Ubuntu icon themes
Nov 27, 2013, 12:48:11 PMRecently Canonical anounced new icon theme for Desktop and Mobile by Matthieu James (author of famous Faenza/Faience icons sets) that was hired by them. It looks really nice and consistent, but while we are still waiting for 14.04 with this new set, let's review some alernative icons sets for Ubuntu.
Faience
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install faience-theme faience-icon-theme
Faenza
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install faenza-icon-theme
Pacifica Icons
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fsvh/pacifica-icon-theme
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pacifica-icon-theme
Numix-Circle Linux Desktop Icon Theme
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:numix/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install numix-icon-theme-circle
.nitrux OS icons
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:upubuntu-com/nitrux
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nitruxos
Compass
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:upubuntu-com/icons2
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install compass-icons
Elementary Icons
Download archive from DevianArt and unzip it to
~/.icons