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How do I restore the original color scheme, icons, and theme?

I'd like the original colour scheme, icon style of 12.04. I somehow lost the Ambiance theme (possible error or upgrade error). I re-installed 'light-themes' from the terminal and got it back. But ...
5 votes
2 answers
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Why is my Unity theme going haywire?

I have this new problem, my unity theme falls back to some old gnome theme which makes the whole look and feel absolutely horrible. Here is the screenshot right after login: And after sometime, ...
3 votes
3 answers
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ubuntu theme suddenly changed to default and it's not coming back!

I logged in to ubuntu as I always do and suddenly the theme changed from what I have chosen to the default one and when I try to bring it back, it's working, but not the way it's supposed to: As ...
9 votes
3 answers
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Nautilus losing theme

I'm new to Ubuntu, I install it yesterday and I'm loving the system. But there is a problem with Nautilus and I have no idea on how to fix this. Nautilus randomly loses its Ambiance theme, becoming ...
4 votes
1 answer
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My system loads before the themes

I'm using ubuntu with a SSD. The only problem so far is that my system boots so fast that the themes aren't loaded. I already tried the tip on the first answer of this topic (Desktop forgets theme?), ...
36 votes
7 answers
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How do I develop an Ubuntu application in HTML and JS?

I am developing an app and I think HTML and JavaScript are better for the future, but I cannot find any tutorials (I need the app to use the system theme). Are there bindings for Unity, message menu ...
4 votes
1 answer
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Upgraded to Maverick; can't change theme [closed]

I just upgraded to Maverick, and now I can't change my theme except for the cursor and window border/decoration. I've just reinstalled the themes I want to use (Dust + Dust extra) successfully, and ...
5 votes
2 answers
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Forced into "Classic" interface under VMWare Fusion

I installed Ubuntu 11.04 under VMWare Fusion on my macbook pro. The first time I logged in, there was a message, something like "Unable to run Unity because your hardware is not supported, Ubuntu will ...
2 votes
0 answers
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Oneiric desktop looks seriously defect after updates [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Desktop forgets theme? Probably a coincidence, but after applying the fix to How to get the proper LightDM theme? and running the latest batch of updates, my desktop suddenly ...
3 votes
1 answer
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What's wrong with my Ubuntu appearance

I don't know what happened but my background become idle. So I want to change the background. Right click on the desktop then click "Change Desktop Background" but nothing happened. So I manually ...
3 votes
2 answers
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How can I restore a broken theme in GNOME Shell?

My GUI has changed into some crappy looking theme, I don't know why it happened and I want to get the default looks back! It happened after I was mucking around trying to get the purple grub menu ...
6 votes
1 answer
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Raleigh theme on LightDM, Ubuntu desktop, Nautilus window, menus & menu-bars

After performing an upgrade from Natty to Oneiric, I had a problem similar to the one reported in here at every system boot: Desktop forgets theme? Everything, from the LigthDM greeter to the ubuntu ...
9 votes
6 answers
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Nautilus is theme-less unless I run it as root

My system is using the Ambiance theme in Ubuntu Natty. Everything works correctly except for Nautilus, which appears to have been deprived from its theme. Can anyone help me restore it to the default ...
2 votes
1 answer
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Changed look of Nautilus after update

I am using Ubuntu 11.04. my sources.list is the default one, I have not change it. I just updated Nautilus package in Synaptic manager and after restart Nautilus looks like Gnome3 Nautilus with an ...
3 votes
1 answer
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My GUI has downgraded itself, and performance improved. Why and Why?

I am using Ubuntu 11.10. At some point through the day today the GUI seemed to downgrade itself. In some applications the text became grainy, and some icon titles on the desktop became difficult to ...

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