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Dawoodjee
Asked: 2018-06-27 06:10:52 +0800 CST

How can I get Gnome Shell to look like Budgie without Budgie DE?

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Ubuntu Budgie

I don't want to install the Budgie Desktop Environment to avoid bugs and endless tweaks. Specifically, I like the Transparent Top Panel and the Icon pack. Is there a Budgie theme for Gnome?

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  1. Best Answer

    Try the following.

    • Change your application theme (GTK+) and shell theme to Arc (preferably "Dark" or "Darker" variant) using (GNOME) Tweaks. To install the theme on Ubuntu 17.10 and later from the Universe repository run 

      sudo apt install arc-theme

      Ubuntu 16.04 requires adding the repo

      sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Horst3180/xUbuntu_16.04/ /' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:Horst3180.list"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install arc-theme

    • Change your icon theme to Moka. For Ubuntu 17.10 and later, it's available from the Universe repository, the pocillo-icon-theme package will install the Moka and Faba icon-sets

      sudo apt install pocillo-icon-theme

      On older Ubuntu releases, install them from Sam Hewitt's PPA by running 

      sudo add-apt-repository ppa:snwh/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install moka-icon-theme faba-icon-theme faba-mono-icons

    • Make the Ubuntu dock (on Ubuntu 17.10 and later) flexible following this Q&A: How can I stop Ubuntu Dock from extending to the edges? Also perhaps reduce the size of app icons in the dock from Settings > Dock.
      For earlier Ubuntu releases, use the GNOME shell extension called Dash to Dock.

    • The top bar in GNOME has dynamic transparency feature nowadays by default. If you want to have more control over its transparency use the Dynamic Panel Transparency extension (see this for reference).

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