Great themes for Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot | Updated

Written by M. Zinoune on June 13, 2009. Posted in eyecandy, Ubuntu

(Last updated : 12-12-2011 ) This is a collection of great themes for Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal and 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot, these themes are from Besigi project a blog of François Vogelweith,on the blog exist a collection of wonderful gnome themes for Ubuntu . The installation is easy , just add the repository and then install the theme you like or the whole collection with one command.

Now i will show you the steps you have to follow to install the themes.

I – Add Bisigi repository

- For Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot

Open terminal and and add the stable repository

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bisigi/ppa

II- Update and install Bisigi Themes

sudo apt-get update

Now, To install all themes use this command :

sudo apt-get install bisigi-themes

If you want to install the themes one by one ,then you will have to type the command correspondent to the theme you want to install (first follow the steps above to add the repositories) :

1-Showtime for Gnome :

sudo apt-get install showtime-theme

2- Balanzan

sudo apt-get install balanzan-theme

2-Infinity

sudo apt-get install infinity-theme

3-Wild shine

 sudo apt-get install wild-shine-theme

4-Exotic

sudo apt-get install exotic-theme

5- Tropical

sudo apt-get install tropical-theme

6-Bamboo Zen

sudo apt-get install bamboo-zen-theme

7- Ubuntu sunrise

 sudo apt-get install ubuntu-sunrise-theme

8- Aqua Dreams

sudo apt-get install aquadreams-theme

To remove thethemes you have to use the command :

sudo apt-get remove theme-name

9- Orange

Orange is A New theme from Bisigi blog,This theme is lightweigh one with just 2 Mo, and it is based on a beautifull wallpaper the umar123.

sudo apt-get install orange-theme

10- Ellanna

Ellana , is the latest theme that bring us the famous Bisigi project. This theme is a little bit special. First of all, it’s the first theme drawn for women. And it’s the first theme, which is a special command too.

sudo apt-get install ellanna-theme

11- Airlines :

This is the first theme based on a walltime (wallpaper that change during the day).

It includes:

- 1 wallpaper
- 1 GTK theme
- 1 Metacity theme
- 1 icons pack

Install Airlines :

sudo aptitude install airlines-theme

12-Eco

This theme has been designed to be used in dark rooms. The various components are darker than is other bisigi themes! It includes

1 Wallpaper: created by Leo L.
2 Gtk theme (only one packaged in the repository)
2 Metacity theme (only one package in the repository)
1 Metacity theme
1 Icons pack

13- Split:

Split is both sophisticated and delicate. A new at Bisigi, the theme combines monochromatic schemes with grey’s contrast. Icons are modern and classic. The wallpaper follows the “natural” tendency and harmonically compliments the theme.

It includes:

1 Wallpaper
1 Gtk theme
1 Metacity theme
1 Metacity theme
1 Icons pack

split-head

Install Split:

sudo apt-get install split -theme

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Links :http://www.bisigi-project.org/

For questions please refer to our Q/A forum at : http://ask.unixmen.com

bisigi

Emerald

ratza

tks these are cool themes :D
Fred

Alas all the theme’s can’t be found.
Removed?
- zinovsky
  
  Yes are working, did you add the repository to source.list before to try to install ? :wink:
Fred

Got it working thanks
Fred

Got it working thanks
ed

Sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

should be:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

capitalization matters in linux
Thanks, corrected
- delusr
  
  Sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
  
  should be:
  
  sudo gedit
  /etc/apt/sources.list
  
  capitalization matters in linux
  Thanks, corrected
  
  Now for some real advise.
  
  If you know that caps count in linux then you should also know that its
  
  gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list or
  gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list and not sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
  
  gksu and gksudo are for opening UI applications while su or sudo are for opening no graphical items.
  
  Stop being sheep, stop with the Chinese whispers, find things out for your self.
  - Anonymous
    
    Actually, sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list works just fine from terminal… maybe you should “find things out for your self” :)
    - Anonymous
      
      sudo can cause unexpected and destructive results when running some graphical programs. gksudo does not. It is therefore good practice to use gksudo for graphical apps and sudo for terminal commands.
      
      Editing a file with gedit, should not have problems with sudo :)
      - BobCFC
        
        He speaks the truth
        
        If something goes wrong with sudo in the GUI it could potentially leave you with a broken system, I think because your home files could get owned by root.
        
        gksu or gksudo for gnome
        
        su or sudo for terminal
        
        In practice it has never happened to me and I usually use sudo by mistake with no problems, but for a written tutorial it should be proper.
      - Anonymous
        
        Just use vi
BlearyEyed

I’m so sick of these dark, shades of black, themes that are imphuckinpossible to read. Phuk all you douchephuckinbags for creating such horridphuckinsh1t. DieMotherphuckerzDie.
- Chris Moore
  
  I hate to feed trolls, but I’ll bite this time ;)
  
  DID YOU EVEN PHUCKIN LOOK AT THE SCREENSHOTS??? ABOUT HALF OF THE THEMES ARE DARK AND THE REST ARE LIGHT!
  
  Okay now that I have gotten that outa my system I’ll go get some coffee :)
http://filesmixx.com Fergie

Awesome!!
http://vadi.myopenid.com Vadim

–> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AptUrl So you can just click to install after adding the repository.
Kholid Fuadi

Thanks for share, this is truly a great and easy way to install themes in Ubuntu.
http://brettalton.com Brett Alton

These are some absolutely fantastic themes and wallpapers. I mean, the wallpapers are worth it alone!

THANK YOU!

But if it’s going to be all terminal work, you might as well supply a one line installer.

Try this:

echo ‘deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/bisigi/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main’ | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/launchpad.list ; sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 0x1781bd45c4c3275a34bb6aec6e871c4a881574de ; sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install showtime-theme balanzan-theme infinity-theme wild-shine-theme exotic-theme tropical-theme bamboo-zen-theme ubuntu-sunrise-theme aquadreams-theme
- zinovsky
  
  Thank you, is a usefull command to install all at once
  - http://brettalton.com Brett Alton
    
    The website – err !JoomlaComment – has made my script wrap, so you’ll have to do some whitespace editing before running. If the author could fix that up it’d be much appreciated :)
- Chris Moore
  
  Just a slight adjustment to make this a little easier:
  
  echo ‘deb
  http://ppa.launchpad.net/bisigi/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main’ | sudo tee -a
  /etc/apt/sources.list.d/launchpad.list ; sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys
  –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 0x1781bd45c4c3275a34bb6aec6e871c4a881574de ;
  sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install zgegblog-themes
  
  Cheers
http://tuxecute.blogspot.com Vaibhav

it works fine on Karmic, just saying , can you provide the ppa for karmic, or approach the guy to enable karmic also
nice

For most of the GUI/themes/icons/.. i usually go to gnome-looks.org. Please do post these themes at gnome-looks.org. Quite sure you will surely see some traffic boost and admirers.
Iura

I keep receiving this message:

gpg: requesting key 881574DE from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpgkeys: key 1781BD45C4C3275A34BB6AEC6E871C4A881574DE not found on keyserver
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
gpg: Total number processed: 0

after I try to add the repository verification key.
- zinovsky
  
  The key server seems down, there is nothing todo just wait untill will back
  - shailendra
    
    it is saying that
    key 881574DE not found on keyserver
    what to do…..
    - zinovsky
      
      i did check it several times was not working, i think the server was down, but now i checked and is working so just try again :)
http://linuxpoison.blogspot.com/ Nikesh

Oh boy, that’s a huge and kool collection
http://www.mojracunar.net pro003

Great themes! I’m glad I found them. Easy installable and great looking.
Ubuntu still rules.
Tullawat

ขอบคุนมากมากมาก นะครับ
Joe

if you want to get away from the nasty ugly brown just uninstall the dorky ubuntu garbage and install something nice like Mandriva or some other real linux distro. Then you would have a winner all around.
aha

:D :D :D
ubuntulover

super cool themes! i have been fed up with d default theme! this made ma day!
Thanx a lot! :)
Chris Moore

I have been using these themes now for over two months and love them! To install all of rançois Vogelweith’s themes you can install the meta-package:

sudo apt-get install zgegblog-themes

This will install all of the available themes!

Chris
DAVID DEVASSY

:shock: AMAZING EXCELLENT .THANKS TO SHARE
Chris87

i did
sudo apt-get install zgegblog-themes

and some themes are in my appearance preferences but not all of them only like 6 new ones.

where are the rest of them located ?
- zinovsky
  
  All the themes has to be located at the same place, and normally has to appear in the theme manager ,Try to install one by one is better and see :)
James Barber

Just wanted to say this was great
the best direction on loading up themes
Douglas Green

Awesome themes guys THANKS
Eljo Anthony NJ

Nice Collection!

Thanx for sharing
http://www.saefullah.co.cc saef

:D Great simply great
http://halo-halo-especial.blogspot.com bishop

thanks for sharing this! :D
Gavin

I cant get it to work for some reason and its really making me mad can somebody plzzzz help me???
- zinovsky
  
  Hi,
  Strange, try again, i changed the verification key
  hope that will work for you this time
zinovsky

Hi,
Try again , i changed the verification key.
Hope will work for you this time.
pranav

When both ubuntu and fedora use gnome, why are the themes listed above not found for fedora distros??
is there a way to get these themes to run on fedora? :roll:
krishnapavan

Couldn’t find package exotic-theme
wei

:shock: :shock: very cool ,nice ,thank you for supplying
http://ardchoille42.blogspot.com Ian MacGregor

sudo is for cli apps, gksudo is for GUI apps. Here’s an explanation: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudo
Raphal

On koala you can do “sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bisigi”
and save yourself from the hassle of editing sources.lst and adding the gpg keys.
Sourav Mohanty

This toooooooo cooooooooool
Anonymous

I downloaded the exotic theme and I can not figure out how to change the login screen to the screen shown on the above screen shots. Anyone have any ideas? Obviously a newb with Ubuntu…please point me in the right direction.
- Jim
  
  I too cant seem to be able to config the login screen
http://poohja Anonymous

:D Thank you :D ขอบคุณครับ
Anonymous

hello sir.
what is this i cant get the themes i want

W: GPG error: http://repository.cairo-dock.org karmic Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 1392A97E41317877

ty

mel buendia
philippines
nevex

hi every one, the themes are cool, (sorry my bad english) but i can use! i install on the terminal, but the themes dont appear at the theme menu, i kwon were you change for the availables

can some one help me!
nevex

hi every one, the themes are cool, (sorry my bad english) but i can use! i install on the terminal, but the themes dont appear at the theme menu, i kwon were you change for the availables

can some one help me!
ntcleric

Loving this! Thank you so much :D
zinovsky ROCKS!!

Robert
—
Thank you Microsoft, for pushing Vista, it was the last straw that drew me to Linux and I’ll never look back.
.oO(wishing I’d moved over sooner, oh well :)
cristi

Thanks man theese are great themes thanks a lot
zinovsky

You`re welcome :)
PARVEEN ARORA

these are realy great themes…
now m badly addicted to linux ubuntu..
thanx alot…….. :D :lol:
http://www.artnur.wordpress,com arinto nurcahyono

Gracia
thanks
terima kasih
sowmya

Beautiful themes. Loved them all
radical

jajaja esto es lo que andava buscando gracias y quisiera aprender massobre linux y sus distribuciones gracias a todos los que hacen posible todo esto
radical

hery gracias por hacer posble todoo esto y kisiera aprender mas sobre GNU-Linux y sus distribuciones gracias t a todos por hacer posible todo esto y lograremos conquistar el mundo poco a poco dejaremos a un lado a windows jajajajajajajaja
ale-boba

u hu :P
Northen Mike

Your work should be part of the Release its amazing. I help a lot people with their systems and this is the first change I make right after I update.

Thank you
Nathan Muirhead

Utter Brilliance! A great package you have designed and put together. My hat goes off to you! Thank you!
Steven M

when i try to add the repository i get the following:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bisigi/ppa
Executing: gpg –ignore-time-conflict –no-options –no-default-keyring –secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg –trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg –keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg –primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv 1781BD45C4C3275A34BB6AEC6E871C4A881574DE
gpg: requesting key 881574DE from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpgkeys: HTTP fetch error 7: couldn’t connect to host
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
gpg: Total number processed: 0

Any ideas?

P.S. The themes are great!
Zinovsky

I think that the server is busy that`s why you got this message error
I just tested again the ppa and is working, please just keep trying until it works :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bisigi/ppa
Andy

Hi !

I succesfully downloaded theme (infinity) and now I want my system to use this theme, I just don’t know how to do that. I tried several applications, but none of them is aware of this theme (appearance just shows background)…

Take care,
Andy
Tom

Hey, I installed some of the themes here, but when I clicked on them, they didn’t look like the screenshots!

Some of themes I installed had an Apple OS style icon bar at the bottom of the screen, but I can’t see it.

Know how to get that part working?

Thanks.
http://www.atlanticanglers.com Sam

This is a great resource. Thank you very much! :D
Ted

Here is another nice list of themes.
http://all-things-tek.blogspot.com/2010/06/12-popular-ubuntu-themes.html
Ted

Here is another nice list of themes.
http://all-things-tek.blogspot.com/2010/06/12-popular-ubuntu-themes.html
Belo

“kiki@kiki-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install bisigi-themes
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Couldn’t find package bisigi-themes”
Not working anymore?
Belo

I got it!
I wrote in terminal sudo apt get update and it WORK after that:D :)) :lol:
Crofty80

Finally rejected Windows and have had Ubuntu Lucid for about 3 days now, “AWESOME” why did i not convert sooner javascript:JOSC_emoticon(“:oops:”), anyway i found this website followed the instructions and now i have an amazing looking OS.. Many thanks :)
http://bilguun789.co.cc Ty Ty Ty

100% working. I love that themes. TY TY TY :twisted:
nitin singh

i have a problem .
i downloaded the entire package at once but when it was getting installed , only showtime theme got installed others did nt what to do???

plz help.
- Zinovsky
  
  Hi,
  
  Did you type the right command ?
  [quote]sudo apt-get install bisigi-themes[/quote]
Nitin Singh

thanks for caring, i was able to install the themes individually,later.
null

:P
Anonymous

how do i download the themes??
nooby

where should the files be located
http://twitter.com/vettegal14 Robin Carmack

I am getting the 404 error message after adding the repo in Oneiric
- Andrew Polidori
  
  seconded.
Saqib Ahmed

“Unable to locate Bisigi respiratory” Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AliusPanfilovas

This article is misleading as there is no repo for oneiric. Anyone that uses Oneiric should go in to ‘software sources’ and change on
‘http://ppa.launchpad.net/bisigi/ppa/ubuntu’ from oneiric to natty.
Alinn

Hi
Thanks:)
Chono

Non of them are work…
Anonymous

Now for some REAL advice.

If you know the difference between gksudo and sudo, then you should also know that it’s

sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list

:wink:

Snake

May 25, 2013 | #

Wow, great. That’s what i’m waiting for too. I want to make DC with LDAP ( Active Directory alternative) and SAMBA on Ubuntu. :-)

Blawer

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you rules!!! all the other “help” in google are useless… yours was very helpful. Thanks again

piCool

Great ! we have another another master trick :-)

Yilmaz Ulugtekin

Just delete the space after the slash (/) it will work.

Pat L

May 24, 2013 | #

I tried it and it works with a regular zip file, but if you password-protect the .zip file it does NOT work.

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