Just from the look of my site, you can probably guess that I like dark themes.

I tried to hack Ubuntu's Glossy theme to make it dark. Frankly I managed to make something somewhat usable. But it had some bugs I couldn't come by and I had hard time to find good documentation on how to create a theme.

Anyway, while searching I found something better. A French blogger explain how to install the new Ubuntu Intrepid dark theme (this one) on Hardy. Sweet.

Installation

1. Install murrine theme engine

sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-murrine

2. Install theme

Add these two line to /etc/apt/source.list

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kwwii/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/kwwii/ubuntu hardy main

Update cache and install theme

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-murrine\
 human-theme ubuntu-artwork

I'm really happy with this theme, Although I changed the colors, it's exactly what I wanted.

I prefer my user interface a bit darker, here's the color I use:

You can set it in the color tab in the theme customization dialog or install simply mine.

Copy paste these 4 lines (altogether) in a console and hit enter:

cd ~/.themes/ &&\
wget http://haineault.com/media/blog/h-theme.tar.gz &&\
tar -zxf h-theme.tar.gz h-theme &&\
rm -f h-theme.tar.gz

Direct link to the file.

The theme should now be available in your themes list, the end result looks like this: