If you use the Papirus icon theme in Ubuntu you’ll be pleased to hear a new version is available to download.
Papirus’s first update in 2024 adds more than 50 new and updated apps icons, and makes a handful of other changes to existing icons, including updating icon names and symlinks. This updates removing a handful of couple of icons for apps no longer widely used/EOL.
Among new apps to gain coverage in Papirus is multi-protocol backup tool Celeste, nifty Logitech wireless utility Solaar, stat-packed system monitor app Mission Center, and Thunderbird beta builds. Icons for Iotas, Halftone, Upscayl, and Mini-Text are also included.
With more web browsers supporting progressive web apps (PWAs), Papirus bolsters its coverage by adding icons for a plethora of PWAs including Duolingo, Facebook, Gmail, Google Drive, Telegram Web (both ‘a’ and ‘k’ versions), and plenty more.
Updated/tweaked icons include the perpetually popular messaging service Telegram, IRC client Polari, and the 3DS emulator Citra, among others.
A few of the 50+ new/updated icons in this update
A full rundown of new and updated icons:
- Android Messages
- Celeste
- Chrome Remote Desktop (PWA)
- Cinnamon Actions module
- Cinnamon built-in actions
- Cinnamon Desklets
- Citra
- cs-applets
- Czkawka
- DevDocs (PWA)
- Duolingo (PWA)
- Facebook (PWA)
- Forkgram
- Freeciv Qt client (Flathub)
- Freeciv SDL2 client (Flathub)
- GDM Settings (symbolic icons)
- GDM Settings
- GMail (PWA)
- Google Contacts
- Google Drive (PWA)
- Google Keep (PWA)
- Google Maps
- Google Meet (PWA)
- Google Photos (PWA)
- GPU Screen Recorder
- Halftone
- Iotas
- KiCad
- krdc
- Microsoft 365 (microsoft365.com) (PWA)
- Microsoft OneDrive (PWA)
- Mini Text
- Mission Center
- NOS TV (PWA)
- Outlook (live.com) (PWA)
- Overcooked
- Plasma Discover
- Polari
- PollyMC
- Pomodoro
- preferences-desktop-icons
- preferences-desktop-wallpaper
- preferences-system-notifications-symbolic
- Solaar
- suanPan
- TeamSpeak3 (Flathub)
- Telegram
- Telegram Web A (PWA)
- Telegram Web K (PWA)
- The Ur-Quan Masters HD MegaMod (Flathub)
- Thunderbird Beta
- TikTok (PWA)
- Tor Browser Launcher
- uGet
- Unsplash (PWA)
- Upscayl
- USBView
- utilities-log-viewer
- VNote
- VSCodium – Insiders
- Warehouse
- Xbox Cloud Gaming (en-US) (PWA)
Alterations encompass:
- Preferences-desktop-touchscreen symlinks
- Symbolic icons for Privacy panel in GNOME Settings v45
- vscode symlink for Visual Studio Code v1.75 and above
- Icon name change for PDFsam
- Revamped caja-actions icon to align with system-file-manager icon
In addition to, exclusion of Chrome Apps (which are presently EOL).
Transitioning to Papirus Icons in Ubuntu
Some may prefer to install Papirus in Ubuntu using the official PPA, which provides pre-built packages for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and above.
Once you have installed the Papirus icon theme you will need to change icon theme in Ubuntu yourself (it doesn’t happen automatically). To do this, install the Tweaks tool, open it, go to Appearance, and from the icon set dropdown menu select ‘Papirus’.
You can change icon theme using a dconf command but it’s far more effort than necessary.