Because I’m not entirely lazy you may have noticed that most articles toappear on this site, ifthey’re about anapp, feature orprominentbug fix, feature a screenshotor two.
And in those screenshots you get to see my (hastily tidied) desktop.
Yesterday I wrote about thenew version of Franz, the desktop messaging client. In the comments to that article a bunch of you asked what icon set I’m using.
Because this happens a lot I figured I’d write a post about the icon theme. That way, when I see anyone ask in future, I can link them here instead of writing about the full apt-get commands. Kylin Icon Theme
‘Kylin Icon Theme’is the icon pack you’ve all been asking about.
The set, partlyinspired by the ‘suru’ icon theme used on Ubuntu Phone,isavailable to install hassle-free on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (or later) directfrom Ubuntu Software:
Click to Install the Kylin Icon Theme on Ubuntu
Usingan older version of Ubuntu? No worries, you can install it by force-installing the latest kylin-theme.deb package from the Xenial archives. Hit the download link below to grab it.
Download Ubuntu Kylin Theme
I’ve Installed it. Now What?To set the Kylin Icon Theme as your default icon pack on Ubuntu you need to use an app like Unity Tweak Tool. This handy utility is free and, like this icon pack, is available to install straight from Ubuntu Software:
Click to Install Unity Tweak Tool
This Question Used To Be CommonBack in the early days of this site (we’ve been around for almost 8 years, believe it or not) this sort of question was a mainstay of our comment section. As I would regularly be swappingbetweenGTK themes, icon sets, fonts, wallpapers and conky themes the exact makeup of my desktop from post-to-post was kaleidoscopic!
Sometime around 2013I consciously decided that this wasn’t a good idea. I figured I should use a uniformdesktop set-up inall app screenshots. This, I reasoned,would be consistent and reduce confusion amongnew users as they’d see in my posts exactly what they see on their desktop.
Yeah, well, screw that.
For these past 10 months (or thereabouts)I’ve disregarded this self-imposed limitation. Why? Cos frankly thehassle of having to log in to a separate session just to take a screenshot had a hit onmy enthusiasm. I was no longer trying new themes oricon sets, or skipping coverage of an app because it mean disrupting whatever I was doing.
Now, once again, I post screenshots of things onmy desktop, regardless of the theme or icon set I’m using.
The sort of userwho’d getconfused seeing a different theme to the one they use probably aren’t the sort of users who spend time reading sites like mine!
P.S Help Us Fill These Pages This post also acts a friendly reminder to all the theme makers, icon stylers and developer whizz-kinds out there: don’thesitateto ping me with a link to somethingyou’re working on either on Twitter, Google+, the tip-form at the top of this page, or via old fashioned (but always efficient) email: joey [at] ohso [dot] io.We’re the most-read Ubuntu news-site on the web ― comepimp your personal projects!