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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Malys Rought: An Elegant Dark Theme For Unity and Gnome Shell - Ubuntu 12.10/12.04/Linux Mint 13 (Maya)



In this tutorial we will see another GTK3 theme for Ubuntu/Linux Mint called Malys Rought that will be appreciated by dark theme lovers. The theme is compatible with both Unity and Gnome Shell. Here is a screenshot of it under Ubuntu Unity:



The PPA for Malys Rought is compatible with the following Ubuntu/Linux Mint distributions:

  • Ubuntu 12.10/12.04/11.10/11.04
  • Linux Mint 13 (Maya)
Malys Rought (1.0) Installation

Open the terminal and run these commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:upubuntu-com/gtk3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install malys-rough-theme

Note: Fonts for Malys Rought is included in the PPA.

You can use Gnome Tweak Tool or MyUnity to enable this theme, or use the following terminal commands:

   Version 1

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'malys-rough-left'

gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/general/theme 'malys-rough-left'

   Version 2

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'malys-rough-right'

gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/general/theme 'malys-rough-right'

Credits for this theme go here

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