Download Ambiance Theme For Spotify

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Michael Tunnell has created a nice Ambiance theme for <a href="http://www.spotify.com/">Spotify</a> which makes the Spotify Linux client integrate better with the Ubuntu desktop.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><i>For those not familiar with Spotify, this is a music streaming service with comes with desktop applications for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X as well as iOS, Android, BlackBerry or Windows Phone. The service is available in a limited number of countries. More @ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotify">Wikipedia</a>.</i><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Ambiance Spotify theme comes with Ambiance-like toolbar and colors, a better Spotify tray icon especially designed to look like the Ubuntu Mono Dark icon set (the default icons used in Ubuntu), along with other tweaks that try to give Spotify a more native feel.</div><br />Here's a screenshot in which I'm using the Ambiance Spotify theme in Ubuntu:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/spotify-ambiance.png" rel="image_group" title="Ubuntu Ambiance theme for Spotify"><img alt="Spotify Ambiance theme Ubuntu" src="http://img.netupd8.com/spotify-ambiance_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a>And below you can see the original Spotify for Linux theme:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/spotify-ubuntu-default.png" rel="image_group" title="Default Spotify for Linux theme"><img alt="Spotify default Linux theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/spotify-ubuntu-default_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>How to install Ambiance theme for Spotify</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1.</b> To use the Ambiance Spotify theme, firstly make sure you've <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/12/how-to-install-native-spotify-linux.html" title="How To Install Spotify In Ubuntu (With Fixes)">installed the native Spotify Linux client</a>. Then, <b>download Ambiance for Spotify from <a href="http://michaeltunnell.com/blog/16-linux/22-ubuntu-ambiance-theme-for-spotify-plus-radiance-icon">HERE</a></b> (see the bottom of the post for a download button) and <b>place the downloaded archive in your home folder.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2. </b>Then, close Spotify and <b>run the following commands to install the Ambiance Spotify theme:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>tar -xvf ubuntu-ambiance-spotify-theme*.tar.gz<br />sudo cp resources.zip /opt/spotify/spotify-client/Data/</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">After this, you can remove the downloaded archive as well as the "resources.zip" file from your home directory.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to revert the changes and go back to the default Spotify for Linux look, close Spotify and then simply reinstall it:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install --reinstall spotify-client</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to / via <a href="https://plus.google.com/b/101912980608854649615/110583156332879711581/posts/MXaMsqQsE7x?cfem=1">+Michael Tunnell</a></i></div>

Download Ambiance Theme For Spotify

Michael Tunnell has created a nice Ambiance theme for Spotify which makes the Spotify Linux client integrate better with the Ubuntu desktop...

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