After installed gnome-shell session on Ubuntu 12.04, you may be interested to try out a few themes on your desktop, and this simple tutorial will show you how to do it.
Preparation:
Apart from ensuring you actually have gnome-shell installed, the first thing need to do is installing gnome-tweak-tool and gnome-shell-extensions-user-theme.
Press Ctrl+Alt+T to launch terminal, and type in this
As the title implies, I'm on Ubuntu Gnome Shell Remix 12.10 and not able to change the window theme for themes I have downloaded. In the tweak-tool, I am able to set the GTK theme to a theme I have downloaded, but it does not work with that theme's respective window border.
I switched from Unity to Gnome 3.4 but I'd like to tweak my desktop a bit. I want to use a gnome shell theme but the gnome tweak tool won't allow me to modify the gnome shell themes. I've read somewhere that if I reinstall the gnome-shell then it would conflict with Unity and I wouldn't be able to safely use Unity anymore. Is there a way to change the theme without reinstalling the gnome-shell?
John Stowers has announced the release of GNOME Tweak Tool 3.6.0, a utility popular among users of the GNOME 3 desktop environment. The GNOME Tweak Tool is better known by the users of Ubuntu as Advanced Settings. As you might expect, it's a very important tool for customizing how your Gnome 3 environment looks and behaves.
I am using Ubuntu 12.10 with Gnome-Shell from the gnome-3-team/gnome3 ppa.
This is working great, and I have my custom theme setup.
The only issue I am running into is that Gnome-Shell seems to forget the theme after every reboot.
If I open gnome-tweak-tool the correct theme is selected, however it is not applied; if I select anything else and then re-select the theme it is then applied correct
Half-left has designed yet another great theme for Gnome Shell. His latest theme is based on the look of Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin and it looks really beautiful.
Download Ubuntu Precise Pangolin Gnome Shell Theme
Instructions
Use User Theme Extension and Gnome Tweak Tool to switch Gnome Shell themes. Gnome Tweak Tool can be installed from Ubuntu Software Center.
I am using Ubuntu 12.10 GNOME Remix. My problem is when I open my Tweak Tool and then go to Themes and I attempt to change my "Current Theme" at top (from what I understand this is the metacity theme) most of the themes do not work. Any help is much appreciated. :D
John Stowers has announced the release of GNOME Tweak Tool 3.6.1, a utility popular among users of the GNOME 3 desktop environment.
The GNOME Tweak Tool is better known by the users of Ubuntu as Advanced Settings.
I have installed the "Gnome Shell Theming extension", i have enabled it in the "gnome tweak tool", I have installed asome themes in my ~/.themes folder, still i cannot select any shell-theme. How can I enable and select Gnome Shell Themes in 11.10?
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