How to Install GNOME Themes in Ubuntu 11.10

I hate gnome 3 its a real step back from version 2. I will never use version 3 because you have almost no control or options in it not even a right click for desktop (very N00bish!) ): im gonna stick with my Debian squeeze stable with gnome v2.30 installed just now. and when the time comes maybe move to a differnt desktop enviroment. Xfce or LXDE, RIP Gnome...

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how to transparent theme??

So you'll never use Gnome 3 but here you are reading up on it. That makes no sense. Dont wanna use it, then quit reading about it.

rip gnome

Bye bye Gnome 3, Gnome 2.30 was the best and useful desktop of all. In the future i try XFCE or something else........

I agree, gnome 2.x was good. What happened to these people. Are they listening to users? Is this "change" because they want look like iPhone? I program on my computer. I can't program on iPhone. Anybody is listening in gnome group? Can you make gnome 4.0 looking like 2.3 with its functionality? Maybe I MS Windows or Mac is the solution.

I tried to put downloaded themes in both .themes and /usr/theme/share folder. But none of them appers in the dropdown menu. What to do?

Hit Ctrl+H in the folder view.. Struggled with this too..
http://www.debianadmin.com/how-to-view-hidden-files-and-folders-in-ubuntu-file-browser.html

The same happened to me. I've put some random theme, just to see it's working, and it did, but when I found a nice one, and put it into ~/.themes, it didn't show up in tweaks tool... Someone has a solutions? I've been all over google for this, but I didn't find anything...

I have exactly the same problem.

Superb :D..

awesome .. i wasted lot of time .. thank you very much

Gnome 3 sucks! Made my Ubuntu 11.04 crash. Gnome 2 the best.

Made all the steps,,but still the theme not appear in tweak tools ,,, any solutions ?

My problem is that I am using the Natty Narwhal version and I just can't seem to open the Ubuntu Tweak Tool. I had to download Ubuntu Tweak which is not working. I would like to know how can I open the Ubuntu Tweak Tool that will also have the drop down menus because this is not the first time that I have tried this.

Hi,

You need to install gnome-tweak-tool first

Regards
/Frank

Will the close button be (annoying) orange whatever theme I put on?

I agree with readers. They killed gnome. Why? So they can have the feeling of iPhone. Nobody can program on iPhone.......

Very good, very good indeed. For all the others that doesn't like gnome 3, well, thats only your opinions. But the truth is Gnome still alive. Just try do forget older older customs. This is something new, for new generations that care more for visual than functionality (gnome 3 have both). By the way thanks softpedia for this awsome tutorial

i removed unity in 11.10 so this is not for 11.10 but for unity. i do not have a unity panel so how would i do this without it?

the newly added themes did not show in the GTK+theme list.....

Wow! its worked, this is a really simple guide
Thanks

Themes installed this way don't show up under "GTK+theme", though they are in ~/.themes.

make sure you are using a gtk3 theme

Thank you so much!

Im stuck on step 3&4... how do you get to advanced settings? searching for advanced settings or Ubuntu tweak tool returns 0 results. What folder is advanced settings situated in?

The gnome-tweak-tool is also sometimes called advanced settings. It is not something you should find inside the gnome-tweak-tool.

DON'T WORK FOR ME!!! why?? only window theme changed (the border) not GTK+ theme, the themes that I installed only I can see in the window theme, why?? why god why me!!! XD

i did all the steps rightly but nothing is appeared any extra theme option on GTK+themes list

You've got to laugh at some of the comments here..

"I will never use version 3 because you have almost no control or options in it not even a right click for desktop (very N00bish!)" - Are you serious? Right-click.. oh sheet, there's my context menu. How could you miss that?

"Gnome 2.30 was the best and useful desktop of all" - What do you mean by useful? Gnome 3 has windows, buttons, widgets, toolbars... If by "useful" you mean "oh snap they have changed something and I'm going to have to reluctantly learn something new", then you're a moron! The Gnome UI team don't make fundamental changes to their user experience just because they found some chronic; they are well thought-out decisions to help new users adopt their software. They have indeed 'minimalized' a lot of things in the new Gnome - surely you must think its more USEFUL to not have so much crap in your way? (cough KDE cough)

"Are they listening to users? Is this "change" because they want look like iPhone? I program on my computer. I can't program on iPhone. Anybody is listening in gnome group? Can you make gnome 4.0 looking like 2.3 with its functionality? Maybe I MS Windows or Mac is the solution." - Firstly.. I'm sure they listen to their users, and they conduct usability tests with new users to see which group adopt the concepts easier. For long-time Gnome users, it's probably assumed that you're tech-savvy. You program on your computer, and you can't program on your iPhone? I'm guessing you mean one of 3 things:

1: You run programs on your computer, but you are incapable of running programs on your iPhone. I doubt this is the case, you can't be that stupid.

2: You are a budding software developer, and are only just starting to learn to program on a PC, which is understandable you don't know how to program for iPhone. But, son, an iPhone's API is nearly 100% Objective-C; a language that I highly doubt you'd be learning if you were just starting out on a PC. Gnome 3 haven't changed their API to Objective-C, so it can't be this reason either.

3: You literally mean "You can't program on iPhone". Does this mean you can't write a text document on your iPhone? Or install an SSH client and remote into a Linux box & do your code there?

All these three reasons are completely farfetched, so I'm going to conclude that your reply has absolutely no substance to it.

"Gnome 3 sucks! Made my Ubuntu 11.04 crash. Gnome 2 the best." - Hello, nubling, welcome to Open Source. I've used Gnome since Gnome 1. Nearly 15 years ago. That crashed more than Gnome 3. Hell, I've used Gnome 2 from 2.0 until they made Gnome 3. I lost count of crashes, work lost (which is my own fault for not saving more regularly..). And speaking of that.. You're using Ubuntu. They use bleeding-edge software in all cases, so surely GNOME isn't the only thing you've seen crash?

So to all you retard haters of Gnome 3 out there, the revision is still in its infancy, and you WILL have to adapt to change. But - who gives a rats anus about the window manager you use?? It's not about the window manager.. It's about the APPLICATIONS you use!! If you're a programmer, you'll no doubt be using emacs or vim (unless you have just moved from win32 and have wound up using eclipse...).. The window manager just draws the damned windows. The desktop environment provides you with a DESK-TOP. A calendar, a mail client, a clock and a launcher. If moving to Gnome 3 has REALLY upset you, then I'm sorry, but you're an idiot and spend too much time "tweaking settings and changing your theme".

LONG LIVE GNOME!

I see we have our first Gnome fanboy.

Sorry, Gnome 2.30 is their best work so far. You can have the flash and glitz of Gnome 3. I'll take the customizability of Gnome 2.3. Not everyone who uses open-source OSes are programmers, in case you didn't know.

And double sorry because all companies do NOT listen to their users. Netflix surely didn't. Microsoft doesn't -- if they did, for example, people would not be still running 10+ year old Windows XP instead of Vista (trash) and 7 (trash-lite). GM in the past didn't and look where they are now. I don't know where you get your evidence from, but it's not correct. They could have decided to start from the ground up with a new look and feel. How do you know they didn't? Were you there? Whatever they chose, they need to go back to Gnome 2.3 and offer upgrades to that one because Gnome 2.3 rocks, plain and simple.

i have a slight problem, i really like ambiance DS BlueBLK (http://linux.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/Ambiance-DS-BlueBLK-Screenshot-81125.html) theme, especially for the circle type menu (universal access) but even though i restarted computer, not just log out, it doesn't happen...

erm, i did everything you said and it wont show up at all?!

I did that, but nothing happen!!!, please tell me other way.

wooo thats is so cool ... thenx a lot guys ....

i think gnome 2 will work in ubuntu 11.10

i like this theme thing you just make a new folder named .themes

i love gnome 2 but im sad because it may not work in ubuntu 11.10

i am not able to apply themes i have installed gnome tweak tool...any suggestion?