Orta 1.4.0 Released, Atolm Gets A PPA And New Version [Theme Updates]

Orta 1.4.0

Good news for all the Orta fans: a new version of this beautiful theme has been released today with a new Nautilus Elementary style (configurable from the Orta Settings Manager) as well as many bug fixes. Here is the changelog for the latest Orta 1.4.0:

• New Nautilus Elementary breadcrumbs style
• The round emerald decorator now has a default layout variant
• Keyboard layout switcher text color on dark panel fixed
• Shadows on system monitor applet removed
• System menu icon size set to 16x16
• Nautilus Backgrounds & Emblems dialog fixed
• Nautilus Elementary zoom slider fixed
• Nautilus Elementary breadcrumbs now have a prelight state
• Fixes for: Gimp, Inkscape, Synaptic, Shotwell, Ubuntu Tweak
• Entry, ComboEntry and SpinButton fixes
• Inactive/disabled item images are now transparent
• Xfce4-panel monitor progressbars now respect the plugin colors

Install Orta in Ubuntu:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nikount/orta-desktop
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install orta-theme

Besides the Orta theme package (which will automatically install Orta Settings Manager), there are 2 more packages available in the PPA:

* Orta Emerald decorations - which you can install running the following command:

sudo apt-get install orta-emerald-decorators

* Orta Xfwm4 decorators - install it using the following command:

sudo apt-get install orta-xfwm4-decorators

Once installed, don't forget that you can further customize Orta by by going to System > Preferences > Orta Settings Manager.

If you're not using Ubuntu, download Orta from DeviantArt.

Atolm 0.7.5

Atolm, another theme created by SkiesOfAzel (who is also behind Orta) has also been updated, getting Xfwm and Emerald decorators. Further more, Atolm is now available in the same PPA as Orta.

Atolm 0.7.5 changelog:

• Squared Metacity decorator added.
• Xfwm4 normal and squared decorators added.
• Emerald decorator added.
• Text color of the contact name on the pidgin messaging window fixed.
• Text color of the JDownloader exit dialog and progressbars fixed.
• Text visibility of titles and quotes with lLiferea fixed.
• Firefox entry dark text on dark color bug on some sites fixed.

Before installing Atolm, make sure you have the latest Equinox GTK engine:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-equinox

To install Atolm, use the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nikount/orta-desktop
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install atolm-theme

In the PPA there are also packages for an Emerald and Xfce Atolm themes:

* install Atolm Emerald decorations:

sudo apt-get install atolm-emerald-decorators

* install Atolm Xfwm4 decorations:

sudo apt-get install atolm-xfwm4-decorators

If you are not using Ubuntu, download Atolm from DeviantArt.

GTK Theme Updates: Atolm, Borderless Elementary

Atolm

Atolm, the new but already popular dark theme created by the Orta author has been updated yesterday. Here's the changelog for Atolms 0.6.5:

• Speed optimizations, the theme is now faster than Orta
• Notebook spacing changed.
• Notebook tabs changed.
• Nautilus breadcrumbs and mode button improved.
• Check, radio buttons and tabs now share the same coloring with buttons.
• White arrows on spinbuttons fixed.
• Ubuntu Software Center text colors fixed.
• Emesene status button text color fixed.
• Pidgin status toggle button text color fixed.
• Various Evolution Fixes.
• OpenOffice text visibility fixes.

Download Atolm

Borderless Elementary

Borderless Elementary is just a modified Elementary theme which looks very slick thanks to the removal of the borders and smaller widgets. This theme is ideal for a netbook, but looks great on any screen resolution.

To use it, download and extract the .zip, then rename the folder to "borderless-elementary" and move it to the ~/.themes folder (or /usr/share/themes if you want the root windows to be themed too).

Then in the Appearance Preferences window, select the normal Elementary theme, click "Customize" and:

- under the "Controls" tab, select "borderless-elementary"

- under the "Window Border" tab select "borderless-elementary"

Download Borderless Elementary

Atolm: A New, Great Looking Dark Theme Created By The Orta Designer

Atolm is a new dark GTK theme created by SkiesOfAzel (who is also behind the very popular Orta GTK theme) in collaboration with MonkeyMagico who's mockups were the inspiration for this new theme.

To use Atolm, you'll need the Murrine, Pixbuf and Equinox GTK engines. The Equinox GTK engine comes with an Ubuntu PPA so to install it, use the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-equinox

Then download Atolm, extract the downloaded .zip archive and you'll have a .tar.gz which you can drag'n'drop onto the Appearance Preferences 'Themes' tab to install the theme.

SkiesOfAzel recommends the Aworken icons for this theme, but I would personally recommend F-Dark Faenza. If you know other icon themes that look good with Atolm (or any other dark themes), let us know in the comments!

Thanks to SkiesOfAzel for the tip | Screenshot via Atolm DeviantArt page.