The best GNOME Theme that I have ever seen so far

[wersdaluv]

Nimbus (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Nimbus+(Ubuntu+and+Debian)?content=54755); Sun Microsystems, Inc.'s default theme; is the best GNOME Theme that I have ever seen. It is very professional, is well-polished, and will satisfy most people's taste. This theme can compete with the Aqua Interface and Vista's look and feel.

The problem with this theme is that, the Ubuntu logo is replaced by some other logo, but I fixed it by deleting that logo. Also, with this theme, pop-ups like meta data and such still have the default Ubuntu color scheme.

EDIT:
You have to use it for you to understand what I am saying. Screenshots do not show its real beauty.

[macogw]

That IS very pretty!

I'm guessing colors for libnotify and for mouseovers are located in gconf, but I don't really know.

[earobinson]

Ill stick with my brown!

[bobbocanfly]

That is very nice. Still prefer Nova though.

[neoflight]

the debian links do not work :(

[laxmanb]

Hey I used Solaris Express and I like Nimbus too!! Java apps will look that in a while as well...

[christhemonkey]

I didnt really like it, looked a bit klunky.

Each to their own and all that!

EDIT: Saw OPs edit. Might try it out if i get some time free.

[smartboyathome]

It does look good, but I like dark stuff. I may try it if they make it darker. ;)

[~LoKe]

Meh. I'll stick with this (snip) one.

[samschoice]

This Nimbus makes me prance around.

[nrs]

I like the colours, don't care for the custom widget icons or the widgets themselves.

[Old Pink]

Not a fan.

I've seen (and used) nicer.

[picpak]

I don't like it. The window decoration reminds me of XP, and that's never a good thing. I think if they set the fonts a little smaller and blended the colors a little better, it'd be wonderful.

[crimesaucer]

The window decorations look like a silver default Xp...with OSX color buttons...

But the scrollbars and gtk buttons are very nice.

[Sunflower1970]

Not bad...I like the icons...but I find I'm partial to darker themes....My favorite at the moment is the Ubuntu Studio default one :)

[macogw]

Not bad...I like the icons...but I find I'm partial to darker themes....My favorite at the moment is the Ubuntu Studio default one :)
Yeah, same. I use a black glassy Beryl theme for window borders ("scaled black mod" is the name, it's one of the ones that's installed with emerald-themes), but I really like that icon theme. I have a modified Human theme (Human Ultra was the name, I think) set right now. It comes with about 10 different colors, so I have the grey one set at the moment, but I think I'll switch to those icons.

[prizrak]

That is a very nice looking theme I like it. The only thing I don't like is the battery icon, human one is alot nicer looking and provides better information. If anyone know how to change just that one icon I will be very thankful.

[Eggnog]

Any idea what that wallpaper is? It seems to go well with it.

[macogw]

That is a very nice looking theme I like it. The only thing I don't like is the battery icon, human one is alot nicer looking and provides better information. If anyone know how to change just that one icon I will be very thankful.

Replace these files with the image you want, and give it the same name and make it the proper size (which is in the path):
/usr/share/icons/nimbus/24x24/devices/battery.png
/usr/share/icons/nimbus/48x48/devices/battery.png
/usr/share/icons/nimbus/192x192/devices/battery.png

There's also a gnome-dev-battery.png in each of those locations that has the battery with a little launcher arrow, but I don't think you need to worry about it unless you want a shortcut on your desktop. Unless your panel is amazingly huge, you shouldn't have to worry about the 192x192 either.

[jimrz]

Ill stick with my brown!

+1

[prizrak]

Replace these files with the image you want, and give it the same name and make it the proper size (which is in the path):
/usr/share/icons/nimbus/24x24/devices/battery.png
/usr/share/icons/nimbus/48x48/devices/battery.png
/usr/share/icons/nimbus/192x192/devices/battery.png

There's also a gnome-dev-battery.png in each of those locations that has the battery with a little launcher arrow, but I don't think you need to worry about it unless you want a shortcut on your desktop. Unless your panel is amazingly huge, you shouldn't have to worry about the 192x192 either.
Thanks, those aren't the correct icons though. I'm talking about the status icon next to the clock but I think that the theme would have to be modified.

[macogw]

Do you mean the cpu temperature ones (I'm looking at the screenshot on Gnome-Looks)? Those are the same in Human. I think they look the same always...

[LightB]

I prefer murrina based themes. They are just much faster and can look just as good as other engines.

And the link to the nimbus engine is dead.

[ButteBlues]

Gilouche beats all.

[FuturePilot]

Wow! Beautiful theme!

[nutz]

That looks nice but I really love the Ubuntu Studio theme. I installed it via the Studio repositories and it just feels good...

[SendDerek]

I've just recently discovered LinuxMint and I have to say that it definatly has one of the nicer looking themes... it's like a breath of freshness!

http://linuxmint.com/screenshots.html

[hellmet]

Uhh. Not my kind of a ubuntu theme. Its too dull. I'll stick with my bright orange theme.

[wersdaluv]

Any idea what that wallpaper is? It seems to go well with it.

You can get the nimbus wallpapers here http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Nimbus+%28Gentoo+ebuild%29?content=54702

[riven0]

Hey! The Ubuntu Feisty link is down. :cry: I want that theme!

[dbbolton]

only downfall of this theme: it makes my panel 33px high.

[wersdaluv]

only downfall of this theme: it makes my panel 33px high.

You can delete the menu icon. It's the one that's making it huge.

[Eggnog]

You can delete the menu icon. It's the one that's making it huge.

Thanks for the link to the Nimbus wallpapers. I'm using the theme now. It's quite elegant.

By the way, how do you delete the menu icon? That's the one thing I really don't like about the theme.

[wersdaluv]

Delete the icons here /usr/share/icons/nimbus/32x32/places

[Eggnog]

Thanks. Also, Firefox looks really good with Nimbus using Firefox's Ubuntu Tango theme.

[dbbolton]

Thanks. Also, Firefox looks really good with Nimbus using Firefox's Ubuntu Tango theme.
i'm using nimbus as my gnome theme, and Modern Modoki as my firefox theme
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2930

Fusion Alternative 2 doesn't look bad, either:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1973

[Adamant1988]

I used Nimbus for a while a few months ago. It is a very attractive theme.

[Kayne]

Too bulky for my taste.

Murrina > all (includes Windows and OSX)

[Eggnog]

Good grief. I just went over to gnome-look and searched for Murrina. I got mega pages of MurrinaXXX and MurrinaYYY and MurrinaZZZ but no theme just called Murrina. I saw at least 12 pages of MurrinaSomethings and stopped there. Oddly enough, some of those Murrinas don't even resemble each other. What makes a Murrina?

[dbbolton]

Good grief. I just went over to gnome-look and searched for Murrina. I got mega pages of MurrinaXXX and MurrinaYYY and MurrinaZZZ but no theme just called Murrina. I saw at least 12 pages of MurrinaSomethings and stopped there. Oddly enough, some of those Murrinas don't even resemble each other. What makes a Murrina?
murrina is a gtk engine. it's in the feisty repos.

[ticopelp]

404'ed!

[dbbolton]

404'ed!

here are the gtk and metacity themes

[wersdaluv]

Can someone here upload a nimbus theme .deb?

[EdThaSlayer]

The links don't seem to be working. Anyone know of a mirror to the Ubuntu feisty link?

EDIT:thanks dbbolton for the links :)

[DC@DR]

I found this link: http://www.youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk/progs.sid.html, which has a 0.06 Nimbus .deb files (in gnome-look it's version 0.05). I tried it and worked flawlessly. Hope it helps :-)

[handy]

Just the straight Sabayon 3.4a, Gnome 2.18 with a different screen background is my favorite Gnome. I guess it's more about the version functionality than the appearance. There are some minor bugs in my 2.18, nothing to get too excited about though. :)

[wersdaluv]

The links don't seem to be working. Anyone know of a mirror to the Ubuntu feisty link?

EDIT:thanks dbbolton for the links :)

The one dbbolton uploaded did not include the widget theme, complete icon theme, etc.

The nimbus deb is what we need. Can anyone upload it or something?

[wersdaluv]

Ohh!

I failed to read your post before replying to EdThaSlayer's!

Thank you so much!

:KS

[cwmoser]

I downloaded and uncompressed Nimbus -- how do you install it?

I went to System -> Preferences -> Theme -> Install Theme but cannot find which file to open.

Carl

[wersdaluv]

Download nimbus from http://www.youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk/progs.sid.html

Just install the debs. :)

[wersdaluv]

It would be so much better if the nimbus icons where more integrated with GNOME. I noticed that in the nimbus icon theme, there are very nice power off, log out, and many many other amazing icons that are not being used because the file names should be renamed for Ubuntu's GNOME to use the icons. Also, the horribly huge distributor logo makes the panel really large. Editing the file names of the icons will surely help.

Can someone make the nimbus icons more integrated with GNOME and put it on GNOME-look.org? It's really very nice especially when it is more integrated with linux's GNOME. I guess the file names of the icons where designed for Solaris.

[cwmoser]

Download nimbus from http://www.youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk/progs.sid.html

Just install the debs. :)


There are no *.deb files in the archive.

Carl

[wersdaluv]

There are no *.deb files in the archive.

Carl

If you are using Firefox, hit Ctrl+F and search for "nimbus." You will find two nimbus files there. Those two are debs.

:KS

[rogun]

This is really nice. I've seen nicer looking themes before, but few are as usable and complete as this one.

What I like most about it, however, is that it's fast. I like things that look nice, but most of the eye candy I come across sacrifices too much speed. It's not that I can't run these themes, but that I choose not to run them, because I value speed too much. I like my computer to be snappy and Nimbus satisfies that requirement.

[wersdaluv]

Anyone got a deb for the latest nimbus theme? The 0.0.8 version?

The theme is out here--> http://dlc.sun.com/osol/jds/downloads/extras/ but I am having problems installing it. After installing it using sudo make install (which seemed successful), I had problems using the newly installed theme.

See this thread--> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=525284

[vinodis]

Nimbus Theme for Ubuntu is available by executing this script:-
### SCRIPT BEGINS ###
#!/bin/sh
if ! test -f nimbus-0.0.5.tar.bz2; then
wget -c http://dlc.sun.com/osol/jds/downloads/extras/nimbus-0.0.5.tar.bz2
fi
if ! test -f nimbus-theme_0.0.5-1.diff.gz; then
wget -c http://tigrux.homelinux.org/nimbus-theme_0.0.5-1.diff.gz
fi
if ! test -f nimbus-theme_0.0.5-1_i386.deb; then
sudo apt-get install fakeroot icon-naming-utils intltool dh-make
tar xfj nimbus-0.0.5.tar.bz2
pushd nimbus-0.0.5
zcat ../nimbus-theme_0.0.5-1.diff.gz | patch -p1
chmod +x debian/rules
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc
popd
fi
sudo gdebi nimbus-theme_0.0.5-1_i386.deb
### SCRIPT ENDS ###

[edit] this does not seem to work. :( as the trigrux site does not have the diff.gz file for download.

[wersdaluv]

Nimbus Theme for Ubuntu is available by executing this script:-
### SCRIPT BEGINS ###
#!/bin/sh
if ! test -f nimbus-0.0.5.tar.bz2; then
wget -c http://dlc.sun.com/osol/jds/downloads/extras/nimbus-0.0.5.tar.bz2
fi
if ! test -f nimbus-theme_0.0.5-1.diff.gz; then
wget -c http://tigrux.homelinux.org/nimbus-theme_0.0.5-1.diff.gz
fi
if ! test -f nimbus-theme_0.0.5-1_i386.deb; then
sudo apt-get install fakeroot icon-naming-utils intltool dh-make
tar xfj nimbus-0.0.5.tar.bz2
pushd nimbus-0.0.5
zcat ../nimbus-theme_0.0.5-1.diff.gz | patch -p1
chmod +x debian/rules
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc
popd
fi
sudo gdebi nimbus-theme_0.0.5-1_i386.deb
### SCRIPT ENDS ###

[edit] this does not seem to work. :( as the trigrux site does not have the diff.gz file for download.

Just download the debs from http://www.youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk/progs.sid.html .

The debs from the site are even of version 0.0.6-1

[Altarbo]

The Ubuntu Nimbus link in the original post says that is based off of Gentoo ebuild. If you follow that hyperlink it takes you to this page:

http://gnome-look.org/content/preview.php?preview=1&id=54755&file1=54755-1.png&file2=&file3=&name=Nimbus+%28Ubuntu+and+Debian%29

The screenshots for the Gentoo theme look much better. Has anyone tried both? If so, are they the same theme, or does the gentoo version really look that much better? Is there anything to watch out for if you want to use the Gentoo theme on Ubuntu or straight Debian?

[wersdaluv]

The Ubuntu Nimbus link in the original post says that is based off of Gentoo ebuild. If you follow that hyperlink it takes you to this page:

http://gnome-look.org/content/preview.php?preview=1&id=54755&file1=54755-1.png&file2=&file3=&name=Nimbus+%28Ubuntu+and+Debian%29

The screenshots for the Gentoo theme look much better. Has anyone tried both? If so, are they the same theme, or does the gentoo version really look that much better? Is there anything to watch out for if you want to use the Gentoo theme on Ubuntu or straight Debian?

That's right. The Gentoo Ebuild version looks much better. I guess it is a screenshot of the newer nimbus version.

The version 0.0.8 is out while the latest debs I have seen so far are of version 0.0.6. I hope someone compiles the latest version.

Here is the link to the tarball of the latest version-> http://dlc.sun.com/osol/jds/downloads/extras/

[wolfchri]

I packed nimbus 0.0.8 for Gutsy (AMD64). On public demand, I can also pack the GTK engine for i386. The icon package can be used on all architectures.

You can download the .debs here:

http://vale.homelinux.net/wordpress/?p=189

Use on your own risk!!

Please note, I reserve the right to temporarily suspend download if traffic gets too heavy - as this is also my private DSL connection :-)

Update: I also compiled the theme for x86 and added the sources.

[fuscia]

it's very well done and everything fits well together, but yuk, just looking at it makes me feel like i'm wearing a tie. excellent work, though.

[ticopelp]

You're killing me here. I got 6 of 8 MB and it shut down... :lol:

[wersdaluv]

I packed nimbus 0.0.8 for Gutsy (AMD64). On public demand, I can also pack the GTK engine for i386. The icon package can be used on all architectures.

You can download the .debs here:

http://vale.homelinux.net/wordpress/?p=189

Use on your own risk!!

Please note, I reserve the right to temporarily suspend download if traffic gets too heavy - as this is also my private DSL connection :-)

At last, nimus 0.0.8!!!!


:guitar:

[wersdaluv]

Update: I also compiled the theme for x86 and added the sources.

At long last, here is what I have been waiting for!

I'm currently downloading the debs. I hope that the icons now more integrated to Linux's GNOME because I noticed that the older version's naming convention wasn't integrated well. I guess it's because the theme is designed for Solaris.

[olejorgen]

Nimbus (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Nimbus+(Ubuntu+and+Debian)?content=54755); Sun Microsystems, Inc.'s default theme; is the best GNOME Theme that I have ever seen. It is very professional, is well-polished, and will satisfy most people's taste. This theme can compete with the Aqua Interface and Vista's look and feel.

Eh.. probably the n'th post that points this out, but vista's theme really is butt-ugly. (This is higly subjective, of course :P)

[hessiess]

ugly

[Vansinnesvisan]

Its use of highly saturated colors makes it look childish - something Fisher Price would do. But that also makes it seem friendly; akin to Apple's UI design. It is good for idiots. After all, how can a child's toy confuse anyone?

[GSMD]

Nimbus 0.9 is out: http://dlc.sun.com/osol/jds/downloads/extras/nimbus-0.0.9.tar.bz2

[wersdaluv]

Nimbus 0.9 is out: http://dlc.sun.com/osol/jds/downloads/extras/nimbus-0.0.9.tar.bz2

How 'bout the deb? Hehehe

[wolfchri]

How 'bout the deb? Hehehe

For AMD64, I just finished building, the .debs are available. x86 takes longer as currently, I have no virtual x86 machine running - Gutsy is till missing the VMware kernels, also VirtualBox does yet not work on Gutsy. Since I already updated to gutsy on all machines, you have to wait abnother 10 days or build it on your own - it is really not difficult, just follow the instructions.

:popcorn:

Here are the .debs and instructions:

http://vale.homelinux.net/wordpress/?p=189

[wersdaluv]

For AMD64, I just finished building, the .debs are available. x86 takes longer as currently, I have no virtual x86 machine running - Gutsy is till missing the VMware kernels, also VirtualBox does yet not work on Gutsy. Since I already updated to gutsy on all machines, you have to wait abnother 10 days or build it on your own - it is really not difficult, just follow the instructions.

:popcorn:

Here are the .debs and instructions:

http://vale.homelinux.net/wordpress/?p=189

You're so fast, dude! Now, you're already on 0.0.9. I'm looking forward the x86 version. ;)

Do you have an idea on how to fix the naming of the icons? A lot of icons from the theme are not being used by Ubuntu because of naming convention issues.

[wolfchri]

Do you have an idea on how to fix the naming of the icons? A lot of icons from the theme are not being used by Ubuntu because of naming convention issues.

I am not a packaging guru, but I think that this could be done by setting respective symlinks in the post-installation script of the package. For this, one would need to know what icons we talk about.

However, I cant do this for time reasons - however, feel free to try, in the worst case, the package will not install.

In the next days, I will create a blueprint in launchpad for repository inclusion of Nimbus - a professional package maintainer could then address this and other issues.

and by the way: Gutsy absolutely rocks! :guitar:

If they would only give up this ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly brown color scheme :( But since this is personal thing of Mark, we obviously have to fix bug #1 with this colors :-)

[arbulus]

You can tell that it's a Sun default. It looks like the default theme in Solaris 10.

[Joe_Bishop]

wolfchri, actually, we should only do a map between current nimbus naming conventions, and current gtk naming conventions. For example, just put line <nimbus file name> <gtk file name>. Of course, we don't need to put same names. Then we it's very easy to write a simple script, which will make a soft links in gtk convention to files.

[Joe_Bishop]

I wrote a script (on python, need python 2.4 or later), which compares two iconsets placed in different folders, and shows what icons, which is present in the first theme, is absent in the second one.
Usage examples:
./checkDiff --source /usr/share/icons/nimbus/ --subtractor /usr/share/icons/gnome
This output file names (without extensions), which is present in nimbus theme, but default gnome theme does not have a fit. On my machine this script shows 174 files. Our goal is to determine, what name have appropriate icons in gnome theme (almost all of them have the actual prototypes in gnome theme). Then we write a list of <nimbus file> : <gnome file>. And then we simply make soft links according to the list.

[Joe_Bishop]

I suppose it's quite a weary job for alone, but in group we will do it easily.

[wersdaluv]

The icons! THE ICONS! :lolflag:

They have got to be used!!!!

[wersdaluv]

Here's the .10 version!

http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Nimbus+%28+Ubuntu+7.10+%29?content=70212

[Linuxratty]

That Nimbus theme is really nice!:)

[Dr Small]

I sorta like it, but I'm using IceWM, so um, forget it :p

Dr Small

[wersdaluv]

For quite a while, I settled with Fedora's Nodoka because the Tango icons work well with it but I noticed that Nimbus still is the lightest decent theme that I have ever tried so far. It uses the least CPU compared to themes like Clearlooks and the other popular ones.

[SomeGuyDude]

SlicknesS Black (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Slickness+Black?content=73210). End of story. :guitar:

[Lostincyberspace]

I like mine more, but it is still a work in progress though.
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii97/lostinbrave/darktheme10.png

[sicofante]

Not a fan.

I've seen (and used) nicer.
I like that one. Where can I find it?

[hhhhhx]

Meh. I'll stick with this (http://www.capc-online.net/2007/05/01/dark-eternal-blue/) one.

you made me change my theme :)

[yatt]

It is decent. I was hoping for something that broke away from being so Clearlooksish in nature.

Making use of compositing would be dandy as well.

[samwyse]

I see many people using dark themes, those are just bad for the eyes, because most web pages are white making the contrast too high.

I'm a KDE user and I'd just like a clean GTK theme with small buttons for the few GTK apps I use. The default buttons are too large, making the apps look bloated.

[urukrama]

I see many people using dark themes, those are just bad for the eyes, because most web pages are white making the contrast too high.

I used to think like this, but I've changed my mind. Some time ago, I decided to give a dark theme some time, and I after a while really liked it (to my surprise). Websites were a problem until I discovered userstyles.org (http://userstyles.org/) and was able to have a black google, black ubuntuforums, black youtube, black gmail, etc.

It takes while to get used to it, but dark setups are very pleasant. Though I'm back on a light setup, I'm sure I'll move over to the dark side in the near future for a short while.

[graabein]

I'm not a big fan of dark themes. Something always seem to stick out. I can use them occasionally though. Dust is quite nice for example. Btw can anyone tell me where I find the wallpaper for the attached screenshot of Dust?

I like the screenshots of Nimbus and I'll follow this (https://launchpad.net/nimbus-ubuntu) project on Launchpad.

[wersdaluv]

For Nimbus, I suggest making more Nimbus-compliant icons. I hope, it's possible to have Nimbus-compliant icons on Pidgin and other apps that need it. A consistent look would really be nice. It's not a problem for OpenOffice.org though because its Galaxy icons look right on Nimbus.

[Tomatz]

Slickness is my Favourite!

My desktop:

[Tomatz]

Duplicate

[fballem]

I wrote a script (on python, need python 2.4 or later), which compares two iconsets placed in different folders, and shows what icons, which is present in the first theme, is absent in the second one.
Usage examples:
./checkDiff --source /usr/share/icons/nimbus/ --subtractor /usr/share/icons/gnome
This output file names (without extensions), which is present in nimbus theme, but default gnome theme does not have a fit. On my machine this script shows 174 files. Our goal is to determine, what name have appropriate icons in gnome theme (almost all of them have the actual prototypes in gnome theme). Then we write a list of <nimbus file> : <gnome file>. And then we simply make soft links according to the list.

I'd like to borrow this for use in the nimbus-ubuntu project: https://launchpad.net/nimbus-ubuntu if that's all right with you.

I'm also a newbie - not having run a python script (at least not that I'm aware of), could you please tell me exactly how to do it. I think the object, in my case, is to determine what icons are in gnome that are not in nimbus, since we will have to find the equivalent in nimbus that we can link to gnome. Thanks for your help.

[jenkinbr]

Not bad themes at all.

Talk about necroposting, though

[fballem]

I'm probably daft, but I'm also a relative newbie. What is 'necroposting'?

Nevermind, I found the answer:

necroposting

On a message board, posting something irrelevent on a really old topic to bring it to the top of the list topics. name comes from the fact that you are bringing it back from the dead, thus Necro. a practice common among n00blars.

from here: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=necroposting

[graabein]

Not bad themes at all.

Talk about necroposting, though

:) Well somebody suggested talking about Nimbus in this thread and staying out of the Shiki Colours thread so I did. Didn't bother checking the dates though.

[fballem]

The OP asked us to use this one for Nimbus. There is a second, identically named thread for Shiki.

We're just obliging.