Arch Theme is a new way to customize your window manager which offers visual themes with transparent elements for desktops based on GTK 3 and GTK 2, as well as for GNOME Shell. It is a new option that is added to the existing ones to give to our desktop the visual aspect that convinces us the most, one of the aspects that makes Linux in general and Ubuntu in particular highly appreciated among customization enthusiasts.
We usually always usually replace wallpaper or icons, is the most common within customization in Ubuntu and Linux. Sometimes we manage to leave our desktop well enough with a few adjustments that we forget that we can change more things, such as the graphical environment itself and even the appearance of the window manager. On many occasions we also forget that we can personalize this element, and that is why we are going to dedicate this article to it.
Arc Theme comes to fill a slight void in window managers, an aspect that, perhaps because it is not too attractive, is often neglected on some occasions. It is compatible with GNOME 3.14 and GNOME 3.16, and works with most desktops that use GTK libraries. This includes Unity, Cinnamon, MATE, Pantheon and XFCE, among others.
The package that you can download in this article includes three different Arc Theme versions, in a combination of dark and light colors: Arc Light, Arc Dark and Arc Darker. It is worth clarifying that this topic for the window manager not compatible with Linux Mint 17.2, since it uses GTK libraries that are already obsolete and that make compatibility impossible.
How to install Arc Theme
To install Arc Theme open a terminal and run the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install arc-theme
This process should be familiar to everyone by now, and it is not difficult. As always, hats off to the great work the guys at Noobslab do in compiling customization themes for Ubuntu. Their PPAs of icons and visual themes are worth exploring in depth, for my taste the best that there is right now in this field together with RaveFinity.
In any case it is worth noting that Arc Theme is a simple but very elegant visual theme, which will give your windows that extra touch that you are looking for. If the PPA doesn't work or the package can't be found, you can download a self-installing DEB file with everything you need from here.