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Best Ubuntu Themes Collection
Though this article is primarily focused on only Ubuntu Themes, I will also show you how to install that specific Linux Themes onto other Linux distributions like Manjaro, Arch, Elementary OS, Linux Mint, etc., if and only the Themes PPA support those Distributions.
Now let me proceed with the easy tutorial on Best Themes for Ubuntu which will make your Linux Ubuntu Desktop more appealing and beautiful.
No more talks, Now let me proceed with the fundamental steps of How To Install Themes and Apply Those Into system-wide.
1. Arc Theme
Arc Theme is one of the best and popular flat theme with transparent elements which supports GTK 3, GTK 2 and GNOME Shell-based desktop environments like Gnome, Pantheon, MATE, Budgie, Xfce, etc. It comes in three different flavors including Arc, Arc-Darker, and Arc-Dark.
Resource Link – Install Arc Theme and Icon on Ubuntu, Fedora, and Other Linux Desktop
2. Kisskool Sizzling Red
Kisskool Sizzling red is a flat and dark theme with a beautiful red accent. It’s a nice and elegant combination of dark and sizzling red color styles.
3. Equilux Theme
The Equilux theme is created not to be a beautiful or fancy one instead it has a specific goal for Linux uses. It helps the users to minimize eye strain and avoid disrupting their circadian rhythms.
4. Apple Arc OSX
If you like to make your Linux desktop looks like Mac, then this theme could be the right choice for you. Apple Arc OSX offers many beautiful and eye-catching apple designs including blurred top panels, transparent elements, and a different dock.
5. Papirus Icon Theme
The Papirus Icon Theme is impressive and lovely-looking. This theme has got inspiration from Sam Hewitt’s Paper theme. This theme supports both famous and new coming application icons. Mentionable supported favorite apps are Firefox, Twitter, Thunderbird, steam, opera, and much more, and Nocturn, Gmail, Cumulus, Gradio, Pithos are mentionable for new coming apps.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:varlesh-l/papirus-pack sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install papirus-gtk-icon-theme
SEE MORE: How to Install Papirus Icon Theme on Ubuntu / Arch Linux / Manjaro
6. Trevilla Theme
Trevilla Theme looks like Windows Metro Style and developed by Ninorpanama. This theme comes with a distinct taste like Trevilla Dark, Trevilla White, Trevilla White Orange, Trevilla White Blue and also supports GTK 3 theme engine. You can install this theme and icons in all the Ubuntu versions, Linux Mint, and other Ubuntu-based distros.
- Trevilla Icons
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/icons sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install trevilla-icons
- Trevilla Themes
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install trevilla-themes
SEE MORE: Install Trevilla Theme on Ubuntu and Linux Mint
7. Paper Icons Theme
Paper Icon Theme is one of the famous and modern free Ubuntu themes. This theme is inspired and based on Google’s material design. But some aspect is adjusted for the best suite of the desktop environment. Paper icon theme demands at least GTK 3.16 for better integration. This theme comes with a clean code and updates regularly via daily PPA. Paper icon theme supports all the versions of Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Peppermint, Deepin, and other Ubuntu-based systems.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:snwh/pulp sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install paper-icon-theme paper-gtk-theme
SEE MORE: Install Paper Icon Theme on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Arch Linux, and Much More
8. OSX Arc Shadow
OSX Acr shadow theme is a nice-looking and flat modern theme that supports GTK 3, GTK 2, and Gnome Shell. It supports many desktop environments out of the box like Unity, Gnome, Pantheon, Budgie, XFCE, Mate, and so on. You can install these themes on all versions of Ubuntu and Ubuntu-based distros, Arch Linux and Arch Linux-based distros, Elementary OS, Debian 8, Fedora 21-24, OpenSUSE. And all other distros based on these mentioned Linux platforms should not have any problem installing this icon theme.
9. Revival Icon Theme
Revival Icon Theme is one of the newest and regularly updated Ubuntu themes out there. This theme is in active development and inspired by the Emerald icon theme about getting a kind of gradient variation and mime types. The revival theme is eye-candy stuff which gives a classic and sophisticated look to the Linux desktop. It can be installed on any Linux Distros by following manual download. It comes in three variations of blue, orange, and mint green.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/icons2 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install revival-icons
SEE MORE: Install Revival Icon Theme on Ubuntu/Linux Mint/Elementary OS
10. Numix-Circle Icon Theme
Numix icon theme is the outcome of the Numix project which is well-known for making GTK themes for the Linux Desktop Environment. Few parts of this theme are based on simple, humanity, and gnome icon themes. This theme provides an excellent desktop environment with its circle icons, and it supports all the Linux variations like Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, and so on.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:numix/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install numix-icon-theme
SEE MORE: Install Numix Circle Icon Theme on Ubuntu / Linux Mint / Fedora and Other Desktop Environment
11. Vivacious Colors GTK Theme
Vivacious icon theme is one of the best modern and clean Ubuntu themes which is designed by the RAVEfinity open design team. This theme supports all the desktop environment which is based on GTK 3.16 and GTK 3.18. That means you can install it on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, Arch, OpenSUSE, Debian Testing/Sid, and so on.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ravefinity-project/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install vivacious-colors-gtk-dark sudo apt-get install vivacious-colors-gtk-light
SEE MORE: Install Vivacious icon theme on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and other Ubuntu-based derivatives
12. Ambiance & Radiance Flat Colors
Ambiance and Radiance flat theme are some of the best and classic Ubuntu themes out there. It’s a re-imagination of Ambiance & Radiance Color GTK 2/3 Themes, created by well know developer RAVEfinity, an open design team. It offers full integration with all the modern desktop environments which are based on GTK2 and GTK 3.10 – 3.18+.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ravefinity-project/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ambiance-flat-colors sudo apt-get install radiance-flat-colors
13. Ivy Icon Themes
Ivy Icon Theme is a classic one with lots of colorful and pixel-perfect icons. This theme is a part of Hadera’s theme. So it’s easy to download and use in any Linux Desktop Environment.
SEE MORE: Install Ivy Icon Theme on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and Other Linux Desktop
14. La Capitaine Icon Theme
This is an Icon theme for the modern Linux desktop environment. This Icon set is inspired by Mac OS X and Google’s material design. It’s based on scalable vector graphics. That makes it suitable for any screen size and ensures a pixel-perfect fantastic look. This icon theme is regularly updated, and you can always recommend the icon request to the developer.
SEE MORE: Install La Capitaine Icon Theme on Ubuntu / Linux Mint
15. OS X El Capitan Theme
This theme is solely applicable for the Ubuntu derivative system which means it can be installed and used on all versions of Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pinguy OS, and other Ubuntu-based distros. GTK 2 is required for smooth rendering on Gnome shells 3.18 and 3.20. Linux cinnamon desktop environment is also suitable for GTK 3. This icon theme is going under massive development, so if you face any problems, let me know in the comment section.
SEE MORE: Install OS X El Capitan Theme on Ubuntu
16. OSX Breeze Gnome Theme
This theme is nice looking and applicable for Gnome Shell with Gnome 3.18 minimum. It gives a taste of Mac OS X with the latest inclusion of a top panel. This icon theme is highly optimized for the GTK theme engine and rendering smoothly on the Gnome shell environment.
SEE MORE: Install OSX-Breeze Gnome Theme on Ubuntu / Linux Mint
17. Moka Icon Theme
Moka theme is a marvelous and gem theme and of course one of the favorite Ubuntu themes in the community. It’s being designed and maintained by the developer who brought ‘Arc GTK’ Themes.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:moka/daily sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install moka-icon-theme
18. Lexis
Lexis is a unique and straightforward shell theme out there. It makes the desktop panel empty and toolbars colored.
19. Square 2.0 Icon Pack
This icon pack is flat and square. You can try this one.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/icons2 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install square-icons
20. Masalla Icon Theme
This is one of the best vector graphics icon themes available. Masalla theme supports a vast list of variations like Ubuntu Gnome, Unity, Cinnamon, KDE, Mate, and so on. It comes with 15000+ icons including a wide range of folders, categories, Softwares, status, and mime-types.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/icons sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install masalla-icon-theme
SEE MORE: Install Masalla Icon Theme on Ubuntu / Linux Mint / Other Ubuntu Derivatives
21. Shadow Icon Theme
The shadow icon theme comes with a flat icon and a bit of shadow display. It gives a beautiful show of Ubuntu Unity.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/icons sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install shadow-icon-theme
22. Flat-Plat
Flat-Plat is another fantastic theme made for the Gnome environment. Did you hear about Adapta Theme? Which is described above, is built on top of Flat-Plat and both of the themes use material design. This theme varies depending on various Gnome versions, so before installing, you must be careful and download the correct one.
Download for Gnome 3.20 Download for Gnome 3.18 Download for Gnome 3.16
23. Xenlism Wildfire Icon Theme
Xenlism is a more beautiful and vivid colored theme, which changes Ubuntu into an amazing Linux distro.
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 90127F5B echo "deb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/xenlism-wildfire/repo deb/" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install xenlism-wildfire-icon-theme
24. Super Flat
When the super flat remix theme has come, it had lots of issues while applying. For resolving all those bugs, the developer brought an update which is called Super flat theme. It has brought lots of customization for the desktop alongside removing all the previous stability issues. Out of all the great features, shadows on the left panel are one of the best for mentioning. But it has one drawback that it comes only in shell theme, not for the theme engine.
Download and unzip to your theme folder. This is usually /usr/share/themes, and you can apply this as a shell theme from Tweak Tools > Themes
25. Dalisha Icon Theme
Disha is another theme with beautifully circled and flat-colored icons.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/icons sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install dalisha-icons
26. Elementary Add Icon Theme
Elementary OS is well known and one of the beautiful Linux distros out there. This OS is based on the Ubuntu distro. It uses many customs made an icon set which is much beautiful and gives an elegant look to the environment. Now you can use this pretty-looking and custom-made icon theme on your Linux desktop environment.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-add-team/icons sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install elementary-add-icon-theme
SEE MORE: Install Elementary OS Style Icon Theme on Ubuntu
27. Uniform Icon Theme
This icon theme is one of my favorite and one of the Ubuntu themes out there. You can have a try at it.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/icons2 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install uniform-icons
28. Oranchelo Icon Theme
There are lots of themes available in the Linux community based on material design and flat fab. Oranchelo icon theme is one of the well-looking and beautiful icon themes which is relatively new in this Linux theme area.
- Install Oranchelo icon theme in Ubuntu and Linux Mint
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oranchelo/oranchelo-icon-theme sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install oranchelo-icon-theme
- If you want to uninstall then follow the following command
sudo apt-get remove oranchelo-icon-theme sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:oranchelo/oranchelo-icon-theme
- For other distributions download from the GitHub repository
29. Adapta Theme
If you have installed and considered Arc theme is good and nice looking theme and icon, then I must say, you first install Adapta. And get astonished by the beauty of this magnificent icon theme. This icon theme is recommended by various developers from Google and the Disqus commenting community as one of the best and beautiful icon themes which are based on Google’s material design. There are a total of four variants and mostly comes with a dark theme. Adapta supports all the main desktop environments including Gnome, Gnome-flashback, Budgie-desktop, Unity 7, Cinnamon, and so on.
- Installation of PPA
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:tista/adapta -y sudo apt update sudo apt install adapta-gtk-theme
- Installation of Source
Download and unzip to your theme folder. This is usually /usr/share/themes.
30. Vertex Ubuntu Theme
Vertex theme is one of the best icon themes out there in the Linux community which is made by the same guy who has made the arc icon theme. This theme mostly looks like a realistic version of the flat arc and focused on texture and shadow on UI. Vertex comes with a total of three variants including Vertex dark, dark headers, and light and all the variants are beautiful and eye-catching. It supports all the major desktop environments including GTK 3, GTK 2, Gnome-Shell, and Cinnamon.
- Install in Ubuntu and Other Derivatives
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Horst3180/xUbuntu_16.04/ /' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vertex-theme.list" sudo apt update sudo apt install vertex-theme
31. Minimal Conception
The main aim of this Ubuntu Theme is to provide you a minimal Gnome theme with a neat and clean interface for a better Linux experience.
32. NumixPack (Cinnamon, GNOME3, LXDE, MATE, Xfce)
NumixPack is a complete compact Ubuntu Theme for various Linux Desktop Environment. It comes with a theme and icon pack for MATE, LXDE, Gnome, etc. It also provides fonts, wallpaper, and various color schemes.
33. Copernico Theme
Copernico Theme is one of the best Ubuntu themes if you are searching for a unique flat-designed theme for your Gnome shell environment. This theme also comes with Roboto fonts, a flat remix icon pack, and nice-looking wallpapers.
34. T4G Shell Theme
T4G Shell Theme is a transparent dark shell theme for Ubuntu and its derivatives. It’s an awesome dark theme for your Gnome desktop.
35. Granite Gnome Shell Theme
Granite is yet another nice-looking, clean, and simple Gnome shell theme that is inspired by GTK’s dark theme layout and color setup.
More Recommended Theme
- Xenlism Themes – A Complete GTK Theme Pack for Your Linux
- Vimax GTK Theme – A Flat Material Design Theme for Linux
- Canta Theme – A Flat Material Design GTK Theme for Linux
- Yosemite Gtk Theme – Mac OSX Yosemite Like Theme for Ubuntu and other Linux Derivatives
- Material Theme – A Material Design Theme for GNOME/GTK+
- Ubuntu “Communitheme” – A New Ubuntu Community theme
- ArcMap Theme – An Arc-Based Translucent GTK Theme for Ubuntu Linux
- Matcha Gtk Theme – A Beautiful Flat Design Theme for Ubuntu Linux
- How to Install Papirus Icon Theme on Ubuntu, Arch Linux, and Manjaro
- Arranging and Telinkrin GTK Theme – A modern and Refined Re-interpretation of Ambiance Theme
- How to Install Ubuntu Touch Suru Icon Theme in Ubuntu Derivatives
- How to Install Flat and Modern Ant GTK Theme on Ubuntu Variants
After installing all the above best themes for Ubuntu, you can change the setting through Ubuntu Gnome Tweak Tools or Unity Tweak Tools or follow the instruction on how to install themes on any Linux Desktop Environment.
Which One Did You Like Most?
Did you like this Ubuntu Themes list? Did I miss any other beautiful and amazing modern Ubuntu Themes and icons to enlist here? Let me know in the comment section, and I will be adding those to the list as soon as possible.
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All Ubuntu themes mentioned here are thoroughly tested and verified from the source. But if you face any problem during or after installation, please let me or you can contact the original developer for further assistance.
One Last Thing
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