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Orion is a modern light theme for Gnome. It supports Gnome, Unity, XFCE and Openbox. The theme is compatible with GTK 3.6 and above. It also includes a GTK 2.0 theme using Murrine engine.
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Ubuntu users can install Orion from our themes PPA using the following commands,
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:satyajit-happy/themes
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install orion-gtk-theme
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Installation Instructions for other distros:
Extract the zip file to the themes directory i.e. "/usr/share/themes/"
Use Gnome Tweak tool to choose the theme, or run the following commands in Terminal,
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme "Orion"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences theme "Orion"
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Changelog:
17.09.2013 - Loads of fixes, CSD support, XFWM theme now uses gtk-color-pickup
04.08.2013 - Backported Mutter theme to Metacity
08.07.2013 - Full GTK 3.8 support, redesigned WM themes, various improvements & fixes
19.01.2013 - Minor tweaks
17.01.2013 - Tweaks to GTK2, flat style toolbar, fixes to GtkCalendar
16.01.2013 - Port to GTK3.6, major rewrite and redesign
16.06.2012 - Better granite widgets support, misc improvements
11.06.2012 - Granite Widgets support (expect better compatibility with elementary apps), fixed tootips in empathy
02.06.2012 - Rewrite metacity themes to remove weird borders, dropped styling for unfocused windows, minor improvements
26.05.2012 - Rewrite mutter and metacity themes to fix roundness and border issues, fixed text color in system settings, fixes to fallback mode panel, removed pixbuf engine dependency
22.05.2012 - Fixed a typo in gtk-widgets-backdrops.css, fixed menubar text color in fallbackmode panel
11.05.2012 - Fixed selected background in nautilus, improvements to mutter/metacity
07.05.2012 - Fixed appearance in System Settings, improved tab design
07.04.2012 - Fixed glitches in the dark theme, adjusted tooltip style in GTK2 to match more with GTK3
06.04.2012 - Title text is now properly centered (mutter), support hiding of titlebar in apps like gnome documents (mutter), support dark theme in apps like movie player, lighter text in sidebar
05.04.2012 - Improved sidebar view, added support for beatbox, added openbox theme
04.04.2012 - Updated for Gnome 3.4
03.02.2012 - Added steppers to scrollbar, fixed desktop mode font color
01.02.2012 - Minor improvemwnts
29.01.2012 - Added mutter theme, support for xfwm, improvements to metacity theme
27.01.2012 - Fixed Fallback mode panel, fixed banshee search entry, various improvements
26.01.2012 - Coloured the metacity buttons, fixed floatingbar color, fixed nautilus sidebar border, fixed menubar highlight colour in thunderbird, misc GTK2 improvements
25.01.2012 - Initial Release for Gnome 3.2
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Note:
For older GTK versions, download the theme from launchpad,
GTK3.4: launchpad.net/~satyajit-happy/… (Unico engine required)
GTK3.2: launchpad.net/~satyajit-happy/… (Unico engine required)
This theme is not compatible with old Gnome 3.0.
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Credits:
Window theme based on Plastico fav.me/d6835ev by Camilo Higuita kxmylo.deviantart.com/
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License: GPL-3.0+
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Ubuntu users can install Orion from our themes PPA using the following commands,
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:satyajit-happy/themes
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install orion-gtk-theme
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Installation Instructions for other distros:
Extract the zip file to the themes directory i.e. "/usr/share/themes/"
Use Gnome Tweak tool to choose the theme, or run the following commands in Terminal,
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme "Orion"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences theme "Orion"
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Changelog:
17.09.2013 - Loads of fixes, CSD support, XFWM theme now uses gtk-color-pickup
04.08.2013 - Backported Mutter theme to Metacity
08.07.2013 - Full GTK 3.8 support, redesigned WM themes, various improvements & fixes
19.01.2013 - Minor tweaks
17.01.2013 - Tweaks to GTK2, flat style toolbar, fixes to GtkCalendar
16.01.2013 - Port to GTK3.6, major rewrite and redesign
16.06.2012 - Better granite widgets support, misc improvements
11.06.2012 - Granite Widgets support (expect better compatibility with elementary apps), fixed tootips in empathy
02.06.2012 - Rewrite metacity themes to remove weird borders, dropped styling for unfocused windows, minor improvements
26.05.2012 - Rewrite mutter and metacity themes to fix roundness and border issues, fixed text color in system settings, fixes to fallback mode panel, removed pixbuf engine dependency
22.05.2012 - Fixed a typo in gtk-widgets-backdrops.css, fixed menubar text color in fallbackmode panel
11.05.2012 - Fixed selected background in nautilus, improvements to mutter/metacity
07.05.2012 - Fixed appearance in System Settings, improved tab design
07.04.2012 - Fixed glitches in the dark theme, adjusted tooltip style in GTK2 to match more with GTK3
06.04.2012 - Title text is now properly centered (mutter), support hiding of titlebar in apps like gnome documents (mutter), support dark theme in apps like movie player, lighter text in sidebar
05.04.2012 - Improved sidebar view, added support for beatbox, added openbox theme
04.04.2012 - Updated for Gnome 3.4
03.02.2012 - Added steppers to scrollbar, fixed desktop mode font color
01.02.2012 - Minor improvemwnts
29.01.2012 - Added mutter theme, support for xfwm, improvements to metacity theme
27.01.2012 - Fixed Fallback mode panel, fixed banshee search entry, various improvements
26.01.2012 - Coloured the metacity buttons, fixed floatingbar color, fixed nautilus sidebar border, fixed menubar highlight colour in thunderbird, misc GTK2 improvements
25.01.2012 - Initial Release for Gnome 3.2
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Note:
For older GTK versions, download the theme from launchpad,
GTK3.4: launchpad.net/~satyajit-happy/… (Unico engine required)
GTK3.2: launchpad.net/~satyajit-happy/… (Unico engine required)
This theme is not compatible with old Gnome 3.0.
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Credits:
Window theme based on Plastico fav.me/d6835ev by Camilo Higuita kxmylo.deviantart.com/
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License: GPL-3.0+
© 2012 - 2025 satya164
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Super nice theme..But I read a lot of negative comments.I hope it will work here in mine..Thanks for sharing this.