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Richard Holloway
Asked: 2010-08-18 09:14:49 +0800 CST

Where can I get themes and eye-candy for my desktop?

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Apart from those themes in the repository and Gnome-look.org, are there other places to get themes for my Ubuntu Desktop?

Also, are there any 3rd party repositories of themes and other eye-candy?

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  1. Best Answer

    Web Upd8 is where I got a lot of nice themes and tips for customization. Plus they maintain a PPA with modding/utility apps.They also have a PPA ppa:webupd8team/themes (How to add PPAs) specifically for themes.

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  2. Here you'll find some Ubuntu related art: http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=gallery%3Aubuntu-artists%2F24290476

    And here, Ubuntu awareness material (and release countdown buttons) : http://spreadubuntu.neomenlo.org/

    Regards!

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  3. Here are some themes PPAs:

    All of those are amazing themes. The first PPA comes with the updated Ubuntu Light Themes backported from Ubuntu 10.10 to Ubuntu 10.04.

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  4. This weblog does alot of customization tutorials and various other ubuntu thematics related topics.

    Plus its in England

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  5. GNOME-LOOK.ORG
    I have been using this for so many years, their collection is just unmatched in terms of volume and quality.

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  6. Reddit pics (http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/) is sometimes a good source for artistic, odd, funny, or bueautiful images that make good desktop backgrounds. Here are a few I've found (I especially like landscapes):

    http://i.stack.imgur.com/SPY3v.jpg

    http://i.stack.imgur.com/UBl94l.jpg

    http://science.nationalgeographic.com/wallpaper/science/photos/canyons-gallery/canyon-de-chelly/

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  7. And the "Granddaddy" of them all is gnomelook.org---not a PPA, but when you can just take a .tar & drop it on Appearance--why a PPA?

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  8. You might want to look at this eye-candy project from France, it's amazing: http://www.bisigi-project.org/?page_id=8&lang=en

    It works great, I didn't have any problems with the themes and they are complete, meaning that you have their icons not only on your desktop but also in nautilus file browser.

    I apologize in case an answer from above has already mentioned it.

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