Desert Original

GTK3/4 Themes

Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): https://gitlab.com/paullinux/gtk-theme-assembly-project

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Available as/for: GTK2Gnome 3.36Gnome 3.38XFCE 4.16
Description:

Desert


Made by Paulxfce


This is the first theme in which I tried not to use white and grey, but a muted yellowish-dark-brown color palet.
Designed to be light, crisp, and simple, this theme is thoroughly built and tested to provide a nice desktop environment.

The theme only provides a GTK3-theme, with dark-support, and a matching gnome-shell. It is built for the Gnome-DE.

Updates
1.3-B Added one theme with support for XFCE 4.16 , with basic GTK2 support (see last screenshots)
1.3 Major refinements and polishing to make it perfect. Introduction of new colors.
1.2 update to correct padding in nautilus pathbar
1.1 update gives two new accent-colors (orange and purple), matching gnome-shells and a solid (non-transparent) version of each variant. So now there are 12 themes to choose from.

Important:

This theme is developed for the gnome DE. It works on GTK3.22 to GTK3.29, and GTK3.32/34/36/38, NOT GTK 3.30.
There is no support for other DE's and Gtk-2.0. There is, however one theme with XFCE(4.16)-support (and GTK2) available

How to install:

Download the theme of your choice

> Desert-Teal-Blue
> Desert-Teal-Blue-Dark

> Desert-Green
> Desert-Green-Dark

> Desert-Orange
> Desert-Orange-Dark

> Desert-Red
> Desert-Red-Dark

> Desert-Purple
> Desert-Purple-Dark

> Desert-Brown
> Desert-Brown-Dark

> Desert-Yellow
> Desert-Yellow-Dark

> Desert-Blue
> Desert-blue-dark

Just copy the extracted file to a '.themes'-folder you make in your home directory.
Then use the Tweak Tool and select the theme.

LOG OUT AND BACK IN for changes to take full effect!

The (license free) background image can be found here: https://pixy.org/6319114/
Last changelog:

Added one theme with xfce 4.16 (and 'basic' GTK2) support 15 days ago

Added one theme with xfce 4.16 (and 'basic' GTK2) support. See last two screenshots.

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paulxfce

3 months ago

you're welcome

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fblais

3 months ago

Great Paul, thanks! :)

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tobaj

3 months ago

9 9 excellent; quite original, consistent and polished theme; nice colors palette; now I'm struggling with finding some matching icon theme..

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ron-obvious

3 months ago

I'm currently using Jade-Amber (with Desert-Orange-1.1). Best I've found so far, but I'm still looking around...
Paulxfce, I can understand why you don't want to make icon themes, but perhaps you could _recommend_ one? Or two... ;-)

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paulxfce

3 months ago

Hahaha, no, I do not make icon themes...

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tobaj

3 months ago

But you could try! :)

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tobaj

3 months ago

I mean that I'm pretty sure you could come up with some cool theme :)

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paulxfce

3 months ago

I did make an iconset once, based on suru. The problem with icon-themes is that is requires a lot of work and updates, not to mention issues with every gnome-version-update. So, I sort of given up on that...

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tobaj

3 months ago

That's what I meant. Apps needs constant updates and it's just impossible to keep up..

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fblais

3 months ago

Moka is cool with the purple variant.

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tobaj

3 months ago

Yes, the folder icons and mime types suit Desert. But not the apps.

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tobaj

3 months ago

.. Moka is a nice theme but I'd rather go with Papirus. It's a very coherent theme with color palette matching Desert quite good. Folder icons and mime-types look fabulous with Deseert. Also this theme is in active development and one of the most complete (yet still coherent) out there. Still the apps icons are usually a bit too colorful though but there will be always problem with apps icons with every icon theme

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fblais

3 months ago

The orange and purple icons here are great with Desert!
https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1437064/

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tobaj

3 months ago

OK, I'll check those out too :) Thanks!

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fblais

3 months ago

I agree to some point because I love Papirus too, but find it too flat for Desert.

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tobaj

3 months ago

That's a good point. I can't wait to try Buuf Nestort: https://www.pling.com/p/1012233/ !

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tobaj

3 months ago

.. yes, Buuf Nestort seems an interesting and non-flat choice of icons for Desert. If you want to try, best grab it from the source repo: https://git.disroot.org/eudaimon/buuf-nestort

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paulxfce

3 months ago

Gnome shell is now included

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bambou

3 months ago

9 I just switched from your Prof theme to that one and the colour scheme is amazing and really easy on the eye. Thank for your work !!

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paulxfce

3 months ago

Thanks, update in a few days. New accent- colors and matching Gnome shell.

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cloudy4am

3 months ago

8 color is great.

but the lists look cringe when font size scaled to 1.25.
and I wish the color of the shell theme matches the GTK3 theme.

thanks for the great theme

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paulxfce

3 months ago

Scaling is not advisable with this theme. It should however work properly with 200% scaling.

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cloudy4am

3 months ago

I'm using your cameo-pop_os theme as well. That one doesn't have a cringe lists problem.

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paulxfce

3 months ago

Cameo is build on an entirely different code, with gradual scaling in mind. But It has some issues with 4K resolutions.

To prevent that this theme works with more fixed distances between widgets, instead of relative distances (like Cameo)

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cloudy4am

3 months ago

thanks for the replies

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Added one theme with xfce 4.16 (and 'basic' GTK2) support 15 days ago

Added one theme with xfce 4.16 (and 'basic' GTK2) support. See last two screenshots.

polishing and refining to make it a perfect theme. Added new colors 1 month ago

Further enhancements on the theme and introduction of new colors

Added background-image 3 months ago

Made the Desert-background available (license-free) in the download-section

Additions 3 months ago

Add some more explanation

Major update 3 months ago

Added extra colors variants (orange and purple), and a solid version of each.
Matching gnome-shells added

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product-maker macia40 1 day ago 10 the best
This is one of the best GNOME themes out there. It really is. I would say this was made carefully and with great effort. In a computer display standard, this fits perfectly. Well done, PaulXFCE.
product-maker eraae2 2 days ago 10 the best
My favorite theme
product-maker wintem Feb 27 2021 10 the best
Great consistency
product-maker artdavis Feb 19 2021 9 excellent
9 excellent
product-maker marieleverre Feb 17 2021 10 the best
10 the best
product-maker evripidis Feb 17 2021 10 the best
Thank you! I was hoping to make it xfce compatible. Now lets hope you make the dark version compatible too. Improvements for GTK2 would be also welcome. But it is still a solid 10 for me.
product-maker arun94 Feb 17 2021 9 excellent
What font are you using?
product-maker winten Feb 16 2021 1 ugh
Inconsistent colors
product-maker AbdullahRagb Feb 16 2021 10 the best
one of the most elegant themes that i have used
product-maker tsbarnes Feb 16 2021 10 the best
Great theme! Any suggestions for a good icon theme to go with it? Right now I'm using Luna Icons with it
product-maker AV1Aca Feb 16 2021 10 the best
This is most "eye-pleasing" theme that i ever used. Great job. Can you add support for dark xfce panel since linux mint doesn't yet have xfce 4.16?
product-maker fblais Feb 02 2021 9 excellent
Thanks for the new colors Paul!
product-maker hotteterre Feb 01 2021 10 the best
10 the best
product-maker joehalliwell Jan 20 2021 10 the best
Great theme!
product-maker scooterminute Jan 16 2021 10 the best
Thank you
product-maker allallston Jan 15 2021 9 excellent
9 excellent
product-maker zayronXIO Jan 03 2021 10 the best
Excelent theme, very hob
product-maker etiennegnome Dec 10 2020 10 the best
10 the best
product-maker tomsv Dec 06 2020 9 excellent
9 excellent
product-maker frederic314 Dec 03 2020 10 the best
10 the best. Congratulations and thank you for this new version ! I've been waiting for an amber or champagne version for a long time. A suggetion concerning the dark version, I find that the lettering is too bright, "too white". I would have seen something similar to your "Alu-Night-straight" or "Cameo-ALU-Night" version, ie softer, less white, less contrasting lettering.
product-maker ruwe Dec 01 2020 10 the best
Your best for me so far. Your other themes were too grey for me and looked too much like Mac. The smooth colours are just right,
product-maker cloudy4am Dec 01 2020 10 the best
10 the best
product-maker ticoon Dec 01 2020 10 the best
10 the best, I follow your themes and the quality is increasing every time!
product-maker ron-obvious Dec 01 2020 10 the best
Upgrading my rating from 9 to 10 now that Gnome-Shell is included. Excellent work!
product-maker seanjones Dec 01 2020 9 excellent
9 excellent
product-maker ganeshedge Dec 01 2020 10 the best
10 the best
product-maker IgorIv Dec 01 2020 9 excellent
9 excellent
product-maker archman73 Nov 30 2020 10 the best
10 the best Hey, I got your email alert and tested the desert and desert dark, for me the desert dark is WOW it and the gnome shell to match perfect I test some apps like Inkscape, Thunderbird, Brave browser, gedit etc...it looks awesome, the only one that didn't changed was gimp it still creamish colour. the desert and desert solid gnome shell are the same as the desert dark I'm not sure if this is part of your plans? so far a run desert and open all my apps and it's perfect! Great work I'm in WOW still ah aha...Thank you very much for your hard work PAULXFCE
product-maker tobaj Nov 30 2020 9 excellent
9 excellent; quite original, consistent and polished theme; nice colors palette; now I'm struggling with finding some matching icon theme..
product-maker bambou Nov 26 2020 9 excellent
I just switched from your Prof theme to that one and the colour scheme is amazing and really easy on the eye. Thank for your work !!
product-maker fkorpsvart Nov 24 2020 9 excellent
9 excellent
product-maker Michedev Nov 23 2020 10 the best
10 the best
product-maker scoson Nov 22 2020 9 excellent
Very good colors, wish I could use it..
product-maker velayo_double Nov 22 2020 10 the best
10 the best
product-maker VentGrey Nov 22 2020 10 the best
Are there any plans to continue your nextwaita project? :D
product-maker dayfuaim Nov 22 2020 8 great
8 great

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