Topic: 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.


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Linux Icon Pack Papirus Gets First Update in 8 Months

Fans of the Papirus icon theme for Linux desktops will be happy to hear a new version is available for download. Paprius‘s first update for 2025 improves support for KDE Plasma 6, adding Konversation, KTorrent […]

2 February 2025
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Auto-Match Ubuntu’s Accent Colour to Your Wallpaper

For a pinch more personalisation of Ubuntu 24.10 check out Auto Accent Colour, a new GNOME Shell extension that changes the system accent colour based on your current desktop wallpaper. Accent colours are a headline […]

10 November 2024
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Burn My Windows Adds Dreamy New ‘Focus’ Effect

It’s been a while since the gorgeous (if admittedly gimmicky) Burn My Windows GNOME Shell extension added a new effect to appease fans of over-the-top window closing and opening animations. I.e., folks like moi ;3 […]

7 November 2024

Geckium Turns Modern Firefox into Vintage Google Chrome

Ever feel a pang of a nostalgia for the way web browsers used to look, but don’t fancy the hiccups or hassle involved in trying to run old software on a newer OS? Honestly, you […]

27 October 2024

How to Try GNOME’s New Font Choice on Ubuntu

Word that upstream devs want to make Inter the default UI font in GNOME has me wondering what the typeface looks in action on the Ubuntu desktop. So I decided to find out. But perhaps […]

10 July 2024

Tiling Shell Update Adds Blur Effect & Edge Tiling

Does it seem like I’m a bit obsessed with Tiling Shell, the super-charged window snapping extension for GNOME Shell, which works beautifully on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and above? It might do since this is my […]

27 June 2024

Tiling Shell Brings Advanced Window Snapping to Ubuntu

If you’re looking for a more configurable window tiling experience on Ubuntu, look no further than Tiling Shell, a new GNOME Shell extension to turbo-charge window snapping with a host of interactive features. Ubuntu gained […]

16 June 2024

Turn Ubuntu into a Web Dev Setup in a Single Command

Ubuntu offers a powerful, configurable, and easy-to-use desktop experience out of the box. However, as the saying goes, one size doesn’t fit all. Customising Ubuntu’s look and layout, installing apps and awesome GNOME Shell extensions, […]

7 June 2024

Silverfox is a Classic Chrome Theme for Firefox ESR

A new open-source nostalgia project lets you turn back the clock on web browser aesthetics. Silverfox is a custom theme for Mozilla Firefox ESR — a long-term support version of the famed browser — that […]

4 March 2024
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Papirus Icon Pack Update Adds 50+ New Icons

If you use the Papirus icon theme in Ubuntu you’ll be pleased to hear a new version is available to download. Papirus’s first update in 2024 adds more than 50 new and updated apps icons, […]

4 February 2024

Want to Give Ubuntu a Blingy Christmas Makeover? Here’s how

It’s time to deck the digital halls: Christmas is coming! By now you’ll have put your Xmas tree up (which the cat’s since stripped), wrapped a bunch of presents (impeccably well, I’m sure), and said […]

21 December 2023
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Papirus Icon Pack for Linux Gets Fresh Update

Papirus, the popular icon pack for Linux desktops, has a new update available to download. The latest release adds icons for a slew of Linux software, including a bunch of apps distributed on Flathub, as […]

1 November 2023