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This guide will let you pimp you Ubuntu latest Gusty Gibbon i.e Ubuntu 7.10. If you don’t know how to get Ubuntu the head towards Ubuntu download and download a copy today which suits best your system. There you will will be prompted to choose location and system type. After downloading, burn the image and boot through it and Install Ubuntu in 6 easy steps“The themes icon set, wallpaper,desklets, fonts,soundsused while customization the Operating System are ® to theirrespective owner.
Copying, editing and use of thoseapplication are free and can be distributed withoutthe owner permission.”Though I had used few Icon Links and themes, but this does not meant that your are confined to those only. You can always use your own choice themes and icons from Gnome-Look.org.Note: Though this guide has been made to customize Ubuntu Gusty Gibbon but this can be used to Customize other OS which comes with Gnome 2.20 installed/optional.Though installation of particular software can be different.So hold your breath and go through the complex customization made easy.Installation / How ToInstallation of the themes, icons, cursors have totally changed. Now the previous theme/icon control panel, Cursor Control panel has been merged into a single CP i.e Appearance Wizard. This is available with new Gnome 2.20. The Appearance wizard lets you configure your theme,icon, cursor, metacity/gtk windows border, color if supported by theme. After the installation finished navigate to System - Administartion - Startup Manager. After it open click on Appearance tab.
Assuming you have already copied the.so file, select desired USplash from drop down list under USplash Option.Now Installation is finished you will see a new USplash after next reboot.Note: – You can face few problem changing Usplash via Startup Manager. If you face problem that your Usplash did not change even after selecting different Usplash from Startup Manager. To overcome this problem rename the Usplash you want to change to usplash-theme-ubuntu but this will replace default Ubuntu Splash so take backup before doing this step. GTK Splash: – Gtk Splash is the last splash screen that comes after Log In Screen.GTK Splash are normal images thaT comes with.png extension.To Install download the GTK Splash images from give links and paste them under /usr/share/pixmaps/splash since its is under Root File System you need root privileged. To do this Open terminal from Main Menu - Accessories - Terminal.
Typesudo nautilusand press enter. A new Window will open which will let you copy/edit modify files of root file system. Copy the desired image to /usr/share/pixmaps/splash.To Install GTK Splash Open Terminal and typesudo apt-get install gtweakuiThis will install gtweakui which is a very handy tool. Now after the installation gets finished open gtweak sessions from S ystem - Preferences - gtweak sessions. Check Show Splash Screen on Log-In click on big thumbnail and select desired image.Installation is finished now you can view new GTK Splash after next Log-In.Sounds Installation: – Sounds are beeps/music that are the reaction of computer towards user integration.
You can install different sound to do this 1’st download the sound from given location. The unzip the folder to desktop.
Now Paste the Folder to /usr/share/sounds since its is under Root File System you need root privileged. To do this Open terminal from Main Menu - Accessories - Terminal. Typesudo nautilusAnd press enter.
A new Window will open which will let you copy/edit modify files of root file system. Copy the desired image to /usr/share/sounds. To change sound navigate to System - Preferences - Sound a new window will open Click on Sounds tab and change the cound you want to change.Emerald Installation: Emerald provide windows border when 3d desktop manager is selected. Emerald provide huge set of beautiful windows border to match you wallpaper and themes. To install Emerald Open Terminal and typesudo apt-get install emeraldthis will install emerald. You can access emerald from System - Preferences - Emerald Theme Manager.Emerald themes comes with.emerald extensions. To install themes download from give location and Open Emerald theme Manager.
Click on Import and navigate to.emerald file and click open your new Emerald theme is installed. In order to use the Emerald theme your 3d Composite Manager should be running just select the theme you want to use from Emerald theme ManagerTerminal Hack:- To make Terminal transparent with/without Berly follow the steps Open Terminal click on Edit tab. Then select Current Profile, a new window will open click on Effects tab.
Under effects tab you will notice background option. Select Transparency and adjust the amount of transparent desktop you need.
You now has a transparent Terminal. Customization to OSXApple latest OS that is full of eye candy and beautiful sets of icon and themes.
Customization of OSX is very easy and selective in terms of icons and themes as there are plethora of themes and icons sets present to pimp you Ubuntu to OSXSo lets start the customization. The new version of Ubuntu hasn’t changed in terms of UI by default so it pretty same customization in the beginning.Here is the default Ubuntu desktop which has 2 Taskbars or Panel.The upper Panel is for navigation of Menus while the lower panel has option for navigation of Active Widows and Workspace.Since OSX comes with One dock and sigle panel we have to configure Ubuntu like it only. So lets follow the steps to configure ubuntu into OSX. The 1’st thing is we have to delete the lower panel.Right Click on lower panel and select Delete. After that your lower panel will be deleted. The lower panel has 3 main applications. I.e Windows List, Workspace Switcher & Trash Icon.Apart from these three only Windows List is important.
To get Windows List in Upper Panel Right Click upper panel and select Add to Panel. A new Windows will appear under Desktop & Windows option click on Window List and select add. Now you have successfully created a new panelCustomization of the panels have been successfully done. Now we should head towards customization of Looks, Feel and Sound of OSX.Since OSX has 2 flavor one is old OSX and other is new Leopard so I has selected themes so that you can choose a particular theme for OSX according to your taste. There are lots of other themes too but I’ll recommend you to use this at most and after you know how to change theme you can select theme by your own choice.Fos OSX Old: –.
GTX 2.x Theme: –. Icon Set:-. Cursor: –. Emerald Theme:-. GDM Theme:-. GTK Splash: –For OSX Leopard Customization: –.
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GTK 2.x Theme: –. Icon Set: –. Cursor: –. Emerald Theme:-. GDM Theme: –. GTK Splash:Misc. Customization Pack: –.
Sounds: Mac 4 Lin OSX Sound. OSX Leopard Full Customization Pack:Customization to VistaVista is the latest OS from Microsoft camp. Promised a lots Vista fails to stands even a single.Finding Gnome 2.20 Vista theme is pretty difficult since developers are least bothered about it. But still I find something that will match the taste of it So lets start the customization of Ubuntu to Vista.Since Vista comes with One dock and single panel we have to configure Ubuntu like it only. So lets follow the steps to configure Ubuntu into Vista. The 1’st thing is we have to delete the lower panel.Right Click on lower panel and select Delete.
After that your lower panel will be deleted. The lower panel has 3 main applications. I.e Windows List, Workspace Switcher & Trash Icon.Apart from these three only Windows List is important.
To get Windows List in Upper Panel Right Click upper panel and select Add to Panel. A new Windows will appear under Desktop & Windows option click on Window List and select add. You can change the position of panel just click on empty space of panel and drag where you want to place it.But I will suggest you to place the tab in the upper side only.Now you have successfully created a new paneland customization of Panel has been done. So head towards configuring theme and other parts of Ubuntu to make it look like VistaFor Vista Leopard Customization: –. GTK 2.x Theme: –. Icon Set: –.
Cursor: –. Emerald Theme:-. GDM Theme: –. GTK Splash:Miscellaneous CustomizationSince I have been customizing Ubuntu from a long time I thought of giving few other and nice Customization. I have added few new customization: –.
New Human Customization. Dark Ubuntu Customization. Peace Ubuntu Customization.So let me start with my newly added customization.New Ubuntu Customization:- This Customization part will be focusing on providing new Human Theme, better icon and will provide with you new and better goodies.Panel customization will remains the same as you have done with Vista and OSX. So head towards configuring theme and other parts of Ubuntu to make it look like new and improved UbuntuFor New Ubuntu Customization: –.
GTK 2.x Theme: – Default Human Theme. Icon Set: –. Cursor: – Default Cursor. Emerald Theme:-. GDM Theme: –.
GTK Splash:Dark Ubuntu Customization:- This customization will customization will customize your Ubuntu to Dark Ubuntu providing your Ubuntu a new dark look that you will like a lot.Panel customization will remains the same as you have done with Vista and OSX. So head towards configuring theme and other parts of Ubuntu to make it look like dark UbuntuFor Dark Ubuntu Customization: –. GTK 2.x Theme: –. Icon Set: –. Cursor: – DMZ Black Pre-Installed.
Emerald Theme:-. GDM Theme: –. GTK Splash:Peace Ubuntu Customization: – This customization will change the look of you Ubuntu and will provide a serene white look that will provide you peace while your work.Panel customization will remains the same as you have done with Vista and OSX. So head towards configuring theme and other parts of Ubuntu to make it look like dark UbuntuFor Peace Ubuntu Customization: –. GTK 2.x Theme: –. Icon Set: –.
Cursor: – Default Cursor. Emerald Theme:-.
GDM Theme: –. GTK Splash:Docks and DeskletsA cool desktop without Desklets and a cool Dock cannot be consider cool cause main eye candy if being provided by these Utils only.
In this part I’ll guide you Installing Dock and Desklets Manager. The Dock I will install is the most stable and is frequently updated know as AWN or Avant Windows Navigator is the best dock available for Linux So lets take a look at the Installation Steps of AWN and Desklets manager I’ll use is Screenlets since Gusty comes with Compiz by default user will not face problem with transparency and all.Note: Before you try to install any of them I’ll recommend you udate your system through Update Manager.Installing Avant Windows Navigator in Gusty Gibbon: – AWN is a Fully customizable dock-like window navigator for GNOME.
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To install the Screenlets program, select Other Software Manager from the Applications menu.Enter “screenlet” (without the quotes) in the search box in the upper, right corner of the Software Manager window. You do not need to press Enter, because the results displays as you type. Click “screenlets” in the list that displays.Click Install on the screen that displays.You must authenticate when installing software. Enter your password in the Password edit box and click Authenticate.The progress of the installation displays at the bottom of the Software Manager dialog box.You may notice that the Software Manager dialog box still says the application is not installed even though the installation has finished. That seems to be a minor bug.
To fix it, click Search results at the top of the dialog box, and then click “screenlets” in the list of search results again.The dialog box should now say Installed and show a Remove button, as well.To close the Software Manager, select Close from the File menu.To open the Screenlets application, select Accessories Screenlets from the Applications menu.For this example, we will add the ClearWeather screenlet to the desktop. To do this, select the ClearWeather screenlet in the pane on the right side of the Screenlets Manager dialog box. Click Launch/Add.The screenlet is added to your desktop.
You can move it to a different location by clicking and holding down the mouse button on the screenlet as you move it.Right-click on the screenlet to access a menu for it allowing you to change settings, add another instance of the screenlet, or remove the screenlet from the desktop. To change the zip code for the ClearWeather screenlet, so you can view weather for your current location, right-click on the screenlet and select Zip Code from the popup menu.On the Zip Code dialog box, enter the desired zip code in the edit box and click OK.The ClearWeather screenlet should now display the weather for you chosen location. However, by default, it displays the temperature in Celsius.
If you’re used to Fahrenheit, you can change this. Right-click on the screenlet and select Properties from the popup menu.On the ClearWeatherScreenlet dialog box, click the Options tab and then click the Weather sub-tab. To view the temperature in Fahrenheit, select the Use celsius temperature check box so there is NO check mark in the box. Click Close to accept your changes and close the dialog box.NOTE: The Screenlet sub-tab is available for all screenlets and allows you to change properties common among all screenlets.
It may be the only sub-tab available if there are no specific settings for the current screenlet.You can also add screenlets to your desktop that you download from the internet. The following sites are two places containing screenlets you can download for free.Once you have downloaded one or more screenlets to a folder on your system, open the Screenlets Manager again and click Install.On the Install dialog box, make sure Install Screenlet is selected (it should be the default selection) and click OK.On the Install a Screenlet or SuperKaramba theme dialog box, navigate to the folder in which you saved the downloaded screenlets and select a screenlet. The screenlets should be.tar.gz files. Click Open.Once the screenlet has been added to the Screenlets Manager, the following dialog box displays.
Click OK to close it and return to the Screenlets Manager.Select the newly installed screenlet in the right pane and click Launch/Add on the left.The screenlet is added to the desktop. You can change properties for it just as described earlier.When the Screenlets Manager is running, an icon displays on the panel.
Right-click this icon to access options for the Screenlets Manager. You can quickly open the Screenlets Manager after you have minimized it by selecting Screenlets Manager from this popup menu. You can also easily install Screenlets, get more Screenlets, launch installed Screenlets, close or restart all Screenlets, and quit the Screenlets program.To close a specific Screenlet, right-click on the screenlet on the desktop and select Quit this from the popup menu.
If you have more than one of the selected Screenlet open, you can close all of them by right-clicking on any one of that particular Screenlet and selecting Quit all s.You can add many different kinds of screenlets to your desktop, such as a wireless monitor, a network monitor, and a CPU meter. There is also a screenlet that allows you to follow your friends tweets and post your own, and one to display your Google Calendar events on your desktop.