Brief: Let’s have a look at the new Ubuntu Community theme and see how to install it.
One of the proposed new features in Ubuntu 18.04 was the brand new Community Theme, called Communitheme. As the name suggests, the Community Theme is being developed by the community i.e. volunteers across the globe.
This new Communitheme uses Adwita theme (GNOME’s default theme) as its base and looks similar to Ubuntu’s own Ambiance theme. Ubuntu Touch inspired Suru is the icon theme here.
This Communitheme was supposed to become the default in Ubuntu 18.04 but that’s not happening. It’s because the Communitheme is not ready yet.
However, you can try out the new theme even if it is not complete. Ubuntu has made the new theme available via PPA so that you can easily install it.
Installing the community theme in Ubuntu 18.04
Communitheme is an entire package. It comprises a GTK theme, icon theme, GNOME shell theme and redesigned GDM login screen.
There are two ways to install this community theme in Ubuntu 18.04. You can use Snap or you can use the PPA.
Method 1: Use Snap
To install the Communitheme Snap package, use the command below:
sudo snap install communithemeMethod 2: Use PPA
The official Communitheme PPA is only available for Ubuntu 18.04. You CANNOT use this PPA in 16.04 or 17.10.
Open a terminal and use the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:communitheme/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ubuntu-communitheme-sessionOnce you have the Communitheme session installed, you can change the theme and icon using GNOME Tweaks. You’ll have to change the Applications theme to Communitheme and icons to Suru.
This won’t use the GNOME Shell (mainly the top bar) and won’t install the new GDM login screen.
If you want to use the complete package, restart your system and click on the user and then click the gear symbol. In here, choose Ubuntu Communitheme on Xorg (recommended) or Ubuntu Communitheme. You’ll still have to manually change the GTK theme and icons.
Here’s a video I made to show Communitheme and its installation procedure. Even if you are not going to install it, you can still see it in action in the video below:
Thanks for the hint. And thanks a lot to developers. – For me it’s the first really convincing theme and works already fine. Chapeau!
Thanks Abhishek for your useful information.
Kindly help me….. my mouse right click is not working in ubuntu 18.04 and other i can’t run tallyERP properly and also the tally icon is not appearing as usual.
Hello. The question of using a new theme. How can I enable system sounds from a new theme? Once I clicked on the ‘standard’ sound settings. And now, os uses the system sounds of ubuntu. Before that, new system sounds worked (communitheme). Maybe there is a config file in which should be written by ‘communitheme’ instead of ‘ubuntu’? The communitheme has been reinstalled – it does not work.
I found a solution on github.com.
How to activate the theme
To change your current desktop sound theme, you can use dconf-editor to change the setting key /org/gnome/desktop/sound/theme-name/ to communitheme.
https://github.com/ubuntu/communitheme-sounds#how-to-activate-the-theme
Do I need to use GDM? I have Ubuntu Unity 18.04 right now with LightDM, and it doesn’t have communitheme as an option. I also did the same with Ubuntu MATE 18.04, but nothing there either.
MR.Abhishek i wanted to ask you a question,does installing a new windows OS from a bootable pendrive deletes everything that was on the previous ubuntu OS? If yes then how to prevent it from being deleted.Please reply soon…….
if it is installed on a different partition, not. however it will overwrite grub, and you will have to reinstall it.
If you install it on a different partition, then no. However, you’ll end up with a messed up grub.