Changing the theme and colors of GNOME/GTK2 in Ubuntu.
This theme decides the look-and-feel of all windows and menus.

1) Download a suitable theme from http://gnome-look.org or http://www.ubuntu-art.org

Follow the GTK 2.x or GTK Themes... links.

Choose a theme and save it in to your home folder.
Save the entire xxx.tar.gz file as is. Do not unpack (unzip) it.

For example I prefer the mild Ubuntu industrial theme...
This dusty theme... theme is also nice.
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2) Then open the Appearance dialog from System -> Preferences -> Appearance menu.
See picture 1a...
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3) Then load the new theme.
Press the [Install...] button and pick the theme file (xxx.tar.gz).
See picture 2a...

You can also drag & drop the theme file (xxx.tar.gz) onto the dialog.

The new theme takes effect immediately.

4) Changing the icon theme.
You can similarly change the icon-theme. Just download icon-themes from the above mensioned
websites and drag & drop the theme to the dialog (or use the [Install...] button).
See this picture 3a....
The icon theme in the picture is called SudUbuntu (link...).

You can later press the [Customize...] button to choose a different icon theme.

Other popular themes... and gnome-colors...

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Login window has its own theme.
The login window is called GDM... or the GNOME Display Manager.

1) Again, download suitable themes from http://gnome-look.org or http://www.ubuntu-art.org
Look under "GDM Themes" link.

This page... has also some nice GDM themes.

Save the theme file as it is. Do not unpack (or unzip) it. Just save it to your home folder.
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2) Then start the "Login Window Preferences" dialog from System -> Administration -> Login Window menu.
See picture_2b...
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3) Select the [Local] tab and click the [+ Add] button to load a new theme.
See picture_3b...

Click the radiobutton in the left-most column to activate the theme.
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4) Then logout / in to admire your new login-window theme.

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