Zukitwo

Zukitwo is an open source and totally free GTK+ theme designed especially for the GNOME desktop environment. It works with the latest version of GNOME, which includes the GNOME Shell user interface, and supports all GNU/Linux operating systems.

Installing the GTK3 theme

To install the GTK3 version of the theme on your desktop environment, begin by downloading the latest release from Softoware or the project’s website (see link at the end of the article) save it on your Home directory, and extract its contents using an archive manager utility.

Open the file manager, right click on an empty area on your Home directory, and select the "Create New Folder" option to create a new folder, which will you will rename it as .themes (yes, with the dot in front of the name, as the folder will be hidden automatically by the system).

To view hidden files and folders, use the “View hidden files” entry on the main menu of your file manager or press the CTRL+H keys on your keyboard. Open the extracted directory and copy the Zukitwo folder to the .themes folder.

Then, open your Control Center application, go to the "Themes" section, and select the theme from there. Zukitwo will be applied in real time, but if it doesn’t or you see some display issues with various applications, simply restart your computer.

Installing the GTK2 theme

To install the GTK2 version of the Zukitwo theme, right click on your desktop, select the “Change Desktop Background” option, click on the Theme tab, then drag and drop the theme's archive in the Appearance Preferences window.

If everything is OK, you will receive a confirmation message and you can activate the theme just by clicking on it. Please note that these instructions are available for version 2 of the GNOME desktop environment.

What is new in this release:

• Some tweaks and fixes.

What is new in version 2013.12.10:

• Added an index.theme file.
• GTK3: Sidebar hover effect added in Nautilus/Nemo.
• GTK3/2: Various tweaks.
• Shell: Removed the arrow on the app-menu (and other stuff) to make it look like it did before 3.10.

What is new in version 2013.11.07:

• GTK2: Thunar style added.
• GTK3: Fixed border below active tabs.

What is new in version 2013.10.27:

• GTK3: Better column headers. Nemo fixes. Fixed fine-tune scrollbar.
• GTK2: Removed unused assets for outdated apps.

What is new in version 2013.10.17:

• GTK3/Shell: A couple of fixes.

What is new in version 2013.10.12:

• GTK3: Updated to work with Gnome 3.10. The theme will break in earlier versions of Gnome-shell. Grab earlier versions here: https://launchpad.net/zukitwo/+series
• Shell theme: Revamped (Again!).

What is new in version 2013.04.24:

• GTK3: Client Side Decoration CSS added. (For wayland.)
• GTK3: Support .rubberband in .content-view plus some more fixes.
• Mutter/Metacity: Fixed left aligned buttons and removed unused assets.

What is new in version 2013.04.18:

• Mutter theme: Fixed a lot of stuff.
• Legacy metacity theme: New everything.
• GTK3: Improved scale troughs.

What is new in version 2013.03.29:

• Mutter/Metacity: Previous release used the Zukiwi borders, this has now been fixed.
• Shell theme: New scrollbars and checkbuttons.

Requirements:

• GTK+
• GNOME
• Murrine GTK+ engine
• GTK2 pixbuf engine
• gtk+