Blapple is a GTK theme/style for GNOME based on the Marples-black theme.

The 2 themes do share the odd styling, but many many things have changed in Blapple, as I am going for a different style, and have only started.

This theme has many gradients and textures throughout, including the sidebar (Marlin / Nautilus), background, toolbar, scrollbar, etc. GTK2 background blends from titlebar (window decoration), it looks smooth.

· Right click on your desktop and select Change Desktop Background
· Click on the first tab: Theme
· Drag and drop the theme's archive in the Appearance Preferences window.
· If everything is OK, you will receive a confirmation message and you can activate the theme just by clicking on it.

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