

there is crap

it-it

an old friend is coming up to me

how are you

well im fine

how are you?

yes like this

im going on business

in a suIT

will you accept me?

i have no place to live

so you understand

l̶e̶n̶a̶ niko is a slob

NO.

bye bye lena

by-by knee-tight problems-

NO

bye bye lena

by-by knee-tight pROBLEMS-

bye-bye lena by

by-by knee-tight problems.

hi please sub uwu

im not advertising myself on my own channel iswear

ok thanks for watching

nagito is hot xd

For more infomation >> Пока Лена Проблем | "animation" meme - Duration: 1:03.

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HILARIOUS "ROYAL HOG" + "HOG RIDER" TROLL DECK in Clash Royale!! - Duration: 15:54.

HILARIOUS "ROYAL HOG" + "HOG RIDER" TROLL DECK in Clash Royale!!

For more infomation >> HILARIOUS "ROYAL HOG" + "HOG RIDER" TROLL DECK in Clash Royale!! - Duration: 15:54.

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Macron: Italia non ha crisi migratoria - Ultima Ora - Duration: 1:25.

(ANSA) - PARIGI, 23 GIU - "Bisogna essere chiari e guardare le cifre. L'Italia non sta vivendo una crisi migratoria come c'era fino all'anno scorso

Chi lo dice, dice una bugia": lo ha detto il presidente francese Emmanuel Macron all'Eliseo dopo l'incontro con il premier spagnolo Pedro Sanchez sottolineando che gli sbarchi rispetto all'anno scorso sono calati dell'80%

Per Macron, siamo invece in presenza in Europa "di una crisi politica" scaturita da "estremisti che giocano sulle paure

Ma non bisogna cedere nulla allo spirito di manipolazione o ipersemplificazione della nostra epoca"

   

For more infomation >> Macron: Italia non ha crisi migratoria - Ultima Ora - Duration: 1:25.

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#IAmAnArtist Painting the background - Duration: 4:35.

For more infomation >> #IAmAnArtist Painting the background - Duration: 4:35.

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Eddie Jones says England are 'coming to a peak' after win over South Africa - Duration: 3:54.

Eddie Jones says he would love to arrange another Test against South Africa this Saturday, following England's stress-relieving 25-10 victory against the Springboks

The visitors will fly home as series losers but the head coach believes his team showed crucial signs of improvement in their final game

Assisted by a 14-6 penalty count in their favour, England led for the majority of the match to record their first win against South Africa in Cape Town

"We just handled the big moments better today," Jones said."We kept our composure and just focused on the next play

"We'd like to play South Africa next week because we're coming to a peak now, so we're trying to arrange a game at Twickenham for next week

" Jones also paid tribute to England's try-scorer Jonny May, who has now touched down in each of his past five Tests, one short of the English record held by Rory Underwood

"Jonny May has been outstanding on this tour.He's scored three tries and was probably involved in two or three others

He's been incredible.He nearly gave them a try, then he saved a try, then I thought he was going to run into one of the corporate boxes in the far grandstand

" Among other players who impressed Jones in the third Test were Chris Robshaw, Tom Curry, Joe Marler and Danny Cipriani, whose cross-kick created May's crucial score

"I said before the game we might not have many opportunities.There was one opportunity for us to score a try, it was a beautifully weighted kick and we scored, so I'm sure he'll be on the front page of The Sun

" The Springbok head coach, Rassie Erasmus, however, said his third Test selection had been partly experimental with the series already in the bag

"We experimented with the Championship in mind .you can't really experiment against the All Blacks," Erasmus said

"We weren't at the same level intensity‑wise today." Overall, however, Jones believes the series was a positive one for Test rugby

"I thought it was a great series.For the health of Test rugby it was fantastic.The South African side are revitalised, well coached with a good balance of players

"For the first two games South Africa were too good.They deserved to win the series but there were only small margins in it

I feel better than I did on the first two weekends but that only lasts for about three or four hours

For more infomation >> Eddie Jones says England are 'coming to a peak' after win over South Africa - Duration: 3:54.

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Al menos 600 personas celebran triunfo del Tri en la Minerva - Duration: 2:45.

  La tarde de este sábado se presentó un incendio en un par de bodegas en la colonia San Carlos, en Guadalajara, evento que por sus dimensiones se tuvo que solicitar el apoyo a distintas corporaciones municipales, informó la Dirección de Bomberos y Protección Civil

  El incidente ocurrió alrededor de las tres de la tarde en el cruce de las calles Matías Romero y González Gallo

Al circular una unidad de Bomberos Guadalajara por el lugar personas les solicitaron apoyo, indicó Víctor Hugo Roldán Guerrero, director de Operaciones de la dependencia

  Al acudir a verificar hallaron el fuego propagado en una bodega de colchones de una extensión de 20 por 40 metros, tras lo que procedieron a combatir el siniestro

  El fuego alcanzó otra bodega de las mismas dimensiones en la que se almacenaba aglomerado para fabricar pintarrones, la cual también se consumió casi en su totalidad

  "Atacamos por tres frentes, evitamos que se propague a una fábrica de calzado, a una refaccionaria, un almacén y estacionamiento de vehículos y así como una empresa que se encarga de instalación de tanques de gas natural"

  Tras poco más de una hora los bomberos habían logrado controlar el fuego por lo que se procedió a las labores de remoción de escombros

  En este hecho participaron elementos de Guadalajara, Zapopan, Tlaquepaque, Tlajomulco, El Salto y de la Unidad Estatal de Protección Civil y Bomberos

Las autoridades iniciaron con la evaluación de la estructura del inmueble y en los peritajes para establecer las causas del hecho

  SA

For more infomation >> Al menos 600 personas celebran triunfo del Tri en la Minerva - Duration: 2:45.

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Η Μυρτώ Αλικάκη διαθέτει ένα πολύ ωραίο σώμα καθώς «λιώνει» στη γυμναστική και προσέχει τη διατροφή - Duration: 1:09.

Η Μυρτώ Αλικάκη με μπικίνι μαγιό και χωρίς ίχνος ρετούς  Η Μυρτώ Αλικάκη διαθέτει ένα πολύ ωραίο σώμα καθώς «λιώνει» στη γυμναστική και προσέχει τη διατροφή της

  Η ηθοποιός ξέκλεψε χρόνο από τα γυρίσματα της σειράς «Τατουάζ» και απόλαυσε τις βουτιές της

Έβαλε το μπικίνι μαγιό της που τόνιζε το καλλίγραμμο σώμα της και έκανε το μπάνιο της σε πισίνα και στη συνέχεια χαλάρωσε στην ξαπλώστρα κάνοντας την ηλιοθεραπεία της

Δείτε τη φωτογραφία που πόσταρε στην προσωπική της σελίδα στο instagram.

For more infomation >> Η Μυρτώ Αλικάκη διαθέτει ένα πολύ ωραίο σώμα καθώς «λιώνει» στη γυμναστική και προσέχει τη διατροφή - Duration: 1:09.

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World Cup: Germany given a second chance by Toni Kroos, but are Joachim Low's team equipped to take - Duration: 4:33.

With one true swing of the right boot, Toni Kroos gave Germany life again.Less than a minute from a result which would have left their hopes in the far from trustworthy hands of their rivals, the world champions were handed the rarest of World Cup gifts — a second chance

For a large portion of its game against Sweden, Germany looked like becoming the latest in a long line of fallen champions, and the fourth reigning champ in the past five World Cups to bow out in the group stage

Down to a delightfully delicate Ola Toivanen chip at the break, Marco Reus pulled it back level straight after half-time, but a draw would not have been enough to secure a good night's sleep for the Germans

This was a must-win game, and for about 94 minutes that task looked unachievable.And then, Kroos

The man who had been so lacklustre in the heart of a sluggish midfield against Mexico, and who had sloppily given the ball away for Sweden's shell-shocking opener, stood over the dead ball and produced something truly special

His free-kick, one of unbelievable technique and audacity, was not only redemption for his struggling team but for himself

Kroos knows what pressure feels like, a career with Real Madrid and Germany ensures that, and he embraced this moment like he was born for it

But the time for reflection and celebration is short for Germany.This result merely spares them the executioner's axe for one game more, and won't be enough to take Die Mannschaft off the chopping block for good

If Joachim Low can't see his team's problems now, he never will.The fact the same issues that were blindingly apparent against Mexico remained on show against Sweden is cause for concern enough, but should they appear again against South Korea or in the second round, Low will cop a pasting from fans and press alike back home

His side's suicidally high line, deployed using defenders and midfielders who aren't especially quick and with the full-backs heavily advanced, has been exposed by both Germany's opponents so far

Against Mexico, one of the most impressive sides of the tournament so far, Germany was lucky as El Tri wasted many a promising counter-attacking opportunity

Sweden wasn't as swift as Mexico on the break, but still broke Germany open much too easily, scoring once in transition and making a serious claim for a penalty with another

Really good teams, the sorts of teams the Germans would have expected to play from the quarter-finals onwards, will not be so generous

Play with fire against Spain, Brazil, Belgium, France or maybe even this current England team, and the result will be a frightful burning

On the ball, Germany is patient and pretty but its uncharacteristic wastefulness has been a killer

Thomas Muller, normally a marksman to be feared at the World Cup, has barely had a sniff and young striker Timo Werner has not yet played to his potential — that Low has turned to Mario Gomez off the bench in both games stinks of desperation

Reus's inclusion reaped rewards, but came at the expense of Mesut Ozil, a player whose craft is confused for nonchalance and was made to pay a price for the Mexico loss

There is room for both in a Germany side functioning properly.So we wait for answers as to the validity of Germany's challenge, and whether Kroos's moment of magic is the sort of morale-boost that inspires a spirited resurgence or just a feel-good highlight that papers over the substantial cracks

Perhaps the only thing we know is that, now more than ever, you can never really count out the Germans