Five Amazing GTK3 Themes For Unity and Gnome Shell - Ubuntu 12.04/Linux Mint 13 (Maya)

We have previously covered some amazing GTK3 themes for Ubuntu, you can check them here. Today, we will also introduce more GTK3 themes that you can use with Unity or Gnome Shell. To make the installation of these various themes easier, I have uploaded them to UpUbuntu custom PPA.

To enable these themes, you can either use Gnome Tweak Tool, or run simply the commands given below. To add our custom PPA for Ubuntu 12.10/12.04/11.10 or Linux Mint 13 (Maya) or older, open the terminal and run the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:upubuntu-com/gtk3
sudo apt-get update

1. reNIX

sudo apt-get install renix

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'reNIX'

gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/general/theme 'reNIX'

2. Shiki-Nouveau

sudo apt-get install shiki-nouveau

This theme is available in seven versions, you can enable Shiki-Nouveau-Brave as follows:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Shiki-Nouveau-Brave'

gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/general/theme 'Shiki-Colors-Easy-Metacity'

Then use Gnome Tweak Tool to enable the other versions of Shiki-Nouveau:

3. YouNIX

sudo apt-get install younix

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'YouNIX'

gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/general/theme 'YouNIX'

4. Elegant_Blackle

sudo apt-get install elegant-blackle

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Elegant_Blackle'

gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/general/theme 'Elegant_Blackle'

5. The Eye of Gnome Blue GTK

sudo apt-get install eye-of-gnome-blue

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'The-Eye-of-Gnome-Blue-GTK'

gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/general/theme 'The-Eye-of-Gnome-Blue-GTK'

To use blue icons with this theme, you can check here or here.