Giving your ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon cool look with : Overglossed theme , Obsidian cursors , Black/White icon set

Recently while i was surfing the internet i came across instruction to install a theme on Ubuntu , Now after installing the theme i was mightily impressed with the theme . I decided it was good enough to be published on my blog and well here are the simplified instructions to installing the theme with loads of screen shots :) on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon .


Installing OverGlossed theme

Type in the following command in the terminal window (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal )

wget http://ubuntu-debs.googlecode.com/files/Overglossed.tar.gz

and

tar zxvf Overglossed.tar.gz

and

sudo mv Overglossed /usr/share/themes

and

sudo chmod 777 /usr/share/themes/Overglossed/overglossed.jpg

Installing black-white icon set

Type in the following command in the terminal window (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal )

wget http://ubuntu-debs.googlecode.com/files/black-white_2-Style.tar.gz

and

tar zxvf black-white_2-Style.tar.gz

and

sudo mv black-white_2-Style/ /usr/share/icons

Installing Obsidian Cursor theme:

Type in the following command in the terminal window (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal )

wget http://ubuntu-debs.googlecode.com/files/Obsidian.tar.gz

and

tar zxvf Obsidian.tar.gz

and

sudo mv Obsidian/ /usr/share/icons

After completing above steps launch (System-> Preferences -> Appearance ) and in the dialog box that appears chose Overglossed theme , you will also find a message in the lower end of the dialog asking your permission to change background say yes to it .

Chose OverGlossed to enable this theme

Ubuntu Gusty Gibbon desktop after installing the theme

Nautilus with overglossed theme


This is how menus look after installing the Theme

Overall overglossed is a highly impressive theme , though sometimes it makes text in buttons difficult to read but still the theme is sleek and well makes your Ubuntu desktop looks cool . :)

Article Written by : Ambuj Varshney (blogambuj@gmail.com)
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