Newaita Icon Theme – A combination of old style and color of material design icon theme

Newaita icons is one of the latest icon theme that is very famous and talked about by so many users because it’s combination of old style and ultra modern look.

It’s completely new and it’s not based on any other icon theme. This is material design icon theme category.It comes with two variants like light and dark.It looks good, flat, classic and ultra modern icon theme that makes your desktop more beautiful.

Many users are raising a request to developer to add missing icons, and they are immediately responding and adding those missing icons in high priority.

This icons are compatible with most of the Linux desktop environments such as Gnome, Unity, Cinnamon, Mate, Lxde, Xfce and others.

We already wrote many articles about Icon Theme and GTK Theme in our web site.

How to install Newaita icon theme on Arch Linux based systems

Newaita Icon Theme is available in AUR repository, so use AUR helper either Yay or Yaourt to install Newaita Icon Theme on Arch Linux based systems.

$ yay -S newaita-icons-git
or
$ yaourt -S newaita-icons-git

How to install Newaita icon theme on Linux manually?

Just clone the developer github repository and move the icons to ~/.icons or ~/.local/share/icons or /usr/share/icons/ based on your requirements.

$ cd /opt
$ sudo git clone https://github.com/cbrnix/Newaita.git
$ cd Newaita
$ sudo mv Newaita /usr/share/icons/
$ sudo mv Newaita-dark /usr/share/icons/

How to activate the Newaita icon theme in Linux

Finally choose the Newaita Icon Theme based on the desktop environment tool to activate it.

  • GNOME Desktop: Gnome Tweak Tool >> Appearance >> Choose the Icon from the drop-down box followed by “Icons” >> Finally close the App
  • Cinnamon Desktop: Menu >> Appearances >> System Settings >> Theme >> Choose the desired icon from the drop-down box >> Finally close the System Settings
  • LXDE Desktop: Menu >> Appearances >> Customize Look and Feel >> Icon Theme >> Choose the desired icon from the list >> Apply >> Finally close
  • XFCE Desktop: Menu >> Settings >> Appearance >> Icons “Choose the desired icon from the list” >> Finally close

How To Activate the Newaita Icon Theme In GNOME

Launch the Gnome Tweak Tool >> Appearance >> Choose the Newaita Icon from the drop-down box followed by “Icons” >> Finally close the App.

Newaita Icon Theme Screenshot Tour

I have included few screenshots of Newaita Icon Theme for your reference.

Newaita Light Theme:

Newaita Dark Theme:

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