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Ivan
Asked: 2010-12-20 18:13:24 +0800 CST

Is there a good Ambience theme for Xubuntu (XFCE, XFWM)?

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Looks ridiculous, but I can't find Ambience theme for XFCE out the in the Internet (while there are even couple of pretty good versions for Windows XP). Could you share a link? I even don't require everything (like controls and icons) look exactly like it does in original Ubuntu Ambiance, I just want window decorations (better with controls on the right though) and a colours scheme (for example dark menu bars instead of default blue ones).

PS: I'd prefer not to install Gnome and Metacity.

themes xfce ambiance

4 Answers

  1. I just made a theme that imitate exactly Ambiance theme used in Ubuntu, and built for Xubuntu. Check it out: http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php?content=141027

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  2. I recently stumbled upon the best XFCE/LXDE versions of Ambiance and Radiance I've seen yet, put together by the RAVEfinity team. You can check them out at xfce-look:

    http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php/Ambiance+%26+Radiance+Themes+for+Xfce%2BOpen?content=146674

    For the impatient, they can be installed thusly:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ravefinity-project/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ambiance-xfce-lxde radiance-xfce-lxde

    They look great and I haven't run into any of the bugs or oddities I've seen with the other Ambiance/Radiance knockoffs. They also provide some interesting "colored" versions of Ambiance and Radiance (which I haven't tried yet):

    http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php/Ambiance+%26+Radiance+Colors+Version?content=147891

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  3. have you checked out xfce-look.org? It has a lot of themes for you to choose from.

    A few Ambiance themes are found here:

    Most of the themes (including those two above) use GTK. You can sort through the KFCE themes on kfce-look.org though. Here are some similar to the Ambiance theme, though they aren't the same:

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  4. After 12.10 (quantal) the Ravefinity PPA has not been updated. But as of 14.04 (trusty), one can get their current Xfce Ambiance and Radiance themes from their website.

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