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Nimbus – A great theme for Ubuntu

January 29th, 2009 James Leave a comment Go to comments

I recently tried the cool and fresh “nimbus” theme (which is the default theme on OpenSolaris) on my Ubuntu 8.10. It’s really pleasant and relaxing. And run NetBeans with “nimbus” look and feel explicitly set to have a really pleasing effect. And here are some screenshots from my Ubuntu:

You can get the nimbus icons and themes from gnome-look.org. Just download the “icon” and “gtk-engine” debs and run it. (TIP: First install the “icon” deb)

 

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  1. January 30th, 2009 at 07:14 | #1

    The font/gradient on menu/buttons is looking truly ugly, there is smth wrong with those fonts or the font renderer.

  2. January 30th, 2009 at 07:16 | #2

    The font/gradient on menu/buttons is looking truly ugly, there is smth wrong with those fonts or the font renderer.

  3. agnus
    January 30th, 2009 at 07:57 | #3

    Nimbus is ok, though I hate the scrollbars.

  4. agnus
    January 30th, 2009 at 07:59 | #4

    Nimbus is ok, though I hate the scrollbars.

  5. January 30th, 2009 at 08:35 | #5

    Hi,

    I have to agree and say I think Nimbus is a great look and feel. Would love to get it working on Mandriva and as a fellow NetBeans user would be good for it all to look consistent :o )

    Ben.

  6. JOKe
    January 30th, 2009 at 08:46 | #6

    I am using nimbus all the time it is a great theme. Nimbus is not default theme in open solaris only it is the default theme for Java 1.6 Update 10 and default theme for JavaFX applications. But when it is a Java theme it is better than the GTK theme because there is some nice and cool animation effects.
    Btw the GTK port of the default KDE 4.x theme called oxygen is available on the net too so the Oxygen is another really good theme.

  7. Tom
    January 30th, 2009 at 14:21 | #7

    Nimbus has some quirks when it comes to components in Jtables. But on a whole, it is major improvement.

  8. February 6th, 2009 at 16:58 | #8

    The links on gnome-look are broken…

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