There are many ways to make your Linux desktop more eye catching. Here are some screenshots of my OpenSUSE 13.2 GNOME desktop with some tweaking. I use the following theme and icon on this desktop:
- Prometheus-Y GTK3 theme and window decoration
- Emerald Icon theme
- Prometheus-Y GNOME Shell
- Atom-Dock
- OpenWeather extension
- Google I/O Paper Wallpaper Material Design
And now this is my OpenSUSE 13.2 looks like: