{"id":5420,"date":"2015-11-16T15:20:49","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T15:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=5420"},"modified":"2016-05-27T15:06:40","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T15:06:40","slug":"flatabulous-flat-theme-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2015\/11\/flatabulous-flat-theme-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Flatabulous &#8211; Best Flat Theme for Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/theming-ubuntu.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/theming-ubuntu.png\" alt=\"theming-ubuntu\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5429\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Flatabulous is a new GTK theme said to be the best flat theme for Ubuntu and other Gnome based Linux Systems.<\/p>\n<p>The theme is based on the Ultra-Flat theme. It was designed specially for the Unity environment on Ubuntu. Here are some screenshots:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/flatabulous-full.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/flatabulous-full-600x337.jpg\" alt=\"Flatabulous theme\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/flatabulous-full-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/flatabulous-full-450x252.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/flatabulous-full.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/flatabulous-sublimetext.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/flatabulous-sublimetext-600x337.jpg\" alt=\"flatabulous-sublimetext\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/flatabulous-sublimetext-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/flatabulous-sublimetext-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/flatabulous-sublimetext.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/terminal-transparent-back.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/terminal-transparent-back-600x372.jpg\" alt=\"terminal-transparent-back\" width=\"600\" height=\"372\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/terminal-transparent-back-600x372.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/terminal-transparent-back-450x279.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/terminal-transparent-back.jpg 821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/flatabulous-folder.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/flatabulous-folder-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"flatabulous-folder\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/flatabulous-folder-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/flatabulous-folder-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/flatabulous-folder.jpg 954w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like the theme? Below is how to install the GTK theme as well as Ultra-Flat icon theme:<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Download the GTK theme from the link below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/anmoljagetia\/Flatabulous\/archive\/master.zip\">Flatabulous Theme Zip<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then extract the archive so that you have the result folder shown below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/flatabulous-source.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/flatabulous-source-450x176.jpg\" alt=\"flatabulous-source\" width=\"450\" height=\"176\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/flatabulous-source-450x176.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/flatabulous-source-600x235.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/flatabulous-source.jpg 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Open a new Nautilus (file browser) window. Press <b>Ctrl+H<\/b> to view hidden file folders, and create <b>.themes<\/b> folder under user&#8217;s Home directory if not exist.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/user-themes-folder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/user-themes-folder-450x197.jpg\" alt=\"user-themes-folder\" width=\"450\" height=\"197\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/user-themes-folder-450x197.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/user-themes-folder-600x263.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/user-themes-folder.jpg 743w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Move Flatabulous-master folder from the Downloads folder to <b>.themes<\/b> folder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/install-theme.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/install-theme-450x226.jpg\" alt=\"install-theme\" width=\"450\" height=\"226\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/install-theme-450x226.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/install-theme-600x301.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/install-theme.jpg 778w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>OK, now apply the theme by launching <b>Unity Tweak Tool<\/b> (available in Software Center) and navigate to <b>Theme<\/b> page.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/apply-flatabulous.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/apply-flatabulous-450x195.jpg\" alt=\"apply-flatabulous\" width=\"450\" height=\"195\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/apply-flatabulous-450x195.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/apply-flatabulous-600x260.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/apply-flatabulous.jpg 716w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the Icon Theme, go to:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ppa.launchpad.net\/noobslab\/icons\/ubuntu\/pool\/main\/u\/\" target=\"_blank\">noobslab icon repository page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Select download <b>.deb<\/b> package for ultra-flat-icons, ultra-flat-icons-green, or ultra-flat-icons-orange. Finally install it via Ubuntu Software Center.<\/p>\n<p>For those who prefer adding a PPA, open terminal and run below commands one by one to get the icon theme:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab\/icons\n\nsudo apt-get update\n\nsudo apt-get install ultra-flat-icons ultra-flat-icons-green ultra-flat-icons-orange<\/pre>\n<p>Also apply the icons via Unity Tweak Tool -> Icons page.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\">via: <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/anmoljagetia\/Flatabulous\" target=\"_blank\">github.com\/anmoljagetia\/Flatabulous<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flatabulous is a new GTK theme said to be the best flat theme for Ubuntu and other Gnome based Linux Systems. The theme is based on the Ultra-Flat theme. It was designed specially for the Unity environment on Ubuntu. Here are some screenshots: Like the theme? Below is how to install the GTK theme as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[598],"class_list":["post-5420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-gtk-themes"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}