When comparing Zukitre vs Elegance Colors, the Slant community recommends Zukitre for most people. In the question“What are the best Gnome Shell themes?” Zukitre is ranked 8th while Elegance Colors is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose Zukitre is:
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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Pros
Pro 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.
Pro 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
Pro 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.
Cons
Con 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.
Con Outdated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).
Con 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.
Con Doesn't work
Doesn't install and doesn't work.