Ubuntu Customization

Recently I migrated to Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon, the lates version of Ubuntu.

I'd found many customization guide over the net. Just now, i found this great guide tag as Ubuntu Customization Guide v2.

Changes are part of Nature so as with Technology.. Though this cannot be True for Windows and Mac cause the life cycle of a single Version is too much which is not the case with Linux.. Open Source evolve at very rapid rate and with evolution comes new & special changes … Today with a hike in Linux acceptance its pretty hard for competitors to provide similar solutions at free of cost. Open Source is known for User Interaction with Operating System which cannot be done with other OS. Linux user can customize, create, edit, add files according to his/her taste..and customization is the part where Linux is one step ahead of every OS.. You need not to search for poorly written Customization Packs.. What you need is just follow the guide and pimp up your desktop as you like. .. The guide will focus on a particular area but you can customize your desktop using the way mentioned and adding your own idea…
With Gusty Gibbon packed with latest tools and great support couple with new gGun Gnome 2.20, I was adamant to write another Customization Guide..Since M$ launched Vista and Apple launched Leopard quite a while ago so I’ll let you know how to customize your Ubuntu to Vista and Leopard.. Added with few new Customization that I used it…
I have tried to kept the guide as simple as I can so that even a newbie can understand how to make changes.There are few major changes in Ubuntu Themes and Icon Control Panel so please read carefully so that you can get everything..

The 3 themes transformation:

1. Leopard OSX

Files links:

Fos OSX Old

• GTX 2.x Theme : - OSX Theme
• Icon Set :- Clearlooks OSX
• Cursor : - Shere-Khan
• Emerald Theme :- OSX Emerald theme.
• GDM Theme :- Mac OSX GDM
• GTK Splash : - Mac – Splash.

For OSX Leopard Customization

• GTK 2.x Theme : - Mac 4 Lin. Aqua [ Tweaked ]
• Icon Set : - Leopard X
• Cursor : - Shere-Khan
• Emerald Theme :- Mac 4 Lin Lepoard
• GDM Theme : - Mac OSX GDM.
• GTK Splash : Leopard Splash

2. Vista Leopard

Files:

• GTK 2.x Theme : - Vista Theme
• Icon Set : - nuoveXT 2.20 | Clearlooks OSX
• Cursor : - Aero Cursor
• Emerald Theme :- Aero Emerald
• GDM Theme : - Vista GDM.
• GTK Splash : Vista Splash

3. New Ubuntu Customization


Files:

• GTK 2.x Theme : - Default Human Theme
• Icon Set : - Gnome Elephant Savane | Crashbit RC
• Cursor : - Default Cursor.
• Emerald Theme :- Human Tiger | New Human
• GDM Theme : - Orange Ubuntu.
• GTK Splash : Gusty Splash

Dark Ubuntu


Files:

• GTK 2.x Theme : - Dark Ice
• Icon Set : - Lynx Black | Blend Crystal 2.0
• Cursor : - DMZ Black [ Pre-Installed] | Shere Khan
• Emerald Theme :- Black Centered
• GDM Theme : - Black GDM
• GTK Splash : Black Splash.

Docks and Desklets

A 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….

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