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Faenza and Faience Icon Themes Updated for Gnome Shell and Unity

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http://www.ubuntuvibes.com – Matthieu James has updated his popular Faenza and Faience icon sets with many new icons. He has also released a new Faience GTK theme and its looks absolutely beautiful with Ubuntu 12.10 (supports both Gnome Shell and Unity). The Faience Gnome Shell theme has also been updated to work with Gnome 3.6. To install Faenza and Faience themes in Ubuntu, run the following commands: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install faenza-icon-theme faience-icon-theme faience-theme You can then use Gnome Tweak Tool to switch themes (HowTos)

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