Follow these steps to style your Ubuntu distro using the Arc theme like the picture below.
sudo apt update
Open a browser and go to this URL to download the image. Put the image in the Pictures
folder of your home directory and rename it to background.jpg
.
Put your desired profile picture in the Pictures
folder of your home directory and rename it to profile.jpg
.
sudo apt install arc-theme
sudo apt install pocillo-icon-theme
sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool
To disable mouse acceleration, launch Gnome Tweaks, go to the Keyboard & Mouse
tab and set Acceleration Profile
to Flat
.
sudo apt install gnome-shell-extensions
Log out and log back in to reload the GNOME shell. Launch GNOME Tweaks, go to the Extensions
tab, enable User Themes
, relaunch GNOME Tweaks, go to the Appearance
tab and select the Arc-Dark
shell theme. Set the Applications
theme to Arc-Dark
and the Icons
theme to Pocillo
. Select the background.jpg
image in the Pictures
folder of your home directory for both the Background Image
and the Lock Screen Image
. Go to the Top Bar
tab and enable Clock Date
. Launch the computer settings, go to the Users
tab and select the profile.jpg
image in the Pictures
folder of your home directory.
sudo apt install screenfetch
The screenfetch
command should display WM Theme: Arc-Dark
, GTK Theme: Arc-Dark [GTK2/3]
and Icon Theme: Pocillo
.
To use more readable colors for the dark terminal theme, launch Terminal, click the Terminal
menu in the top bar, select the Preferences
menu item, go to the tab with the current used profile, go to the Colors
tab and select the Solarized
palette.
Ubuntu 18.04:
Open /usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/gdm3.css
and edit #lockDialogGroup
by commenting out the existing background
style and adding background-color: #383c46;
. A reboot might be required for these changes to take effect.
Ubuntu 20.04: See this repo.