More Nice GTK3 Themes For Unity And Gnome Shell - Ubuntu 12.04/11.04/Linux Mint 13 (Maya)

Today we will introduce three GTK3 themes for Ubuntu/Linux Mint that can be used with Unity or Gnome Shell. These themes will help you beautify your desktop and give your system a good impression for those who may see it. We have already covered many GTK+ themes for Ubuntu, you can find them here.

To be able to install these themes, you need first to add our PPA with these two commands:

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

Note: You can either use MyUnity or GNOME Tweak Tool to enable these themes or use simply the terminal commands given with each theme below.

1. MIUIv4+

To install MIUIv4+ on Ubuntu 12.10/12.04/11.10 and Linux Mint 13 (Maya), open the terminal and issue this command:

sudo apt-get install miui-gtk3

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'MIUI+'

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

2. Autumn GTK3 Theme

sudo apt-get install autumn-gtk3

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

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

3. Violet GTK3 Theme

sudo apt-get install violet-gtk

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

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

Theme sources:

- MIUIv4+
- Autumn GTK3 Theme
- Violet GTK3 Theme