Hello
fellows, Ubuntu is well known for its customization and also is one
of the best Operating System out there. We can modify Ubuntu’s
desktop appearance according to our needs.So
in this Article i am going to show you how we can change the theme of Ubuntu and also how to download more themes from internet. Let’s
see-
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How to change themes in Ubuntu?
First we have to download a Software called Unity Tweak Tool or GNOME Tweaks according the version of your Ubuntu Desktop.
1.
Download Tweak Tool
If you’re using latest version of Ubuntu (Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver or Ubuntu 17.10 ) which is based on GNOME (by defeault ) then you should download GNOME tweaks, but if you’re using an older version of Ubuntu like Ubuntu 16.04 or below then please download Unity Tweak Tool. Both of the softwares can be downloaded from Ubuntu Software Center.Both of the softwares GNOME Tweaks and Unity Tweak Tool gives us some extra options to customize our Ubuntu Desktop like It can install and manage themes and extensions, change power settings, manage startup applications, and enable desktop icons among other settings.
Both of
the softwares GNOME Tweaks and Unity Tweak Tool gives us some extra
options to customize our Ubuntu Desktop like It can install and
manage themes and extensions, change power settings, manage startup
applications, and enable desktop icons among other settings.
So now we
have a software that will help us to change themes.
Next step
is download a theme-
2.
Download a Theme for Ubuntu Desktop
Thereare
many ways to download a theme. We can download it through terminal
using PPA (Eg. Numix Theme), Ubuntu Software center, 3rd
party applications and Gnome-look.org website.
In this
article we’ll use gnome-look.org website because it is very easy to
to download a theme from there and we can also see the reviews and
images of the theme before installing it.
Open gnome-look
click GTK3
Themes or GTK2 Themes in the left left side of the webpage.
And click
on a theme you liked (in my case i am going to download Afflatus).
Then click
on files tab present below the screenshot of the theme.
There are
two versions of afflatus theme available. Click on the download link
(DL)
note-
some of download links will
redirect you to on there github page where you can clone or download
the file into zip. Download it as zip.
after the
download is complete
3.
Create a directory for themes-
next we
have to create a directory (if doesn’t exists) in the home
directory. Open your home directory and press “ctrl + h” to show
the hidden files and directories. Look for a direcoty “.themes”
in the home directory. If does’t exits then create it.
4.
Extract your downloaded theme file into the .theme directory-
After you
have created the directory .themes, go
to your downloads directory
and extract the downloaded theme into the .themes
directory.
Now
goto your .theme
directory. There should be a
directory of the theme we’ve extracted.
5.
Change theme -
Thats
all we have to do. Now open the tweak tool that we have downloaded in
starting.
(above
screenshot is of GNOME Tweaks )
Click
the dropdown menu in front of themes and
select any theme you want to use.
Downloaded
theme will be there, select it.
Thats
all. Let us know the name of best Themes you’ve used in comment
box.
If
you have any problem related with this article please comment we’ll
reply as soon as possible.
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