Zukitwo, Zukini, Holo Theme Packs Updated For GNOME 3.4 [Ubuntu PPA]

Zukitwo, Zukini and Holo (unofficial) GTK2/3/GNOME Shell themes have been updated to work with GNOME 3.4 (so they work in Ubuntu 12.04) and are now available in the WebUpd8 themes PPA.

To be able to install the themes below using the WebUpd8 themes PPA, firstly add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/themes
sudo apt-get update

Zukitwo is a GTK2/3/GNOME Shell/Xfwm4 theme pack that comes with two GTK theme variants: light and dark. Zukitwo for GNOME Shell uses a transparent top bar and a beautiful message tray, giving GNOME Shell a glassy look. Both Zukitwo and Zukitwo-Dark GTK themes work with Unity, though the top panel font is a bit blurry with Zukitwo (this doesn't occur with Zukitwo-Dark).

Here are some Zukitwo screenshots:

Zukitwo Dark

Zukitwo GNOME Shell theme

Zukitwo GTK & Zukitwo GNOME Shell

To install Zukitwo from the WebUpd8 Themes PPA in Ubuntu, use the command below:

sudo apt-get install zukitwo-gtk-theme zukitwo-dark-gtk-theme

For other Linux distributions, download Zukitwo from DeviantArt.

Zukitwo Colors is a theme pack based on Zukitwo that comes with GTK2, GTK3 and GNOME Shell themes in 7 colors from Shiki-Colors (Brave, Dust, Human, Illustrious, Noble, Wine and Wise), as well as a color-neutral GNOME Shell theme (Zukitwo-Colors) and Metacity/Mutter themes for Dust (Zukitwo-Dust):

One of the Zukitwo Colors theme

To install Zukitwo Colors in Ubuntu, use the command below:

sudo apt-get install zukitwo-colors-theme

For other Linux distributions, download Zukitwo Colors from GNOME Look.

Holo is GNOME 3 theme pack created by Tiheum (the Faenza icon theme designer) that tries to mimic the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich theme. The theme doesn't support GNOME 3.4 officially, so Régis Montoya has ported it to the latest GNOME version:

Note: Holo is especially designed for GNOME Shell and doesn't work properly in Unity!

To install Holo theme pack in Ubuntu, use the command below:

sudo apt-get install holo-theme

For other Linux distributions, download Holo unofficial port to GTK3.4 via GitHub. The original Holo GTK/GNOME Shell theme can be downloaded via DeviantArt.

Zukini is yet another GTK2/3/GNOME Shell theme pack created by lassekongo83 (the Zukitwo theme designer):

Zukini GNOME Shell theme

Zukini GTK theme

To install Zukini in Ubuntu, use the command below:

sudo apt-get install zukini-theme

For other Linux distributions, download Zukini from DeviantArt.

To use any of the GTK themes above in Ubuntu, you can use Unsettings, Ubuntu Tweak, etc.

For GNOME Shell themes, you'll need the User Themes GNOME Shell extension which is a part of the "gnome-shell-extensions" package available in the WebUpd8 GNOME 3 PPA - for how to install it in Ubuntu, see our previous post: Official GNOME Shell Extensions, Weather, System Monitor, MediaPlayer And GPaste Available For GNOME Shell 3.4 [PPA - Ubuntu 12.04]

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Bluebird Theme Ported To GTK3 (Works With GTK 3.2 And 3.4)

Bluebird GTK3 - Ubuntu 11.10

Bluebird, a simple yet stylish theme that was used by default in Xubuntu 10.10 is now available for GTK3 (it supports GTK 3.2 and 3.4) and works with both Xubuntu (Xfce) and Ubuntu (GNOME / Unity).

The theme is not 100% GTK3 ready and there's no Unity integration unfortunately (no maximized window buttons or a custom top panel), but it's pretty usable already.

Bluebird - Ubuntu 12.04 (GTK 3.4)

Install Bluebird GTK2/3 theme

If you like Bluebird and want to install it in Ubuntu/Xubuntu 11.10 or 12.04, you can use our Themes PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/themes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bluebird-gtk-theme

The old GTK2-only Bluebird theme is also available in our Themes PPA for Ubuntu Lucid, Maverick and Natty so if you use one of these Ubuntu versions, you can install Bluebird GTK2 using the same commands.

Once installed, use GNOME Tweak Tool, Ubuntu Tweak or MyUnity to apply the new theme (for both GTK and window).

For other Linux distributions: you can download Bluebird via GIT:

git clone https://github.com/shimmerproject/Bluebird ~/.themes/Bluebird

If you don't use Ubuntu, make sure you've installed Unico GTK3 engine (as well as Murrine GTK2 engine) or else Bluebird will not look properly.

via Xubuntu @ Google+

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Cinnamon Themes, Applets And Extensions PPA Repository [Ubuntu, Linux Mint, LMDE]

WebUpd8 reader Brian Bentsen has created a PPA repository to easily install extra Cinnamon themes, applets and extensions in Ubuntu, Linux Mint and LMDE.

The PPA is new but it already provides around 40 packages, including a classic menu applet, Gpaste, hardware monitor applet, messaging menu, places applet, force quit, window menu, window icon list, coverflow alt-tab as well as themes like Eleganse, Holo, ICS, elementary, Ambiance, Glass, Baldr and many others.

Here are a few screenshots with some of the applets / extensions available in this repository:

Linux Mint Classic Menu

Window Icon List

Messaging Menu

Cinnamon hardware monitor

Coverflow alt-tab

And themes (there are many other themes available in the PPA):

Ambiance

Baldr

Eleganse

Add the Cinnamon Extras PPA and install applets and themes in Ubuntu, Linux Mint and LMDE

The PPA is only available for Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot, but the applets / themes work just fine under Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin (using Cinnamon installed from its Nightly builds PPA) so you can use it under Ubuntu 12.04 too, by tweaking the repository to use "oneiric" instead of "precise". But please note that by using the applets and themes with an unstable Cinnamon version, they can stop working at some point.

Add the PPA in Ubuntu / Linux Mint using the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bimsebasse/cinnamonextras

For Ubuntu 12.04, replace "oneiric" with "precise" for the repository .list file using the following command:

sudo sed -i 's/precise/oneiric/g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bimsebasse-cinnamonextras-precise.list

Then, for any Ubuntu (or Linux Mint 12) version, update the software sources:

sudo apt-get update

To add the Cinnamon Extras repository in Linux Mint Debian (LMDE), run the following commands in a terminal:

echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/bimsebasse/cinnamonextras/ubuntu oneiric main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bimsebasse-cinnamonextras.list
echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/bimsebasse/cinnamonextras/ubuntu oneiric main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bimsebasse-cinnamonextras.list
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 4FA9719D
sudo apt-get update

Once the Cinnamon Extras PPA repository has been added, use Synaptic or the Linux Mint Software Manager, etc., and search for "cinnamon" - you should see all the available themes, applets and extensions available for installation. Then use Cinnamon Settings to enable newly applets, extensions or change the Cinnamon theme.

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Orion GTK3 Theme Updated For GNOME 3.4

Orion, a cool, light GTK3 theme pack is now available for GNOME 3.4 (which includes Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin) and is compatible with the latest Unico GTK engine. The new release also brings support for Openbox.

Orion includes GTK2/3, XFCE and Openbox themes and is fully compatible with GNOME Shell (though it doesn't include a GNOME Shell theme, but you can use Elegance for instance, by the same author) and Unity.

Install Orion GTK3 theme

To install Orion in Ubuntu 12.04 or 11.10, you can use Satya's themes PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:satyajit-happy/themes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install orion-gtk-theme

For other Linux distributions, download Orion GTK3 theme for  GTK 3.4 via DeviantArt.

via G+

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elementary GTK Theme 3.0 Released

One of the best GTK themes, elementary, has been updated to version 3.0 today, this being the first stable release that supports GTK3.

Changes in elementary GTK theme 3.0 since the previous stable release:

• GTK3 support, including :backdrop class, but there's no dark theme yet
• elementary now uses the Unico GTK3 engine
• Granite support (which is used by many applications that will be default in the elementary OS Luna, such as BeatBox, etc.)
• Dropped GTK2 classes for GTK3 apps so there's no more support for applications like Nautilus elementary and others (so any application that has a GTK3 version doesn't have support for GTK2 anymore)
• The default placement is now close:maximize
• The maximize button has been changed from the "+" (typically used to mean new) to two opposing arrows
• More

The latest elementary GTK 3.0 has been built with Pantheon in mind and unfortunately it isn't and won't be tweaked for Unity or GNOME Shell so the theme won't look exactly as it should under these desktop environments - for instance, there are no window buttons for maximized windows in Unity, etc.  Also, the theme only works with the latest GTK3 (3.4) available in Ubuntu Precise and won't work with older GTK3 versions (like in Ubuntu Oneiric for instance).

Download elementary GTK 3.0

To install it, extract the downloaded archive and copy the "elementary" folder to the ~/.themes directory (if it doesn't exist, create it) for your user or under /usr/share/themes/ to make it available for all users (and applications ran as root).

Report any bugs you may find @ Launchpad.

Thanks to Daniel Fore for the info!

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WOW Theme Available For GTK3 (3.2)

WOW, a beautiful, easy on the eyes theme, is now available for GTK3 (3.2). The WOW-2 pack comes with two GTK3 theme versions, two GTK2 theme versions, Xfwm4, Openbox, Emerald and Chromium themes.

For now, the GTK2 theme doesn't blend too well with the GTK3 version because they use some different colors, but a new GTK2 theme to match the new WOW-2 is on the way.

WOW-2 only works with GTK 3.2 (available in Ubuntu 11.10 for instance) and Unico GTK3 engine 1.0.1 for now so don't use it if you're using a newer GTK version.

Using WOW-2

If you use the window buttons on the left, copy the "metacity-1" folder from the "Left-Buttons-Metacity" directory and place it in the WOW-2 theme folder (either "WOW-2" or "WOW-2_Dark_Toolbar").

To install the theme, create a folder called ".themes" in your home directory, then download and extract WOW-2 and copy the WOW-2 and WOW-2_Dark_Toolbar folder to the newly created ~/.themes directory. Then use a tool such as GNOME Tweak Tool, MyUnity, Ubuntu Tweak, etc. to change the theme to WOW-2.

Download WOW-2

credits for the second screenshot: nale12

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Humanity Icons Colors: 8 Different Colors For Humanity Icon Theme

A while back we've posted an article about Ambiance & Radiance Colors, a theme pack that provides Ambiance and Radiance available in 8 different colors. Well, since then matching GNOME Shell themes were added and the GTK themes got some fixes from Light Themes Evolved, like a dark sidebar for Nautilus or unified menu and titlebar.

The themes are beautiful, but a theme pack is not really complete unless you have a matching icon theme, so Jared, the Ambiance & Radiance Colors Theme Pack author, has released a recolord Humanity Icon theme called "Humanity Icons Colors", which comes in 8 colors, with support for both dark and light panels: blue,  graphite, green, orange, pink, red, yellow and purple.

And of course, the new icons look great with Ambiance & Radiance Colors. Here are a few screenshots:

Update: Ubuntu users can install Humanity Icon Colors theme using the RAVEfinity PPA (which also provides Ambiance & Radiance Colors):

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ravefinity-project/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install humanity-colors

To apply one of the Humanity Icons Colors themes, use GNOME Tweak Tool or Ubuntu Tweak.

For other Linux distributions: download Humanity Icons Colors via Gnome-Look.


Also see: Ambiance & Radiance colors.

Thanks to Jared for the tip!

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Orion: A New, Clear GTK 2/3 Theme

Orion is a new, clear GTK3 theme created by Satya, who's also behind other beautiful GTK and GNOME Shell / Cinnamon themes like Evolve, Shine, Minty, Ambiance Blue and others.

The GTK3 theme is powered by the Unico GTK3 engine, comes with a modified Boomerang Metacity theme and is compatible with GTK 3.2 (both GNOME Shell and Unity). Orion also includes a GTK2 theme, for compatibility with GTK2 applications.

As usual, Satya has uploaded the theme to his themes PPA so if you use Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot, you can install it using the commands below:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:satyajit-happy/themes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install orion-gtk-theme

For other Linux distributions, download Orion via DeviantArt.

Note: the theme is still work in progress.

Thanks to Satya for the tip!

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Install Emerald In Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot Via PPA

Emerald Window Decorator is not available in the Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot repositories so to make it easier to install, I've uploaded the latest stable Emerald version (0.9.5) to the main WebUpd8 PPA.

With Emerald, you can get some beautiful window decorators, like the one in the screenshot above, or these:

And many others.

Install Emerald in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot

Note: Emerald requires Compiz, so it doesn't work with GNOME Shell, etc.

To add the PPA and install Emerald 0.9.5 in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot, use the commands below:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install emerald

For Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, see: Get Emerald To Work In Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal

Once installed, get some Emerald themes via Gnome Look, load them in Emerald Theme Manager, and start Emerald by pressing ALT + F2 and entering:

emerald --replace

To continue using Emerald after a logout / restart, install CompizConfig Settings Manager:

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

Then open CCSM, click the "Window Decoration" plugin and under "Command", enter: "emerald".

If you want to go back to the default window decorator, open CompizConfig Settings Manager, click the "Window Decoration" plugin again and next to "Command", click the reset button on the right:

Then log out and log back in.

Post inspired by tahutek.net

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Spice Up Your Desktop With These 5 Cool GTK2/3 Themes [PPA]

Are you bored with your current theme? Here are 5 cool GTK2/3 (some also come with a Shell theme) themes that are optimized to work on any "shell": Unity, GNOME Shell or the GNOME 3 fallback session.

The themes are GTK 3.2 compatible and to install them in Ubuntu 11.10 or 12.04, you can use the WebUpd8 Themes PPA - add it using the commands below:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/themes
sudo apt-get update

Then simply use the install command listed for each theme.

The PPA packages only install the GTK2, GTK3 and GNOME Shell themes (if available); some of the themes also come with AWN themes, Conky configs and more - to install them, visit the theme page.

1. Zukitwo Colors is a theme pack that comes with GTK2, GTK3 and GNOME Shell themes in 7 colors from Shiki-Colors (Brave, Dust, Human, Illustrious, Noble, Wine and Wise), as well as a color-neutral GNOME Shell theme (Zukitwo-Colors) and Metacity/Mutter themes for Dust (Zukitwo-Dust).

To install Zukitwo Colors in Ubuntu 11.10 or 12.04:

sudo apt-get install zukitwo-colors-theme

Or download via Gnome Look.

2. A New Start is a theme pack that comes with GTK2/3 and GNOME Shell themes and can be used in Gnome-Shell, Gnome-Fallback and Unity.

To install A New Start in Ubuntu 11.10 or 12.04, use the commands below:

sudo apt-get install anewstart-theme

The theme author recommends using this theme with AwOken icon theme, colored with 99/15/00 color combination. Also, the theme only ok when placing the window buttons on the right - to do this under Unity, use MW Buttons (or Ubuntu Tweak).

If you want to further customize the theme, like replacing the Unity Launcher images, the Conky theme you can see in the screenshot, AWN theme, etc., see the theme page on DeviantArt.

3. A New Start Blood is a beautiful dark GTK2/3/Shell theme which uses the ANewStart guidelines and just like A New Start, it's optimized for any "shell": Gnome-Shell, Gnome-Fallback and Unity.

To install A New Start in Ubuntu 11.10 or 12.04, use the commands below:

sudo apt-get install anewstartblood-theme

Just like A New Start, this theme comes with replacement for the Unity Launcher images which you can apply manually - more @ its DeviantArt page.

4. Adwaita Cupertino is a GTK2/3 theme pack based on the colors of Snow Leopard and Lion, each with variations optimized for either GNOME Shell (borderless) or Unity.

To install Adwaita Cupertino in Ubuntu 11.10 or 12.04, use the commands below:

sudo apt-get install adwaita-cupertino-gtk-theme

Or download the theme via Gnome Look.

The theme author recommends using Adwaita Cupertino with Faenza Cupertino (also available in the WebUpd8 Themes PPA - search for it in USC) or Faience-Azur.

5. Gnomish Dark is another beautiful dark theme pack based on Adwaita which includes GTK2/3/Shell themes.

To install it, use the commands below:

sudo apt-get install gnomishdark-theme

Or download the theme via Gnome Look.

Using a new theme

To use one of the themes in this post, you can use GNOME Tweak Tool (available in the repositories) or Ubuntu Tweak 0.6.

When changing the window theme in GNOME Shell, you'll have to reload it to apply the new theme (sometimes this is required for Unity too): press ALT + F2 and enter "r" or log out and log back in.

Important: some GTK themes may not look 100% correctly until you log out and log back in!!

Also see: 4 Beautiful GNOME 3.2 Themes

Images via the themes pages

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Ambiance And Radiance Colors Theme Pack Available In A PPA

A quick update: Ambiance and Radiance Colors theme pack, which provides Ambiance and Radiance available in 8 different colors, is now available in a PPA for Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot and 12.04 Precise Pangolin users.

Using the PPA instead of manually installing the themes, you can stay up to date with newer versions without having to manually check for new updates. Add the PPA and install Ambiance and Radiance Colors GTK2/3 themes using the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ravefinity-project/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ambiance-colors radiance-colors

Once installed, use GNOME Tweak Tool or Ubuntu Tweak 0.6 to switch to any of the newly installed themes.

To install Ambiance and Radiance Colors for XFCE/LXDE, instead of the last command above, use:

sudo apt-get install ambiance-colors-lxxf radiance-colors-lxxf

The themes are of course also available on GNOME Look.

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Download Ambiance And Radiance Themes In 8 Different Colors

Ambiance & Radiance Colors is a theme pack that provides Ambiance and Radiance available in 8 different colors: red, orange (different from Ubuntu orange), yellow , green , blue , purple , graphite (grey) and pink.

The pack comes with GTK2/3 as well as Xfwm4 and Openbox themes and the GTK themes should work on Ubuntu 11.04 or newer (as well as other Linux distributions such as Fedora 15, etc.) while the XFCE themes should work on Ubuntu 10.10+.

Here are a few more screenshots:

There's no GNOME Shell theme yet unfortunately (if you want a complete GTK2/3/GNOME Shell Blue Ambiance theme, try Ambiance Blue), but the Ambiance & Radiance Colors developer is working on it.

To use the themes in Ubuntu 11.04+, download the archive (see download link below), extract it and copy all the Ambiance/Radiance color folders under  ~/.themes (or /usr/share/themes), then use GNOME Tweak Tool or Ubuntu Tweak 0.6 to apply one of the new themes.

Download Ambiance & Radiance Colors | Update: the themes are now available in a PPA

via ubuntu.onego.ru

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Executive: Beautiful Theme Pack With Matching GNOME Shell / Metacity Themes

Executive for GNOME Shell is a new theme pack that comes with 2 GTK themes (grey and green), a GNOME Shell theme and two icon themes.  

Currently there aren't many matching GNOME Shell / Metacity / GTK2/3 themes, so Hhhorb, the Executive pack author, has modified some already existing themes to do just that. And the result is great:

Executive Green

Executive Grey

The beautiful GNOME Shell theme you can see in the screenshots above is Gaia Shine - notice how the Metacity theme looks exactly the same as the top GNOME Shell bar.  The GTK themes look great too and I especially like Executive Green, however, I'm not of fan of the included icon themes (you can see one of them - Executive Brave - in the second screenshot) but you can always use elementary, Humanity, Faenza / Faience or Awoken icon themes instead.

To use it: download Executive for GNOME Shell via DeviantArt, extract it and copy the Executive, Executive-green and Executive-blue folders in the ~/.themes directory (if it doesn't exist, create it). If you also want to install the icons, copy the gnome-executive and gnome-brave folders under ~/.icons (once again, if the folder doesn't exist, create it).

Once you copy the folders, use GNOME Tweak Tool to change the theme. Please note that you'll need GNOME Shell User Themes extension to be able to change the GNOME Shell theme. Also, after changing the Metacity (Window) theme, you'll have to reload GNOME Shell to apply the changes - to do this, press ALT + F2 and enter "r" or log out and log back in.

Thanks to Hhhorb for the tip!

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