Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Howto: Make Ubuntu look like fedora with the Nodoka Theme


[updated] Upgraded nodoka engine to fedore core 9's and added echo-icon-set from git

I really dont like fedora, but its theme is nice and crisp, check it out, if you dont like it rm -rf :)









  1. Install build-essential and libgtk2.0-dev packages:
    sudo apt-get install build-essential libgtk2.0-dev
  2. Download Nodoka GTK+ engine 0.6 from here

  3. dpkg -i gtk-nodoka-engine_0.6-1_i386.deb

    Install theme
  4. Get Nodoka theme 0.3.90 from here. Then execute command in terminal:
    tar zxvf nodoka-theme-gnome-0.3.90.tar.gz
  5. copy the Nodoka folder to themes folder:

    cd nodoka-theme-gnome-0.3.90/
    sudo cp -r Nodoka/ /usr/share/themes/
  6. Grab the echo icon set & install it
    wget http://ubuntu-debs.googlecode.com/files/echoicons.tar.gz
    tar zxvf echoicons.tar.gz
    sudo cp -R Echo /usr/share/icons/

    Use theme

    Click System → Preferences → Theme menu command. In Theme Preferences dialog, choose Nodoka item. Also click on the customize tab then click on icons and select "Echo"



Enjoy
-defcon
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7 comments:

  1. Curro, el gato voladorSeptember 25, 2007 at 2:15 AM

    Nice desktop!

    Which dock bar (OS X like) do you use?

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  2. defconSeptember 25, 2007 at 3:43 AM

    simdock

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  3. Curro, el gato voladorSeptember 25, 2007 at 4:08 AM

    Thanks, I'll try it.

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  4. Tim BroderSeptember 25, 2007 at 6:13 AM

    How does simdock compare to avant?

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2007 at 8:07 AM

    Hi! I would like to ask something... the icon theme is the one in the nodoka theme?? or could you give info about it, thanks!

    The dock isn't AWN?? what are the differences between AWN and this one??

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  6. AnonymousOctober 17, 2007 at 3:05 AM

    wallpaper looks cool...
    what is that?

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  7. AnonymousNovember 15, 2007 at 3:44 AM

    I used this wallpaper some time ago.
    It's called "Heading West" and is taken from the Sears Tower in Chicago, looking out West in the afternoon.
    You can get it here:
    http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/details.php?id=1341

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