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Nice GDM themes for Ubuntu and Gnome (with installation guide )

Written by pirat9 on . Posted in Linux tutorials

If you want to change the look of your loging screen theme in ubuntu or in Linux in general then you are in the right place. Changing the loging screen theme in ubuntu is not a difficult matter, what we need is a GDM themes that we can find thousends of them aroud the net, for example there are good ones in websites like http://www.gnome-look.org or http://www.deviantart.com ,for the installation is very easy and can be done using GDM or Gnome display manager.

Today i choosed some GDM themes for ubuntu and also somes for Gnome (section 1), if you want more ones you can always search into the websites i mentioned above , at the second section of this article i will discribe for the Linux newbies the steps to install the GDM themes in Ubuntu.

If you are looking for more themes, walpapers or icons for your ubuntu , you can always read my previous articles ,

 

For ubuntu themes : Great themes for Ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10 Karmic Koala for Ubuntu Wallpapers : Collection of most popular Ubuntu wallpapers, For icons : A nice collection of icons for Ubuntu and Gnome


I- Collection of GDM Themes


Ubuntu In Blue Flames

Download this Theme

 

Ubuntu Black Style

Download this Theme

 

Ubuntu Black

Download this theme



 

OrionNebula


Download this theme

Ubuntu Sky

Download this theme

Dust Karmic GDM

Download This Theme



Brasillinux Eye

Download this Theme


 

 

nUbuntu GDM Logins by ~daynite


Download this theme

After download you will have to unzip the file before to install


 

CIA Restricted Access

Download this theme

FBI Login

Download this theme

II- Installation guide of GDM themes.

To install GDM theme on ubuntu, please follow the steps bellow :


1- Go to system–>administration–>Login window

2- Then click add to import the downloaded GDM theme

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3- Now select the downloaded theme and click install

4- After back to the window login preference and select your theme and click close, then logout and that`s all :)

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Links :

Ubuntu In Blue Flameshttp://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Ubuntu+In+Blue+Flames?content=111251

own screenshot ubuntu-linuxUbuntu Black Style v.0.2http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Ubuntu+Black+Style+?content=111238own screenshotOrionNebula v1.0

http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/OrionNebula?content=111406

Dust Karmic GDM by mickyzhttp://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Dust+Karmic+GDM+by+mickyz?content=107613

Brasillinux Eyehttp://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Brasillinux+Eye?content=43700

Own screenshotnUbuntu GDM Logins by ~daynite

http://daynite.deviantart.com/art/nUbuntu-GDM-Logins-75040717

Gnome :Imperial of Arsenic GDM

http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs28/i/2008/098/0/3/Imperial_of_Arsenic_GDM_by_haxit.png

CIA Restricted Access1.0http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/CIA+Restricted+Access?content=110149

FBI Login

http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/FBI+Login?content=49544

You can find more nice GDM themes for ubuntu, gnome on the links bellow

http://www.deviantart.comhttp://www.gnome-look.org
For questions please refer to our Q/A forum at : http://ask.unixmen.com

  • Pod
  • zinovsky

    Yes is nice , but you have to know that you can always costumise a GDM template, change the backround for example…

  • Taylor

    Nice collection you got there :) . Here is another interesting set of gdm themes that i found
    http://ubuntumanual.org/posts/222/20-gdm-themes-for-ubuntu-you-probably-haven-t-seen-before

    • zinovsky

      Thanks for the link :)

  • Richpickings

    These themes look great, I can\’t seem to load them on my Vista system though.

    • zinovsky

      These themes are just for Linux, not for windows :)

  • James Bruce

    The new Gnome and subsequent GDM has made all of this hard work for naught! See Ubuntu\’s Karmic Koala for the latest grumblings. Theming is essentially broken. While the login screen can be tweaked, it is not the same.

    Boo on the Gnome Team for regressing and making all of this work by the community useless!

  • unhappyface

    I have ubuntu, but I don\’t have any of this.. yes I can go to System, Amin, Login Window, but no tabs exist at all.. Just some useless options like auto login and what session type I want as default [Gnome].

    I always log in as Gnome and in fact xubuntu session doesnt even work.. Additionally I tried removing Xubuntu from the Terminal.. The reason why is because when I start up ubuntu, it has been recently giving me the xubuntu splash screen and ugly login wallpaper.. Anyone know what could be going on?

  • anno sherizawa

    basi mi itu ganti GDM untuk ubuntu karmic choy….
    banyak sekali mi tutorialnya….
    bahas ko juga untuk ubuntu lucid linx…

  • Hernan

    Hi is there any way to do it with ubuntu 10.10 Maverick? there are no options on the login screen program that allow to change it.

  • http://facebook.com Guest

    how to install these things

    • http://max.oleh.net/immigrant JimDiGriz

      You can downgrade to the GDM v2.20
      I wrote down the procedure [url=http://max.oleh.net/blog//index.php/techBlog/how-to-change-gdm-themes-in-ubuntu-maverick]here[/url] that is on my blog.

  • ANONYMOUS(call me R)

    quote: The new Gnome and subsequent GDM has made all of this hard work for naught! See Ubuntu’s Karmic Koala for the latest grumblings. Theming is essentially broken. While the login screen can be tweaked, it is not the same.

    Boo on the Gnome Team for regressing and making all of this work by the community useless! (end quote) whats the latest version that lets u use this? (9.04??)

    • ANONYMOUS(call me R)

      and i [size=x-large]RRRREEEEEEAAAAAAALLLLLLLYYYYY[/size] wanna install this : http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Super+GDM+Brothers?content=125015 (self explaning what it is)

      • ANONYMOUS(call me R)

        and this is the only way that comes up on ask.com, youtube, google, yahoo, yahoo answers, and everything.

        • ANONYMOUS(call me R)

          im gonna ask this on ubuntu forum now.

          • ANONYMOUS(call me R)

            waiting for reply on ubuntu forum…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

  • Robert

    Any way to keep the gnome login display manager on ubuntu 10.04? They’ve taken out the option to do that (not sure why) but it really *****. I have the themes downloaded but I have no idea where to stick them. I’m ready to do it all by terminal if need be. We need an updated guide. please don’t tell me to downgrade to 11x Unity ***** and doing 11x makes some of my key sound programs not work with no apparent fix