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When comparing adapta-gtk-theme vs plata-theme, the Slant community recommends adapta-gtk-theme for most people. In the question“What are the best Xfce themes?” adapta-gtk-theme is ranked 2nd while plata-theme is ranked 5th.
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Pros
Pro Real dark theme
Pro Follows the material design guidelines
Pro Easy installation on Ubuntu
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tista/adapta
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install adapta-gtk-theme
Pro Most complete theme
It styles every nook and cranny of the OS UI, even the ugly Java apps look beautiful using this theme.
Pro Ergonomic
Not only looks good, but really accelerates work on desktop.
Pro Available in many repos
Available in Arch (AUR), OpenSUSE, Solus, Void, Flathub, Fedora (Copr), PPA. (As of Sep 2021)
Pro Work in a variety of DEs
Supported: GNOME-Shell, GNOME-Flashback, Budgie-Desktop, Cinnamon, Xfce4, Mate, LXDE. (As of Sep 2021)
Pro Good contrast
Pro Clean
Pro Multiple variants
Six variants (Light/Dark/Mix) & (Wide/Compact titlebar).
Cons
Con No Debian support (sudo apt-get install adapta-gtk-theme)
Con Pertamax
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