Equinox GTK Theme + Faenza Icon Theme = Pure Awesomeness!

Faenza icon theme is probably the best ever icon theme I have downloaded from third party sources. And when used along with Equinox GTK theme, this is by far one among the best themes for Ubuntu yet.

Equinox+Faenza theme ubuntu

How to Install Equinox Themes and Faenza Icon Theme in Ubuntu From PPA?
  • There is a slight edit to the article. By adding the following PPA, you can install both Equinox Themes and Faenza Icon Theme. Makes the installation even simpler.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-equinox equinox-theme equinox-ubuntu-theme faenza-icon-theme
  • Done. Preview the Faenza icon set below.
Equinox+Faenza theme ubuntu
  • Download Faenza Icon Theme.
  • Extract the zip file and run the install.sh script to choose the distributor logo (Ubuntu, by default). Take a look at screenshot of my terminal below while running install.sh
  • Done. Now to enable the theme, goto desktop, rightclick - change desktop background and select theme menu.
Equinox+Faenza theme ubuntu
  • Done. What do you think about the theme and the icon set?
  • Those of you using other distributions[link]
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