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Papirus is a free and open source SVG icon theme for Linux, based on Paper Icon Set with a lot of new icons and a few extras, like Hardcode-Tray support, KDE colorscheme support, Folder Color support, and others.
Android version available here.
Papirus icon theme is available in five variants:
Papirus
Papirus Dark
Papirus Light
ePapirus (for elementary OS and Pantheon Desktop only)
ePapirus Dark (for elementary OS and Pantheon Desktop only)
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Pros
Pro Sharp, flat, and fresh
All icons look pleasing, especially with the Arc theme.
Pro Active development
Pro Familiar
Used on Lubuntu and BunsenLabs, for example.
Cons
Con Under GNU GPL3
This limits the use elsewhere.
Con Contrast issues / No border around icons
It makes the the fast and makes it simple to add more icons(since you can simply scale them) however the contrast is lost in some situations.
Con No Ideas
It just copies the icon-syle from a different system.
Con Just another material style copy
Con Lacks icon for backintime
Backintime tray icon doesn't display on the panel because Papirus lacks the icon.
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