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#      HOW TO INSTALL      #
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To use this theme you'll need the LATEST stable versions of the following software:

- GTK 3.6
- The package gnome-themes-standard installed. (Usually installed by default in most distros.)
- The Murrine GTK2 engine 0.98.1.1 or later. (Package name varies between distributions. This engine should be installed by default in Ubuntu.)
- The Pixbuf GTK2 engine (Package name varies between distributions. This engine should be installed by default in Ubuntu. In arch, fedora and some other non-debian distributions it's included in the gtk2-engines or gtk-engines package. In Debian based distros it's called gtk2-engines-pixbuf.)
- gnome-tweak-tool (If you're using Gnome 3.)
- Gnome-shell-extension-user-theme (To enable 3rd party themes in gnome-shell.)

## INSTALLING THE GTK2 THEME ##

Unzip the included folder(s) to 1 of the following locations:
/usr/share/themes
/home/your username/.themes

Open your desktop environment's customization settings.
Select the theme(s) from the menus there.

Note: The /.themes folder is only for your user. If you for example open Synaptic or any other administrative application it will not be styled.

## INSTALLING THE GTK3 & GNOME-SHELL THEME ##

Unzip the included folder(s) to 1 of the following locations:
/usr/share/themes
/home/your username/.themes

You also need to copy the window border (mutter) theme to:
/home/your username/.local/share/themes or /usr/share/themes
For example: .local/share/themes/Zukitwo/metacity-1

Note: The /.themes folder is only for your user. If you for example use an application as root it will not be styled.

Open gnome-tweak-tool.
In gnome-tweak-tool you can select the Gnome-shell theme, GTK theme and Mutter window theme.

To use the GNOME-Shell theme you need to install the user theme extension.
Availble here - https://extensions.gnome.org/

If changes doesn't take place after selecting the themes you can try to log out and back in. If you're in Gnome-shell you can just press ALT+F2 and type r to restart the shell.

## USING A TRANSPARENT PANEL BACKGROUND IN XFCE ##
Rightclick on your XFCE panel and go to the background settings. Select the custom background image provided with this theme. (Needs composition effects enabled.)