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What are the best Gnome Shell themes?
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Best Gnome Shell themes
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Arc Theme
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GNU General Public License v2.0
Free
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adapta-gtk-theme
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Flat Remix GNOME theme
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Moka
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XGnome Enhanced
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Arc Theme
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Arc Theme
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Arc Theme
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Three variants to choose from
Arc Theme comes in light, dark and darker variants.
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Sometimes difficult to distinguish between Gnome top bar and window title bar when they overlap
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PopularSumugan's Experience
Very good theme.
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Specs
License:
GNU General Public License v2.0
Price:
Free
Developement Status:
Active
Maintainer/Developers:
@Andy C and @Andrew Zaech
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Really well built, elegant and clean theme
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No longer under active development
It's in active development back again.
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SuaveRanginui's Experience
Elegant, clean, minimal
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Provides easy installation from repositories
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Mahmoud Aref's Experience
more straight to be an OCD
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Author provides theme for Firefox
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Good theme for people migrating from Unity
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Customizable to dark or light themes
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Really clean and nice-looking
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Has both GTK2 and GTK 3 support
Users will be able to match their gtk2 and gtk3 themes easily due to Arc supporting both.
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adapta-gtk-theme
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adapta-gtk-theme
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adapta-gtk-theme
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Experiences
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Cons
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Real dark theme
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No Debian support (sudo apt-get install adapta-gtk-theme)
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amazing , complete comfy and fast
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Follows the material design guidelines
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Pertamax
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JoyfulHapantali's Experience
Clean and modern.
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Easy installation on Ubuntu
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tista/adapta sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install adapta-gtk-theme
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Most complete theme
It styles every nook and cranny of the OS UI, even the ugly Java apps look beautiful using this theme.
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Ergonomic
Not only looks good, but really accelerates work on desktop.
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Flat Remix GNOME theme
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Flat Remix GNOME theme
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Moka
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Moka
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Moka
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3
Pros
2
Cons
1
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Several distro specific instruction to download
Moka offers suers easy to follow instructions to download including PPA's for Ubuntu based distros and Fedora specific instructions to install its repo.
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Does not work on older version of Gnome Shell
Moka does not work on Ubuntu 12.04 nor will it work on Debian Wheezy as they both use old version of Gnome Shell.
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Wide support
Besides this Gnome Shell theme there are multiple GTK and icon themes that match, giving the user a wide variety of themes to mix and match that still look great together.
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XGnome Enhanced
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XGnome Enhanced
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XGnome Enhanced
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4
Pros
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Cons
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Supports many versions of Gnome Shell
XGnome Enhanced supports Gnome Shell versions going all the way back to Gnome Shell 3.6.
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PPA does not work
For example, you'd get errors like "Unable to locate package xgnome-enhanced-gs."
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Offers PPA for easy install on Ubuntu
There is an optional PPA for easy install on Ubuntu. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install xgnome-enhanced-gs
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Designed to be modern and minimal
The XGnome Enhanced theme is deigned to be modern and minimal. It is a very dark theme with clean lines.
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Zukitwo
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Zukitwo
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Zukitwo
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Pros
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Cons
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Built in matching GTK theme
Zukitwo theme offers a matching GTK theme to the built in Gnome Shell theme.
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Only supports latest version of Gnome Shell and GTK
Zukitwo only officially supports the latest release of Gnome Shell and GTK.
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Offers PPA for easy install on Ubuntu based distros
Zukitwo offers an Ubuntu PPA for Ubuntu based distros. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install zukitwo
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Ozon
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Ozon
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Ozon
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Bold coloring and distinct elements
Ozon is very colorful, with bright colors that contrast well.
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Zukitre
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Zukitre
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Zukitre
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Pros
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Designed to be flat with sharp corners
The design of Zukitre differs from Zukitwo in that there are fewer gradients and rounded corners. It is also designed to be more flat.
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Only supports the latest release of Gnome Shell and GTK
For Debian or Ubuntu users this theme will not work as it only supports the latest version of Gnome Shell and GTK.
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Solarized Dark
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Solarized Dark
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Solarized Dark
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Pros
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It seems that is has been given the most thought
Judging from the description that has been given by the author, it seems that this color scheme has been designed with huge background knowledge about colors and relations between them.
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Works well with multiple fonts
Since Solarized has pretty good color separation, it's easier to distinguish both thin and bold fonts.
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There are versions for a lot of applications or it's easy to make your own
There are ready-made packages for Vim, IntelliJ, Emacs, iTerm, etc. If your app isn't supported the website explains clearly what colors are used, so it should be easy to wrap up your own.
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Nordic
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Nordic
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Elegance Colors
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Elegance Colors
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Elegance Colors
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5
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Outdated
The theme project has been abandoned and there has been no activity for the past two years (the last commit was in May 2015).
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PPA for Ubuntu
There is a PPA available for Ubuntu users, which makes installing a breeze. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:satyajit-happy/themes sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-theme-elegance-colors
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More involved to set up than other themes
Users need to run a command to run a process in the background for the theme to work correctly, which may be more involved than what users are typically looking for in a theme.
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Changes color
Elegance Colors can change it's Gnome Shell theme colors in accordance to the users GTK them, wallpaper or a user defined color.
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Doesn't work
Doesn't install and doesn't work.
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viva
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viva
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viva
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Available in Blue and Orange themes
viva offers a blue and an orange them so users can pick how the theme looks.
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Not finished
The them is not 100% finished yet, though the author does say he is working on it. Of course the latest commits can be seen on the github page with the last being from Sept. 2014.
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Zukiwi
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Zukiwi
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Zukiwi
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Offers PPA for easy install on Ubuntu based distros
Zukiwi offers an Ubuntu PPA for Ubuntu based distros. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install zukiwi
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Only supports latest release of Gnome Shell and GTK
Zukiwi only supports the latest release of Gnome Shell and GTK.
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Has matching GTK theme
Zukitwo Gnome Shell theme offers a matching GTK theme.
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Flat Remix
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Flat Remix
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