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Because You Can: Windows 8 GTK Theme For Linux
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The weather is pretty torrid here in my home town at present, but it will likely pale to the storm that this post will generate: yes, I’m writing about a Windows GTK theme.
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Now, confession time: I, personally, do not sit at my desk and think: “**What my Ubuntu desktop really needs…is to look like another OS!**”. But while I may not find aping the appearance of other systems to my own tastes, there are plenty of users – maybe even including you – who do.
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There’s nothing inherently wrong with this, either. It’s easy to have a fit of fanboy-ism and biased derision, but the flexibility afforded to tweakers, customisers and themers of Linux desktop environments is there to be taken advantage of, so I say ‘Why not?‘
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### Windows 8 Modern UI ###
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> ‘The aged Crayola-blue borders of Windows XP and the transparent excesses of Aero Glass are sorely dated.’
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As Windows is the most widely used desktop OS in the world – booing and hissing goes here – it’s no surprise that a mountain of GTK and Metacity themes mimicking its appearance are on offer.
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But the aged Crayola-blue borders of Windows XP and the transparent excesses of Aero Glass are dated. It’s now all about the colourful Modern UI.
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The flat, solid and angular stylings of the theme introduced in Windows 8 has helped give Microsoft’s desktop OS a fresher feel, while the [consistent use of design cues from its other products][1], like Windows Phone 8 and Xbox One, affords a small dose of familiarity to users.
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This particular Windows 8 GTK Theme comes closer than most to accurately matching the design language of its inspiration. Granted, I don’t use Windows 8 enough to know its theme inside-out. But superficiality matters most here, and on that score this theme succeeds.
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Flat themes are not the preserve of Microsoft, though. Themes like [Iris Light, which we shared recently][2], are picking up in popularity on Linux, too.
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### Download Windows 8 Theme for Linux ###
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Grab the theme files from GNOME-Look, pop them in your ‘/usr/share/theme‘ folder and then apply using an app like Unity Tweak.
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- [Windows 8 GTK Theme on GNOME-Look][3]
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- [Windows 8 Metacity Theme on GNOME-Look][4]
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via: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/02/windows-8-metro-gtk-theme
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[1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_(design_language)
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[2]:http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/01/iris-flat-gtk-theme-for-linux
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[3]:http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=158721
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[4]:http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Windows+8+modern+UI?content=157024 |