I have information that the original Desktop team confirmed that limiting the themes available via the Appearance panel was a design choice. They decided to create a "whitelist" of themes known to look in an acceptable way.
I don't think this will change in Unity in the future. I suggest we close this bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1100670 Title: Cannot use third-party theme packages Status in Ubuntu Kylin: Triaged Status in unity-control-center package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: The Appearance panel not allows to select third-party themes. Copy third-party themes to /usr/share/themes(or ~/.themes), the new theme does not display in The Appearance panel. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntukylin/+bug/1100670/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
