A majority of the Linux users are a fan of the Material themes and so am I! Let’s check out at some of the most spectacular Material themes.

Note – All these themes are GTK-based, so make sure that you’re using a GTK-based desktop environment, not Qt or others (KDE Plasma and LXQt won’t etc. work).

The best themes

• Adapta

Just like the name suggests, it’s an adaptive material-design theme with a cool dark-black and white/teal color scheme. It offers a true pro look and clean environment. You can get Adapta in 2 flavors – light and dark. I personally like the dark one.

The theme is heavily reliant on the official Google material theme, even by using the official Android fonts!

The theme is available for everyone on GitHub. It’s updated on a regular basis, so no need to worry about incompatibility issues. Enjoy Adapta!

• Canta

It’s Canta, not “Santa”, folks! Here comes a really unique theme that’s based on the material design. Instead of the classic coloring, this one comes up with lime green, white and a dark shade of black with Apple-style window buttons.

The theme is available on the GTK2 and GTK3 based desktop environments, so includes the major ones like GNOME, Xfce, MATE, Budgie etc.

The theme is also available on GitHub. Enjoy Canta!

• Vimix

Material themes come up with only a couple of colors, right? Then, how about a big combo of colors?

Yes, that’s what Vimix offers to you. It’s a flat, material design theme that grants you the wish of your favorite colors (gray, blue, red, green and much more). It’s based on the famous Material theme and supports all the desktop environments using GTK3 and higher (GNOME, Cinnamon etc.).

• Paper

This is one of the ancient themes of the starting of the Material craze. Unlike Adapta, Paper offers a better approach towards the core of the material theme. The theme offers a wide variety of bold colors as well.

The overall design is pretty similar to the Android’s Flat look while carefully following the Google Design guidelines.

You can enjoy Paper on any desktop environment that uses a reasonably up-to-date version of GTK3. Get Paper from the official site.

• Material

Material offers the classic look and feel of the material design. It comes up in 3 color variations. It’s more popular due to its rich animation effects, cleaner design and the sharp following of the material guidelines.

Material is also celebrated as one of the well-supported Linux themes of all. You can enjoy the theme on any environment that comes up with GTK 3.20 or higher. More interestingly, the theme comes up in the Flatpak format!

Get Material from GitHub.

I hope these themes will refresh your Linux experience a lot. Feel free to share your thoughts. Did I miss any of your favorite themthemesn’t forget to mention the name!

Enjoy!

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The theme is available to any system that uses GTK-based Linux desktop environments.

The theme is really easy to enjoy. Let’s get started.

Getting Hooli GTK theme

Get the latest version of Hooli. The file name is “Hooli.zip”.

Install Hooli

Once the download is complete, run the following commands –

# Extract the archive –
unzip Hooli.zip

# Place the Hooli files in the folder –
sudo mv ~/Downloads/Hooli /usr/share/themes

If you’re looking for a complementary icon theme for Hooli, then Papirus icon theme offers the best compatibility. Get Papirus icon theme.

Enjoy Hooli!

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Today, let’s cater ourselves with Oranchelo – an awesome icon theme pack. This theme pack is easier to install and enjoy for anyone.

Downloading Oranchelo

This theme officially supports Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Arch Linux, openSUSE etc. major Linux distros. If your Linux system wasn’t there, don’t worry. There’s also a generic method to follow.

• Ubuntu

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oranchelo/oranchelo-icon-theme

sudo apt update && sudo apt install oranchelo-icon-theme

• Debian

cd ~/Downloads
wget https://launchpad.net/~oranchelo/+archive/ubuntu/oranchelo-icon-theme/+files/oranchelo-icon-theme_0.7.7.1~ubuntu18.04.1_all.deb -O oranchelo-icon-theme.deb

sudo dpkg -i oranchelo-icon-theme.deb
sudo apt install -f

• Fedora

wget https://github.com/OrancheloTeam/oranchelo-icon-theme/releases/download/v0.7.4.4/oranchelo-icon-theme-0.7.4.4-1.fc27.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf install oranchelo-icon-theme-0.7.4.4-1.fc27.noarch.rpm -y

• OpenSUSE

wget https://github.com/OrancheloTeam/oranchelo-icon-theme/releases/download/v0.7.4.4/oranchelo-icon-theme-0.7.4.4-1.fc27.noarch.rpm
sudo zypper install oranchelo-icon-theme-0.7.4.4-1.fc27.noarch.rpm

• Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S git

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/oranchelo-icon-theme-git.git
cd oranchelo-icon-theme-git
makepkg -si

• Generic instruction

For installing the theme, you have to download from GitHub and build it from source.

Download the theme from GitHub –

git clone https://github.com/OrancheloTeam/oranchelo-icon-theme.git

Run the installation script –

sudo chmod +x  oranchelo-installer.sh
./oranchelo-installer.sh

Remove the sources folder –

rm -vrf ~/oranchelo-icon-theme

Activating the theme

Not sure how to activate the theme? From the launcher of your Linux system, search for “Appearance”. There, you’ll have an option of choosing the icon for your system.

Enjoy!

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Like changing the look of the system, you can also change the look of all the apps by applying various icon theme packs. Changing the icons is also a nice way of refreshment. Today, let’s take a look at the cool-looking Papirus icon theme.

Downloading Papirus icon theme

• Ubuntu

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:papirus/papirus
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install papirus-icon-theme

• Debian and Debian-derivatives

sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/papirus/papirus/ubuntu xenial main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/papirus-ppa.list"

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com E58A9D36647CAE7F
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install papirus-icon-theme

• Universal method

This method will work for all the Linux distros. That’s why we’ll be following this method today to install the icon pack. Run the following command:

# Installing under ROOT directory (recommended)
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme/master/install.sh | sh

# HOME directory for GTK
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme/master/install.sh | DESTDIR="$HOME/.local/share/icons" sh

# For BSD systems
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme/master/install.sh | DESTDIR="/usr/local/share/icons" sh

# Uninstall the icon
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme/master/uninstall.sh | sh

# Note that for Qt4 apps, you need to have "libqt4-svg" for proper working with the theme

Enabling the theme

Once the download is complete, you can easily activate the theme directly on your system. Depending on each distro, the method varies. However, just look out for “Appearance” or “Theme” in your system settings. You should come up with a similar option.

Voila! Papirus theme is activated!

If you need any further in-depth assistance or more configuration ability, don’t forget to check out the GitHub Papirus icon theme page!

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Now, it’s time to enjoy the theme system wide.

Installing the theme

Run the following command(s) according to your Linux distro.

• Ubuntu

sudo apt install arc-theme

• Debian

sudo apt-get install arc-theme

• Fedora

sudo dnf install arc-theme

• Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S arc-gtk-theme

• Other distros

If your distro wasn’t listed here, you have to follow the instructions on this page. You have to build it from source. Run these commands in the terminal:

git clone https://github.com/horst3180/arc-theme --depth 1
cd arc-theme

./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
sudo make install

There are also other customizable options available during the build of the theme.

./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --custom-argument

Available options:

--disable-xfwm
--disable-metacity
--disable-gtk2
--disable-gtk3
--disable-unity
--disable-transparency

Activating the theme

Even if the theme is installed successfully, it’s still not activated. You have to activate it from your distro’s theme settings. There are lots of available desktop environments, but the most popular ones are GNOME, XFCE4, and KDE.

The easiest way to find out the proper option is to search from the “Apps” menu. After activating, enjoy the awesome Arc theme.

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Today, let’s take a look at openDesktop – the awesome app for installing & managing tons of themes from different sources.

Downloading openDesktop

In order to use the application, you have to download the software in your system. The program is available as an AppImage, meaning that it’s portable and can be used in any version of Linux.

Download openDesktop. Assuming that your download is saved in the “Downloads” folder, let’s mark the file as executable.

cd ~/Downloads

chmod +x opendesktop

Using openDesktop

Now, you can double-click the AppImage file and start browsing through the vast collection of different icons, cursors, themes etc.

Double-click and run the app. You’ll find lots of available themes, icons and other customizability options out there.

How to install the theme(s)

In order to install a theme, browse through the collection and open your favorite one. For example, I wish to install this “Droid Shell” theme.

Scroll down and click on the “Files” tab.

Now, click on the OCS-Install section next to the proper download option. Don’t worry; you can try out other downloads and easily uninstall the old ones.

After the download is complete, click on the “Installed” option from the top bar.

From here, you can easily manage your theme – activate, deactivate or remove anything you want.

Desktop environment oriented option

If you want to filter the theme for more compatibility with your system, you can change the homepage to other pages like GNOME-Look, XFCE-Look etc.

Let’s enjoy all the awesome themes you can find out! You should also try out Vimix – a really cool theme for Linux system.

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