Explore “Eye Candy”

Give your Ubuntu desktop a stunning new look with GTK themes, free icon packs, Conky, visual customisation tools, rad wallpapers and more – all of which you’ll find badged with this tag.


Add a Pixel Santa to Your Ubuntu Desktop for Christmas

Add an animated Santa to Ubuntu with the Gnomelets GNOME extension. See Santa walk on app windows, jump and roam your desktop. Works with GNOME 45+.

21 December 2025

Ubuntu 26.04 Will Look More Like Vanilla GNOME Shell

Ubuntu's Yaru theme will closely follow the vanilla GNOME Shell design in the upcoming 26.04 release, as its developers aim to reduce the maintenance burden.

9 December 2025
GNOME logo on a laptop with a puzzle piece floating over it to denote extensions.

A Simple Way to Fake Blurred Windows on GNOME

The 2 Wallpapers GNOME extension changes wallpaper when apps open, letting you fake blurred window look in apps that support transparency – clever!

8 December 2025

This Add-On Brings Adaptive UI Colour to Firefox

Want Firefox to dynamically match website colours? This free add-on changes toolbars based on page colours for Vivaldi-style theming. Works on all platforms.

4 December 2025
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Google Releases its New Google Sans Flex Font as Open Source

A font's a font – unless you're into typography! Google Sans Flex font is a new open source font made for screens. It looks great set as Ubuntu's system font.

24 November 2025
Ubuntu dock showing static icons versus dynamic icons displaying live time and date.

This Extension Adds Live Calendar & Clock Icons to Ubuntu Dock

See live clock, calendar and weather icons on the Ubuntu Dock by installing this GNOME extension, compatible with GNOME 46 and later. A neat thing!

10 October 2025

This GNOME Weather Widget Puts Forecasts Directly on Your Desktop

If you want weather information displayed directly on your Ubuntu desktop, the Desktop Widgets GNOME Shell extension is worth checking out. See why inside.

24 September 2025
Icons and a paint roller. orange and dark.

New Icons, Theme Tweaks Land in Ubuntu 25.10

Yaru, Ubuntu's default theme, has received a refresh ahead of October's 25.10 release. The artwork drop adds new app icons, and improves theme consistency.

7 September 2025

Give Your Ubuntu Desktop a Refresh with Hatter Icon Set

Looking for Ubuntu icon alternatives? Hatter offers vibrant, well-designed icons that integrate cleanly with GNOME while respecting app's brand identity.

10 August 2025

GNOME Shell Gets a Proper Desktop Photo Widget (Finally)

A customisable photo widget for your GNOME desktop that shows images from any folder you like. Resizable and moveable, it adds personalised flourish.

30 July 2025

KDE Plasma Adds Rounded Bottom Window Corners to Apps

KDE Plasma 6.5 will automatically round the bottom corners of Breeze-decorated windows, adding a feature that's been asked for by KDE fans for years.

21 July 2025

Floating Mini Panel GNOME Extension Adds Auto Mode

The Floating Mini-Panel GNOME Shell extension can now be made to automatically enable of an application goes fullscreen or is maximised.

8 July 2025