Free and Attractive themes for Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

Although there are a number of good quality themes available for Ubuntu through various sites like gnome-look and devianart, it is still a tough task to find good themes for Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala, which was released last year, in October 2009. There were only a limited number of new themes added to Karmic Koala. But, we have compiled here a list of free and attractive themes for Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala.

These themes are provided by bisigi project. These themes are very easy to install in Karmic Koala, as you just have to add the required repositories and then type a general command with the name of the theme you want to apply.

e.g: sudo apt-get install theme-name

Follow these steps to add free and attractive themes to Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala:

1. First you have to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list. To do it, open a terminal and type the following command:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

This command will open the file which contains the list of repositories. You have to add the following two lines to this file:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/bisigi/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/bisigi/ppa/ubuntu karmic main

You can now save the file and exit.

2. In the next step you have to add the repository verification key (GPG Key). To do this, type in the terminal:

gpg --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371 --recv-key 881574DE && 881574DE ">gpg -a --export 881574DE | sudo apt-key add -

Now, you can update the source list by typing this command in the terminal:

sudo aptitude update

3. Now you can install all the themes by typing this command in the terminal:

sudo aptitude install zgegblog-themes

This command will install the following themes in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala:

Note: To install each theme separately, you can use type the command included with that theme in the terminal.

1. Showtime for Gnome

sudo apt-get install showtime-theme

2. Balanzan

sudo apt-get install balanzan-theme

3. Infinity

sudo apt-get install infinity-theme

4. Wild Shine

sudo apt-get install wild-shine-theme

5. Exotic

sudo apt-get install exotic-theme

6. Tropical

sudo apt-get install tropical-theme

7. Bamboo Zen

sudo apt-get install bamboo-zen-theme

8. Ubuntu Sunrise

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-sunrise-theme

9. Aqua Dreams

sudo apt-get install aquadreams-theme

10. Ellanna

sudo apt-get install ellanna-theme

11. Orange

sudo apt-get install orange-theme

If you want to remove the full package containing all these themes, you can type the following command in the terminal:

sudo aptitude remove zgegblog-themes

If you want to remove individual theme, you can remove it by a command in this format:

sudo aptitude remove themename

where themname can be: showtime-theme, balanzan-theme and so on.

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