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Thursday, October 29, 2015
Humanity Colors Icon Pack Updated: 9 Different Colors For Humanity Icon Theme
The guys behind the RAVEfinity project have released an updated Humanity Colors icon theme for Ubuntu 14.04 (and older), which work great with Ambiance and Radiance Colors GTK themes.
The Humanity Colors icon theme pack includes the default Ubuntu icon theme - Humanity -, in 9 different colors: blue, brown, graphite, green, orange (different from the default Humanity orange), pink, purple, red and yellow, all available for both dark and light panels.
The icon theme pack should work with Unity, GNOME (Shell), Xfce, LXDE, Openbox and probably other DEs/shells too.
Here are a few screenshots with the updated Humanity Colors icon pack (and Ambiance Colors) in Ubuntu 14.04:
Install Humanity Colors in Ubuntu
Ubuntu (and Linux Mint / Pinguy OS / etc.) users can install the Humanity Colors icon theme by using the RAVEfinity PPA. Add the PPA and install Humanity Colors by using the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ravefinity-project/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install humanity-colorsTo change the icon theme in Unity, you can use a tool such as Ubuntu Tweak or Unity Tweak Tool. For GNOME Shell, you can change the theme using GNOME Tweak Tool. Make sure to use Humanity-dark-COLORX for dark panels and Humanity-light-COLORX for light panels.
For matching GTK themes, see: Ambiance And Radiance Colors Theme Pack Available For Ubuntu 14.04
If you're not using Ubuntu, you can get the Humanity Colors icon theme from here:
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Spice Up Your Linux Desktop With The Moka Project GTK / Icon Themes
Many of you are probably already familiar with the Moka Project but, since I never covered it, and the project has evolved a lot recently, I though I'd write an article about it now.
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| Stark Ceru GTK theme / Faba Ceru icon theme in Unity (Ubuntu 14.04) |
Moka started as a single icon theme but it has evolved into an entire project which includes multiple GTK and icon themes for the Linux desktop as well as icon themes for Android, all designed / developed by +Sam Hewitt.
Currently, the Moka Project consists of 3 beautiful GTK themes (Moka, Orchis and Stark) and 3 icon themes (Moka, Faba and Faba Colors) for Linux desktops, accompanied by a GNOME Shell and a Plank theme.
Here are a few screenshots with some of the GTK / icon themes included in the Moka Project:
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| Moka Icon Theme |
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| Faba Colors |
To allow you to choose from 6 different folder colors, there's a supplementary theme to Faba called Faba Colors (along with Faba Light/Dark) which you can see above. Faba Color matches the Stark GTK theme, which is available in the same color variations:
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| Stark GTK theme |
Below you can see some of the Moka Project GTK / icon themes in action:
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| Orchis GTK theme / Moka icon theme in GNOME Shell |
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| Orchis GTK theme / Faba Roja icon theme in Unity |
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| Moka GTK theme / Faba Viol icon theme in Unity |
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| Moka GTK3 |
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| Orchis GTK3 |
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| Stark Lutu GTK3 |
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| Stark Roja GTK3 |
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| Stark Verd GTK3 |
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| Moka GNOME Shell theme |
It's also worth mentioning that according to Sam Hewitt, Orchis is the main project GTK theme, and not Moka, as you would expect. Moka GTK theme is still maintained though.
Download the Moka Project GTK / icon themes
All the Moka Project GTK / icon themes are available in repositories for Ubuntu / Linux Mint (Launchpad PPA), Fedora, openSUSE and Arch Linux (AUR).
The themes are free to download but there's also an option to donate to help its development and for this reason, I won't add installation instructions here. Instead, head over to the Moka Project website:
... and simply click the theme you want to install, then click the Download button and follow the instructions.
To change the GTK / icon theme, use a tool such as Unity Tweak Tool, GNOME Tweak Tool, Ubuntu Tweak, etc.
... and simply click the theme you want to install, then click the Download button and follow the instructions.
To change the GTK / icon theme, use a tool such as Unity Tweak Tool, GNOME Tweak Tool, Ubuntu Tweak, etc.
Important note: the Moka Project website doesn't mention the GTK version required by the GTK themes. I've tested the GTK themes with Ubuntu 12.04 (which uses GTK 3.4) and the themes looked broken so I assume the GTK themes require at least GTK 3.6 (the themes seemed to look ok in my brief Ubuntu 12.10 / GTK 3.6 test).
Report any bugs you may find @ GitHub.
some images via Moka Project
Friday, October 23, 2015
Ambiance And Radiance Colors Theme Pack Available For Ubuntu 14.04
Ambiance & Radiance colors is a theme pack that provides Ambiance and Radiance themes in 9 different colors: blue, brown, graphite, green, orange (different than the one used by default in Ubuntu), pink, purple, red and yellow. The pack supports Unity/GNOME as well as Xfce and LXDE/OpenBox.
The themes were updated recently with support for the latest Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
GTK Theme Preferences (gtk-theme-config) can be used to recolor GTK themes to any color you want however, it doesn't work with Ambiance and Radiance from Ubuntu 14.04 because they use PNGs for checkboxes, progress bars, etc., which can't be changed by this tool.
In my test, the themes worked as expected under Unity, but there's a small glitch under Xfce: the panel text, used by the clock or some indicators, uses a dark color on a dark background, making it unreadable:
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| Ambiance Colors under Unity |
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| Ambiance Colors under Xfce |
Install Ambiance & Radiance colors in Ubuntu 14.04
Ambiance and Radiance Colors can be installed in Ubuntu 14.04 by using the RAVEfinity PPA. Add the PPA and install the themes using the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ravefinity-project/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ambiance-colors radiance-colorsTo change the theme in Unity, you can use a tool such as Ubuntu Tweak or Unity Tweak Tool. For GNOME Shell, you can change the theme using GNOME Tweak Tool.
Thanks to Jared for the tip!
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Gnome Pie Application Launcher Sees New Release
Gnome Pie 0.6 (and 0.6.1 quickly after, to fix a nasty bug) was released recently, bringing new features such as half and quarter pies, a new simple theme along with other interesting changes and bug fixes.
For those not familiar with Gnome Pie, this is an application launcher inspired by a World of Warcraft addon called OPie.
The app consists of multiple "pies", each being triggered by a keyboard shortcut or mouse button you set. Each pie has its own role: applications, bookmarks, main menu, multimedia (play/pause/previous/next), a pie that allows you to control the focused window (maximize, close, etc.) and so on.
You can create new pies or delete the already existing pies so you have full control on what each pie does. Furthermore, you can choose from 10 Gnome Pie themes.
That's not all! You can even access a pie from a dock (and even from the desktop), such as Plank or Unity Launcher:
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| A pie launched from the Unity Launcher, with "automatically select the best pie shape" option enabled |
To do this, simply drag and drop a pie from the Gnome Pie settings to the dock.
Changes in Gnome Pie 0.6/0.6.1:
- it's now possible to have half and quarter pies. You can select the shape yourself or let Gnome Pie do this automatically, depending on the mouse cursor position on the screen;
- users can now define a maximum number of slices per pie. If there are more, you will have the possibility to scroll through the pie with your mouse wheel or Page-Up & Page-Down;
- a new simple theme was added and it's best used with the new half pie layout, when opening pies from a dock (the theme doesn't have labels or a center graphic);
- updated existing themes;
- Gnome Pie has a new icon;
- added option to warp the mouse cursor to the pie center;
- Bug fixes:
- the faked background transparency for desktop environments without compositing works now close to panels and when the mouse moved while opening the pie;
- an old bug has been fixed which caused Gnome-Pie to hang at 100% CPU usage occasionally;
- a bug has been fixed which caused tree view items to have no icons in the settings menu;
- fixed invisible drag and drop icons;
- fixed delayed mode being re-enabled if the pie was opened once before being configured;
- fixed quick action getting activated when the user clicked outside activation range;
- it's now possible to save trigger modes (delayed, turbo, etc.) even if no binding is defined;
- changed WM_CLASS which enables launchers to track windows properly;
Below you can watch a video in which Simon Schneegans, the Gnome Pie developer, presents the new features in Gnome Pie 0.6.1:
Gnome-Pie 0.6.1 from Simon Schneegans.
Gnome Pie should work on most desktop environments but note that in GNOME Shell, the app doesn't show up in the tray, which means you can't access its preferences directly - however, there's a workaround for this issue: simply launch Gnome Pie twice and the second time, its Preferences dialog should show up instead of launching the app a second time.
Install Gnome Pie in Ubuntu or Linux Mint
To install the latest Gnome Pie in Ubuntu 15.04, 14.10 or 14.04 / Linux Mint 17.1 or 17 and derivatives, you can use its official PPA. Add the PPA and install Gnome Pie using the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:simonschneegans/testing
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-pieIf you're not using Ubuntu / Linux Mint, you can download the Gnome Pie source via GitHub.
Once installed, launch Gnome Pie from the menu / Dash and then use CTRL + ALT + A to launch some applications, CTRL + Alt + B for bookmarks, etc. You can find all these keyboard shortcuts, change them or create new "pies" in the Gnome Pie Preferences (which you can access via its AppIndicator / Notification Area icon).
Monday, October 19, 2015
Download All The Ubuntu Community Wallpapers From Karmic To Trusty
Each Ubuntu release ships with 15-20 beautiful wallpapers created by the community. For every Ubuntu version starting with Karmic (9.10), there's a package that contains all these community wallpapers, which you can install in newer Ubuntu releases.
By using the instructions below, you can install all the Ubuntu community wallpapers from Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala to Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander (138 wallpapers!), in the latest Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr.
If you don't use Ubuntu or you're using an older release, there's a download link at the end of the article which allows you to download all the wallpapers from Ubuntu Karmic Koala (9.10) to Trusty Tahr (14.04).
Here are a few of the community wallpapers used in previous Ubuntu versions (the images below are for presentation purposes and have been scaled down, don't use them as wallpapers!):
... and many others.
Install the Ubuntu community wallpapers from Karmic to Saucy in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr
By using the command below in Ubuntu 14.04, you'll get 138 wallpapers (around 35-40 mb) that were used in previous Ubuntu releases:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-wallpapers-karmic ubuntu-wallpapers-lucid ubuntu-wallpapers-maverick ubuntu-wallpapers-natty ubuntu-wallpapers-oneiric ubuntu-wallpapers-precise ubuntu-wallpapers-quantal ubuntu-wallpapers-raring ubuntu-wallpapers-saucy(the wallpapers are installed under /usr/share/backgrounds/ and they should show up automatically under System Settings > Appearance)
The command above doesn't include "ubuntu-wallpapers-trusty" because the community wallpapers for Trusty are already available by default in Ubuntu 14.04, obviously.
If you don't use Ubuntu or you're using an older release, download all the Ubuntu community wallpapers from Karmic to Trusty, from HERE.
Humanity Colors Icon Theme Now Available In 12 Colors
Humanity Colors, an icon theme pack designed by the Ravefinity Project which provides Humanity (the default Ubuntu icon theme) in various colors, was updated with 3 new colors along with other changes and bug fixes.
Humanity Colors 14.04.3 includes 3 new colors: Manila, Aqua, Teal, bringing the icon theme to a total of 12 colors variations (the theme already included the following colors: blue, brown, graphite, green, orange - different from the default Humanity orange -, pink, purple, red and yellow), all available for both dark and light panels.
Here are the 3 new icon colors in action:
The new version also brings "darker, crisper and way better looking overall colors" for the whole icon theme pack, according to Jared Sot, one of the Ravefinity designers:
It's also worth mentioning that the icon theme no longer requires Humanity and Ubuntu Mono icon themes to be installed, these being bundled with the theme. Because of this, Humanity Colors now uses about 90-100 mb of HDD space.
In the email I received today from Jared, he mentioned that Ambiance & Radiance Colors are to be updated to match the new colors at some point. For now though, Ambiance & Radiance colors is available in 9 color variations - see THIS article for more info.
As a reminder, Humanity Colors icon theme pack should work with Unity, GNOME (Shell), Xfce, LXDE, Openbox and probably other DEs/shells too.
Install Humanity Colors in Ubuntu
Ubuntu 14.04, 13.10 and 12.04 / Linux Mint 17, 16 and 13 (and derivatives) users can use the Ravefinity PPA to install the latest Humanity Colors:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ravefinity-project/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install humanity-colorsFor other Linux distributions, grab Humanity colors from the Ravefinity website.
To change the icon theme in Unity, you can use a tool such as Ubuntu Tweak or Unity Tweak Tool. For GNOME Shell, you can change the theme using GNOME Tweak Tool. Make sure to set Humanity-dark-COLORX icon themes for dark panels and Humanity-light-COLORX for light panels.
For matching GTK themes, see: Ambiance And Radiance Colors Theme Pack Available For Ubuntu 14.04.
Thanks to Jared Sot for the tip!
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