how to get old ubuntu theme? like in karmic?

**deskman** · October 3rd, 2011

hi! i wonder if there is a way to make my natty narwhall look like like older ubuntu releases.. karmic koala for ex. i just like the simple brownish interface. us there something to do with it?

**jaydensmith95** · October 3rd, 2011

I am new this forum please suggest me

**searchfgold6789** · October 3rd, 2011

If you're talking about getting rid of the Unity interface (with all the buttons on the side and the ubuntu logo thing) then your best bet is to run Ubuntu in Classic Mode. At the login screen, just select the login type to Ubuntu Classic instead of Ubuntu. There's a menu for it at the bottom.

**Frogs Hair** · October 3rd, 2011

The themes are in available in the Synaptic Package Manager or open the terminal and run the following command .

Code:

sudo apt-get install community-themes

**Frogs Hair** · October 3rd, 2011

If you would like the 9.10 wallpapers .

Code:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu wallpapers-extra

**nickleboyblue** · October 3rd, 2011

As far as Unity goes, I don't know of a way to make it look like an earlier release while keeping the launcher. However, if you want to get rid of the launcher, here's how:

When you get to the login screen, there are a couple of menu buttons on the bottom. One of them allows you to select different "sessions." Select "Ubuntu Classic," login, and from then on, it should automatically select that for you. That is where you'll be able to tweak things and make it look a lot more like the older versions.

**Krytarik** · October 4th, 2011

Originally Posted by deskman

hi! i wonder if there is a way to make my natty narwhall look like like older ubuntu releases.. karmic koala for ex. i just like the simple brownish interface.

For the Karmic versions of "human-theme" and "humanity-icon-theme" (if you also want the icons), download them here:

"human-theme": http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubunt...e_0.37_all.deb

"humanity-icon-theme": http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubunt...buntu5_all.deb

Then basically follow this guide, adapting some of the steps to your particular case (the directory for the icon themes is "/usr/share/icons"):

http://www.tuxgarage.com/2011/06/ins...-radiance.html

Greetings.