OSX-Arc-Shadow Theme, Available For Fedora, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, OpenSUSE and Othe Linux Platform



Arc is a flat theme with transparent elements for GTK 3, GTK 2 and Gnome-Shell which supports GTK 3 and GTK 2 based desktop environments like Gnome, Unity, Budgie, Pantheon, XFCE, Mate, etc.

Main distributions that meet these requirements are
  • Arch Linux and Arch Linux based distros
  • Ubuntu 16.04, 15.04, 15.10 and 16.04 (Ubuntu 14.04 and 14.10 are not supported)
  • elementary OS Freya
  • Debian 8, Testing or Unstable
  • Gentoo
  • Fedora 21 - 24
  • openSUSE 13.2, Leap 42.1 and Tumbleweed


Derivatives of these distributions should work, as well.
If your distribution isn't listed, please check the requirements yourself.


With special thanks to ManjaroCinnamonFan for his work on the osx arc theme which allowed me to create the modifications to this theme.

The OSX-Arc-Shadow theme with OSX-buttons and OSX-Shadow-top panel bar.

What News:
  • Added new osx shadow top panel
  • Added new osx fonts
  • Optimized css code

Specifically Optimized for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (gnome 3.18)

With Support For:

-Budgie Desktop (no osx shadow top panel)
-Gnome Shell
-Unity
-XFWM4 and metacity (no osx shadow top panel)
-Cinnamon (no osx shadow top panel)

-Recommended OS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Before Installation

Important: Remove all older versions of the theme from your system before you proceed any further.

sudo rm -rf /usr/share/themes/{Arc,Arc-Darker,Arc-Dark}
rm -rf ~/.local/share/themes/{Arc,Arc-Darker,Arc-Dark}
rm -rf ~/.themes/{Arc,Arc-Darker,Arc-Dark}

How to Install:

1. Download
1. Extract to /usr/share/themes
or ~/.themes (create it (in your home folder) if necessary);
2. Change via distribution specific tool.

on Ubuntu, you try change the theme using Unity Tweak Tool.