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.
It's the start of a new week so why not give your drab desktop a dust-down? One of these utterly divine wallpapers created and sent to us by 'insospettato' should certainly do the trick.
One of the big draws in Ubuntu-based OS Linux Mint's new release candidate - released today - is a new 'metal' looking theme. Here's how to easily install and use it in Ubuntu.
Microsoft have released two new seasonal-themed ‘themepacks’ for Windows 7. With a bit of renaming you can easily grab the wallpapers inside for use on any operating system – including Ubuntu. The new Lightning theme […]
If you're bored with the look of the default date and time applet in Ubuntu why not jazz it up with one of the following themes?
Display the time in style on your desktop without needing to install entire widget frameworks or mess with complicated conky codes using Cairo-Clock – a themeable, resizable and moveable analogue clock application.
Several readers sent us a link to the following wallpaper by ~jbaer - and we can see why! Titled ‘Maverick Dunes’ and created solely in Inscape, the wallpaper makes a wonderful alternative to the default Ubuntu wallpapers in both Lucid and Maverick. Download link inside, kiddies!
We show off a set of slick new themes by jurialmunkey, including installation instructions.
A new theme for graphical GRUB replacement BURG by ~SWOriginal (increasingly one of our favourite designers) has been released. Called ‘Lightness’ the theme was designed to feel ‘calm, clean & modern’ according to its designer, and certainly gives a beautifully minimalistic introduction to your boot time.
Ubuntu design team member Otto Greenslade blogged about a set of new Ubuntu-style emoticons for use on the Canonical design blog at the weekend – and you can now use them in Pidgin.
Find Docky looking drab? Try this ‘dark glass’ theme by artist ~half-left.
If you’re a big fan of the Faenza icon set then chances are the following Faenza styled Conky bar, created by pingsuters over on gnome-look.org, is sure to tempt.
An updated version of elementary styled Firefox theme ‘Firefox elementary’ has been released today. The theme helps to seamlessly integrate Ubuntu’s default web browser into your Elementary themed desktop. Download http://seahorsepip.deviantart.com/art/Firefox-elementary-2-0-180837401 Download, extract and double-click […]
It was so ace it's now a wallpaper. Yep - the tug o' war between Ubuntu (with Geeko from SUSE to boost the ranks) and the OS X cats...
The default Ambiance theme in Ubuntu 10.10 - and its lighter sibling Radiance - have received lots of due love and attention since Lucid and thusly many third-party browser "themes" have also been pepped up in anticipation. Skins ahoy inside.
Hardened Rhythmbox users longing for a Banshee-style Album Art browsing view need long no more. RhythmArty is a plugin for rhythmbox that provide such a view; allowing you to browse your music collection via large […]
Longing for a visually impressive way of browsing your music library in Rhythmbox? Can you say 'Coverflow time'!
Long to ditch the old-skool GNOME panels and rock it with a dock and some bling? A very nice reader by the handle of sub7i dropped off a tutorial detailing exactly how you can achieve this. Everything you need is provided behind the read more link...
Big fan of Faenza but want to use a dark theme? Check out this Faenza icon set, modded for dark themes.