Nuvola is a
free software
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icon set under the
GNU LGPL
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2.1 license, created by
David Vignoni.
Originally created for
desktop environment
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s like
KDE
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and
GNOME, it is also available in packages for
Windows
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and
Mac.
The final version, 1.0, contains almost 600 icons. The default set is in the
PNG graphics format; an
SVG version is also available.
The application icons, in particular, colourfully represent a wide variety of commonplace and easily recognised objects.
Uses
Besides
KDE
KDE is an international free software community that develops free and open-source software. As a central development hub, it provides tools and resources that allow collaborative work on this kind of software. Well-known products include the ...
and
GNOME, ''Nuvola'' is used by the
Pidgin instant messaging client, the Amarok (software), Amarok media player and the KeePass password manager.
Nuvola is the default icon set on the OpenLab GNU/Linux distribution.
It is also used for many purposes on Wikimedia Foundation projects.
Examples of icons
File:Nuvola apps evolution.png
File:Nuvola apps core.svg
File:Nuvola apps colors.png
File:Nuvola-fs-blockdev.svg
File:Nuvola devices usbpendrive mount.png
File:Nuvola devices cdrom mount.png
File:Nuvola devices print class.png
File:Nuvola apps artsbuilder.png
File:Nuvola apps package utilities.png
File:Nuvola apps kthememgr.png
File:Nuvola apps kservices.svg
File:Nuvola apps ark.png
File:Nuvola apps konquest.svg
File:Nuvola devices 3floppy mount.png
File:Nuvola apps kwin4.png
File:Nuvola apps package.svg
File:Nuvola apps kolf.svg
File:Screensaver.svg
File:Nuvola apps knotify.png
File:Nuvola devices pda.png
File:Gamepad.svg
See also
*Bluecurve – former default GPL icon set of Fedora (operating system), Fedora
*commons:Crystal Clear, Crystal – LGPL icon set by Everaldo Coelho
*Icon (computing)
*Openclipart
*Oxygen Project – LGPL icon set for
KDE
KDE is an international free software community that develops free and open-source software. As a central development hub, it provides tools and resources that allow collaborative work on this kind of software. Well-known products include the ...
*Palette (computing)
*Tango Desktop Project – developers of a public domain icon set
*Theme (computing)
References
External links
{{Wiktionary, nuvola
Nuvola Icon Theme version 1.0 the official package distribution which contains the original KDE 3 compatible version of Nuvola
Nuvola page on David Vignoni websiteOfficial source for original Nuvola packages and future development
gnome-themes-extras a package which contains a GNOME SVG version of Nuvola
Computer icons
Free software projects
Free system software
KDE
GNOME
