elementary theme for Ubuntu

A new post after quite some time!

I use elementary theme now. To use it under ubuntu just add the corresponding ppa to your sources.list:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementaryart/ppa

Then install it using

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install elementary-theme elementary-icon-theme

Now the theme can be activated in System > Preferences > Appearance. I like the buttons on the right, so, after activation, I add:

gconftool-2 -s /apps/metacity/general/button_layout  \
    --type=string ":minimize,maximize,close"

For a vertical panel to look good you need to comment out

bg_pixmap[NORMAL]  = "/Panel/panel.png"

in “/usr/share/themes/elementary/gtk-2.0/Apps/panel.rc”.